Summary: Set in S1E13 "Crescent City." What happens when a human Katherine comes to town for help and protection? What will ensue?
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Introduction
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I have lived for 1,000 years as an Original vampire in hopes of seeking to make my family whole again. Time after time, just when I find doubt, something brings me new found hope. And while I seek this for my family, I become torn between loving the once innocent girl my brother hates and my family I promised 1,000 years ago to stick with forever. I have always looked out for her. I even betrayed my own brother for her once. I had to choose between staying with her or keeping my vow to my family. I got tired of her lies and deceit, so I broke up with her to follow my family; my siblings, to New Orleans where we once called home. No matter what though, I still love her with my whole being. I must be faithful to my family, though. "We stick together, always and forever." My name is Elijah Mikaelson and this is who I am.
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Together Again
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It's a beautiful day in the French Quarter as I speak to Marcel, his friends, Hayley, Rebekah, and Klaus about what to do next. An old lover of mine who I thought had died long ago, Celeste, has returned. She's a witch. The worse thing is that we don't know why she's here and what her plans are. My true love will always be Katerina Petrova, though she likes the name Katherine Pierce. I will love her, always and forever. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnx2Xm1Oq2
We all look up, smelling the familiar scent of human. Then she walks in. I can tell that something's wrong. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPneDDETu8
As I suspected my brother would do as usual, he pins her to a brick wall, hand tightly around her throat. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBv1k79RDS
"You sure look alive. You're supposed to be dead by now. What the hell are you doing here in MY city?" he growls at her. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wYDYv4T5Q
"Bloody hell?" Rebekah says. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XybkrDrPk
"Well, well; look who decided to return after 100 years," Marcel comments. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkH5x119Yb
"What the hell?" Hayley says. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BqepTxjxH
I go to stand half way from where Klaus and Katerina are. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgG7fy3nqA
"Niklaus," I say in warning. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoQbocUSqt
I wait for him to let her go, but he just stays in the same position, ignoring me.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMYFPcFNaJ
Katerina silently looks back at him, despite the pressure on her throat. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkVpkjQpxO
"Let her go, Niklaus. Let her speak," I say in warning with a hint of anger in my voice. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8APA0ElWx
Finally, he lets her go, but still stands in front of her. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwYv3bXg3Z
When she gets her breath back, she finally speaks, as I make my way over to her. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOs6mjxA06
"I didn't come to see you," she informs Klaus. She looks at me. "I came to ask you, for once in my life, for help."454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHEX23nlNE
I stand in front of her next to Klaus. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSvwlonXNC
"What is it, Katerina?" I ask, ready to help if it's not too much. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76U761F1u6
"I'm dying of old age. I know I got myself into getting the cure shoved down my throat, but I didn't think it would happen. It was unexpected. I didn't know Elena had the cure in her pocket when I attacked her after you left me. Now I'm human, dying of old age, and in need of protection. I have many enemies. If word gets out that I'm human and If I don't have protection, you know what will happen," she explains to me. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2ROlvDMnS
I know all too well what it's like to have many enemies as a vampire, but it would be even worse as a human. I know she's begging for help from me, which I know, deep down inside, is hard for her to do after 500 years of looking out for herself. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0owVwR3al
"You don't have to say anything else. I promise that you will have my protection and I will help you. After this problem with a witch we're having, you will have my undivided attention. For now, as long as you need to, you may stay here and I'll try to keep Niklaus on a collar," I tell her. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWW6HvvtJp
"Thank you, Elijah. This means a lot," she replies. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQHrO83Nou
"Why don't you go make yourself at home upstairs?" I suggest, since I need to speak to my family about her staying here with us. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqQMdDwb77
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"I'll see you later."454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1d1Ax5OmjZ
When she has disappeares upstairs, I look at my siblings, Hayley, Marcel, and his friends. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgSWenOEQH
"She's not staying here. I won't allow it," my brother growls. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0fi0LjbWK
"It's only temporary," I assure him.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tERrXAqVy
"Fine by me," Hayley tells me.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyVeZ3J9go
"She can stay as long as she stays out of my way, Rebekah says. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AT9iGtkuo
Marcel and his friends are silent, but I know Marcel agrees. I'm the only one in my family that knows why and how Marcel and Katerina know each other. I kept tabs on Katherine over the centuries to make sure she was alive and safe as she could be. Ad I'm glad that Rebekah and Hayley are on board. Rebekah despises her for being able to stay off Klaus' radar for 500 years, while Hayley hates her for trying to kill her back in Mystic Falls. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡir0eQXp7nu
We soon go our separate ways. I and Marcel and his friends go different directions to look for Celeste, while Rebekah stays to babysit Hayley and Klaus looks for a witch to talk to about Celeste. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmU4kpMdOrT
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That night on a sidewalk, I find Celeste who is inhabiting a witch by the name of Sabine. We talk, me trying to figure out what she wants, and I learn of her plan after she poisons me a little with a kiss. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwhygzanbq
As I lay on my side on the sidewalk, I look up at her, as she speaks. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlKnHE4mSG
"I died because of Klaus. I want revenge. I'm going to teach you the errors of your ways. No matter what he does, you keep holding on to that vow; always and forever. As we speak, he's experiencing more pain than he has ever felt. Now, you can choose to save him, but then that would leave Hayley, Rebekah, and Katherine in peril. Or there's your dear sister Rebekah. She's about to find herself in quite the predicament. You could save her, but then that leaves Klaus, Hayley, and Katherine. Or there's Hayley. We both know Klaus would hate it if anything happened to her or the baby. And last but not least, there's your precious Katherine you think is the same girl you fell in love with 500 years ago. You'll recover in enough time to save one of them. I can't wait to see which one you choose."454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VW5XkoQb0
I can only watch, as she walks away from me and soon disappears from sight. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwH5vKRNlr
I know she's right. I can only choose one. Time and time again, I have always chosen my family over Katerina, which I know has hurt her every time I did. But then there's Hayley. I care about her and her baby needs to survive, because that child is the key to Klaus' redemption. Then there's my little sister, Rebekah, who I do love and would do anything for, but I have always put Klaus before her. And then there's my little half-brother Klaus who I have always put first, no matter what. I must choose soon. My lover of 500 years, my sister, my brother, or my brother's one night stand that he got pregnant?454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcgnljQelt
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Half an hour later, I arrive at the old plantation house, which is on fire. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv7pNz7KWR
I immediately get inside by shattering a window. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUx5QXW3R0
Fire is everywhere, as I help Hayley to her feet and tell her werewolf friend, Jackson, "Get her out of here."454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7Q7fzW6P1
As Jackson and Hayley leave by going through the window, I find the love of my life; Katerina. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNzhUAqFdH
I gently pick her up in my arms and, once I'm a ways away from the house, I gently lay her down on her back on the ground. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡja1ckXLjd4
I look down at her to asses her condition, as I listen to her heart and breathing. There's blood on either side of her head and some blood elsewhere. There's a wound on her left side and there are scratches all over here. I don't know if she can digest vampire blood after the cure was shoved down her throat, but I have to try. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3g27WH8BQC
I pull her gently into my arms and bite my wrist, putting it to her lips, making my blood go down her throat to heal and save her. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXJ2AdW9RJ
A few minutes later, I take it away and my wrist and her wounds instantly heal. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ua5WOS7U5
I gently carry her to the compound, once on my feet. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4m6Jwpf70
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Once at the compound and in my room, I gently lay her down in my bed. I then sit on her bedside and wait for her to come to. If anything happened to Katerina, I don't know what I'd do. It would shatter me. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJXT4avPFj
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An hour later, she comes to, which relieves me. She's going to be okay. 454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadeKWBUFXx
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A few days later, I get my siblings back and we kill Celeste before she can body just. So all is well in the French Quarter. In the end, Katerina and I get back together.
