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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKp1EZ6piRz
"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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZVPl2oVQ7
"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."514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiF8SBTshFF
"Are we quite done here? You will release us NOW," Elijah said.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVAYRoZJPG
"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."514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEm5RwbNYxg
"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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfpNsMmUwj
"All you care about is your own fragile mortality. But, what if you were made vulnerable? What then?"514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJtPekQSV6
Before Finn could magically cause Kol any pain, Katherine walked in, closing the door behind herself.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2PJgEu2Z7
They looked at her, as she walked over to them.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4z0uZBs133
"Katerina?" Elijah questioned.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbZwuC0oVc
"You must be the famous Katherine," Finn guessed.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdepCkomb33
"The one and only. You must be Finn."514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡST5MXNVCPx
"What are you doing here?" Klaus growled.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTyNURQbfz
"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."514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxNhYTJrde
"I never said I was. All I want is to make them suffer," Finn informed her.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6J6HBeZzGp
"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."514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUGnQhrMR0
"Not until sundown when I release some very hungry vampires," he told her.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjv53TYqna
"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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4egZW5hNnM
Klaus and Elijah watched, Klaus with a smirk, amused now, Elijah was silent, having mixed emotions.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaKzPKucgo
"Okay; fine," Finn said, giving in.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBUmKSHhne
She put her hands down, stopping, and Finn vanished.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6aoYTcAC8
She faced all three brothers.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRx19hwEWgo
"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."514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtf8hQchxuF
"No offense, but you can't do much as a human," Klaus told her.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3gu5UtKT9
"Don't underestimate me," she replied.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3eJKebkS0
A moment later, Klaus had vanished.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8fWOaQXI9
"We'll talk later," she told Elijah with a smile.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7CtOmI5fi
She watched, as he vanished.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXMeptoNZn
"Thanks for the save, sweetheart. I appreciate it, darlin," Kol said.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YufetetVk
"You never change," she replied.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL817Gq28VL
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHTIDSdMIb
As he spoke, everyone looked at Klaus.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtIWvsMuKk
"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!"514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGC4HpdR3b
Klaus left to go find Marcel and Kol, as Katherine spoke.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBH8qyZ8q4
"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?"514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRr2KjztBE
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyRDxvuENt
"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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkTXN2Clma
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwPBuz02KK
"Let me see her," Katerina asked of the maid who held her daughter.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMFndkZs0Y
The maid began to, but her father walked in.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekFwkwRjPe
"What are you doing, woman? Give her to me."514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8t9dh9LXv
The maid did, as she was told.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQp4iERO47Q
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!"514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsGXpspMhT
"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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91q0liAokB
"Katerina?" He said, wondering if she was okay.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkr02O3gAE
"I was just remembering my daughter, Nadia," she informed him.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuH79imt3qT
As he stood there, he wished he could do something for her, but knew that he couldn't.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDn3eSN1yA
"I was unaware that you had a daughter."514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLT3e2sla6c
"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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nbpFkTni5
"I'm so sorry, Katerina. If I had known, I would've come."514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkDElwEw5S
"I know, but you broke up with me. I wasn't exactly feeling forgiving."514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjfPWkqiAK
She looked up at him with a smile.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eY23T3R9M
He smiled back.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqejTIr233H
"At least we can start over," she added.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBUhDKwTzl
"That we can do," he agreed.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfJ1SM3c34
"But first, I want to hold your niece."514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUy5S1dTJ4
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVyvDLVf81
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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