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?599Please respect copyright.PENANAR5slbXPKyB
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAkJrszIgP2p
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAGQyAu2X3gq
"Katherine?" he called gently.599Please respect copyright.PENANAHXTaxswGlp
"Ric…hybrids…bitten…" she explained, as she started to lose her vision.599Please respect copyright.PENANAzPMfN0mfUS
"I'll get you to Damon," he told her.599Please respect copyright.PENANAMHYr8m4uBb
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAjIQUWKS8WY
"What happened?"599Please respect copyright.PENANAo4NrA8uCWl
"I found her. She barely got to tell me that she was bitten by hybrids."599Please respect copyright.PENANALwAoMzRAGj
"I'll see if I have any of the cure left."599Please respect copyright.PENANA7gg9xjzhN0
"And I'll go home."599Please respect copyright.PENANASw7RGkd8lH
She groaned, as she started to come to in Ric's arms.599Please respect copyright.PENANANvYAc1Fk6K
Damon took her from Ric and watched him leave, before he closed the door.599Please respect copyright.PENANAoHnOqOxWnv
She opened her eyes slowly.599Please respect copyright.PENANAXf60Vx7r8Z
"Damon?"599Please respect copyright.PENANAwap8XEAbVz
"It's me."599Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ed3w6ptCk
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAuGVS9TxsfI
"How long ago, Kat?"599Please respect copyright.PENANAVQ4UwHmQZs
"Two hours."599Please respect copyright.PENANA0Fz30nIX5u
"Let's get you in bed."599Please respect copyright.PENANA6BtjzWZkxi
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAJWFUmKEB6B
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAvhL0AogxZA
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8b6ugtk7L
"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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAoQR4VqNyRm
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAEo6RBhzJdQ
"Ma 'ma," she said.599Please respect copyright.PENANAhtOzbXDL8a
"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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAOLUB4XTRnS
"Katherine, she's not there."599Please respect copyright.PENANA31sImUuf5u
"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."599Please respect copyright.PENANAJYjR15y2sj
Damon didn't say anything. He just listened. He didn't know Klaus had slaughtered her family for running from him.599Please respect copyright.PENANAH54qEdwk5y
Her father appeared beside her mother.599Please respect copyright.PENANAXGvbcZIsLE
"You have disgraced this family!"599Please respect copyright.PENANAnuMXbDMzg4
"Pa' pa; no," she said.599Please respect copyright.PENANADWIbwU10e1
As pain sliced through her and her vision dimmed, her mom and dad disappeared.599Please respect copyright.PENANAiNuTcMbgUp
Damon pulled her into his arms.599Please respect copyright.PENANATdr1DIccKD
"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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAsqh0XaCeQZ
Just then, Caroline Forbes set a couple vials of the cure on the end table for him.599Please respect copyright.PENANABuhZnBGrjp
"Thank you," Damon said, before she vanished.599Please respect copyright.PENANA2q4uxhRZKH
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAw9xmRBbIiK
"So, about your story," he started.599Please respect copyright.PENANAnAMbykKbki
She slowly sat up in bed.599Please respect copyright.PENANAIxzwc8MsyA
"You want my side of the story? I'll show you."599Please respect copyright.PENANA5QQJ9lTRu9
She rested a gentle hand on the side of his face and used her telepathy to show him.599Please respect copyright.PENANAfcfNFAhmoP
He looked into her eyes, as he saw the events.
*Bulgaria- flashback*
599Please respect copyright.PENANAiPd96wnSge
599Please respect copyright.PENANAvieQG3p16P
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAU1jGMIApEZ
"Push, Katerina. Push," her mother encouraged.599Please respect copyright.PENANAsGUBvK4tFn
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."599Please respect copyright.PENANAKGadeyW4MP
The maid obeyed and he took the baby from her.599Please respect copyright.PENANAJgzcTX3Fge
As he started to walk away, Katerina said, "No! Pa 'pa! Please!" as she cried.599Please respect copyright.PENANAtA9orapu7V
"No! You have disgraced this family!" he said back, before he left with her baby.599Please respect copyright.PENANAY2VYbN0vRS
"Pa 'pa, please!" she said once more, as she continued to cry.599Please respect copyright.PENANA6HuTHPMwz7
Her mother tried to comfort her, as she said, "No, Katerina. Katerina, Katerina."
*England-1600's*
599Please respect copyright.PENANAKDZKQlT1l7
599Please respect copyright.PENANA44LvhCVQht
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANA3XEwUE3jIe
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAbe9C3n89mZ
When Trevor came to the cabin Rose and Trevor argued, Katerina hung herself.599Please respect copyright.PENANAHiZcMlQ4Dc
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
599Please respect copyright.PENANA2b8otUoeUX
599Please respect copyright.PENANAnWPF2Z53TF
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.599Please respect copyright.PENANAjS9QUyD4s7
When she met Damon, she fell in love with him as well.599Please respect copyright.PENANAYp77KKpu4c
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*
599Please respect copyright.PENANAJIHorpPF0O
599Please respect copyright.PENANA6nUusAbXX7
She took her hand off his face and waited for him to come out and say or do something.599Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2BslB3Z8f
He was silent, as he looked at her.599Please respect copyright.PENANAjoVHRMK1kP
"Why don't you say something," she invited.599Please respect copyright.PENANAgxmC9kGTQx
"You never told us your past. Why? I would've understood before now."599Please respect copyright.PENANANuCv7t15Ot
"Because it was too late; you both hated me."599Please respect copyright.PENANATzRm8w7T6s
"I mean, before we turned."599Please respect copyright.PENANAAdK34QH1S5
"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."599Please respect copyright.PENANAiLW1xV7nPT
"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."599Please respect copyright.PENANADuvFc9HOTT
"That, you are correct on."599Please respect copyright.PENANAf2IYxNQXqM
He gave her a small smile and she smiled back a little.599Please respect copyright.PENANACJXyUFG00c
They looked at one another in silence.