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?735Please respect copyright.PENANA0P03EQdaBP
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAluj4UrluvA
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAdUSgk9HF5Z
"Katherine?" he called gently.735Please respect copyright.PENANAZWPXsJkUfl
"Ric…hybrids…bitten…" she explained, as she started to lose her vision.735Please respect copyright.PENANA1tOsQsmD3S
"I'll get you to Damon," he told her.735Please respect copyright.PENANAilmJNfME47
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAU9pYxzXjgZ
"What happened?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAWHAQepODIa
"I found her. She barely got to tell me that she was bitten by hybrids."735Please respect copyright.PENANA3uMQNqDIN7
"I'll see if I have any of the cure left."735Please respect copyright.PENANAbZuzhfhg4L
"And I'll go home."735Please respect copyright.PENANAcmZYJ9d5e5
She groaned, as she started to come to in Ric's arms.735Please respect copyright.PENANAqGRo9wgUqd
Damon took her from Ric and watched him leave, before he closed the door.735Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1L8ku75GJ
She opened her eyes slowly.735Please respect copyright.PENANAOZE5KxCMXc
"Damon?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAC9CNlWMz0x
"It's me."735Please respect copyright.PENANA85YKg5MpuZ
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAwP6Y3orOPA
"How long ago, Kat?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAgFi2FFni6G
"Two hours."735Please respect copyright.PENANA04xOx1Uj7b
"Let's get you in bed."735Please respect copyright.PENANA9EED6Rrblz
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAu2knHlX7vt
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAcy5XiaUUtd
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAZJkGD9jyyM
"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.735Please respect copyright.PENANA4OzzKtOSiz
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAfPOdFwPxYN
"Ma 'ma," she said.735Please respect copyright.PENANAnPITX6lINY
"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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAwRbgpC4aM0
"Katherine, she's not there."735Please respect copyright.PENANAylcEuyMlPn
"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."735Please respect copyright.PENANANVeukow1RI
Damon didn't say anything. He just listened. He didn't know Klaus had slaughtered her family for running from him.735Please respect copyright.PENANAZCILujgxMV
Her father appeared beside her mother.735Please respect copyright.PENANAZcvuyJAzEU
"You have disgraced this family!"735Please respect copyright.PENANACpkzwzD1ik
"Pa' pa; no," she said.735Please respect copyright.PENANALSLwHjF6Ac
As pain sliced through her and her vision dimmed, her mom and dad disappeared.735Please respect copyright.PENANAlGBWOkU4Qt
Damon pulled her into his arms.735Please respect copyright.PENANA7ySQj0W6ni
"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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAyb941vg2B1
Just then, Caroline Forbes set a couple vials of the cure on the end table for him.735Please respect copyright.PENANA3i5GGDFEsX
"Thank you," Damon said, before she vanished.735Please respect copyright.PENANAJFMmZXk9mx
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAgQRhU9mSYT
"So, about your story," he started.735Please respect copyright.PENANAgnOpkdXWQg
She slowly sat up in bed.735Please respect copyright.PENANAgnYWy56Ooq
"You want my side of the story? I'll show you."735Please respect copyright.PENANAk4ytz636vG
She rested a gentle hand on the side of his face and used her telepathy to show him.735Please respect copyright.PENANAVO3b1Qxra5
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAHewpiWqp4Q
"Push, Katerina. Push," her mother encouraged.735Please respect copyright.PENANAY8HZhijFCF
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."735Please respect copyright.PENANADavY76FEnS
The maid obeyed and he took the baby from her.735Please respect copyright.PENANA1rsqZExOI1
As he started to walk away, Katerina said, "No! Pa 'pa! Please!" as she cried.735Please respect copyright.PENANAObmgGGuLlq
"No! You have disgraced this family!" he said back, before he left with her baby.735Please respect copyright.PENANAeaKwlReZ2B
"Pa 'pa, please!" she said once more, as she continued to cry.735Please respect copyright.PENANAY4ZHRCsOnM
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAXTfKwSpYcm
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANA5h6w1Ke5t3
When Trevor came to the cabin Rose and Trevor argued, Katerina hung herself.735Please respect copyright.PENANA3UAVOXXXbi
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANA4IzomKzFk5
When she met Damon, she fell in love with him as well.735Please respect copyright.PENANApnRZZrbUqE
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.735Please respect copyright.PENANApnMH1CbVmI
He was silent, as he looked at her.735Please respect copyright.PENANA9YU0hadjKb
"Why don't you say something," she invited.735Please respect copyright.PENANAuhQzME67eJ
"You never told us your past. Why? I would've understood before now."735Please respect copyright.PENANAK8x8B2VdA5
"Because it was too late; you both hated me."735Please respect copyright.PENANA3PS8DlaFdk
"I mean, before we turned."735Please respect copyright.PENANAtDiM3z7ggo
"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."735Please respect copyright.PENANA7RJzzUqh7C
"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."735Please respect copyright.PENANAjgeG5DsGqs
"That, you are correct on."735Please respect copyright.PENANAGvTqPJlwi3
He gave her a small smile and she smiled back a little.735Please respect copyright.PENANAZKYwEn5I1l
They looked at one another in silence.