Summary: Set in S3E1. What if Katherine escaped from where she was swept away to and ended up in New Orleans? What will happen when Elijah finds her in the Bayou woods injured?547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cInBGupP3
It was a dark night, as Elijah fought against the Hunters who had been hunting the wolves, though it wasn’t much of a fight. He was a vampire and they were just merely humans that needed stopped.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpPpjYFKgQ
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Meanwhile an injured Katherine, covered in blood with an ascendant in hand, appeared in the Bayou woods and, once she realized that she had finally escaped, she knew that she was in New Orleans. She took a step, aiming to start walking, needing help and knowing without it that she would soon die from her injuries, but she ended up staggering and having to try and keep from falling to the forest floor from weakness. Then everything went black for her.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRr2VUWgcz
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After Elijah disposed of the bodies, he began to walk home through the woods, but smelling the scent of human blood, he stopped and, after hearing a slow heartbeat, he vanished to follow the scent trail and heartbeat, but soon he couldn’t hear anything from whoever it was.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡev93uMprCD
A few moments later, he arrived at the scene, only to see a very injured Katerina.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcI0kI1W7w
“Katerina?” he said, surprised to see her in the same town as Niklaus.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfQDPCdZ1D
He was instantly knelt beside her and gently pulled her into his arms and bit his wrist, putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to heal her wounds.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNQqmdRJey
A few minutes later, after she had healed, he took his wrist away which instantly healed. He then gently layed her back down and started to try and revive her. He didn’t know why or how she was here or what had happened to her. All he knew was that the one person that he still loved, though he had left almost a year ago, had ended up in New Orleans one way or another. And after recent events, she was the only one he could trust. No matter how many times he had chosen family first, technically turning his back on her, she would never turn her back on him or backstab him or kill or curse someone he cared deeply about. The only thing that had made him leave was all her continuous lies. Lying was her only flaw when it came to him. She would never betray or manipulate him. And above all, they had loved each other for 500 years. That kind of love didn’t die after only a year.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwzsQmYZws
After a few minutes, he finally heard a heartbeat and her breathing.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvr599AQmMl
He sighed in relief and gently picked her up in his arms, heading back to the compound.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFCtOMRAoG
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Once upstairs in his room, he gently layed her down in his bed and sat on her bedside, waiting for her to come to.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvU6173NWo
He rested a gentle hand on the side of her face and looked down at her.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHai7Qr9zxH
“Katerina, can you hear me?” he called to her, hoping she would wake up soon.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHN3Dpu9yU
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An hour later, when she woke up, it relieved him.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfN8XZBJRR
She gave a smile, seeing him.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6le7DdQcE
“Elijah.”547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN8vDVXTmY
He smiled back.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUE8AX7LzB
“Katerina,” he greeted, before asking, “What has happened to you? You’re human.”547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcB6abFNO7
“I took my anger out on Elena after you left and she shoved the cure down my throat. After Silas drank the cure from me, I started aging and me being me, not wanting to die, went into Elena’s body, wanting to live just a little longer. After they found out, Stefan killed me. Somehow, when he killed me, I was sent to the 1994 prison world where I ran into Kai. What you saw when you found me is Kai’s doing. That’s not the best part. Klaus knew I was human and dying, but judging from your face, he never told you. I assume Caroline told him not to come torment me on my deathbed though, since he never came by,” she explained.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAlhWphxMS
Knowing Klaus had known, it infuriated him. It didn’t surprise him, though. His brother hated her with a dark passion.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FWaPyfqBa
“I’m sorry, Katerina,” was all he could say. All he could really do was to apologize for abandoning her and for Klaus going back to Mystic Falls to torment her on her deathbed. There wasn’t much he could do.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrYQBo85t8
She rested a gentle hand on the side of his face.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iTmZOkJ5W
“I know. You don’t need to apologize for Klaus and you weren’t there, because you didn’t know. All is forgiven.”547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlMrfeRhmG
She gave a smile.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kLlHb0u6P
He looked at her, amazed at how much she had changed since her transformation back into a human.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLadWqjVjt0
