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?767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7Jm1j3qlf
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJIH8NLh1J
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc76snvm3xu
"Katherine?" he called gently.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEC5XsQJ1fC
"Ric…hybrids…bitten…" she explained, as she started to lose her vision.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42qvjrPSNx
"I'll get you to Damon," he told her.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡku3lOPbhEt
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS37un0ivTp
"What happened?"767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptpbfbW8Ji
"I found her. She barely got to tell me that she was bitten by hybrids."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNvT5blyRO
"I'll see if I have any of the cure left."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1K8Obvcy4
"And I'll go home."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQc1E6eABOn
She groaned, as she started to come to in Ric's arms.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZQxGy8I9I
Damon took her from Ric and watched him leave, before he closed the door.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMuK4RjvcS
She opened her eyes slowly.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5defgx7NJi
"Damon?"767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRcnwFUUz6
"It's me."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoYp29Km0u
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4H7JKWN3fZ
"How long ago, Kat?"767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDy3eYNnOoZ
"Two hours."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6a21PhO7k
"Let's get you in bed."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvuumzJw38
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdYgyUVm41
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhpPbVksXY
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ehHKQbJaK
"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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HwXhnJ5G7
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcOhTbqnwR
"Ma 'ma," she said.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWQfZqEdki
"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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYBAaPfHd1
"Katherine, she's not there."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeCbA0tKEX
"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."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33zsXM0qny
Damon didn't say anything. He just listened. He didn't know Klaus had slaughtered her family for running from him.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy92g3UxQd0
Her father appeared beside her mother.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnkpTCSboq
"You have disgraced this family!"767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugPgYoG45s
"Pa' pa; no," she said.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnXBnR0oBw
As pain sliced through her and her vision dimmed, her mom and dad disappeared.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkMRTqa741
Damon pulled her into his arms.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KHqU8L9NZ
"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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXp6tjlRBm
Just then, Caroline Forbes set a couple vials of the cure on the end table for him.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGKOjCLOOx
"Thank you," Damon said, before she vanished.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqbDnK00Wy
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurtowdwmL9
"So, about your story," he started.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0GTvydyrG
She slowly sat up in bed.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkUgNdAprC
"You want my side of the story? I'll show you."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pU6tUUT7t
She rested a gentle hand on the side of his face and used her telepathy to show him.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IgtKNtknv
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbJQg4MmMo
"Push, Katerina. Push," her mother encouraged.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4q15Qpr0w
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."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZHrFu9oFM
The maid obeyed and he took the baby from her.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8b3aXYLPBI
As he started to walk away, Katerina said, "No! Pa 'pa! Please!" as she cried.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ894JTpygDX
"No! You have disgraced this family!" he said back, before he left with her baby.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNxd1n4OTT
"Pa 'pa, please!" she said once more, as she continued to cry.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LvbhnOWFz
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOgp8MR94N
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2m5xoRl2U
When Trevor came to the cabin Rose and Trevor argued, Katerina hung herself.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWPL8t0F0l
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGTGQHbJ3o
When she met Damon, she fell in love with him as well.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tD91pLFQw
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.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbukxDw7ji
He was silent, as he looked at her.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwWqLELrvZ
"Why don't you say something," she invited.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxqSYX27Xk
"You never told us your past. Why? I would've understood before now."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRt1OLH4mJ
"Because it was too late; you both hated me."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIXrLjjXA2
"I mean, before we turned."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ExmTpiFUS
"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."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoecD07O7uA
"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."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwomNcBUc20
"That, you are correct on."767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlJaEyukfq
He gave her a small smile and she smiled back a little.767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6U2bsoTUJ
They looked at one another in silence.
