Summary: Set somewhere in S3 when Ric was still human, but also a while after Kat left town. Ric finds a hurt Katherine and delivers her to Damon. Will Damon save her? What happens when Damon shows how much he cares about her? What happens when the truth about her past is found out? Will he keep it a secret from the enemy?664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXGBSArO0b
A/N: Based off of a dream I had.
It was a dark night, as Alaric Saltzman walked the streets of Mystic Falls on duty. He was looking for signs of vampires, as he walked with his black bag that held his weapons.
Meanwhile, Katherine Pierce layed on her back, too weak to head the rest of the way to the Salvatore boarding house; so she layed there in the middle of the dark alley not far from a wall; She just layed there on her back and gasped, as she tried to breathe.
The Vampire Hunter stopped and then headed into the alley, when he saw her. He headed towards her to check on her. He knew that she had left with hybrids after her, so he figured she probably came back for the cure.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3lnFAtEcU
He set his bag down and knelt beside her. He easily saw that she had been attacked. He knew it she was in bad condition. She couldn't breathe and he couldn't see if she had been just attacked, or if she had been bitten. He guessed from her condition though, that she had been bitten quite a while ago. She was so pale and she was starting to lose consciousness.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DUqKaotcO
"Katherine?" he called gently.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCUJ02ZTrn
"Ric…hybrids…bitten…" she explained, as she started to lose her vision.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3POVzKqLM
"I'll get you to Damon," he told her.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhIa4d2fUo
As he slid one arm under her legs, her eyes close and her head rolled to the right. Then he put his bag over his right shoulder and slid his other arm under her, before he picked her up in his arms and carried her out of the alley.
Damon Salvatore had just set his empty shot glass down on his drinking table, when he smelled the scents of blood, Ric, and his Sire. As soon as he smelled those scents, he was instantly standing at the front door. He opened it before Ric could do anything.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFPudrJVi9
"What happened?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0XATZQxRM
"I found her. She barely got to tell me that she was bitten by hybrids."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWrrqs8byv
"I'll see if I have any of the cure left."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvuauesccs
"And I'll go home."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLQXrNS7je
She groaned, as she started to come to in Ric's arms.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuPAS4bUD6
Damon took her from Ric and watched him leave, before he closed the door.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvCG4x1eka
She opened her eyes slowly.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWel5EcYm5c
"Damon?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXPJRiBKZQ
"It's me."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPulJsDhkBq
He set her on her feet and looked at her. She looked so weak, It was hard to see her now, as someone that had lied and played games with him. She looked so helpless now.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDWUIb5ofp
"How long ago, Kat?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyMjAjITaj
"Two hours."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXBVx4HOb1
"Let's get you in bed."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1QpOWwUTb
He put an arm around her and picked her up. He figured she probably wouldn't make it to the stairs. And as he used vamp speed to get to his room, she put weak arms around his neck and rested her head on his right shoulder, before she closed her eyes. He knew she was in worst condition than he had been a few years ago. But he had been bitten by a werewolf. Not hybrids.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrUzm1sSyM
He carefully layed her down on his bed. He then vanished to see if he had any of the cure left.
He stood in front of the cooler and held the vial in his hands. There was a little left, but not much. So he took his phone out and called Caroline. He told her the predicament and she said she would get some more. He then hung up and put his cell away, before he vanished.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlvqqbpax2
A moment later, he stood by the bed where she lay. He sat down and pulled her into his arms, before he positioned her head back and made the blood go down her throat. He then layed her down and set the empty vial down on the end table.
When she came to, she saw that Damon was seated at her bedside and was looking down at her, for once in a long time, with genuine worry.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aotGkZaLD
"Damon," she breathed, before pain sliced through her side and she gasped. Then the hallucinations started. The silent tears came, as she saw her mother standing not far from Damon.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgCNPb98Uq
He saw her look go to somewhere not far from him but when he looked, he didn't see anything. His gaze went back to her.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfSF4h6RQ5
"Ma 'ma," she said.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3T9m77Nep
"Katerina," her mom greeted.
Damon only knew that she saw her mother. He didn't understand anything else; so he did what he could. He sat up in his bed and held her close to comfort her.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrXgGaY0vS
"Katherine, she's not there."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2D8ClvF1JU
"I can't help it," she told him. Then she spoke to her mom. "I'm sorry, ma 'ma. I couldn't help you. I couldn't save any of you. It's my fault. If I hadn't ran, you would've all lived human lives. You wouldn't have been slaughtered by Klaus."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynLJHtgB1N
Damon didn't say anything. He just listened. He didn't know Klaus had slaughtered her family for running from him.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVfOv93bjZ
Her father appeared beside her mother.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3hGMpUxkq
"You have disgraced this family!"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1nCWglzAR
"Pa' pa; no," she said.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpidbJcaRuU
As pain sliced through her and her vision dimmed, her mom and dad disappeared.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVWFEl5pAl
Damon pulled her into his arms.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDeLpOsPeO
"Kat, hang on," he pleaded, as her skin started to turn cracked and purple, but he wasn't so sure that she could hear him. She was unconscious and just minutes from death.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmq3qm8lYa0
Just then, Caroline Forbes set a couple vials of the cure on the end table for him.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDEiGuYiQ5
"Thank you," Damon said, before she vanished.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwDNcCc2zR
He grabbed a vial and forced the blood down her throat.
When she came to, she felt weak still but knew she wasn't dying anymore. She knew all she needed was blood and a lot of rest.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7woIToKcf
"So, about your story," he started.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpNXJb0VaU
She slowly sat up in bed.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUqJGsOpLX
"You want my side of the story? I'll show you."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefF6ULG7Tk
She rested a gentle hand on the side of his face and used her telepathy to show him.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRezVQkxld1
He looked into her eyes, as he saw the events.
*Bulgaria- flashback*
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Young, human Katherine layed on a bed, as she conceived a child; the maid was at the foot of the bed, helping her, while her ma 'ma sat on her bedside and held her hand.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXot4zOdxot
"Push, Katerina. Push," her mother encouraged.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pZGznvbH1
Soon, the child was born and the maid held her in her arms, while she told her that she had had a healthy baby girl. Katerina wanted to see her and hold her, but her father said, as he stood in the doorway to the bedroom, "What are you doing, woman? Bring the child here."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOp4NMTgy8
The maid obeyed and he took the baby from her.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZ4Y0veEEh
As he started to walk away, Katerina said, "No! Pa 'pa! Please!" as she cried.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSFQlPrDah
"No! You have disgraced this family!" he said back, before he left with her baby.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuq9XUFo7vw
"Pa 'pa, please!" she said once more, as she continued to cry.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3z2dQ3TtH
Her mother tried to comfort her, as she said, "No, Katerina. Katerina, Katerina."
*England-1600's*
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Soon, Katerina met Elijah and Trevor whom introduced her to Niklaus at a ball. He was kind to her and a gentleman, until 1692 when she ran for her life from Klaus in some woods. Trevor helped her and told her to run to a cabin and gave her a necklace.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuqQMR8Shy
When she got to the cabin and begged for help while she showed Rose the necklace and said that Trevor sent her, Rose told her to "Come inside; quickly." The owner of the cabin gave her food and water and Rose said that she would take her back to Klaus. Katerina tried to die by slicing her wrists, but Rose gave her her blood and Katerina gagged.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WytskBMjr
When Trevor came to the cabin Rose and Trevor argued, Katerina hung herself.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKXILmsVa4
When Katerina woke up, he asked her why she did it and that he would've helped her escape. She said that he would've helped her run and that would had never been enough. Then Rose tried to stake her and Katerina used the owner as a shield. Rose accidentally staked the old woman and Katerina drank from her neck. She apologized before she through the old woman to Rose and fled.
Bulgaria-1692
When Katerina arrived back at home, her whole village, including her family, was slaughtered. She wept over her mother before she fled from her village.
Mystic Falls, Virginia-1864
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When she came to America to Mystic Falls, she changed her name to Katherine Pierce. She saved Emily Bennett's life and made friends with Pearl and Anna. She met Mr. Salvatore, Damon and Stefan's father and then met Stefan and fell in love with him.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjmiGkv4Mz
When she met Damon, she fell in love with him as well.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5xRQWB95C
When the vampire raid came, she escaped with George Lockwood's help. Before she left, she promised the Salvatore brothers, even though they were dead and would soon be in transition to become vampires, that they would meet again and to choose the right path.
*end of flash black*
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She took her hand off his face and waited for him to come out and say or do something.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0kDZf71jA
He was silent, as he looked at her.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoW95fqREAG
"Why don't you say something," she invited.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71TSvgcWin
"You never told us your past. Why? I would've understood before now."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBamPfGdUPH
"Because it was too late; you both hated me."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3pWAaQftV
"I mean, before we turned."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8u8MHTwZXa
"Because you were human; I didn't know whether I should or not. Pearl, Anna, and Emily didn't even know."
"They were your friends, though."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1Q9wRCyCm
"Yes, but I don't trust others very well. I have to literally know them first. I have to know my past won't be told. But with you, I know you would never tell any enemy."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JeIAWDDoZ
"That, you are correct on."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3cwnIm6UY
He gave her a small smile and she smiled back a little.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdUusmoc69
They looked at one another in silence.
