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?749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bzr09vdJz
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡom5TFPtUWB
"No," Elena protested.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYljGIUdDAy
"I'm going to do this whether you're willing or not," Esther said.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyOViZIs7g
Elena tried to get free from Esther's hold on her wrist.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xJONJiKNy
Suddenly, Esther was thrown and she hit a faraway wall, while Elena hit the floor.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9j72fzf54x
"You dare interrupt me?" Esther growled, once she was on her feet.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzYeRodOry
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7sCKOJx6t
"You wouldn't dare," Esther growled.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjoS2ughL1
"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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jPzlEcXP4
Elena watched from the floor, her back against a wall.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsQT2Ccz9k
"I'm an Original. I can do anything and you can't kill me," Esther replied.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVi2JFEu6rN
"No?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLz1Wuw0vlh
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpofTw7CHj
"You want a bet?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0GoOc2zap
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XiEMFQdcZ
The Petrova vampiress got to her feet, stake lost in the mess on the floor.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcckOODx4I8
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqInyIAnco
"Put the past behind you. I regret enough of my past that I don't need reminded."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvemea6n70m
Esther through her and she hit a faraway wall with a thud.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFkb1QUxWS
"You have bad luck, Katerina. You tend to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5yJBK3qQx
Katherine layed on her side in pain and looked up at her.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbUxObQGvj
"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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK11NKKJHv
"Well, that's interesting enough."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlTTDM3Vbn
Esther lifted her to her feet with a hand around her throat and pinned her to the wall.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8LhjIU9aQ
"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?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiuB6aB3Dg
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzJ85Zu10v
With her free hand, Esther slapped her across the face with anger clearly in her expression.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOeQxRRi2s
"I am not a monster. I am a mother."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TOHU8UWkB
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGG1EUsayPL
Esther growled.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SmhwFuREW
"How dare you speak to me like that!"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR45YTm5YW
Esther through her and she hit the wall closest to Elena pretty hard.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkjPDJDEyL
"Enough, mother. If you have something to say, say it," the voice said.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RhiRB6UZ6
Esther turned to face her son.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7JHWV6TsH
"Niklaus."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLriOh2K9X
She looked at the rest of her children calmly.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62VMyyWeQQ
"Shall we discuss this somewhere else?" Elijah said.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGN0mVicIE
"Yes. We should. Mother?" Klaus said.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQW8IPrcJih
Elena and Katherine watched them go.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQqinsseZT
"Are you okay?" Kat asked, as she layed on her back in silent pain.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1GhtRzK0l
"I think I'll be okay," Elena answered her.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrDQkYdgzT
"I'm glad. What the hell did I miss?" Ric said, as he got up.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS8q8T1e5z
"Esther was going to make you a weapon, but Katherine stopped her. Klaus made Esther leave," Elena summarized for him.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3phgSDbbo2
Alaric started to his feet, as the doppelganger went and knelt by the vampiress.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOdWsWwndI
"You're hurt," Elena said to her.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2X8mSCBFm
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡac74d6GjTH
"Thank you."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcPN48tXqG
"Anytime, Elena."
Alaric headed over to them.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWlhvAelPn
"We should head back."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoqJNzFNfW
"What about Katherine? We shouldn't leave her like this."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdede8DmUUo
"She'll heal, Elena."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMcbXrRmMs
"Go. I'll be fine," Kat urged.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHwrGVUIyS
"She saved me and you both," Elena reminded him.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ189lf1hlQE
"And there's the hero of the day come to the rescue," Kat commented.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIN5PlBuhT6
Damon walked in and headed over to the three of them.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiWI5sB0qr
"What happened?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97AtTKE8jm
"She saved us," Elena answered.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOL0r12zreK
"What the hell are you doing back here?" he asked Kat, as he glared coldly at his Sire.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SZUPz0zDB
"I want to finish off Klaus. I'm done running," she answered.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlcxPFC6Pa
"Let's go home," he told Elena and Ric.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwa0ph26QbT
"Go ahead. Leave me," Kat urged her descendant.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jX8stOuDX
"I shouldn't. I don't want to."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78MS2UoK7d
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc3jIb5S6a
"No," Elena protested.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzG5tgkdtiI
Damon sighed.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfp1AAhSFgc
"She hurt you," he realized. "Where?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEsLQzj0Ah
"Just my side, arm, and head."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1Z5vnXJ0y
He knelt at her left beside Elena.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwM5rJU57U
"Which one?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniaNQ5bvnw
"Right arm and side and the back of my head; I hit it on the wall."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8oqZqjDx2
"I'll take you to Elena's and we can both help you," Ric told her.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡginzuMyVAj
Damon got to his feet and looked at the Vampire Hunter.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxV1KnfDp43
"If you need anything, let me know. I'm going home."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4IwEpRbbq
Alaric watched him go.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNidS5Pvun
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gIQWms27E
Am I becoming human?
They walked inside and Ric closed the door, as Elena and Kat headed upstairs towards the bathroom.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVzEbNpLX3
"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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yHLuLOHlL
"You've been quiet. That's not like you. What's wrong?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHvQpdhe3H
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZnVj3WFI7
"What are you saying?" she asked Isabelle's mother, as she set the first-aid kit down beside the sink.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1mAXJkRa7
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmz6Jpio2oQ
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnd5WMBcE0
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu74CJKTtDM
"Are you sure?" Elena had to ask.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyTMsaympJ
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4mZk2Tl9i
"You are?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu66dHnSf0
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37IZLxWGi2
Elena tended to her arm and side.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQ7Y3FCuSw
"So, about what Esther said; is it true?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IWdHtOhcD
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkjcvtAxAx
When Elena had finished with her arm and side, she looked at her head. The back of her head was bleeding heavily.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupX4BArmiy
"Katherine…" she started.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXK4gLKIR6
The doppelganger didn't know how to say it.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxJYPkCAty
"It's bad, isn't it? You can tell me."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFz4yyLi7aQ
"Well, it looks bad, but I'm not a doctor."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcAWkYkstD
"Then you can call Meredith or Damon or both of them."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoB8EdhOwK
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBa1o3xOIGF
"How do you feel?" she heard Elena ask, but her voice seemed far away.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwOgwBs3hq
"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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA352XGuxRs
She saw Elena take out her phone and call someone; probably Damon. And then she started to feel light headed and disoriented.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrIJJylRAN
Elena guided her over and helped her sit back down on the toilet with her free hand.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0JvI4Sv7m
"I'll be right back."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tVHx44aQB
Elena left and went to sit on her bed, just as Damon answered.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2rF0xvNot
"Damon, something is happening to Katherine."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYFLbUhl6t
"What? Is she dying?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLvD6TFYae
"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."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdlmWeHAZ2
"Forget the crazy doc. I'll be there soon."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yFKSEy7yI
"Thanks, Damon."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPi0EEkQgqB
She hung up.
The Petrova human girl looked at Elena, as she walked back in.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aW4Qz5sFF
"Let's go to my room. Damon's coming. He's going to help you."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ss6CVII6o
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnheWrJQzLS
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmoQh4hUdo
He stood in front of her and Elena let go of her. Then he rested gentle hands on either side of her face.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nJvBz7AER
"Try to stay with me. I'm going to help you," he instructed, though he wasn't sure how much she comprehended or understood.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2WnbY6s82
He bit his wrist, ready to save her life.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2VY0YxoFB
"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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdFhJrQt1o
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlpQfqDE3G
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnK5kc81cG
He looked up at Elena.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29fFmOWxSI
"I'm going to take her home. Have a good night."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkSabBpiiY
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUVHlYwxbA
"How do you feel?" he asked her.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMf2Ufjk6mx
"Normal and better. Thank you. You saved my life. How long was I out for?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrB5C6CIWZ
"A couple days; do you want anything?"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnUbGudBDG
"I'll just be content to be human and enjoy the day with my family including you."749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Dz1ga8L5s
She sat up and smiled happily at him.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmhZaFg5eu
He smiled back.
