It was a dark night, as Katherine sat at a table drinking a bottle of Bourbon, hoping for the pain and grief to go away. She didn’t want to feel anything. She was in pain from dying of old age. Death would be kind to her.

        Suddenly, she saw her recent ex-boyfriend, Elijah, walk into the Mystic Grille. She didn’t go to him, though. She just continued drinking away her sorrows. She didn’t know why he was back in town, but she told herself that she didn’t care. Right now, all she cared about was having one last drink before she killed herself. Her plan was to jump off the clock tower in the town square. Then her slow suffering would end.

        When he had finished his drink, Elijah sat down next to her.

        “Katerina,” he greeted her.

        “Elijah,” she replied. “Why don’t you go back to New Orleans?”

        “Because I came back for you,” he confessed. “Now, what has you in such a bad mood?”

        She explained to him all that he had missed, and what was happening to her.

        “Oh, Katerina,” was all he could say.

        “Go on. Leave like you did before,” she said.

        “I’m not leaving you, Katerina.”

        He knew he couldn’t after she had told him everything. He would never leave her in her time of need. Besides, he still loved her with all of his heart, no matter what.

        “Good. I’ve missed you,” she replied with a smile.

        “As have I,” he replied.





        A few weeks later, they found a way to save her and she was no longer dying of old age. Elijah even got back together with her and never left her ever again.

*American Gothic*



You shout it loud

But I can’t hear a word you say

I’m talking loud

Not saying much

I’m criticized but all your bullets ricochet

You shoot me down, but I get up

I’m bullet proof, nothing to lose

Fire away, fire away

Ricochets, you take your aim

Fire away, fire away

You shoot me down, but I won’t fall

I am titanium

You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium



        It was a beautiful day, as she stood in front of him in an alleyway in Pennsylvania.

        “Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he questioned and accused.

        “No. 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. I love you.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “Elijah.”

        He turned his face away.

        “You don’t believe me.” She put her hand down.

        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.”

        He turned around and began to walk away from her.

        She stood there for a moment, before catching up with him and putting a hand on his arm, making him stop.

        “Wait,” she said.

        He looked at her hand that was on his arm, her, then her hand again, and then her again.

        She got the hint and let go.

        “Goodbye, Katherine.”

        She could only watch, as he left her there, alone.





        That night, she met up with him on a sidewalk, when he was on his way to go find his car so he could leave town.

        He tried to pass, but she stood in front of him.

        “Wait.”

        “What do you want?” he questioned in a tone that said that he didn’t want to talk to her right now. He was irritated with her and frustrated. He didn’t know what to think right now about her intentions.

        “To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive that 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 took out a box from her purse.

        “You have the cure,” he realized.

        “Yes. And I can shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She set the vial of the cure in his hand. “I want you to trust me. I need 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.



*Mystic Falls-Mikaelson Mansion*



Cut me down

But it’s you who’ll have further to fall

Ghost town, haunted love

Raise your voice

Stick and stones

May break my bones

I’m talking loud

Not saying much

I’m bullet proof, nothing to lose

Fire away, fire away

Ricochets, you take your aim

Fire away, fire away

You shoot me down, but I won’t fall

I am titanium



        It was a dismal night, as they stood in front of each other in a bedroom in the Mikaelson place. Elijah had just informed her that he was leaving town to help Klaus in New Orleans with the witches. Her plan of getting Klaus out of town had worked, but she had hoped with Klaus out of town that she and Elijah could have a chance together. She was wrong.

        “Elijah, please. It’s our turn,” she pleaded with him, trying to make him see reason.

        “Katerina,” he said. He kissed her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.”

        A moment later, he was gone.

        She stood there, hurt and feeling alone and once again, abandoned. He’d once again, chosen Klaus over her.



*Tomb*



You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium

I am titanium

I am titanium

Stone hard, machine gun

Firing at the ones who rise

Stone hard, as bulletproof glass

You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium



        Katherine attempted to blur out of the tomb, but Elijah blurred in front of her, keeping her from leaving.

        “Stay here until I tell you otherwise,” he compelled her.

        She had no choice, so she stayed.

        She watched, as he left.



*I Know What You Did Last Summer*



You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium

You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium

You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium

I am titanium

I am titanium



        Elijah was driving, having just arrived back in town, having found out what had happened to Katerina. He was coming back for her, knowing that she had loved being a vampire and as a human, she was most likely afraid and alone and probably even paranoid. He was here to protect her. As he had once said to Stefan before he’d found out that she’d lied to him a year ago, if anything happened to Katerina, there would be consequences. Those responsible would not like those consequences. In this case, Elena would be one of those responsible, knowing that she had shoved the cure down Katerina’s throat. If anything happened to Katerina, he would be coming for Elena and anyone else that were responsible for what had happened to Katerina. Whether he’d left or not, he still loved her, no matter what.

        He stopped driving and got out, spotting her limping down the road, clearly injured.

        He blurred behind her and put a hand on her arm gently.

        She stopped, feeling a hand on her arm.

        “Katerina,” he said.

        She turned around to look at him, knowing that voice anywhere. Clearly, he was here to help her. He wouldn’t be here if he wasn’t here to help her. She knew him too well. He must’ve found out that she was human. Probably from Caroline. She was the only person she could think of that would tell Elijah about it. She knew Damon wouldn’t call him and neither would Stefan and definitely not the others. It had to have been Caroline.

        He rested a hand on the side of her face and took his hand from her arm, looking at her, assessing her injuries.

        “Elijah,” she greeted. She was happy to see him, despite the last time they’d seen each other. She’d been through hell for the whole summer. She sucked as a human, so she was happy that he was here to help her. Otherwise, she knew she’d end up in supernatural danger that she couldn’t get herself out of.

        She started to feel her injuries finally, knowing that with Elijah only, she could show her true self, no matter what her true self was or felt, she realized how injured she was.

        He took his hand away from her face and caught her, when she lost her balance, before she could hit the ground. He then gently picked her up in his arms and she weakly wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes, feeling weak and tired.

        He went back to his car and gently set her in the passenger seat and then began to drive to the hospital, not wanting to try his blood. She was the first person to ever take the cure. He didn’t know if she could digest it, so he wasn’t taking that risk.





        Five hours later, after surgery, he was seated on her bedside, waiting for her to come to. He was relieved that she’d be okay.

*American Gothic*



I’ve been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall

And I’ve been laying here praying, praying she won’t call

It’s just another call from home

And you’ll get it and be gone

And I’ll be crying

And I’ll be begging you, baby

Beg you not to leave

But I’ll be left here waiting

With my heart on my sleeve



        It was a beautiful day, as they stood in an alleyway in Pennsylvania, in front of each other, arguing.

        “Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he needed to know.

        “No. 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 head away.

        “You don’t believe me,” she stated.

        “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 know if I ever will.”

        He began walking away.

        She watched for a few moments, before catching up with him. She put a hand on his arm, stopping him, as she begged him, “Wait.”

        He looked at her hand, then her, then her hand again, and she got the hint.

        She let him go.

        “Goodbye, Katherine.”

        She watched, as he left.



*Dead Man On Campus*



Oh, for the next time we’ll be here

Seems like a million years

And I think I’m dying

What do I have to do to make you see

She can’t love you like me?

Why don’t you stay



        It was a dismal night, as a human Katherine stood on the clock tower, having found out that she was dying. She was dying of old age. Time was catching up with her, and it couldn’t be stopped. That’s why she stood there, thinking of just ending it all quickly. Then a thought came to her. What would happen to Elijah if she died? Even though he’d left, she knew that he still loved her.



*American Gothic*



I’m down on my knees

I’m so tired of being lonely

Don’t I give you what you need

When she calls you go

There is one thing you should know

We don’t have to live this way

Baby, why don’t you stay

You keep telling me, baby

There will come a time

When you will leave her arms

And forever be mine

But I don’t think that’s the truth

And I don’t like being used and I’m tired of waiting



        It was a dismal night, as they stood in front of each other at the Mikaelson place. She’d handed him the cure and had let him decide where their relationship stood earlier.

        She looked at him, and knew he was leaving her in the dust.

        “Elijah, please. It’s our turn,” she pleaded with him.

        He rested a hand on the side of her face.

        “Katerina.” He looked at her for a moment. “Goodbye, Katerina.” He kissed her lightly on the forehead, and then left.

        She watched him leave for the second time that day.



*Present- I Know What You Did Last Summer*



It’s too much pain to have to bear

To love a man you have to share

Why don’t you stay

I’m down on my knees

I’m so tired of being lonely

Don’t I give you what you need

When she calls you to go

There is one thing you should know

We don’t have to live this way

Baby, why don’t you stay



        It was a nebulous night in New Orleans, as a human Katherine drove for the compound. She was human, so she was going to Elijah. She knew he’d protect her, because if she died, she knew it would break him.





        When she arrived at the compound that only Elijah was living at, she told him everything and asked for protection. He granted her protection, but left shortly after, needing to gather his thoughts.



I can’t take it any longer

But my will is getting stronger

And I think I know just what I have to do

I can’t waste another minute

After all that I’ve put in it

I’ve given you my best

Why does she get the best of you

So next time you find you wanna leave her bed for mine

Why don’t you stay



        Katherine was upstairs, when she felt a presence behind her. Then she turned around to see that one of her vampire enemies had come to town. He must’ve found her in town or had followed her undetected.

        When he lunged at her, she tried to use the knife on him she had, but they fought, and she ended up getting stabbed with it. Despite her injury though, she pulled it out of herself and tried again. She ended up getting an opened artery, but she pulled it out of her thigh. Then, on her third try, she finally was able to stake him with the knife.

        Her vampire enemy dropped dead.

        Katherine limped to the bathroom to get herself taken care of, only for everything to go black, once she was there.



I’m up off my knees

I’m so tired of being lonely

You can’t give me what I need

When she begs you not to go

There is one thing you should know

I don’t have to live this way

Baby, why don’t you stay, yeah



        A few hours later, when Elijah came back, having thought the situation through, he smelled the scent of blood.

        He stopped and looked at the stairs. Then he blurred up them and saw a dead vampire with a knife in his chest. He knew Katerina had done it. She’d always been a fighter, and he loved her for that.

        When he saw the bathroom door open and the light on, he assumed she was in there.

        Once at the threshold, he saw her on the floor on her back, injured.

        He was instantly at her side, hoping he could still save her, but looking at her, he could tell that she’d been like this for a while.

        After getting what he needed, he returned to her side and tied a towel around her thigh artery wound. He could only assume that that was what had killed her the quickest. He then tied a few towels around her lower stomach wound.

        Once he’d done those things and had gotten her lower stomach properly taken care of, he bent down and kissed her, giving her some air, and started heart compressions. She was so pale from blood loss, and he couldn’t hear anything from her, but he tried anyway.

        “Come back to me, Katerina. Breathe. Breathe for me. I need you. Don’t leave me, Katerina. Please.”





        After twenty minutes, he heard her heart beat and breathing, and saw a pulse, which relieved him.

        While she was out, he tended to her wound, and had a nurse restore the blood she’d lost.

        Afterward, he sent the nurse home and sat on her bedside, a hand in hers, his free hand on the side of her face. He was thankful that she’d be okay. He didn’t know what he’d do if he lost her. He couldn’t live in a world without his Katerina.

*1492*



We should go to sleep now

You should stay the night

I’ll be up to watch the world around us live and die

Lying on the grass now

Dancing for the stars

Maybe one will look on down

And tell us who we are

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall

I could learn to walk the link or learn to train the bears

Tell me are you crazy and did you mind the cold?



        It was a dismal night at the ball, as she stood by a food table. She was here to meet someone.

        Elijah came up to her. He was silent for a moment. She looked exactly like Tatia he’d loved, but she’d died.

        “Forgive me. You remind me of someone,” he said, getting over the resemblance a moment later.

        He introduced himself and she did a curtsey.

        “Pleasure meeting you, my Lord.”

        He took her hand and kissed it.

        “The pleasure’s all mine, Katerina.”



*Bulgaria*



        After fleeing from Klaus and turning, she returned to her village, only to find everyone slaughtered.

        She entered the cabin, only to find her parents killed. She gasped at her father hanging from the wall with a sword through him, but didn’t grieve for him. Her mother, however, she ran to, and knelt on the bed by her, and saw that her throat was torn open.

        “No, ma’ma,” she sobbed, and wept over her, before fleeing Bulgaria.



*American Gothic*



Tell me are you comfortable if comfortable at all?

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall

Now that we are older I remember you

Reaching out to show me all the things that I must do



        It was a dismal night, as she stood in front of him on a sidewalk.

        “What do you want?” he asked.

        “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 when we first met. And I want to find out.”

        “How do I know this isn’t another lie? Katherine Pierce deceiving yet another man?” he inquired.

        “Because I meant what I said about my feelings for you. And I’d like to think that you feel something for me, too.”



*500 Years Of Solitude*



Now that we are older, I remember youth

Now that we are close to death and close to finding truth

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall



        Katherine, human, lay in bed on bedrest, having had a heart attack the night before.



*3 Years Later*



        After Elijah and Kol were bitten by Marcel, Rebekah hexed, and Freya poisoned, they were put in a sleeping spell and in coffins, until cures could be found and made.



Sha la la sha la la sha la la

Hey now

Sha la la sha la la sha la la

Heey

We might fall



        After cures were made, they were woken up and cured.

They say we’ve got nothing in common

No common ground to start from and we’re falling apart

You’ll say the world has come between us

Our lives have come between us

Still I know you just don’t care

And I said, what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

She said, “I think I remember the film

As I recall, I think we both kinda liked it”

And I said, “Well, that’s the one thing we’ve got”



        It was a dark night in Mystic Falls at the Salvatore boarding house, as Katherine, newly turned human again, layed in bed in a guest room upstairs, knowing she wasn’t far away from joining the Other Side. She wanted to hang on just a while longer, though. If Elijah knew what was happening to her and was on his way, she didn’t want to die before he could say goodbye to her. She wanted him here. Just being in his presence always gave her some kind of peace. She couldn’t say why or how, but he gave her peace. Having him a part of her life made her have hope that she could have a chance at being forgiven. She had done such horrible things that she knew something horrible waited for her on the Other Side. She could make peace with that though, if she could be forgiven. It would be a relief to her just to see Elijah one last time. She doubted that Klaus had told him of her condition, though. He hated her with a dark passion. Worse than Damon did.



I see you, the only one who knew me

And now your eyes see through me

I guess I was wrong

So what now it’s plain to see we’re over

And I hate when things are over



        After waiting for him to show up and he didn’t, she took her last breath, not knowing what was going to happen next, or what Elijah felt about her now that she was dead.



When so much is left undone

They say we’ve got nothing in common

No common ground to start from and we’re falling apart

You’ll say the world has come between us

Our lives have come between us

Still I know you just don’t care



        Two years later, she miraculously came back to life after surviving hell in the 1994 prison world with Kai. When she came back to life though, she was in terrible shape. Kai had done a number on her, but she had to get somewhere safe. Find Elijah. She had ended up in New Orleans, after all. And what better Mikaelson to go to than Elijah? They may have broken up, but he was still the noble brother.



You say we’ve got nothing in common

No common ground to start from and we’re falling apart

You’ll say the world has come between us

Our lives have come between us

Still I know you just don’t care

And I said, what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

She said, “I think I remember the film

As I recall, I think we both kinda liked it”

And I said, “Well, that’s the one thing we’ve got”

And I said, what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

She said, “I think I remember the film

As I recall, I think we both kinda liked it”

And I said, “Well, that’s the one thing we’ve got”

And I said, what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

She said, “I think I remember the film

As I recall, I think we both kinda liked it”

And I said, “Well, that’s the one thing we’ve got”



        When she was on a desolate street, her vision went dim from blood loss, and she leaned against a wall. Then everything went black.





        Elijah was on his way home from the bar when, on a desolate street, he saw someone he had chased for 500 years. She was in terrible shape. There was a lot of blood and she was very pale. That made him realize that she was human. Having lost Gia and all his other lovers for 1,000 years due to Klaus, and still in love with her, he didn’t want anything to happen to her. Unlike others, he’d never wish death upon her.

        He was instantly knelt at her side.

        He gently slid an arm under her, crook of arm supporting her head, and bit his wrist, putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to heal and save her. He just hoped it would work. He didn’t know how she was human.

        “Stay with me, Katerina.”

        A few minutes later, he took his wrist away, which instantly healed.

        He silently looked down at her, as her wounds healed, but she remained in the same state, her breathing slow from massive blood loss.

        I can’t lose you, Katerina. Please, he thought.

        He rested a gentle hand on the side of her face, hoping for her to wake up. He didn’t want to lose her. He couldn’t bear it. Even though he had broken up with her, she was his world. More so than Gia had been. She was the only girl, apart from Rebekah of course, who completely understood him and accepted all of who he was. Both the good and bad parts. She didn’t judge him, even though he always had chosen family above her.

        “I’m so sorry, Katerina. Please, forgive me. You were right. It’s our turn. I just need you to open your eyes. If you can hear me, open your eyes, Katerina. Please,” he said, almost begging. He knew she had lost a lot of blood, but he thought that she’d be okay, anyway. She just needed time to restore her strength. If she woke up, she would still be weak.

        A few minutes later, she came to, which relieved him.

        “Elijah,” she greeted weakly.

        “Katerina,” he greeted back.

        She gave a smile, knowing he had saved her life.

        He smiled back.

        “Thanks,” she said.

        “You’re welcome. Let’s get you home,” he replied.

        As he got to his feet with her in his arms, she wrapped weak arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder, before closing her yes.





        Later, after she woke up in his bed feeling better, she told him everything he had missed and assured him that he was forgiven, knowing how he felt about not being there for her.

*American Gothic*



I am insensitive, I have a tendency

To pay more attention to the things I need

Sometimes I drink too much, sometimes I test your trust

Sometimes I don’t know why you stay with me



        It was a beautiful day in an alleyway in Pennsylvania, as Katherine and Elijah stood in front of each other.

        “Is that what I am to you? 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.” She put her hand down when he looked away. “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. Goodbye, Katherine.” He walked away from her.



I’m hard to love, hard to love

No, I don’t make it easy

I couldn’t do it if I stood where you stood

I’m hard to love, hard to love

You say that you need me

I don’t deserve it but I love that you love me, good



        Katherine walked up to him that night, purse slung over her shoulder.

        “What do you want?” he asked.

        “To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying that I don’t—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 took a black box out of 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 managed to do it, 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 watched, as she walked away.



*Chicago 1945*



I am a short fuse, I am a wrecking ball

Crashing into your heart like I do

You’re like a Sunday morning, full of grace and full of Jesus

I wish I could be more like you

I’m hard to love, hard to love

No, I don’t make it easy

I couldn’t do it if I stood where you stood

I’m hard to love, hard to love

You say that you need me

I don’t deserve it, but I love that you love me, good

Love me, good



        After finding out that Katerina had been taken when they were supposed to meet up, Elijah went in search of her which led him to an abandoned warehouse. He didn’t care why she’d been taken, but did care that she had been. If anything happened to Katerina, whoever took her would pay with their lives.

        He entered the warehouse after ripping out the vampires’ hearts outside.

        He blurred in front of her where she sat in a chair tied to it with vervain ropes. He could tell that she was weak, which he understood due to the vervain ropes. It would also weaken a vampire if the vervain was digested or injected.

        He snapped the ropes in two, ignoring the pain, and got to his feet with her gently in his arms.

        She wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder, weak, but also not needing to say anything. They were so close and understanding with each other that they didn’t need to say anything.



*Present Day*



Girl, you’ve given me a million chances

And I don’t wanna take you for granted

I’m just a man, I’m just a man

I’m hard to love, hard to love

Oh, no, I don’t make it easy

And I couldn’t do it if I stood where you stood

I’m hard to love, hard to love

And you say that you need me

I don’t deserve it, but I love that you love me, good

You love me, good

You love me, good



        Elijah was walking home from the only bar in town, but stopped when he smelled the mixed scents of human, Katerina, and blood. Wondering why she’d be in the same town as Klaus or even him, he followed the scents to a wrecked and on fire car with a clearly human Katerina still inside.

        He blurred to her side of the car and forced the door open. He then blurred a distance away with her and gently layed her down on the ground.

        “Katerina.”

        She coughed, able to breathe again.

        He sighed in relief, glad she was okay.

*American Gothic*



I’m dying to catch my breath

Oh, why don’t I ever learn?

I’ve lost all my trust, though I’ve surely tried to turn it around



        It was a dismal night, as she stood in front of him.

        “What do you want?” he asked in an irritated tone.

        “To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive, I don’t—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.”

        He was speechless, not knowing what to say to that, until she brought something out 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 managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She set it in his hand and then closed his hand, and let his hand go. “You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”

        He was silent, as she walked away from him.



Can you still see the heart of me?

All my agony fades away

When you hold me in your embrace

Don’t tear me down for all I need

Make my heart a better place

Give me something I can believe

Don’t tear me down

You’ve opened the door now, don’t let it close



        It was a beautiful day in a Pennsylvania alley, as she watched him walk away from her, after seeing that she had lied to him.



*Dead Man On Campus*



I’m here on the edge again

I wish I could let it go

I know that I’m only one step away from turning it around

Can you still see the heart of me?

All my agony fades away

When you hold me in your embrace

Don’t tear me down for all I need

Make my heart a better place

Give me something I can believe



        It was a dismal night, as she stood on the clock tower that overlooked the Mystic Falls town square. She was dying of old age and didn’t want the pain of dying. She wanted to rather die instantly than to die slowly, and she was Katherine Pierce. Katherine Pierce always got what she wanted.

        She closed her eyes, back facing the ledge, ready to jump off the clock tower.

        Suddenly, she stopped, something telling her to stop and to not do it. Katherine always listened to that feeling and voice, which right now, sounded a lot like her long-dead mother. She never shown it or admitted it to anyone, but even after 500 years, whether she was a human or vampire, she missed her mother. She’d always been close to her. Maybe that’s why most of the time it sounded like her mother, and the rest of the time the voice sounded like Elijah. They were the only people in her life she was ever close to, so it made sense.

        She opened her eyes and stepped away from the ledge. Maybe it was a sign. Maybe someone would find a way to save her life. She could only hope and wait.



*500 Years of Solitude*



Don’t tear me down

Don’t tear it down, what’s left of me

Make my heart a better place

I tried many times, but nothing was real

Make it fade away, don’t break me down

I want to believe that this is real



        It was a beautiful day, as she lay in bed after last night’s heart attack, dying of old age. This time it showed. She had gray hair and wrinkles now. Since she had been told to rest, she was resting, stuck in memories of the past.

        When she felt someone sit on her bedside, she opened her eyes and gave a smile.

        “Katerina,” Elijah greeted with a smile back.

        “Elijah,” she greeted. She rested a hand on the side of his face. “You came.”

        “Of course I came,” he replied.

        She smiled. She didn’t care if this was real or not, because it made her happy that he’d come to her deathbed.



*True Lies*



Save me from my fear

Don’t tear me down

Make my heart a better place

Give me something I can believe

Make my heart a better place

Give me something I can believe

Give me something I can believe



        It was a beautiful day, as she ran through the woods, needing to get as far as possible. There was only one option. She had to find a car to steal and drive until she was miles out of Virginia. That meant she had to go somewhere else for protection. That meant New Orleans to Elijah. Surely he wouldn’t turn away her plea for protection.

        Soon enough, she had stolen an SUV and was on her way towards New Orleans, Mystic Falls far behind her.



*I Know What You Did Last Summer*



Don’t tear it down, what’s left of me

Make my heart a better place

Make my heart a better place



        It was a nebulous night, as Elijah walked through the woods, aiming to go home. He had heard what was going on with Katerina and was planning on packing, so he could see her, or save her. He wanted to save her, but he would have to bring her here, and to one of the witches. He didn’t know if she’d want to come, since Klaus was in the same town. Plus, it seemed like she’d given up on being saved. If she couldn’t be saved, he’d still be there for her. She had no reason to be surrounded by those who despised, hated, and wanted her dead the most. She had the choice to come to him for help, and leave Mystic Falls behind.

        When he exited the woods, he smelled human blood and Katerina, so he looked and saw an SUV with a streetlight bent over it, and both doors and sides of the car crinkled and dented. There was also shattered glass from the windows and windshield. She had somehow managed to get into a car crash. Now, he knew what the baby blonde vampiress, Caroline, meant when she said that she was a magnet for danger. Apparently, as a human, she didn’t know how to survive very well without someone to help and protect her.

        “Katerina!” he said, blurring to the driver’s side door and forcing the door open, so he could see the damage.

        He rested gentle hands on either side of her face, after seeing that mostly she just had some minor injuries, but she had a few bad injuries. There was blood on either side of her head, a bleeding thigh, and a wounded side.

        “Katerina, can you hear me?” he called.

        She didn’t move or wake up, but she could hear him. She was happy despite the crash, knowing that he was here to save her.

        “I’m gonna get you out of here, Katerina. You’re going to be okay. Just stay with me,” he said, as he gently pulled her into his arms, getting her out of the wreckage. Then he blurred home, having no option but to have Freya heal her with magic. There was no working hospital. There hadn’t been since 1918, when their father had burned New Orleans to the ground.





        When she finally woke up, she was in Elijah’s room, with him seated on her bedside.

        He gave a smile and rested a gentle hand on the side of her face.

        “Katerina.”

        She smiled back and sat up in bed.

        “Elijah,” she greeted back. “Thanks. You saved my life.”

        “Anything for you, Katerina.”

        In the end, they got back together, and Freya reversed her dying of old age.

*Pennsylvania*



You lift me up and knock me down

I’m never sure just what to feel

When you’re around

I speak my heart but don’t know why

‘Cause you don’t never really say what’s on your mind

It’s like I’m walking on broken glass

I wanna know but I don’t wanna ask

So say you love me or say you’ll leave me

Don’t let the silence

Do the talking

Just say you want me or you don’t need me

Don’t let the silence

Do the talking



        It was a beautiful day, as they argued in an alleyway after he found out that she lied to him and killed Jeremy Gilbert.

        “Jeremy was collateral damage. I was doing what I had to to survive,” she told him.

        “Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he questioned.

        “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 gentle hand on the side of his face. “I love you. Elijah.”

        He turned his face away and she dropped her hand. “You don’t believe me.”

        “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.”

        He began to walk away, and she caught up with him and rested a hand on his arm, stopping him.

        “Wait.”

        He looked at her hand that was on his arm, and she took it away. He then looked at her.

        “Goodbye, Katherine.”

        She could only watch as he walked away, knowing that she was losing him.



*Mikaelson Mansion*



You let me in but then sometimes

Your empty eyes just make me feel so cold inside

When I’m with you, it’s like rolling dice

Don’t know when or how you’re gonna make me cry

So, say you love me or say you’ll leave me

Don’t let the silence

Do the talking

Just say you want me, or you don’t need me

Don’t let the silence

Do the talking



        It was a nebulous night, as they stood in front of each other. He’d just told her that he was going to go help Klaus in New Orleans.

        She looked at him.

        “It’s our turn, Elijah. Please.”

        He kissed her on the forehead.

        “Goodbye, Katerina.”

        A moment later, he was out of sight.

        She stood there with silent tears in her eyes but refused to cry. Then the emotion of anger came. This was her doppelganger’s fault.



*Present Day-New Orleans*



It’s killing me, the silence

It’s killing me, the silence

The silence

It’s like I’m walking on broken glass

If this is the end, then please just make it fast

So, say you love me or say you’ll leave me

Don’t let the silence

Do the talking

Just say you want me, or you don’t need me

Don’t let the silence

Do the talking



        It was a dismal night in New Orleans, as she sat in the driver’s seat, injured, in a lot of pain, pale from blood loss, and knowing she couldn’t just stay there and die, but her human body had other plans. She tried to stay awake, but it was useless. This was what she got for letting Elena beat her by shoving the cure down her throat, and for not paying attention and crashing the car. That was her last thought, before everything went black.





        Elijah Mikaelson was heading home after a couple drinks at the only bar in town but stopped when he saw a car totaled with someone still inside. Smelling the blood and familiar scent, he knew all too well who it was, though he was shocked that she was human.

        “Katerina!”

        He blurred towards her side of the car and forced the door open, so he could get to her, and then rested gentle hands on either side of her head, as he scanned for what her injuries were. “Katerina, can you hear me?” he called to her, desperate to save her if all possible. He doubted that he could though, with the injuries she had. There were some scrapes and scratches and blood on either side of her head. The worst injuries though were her lower stomach and a couple heavily bleeding thighs, one of which had a punctured artery. He was no doctor, but he knew that due to how much blood she was losing from it, she was bleeding to death. He didn’t know if she would live long enough for him to get her to the hospital. He could hear her breathing slowing.

        This can’t be happening, he thought. He just lost Gia. He couldn’t lose Katerina. He gave her a kiss and rested his forehead against hers, closing his eyes. Please, Katerina. Don’t leave me. He took his forehead away from hers and opened his eyes. He then pulled her gently into his arms, careful of her injuries, and blurred towards the only working hospital.



The silence, the silence, the silence

The silence, the silence, the silence

You lift me up and knock me down

I’m never sure just what to feel

When you’re around



        Ten minutes later, he watched as they rushed her down the hall to put her in surgery.





        An hour and a half later, after surgery, he was seated on her bedside, waiting for her to awaken. She was lucky, as the doctor had told him. They’d lost her once during the surgery, but she was here, alive, the surgery successful. He didn’t know what he’d do without her existence. He’d broken up with her, but he was still very much in love with her. The only reason he’d been with Gia, was to try and move on, but he knew now that he couldn’t. Katerina was the one for him, no matter what she’d done or who she was these days.





        A week later, she was released, and they got back together.

*American Gothic*



Nobody said it was gonna be easy

But when I forgive

There are no strings attached

I was not gonna bring up your flaws in an argument

Not gonna risk on a counter-attack

When you first revealed your betrayal

My first reaction was “How dare you rob me of my trust?”

But not even this would be able to shake our foundation

‘Cause it was created by us

I can still see you

Front row point of view

We spent our entire relationship fighting each other

Our goals were exactly the same



        She and Elijah stood in front of each other in a Pennsylvania alley, arguing.

        “Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he accused and asked her.

        “Of course not. 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.” When he turned his face away, she dropped her hand. “You don’t believe me.”

        He looked at her.

        “I want to. It’s my disease. I 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.” He walked away from her.

        She stood there for a minute and watched him walk away, before catching up with him and putting a hand on his arm.

        “Wait.”

        He stopped and looked at her hand on his arm, then her, then her hand again.

        She got the hint and let go.

        “Goodbye, Katherine,” he said, saying her name that she now went by these days, instead of her human name.

        She watched, as he left.



*Mystic Falls- Mikaelson Mansion*



I put you through hell by demanding apologies

Even though I was the one causing pain

With your little mishap

The ball was in my court to prove I could be the stronger one of us

By taking over the role you so elegantly played those years

When I needed a rock

I can still see you

Front row point of view

It hurts

But I’m not about to give you up

Though broken

My heart still beats

It will not stop, stop



        Katherine and Elijah stood in front of each other at the Mikaelson place in Mystic Falls. Elijah had just told her in little words, as usual, that he was leaving to follow Klaus. That’s what he always did. He always chose to follow Klaus over her.

        “It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she pleaded with him.

        He rested a hand on the side of her face.

        “Katerina.” He closed his eyes and kissed her on the forehead. Then he was gone.

        After he was gone, she was left with both anger and a broken heart, yet again. This time, she thought it was partly Elena’s fault for him choosing to leave her, so she left the house and picked a fight with her, only to get the cure shoved down her throat.



*I Know What You Did Last Summer*



It hurts

But I’m not about to give you up

Though broken

My heart still beats

It will not stop, stop

It hurts

But I’m not about to give you up

Though broken

My heart still beats

It will not stop, stop

It hurts

But I’m not about to give you up

Though broken

My heart still beats

It will not stop, stop

It hurts

But I’m not about to give you up

Though broken

My heart still beats

It will not stop, stop



        It was a nebulous night, as a human Katherine sat in the driver’s seat of the car that she’d stolen back in Mystic Falls, injured after crashing the car into a streetlight pole. She’d left Mystic Falls after turning human and had gone to New Orleans. She’d wanted to get to Elijah and ask him for protection. She didn’t know if she and Elijah would ever get back together, but that didn’t really matter.

        As she sat there, injured, she could feel blood on either side of her head, a shard of glass protruding from her lower stomach, and a shard of glass in her thigh. She knew that she’d lost a lot of blood, so she knew that the shard of glass protruding from her thigh had opened up an artery. Although she’d lost a lot of blood, she was able to open the door and stagger out of the car. She used the side of the car to help her along, before she landed on the ground on her side.





        Elijah was on his way home, when he stopped in a desolate area of the Quarter. It was late, so there wasn’t anyone there. He could smell the mixed scents of Katerina, blood, and human. Last time he’d seen her, she’d been a vampire still, but smelling the scent of human, he realized that she was human. He knew only one thing that could make a vampire human, which made him assume that someone had shoved the cure down her throat. He’d never wish anything to happen to her, so he followed the scent trail, only to find the crashed car and Katerina not far from it, injured, clearly human, and glass shattered around her and the outside of the car.

        He blurred to her side and gently pulled her into his arms.

        “If you can hear me, stay with me, Katerina,” he pleaded. Then he got to his feet with her in his arms.





        Once at the compound, he layed her gently down on a table. Freya was already in the room, so he didn’t have to call her. He had her heal her, once the shards of glass were out of her. Then he gently layed her down in his bed and waited for her to wake up.





        When she woke up, she saw that she was in Elijah’s bed, healed, and he was seated on her bedside. She realized that he’d gotten to her in time to save her.

        She gave a smile, glad he’d gotten there in time to save her life. Then, after a little conversation, he promised to protect her and, a few weeks later, they got back together. So, they got their happy ending, after all.

*1492- Love*



I remember years ago

Someone told me I should take

Caution when it comes to love

I did



        It was a beautiful day with a soft breeze blowing, as Katerina sat on a cement bench outside, Elijah seated beside her, as they discussed love.

        “True love is not real unless it is returned. Do you agree?” she said, looking at him.

        “I do not believe in love, Katerina,” he lied, needing to not fall for her. If he fell for her, he wouldn’t be able to help Klaus break the curse set upon him, which involved her death.

        “That is too sad for me to accept, my Lord. If we cease to believe in love, then why would we want to live?” she replied, not believing him.



*1492- The News*



And you were strong and I was not

My illusion, my mistake

I was careless, I forgot

I did



        It was a dismal night in the living room, as Klaus pinned him against a wall in anger.

        “Katerina has fled. What did you tell her?” he asked his elder brother.

        “I told her nothing.”

        “Do not lie to me!” Klaus yelled.

        After some more arguing, Elijah promised to return her to him and Klaus promised Elijah that he’d dagger him if he failed.



*1492- The Search*



And now when all is done

There is nothing to say

You have gone and so effortlessly

You have won

 You can go and tell them

Tell them all I know now

Write it on the skyline

All we had is gone now

Tell them I was happy

And my heart is broken

All my scars are open

Tell them what I hoped would be

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible



        Elijah searched high and low for her to do as Klaus wanted done, but he had fallen for her already. Because of that, he betrayed his own brother to save her life, only for her to take matters into her own hands and turn into a vampire. Shortly after, he was daggered and Klaus slaughtered her entire village, including her family.



*American Gothic*



Falling out of love is hard

Falling for betrayal is worst

Broken trust and broken hearts

I know, I know

Thinking all you need is there

Building faith on love and words

Empty promises will wear

I know, I know

And when all is done

There is nothing to say

And if you’re done embarrassing me

On your own you can go ahead tell them

Tell them all I know now

Shout it from the rooftops

Write it on the skyline

All we had is gone now

Tell them I was happy

And my heart is broken

All my scars are open

Tell them what I hoped would be

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible



        It was a beautiful day in Pennsylvania, as they stood in front of each other in an alley. After arguing for about ten minutes, he walked away, her unable to stop him.





        That night, on her way out of town, she handed him the cure and gave him a speech on how she didn’t remember who she was when they first met, but wanted to find out, and how much she wanted him to trust her, just like she trusted him.



*1492- “Spare her”*



I remember years ago

Someone told me I should take

Caution when it comes to love

I did



        It was a nebulous night, as they stood in the living room.

        “Please brother, I ask of you to spare her,” Elijah said, already having fallen for her.

        “Are you so foolish as to care for her? We do not feel. We do not care. Love is weakness and we are not weak. She is human. Nothing more. Nothing less. Her life means nothing,” Klaus said, reminding him to not fall in love with her and ultimately saying no to his plea.



*American Gothic- Mikaelson House*



Tell them all I know now

Shout it from the rooftops

Write it on the skyline

All we had is gone now

Tell them I was happy

And my heart is broken, ooh, ooh, ooh

I hoped would be

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible



        It was a nebulous night, as they stood in front of each other at the Mikaelson house in Mystic Falls. She’d told him back in Pennsylvania that she’d let him decide where they stood. Now that he’d thought about it and felt that he had to follow Klaus to New Orleans, he knew his decision.

        After telling her that he was going to go help Klaus in New Orleans, she tried to get him to reconsider, telling him that Klaus was “stark-raving mad” and “irredeemable.” She even asked that he leave Klaus to his own “adventure” and for them to go on their own together. He didn’t heed her plea, though.

        He rested a gentle hand on the side of her face and said, “Goodbye, Katerina,” and then lightly kissed her on the forehead before leaving, ultimately breaking her heart and breaking up with her, leaving her for his brother.



*Shattered*



Impossible

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible



        He stood in his room with a bottle of bourbon in hand, an empty shot glass on his end table, the light in the room off, matching his mood. He’d just heard that she’d died six months ago. After finding that out, he was completely shattered. Now he was standing in his room alone, angry and upset, drinking from a bottle of bourbon.

        He grabbed the empty shot glass and through it at the far wall, making it shatter into pieces, just as he was shattered. He felt just like the shattered shot glass did and worst.

*American Gothic*



Hello

It’s me

I was wondering if after all these years

You’d like to meet to go over everything

They say that time’s supposed to heal

Yeah

But I ain’t done much healing



        It was a beautiful day in an alleyway in Pennsylvania, as she and Elijah met up.

        He walked over to her to stand in front of Katherine.

        “Katerina,” he greeted with a smile. “I’ve missed you.”

        She smiled. “As have I.”

        He rested a gentle hand on the side of her face and then took it away, before kissing her. She then kissed back.



*England-1492*



Hello…

Can you hear me?

I’m in California dreaming about who we used to be

When we were younger and free

I’ve forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet

There’s such a difference between us

And a million miles



        It was a beautiful day on the Mikaelson estate in England, as he played chase with her.

        She laughed saying, “You’re meant to catch me.”

        He responded with, “If I catch you, then the game will be over.”



*500 Years of Solitude*



Hello from the other side

I must’ve called a thousand times

To tell you

I’m sorry for everything that I’ve done

But when I call you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside

At least I can say that I’ve tried

To tell you

I’m sorry for breaking your heart

But it doesn’t matter

It clearly doesn’t tear you apart anymore

Hello

How are you?

It’s so typical of me to talk about myself

I’m sorry

I hope that you’re well

Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happened?

It’s no secret that the both of us are running out of time



        After turning human, she’d called Elijah a lot that summer, but he’d never answered. Now that she’d had a heart attack and was surrounded by those who hated her the most, she decided to try again, but he still didn’t pick up, so she decided to finally leave a message.

        “Elijah, it’s me. I need you. I’m dying of old age and may not make it to see tomorrow. I don’t know where you are that you’re not answering me, or even when you will get this. I know you will probably be out for vengeance for Elena shoving the cure down my throat, but don’t. It’s my fault for trying to kill her in rage after you broke up with me. Don’t blame yourself. There’s nothing anyone can do to save me. By the time you get this, I’ll be dead. Just do me a favor. If you run into Nadia Petrova, I want you to look out for her just as you did with me. She’s my daughter that only my parents and village knew about. Dying sucks, but the best thing is that I was reunited with her. I got to know my beautiful daughter before my time was up, and I love her. I love you too, Elijah.”

        After all of that, she ended the call.



*Forever Broken*



Hello from the other side

I must’ve called a thousand times

To tell you

I’m sorry for everything that I’ve done

But when I call you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside

At least I can say that I’ve tried

To tell you

I’m sorry for breaking your heart

But it doesn’t matter

It clearly doesn’t tear you apart anymore

Hello from the other side

I must’ve called a thousand times

To tell you

I’m sorry for everything that I’ve done

Hello…

From the other side



        After Elijah saw that he’d gotten a voicemail from her, against the part of him that was trying to move on, he listened to it and was glad that he had. He was angry and upset at what had happened, though. As soon as he’d finished listening to it, he’d called her but it had gone to voicemail. That could only mean one thing. She was gone; dead for good. Now his last memory of her would be her pleading to him to stay, and the hurt in her eyes when he’d chosen New Orleans and Klaus. He should’ve stayed, but he’d walked away, instead. Now, he’d never see her again, much less get to apologize.

        It was a dark night as Elijah Mikaelson, the eldest Original sibling, watched Hayley Marshall from the balcony from his bedroom silently, as the pregnant werewolf sat on a bench and looked into the distance.

        Suddenly, his phone went off.

        He took it out of his suit pocket and saw it was Katerina.

        “Katerina,” he greeted.

        “Elijah,” she greeted back, not sounding like his usual Katerina.

        “What’s wrong?”

        “I need you. I’m dying. The cure got shoved down my throat. Since I turned 500 years ago, it’s killing me. Time is catching up with me.”

        “I’m coming,” he said, before hanging up. He then went to his sister’s room where she was seated on her bed reading a girly magazine.

        “I have to go. I’ll be back shortly.”

        She set the magazine down and looked at him.

        “Go where?”

        “Mystic Falls. Katerina’s dying. I won’t be long. I’ll be back with her. Take care of Hayley.”

        Before she could say anything else, he was gone.





        An hour later, he walked into the room that she was in, to see her lying on her back in bed, a girl at her bedside whom he had never seen before. Katerina looked how she had the first time she was human, but yet she didn’t. He knew it was because she was dying and human. But it didn’t matter how she looked. He loved her all the same.

        “Nadia, this is Elijah. Elijah, this is Nadia. She’s my daughter. She found me after looking for me for less than 500 years,” she introduced them.

        “Nice to meet you. I’m glad Katerina has someone close to her other than myself,” he told Nadia. He then looked at his love life and said, “If you’d like, I could take you home with me. We can figure something out. I have to get home as soon as I can.”

        “Thank you, Elijah. I’d love that.”

        She looked at her daughter.

        “Nadia, if you want, I’d love for you to come with me. After all, I did promise you that we’d leave this town as soon as we could. This is your chance to go somewhere you’ve never been before.”

        “I’ll accompany you then. I’ll see what New Orleans has to offer.”

        Elijah strode over to her bedside and Nadia stepped out of his way.

        He gently picked her up in his arms and she wrapped her arms around his neck.

        A moment later, he vanished from the room with her, Nadia at his right side, heading for New Orleans. After all, it was much quicker to get there using vamp speed than a car.





        Once they arrived, he walked inside, invited Nadia inside, and headed upstairs. Then, once in a guest bedroom, he gently layed her down in bed and sat on her bedside, looking at her.

        “I never should have left you on your own, Katerina. I thought you’d be safe. I’m so sorry. Please, forgive me.”

        She rested a gentle hand on the right side of his face.

        “You didn’t know what would happen. Elijah, I will always forgive you, no matter what. I love you.”

        “I love you too, Katerina.”

        She took her hand away from his face.

        “You should go. You probably have something more important to do than to watch me slowly die. Besides, Nadia will be here to take care of me.”

        He got to his feet, and then lightly kissed her forehead.

        “I’ll be back later.”

        She watched, as he left.

        A moment later, Nadia came into the room and sat on her mother’s bedside.





        Later that day, they got Davina to do a spell to help Kat, which was successful, and Kat and Nadia stayed with the Originals in New Orleans.

*American Gothic*



It’s never enough to say I’m sorry

It’s never enough to say I care

But I’m caught between what you wanted from me

And knowing that if I give that to you

I might just disappear



        It was a beautiful day, as they stood in front of each other in Pennsylvania in an alleyway.

        “Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he asked her.

        “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 head away and she put her hand down.

        “You don’t believe me,” she stated.

        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.”

        He began to walk away.

        She stood there for a moment, thinking about what he’d just said, before catching up with him and putting a hand on his arm.

        “Wait.”

        He looked at her hand on his arm and then her a couple times, so she let go of him, getting the hint. Then he looked at her.

        “Goodbye, Katherine.”

        She could only watch, as he walked away.





        That night, she found him and went to stand in front of him, where he was on a sidewalk.

        “What do you want?”

        “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 took a box out of 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 managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want to happen.” She set the vial of the cure in his hand and put his empty hand on top of the hand that held the cure, with her hands around his. “I want you to trust me. I need you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you.” She took her hands away. “You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”

        He watched, as she walked away and then looked down at the cure in his hand.



Nobody wins when everyone’s losing

It’s like one step forward and two steps back

No matter what I do you’re always mad

And I, I can’t change your mind

I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street

I can’t give you what you want

And it’s killing me

And I, I’m starting to see

Maybe we’re not meant to be



        Later that night, Elijah stood in front of her at the Mikaelson place in Mystic Falls. He loved her, but he couldn’t trust someone that would lie to him like she had today. He hated what he was about to do. He’d promised to protect her all those centuries ago, but he was so tired of figuring out if she was telling the truth or not. He was about to do the one thing that he hated to do to her. He had to leave to go help Klaus in New Orleans. He couldn’t stay, and family always came first for him. He always had to sacrifice love for family, no matter what. He always stood by his family, because of their vow centuries ago. Always and forever.

        “It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she pleaded, when he’d told her that he was leaving to go help Klaus out.

        “Katerina.” He rested a hand on the side of her face, and then took it away and kissed her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.” Then he was gone.



*Human Once Again*



It’s never enough to say I love you

No it’s never enough to say I try

It’s hard to believe

That there’s no way out for you and me

And it seems to be the story of our lives

Nobody wins when everyone’s losing

There’s still time to turn this around

You could be building this up instead of tearing it down

But I keep thinking

Maybe it’s too late



        After Elijah left, her heart hurt and filled with anger, thinking that Elena had said something to Elijah in Pennsylvania when Elena’s humanity had been off, she ambushed her in the hallway of Mystic High. She then tried to kill Elena, but Elena shoved the cure down her throat, turning her human.

           



        After the summer was over with, Katherine decided to go to her ex. He may have left her for Klaus yet again, but they didn’t need to trust each other for him to protect her from danger. Plus, having an Original on your side was usually a bonus. She needed him now more than ever, and figured that he’d protect her, no matter what. Besides, whether he left her or not, even if he didn’t love her, she still loved him. If their positions were reversed, she knew she’d do the same for him. So, she was going to go to Elijah for protection.



It’s like one step forward and two steps back

No matter what I do you’re always mad

And I, baby, I’m starting to see

Maybe we’re not meant to be



        After driving a car into New Orleans she’d hot-wired, she’d gotten into a wreck with a streetlight pole. So, now she sat in the driver’s side of the car, injured, everything going black. She was in pain, but it was starting to fade, as everything began to go black for her.





        Elijah was walking, having left the bar after a few drinks, heading home, when, in a desolate area of New Orleans, he smelled the familiar mixed scents. He stopped in his tracks, smelling the scents of Katerina, blood, and human. Then, making up his mind and curious of why she was in town, he followed the scent trail.





        Half an hour later, he found the source of what he was smelling. She was in a wrecked car, obviously injured, and it was apparent to him that she was human now, which he knew meant that someone had shoved the cure down her throat. He knew how much she’d loved being a vampire. He also knew her so well that he knew that being human was like a curse on her.

        He blurred to the driver’s side and forced the jammed door open.

        “Katerina.”

        He scanned for what her injuries were, hoping she wasn’t too injured. He saw that there was a shard of glass stabbed into her thigh, which had opened up the artery in her leg. Her abdomen and lower stomach were also bleeding from a shard of glass, and there was blood on either side of her head. He also saw that she’d lost a lot of blood, since she was so pale with slow breathing. He pulled the shard of glass out of her lower stomach and tossed it to the floorboard, but didn’t bother with the other two. He figured the only reason she was still alive, was because the shards of glass were keeping her from quickly bleeding out. Careful of her injuries, he gently pulled her into his arms and then blurred home. Rebekah had been a nurse back in the day, so he figured that she could save her. He didn’t want to try vampire blood. No one had taken the cure before, so they didn’t know if there was any side effects to it. Also, there wasn’t a working hospital, due to Mikael in 1918, so he couldn’t take her to one. Rebekah was his only choice.





        Once at the compound, he blurred her to a guest bedroom and onto a bed, gently laying her down, before calling for Rebekah. Then, after some convincing, she began to do what she could for Katherine, despite hating her for being able to run from Nik for 500 years, escaping him. She didn’t like that she didn’t get to get away from Nik, but Katherine had been able to. That didn’t mean she wanted Elijah to lose the love of his life, though. Besides, after the life she’d led as a vampire, she knew Katherine didn’t deserve to die from a mere car crash. So, she decided to save her life the best of her ability.





        Half an hour or so later, Rebekah succeeded in saving her life and tending to her wounds, so Elijah moved her to his room and gently layed her down on his bed. Then he sat on her bedside, waiting for her to come to, a hand on hers. After almost losing her tonight, he realized that he’d been wrong to leave her without a look back. If anything happened to her and he wasn’t there to save or try to save her, he’d never forgive himself. She was his world, despite the fact that he’d left her to her own. He’d thought that she’d be okay without him, but he knew now that he’d been wrong.





        In the end, after she woke up, they rekindled their relationship, getting back together, once again, and he promised that he’d protect her, since she clearly needed protection and someone to be around to make sure she didn’t hurt herself on accident again.

*Mystic Falls- Mikaelson Mansion*



I know there’s something in the wake of your smile

I get a notion from the look in your eyes

Yeah

You’ve built a love but that love falls apart

A little piece of Heaven turns too dark



        It was a dark night in the living room at the Mikaelson mansion, as Elijah stood in front of the love of his life who he had chased for 500 years. She had asked him to decide where their relationship stood. He hadn’t decided, but he had to help Niklaus and was tired of all her lies and deceit.

        He rested a gentle hand on the side of her face, silently looking at her, before taking his hand away.

        “Goodbye, Katerina,” he said, choosing family over her, yet again.

        He lightly kissed her on the forehead, before walking away, knowing how much it hurt her for him to put his brother before her. He knew she understood that he was keeping the family vow that they had made 1,000 years ago though; “We stick together, always and forever.”



*New Orleans- Bayou Cabin*



Listen to your heart

When he’s calling for you

Listen to your heart

There’s nothing else you can do

I don’t know where you’re going

And I don’t know why

But listen to your heart

Before you tell him goodbye



        It was a dark night, as he lay in bed at the cabin in the Bayou, suffering from Klaus’ bite, though it couldn’t kill him like it would a normal vampire. As far as he knew, he couldn’t die from Klaus’ bite, because of being an Original. Klaus had bitten him on the side of the neck in anger, because Elijah hadn’t believed Klaus, but had believed Tyler, when it came to his intentions for his unborn child.





        Meanwhile, a very human and dying of old age Katherine was on her way to New Orleans. She believed that though he had left her for Klaus, he wouldn’t turn her away in her time of need.



*Save Me*



Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile

The precious moments are all lost in the tide

Yeah

They’re swept away and nothing is what it seems

The feeling of belonging…to your dreams



        The next night, after the symptoms had gone, he was met with a shock. Katerina he had left six or so month ago, now was dying of old age due to the cure being shoved down her throat. Now that he knew what was happening, he wouldn’t leave her. And if all possible, he would find a way to save her life.



Listen to your heart

When he’s calling for you

Listen to your heart

There’s nothing else you can do

I don’t know where you’re going

And I don’t know why

But listen to your heart

Before you tell him goodbye



        In the end, after Davina did a spell that reversed the rapid aging, they got back together. So all was well that ends well.

*American Gothic*



I know there’s something in the wake of your smile

I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yea

You’ve built a love, but that love falls apart

Your little piece of heaven turns too dark



        It was a beautiful day, as she stood in front of him after he’d found out that she’d lied to him.

        “Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he asked her.

        “No. 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,” she realized.

        “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.”

        He walked away, but she caught up with him and rested a hand on his arm, stopping him.

        “Wait.”

        He looked at the hand on his arm and then at her.

        She took her hand away.

        “Goodbye, Katherine.”

        She could only watch, as he walked away from her.



Listen to your heart when he’s calling for you

Listen to your heart

There’s nothing else you can do

I don’t know where you’re going

And I don’t know why

But listen to your heart

Before you tell him goodbye



        It was a dismal night, as she stood in front of him.

        “What do you want?” he questioned.

        “To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive, I don’t—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 took a black box out of 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 managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She put 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 watched, as she walked away.



*I Know What You Did Last Summer*



Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile

The precious moments are all lost in the tide, yea

They’re swept away and nothing is what it seems

The feeling of belonging to your dreams

Listen to your heart

When he’s calling for you

Listen to your heart

There’s nothing else you can do

I don’t know where you’re going

And I don’t know why

But listen to your heart

Before you tell him goodbye



        It was a nebulous night in New Orleans, as she lay on her back, injured, a distance from the wrecked car. She’d been able to get out, but that was all she could do. She knew she should fight, but she was human. Why try? Everyone seemed to think that Katherine being human meant they could push her around. Besides, she’d lost everything and everyone. Even Elijah had left six months ago. Yes, she’d come to New Orleans for his help, but if her accidentally crashing the car was a sign, she was doomed. So, why live? With those last thoughts, she closed her eyes.



*1492*



And there are voices that want to be heard

So much to mention but you can’t find the words

The scent of magic

The beauty that’s been

When love was wilder than the wind



        It was a beautiful day on the estate, as Katerina sat on a cement bench by Elijah, after they’d played chase. She didn’t know what existed at the time, but she spoke the wisest words to him.

        “If we cease to believe in love, then why would we want to live?”



*Present*



Listen to your heart

When he’s calling for you

Listen to your heart

There’s nothing else you can do

I don’t know where you’re going

And I don’t know why

But listen to your heart

Before you tell him goodbye



        Elijah was heading home after a few drinks at the only bar in town, but when he smelled the mixed scents of blood, human, fire and Katerina, he blurred off to find her and soon saw the scene. Katerina was on the ground, human and injured, and had clearly gotten out of the wrecked car that was starting to catch fire, but being an injured human, that was all she could do.

        He blurred to and knelt beside her. “Katerina.” He rested a hand on the side of her face. “Katerina, can you hear me? I need you to open your eyes.” He scanned her injuries, and saw an opened artery in her thigh and her lower stomach was bleeding, along with blood on either side of her head. He looked at her again. “Stay with me, Katerina.”

        He got to his feet with her gently in his arms, and blurred to the hospital.

        Don’t leave me, Katerina. Please, he thought to himself.



Listen to your heart

When he’s calling for you

Listen to your heart

There’s nothing else you can do

I don’t know where you’re going

And I don’t know why

But listen to your heart

Before you tell him goodbye



        A few hours later, after she’d survived the surgery, Elijah was seated on her bedside, worried, a hand on hers, and his other hand on the side of her face. She’d lived through the surgery, but had a concussion. No one knew when she’d wake up.

        “If you can hear me, Katerina, I’m here now. I’m not leaving again. I’m here, no matter what. Please, Katerina. Open your eyes.”





        A few weeks later, she finally woke up, and she and Elijah rekindled their relationship.