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Remember (Kalijah)
It was a dismal night at the empty club, as Elijah and Klaus stood in front of each other.
“We made a vow. Always and forever,” Klaus told him.
“You’re talking about someone else’s life,” Elijah replied.
“No! This is still your life! You have responsibilities! You can’t just abandon them for a fairytale playing piano in the French countryside!"
“Do you think I’m going to stand here and watch you destroy everything that I built here?” Elijah questioned him.
“You honestly think you have a choice?” Klaus questioned. He attempted to snap his neck, but Elijah through him across the room and Klaus landed on the floor after falling off a table. Klaus looked at him from the floor. “You have no idea the risk I’m taking simply being here. There are consequences to us being together. Don’t you see?”
“So, leave!” Elijah yelled at him.
“I would have never come if the circumstances weren’t dire,” Klaus replied to him.
“I don’t care. Your reasons don’t matter to me.”
“So, Hayley’s life isn’t worth saving? Hope’s life isn’t worth saving? Please, Elijah. Hayley is missing. Hayley. Even in your state, that name must mean something to you.”
“No more than the name Mikaelson,” Elijah told him.
Klaus pinned him to a table with a hand around his throat.
“We are your family! You love us. You love me."
Antoinette snuck up behind Klaus and temporarily killed him with a piece of wood through his heart, but he quickly recovered. They were in a back room when he appeared and after threatening Antoinette, told Elijah, “Please. I’m begging you, brother. You may not think you know me or Kol or Rebekah or Freya or Hope or even Hayley, but we are your family.” Klaus approached where they stood, standing in front of Elijah. “Everyone you love needs you now.”
“Everyone I love is right here,” Elijah insisted. “Don’t waste your breath. I know exactly who I am. See, I ran into Marcel Gerard a few years ago in New York City. Did he tell you about that? I didn’t recognize him of course, but he did say my name, and that was all I needed to learn about my former life. I don’t have all the memories, but I know about you. Rebekah, Kol, Freya, Hope, and even Hayley. And I don’t care about any of you.”
“You may have a wealth of knowledge at your disposal. Facts, figures, names and dates, but you lack all the feelings. The love and the loyalty. A thousand years of family!”
“Elijah Mikaelson spent everyday of his wretched life trying to save you from yourself. I mean, I can’t even imagine how miserable. From what I understand, that poor bastard was lucky to find even a moment of pleasure. That’s not me. That’s not who I am.” He turned around to look at Antoinette. “I love this life. I love it all. I love the quiet of the night. The taste of my prey when I embrace their true demise. I worship every single dawn I spend here. Here where I am truly, truly loved.”
“Such poetry, but it means nothing,” Klaus said. “Without family; without purpose. You were not unhappy. You were a king amongst men. We both were, standing shoulder to shoulder, through the ages. We had glorious times together. Please, Elijah.”
Before Elijah could say anything, a new voice spoke. She was human and had just escaped a prison world she’d ended up in after she’d died all those years ago. She’d overheard everything and was sad on the inside to hear him speak like that towards Klaus after so long of being at his side and being devoted.
“That’s not really true, Elijah,” she stated, and went to stand next to Klaus, not afraid of him. She then looked at Klaus. “I guess you thought you’d seen the last of me, didn’t you? Sorry to disappoint. I simply ended up in a prison world. Let me guess. Quite some amnesia?”
Klaus was for once in his life, happy to see her. At least he wasn’t alone, since it seemed that she was going to help him with Elijah.
“Quite. He let Marcel compel always and forever away seven years ago,” Klaus informed her.
“Well, I can fix that. I had a daughter too once. She and I reunited when I was dying of old age. Nadia told me that I’m descended from Travelers, so I learned a few things before I died and in the prison world, I learned some other things,” she informed him.
He was surprised at her confession but didn’t show it.
“Do what you must,” Klaus told her.
“Well, first things first,” she replied. She magically snapped Antoinette’s neck.
“Who are you?” Elijah questioned.
“Someone that you will always love, no matter what. Not even Klaus could keep us apart for 500 years,” she replied. “I’m sorry that I have to do this, but it’s for your own good. You have to remember. Everything.”
She put her hands out towards him, using magic on him, reversing the compulsion on him. She hated that she had to hurt him, but it had to be done as quickly as possible. Klaus clearly needed Elijah immediately.
Half an hour later, she’d finished with undoing the compulsion. Being cautious, she approached him.
“Elijah?”
He looked at her and then got to his feet.
“What have you done?” he questioned her.
“I’m not going to fight with you. You can be mad at me all you want, but Klaus clearly needs your help. Besides, Klaus and I buried the hatchet years ago. I don’t know what the hell you were up to but while I was dying of old age due to getting the cure shoved down my throat since I was an idiot to take my anger out on Elena, Klaus and Rebekah both knew. He never showed up, but neither did you. I needed you and you weren’t there to save me or even to say your last goodbyes. You could’ve at least called to make sure I was okay, but you never did. And before I died, I learned that I’m descended from Travelers, so I learned some magic along the way while I was looking for a way out of the prison world. Now, you can be angry at me, but right now, Klaus needs you and so do the others. I overheard your conversation. I may not have been a big fan of the wolf girl when I was a vampire, but after everything I went through all those years ago and everything in the prison world, I’ve changed. Just because you’re mad or you wanted to run off forever doesn’t give you the right to abandon the quest to find Hayley. I may be able to help find her, but if there’s anything supernatural that did something to her, then I won’t be able to help much. We need everyone to find her. Nadia spent her entire life motherless. I won’t let that happen to another child, although for me it was against my will. Now, what do you say we all go to New Orleans and find Hayley?” Kat replied to him.
She turned around and looked at Klaus.
“I’ll meet you two at the compound. I’m pretty sure you two have a lot to work out along the way and I don’t want to get between you two. Besides, I’m quite capable of finding my own way there.”
As she began to pass Klaus, he put a hand on her arm, stopping her, and she looked at him.
“Thank you, Katerina. I knew if anyone could get through to him, it would be you. You two always had a connection I never quite understood.”
“You’re welcome,” she replied.
“You can come along with us. We’ll work out what we need to once we’re home.”
She gave a smile at that.
After Antoinette woke up and Elijah left her, the three of them went home to New Orleans. It didn’t take long for them to get home. Then, after filling everyone in, Kat searched around for where Hayley would be at, while Klaus took a car ride with Caroline to find Hope.
Kat was concentrating on doing a mental locator spell, as she walked through town, so she wasn’t paying much attention to her surroundings. Because she was concentrating too much on locating where Hayley was instead of what was happening, she didn’t realize that someone was behind her. Then she did realize when the person pinned her against a wall.
“Well, aren’t you a familiar face,” Greta commented.
“I get that a lot,” Katherine replied.
“You have no idea what you’ve done, do you? The Mikaelsons can’t be in the same place without eventually ruining this city.”
“Well, if you let me go, I can fix that.”
“I have a better idea. Looks like my plan has just changed course. We’re moving things up a few notches.”
Kat concentrated, and Greta’s hands began to smoke, making her let her go. Kat then kicked her away, but since Greta was a vampire, Kat couldn’t do too much to hurt her, and Greta retaliated on her by feeding on her, but she didn’t kill her.
When Katherine woke up, she was tied with rope to a wooden chair and saw a boy in the room with a girl whom had chains on her wrists and Hayley whom was chained herself. She could hear the girl and Hayley talking the boy down, as she adjusted her vision. She was weak from being fed on, but she wasn’t going to give up.
“This is going to be the only time I say this. Hayley is right. The only reason someone like your mother would want the wolf side of a person laid dormant would be so they can’t defend themselves. Your own mother played you. Now, rope tied to a chair or not, I’ve changed. I’m human but I’m also descended from Travelers, so I’ve got magic. I can get us out of here. I’m going to give you a choice, kid. Let Hayley and Hope go or else. I don’t want to hurt a kid, but if Hope or Hayley are harmed, someone’s going to pay the price. I’ve died before, so I’m not afraid to die. If you let them go, then I’ll stay behind. Nadia spent her entire life without me and then her vampire life searching for me until she found me years ago when I got the cure shoved down my throat. She was motherless because my father saw me as a no-good slut for following my heart instead of the rules of that time. I won’t let Hope be motherless too.”
“My mother wouldn’t do that,” the boy said, not wanting to believe it.
“Fine. You don’t want to believe either of us? Then how about you think about it?” she replied. Though tied, there was some slack, so she could use her hands when she used magic. She did some magic to knock him out. Then she pointed her hand towards Hayley doing magic to make the chains start melting.
When the chains were melted, and Hayley was free, Kat told them, “Klaus, Elijah, and Caroline are on a hunting trip to look for you two. They don’t know that I’ve been taken too but go. Before his mother shows up.”
“Elijah?” Hayley asked her.
“Yes. I escaped a prison world and appeared when Klaus was trying to convince Elijah to come home with him. I undid the compulsion Marcel did on him, so he has all his memories. I don’t care what happens to me. You two have to go, though. I don’t want all of this to be for nothing.”
Hayley understood and got the chains off Hope. Then, when she was about to leave with Hope, Greta entered.
Kat watched the fight between Hayley and Greta. She didn’t know how long it had been since Greta had bitten her, but Greta hadn’t cared to heal Katherine, so she was still losing blood from the side of her neck. Watching the fight, her vision went blurry again. Then the door opened, and she could hear Klaus and Elijah join what was happening. She couldn’t stay awake for long though, because of the blood loss, and everything went black before the fight had ended.
After Klaus did his thing and killed Greta for everything, he disposed of her body and Hayley and Hope went home. While they all did that, Elijah was more concerned for his Katerina. Although he’d left her, he did still love her even as he loved Hayley. Katerina, he loved much more than Hayley though. Plus, Hayley didn’t need him. Katerina did. Katerina was only human. She couldn’t protect herself, magic or not.
Elijah blurred over to stand in front of her. Then he broke the ropes in two, freeing her, and gently picked her up out of the chair. He knelt on the floor with her in his arms and, with crook of arm supporting her head, he bit his wrist and put it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat. He hoped she could digest it. He didn’t know if she could drink vampire blood after what she said that she’d gone through after he’d left.
“Stay with me, Katerina,” he pleaded. “I won’t lose you again. Forgive me, Katerina. I’m so sorry.”
When the wound was healed and gone, he gently picked her up in his arms and went home with her.
When Katherine woke up, she saw that she was in bed with Elijah seated on her bedside.
She slowly sat up in bed and gave a smile.
“You saved me.”
He gave a smile back.
“Did you ever doubt that I would?”
“Well, to be honest, I wasn’t sure if I knew anymore.”
“I had every intention of coming back when I could. I’m sorry you went through that,” he replied, a hand on the side of her face.
“Well, I think New Orleans is a good place to start if you’d rather start over with us. I know you’ll never leave this city and I once called this city a short-term home until I left, while you guys were off doing things across the world.”
“That would be marvelous, Katerina.”
It was such a moment, that they kissed, symbolizing that they were now back together again. This time for good.
“We made a vow. Always and forever,” Klaus told him.
“You’re talking about someone else’s life,” Elijah replied.
“No! This is still your life! You have responsibilities! You can’t just abandon them for a fairytale playing piano in the French countryside!"
“Do you think I’m going to stand here and watch you destroy everything that I built here?” Elijah questioned him.
“You honestly think you have a choice?” Klaus questioned. He attempted to snap his neck, but Elijah through him across the room and Klaus landed on the floor after falling off a table. Klaus looked at him from the floor. “You have no idea the risk I’m taking simply being here. There are consequences to us being together. Don’t you see?”
“So, leave!” Elijah yelled at him.
“I would have never come if the circumstances weren’t dire,” Klaus replied to him.
“I don’t care. Your reasons don’t matter to me.”
“So, Hayley’s life isn’t worth saving? Hope’s life isn’t worth saving? Please, Elijah. Hayley is missing. Hayley. Even in your state, that name must mean something to you.”
“No more than the name Mikaelson,” Elijah told him.
Klaus pinned him to a table with a hand around his throat.
“We are your family! You love us. You love me."
Antoinette snuck up behind Klaus and temporarily killed him with a piece of wood through his heart, but he quickly recovered. They were in a back room when he appeared and after threatening Antoinette, told Elijah, “Please. I’m begging you, brother. You may not think you know me or Kol or Rebekah or Freya or Hope or even Hayley, but we are your family.” Klaus approached where they stood, standing in front of Elijah. “Everyone you love needs you now.”
“Everyone I love is right here,” Elijah insisted. “Don’t waste your breath. I know exactly who I am. See, I ran into Marcel Gerard a few years ago in New York City. Did he tell you about that? I didn’t recognize him of course, but he did say my name, and that was all I needed to learn about my former life. I don’t have all the memories, but I know about you. Rebekah, Kol, Freya, Hope, and even Hayley. And I don’t care about any of you.”
“You may have a wealth of knowledge at your disposal. Facts, figures, names and dates, but you lack all the feelings. The love and the loyalty. A thousand years of family!”
“Elijah Mikaelson spent everyday of his wretched life trying to save you from yourself. I mean, I can’t even imagine how miserable. From what I understand, that poor bastard was lucky to find even a moment of pleasure. That’s not me. That’s not who I am.” He turned around to look at Antoinette. “I love this life. I love it all. I love the quiet of the night. The taste of my prey when I embrace their true demise. I worship every single dawn I spend here. Here where I am truly, truly loved.”
“Such poetry, but it means nothing,” Klaus said. “Without family; without purpose. You were not unhappy. You were a king amongst men. We both were, standing shoulder to shoulder, through the ages. We had glorious times together. Please, Elijah.”
Before Elijah could say anything, a new voice spoke. She was human and had just escaped a prison world she’d ended up in after she’d died all those years ago. She’d overheard everything and was sad on the inside to hear him speak like that towards Klaus after so long of being at his side and being devoted.
“That’s not really true, Elijah,” she stated, and went to stand next to Klaus, not afraid of him. She then looked at Klaus. “I guess you thought you’d seen the last of me, didn’t you? Sorry to disappoint. I simply ended up in a prison world. Let me guess. Quite some amnesia?”
Klaus was for once in his life, happy to see her. At least he wasn’t alone, since it seemed that she was going to help him with Elijah.
“Quite. He let Marcel compel always and forever away seven years ago,” Klaus informed her.
“Well, I can fix that. I had a daughter too once. She and I reunited when I was dying of old age. Nadia told me that I’m descended from Travelers, so I learned a few things before I died and in the prison world, I learned some other things,” she informed him.
He was surprised at her confession but didn’t show it.
“Do what you must,” Klaus told her.
“Well, first things first,” she replied. She magically snapped Antoinette’s neck.
“Who are you?” Elijah questioned.
“Someone that you will always love, no matter what. Not even Klaus could keep us apart for 500 years,” she replied. “I’m sorry that I have to do this, but it’s for your own good. You have to remember. Everything.”
She put her hands out towards him, using magic on him, reversing the compulsion on him. She hated that she had to hurt him, but it had to be done as quickly as possible. Klaus clearly needed Elijah immediately.
Half an hour later, she’d finished with undoing the compulsion. Being cautious, she approached him.
“Elijah?”
He looked at her and then got to his feet.
“What have you done?” he questioned her.
“I’m not going to fight with you. You can be mad at me all you want, but Klaus clearly needs your help. Besides, Klaus and I buried the hatchet years ago. I don’t know what the hell you were up to but while I was dying of old age due to getting the cure shoved down my throat since I was an idiot to take my anger out on Elena, Klaus and Rebekah both knew. He never showed up, but neither did you. I needed you and you weren’t there to save me or even to say your last goodbyes. You could’ve at least called to make sure I was okay, but you never did. And before I died, I learned that I’m descended from Travelers, so I learned some magic along the way while I was looking for a way out of the prison world. Now, you can be angry at me, but right now, Klaus needs you and so do the others. I overheard your conversation. I may not have been a big fan of the wolf girl when I was a vampire, but after everything I went through all those years ago and everything in the prison world, I’ve changed. Just because you’re mad or you wanted to run off forever doesn’t give you the right to abandon the quest to find Hayley. I may be able to help find her, but if there’s anything supernatural that did something to her, then I won’t be able to help much. We need everyone to find her. Nadia spent her entire life motherless. I won’t let that happen to another child, although for me it was against my will. Now, what do you say we all go to New Orleans and find Hayley?” Kat replied to him.
She turned around and looked at Klaus.
“I’ll meet you two at the compound. I’m pretty sure you two have a lot to work out along the way and I don’t want to get between you two. Besides, I’m quite capable of finding my own way there.”
As she began to pass Klaus, he put a hand on her arm, stopping her, and she looked at him.
“Thank you, Katerina. I knew if anyone could get through to him, it would be you. You two always had a connection I never quite understood.”
“You’re welcome,” she replied.
“You can come along with us. We’ll work out what we need to once we’re home.”
She gave a smile at that.
After Antoinette woke up and Elijah left her, the three of them went home to New Orleans. It didn’t take long for them to get home. Then, after filling everyone in, Kat searched around for where Hayley would be at, while Klaus took a car ride with Caroline to find Hope.
Kat was concentrating on doing a mental locator spell, as she walked through town, so she wasn’t paying much attention to her surroundings. Because she was concentrating too much on locating where Hayley was instead of what was happening, she didn’t realize that someone was behind her. Then she did realize when the person pinned her against a wall.
“Well, aren’t you a familiar face,” Greta commented.
“I get that a lot,” Katherine replied.
“You have no idea what you’ve done, do you? The Mikaelsons can’t be in the same place without eventually ruining this city.”
“Well, if you let me go, I can fix that.”
“I have a better idea. Looks like my plan has just changed course. We’re moving things up a few notches.”
Kat concentrated, and Greta’s hands began to smoke, making her let her go. Kat then kicked her away, but since Greta was a vampire, Kat couldn’t do too much to hurt her, and Greta retaliated on her by feeding on her, but she didn’t kill her.
When Katherine woke up, she was tied with rope to a wooden chair and saw a boy in the room with a girl whom had chains on her wrists and Hayley whom was chained herself. She could hear the girl and Hayley talking the boy down, as she adjusted her vision. She was weak from being fed on, but she wasn’t going to give up.
“This is going to be the only time I say this. Hayley is right. The only reason someone like your mother would want the wolf side of a person laid dormant would be so they can’t defend themselves. Your own mother played you. Now, rope tied to a chair or not, I’ve changed. I’m human but I’m also descended from Travelers, so I’ve got magic. I can get us out of here. I’m going to give you a choice, kid. Let Hayley and Hope go or else. I don’t want to hurt a kid, but if Hope or Hayley are harmed, someone’s going to pay the price. I’ve died before, so I’m not afraid to die. If you let them go, then I’ll stay behind. Nadia spent her entire life without me and then her vampire life searching for me until she found me years ago when I got the cure shoved down my throat. She was motherless because my father saw me as a no-good slut for following my heart instead of the rules of that time. I won’t let Hope be motherless too.”
“My mother wouldn’t do that,” the boy said, not wanting to believe it.
“Fine. You don’t want to believe either of us? Then how about you think about it?” she replied. Though tied, there was some slack, so she could use her hands when she used magic. She did some magic to knock him out. Then she pointed her hand towards Hayley doing magic to make the chains start melting.
When the chains were melted, and Hayley was free, Kat told them, “Klaus, Elijah, and Caroline are on a hunting trip to look for you two. They don’t know that I’ve been taken too but go. Before his mother shows up.”
“Elijah?” Hayley asked her.
“Yes. I escaped a prison world and appeared when Klaus was trying to convince Elijah to come home with him. I undid the compulsion Marcel did on him, so he has all his memories. I don’t care what happens to me. You two have to go, though. I don’t want all of this to be for nothing.”
Hayley understood and got the chains off Hope. Then, when she was about to leave with Hope, Greta entered.
Kat watched the fight between Hayley and Greta. She didn’t know how long it had been since Greta had bitten her, but Greta hadn’t cared to heal Katherine, so she was still losing blood from the side of her neck. Watching the fight, her vision went blurry again. Then the door opened, and she could hear Klaus and Elijah join what was happening. She couldn’t stay awake for long though, because of the blood loss, and everything went black before the fight had ended.
After Klaus did his thing and killed Greta for everything, he disposed of her body and Hayley and Hope went home. While they all did that, Elijah was more concerned for his Katerina. Although he’d left her, he did still love her even as he loved Hayley. Katerina, he loved much more than Hayley though. Plus, Hayley didn’t need him. Katerina did. Katerina was only human. She couldn’t protect herself, magic or not.
Elijah blurred over to stand in front of her. Then he broke the ropes in two, freeing her, and gently picked her up out of the chair. He knelt on the floor with her in his arms and, with crook of arm supporting her head, he bit his wrist and put it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat. He hoped she could digest it. He didn’t know if she could drink vampire blood after what she said that she’d gone through after he’d left.
“Stay with me, Katerina,” he pleaded. “I won’t lose you again. Forgive me, Katerina. I’m so sorry.”
When the wound was healed and gone, he gently picked her up in his arms and went home with her.
When Katherine woke up, she saw that she was in bed with Elijah seated on her bedside.
She slowly sat up in bed and gave a smile.
“You saved me.”
He gave a smile back.
“Did you ever doubt that I would?”
“Well, to be honest, I wasn’t sure if I knew anymore.”
“I had every intention of coming back when I could. I’m sorry you went through that,” he replied, a hand on the side of her face.
“Well, I think New Orleans is a good place to start if you’d rather start over with us. I know you’ll never leave this city and I once called this city a short-term home until I left, while you guys were off doing things across the world.”
“That would be marvelous, Katerina.”
It was such a moment, that they kissed, symbolizing that they were now back together again. This time for good.
You Raise Me Up (Kalijah)
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary
When troubles come and my heart burdened be
And I am still and wait here in the silence
Until you come, and sit awhile with me
It was a nebulous night, as a human Katherine lay on a road in a desolate area, on her back. She’d just appeared after dealing with Kai for so long in the prison world, she’d finally gotten the ascendant together and gotten out of there without Kai being able to tag along with her. Now she found herself in a desolate area of what looked to be New Orleans. She knew she should probably leave town or at least get somewhere safe, but she couldn’t. She’d lost a lot of blood and she knew it wasn’t a good thing to try going anywhere after losing a lot of blood, and when someone had shot you with an arrow and there was a dagger in your thigh artery, which was the only thing keeping you from bleeding out. That was why she didn’t go anywhere. That, and because she was so tired of running and tired because of the blood loss. She could only hope that someone with a good heart would find her before it was too late.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up, to more than I can be
After everything that had happened between his family, himself, and Marcel, and since there was nothing here for him anymore, he was on his way to heading out of town but stopped when he smelled human blood. It wasn’t just any human though. He could smell Katerina. After everything had turned out well enough, Klaus had finally told Elijah what had happened to Katerina a few years ago, so Elijah was surprised that Katerina was alive and human, yet again. She’d died a human though, so he guessed it shouldn’t be too surprising. Once he smelled the human scent of Katerina as well as blood, he followed the scents, knowing that this meant that she was injured. If she needed help, no matter what, he wouldn’t leave her to die. He’d hate for anything to happen to her, though according to his brother, it was a little too late for that.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up, to more than I can be
As soon as he saw her in the road, he blurred to her side and knelt beside her. He could tell that she’d lost a lot of blood. Seeing an arrow in her lower stomach, he pulled it out and tossed it to the ground. He didn’t dare feed her his blood, though he knew she was in bad condition. He knew that last time she’d been human, she couldn’t digest vampire blood. He didn’t have much of a choice. He had to get back home so Freya could heal her, since there weren’t any working hospitals in New Orleans, thanks to Mikael back in the day. Seeing the ascendant by her, he knew she’d come from a prison world, which he knew explained how she was alive and who had done this to her. He knew her well enough to know that she wouldn’t normally harm herself on purpose.
He rested a hand on the side of her face.
“Can you hear me, Katerina?”
After a few minutes of nothing, he took his hand away.
He slid an arm under her, pulling her into his arms, and his other one under her legs. He then got to his feet and blurred home with her in his arms.
“Stay with me, Katerina,” he pleaded.
Please, don’t leave me.
He didn’t want to lose her. He couldn’t bear the thought of never seeing her again.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up, to more than I can be
After Elijah had summarized of who she was, Freya agreed to save her life.
As she layed on the table in the same room as Freya had used to make the ultimate weapon against Marcel, she was pale from her injuries and blood loss, as Freya used her magic to heal her, in order to try and save her life.
Elijah stood by her silently, a hand on the side of her face. Though he didn’t show it, he was afraid that she may not make it. She’d fought for her life for 500 years. How many times could she continue fighting, before she gave up? He’d left her when she’d pleaded for him to stay, leaving her to fend for herself, only for her to end up dead. After he’d left, she’d been completely on her own, and he’d had no knowledge of it. If he could do things over, he’d do things differently. He’d stay if he could change the past. He couldn’t change the past, though. He could only try and make things better.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up, to more than I can be
You raise me up
To more than I
Can be…
After she got her healed, Elijah left New Orleans with her, her in the passenger seat and him driving. He wasn’t going to be staying in New Orleans. He hadn’t planned on being there forever when he’d first gone to go help Klaus. Besides, he had to keep Katerina safe from any enemies that came their way, whether they were after himself or her. He wasn’t going to leave her to the mercy or no mercy of New Orleans. Even though he’d left, he still loved her, and he always would no matter what.
About a month later, they had rekindled their relationship and started over, this time without Klaus to intervene.
When troubles come and my heart burdened be
And I am still and wait here in the silence
Until you come, and sit awhile with me
It was a nebulous night, as a human Katherine lay on a road in a desolate area, on her back. She’d just appeared after dealing with Kai for so long in the prison world, she’d finally gotten the ascendant together and gotten out of there without Kai being able to tag along with her. Now she found herself in a desolate area of what looked to be New Orleans. She knew she should probably leave town or at least get somewhere safe, but she couldn’t. She’d lost a lot of blood and she knew it wasn’t a good thing to try going anywhere after losing a lot of blood, and when someone had shot you with an arrow and there was a dagger in your thigh artery, which was the only thing keeping you from bleeding out. That was why she didn’t go anywhere. That, and because she was so tired of running and tired because of the blood loss. She could only hope that someone with a good heart would find her before it was too late.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up, to more than I can be
After everything that had happened between his family, himself, and Marcel, and since there was nothing here for him anymore, he was on his way to heading out of town but stopped when he smelled human blood. It wasn’t just any human though. He could smell Katerina. After everything had turned out well enough, Klaus had finally told Elijah what had happened to Katerina a few years ago, so Elijah was surprised that Katerina was alive and human, yet again. She’d died a human though, so he guessed it shouldn’t be too surprising. Once he smelled the human scent of Katerina as well as blood, he followed the scents, knowing that this meant that she was injured. If she needed help, no matter what, he wouldn’t leave her to die. He’d hate for anything to happen to her, though according to his brother, it was a little too late for that.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up, to more than I can be
As soon as he saw her in the road, he blurred to her side and knelt beside her. He could tell that she’d lost a lot of blood. Seeing an arrow in her lower stomach, he pulled it out and tossed it to the ground. He didn’t dare feed her his blood, though he knew she was in bad condition. He knew that last time she’d been human, she couldn’t digest vampire blood. He didn’t have much of a choice. He had to get back home so Freya could heal her, since there weren’t any working hospitals in New Orleans, thanks to Mikael back in the day. Seeing the ascendant by her, he knew she’d come from a prison world, which he knew explained how she was alive and who had done this to her. He knew her well enough to know that she wouldn’t normally harm herself on purpose.
He rested a hand on the side of her face.
“Can you hear me, Katerina?”
After a few minutes of nothing, he took his hand away.
He slid an arm under her, pulling her into his arms, and his other one under her legs. He then got to his feet and blurred home with her in his arms.
“Stay with me, Katerina,” he pleaded.
Please, don’t leave me.
He didn’t want to lose her. He couldn’t bear the thought of never seeing her again.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up, to more than I can be
After Elijah had summarized of who she was, Freya agreed to save her life.
As she layed on the table in the same room as Freya had used to make the ultimate weapon against Marcel, she was pale from her injuries and blood loss, as Freya used her magic to heal her, in order to try and save her life.
Elijah stood by her silently, a hand on the side of her face. Though he didn’t show it, he was afraid that she may not make it. She’d fought for her life for 500 years. How many times could she continue fighting, before she gave up? He’d left her when she’d pleaded for him to stay, leaving her to fend for herself, only for her to end up dead. After he’d left, she’d been completely on her own, and he’d had no knowledge of it. If he could do things over, he’d do things differently. He’d stay if he could change the past. He couldn’t change the past, though. He could only try and make things better.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up, to more than I can be
You raise me up
To more than I
Can be…
After she got her healed, Elijah left New Orleans with her, her in the passenger seat and him driving. He wasn’t going to be staying in New Orleans. He hadn’t planned on being there forever when he’d first gone to go help Klaus. Besides, he had to keep Katerina safe from any enemies that came their way, whether they were after himself or her. He wasn’t going to leave her to the mercy or no mercy of New Orleans. Even though he’d left, he still loved her, and he always would no matter what.
About a month later, they had rekindled their relationship and started over, this time without Klaus to intervene.
How To Save A Life (Kalijah)
*American Gothic*
Step one, you say we need to talk
He walks, you say sit down, it’s just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left, and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
You begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
It was a beautiful day, as Katherine and Elijah stood in front of each other in an alleyway in Pennsylvania.
“Is that what I am to you?” he accused her. “A means of survival?”
“Of course you’re not a means of survival. You looked out for me when I had no one. You’ve given me a second chance now, when no one else will.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “I love you. Elijah.” He turned his face away and she put her hand down. “You don’t believe me.”
He looked at her.
“I want to. It’s my disease. I just keep wanting to believe you, but how can I when, at every turn, you give me a reason to doubt you. I don’t know you. I don’t think I ever will.”
She silently watched, as he began to walk away, before catching up with him and put a hand on his arm, stopping him in his tracks.
“Wait.”
He looked at her hand and then her a couple of times and she got the hint, so she let go.
He looked at her.
“Goodbye, Katherine.”
She silently watched, as he walked away, knowing that she’d lost his trust in her for lying to him. She’d broken their agreement they’d made centuries ago. It didn’t matter what she did so long as she never lied to him. Now she knew she needed to earn his trust back somehow.
Let him know that you know best
‘Cause after all, you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you’ve told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And I pray to God he hears you
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
That night, she found him walking down a sidewalk. She stopped him by standing in front of him.
“Wait.”
“What do you want?” he asked, though he wasn’t interested.
“To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive, I—I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.” She pulled out a box from her purse.
“You have the cure,” he stated.
“Yes. And I can shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I succeeded, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She set the cure in his hand. “I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you. You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”
He silently watched, as she walked away from him, before looking down at the cure in his hand.
*Mystic Falls-Mikaelson Mansion*
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you’ve followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
It was a dismal night at the Mikaelson mansion, as Elijah stood in front of her, having just told her that he was choosing to leave town and follow Klaus to New Orleans. He believed that Klaus may need his help to take care of whatever witches were conspiring against him. Family always came first for him, whether he wanted to sacrifice his love or not. Because he felt like he had to cut ties, he was breaking up with her. Not just leaving town. He felt that this was the best thing for them, though he still loved her, and always would.
“It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she pleaded with him, trying to get him to reconsider, but it was obviously futile, knowing how much family meant to him.
“Katerina.” He kissed her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.” Then he was gone as quick as possible, needing to get away quickly, in case he changed his mind.
She stood there, looking at the space he’d once stood, heartbroken, yet again. He always did this to her, but this time, for some reason, it felt different, as if it was the last time she’d ever see of him. She hoped that that wasn’t true. She couldn’t bear to never see Elijah ever again. She loved him with her whole heart.
*Present Day- New Orleans*
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
It was a dismal night, as Katherine, human due to getting the cure shoved down her throat, sat in the driver’s seat in a nearly totaled car, very injured. She knew she should get out, but she was human and quite injured. She could feel blood on either side of her head, and there was a shard of glass protruding from her lower stomach, and there was another shard of glass stabbed into her thigh. Looking at it, she could tell that it had opened the artery in her thigh. She was in a lot of pain, but she’d never been one to express her pain, unless she was in the presence of Elijah during her pain. She knew she should stay awake, but it was difficult, since her vision was blurry and growing dim. She knew from this that she was probably going to die, and that she most likely had a concussion or worst. She hoped that someone would find her in time and save her life. She didn’t want to die, but as an injured human, there wasn’t much she could do.
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
Elijah had just left the bar and was heading home, but on a desolate street, when he smelled the familiar scents he’d know anywhere, he stopped in his tracks. It confused him of why Katerina was in town, so he scanned the desolate area, only to see a nearly totaled car that was crashed into a pole with quite a lot of brute force.
He blurred to the driver’s side, only to find that Katerina was in there, human and injured.
“Katerina.”
He forced the car door open, since it was jammed, and stepped towards her. There was quite a lot of blood, but considering he didn’t know how she was even human, he didn’t want to chance feeding her vampire blood, just in case she couldn’t digest it. She was very pale, too. Seeing the two shards of glass, he pulled them both out and tossed them on the floorboard. He then rested gentle hands on either side of her pale face.
“Katerina, it’s me. Can you hear me?”
He didn’t get anything from her.
He put her arm around his shoulders and slid one of his behind her. Then he slid his other arm under her legs, pulling her gently into his arms and out of the wreck.
“Stay with me, Katerina. Please,” he pleaded, hoping he wasn’t too late to save her. He knew now that he was wrong to leave her, but at least he was here now, when she needed him to save her after all these centuries.
He blurred to the compound, so he could ask Freya to heal her. Freya was his only other option, but he didn’t know if she’d make it. She was losing a lot more blood and was growing much more paler. He knew he was losing her, as he blurred home.
Half an hour later, he entered the compound.
“Freya!” he called, as he gently layed her down on the table and took his jacket off. He gently lifted her head and put his jacket there as a pillow for her head, before laying her head gently back down.
Freya came down the stairs quickly, assuming that something was wrong the way he’d yelled for her. She was right when she saw a very injured girl on the table. Though she didn’t know who this girl was, she could tell that he cared deeply for her; especially, after he requested for her to heal her. Freya did as told, though she could only go one or two at a time, so while she began to heal her thigh, Elijah used a towel to try and slow her lower stomach from bleeding.
As he tried to slow the bleeding with a hand on the towel, he rested a gentle hand on the side of her face.
“I’m right here, Katerina. Stay with me. I promise you. I will never leave you again,” he said, though he didn’t know if she could hear him or not, since she was getting so close to dying, because of the loss of blood.
Freya soon healed her thigh, so Elijah took the towel away and Freya began to heal her lower stomach.
Half an hour later, Freya finished healing all of her and Elijah gently picked her up in his arms, once he thanked Freya, and took Katerina to his room. He then layed her gently down in his bed and sat on her bedside, waiting for her to awaken. He rested a hand on the side of her face and another on top of her hand.
“I’m here, Katerina, and I’m not leaving again. No matter what has happened, you are not alone. I promise, I will not leave you again. You have my word on that,” he promised her, genuinely meaning every word. If anything had happened to her while he’d been here with his family, he’d never forgive himself. He shouldn’t have abandoned her or left her like he had, but he’d thought that she’d be okay without him. He knew now that he was wrong. No matter what went on, he was going to protect her as long as possible, even if that meant that he’d have to watch her grow old and die while he was still himself.
Step one, you say we need to talk
He walks, you say sit down, it’s just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left, and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
You begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
It was a beautiful day, as Katherine and Elijah stood in front of each other in an alleyway in Pennsylvania.
“Is that what I am to you?” he accused her. “A means of survival?”
“Of course you’re not a means of survival. You looked out for me when I had no one. You’ve given me a second chance now, when no one else will.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “I love you. Elijah.” He turned his face away and she put her hand down. “You don’t believe me.”
He looked at her.
“I want to. It’s my disease. I just keep wanting to believe you, but how can I when, at every turn, you give me a reason to doubt you. I don’t know you. I don’t think I ever will.”
She silently watched, as he began to walk away, before catching up with him and put a hand on his arm, stopping him in his tracks.
“Wait.”
He looked at her hand and then her a couple of times and she got the hint, so she let go.
He looked at her.
“Goodbye, Katherine.”
She silently watched, as he walked away, knowing that she’d lost his trust in her for lying to him. She’d broken their agreement they’d made centuries ago. It didn’t matter what she did so long as she never lied to him. Now she knew she needed to earn his trust back somehow.
Let him know that you know best
‘Cause after all, you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you’ve told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And I pray to God he hears you
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
That night, she found him walking down a sidewalk. She stopped him by standing in front of him.
“Wait.”
“What do you want?” he asked, though he wasn’t interested.
“To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive, I—I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.” She pulled out a box from her purse.
“You have the cure,” he stated.
“Yes. And I can shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I succeeded, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She set the cure in his hand. “I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you. You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”
He silently watched, as she walked away from him, before looking down at the cure in his hand.
*Mystic Falls-Mikaelson Mansion*
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you’ve followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
It was a dismal night at the Mikaelson mansion, as Elijah stood in front of her, having just told her that he was choosing to leave town and follow Klaus to New Orleans. He believed that Klaus may need his help to take care of whatever witches were conspiring against him. Family always came first for him, whether he wanted to sacrifice his love or not. Because he felt like he had to cut ties, he was breaking up with her. Not just leaving town. He felt that this was the best thing for them, though he still loved her, and always would.
“It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she pleaded with him, trying to get him to reconsider, but it was obviously futile, knowing how much family meant to him.
“Katerina.” He kissed her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.” Then he was gone as quick as possible, needing to get away quickly, in case he changed his mind.
She stood there, looking at the space he’d once stood, heartbroken, yet again. He always did this to her, but this time, for some reason, it felt different, as if it was the last time she’d ever see of him. She hoped that that wasn’t true. She couldn’t bear to never see Elijah ever again. She loved him with her whole heart.
*Present Day- New Orleans*
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
It was a dismal night, as Katherine, human due to getting the cure shoved down her throat, sat in the driver’s seat in a nearly totaled car, very injured. She knew she should get out, but she was human and quite injured. She could feel blood on either side of her head, and there was a shard of glass protruding from her lower stomach, and there was another shard of glass stabbed into her thigh. Looking at it, she could tell that it had opened the artery in her thigh. She was in a lot of pain, but she’d never been one to express her pain, unless she was in the presence of Elijah during her pain. She knew she should stay awake, but it was difficult, since her vision was blurry and growing dim. She knew from this that she was probably going to die, and that she most likely had a concussion or worst. She hoped that someone would find her in time and save her life. She didn’t want to die, but as an injured human, there wasn’t much she could do.
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
Elijah had just left the bar and was heading home, but on a desolate street, when he smelled the familiar scents he’d know anywhere, he stopped in his tracks. It confused him of why Katerina was in town, so he scanned the desolate area, only to see a nearly totaled car that was crashed into a pole with quite a lot of brute force.
He blurred to the driver’s side, only to find that Katerina was in there, human and injured.
“Katerina.”
He forced the car door open, since it was jammed, and stepped towards her. There was quite a lot of blood, but considering he didn’t know how she was even human, he didn’t want to chance feeding her vampire blood, just in case she couldn’t digest it. She was very pale, too. Seeing the two shards of glass, he pulled them both out and tossed them on the floorboard. He then rested gentle hands on either side of her pale face.
“Katerina, it’s me. Can you hear me?”
He didn’t get anything from her.
He put her arm around his shoulders and slid one of his behind her. Then he slid his other arm under her legs, pulling her gently into his arms and out of the wreck.
“Stay with me, Katerina. Please,” he pleaded, hoping he wasn’t too late to save her. He knew now that he was wrong to leave her, but at least he was here now, when she needed him to save her after all these centuries.
He blurred to the compound, so he could ask Freya to heal her. Freya was his only other option, but he didn’t know if she’d make it. She was losing a lot more blood and was growing much more paler. He knew he was losing her, as he blurred home.
Half an hour later, he entered the compound.
“Freya!” he called, as he gently layed her down on the table and took his jacket off. He gently lifted her head and put his jacket there as a pillow for her head, before laying her head gently back down.
Freya came down the stairs quickly, assuming that something was wrong the way he’d yelled for her. She was right when she saw a very injured girl on the table. Though she didn’t know who this girl was, she could tell that he cared deeply for her; especially, after he requested for her to heal her. Freya did as told, though she could only go one or two at a time, so while she began to heal her thigh, Elijah used a towel to try and slow her lower stomach from bleeding.
As he tried to slow the bleeding with a hand on the towel, he rested a gentle hand on the side of her face.
“I’m right here, Katerina. Stay with me. I promise you. I will never leave you again,” he said, though he didn’t know if she could hear him or not, since she was getting so close to dying, because of the loss of blood.
Freya soon healed her thigh, so Elijah took the towel away and Freya began to heal her lower stomach.
Half an hour later, Freya finished healing all of her and Elijah gently picked her up in his arms, once he thanked Freya, and took Katerina to his room. He then layed her gently down in his bed and sat on her bedside, waiting for her to awaken. He rested a hand on the side of her face and another on top of her hand.
“I’m here, Katerina, and I’m not leaving again. No matter what has happened, you are not alone. I promise, I will not leave you again. You have my word on that,” he promised her, genuinely meaning every word. If anything had happened to her while he’d been here with his family, he’d never forgive himself. He shouldn’t have abandoned her or left her like he had, but he’d thought that she’d be okay without him. He knew now that he was wrong. No matter what went on, he was going to protect her as long as possible, even if that meant that he’d have to watch her grow old and die while he was still himself.
Phantomesque
A/N: Haylijah never happened in the series.
It was a dismal night, as Freya looked at the crystal that held Elijah’s spirit. It was cracking, which Hayley had just shown her. Freya knew that she had to do something and quick. Otherwise, it wouldn’t hold Elijah’s spirit and they’d lose him forever. She didn’t want to lose anymore of her family. She’d already lost her father, her brother Finn, and her mother. She couldn’t lose anyone else. She had to make sure Elijah’s mind was right, before she could put his spirit back in his body where it belonged.
Suddenly, she looked to see someone appear with what looked to be an ascendant. She didn’t know who she was, but she was injured. It seemed like the others knew who she was, though.
“Katherine?” Hayley inquired, shocked to see her. Especially, see her human.
Klaus gave a smile.
“Well, well. Look who’s back from the dead.”
Katherine gave a smile at them, as well as the girl she assumed to be Klaus’ daughter and the witch she assumed to be a family member.
“Hello, Klaus. Hayley,” she greeted them. Then to Klaus, she said, “You didn’t think I’d stay dead, did you? I had an inkling you might’ve known I was dying, even if you didn’t show up.” She looked around to see that she was at the compound. “What am I doing here? What’s going on?”
“Well, I could wish, can’t I?” Klaus inquired of the part about her being dead.
“Elijah’s spirit is inside this crystal. I need to send someone in to make sure his mind is right, before I put him back in his body,” Freya informed her.
Katherine was crestfallen for a moment. She couldn’t believe that she was hearing that Elijah was dead. She was lucky that he was inside the crystal, though. Because he was in the crystal, she wasn’t upset very much.
“Send me in there. I know Elijah better than anyone here. I’ve seen the bad parts and good parts of him both. If he’s not in his right mind, I can put him in his right mind. It won’t take too long,” she volunteered. She looked at Klaus. “I’ll help get Elijah back, but first I just need a little something. I won’t survive the trip if my body out here is damaged. Do me a favor and help me out?”
He thought for a moment, before biting his wrist.
She drank from his wrist until she was healed. Then she pulled away and approached the magical circle.
After laying down as if she was going to sleep, Freya did a spell on her which sent her inside the crystal.
When Katherine found herself inside the crystal, she was in a hallway and everything was white, except for a few of the doors. She could hear happiness from behind one and yelling behind another. Behind a red door, she could hear a commotion, so that’s the one she went through.
When she entered the red door, she saw unspeakable horror, though it didn’t scare her. She’d done countless things herself, so she wasn’t afraid of any of it. Besides, Elijah would never intentionally hurt her. When she saw Elijah there though, he was a different version of the Elijah that she knew. That’s when she realized that this was the version that he’d been a very long time before they’d met. There was so much death, and he didn’t seem to even recognize her.
“Elijah?” she called to him, as he approached her, though it was like he didn’t recognize her, even though she knew that he did see her. “Elijah, it’s me. Wake up, Elijah.”
At first, Elijah didn’t recognize who she was. He only recognized that she was human. And so, he sank his fangs into the side of her neck, feeding. When she didn’t struggle against him like humans usually did though, something familiar sparked inside him.
“Elijah, you need to wake up. Please. It’s me,” she tried again.
After a few moments, Elijah let her go, realizing she wasn’t exactly part of a memory. She was here to help him, and he’d almost killed her. Something he’d never wished to do to her.
He stepped away from her, afraid he might hurt her again.
“Katerina.”
“Welcome back, Elijah,” she replied. Then she walked out of the red door.
A few moments later, he joined her.
“I’m so sorry, Katerina. I didn’t mean to,” he apologized.
“It’s okay. You weren’t yourself,” she replied. “Now that you’re okay, it’s time for me to go back and for Freya to reunite you with your body. Oh, and next time, try not to get yourself killed.”
She vanished out of the crystal but didn’t quite wake up yet.
Hayley and Hope were upstairs now, but Klaus stayed just in case. Now Freya was in the other room, reuniting Elijah with his body. Klaus would’ve healed Katerina, since he saw that she’d been bitten, but Freya needed to unspell the circle first. Plus, he figured it was best that his brother save her life, since he was so good at that. Especially, when he had a suspicion that Elijah had been the one to bite her, while she’d been inside the crystal.
Klaus looked at Katerina from outside of the circle and hoped that she’d be okay. Although he’d spent a decade or so hunting her down, now that he had Hope to take care of, he wasn’t the same person he was back then. He’d somewhat changed. He didn’t want to see Katerina die. She didn’t deserve it. Even if it was Elijah’s fault for biting her. He figured Elijah didn’t mean to do it, though.
After Freya reunited Elijah with his body and after Elijah was awake, he left the room to go make sure Katerina was okay. So, after Freya unspelled the circle, he knelt by her and gently pulled her into his arms. He then bit his wrist and put it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to save her life.
Afterward, she healed, which told him that she’d be okay. And so, in the end, they got back together. The Hollow was even defeated too, without the Mikaelsons having to become vessels for The Hollow.
It was a dismal night, as Freya looked at the crystal that held Elijah’s spirit. It was cracking, which Hayley had just shown her. Freya knew that she had to do something and quick. Otherwise, it wouldn’t hold Elijah’s spirit and they’d lose him forever. She didn’t want to lose anymore of her family. She’d already lost her father, her brother Finn, and her mother. She couldn’t lose anyone else. She had to make sure Elijah’s mind was right, before she could put his spirit back in his body where it belonged.
Suddenly, she looked to see someone appear with what looked to be an ascendant. She didn’t know who she was, but she was injured. It seemed like the others knew who she was, though.
“Katherine?” Hayley inquired, shocked to see her. Especially, see her human.
Klaus gave a smile.
“Well, well. Look who’s back from the dead.”
Katherine gave a smile at them, as well as the girl she assumed to be Klaus’ daughter and the witch she assumed to be a family member.
“Hello, Klaus. Hayley,” she greeted them. Then to Klaus, she said, “You didn’t think I’d stay dead, did you? I had an inkling you might’ve known I was dying, even if you didn’t show up.” She looked around to see that she was at the compound. “What am I doing here? What’s going on?”
“Well, I could wish, can’t I?” Klaus inquired of the part about her being dead.
“Elijah’s spirit is inside this crystal. I need to send someone in to make sure his mind is right, before I put him back in his body,” Freya informed her.
Katherine was crestfallen for a moment. She couldn’t believe that she was hearing that Elijah was dead. She was lucky that he was inside the crystal, though. Because he was in the crystal, she wasn’t upset very much.
“Send me in there. I know Elijah better than anyone here. I’ve seen the bad parts and good parts of him both. If he’s not in his right mind, I can put him in his right mind. It won’t take too long,” she volunteered. She looked at Klaus. “I’ll help get Elijah back, but first I just need a little something. I won’t survive the trip if my body out here is damaged. Do me a favor and help me out?”
He thought for a moment, before biting his wrist.
She drank from his wrist until she was healed. Then she pulled away and approached the magical circle.
After laying down as if she was going to sleep, Freya did a spell on her which sent her inside the crystal.
When Katherine found herself inside the crystal, she was in a hallway and everything was white, except for a few of the doors. She could hear happiness from behind one and yelling behind another. Behind a red door, she could hear a commotion, so that’s the one she went through.
When she entered the red door, she saw unspeakable horror, though it didn’t scare her. She’d done countless things herself, so she wasn’t afraid of any of it. Besides, Elijah would never intentionally hurt her. When she saw Elijah there though, he was a different version of the Elijah that she knew. That’s when she realized that this was the version that he’d been a very long time before they’d met. There was so much death, and he didn’t seem to even recognize her.
“Elijah?” she called to him, as he approached her, though it was like he didn’t recognize her, even though she knew that he did see her. “Elijah, it’s me. Wake up, Elijah.”
At first, Elijah didn’t recognize who she was. He only recognized that she was human. And so, he sank his fangs into the side of her neck, feeding. When she didn’t struggle against him like humans usually did though, something familiar sparked inside him.
“Elijah, you need to wake up. Please. It’s me,” she tried again.
After a few moments, Elijah let her go, realizing she wasn’t exactly part of a memory. She was here to help him, and he’d almost killed her. Something he’d never wished to do to her.
He stepped away from her, afraid he might hurt her again.
“Katerina.”
“Welcome back, Elijah,” she replied. Then she walked out of the red door.
A few moments later, he joined her.
“I’m so sorry, Katerina. I didn’t mean to,” he apologized.
“It’s okay. You weren’t yourself,” she replied. “Now that you’re okay, it’s time for me to go back and for Freya to reunite you with your body. Oh, and next time, try not to get yourself killed.”
She vanished out of the crystal but didn’t quite wake up yet.
Hayley and Hope were upstairs now, but Klaus stayed just in case. Now Freya was in the other room, reuniting Elijah with his body. Klaus would’ve healed Katerina, since he saw that she’d been bitten, but Freya needed to unspell the circle first. Plus, he figured it was best that his brother save her life, since he was so good at that. Especially, when he had a suspicion that Elijah had been the one to bite her, while she’d been inside the crystal.
Klaus looked at Katerina from outside of the circle and hoped that she’d be okay. Although he’d spent a decade or so hunting her down, now that he had Hope to take care of, he wasn’t the same person he was back then. He’d somewhat changed. He didn’t want to see Katerina die. She didn’t deserve it. Even if it was Elijah’s fault for biting her. He figured Elijah didn’t mean to do it, though.
After Freya reunited Elijah with his body and after Elijah was awake, he left the room to go make sure Katerina was okay. So, after Freya unspelled the circle, he knelt by her and gently pulled her into his arms. He then bit his wrist and put it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to save her life.
Afterward, she healed, which told him that she’d be okay. And so, in the end, they got back together. The Hollow was even defeated too, without the Mikaelsons having to become vessels for The Hollow.
Queen Death
A/N: Haylijah never happened in the series.
It was a beautiful day, when Elijah woke up in a spelled circle in a house. He’d been poisoned with the rosebush thorns the night before. The Hollow inside of Sofia, Marcel’s girlfriend, wanted to become flesh by killing him. Because the thorns had Marcel’s venom on them, it was lethal. All Elijah could do was wait for his siblings to save him. There wasn’t much he could do. He was dying. He was trying to fight, but he knew it was only a matter of time.
Meanwhile, Klaus found out that something had happened, when Hayley told him she hadn’t seen Elijah since the night before, so they worked together to figure out where he was. Freya tried a locator spell, but she found out that Elijah was cloaked by magic. She couldn’t magically find him. That’s when Klaus asked for Marcel’s assistance in finding his brother.
Katherine, human, suddenly appeared someplace which she realized to be New Orleans, ascendant in hand and injured from her time in the prison world. She knew where she was, since Elijah was there, in pain and misery, laying in a spelled circle. She then saw someone there, obviously the one whom had caused this. That angered her and made her fear for his life all at the same time. Despite her injuries, she didn’t let her weakness show.
“What the hell did you do to Elijah?” she said angrily, and magically pinned her against a wall. She then approached.
“If you aim to save his life, you can’t. The thorns have Marcel’s venom. Either way, he dies,” she informed her, and laughed at that. “After that, I’ll be unstoppable.”
Katherine stopped her magic.
“No, you won’t. I didn’t come back to life to lose the love of my life. You won’t win. The Mikaelsons and I are never defeated. You’ll lose and go back to rock you crawled out from.” She magically snapped the girl’s neck. She then went to the circle and magically lifted the spell on the circle.
“Please, hold on, Elijah,” she pleaded.
Elijah heard her and then blurrily saw her, not sure if she was real or not, as everything began to go black.
Once the spell was broken, she got him out of the circle and on his back. Then she knelt beside him.
“Stay with me, Elijah. Don’t die on me.”
She hovered her hands above him, starting a spell. She didn’t know what she’d come back to life in the midst of, but she could still protect and save him. She could use magic to make sure no one could harm him and siphon the venom into herself. She’d rather die than for him to.
When Elijah woke up, he felt cured and saw a human and injured Katerina, letting him know that he hadn’t imagined it. He realized that she was somehow human with magic. She’d saved his life.
He knelt by her, a hand on the side of her face, as she lay on her back with stab wounds and an opened artery in her thigh. He also saw that she had and was still losing a lot of blood.
“Katerina, can you hear me? Katerina. Open your eyes, Katerina,” he called to her.
When she didn’t wake up or move, he gently pulled her into his arms and got to his feet. He didn’t know how she was human, so he didn’t want to chance feeding her vampire blood. He had one way to save her life. He had to get Freya to heal her.
Stay with me, Katerina. I can’t lose you. Keep fighting. Don’t die on me, he thought, as he blurred home to get Freya to save her life. He couldn’t lose her. Even after he broke up with her a few years ago, he still loved her. He always would. She was a piece of him and he was a piece of her. He could bare to lose her. He needed her to live. Besides, he hadn’t looked out for her for 500 years, just to lose her now to a simple human death. They were meant to be there for each other forever. He knew now that he’d made a mistake by leaving. Because of him leaving, she’d somehow become human and was now dying, because he hadn’t kept in contact to make sure she was okay. He had thought that she’d be okay on her own, just as always. He was wrong. Now, because of him, he may never have a chance with her again. He needed her to fight; stay strong. He couldn’t bare it if she died.
He entered the compound to see that Klaus, Hayley, and Freya had been working on trying to find out where Elijah was. Obviously, they didn’t need to do that anymore, though. Katerina had saved his life from The Hollow.
Klaus gave a smile, when he saw Katerina, but didn’t say anything. He should’ve known she wouldn’t stay dead. She was Katerina, after all. She always managed to either survive or come back, even when you thought that she was dead.
“What’s Katherine doing here?” Hayley questioned, confused of why Katherine would be in town.
“I need you to heal her, sister. She used to be a vampire, so I don’t know how she’s human. She did save my life, though.”
Freya didn’t know who this Katherine was, but she healed her anyway, once Elijah layed her down on the table.
Once she’d finished, she asked her brother, “How did she save your life?”
“I don’t know how, but I assume with magic. I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough. She overpowered The Hollow. I was out for the rest of it.”
A few minutes later, Katherine woke up.
Elijah helped her to her feet.
She let him and looked at him.
“You’re welcome,” she said to him, before he could say anything.
He rested a hand on the side of her face.
“What has happened to you, Katerina? Why are you here?"
“Don’t hate Klaus for this, but he knew that I was dying of old age due to Elena shoving the cure down my throat, but since you never showed up, I can only assume that he never told you. And I understand why he didn’t tell you. He needed you here at the time. I died of old age, because of how old I was as a vampire, and because Silas drained the cure out of me. Don’t blame yourself. There was nothing you could do, even if you were there. Besides, the best part out of all of it was that I got to be reunited with my daughter, Nadia. My father tore her from my arms, but I got a second chance. That is, until Tyler bit Nadia and I had to watch her die. Then I died. When I died, I ended up in a prison world and then when I escaped, that’s when I suddenly ended up there and kicked whoever it was that poisoned you with the rosebush and Marcel’s venom.”
“I’m so sorry, Katerina. I should’ve been there.”
“You couldn’t. It wouldn’t have been fair for you to have to watch me die.”
Freya intervened.
“I’m glad you saved my brother, but how exactly did you manage to do that?”
Katherine looked at her.
“I have magic. I’m descended from Travelers, so I was able to magically transfer what she did to him to me. I’m human. The venom and poison won’t harm me like it will vampires, apparently. Now, what I have I missed since I’ve been in that prison world?”
They caught her up and even told her everything they knew about The Hollow whom was inside Sofia.
Afterward, Kat offered to help them take her down.
“I can help put the end to The Hollow. One, she tried to kill Elijah and I won’t let that stand. Two, I’m quite powerful since I’m descended from Travelers. With the combination of my magic and Freya’s, we can destroy her, once and for all.”
They agreed with her and she and Freya searched for a way to stop her by going to Vincent to see if he knew how The Hollow was imprisoned last time. Once Vincent told them, Katherine knew what to do.
In the end, The Hollow was put to rest for good and Hope was safe, as well as everyone else.
Katherine sat in the living room, having a shot glass of bourbon, alone. Hope and Hayley had gone to bed.
Elijah entered the living room to join her, figuring she might be there.
“Katerina,” he greeted her.
She looked at him, instead of the fire in the fireplace.
“There’s nothing to say, Elijah. You left. I died. Now I’m back.”
He sat next to her.
“Thank you for helping us, Katerina. You saved our lives, including Hope’s. You almost died saving me. I may have left, but I had every intention of coming back for you. I had my family to look after, though. I couldn’t return until the time was right. Now, I believe the time may be right. If you’re willing to go with me. My family doesn’t need me anymore. Besides, I still love you and I always will,” he replied to her, looking at her.
She gave him a smile.
“Of course. I’d go anywhere with you.”
He smiled back.
A moment later, they were kissing.
It was a beautiful day, when Elijah woke up in a spelled circle in a house. He’d been poisoned with the rosebush thorns the night before. The Hollow inside of Sofia, Marcel’s girlfriend, wanted to become flesh by killing him. Because the thorns had Marcel’s venom on them, it was lethal. All Elijah could do was wait for his siblings to save him. There wasn’t much he could do. He was dying. He was trying to fight, but he knew it was only a matter of time.
Meanwhile, Klaus found out that something had happened, when Hayley told him she hadn’t seen Elijah since the night before, so they worked together to figure out where he was. Freya tried a locator spell, but she found out that Elijah was cloaked by magic. She couldn’t magically find him. That’s when Klaus asked for Marcel’s assistance in finding his brother.
Katherine, human, suddenly appeared someplace which she realized to be New Orleans, ascendant in hand and injured from her time in the prison world. She knew where she was, since Elijah was there, in pain and misery, laying in a spelled circle. She then saw someone there, obviously the one whom had caused this. That angered her and made her fear for his life all at the same time. Despite her injuries, she didn’t let her weakness show.
“What the hell did you do to Elijah?” she said angrily, and magically pinned her against a wall. She then approached.
“If you aim to save his life, you can’t. The thorns have Marcel’s venom. Either way, he dies,” she informed her, and laughed at that. “After that, I’ll be unstoppable.”
Katherine stopped her magic.
“No, you won’t. I didn’t come back to life to lose the love of my life. You won’t win. The Mikaelsons and I are never defeated. You’ll lose and go back to rock you crawled out from.” She magically snapped the girl’s neck. She then went to the circle and magically lifted the spell on the circle.
“Please, hold on, Elijah,” she pleaded.
Elijah heard her and then blurrily saw her, not sure if she was real or not, as everything began to go black.
Once the spell was broken, she got him out of the circle and on his back. Then she knelt beside him.
“Stay with me, Elijah. Don’t die on me.”
She hovered her hands above him, starting a spell. She didn’t know what she’d come back to life in the midst of, but she could still protect and save him. She could use magic to make sure no one could harm him and siphon the venom into herself. She’d rather die than for him to.
When Elijah woke up, he felt cured and saw a human and injured Katerina, letting him know that he hadn’t imagined it. He realized that she was somehow human with magic. She’d saved his life.
He knelt by her, a hand on the side of her face, as she lay on her back with stab wounds and an opened artery in her thigh. He also saw that she had and was still losing a lot of blood.
“Katerina, can you hear me? Katerina. Open your eyes, Katerina,” he called to her.
When she didn’t wake up or move, he gently pulled her into his arms and got to his feet. He didn’t know how she was human, so he didn’t want to chance feeding her vampire blood. He had one way to save her life. He had to get Freya to heal her.
Stay with me, Katerina. I can’t lose you. Keep fighting. Don’t die on me, he thought, as he blurred home to get Freya to save her life. He couldn’t lose her. Even after he broke up with her a few years ago, he still loved her. He always would. She was a piece of him and he was a piece of her. He could bare to lose her. He needed her to live. Besides, he hadn’t looked out for her for 500 years, just to lose her now to a simple human death. They were meant to be there for each other forever. He knew now that he’d made a mistake by leaving. Because of him leaving, she’d somehow become human and was now dying, because he hadn’t kept in contact to make sure she was okay. He had thought that she’d be okay on her own, just as always. He was wrong. Now, because of him, he may never have a chance with her again. He needed her to fight; stay strong. He couldn’t bare it if she died.
He entered the compound to see that Klaus, Hayley, and Freya had been working on trying to find out where Elijah was. Obviously, they didn’t need to do that anymore, though. Katerina had saved his life from The Hollow.
Klaus gave a smile, when he saw Katerina, but didn’t say anything. He should’ve known she wouldn’t stay dead. She was Katerina, after all. She always managed to either survive or come back, even when you thought that she was dead.
“What’s Katherine doing here?” Hayley questioned, confused of why Katherine would be in town.
“I need you to heal her, sister. She used to be a vampire, so I don’t know how she’s human. She did save my life, though.”
Freya didn’t know who this Katherine was, but she healed her anyway, once Elijah layed her down on the table.
Once she’d finished, she asked her brother, “How did she save your life?”
“I don’t know how, but I assume with magic. I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough. She overpowered The Hollow. I was out for the rest of it.”
A few minutes later, Katherine woke up.
Elijah helped her to her feet.
She let him and looked at him.
“You’re welcome,” she said to him, before he could say anything.
He rested a hand on the side of her face.
“What has happened to you, Katerina? Why are you here?"
“Don’t hate Klaus for this, but he knew that I was dying of old age due to Elena shoving the cure down my throat, but since you never showed up, I can only assume that he never told you. And I understand why he didn’t tell you. He needed you here at the time. I died of old age, because of how old I was as a vampire, and because Silas drained the cure out of me. Don’t blame yourself. There was nothing you could do, even if you were there. Besides, the best part out of all of it was that I got to be reunited with my daughter, Nadia. My father tore her from my arms, but I got a second chance. That is, until Tyler bit Nadia and I had to watch her die. Then I died. When I died, I ended up in a prison world and then when I escaped, that’s when I suddenly ended up there and kicked whoever it was that poisoned you with the rosebush and Marcel’s venom.”
“I’m so sorry, Katerina. I should’ve been there.”
“You couldn’t. It wouldn’t have been fair for you to have to watch me die.”
Freya intervened.
“I’m glad you saved my brother, but how exactly did you manage to do that?”
Katherine looked at her.
“I have magic. I’m descended from Travelers, so I was able to magically transfer what she did to him to me. I’m human. The venom and poison won’t harm me like it will vampires, apparently. Now, what I have I missed since I’ve been in that prison world?”
They caught her up and even told her everything they knew about The Hollow whom was inside Sofia.
Afterward, Kat offered to help them take her down.
“I can help put the end to The Hollow. One, she tried to kill Elijah and I won’t let that stand. Two, I’m quite powerful since I’m descended from Travelers. With the combination of my magic and Freya’s, we can destroy her, once and for all.”
They agreed with her and she and Freya searched for a way to stop her by going to Vincent to see if he knew how The Hollow was imprisoned last time. Once Vincent told them, Katherine knew what to do.
In the end, The Hollow was put to rest for good and Hope was safe, as well as everyone else.
Katherine sat in the living room, having a shot glass of bourbon, alone. Hope and Hayley had gone to bed.
Elijah entered the living room to join her, figuring she might be there.
“Katerina,” he greeted her.
She looked at him, instead of the fire in the fireplace.
“There’s nothing to say, Elijah. You left. I died. Now I’m back.”
He sat next to her.
“Thank you for helping us, Katerina. You saved our lives, including Hope’s. You almost died saving me. I may have left, but I had every intention of coming back for you. I had my family to look after, though. I couldn’t return until the time was right. Now, I believe the time may be right. If you’re willing to go with me. My family doesn’t need me anymore. Besides, I still love you and I always will,” he replied to her, looking at her.
She gave him a smile.
“Of course. I’d go anywhere with you.”
He smiled back.
A moment later, they were kissing.