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?928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJmZddWL7F
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsvEnZOABb
"No," Elena protested.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWyXes9PAK
"I'm going to do this whether you're willing or not," Esther said.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqWOyKawkI
Elena tried to get free from Esther's hold on her wrist.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8ELVg6dz0
Suddenly, Esther was thrown and she hit a faraway wall, while Elena hit the floor.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbFOPzyFur
"You dare interrupt me?" Esther growled, once she was on her feet.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7atqOfLWc
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmc662LeKp
"You wouldn't dare," Esther growled.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwdy4hpK83
"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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauP1Z5Cq4p
Elena watched from the floor, her back against a wall.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3U1RDOb0a
"I'm an Original. I can do anything and you can't kill me," Esther replied.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ts5iEBuL4
"No?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYJP2Oqzi2
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCL1lrg8cXN
"You want a bet?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8TGqNcd54
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWJvfAmv2v
The Petrova vampiress got to her feet, stake lost in the mess on the floor.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoEQXGwkoN
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5noZidMtA
"Put the past behind you. I regret enough of my past that I don't need reminded."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgev2VqGIPy
Esther through her and she hit a faraway wall with a thud.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYoc2UGCPV
"You have bad luck, Katerina. You tend to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1p1DkEgvtO
Katherine layed on her side in pain and looked up at her.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwa6SxINnCT
"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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyooE0CTOb
"Well, that's interesting enough."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEG29jFqvI
Esther lifted her to her feet with a hand around her throat and pinned her to the wall.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQQlZyReKC
"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?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqwllDJdLZ
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWy07qH0VJY
With her free hand, Esther slapped her across the face with anger clearly in her expression.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJbdJQo99N
"I am not a monster. I am a mother."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eOqQKgw1I
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0hRPELgin
Esther growled.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFYNGyWtGd
"How dare you speak to me like that!"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirCik40PY9
Esther through her and she hit the wall closest to Elena pretty hard.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPo5sUUC3j
"Enough, mother. If you have something to say, say it," the voice said.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkSVhSTPHx
Esther turned to face her son.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32zEsDr8AH
"Niklaus."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkrmbheTab
She looked at the rest of her children calmly.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSJtpCbv2E
"Shall we discuss this somewhere else?" Elijah said.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmF09RrSlPL
"Yes. We should. Mother?" Klaus said.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JXzc3UuSH
Elena and Katherine watched them go.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfVun2E9GN
"Are you okay?" Kat asked, as she layed on her back in silent pain.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6nYiQW0Sm
"I think I'll be okay," Elena answered her.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOWRhalLEy
"I'm glad. What the hell did I miss?" Ric said, as he got up.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLMUhapXCR
"Esther was going to make you a weapon, but Katherine stopped her. Klaus made Esther leave," Elena summarized for him.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPWOyrmwxl
Alaric started to his feet, as the doppelganger went and knelt by the vampiress.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0vCb5qs24
"You're hurt," Elena said to her.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l8ct7zKGH
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzaqxWHFL9
"Thank you."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRqg7XgL6s
"Anytime, Elena."
Alaric headed over to them.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawmZd6yYSy
"We should head back."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYWMIGJAmQ
"What about Katherine? We shouldn't leave her like this."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGiWn3QD3B
"She'll heal, Elena."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CwvIzvyYS
"Go. I'll be fine," Kat urged.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Vr4UY1TgU
"She saved me and you both," Elena reminded him.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nJCuLpEVF
"And there's the hero of the day come to the rescue," Kat commented.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bno1kvdtP
Damon walked in and headed over to the three of them.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtaD23iNUO
"What happened?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0RLbKEg3G
"She saved us," Elena answered.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZl0cgmFfA
"What the hell are you doing back here?" he asked Kat, as he glared coldly at his Sire.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOnjGoUynE
"I want to finish off Klaus. I'm done running," she answered.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrfyPLu0uc
"Let's go home," he told Elena and Ric.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxDubBslmK
"Go ahead. Leave me," Kat urged her descendant.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzUfBeEPxZ
"I shouldn't. I don't want to."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAAliEVzoV
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxJLQ94V6C
"No," Elena protested.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90FHYD30Lj
Damon sighed.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H115ztnws
"She hurt you," he realized. "Where?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5Tq1LLb1M
"Just my side, arm, and head."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqQGkrI87S
He knelt at her left beside Elena.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbw1UamjaCI
"Which one?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK28zW6r1wy
"Right arm and side and the back of my head; I hit it on the wall."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcximm7iit6
"I'll take you to Elena's and we can both help you," Ric told her.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNi1rK6XfS
Damon got to his feet and looked at the Vampire Hunter.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRdOKbukOB
"If you need anything, let me know. I'm going home."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7vrFPITv2
Alaric watched him go.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeszys9evj
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcRAs7dw5B
Am I becoming human?
They walked inside and Ric closed the door, as Elena and Kat headed upstairs towards the bathroom.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuse7OUe7L
"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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxZmBolJhu
"You've been quiet. That's not like you. What's wrong?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fQ8ySkv97
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3wwMOyMF3
"What are you saying?" she asked Isabelle's mother, as she set the first-aid kit down beside the sink.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINkZB6bnnM
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cdQOQtcWP
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqr7k0S0dm
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vI4gyotJ6
"Are you sure?" Elena had to ask.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yItSYvmGD
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfGZAE9pmK
"You are?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTwmsd83Gw
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebewqXZ7lN
Elena tended to her arm and side.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3dXDFJFCP
"So, about what Esther said; is it true?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83PPCRj6c2
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42ZK1zsZb3
When Elena had finished with her arm and side, she looked at her head. The back of her head was bleeding heavily.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmc8FjEtB2f
"Katherine…" she started.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi45HEkPpZW
The doppelganger didn't know how to say it.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7loWukQyyn
"It's bad, isn't it? You can tell me."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3f73OWFak
"Well, it looks bad, but I'm not a doctor."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo28bIBOYbv
"Then you can call Meredith or Damon or both of them."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNVQl0RYPg
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHt8HT3vnuB
"How do you feel?" she heard Elena ask, but her voice seemed far away.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESZkeDOzoS
"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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmte8uKN7l
She saw Elena take out her phone and call someone; probably Damon. And then she started to feel light headed and disoriented.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdy7VU3zAVy
Elena guided her over and helped her sit back down on the toilet with her free hand.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡno9qgfupiV
"I'll be right back."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxNgipeYaL
Elena left and went to sit on her bed, just as Damon answered.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7OOlo967Z
"Damon, something is happening to Katherine."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zvXNug9Fu
"What? Is she dying?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPg2HiWwlrQ
"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."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5M9ald6a5
"Forget the crazy doc. I'll be there soon."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNiDA2JeX0
"Thanks, Damon."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhndATD1JB
She hung up.
The Petrova human girl looked at Elena, as she walked back in.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HEOw9O7KV
"Let's go to my room. Damon's coming. He's going to help you."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbG6lHom1j2
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DU6SCiQRO
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCjwxp3ll4
He stood in front of her and Elena let go of her. Then he rested gentle hands on either side of her face.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCD7wkZhss
"Try to stay with me. I'm going to help you," he instructed, though he wasn't sure how much she comprehended or understood.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6RxLbCuDZ
He bit his wrist, ready to save her life.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfFKebDMXG
"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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOr4zvELVJW
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SFFE8jMNv
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ937kFKLD7F
He looked up at Elena.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyOnLtOPZQ
"I'm going to take her home. Have a good night."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRzlOfewOz
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuUlCUXRfO
"How do you feel?" he asked her.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMX10ZxospK
"Normal and better. Thank you. You saved my life. How long was I out for?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTuG1DIrhe
"A couple days; do you want anything?"928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwxT82yiBl
"I'll just be content to be human and enjoy the day with my family including you."928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxapptuoAs
She sat up and smiled happily at him.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIX0Pzc2Ot8
He smiled back.
and then Add to home screen.