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.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3HRVJ1j8W
"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.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUubNm9EoLv
"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."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ24QTeFfPj
"Are we quite done here? You will release us NOW," Elijah said.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAr6PVHpQQ3
"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."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8rx3lPg0v
"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.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuqiAxvr5L
"All you care about is your own fragile mortality. But, what if you were made vulnerable? What then?"472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKV3Csf53Hc
Before Finn could magically cause Kol any pain, Katherine walked in, closing the door behind herself.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PMx07VDfy
They looked at her, as she walked over to them.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2JafmeSmf
"Katerina?" Elijah questioned.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByScCuuErR
"You must be the famous Katherine," Finn guessed.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioxOCWUZmW
"The one and only. You must be Finn."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSb1mPtqRR
"What are you doing here?" Klaus growled.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OsuTi9F3Y
"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."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVj6f6ycWJ
"I never said I was. All I want is to make them suffer," Finn informed her.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wqyilf2DE
"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."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16LmofHdaj
"Not until sundown when I release some very hungry vampires," he told her.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vEI037SuK
"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.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8kWxRt86P
Klaus and Elijah watched, Klaus with a smirk, amused now, Elijah was silent, having mixed emotions.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUiWwOGukV
"Okay; fine," Finn said, giving in.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaP7eH6db8K
She put her hands down, stopping, and Finn vanished.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MgOBs9lqY
She faced all three brothers.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcev3efeU2C
"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."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR50tzPG0Oj
"No offense, but you can't do much as a human," Klaus told her.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAcWhnQbEb
"Don't underestimate me," she replied.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wk6t6N4ra
A moment later, Klaus had vanished.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVMmRd9WIP
"We'll talk later," she told Elijah with a smile.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDbVVZMuNY
She watched, as he vanished.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJp7MiLK7q
"Thanks for the save, sweetheart. I appreciate it, darlin," Kol said.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIxZL9p5Qe
"You never change," she replied.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2q7lcg5bU
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.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbFibCffNY
As he spoke, everyone looked at Klaus.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYgegGfsXj
"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!"472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuNvaL6VZT
Klaus left to go find Marcel and Kol, as Katherine spoke.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dLZ3M2jrn
"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?"472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDu716GPji
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.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5JOGmatUo
"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.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhYg6wHK2S
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.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHp59qGwPtQ
"Let me see her," Katerina asked of the maid who held her daughter.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PMqVKnIU4
The maid began to, but her father walked in.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaKbtqdekb
"What are you doing, woman? Give her to me."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyJrEkbO5B
The maid did, as she was told.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnc4YH24fGf
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!"472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqsfSPQLqR
"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.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxq7Fy6EaQ
"Katerina?" He said, wondering if she was okay.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJhHWOv2Bd
"I was just remembering my daughter, Nadia," she informed him.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TnzSi0YZP
As he stood there, he wished he could do something for her, but knew that he couldn't.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDc9WhO22r
"I was unaware that you had a daughter."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6vR6EQ2Mn
"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.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBLaG4eQK7
"I'm so sorry, Katerina. If I had known, I would've come."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcbAh9AXaY
"I know, but you broke up with me. I wasn't exactly feeling forgiving."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCo0fJxDUg1
She looked up at him with a smile.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfC4oz0O1m
He smiled back.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNA6NTTPPkQ
"At least we can start over," she added.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynW3mmN2KC
"That we can do," he agreed.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtjr5I04JQ
"But first, I want to hold your niece."472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfpnEHgT3Y
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.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaHMcGcKO4
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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