Summary: Set in S4E23 "Graduation." What if Katherine hadn't wanted to kill Elena? What if Katherine had shoved the cure down Elena's throat, instead of the other way around? What will happen?672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuibZKQBife
It was a dark night in the school hallway, as Katherine and Elena fought, Katherine trying to teach her a lesson about trying to kill her. And just as Katherine put a mop head through her, just grazing her heart, Elena went to shove the cure down her throat, but Katherine being older than Elena, stopped her and shoved it down Elena's throat instead and took the mop out. Her wound instantly healed, before the cure started to take effect on her doppelganger.
Katherine stood over her doppelganger whom was blacked out from the cure getting shoved down her throat, which would soon make her human again.
Katherine dropped the mop head to the floor and looked down at her.
When Elena woke up, she was in Damon's bedroom in bed, Katherine leaning against a wall, looking at her.
"About time you woke up. I was beginning to wonder when you were going to wake up," Katherine commented to her.
"What are you doing here?" Elena had to ask.
"Babysitting you since no one's here right now. You're back to being human again, so I hope you enjoy it. I did it so you wouldn't shove it down my throat, and so you'd learn not to try and kill me," she answered her.
Elena silently looked at her, not sure what she should say. She had been a vampire for almost a year and had finally gotten used to it. She wasn't sure if she should thank Katherine or hate her for turning her back into a human. She didn't know if she'd get used to being human again or not.
"You're welcome," Katherine said to her, before walking out of the room and heading down the stairs towards the living room.
Once in the living room, she grabbed an empty shot glass and poured herself a shot glass of Bourbon and slowly sipped it. She was happy that Elena was human again. She wouldn't have to worry about Elena trying to kill her again and succeeding the next time around. Plus, she kind of liked Elena as a human. It suited her perfectly and it meant that no one would be wondering where she was and what she was up to, if they were too busy looking after newly human again Elena Gilbert. Besides, her doppelganger deserved a life that Katherine never had and never would get.
When she had finished, she set the shot glass back down on the table and went over to stand in front of the fireplace to look into the fire and let her mind roam. She didn't even hear her, when Elena walked into the living room and sat down on the couch, silently looking at her.
"Are you okay?" Elena questioned the vampiress, seeing that she was staring into the fire, not moving. It was as if she was deep in thought. How she could be deep in thought, Elena didn't know, since she had just made Elena human again.
After a few minutes, Katherine finally spoke, not looking at her, not wanting her to see her in a certain moment. Everyone thought of her as a bitch that had no feelings but hate, anger, and vengeance, but it was just a mask. Inside, Katherine had years of hidden hurt, sorrow, and grief that she never showed anyone; not even Elijah Mikaelson whom she truly, utterly, and deeply loved.
"Do you really want an answer to that question?" the eldest doppelganger questioned.
"Why wouldn't I?"
"Because you don't know me like you think you do. What I let everyone see is not who I really am. In fact, I don't even remember who I was when I first met Elijah 500 years ago. I want to find out someday, though. I want to have happiness, but I never will, because my happiness is Elijah. He's been there when no one else has. We'll never be able to truly be happy together though, because I'm afraid of what Klaus will do if we try. A few years ago, when you were first human, I only told you some of my story. I want my family back that I once had, not including my father. I want my baby girl that I had in 1492, back. I want to have friends like the ones you have. The only good thing Klaus ever did for me when I ran, was get rid of my father. Klaus and I are the same. We're alone, hurt, and never had the father we should have had. A long time ago, Klaus shared a part of his story with me. My father wasn't loving; especially, after I gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, while his father beat and whipped him for what he was; even before he became a hybrid. That is why he had become who he is."
Hearing all of this made Elena suddenly feel sorry for both Katherine and Klaus. According to Katherine, Elena had a better life than they had had. Elena's parents that she now knew as her foster parents had been loving to her and Jeremy when they were alive. And she had friends that would give their lives for Elena. Some already had given their lives for her. Klaus didn't have friends. He had hybrids and a few allies. What friends Katherine had had were dead. Pearl and Anna had been killed by Elena's biological father, John, whom, for most of her life, she had thought of to be her uncle. All of this made her sympathize with them. Katherine, like she sometimes was, was right.
"I wish there was something I could do," Elena commented to her.
"But you can't," Katherine said. "You can't change the past and you can't make things right. You can try, but it won't truly work." She then turned around to face her. "Damon should be home soon, so I should go. Take care. I'll be around if you ever need me. I'm only a phone call away if you ever need me to be there for you."
Elena watched, as Katherine headed out of the door, closing it behind herself.
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