Summary: Set in S3E16 "1912" or S3E15 "All My Children." Will someone stop her from succeeding? What if Kat came back? Why is she back? What if Damon had to save Kat's life? Will he do it?678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVzuJdLod3
It was a dark night, as Esther Mikaelson used a knife to cut Elena's hand. Alaric Saltzman was knocked out on the floor in the little shed-like place. Esther was going to use Alaric as a weapon.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVpTecchcI
"No," Elena protested.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpY3yKtibj
"I'm going to do this whether you're willing or not," Esther said.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4aBQ9lrMX
Elena tried to get free from Esther's hold on her wrist.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrppWJt4RyB
Suddenly, Esther was thrown and she hit a faraway wall, while Elena hit the floor.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilQ06qNmkp
"You dare interrupt me?" Esther growled, once she was on her feet.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJNOMpGkGa
"If Elena and Alaric are involved, yes," Katherine Pierce replied. "And don't use your magic on me, because I know witches. Leave before you piss me off and I kill you."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKqZknXAxV
"You wouldn't dare," Esther growled.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOJWFnM1CD
"Oh, I would. Ask Damon or Elijah. I'll do anything to get what I want. I'm going to warn you only this once. Stay away from Elena and anyone else she associates with. And I don't want to see you again," she growled back.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGek33pkwN
Elena watched from the floor, her back against a wall.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKM0N4HQjtm
"I'm an Original. I can do anything and you can't kill me," Esther replied.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOBSuTkadU
"No?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJazyFKI3x
Katherine pinned her against a wall with a hand around her throat in a blur, her free hand with a white oak stake that she had raised over Esther's chest.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnOCoXGutI
"You want a bet?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZE7kKXN2q
Esther growled. Then the Original through her off and the bowl of ingredients spilled on the floor, as Katherine hit them. The bowl shattered into pieces.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexCTpf64G2
The Petrova vampiress got to her feet, stake lost in the mess on the floor.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOtAaJcQwe
"You used to be so delightful when we met back in the sixteenth century, Katerina. Whom were you in love with? Elijah or Trevor? Oh, yes. That's right. They were both in love with you, but you loved Elijah. And you used Trevor to escape Niklaus. Right? I wonder how Elijah feels for you now. You didn't choose him."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhAAyaDNYq
"Put the past behind you. I regret enough of my past that I don't need reminded."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYT8sjlHsKp
Esther through her and she hit a faraway wall with a thud.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMU8zBF2Wi
"You have bad luck, Katerina. You tend to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpCGx5pfF1
Katherine layed on her side in pain and looked up at her.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iTw2iIhbO
"I don't care what I am as long as my family doesn't die again. I'll gladly die any day for Elena and the others," she confessed.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7DRlc4BTH
"Well, that's interesting enough."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdH9eitdKT
Esther lifted her to her feet with a hand around her throat and pinned her to the wall.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yI9Qh9QnC
"Believe me. I never thought I would feel love again after what Klaus did. But now, I can love again. Elena, Damon, Caroline, and Stefan are my family. I'll do anything for them," she answered, as pain sliced through her side and right arm.
"Why so open with me?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmomU815nc
"Because you can relate; you love and you care for your family. But one thing is this. I will never be the monster you are."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsu1oua1or2
With her free hand, Esther slapped her across the face with anger clearly in her expression.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehStfq9a7k
"I am not a monster. I am a mother."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAf65QlCKMC
"Yes; a mother that wants every vampire, including your own children, to cease to exist. If I had been able to raise Isabelle, I would never had become what you are. A mother that cares little, has no remorse, and is a selfish bitch."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qddGZSoHz
Esther growled.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCm0jS6zr6
"How dare you speak to me like that!"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlfuB7HxM1
Esther through her and she hit the wall closest to Elena pretty hard.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5mRwEKUY7
"Enough, mother. If you have something to say, say it," the voice said.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3Es6dDHKo
Esther turned to face her son.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhLhvfRAXq
"Niklaus."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrONVC1OTeB
She looked at the rest of her children calmly.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzT2pOUn76
"Shall we discuss this somewhere else?" Elijah said.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQ9rMBQ8Qg
"Yes. We should. Mother?" Klaus said.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpZEHhl8kO
Elena and Katherine watched them go.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9lE69FXnH
"Are you okay?" Kat asked, as she layed on her back in silent pain.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDtvBIFzYT
"I think I'll be okay," Elena answered her.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIfi8iHeyG
"I'm glad. What the hell did I miss?" Ric said, as he got up.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwK13BHkD9A
"Esther was going to make you a weapon, but Katherine stopped her. Klaus made Esther leave," Elena summarized for him.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzqXx5bIHR
Alaric started to his feet, as the doppelganger went and knelt by the vampiress.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYkv2iYVco
"You're hurt," Elena said to her.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32ovTzP9zK
"Yes. I'll be okay when I heal. Don't worry about me. Decides, Damon is pissed off at Esther. When I went to the rescue, I saw that he was heading over to save you."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3dFyOC7bb
"Thank you."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNrpIVQj3O
"Anytime, Elena."
Alaric headed over to them.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLSDk5eJi7
"We should head back."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvqHYosAYv
"What about Katherine? We shouldn't leave her like this."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNf9E4iRkP
"She'll heal, Elena."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lsr4m7t5S
"Go. I'll be fine," Kat urged.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCQVcHpX2i
"She saved me and you both," Elena reminded him.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cBrHCA1ZR
"And there's the hero of the day come to the rescue," Kat commented.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhENGlkyLZf
Damon walked in and headed over to the three of them.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuihXGhRLGW
"What happened?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJNtoc33Bn
"She saved us," Elena answered.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKrAN0KgvD
"What the hell are you doing back here?" he asked Kat, as he glared coldly at his Sire.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAiFJ9Jz23
"I want to finish off Klaus. I'm done running," she answered.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLQWOYKpB3
"Let's go home," he told Elena and Ric.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GqwyHRhQ0
"Go ahead. Leave me," Kat urged her descendant.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBP5SArVAN
"I shouldn't. I don't want to."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Yb68eaML2
"Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do. Please, Elena. Go home. Keep your family, friends, and Damon safe from getting themselves killed."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgu7IcTtnQj
"No," Elena protested.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6PMV67lzq
Damon sighed.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xlavqNoko
"She hurt you," he realized. "Where?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGhtw2YBBT
"Just my side, arm, and head."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7ryT0gURA
He knelt at her left beside Elena.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOVUJP2D35
"Which one?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtUpYlV4hi
"Right arm and side and the back of my head; I hit it on the wall."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhnBEaujgN
"I'll take you to Elena's and we can both help you," Ric told her.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFEJTqxC89
Damon got to his feet and looked at the Vampire Hunter.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCebjpCTz9
"If you need anything, let me know. I'm going home."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlqUPaJov9
Alaric watched him go.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvpkRS5EwT
Elena put an arm around her and helped her slowly to her feet, as she got to her own feet.
As they walked up the walkway towards Elena's, Elena on her left and Alaric on her right, she smelled her own blood. And she was beginning to feel light headed. She only hoped that they would get inside before she blacked out. She knew it would come soon. And as they continued, she felt the stickiness in the back of her head. And that's when the events at the end came back to her, because she knew those ingredients that had fallen had done something to her. They had fallen with her to the floor and she had landed on them. Now she wasn't healing. One thing came to her mind. It inwardly thrilled her, as she thought it.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9niC5jnMxd
Am I becoming human?
They walked inside and Ric closed the door, as Elena and Kat headed upstairs towards the bathroom.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbav9uzicyt
"Let me know if you need anything. I'll be in the kitchen. Then I'm going to bed," he told Elena, as he watched them disappear slowly upstairs.
Once in the bathroom, Elena closed the door and Kat sat on the closed toilet lid. Then Elena dug through the cupboard under the sink for the first-aid kit. As she did so, she tried to make her speak. The silence was making Elena wonder what was going through her mind. And that's where she started.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJnVCdQi2T
"You've been quiet. That's not like you. What's wrong?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhhFNMxCW4
"Nothing's wrong exactly, but I've never had something like this happen. I usually heal fast, Elena. You've seen it happen. I don't know what Esther had in that bowl, but I think something happened to me. I didn't think much of it until a few minutes ago. I've never known it to happen, but in this world, anything can happen."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ts4KjGfi1
"What are you saying?" she asked Isabelle's mother, as she set the first-aid kit down beside the sink.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPDGPIdzFd
"I'm saying that I think I might know why I'm not healing and why I'm not smelling or hearing as good as I usually can. I think I'm turning human."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAJETg8oFy
Katherine had been looking at the floor throughout all of this with her hands folded in her lap. Now she looked up at her descendant.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJI2hXOsOcy
Elena was startled a little by this new information, though she thought the vampire was just guessing. Was it possible, though? She didn't know.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtM6m1dvW9B
"Are you sure?" Elena had to ask.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4bDiseyTb
"I'm about fifty fifty percent sure. There's a fifty fifty chance that I could be right. If I am, I'm glad to be human again. I'll finally get the chance to follow my human dreams."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdJtEqNPaJ
"You are?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaO54URxbL
"Yes. I didn't want to turn and I didn't know anything about real vampires. The only thing that I knew was that I wanted an escape. I wanted freedom from Klaus. My regret is turning. I couldn't do what I had wanted as a human. I was too poor to go to school with other kids and I never got the chance to be a parent. My father took my illegitimate daughter away and said that I had disgraced my family. I never saw her again until Isabelle came here. That's when I realized that Isabelle was my daughter."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5G8cu01WQU
Elena tended to her arm and side.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PN9dca9V8
"So, about what Esther said; is it true?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eAndSQocv
"Yes. Elijah and Trevor loved me, but I only loved Elijah. But I never used Trevor. He tried to help me because he loved me, but I turned into a vampire and then fled for him, in hopes of shelter. But Niklaus was one step ahead of me. He slaughtered my entire village, including my family. After I cried over my ma' ma, I fled to England. I was young, though. I didn't know how to act human, so I was found out and banished. Then I came here and met Stefan, while Damon was fighting in the war on the south side. I'll never forget how handsome he was in a uniform. Stefan introduced me to Damon. When I fell for them both, they brought me love again and made me feel young. I wanted to stay with them and never leave, but I didn't want to die. So even though they were dead, I promised them that we would meet again soon."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1ynY87Z6g
When Elena had finished with her arm and side, she looked at her head. The back of her head was bleeding heavily.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvu8uRbhiN
"Katherine…" she started.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SYTzpYXws
The doppelganger didn't know how to say it.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdldjBouE1y
"It's bad, isn't it? You can tell me."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeh9Osa1YHr
"Well, it looks bad, but I'm not a doctor."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp64opLB7Gg
"Then you can call Meredith or Damon or both of them."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dPPXxVLxY
Elena took some gauze and used it to apply pressure to the wound, while the vampire stood in front of the sink with hands on the counter. And as she did, Kat looked at the mirror part of the medicine cabinet. She had to grip the corners of the counter top, as the dizziness started and her focus kept going in and out. And then she felt her heart start beating in her chest.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJlA93Tzfe
"How do you feel?" she heard Elena ask, but her voice seemed far away.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHA4qlADha
"Honestly, you should call Damon. I'm just dizzy, but I'm human. After 500 years, I feel my heart. I should probably lay down or something, though. In case it gets worse than my dizziness and focus," she replied, though her own voice sounded far away too.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkvc00HbMp
She saw Elena take out her phone and call someone; probably Damon. And then she started to feel light headed and disoriented.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgbDraIVmd
Elena guided her over and helped her sit back down on the toilet with her free hand.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuAnhuw1PX
"I'll be right back."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4s6fWO7xh
Elena left and went to sit on her bed, just as Damon answered.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkUh10qaHm
"Damon, something is happening to Katherine."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlBBOqrBcg
"What? Is she dying?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYz7Nip49KW
"No. She's human and she thinks it was those herbs Esther had in that bowl that she and Esther shattered during the fight. I thought I should tell you before I get Meredith over here to take care of her head."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTd76ndQxou
"Forget the crazy doc. I'll be there soon."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIgGCthojK
"Thanks, Damon."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaW7U4s6YIB
She hung up.
The Petrova human girl looked at Elena, as she walked back in.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NPbzCoXeh
"Let's go to my room. Damon's coming. He's going to help you."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCDHQTfzDx
Elena helped her up and put an arm around her, before she shut the light off and walked out of the bathroom. And as soon as she had entered her room from the bathroom, she saw Damon in her room.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLVrXQ6lBu
When he smelled blood and heard two hearts beating, he knew they were right. That meant that Kat needed help. She would bleed to death if he didn't help her soon. He could tell that she was pale, weak, and unfocused. He knew she was here, but not fully here. Right now, her life was hanging in his hands. He could let her die tonight or live. He had already chosen to keep her alive.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALURiYIz18
He stood in front of her and Elena let go of her. Then he rested gentle hands on either side of her face.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzvF4QA9RS
"Try to stay with me. I'm going to help you," he instructed, though he wasn't sure how much she comprehended or understood.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlnNrg7ogK
He bit his wrist, ready to save her life.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYbSSt2D4m
"Damon?" she heard herself say, as everything turned from dim to gray. And then, a moment before everything went black, she felt herself fall and saw Damon's worried look after she felt him catch her. Then everything went black.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEP3SDGIcaP
Damon knelt down and pulled her gently into his arms. He positioned her head gently back and put his wrist to her lips for his blood to heal her, once enough of it made its ways into her blood stream.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWnD8a7Oyp
A few minutes later, he took his wrist away which healed. He then looked down at her and made up his mind. She was human and he had given her vampire blood. She needed to be safe.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqLK2mt1w0
He looked up at Elena.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4tmrqixjZ
"I'm going to take her home. Have a good night."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrki72GYxN
Elena watched, as he got to his feet with Katherine in his arms and vanished out of her window.
When she awoke, the new human saw that she was in Damon's bed in his room. He was seated on her bedside, which she had never seen him do before.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXUdtvldf4
"How do you feel?" he asked her.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0zz0uyZfZ
"Normal and better. Thank you. You saved my life. How long was I out for?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjdnQdlZTZ
"A couple days; do you want anything?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5daPySdcJ
"I'll just be content to be human and enjoy the day with my family including you."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9t78ktTlk
She sat up and smiled happily at him.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQrpt5SYxy
He smiled back.
