Summary: Set in S2E11 "Brotherhood of the Damned." What if the place Finn brought them was between limbo and a magical realm? What if Katherine found them? What will happen?
Elijah, Kol, and Klaus found themselves in what looked to be a cabin, with four animal heads on the walls; a fox, a stag, a bull, and a wolf. After Finn showed himself, they found that each symbolized four of their siblings. Klaus was the wolf, Kol was the fox, Finn was the bull, and Elijah was the stag.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1AGes8qGR
"Why are we here? Don't tell me...it's about our mother? I didn't force her to drink blood and betray everything she holds dear. That was her choice," klaus said to Finn.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWqyrIn9w4
"This isn't about mother, this is about YOU. I want you to know how it feels to be powerless! So I'm going to take the thing that matters the most to you: the city you've come to love so much."473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYYrvVjQzR
"Are we quite done here? You will release us NOW," Elijah said.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCsH7KqFV5
"I will! AFTER sundown. Because AT sundown, when the marchers of Carillon Eve take to the streets, my barrier drops. Marcel and his hungry vampires will be unleashed to kill their way through the Quarter! I imagine that, after their atrocities, the supernatural community of New Orleans will be forced to find another place to call home."473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVb2jIGA448
"Look, I don't care about the city. What I care about is that my very human body is lying at the feet of some very hungry vampires. Your fight is with them, it's not with me!" Kol said to Finn.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2uBHFk9o4
"All you care about is your own fragile mortality. But, what if you were made vulnerable? What then?"473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rxuBa4gMs
Before Finn could magically cause Kol any pain, Katherine walked in, closing the door behind herself.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkys14QIhmq
They looked at her, as she walked over to them.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwrcLRdJv6
"Katerina?" Elijah questioned.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKNtkdHtUU
"You must be the famous Katherine," Finn guessed.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3S1ozMfLY
"The one and only. You must be Finn."473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNuIJizkuO
"What are you doing here?" Klaus growled.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8saeNO1gv
"I'm not here to cause you trouble. I just want to help. I would've come sooner, but I had to learn a few tricks first and I just recently got wind of what's going on in New Orleans," she answered the hybrid. She looked at Finn. "You think you're all powerful, but you're not. I may not be a vampire or human, and I may be dead, but I have something you don't. I'm descended from Travelers, so my magic is more powerful than yours ever will be."473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmjl45msYF
"I never said I was. All I want is to make them suffer," Finn informed her.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uU380o9Se
"That was me for 500 years. I wanted to make Klaus suffer, but I didn't. I knew I'd lose Elijah if I did. Besides, family is power and loyalty and love. You don't turn your back on family. Nadia didn't and neither did I. We died together as family. The only difference is that she found peace and I didn't. Now if you'll release your family, I'd appreciate it."473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACDtDnKGRR
"Not until sundown when I release some very hungry vampires," he told her.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNVoqZ0cXT
"Suit yourself. I tried being nice," she replied, before putting her hands out in front of her and throwing a bunch of magic at him, which was more power than he could work with.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EK4ZZXb8x
Klaus and Elijah watched, Klaus with a smirk, amused now, Elijah was silent, having mixed emotions.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEETJzTxgLW
"Okay; fine," Finn said, giving in.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzb7ktRr03
She put her hands down, stopping, and Finn vanished.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVNnt9zqfU
She faced all three brothers.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDWly2qD4G
"You'll see me in the real world. There's a witch working on bringing me back without the fast aging part. I'll help you out."473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1fRtfy5ok
"No offense, but you can't do much as a human," Klaus told her.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8eL0YPgv5
"Don't underestimate me," she replied.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwfrIrgfcG
A moment later, Klaus had vanished.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1joXT32b7
"We'll talk later," she told Elijah with a smile.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDnq0T14yy
She watched, as he vanished.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMawLEtEG7
"Thanks for the save, sweetheart. I appreciate it, darlin," Kol said.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRvYuwWv89
"You never change," she replied.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbEkBaFT50
She gave a smile, before he vanished.
An hour later, a very human Katherine arrived at the compound. She used magic to bring the barrier down so she and Klaus could walk inside. Elijah would've come too, but he and Cami were keeping a certain secret safe.
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Once inside, the barrier went back up and she went to stand next to Klaus on the balcony.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fosbFjDmV
As he spoke, everyone looked at Klaus.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtCZxa7ejv
"Vampires and werewolves of New Orleans; I have an announcement to make!" Klaus announced loud enough for everyone downstairs to hear. "By sundown, the barrier keeping us here will go down! Finn wants to starve out the vampires and then release them to feed on the streets, but we won't! I have an old, well, let's just say friend would be putting it too strongly, with me here! Dear Katerina has volunteered to help!"473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksvlL1Sz2Q
Klaus left to go find Marcel and Kol, as Katherine spoke.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9kvXPxA1T
"You're probably wondering how a human can help with an Original and magical problem. I have a lot of experience in being one step ahead of my enemy. That, and I'm descended from Travelers. Travelers are like very powerful witches; more so than witches during the Harvest season. If you let me help you, we can do anything. So what do you say we prove Finn wrong?"473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXOT8jvGvl
There were murmurs of agreement at the end of her speech.
In the end Finn was defeated and put in a coffin, Esther and Mikael were killed, and Klaus began to trust her enough to let her meet Hope and Klaus went back to the compound.
Katherine stood in the living room where Elijah and Cami stood, Hope held to Cami's side.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIDN0hOpp4
"She's beautiful," she said with a smile and tears in her eyes. She was still dealing with Nadia's death. Her only child had practically died in her arms recently. She'd do anything to have Nadia in her arms again; to see her one last time.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuHKiuu7Cu
Memories of her surfaced, as she looked at Hope.
*Bulgaria 1490*
Katerina Petrova sat up in bed with her mom next to her, after giving birth to a healthy girl out of Wedlock.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldZxNUQsmF
"Let me see her," Katerina asked of the maid who held her daughter.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMiWM20U5P
The maid began to, but her father walked in.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGlDZTnko1
"What are you doing, woman? Give her to me."473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlgJANq5kJ
The maid did, as she was told.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9buQmIWcc
Katerina's father stopped at the doorway and looked at her, the baby in his arms, when she begged him with tears streaming down her face, "No! Pa'pa! Please!"473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbXEhjjd5M
"No! You have disgraced this family!" He replied, before walking away to get rid of Katerina's baby.
*Bulgaria 1498*
After getting off Klaus' radar, she went back to Bulgaria to find her baby girl, who was eight at the time, but couldn't find her. There was no trace of her, so she gave up and left Bulgaria.
*Mystic Falls 2014*
Katherine was surprised to find out that her long lost daughter, Nadia Petrova, was a vampire and, after hearing her mother's side of why she didn't raise her, wanted to bond with her and get to know her. Then, just in a few months time, Nadia died from a werewolf bite and Katherine died a few minutes later.
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*end of flashbacks*
She came back to the present to see Elijah standing in front of her.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZtY0IKgLS
"Katerina?" He said, wondering if she was okay.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGefWOxRlR
"I was just remembering my daughter, Nadia," she informed him.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm29ZAseEsU
As he stood there, he wished he could do something for her, but knew that he couldn't.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQo0IA9Vy4l
"I was unaware that you had a daughter."473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPSUneF8TV
"That's because I didn't tell anyone. I had her out of Wedlock and was banished by my parents. That's how I ended up in England. In 1498, I went back for her, but I couldn't find her. We didn't find each other until last year, when she protected me from Silas and told me who she was. Even after a little over six months ago, it's hard. She died from a werewolf bite and I died a few minutes later," she informed him.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuZmP26reJ
"I'm so sorry, Katerina. If I had known, I would've come."473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcvpxxgJCr
"I know, but you broke up with me. I wasn't exactly feeling forgiving."473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAXNqVYHAx
She looked up at him with a smile.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFaOpNoW0v
He smiled back.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmomBusTAZ
"At least we can start over," she added.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtAjD1LskO
"That we can do," he agreed.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCv1YtzCqMb
"But first, I want to hold your niece."473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQ4WY0WkJJ
He watched, as she walked over to Cami, who let her take Hope, and wished he could give Katerina a child of her own. Even though she hadn't raised Nadia, she was a natural.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4AFHTAIi3
He smiled at them together, happy that Hope made his Katerina happy.
That night, in a room with the door closed, they began to start over and were as happy as they could be. They got back together and began to make out on the bed.
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