Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”608Please respect copyright.PENANAdgojhzbCs0
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance608Please respect copyright.PENANA2liSBOfWXI
If I asked you to dance?608Please respect copyright.PENANAuATDeGyGAn
Would you run and never look back?608Please respect copyright.PENANAVxUQZJuWLp
Would you cry608Please respect copyright.PENANAtcv2NiZDTg
If you saw me crying?608Please respect copyright.PENANA4rFZaAMMK0
Would you save my soul tonight?608Please respect copyright.PENANA9DgbkVwE6c
Would you tremble608Please respect copyright.PENANAAzDINCF9OT
If I touched your lips?608Please respect copyright.PENANAcTJDUHdl06
Would you laugh?608Please respect copyright.PENANAowbVLgxvRb
Oh, please tell me this608Please respect copyright.PENANAkCTN82cRRM
Now would you die608Please respect copyright.PENANAXwAKIA4EWR
For the one you love?608Please respect copyright.PENANAIlBPeGHDzV
Hold me in your arms tonight608Please respect copyright.PENANAOXDk1UJA5k
I can be your hero, baby608Please respect copyright.PENANAbD4l9jjg6C
I can kiss away the pain608Please respect copyright.PENANA4LEqMwNPfd
I will stand by you forever608Please respect copyright.PENANADtuxL4Qx8D
You can take my breath away
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It was a beautiful day, as Damon knocked on Ric’s apartment door and waited for someone to open the door. Klaus was keeping her hostage, so he thought he’d come by and give her a vial of vervain to use so he couldn’t compel her. He hated Katherine, but no one deserved torture, captivity, or being ripped of their free will. If she was alive, he’d help her the best of his ability.608Please respect copyright.PENANAYCsNXDAGRi
Ten minutes later, when no one opened the door, he figured he should see what was going on, so he did just that. He walked inside, closing the door behind himself. That’s when he saw her on her back on the floor, skin burning in the sun, and a bite on the left side of her neck. Because of the burning, he assumed that Klaus had taken her Daylight bracelet.608Please respect copyright.PENANAmdAkGyRBAf
He went over and closed the curtains to stop the burning. She was a vampire just like himself. If a vampire burned long enough, they’d die. He didn’t know how long that she’d been burning. If he hadn’t come today, she probably would’ve died before the sun went down.608Please respect copyright.PENANAWPRGUFSMyf
He knelt at her side and scanned her with his eyes. He’d gotten to her just in time, since she had started showing veins from burning in the sun. The veins were starting to disappear and her skin was starting to heal, but not as quickly as vampires usually do. He knew it was from the vicious bite.608Please respect copyright.PENANA04t1u621c2
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.608Please respect copyright.PENANAHjykeb9QCX
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”608Please respect copyright.PENANAD4PX6CWRUJ
When she didn’t reply or move a muscle, he patted her right cheek gently, his right hand resting on her forehead to keep her head still. In this state, she was fragile. He hated to call her that, but she was burning up. That, and she looked very weak and pale, not to mention, he was having a hard time waking her up. If and when she woke up, she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere. She’d be too weak to stand, much less walk. Even if she did wake up before he left with her, he’d still have to carry her.608Please respect copyright.PENANAv4YLrUiA0K
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.608Please respect copyright.PENANA2hVW4I9dt2
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.608Please respect copyright.PENANApqroRNlkIp
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.608Please respect copyright.PENANAyfLTT8L6Ct
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”608Please respect copyright.PENANAowAHm7sEld
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.608Please respect copyright.PENANA1QNykQwpFP
“Don’t worry. I’m not here to kill you. I’m not an hallucination either. I’m getting you out of here, but you need to tell me where he’s go the cure. Surely, he didn’t leave you to die without leaving the cure behind.”608Please respect copyright.PENANAgIdsgozU8x
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.608Please respect copyright.PENANA2LeFT4SARj
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.608Please respect copyright.PENANA5ehWR2xJGo
She blurrily watched him go and turned her head to the left to watch him look for the cure; Klaus’ blood. As she did, everything began to seem too far away. She was also in a lot of pain from the bite and felt tired.608Please respect copyright.PENANAO1fZKn8Hsr
Once he’d found the vial of Klaus’ blood as well as her Daylight bracelet, he put the vial inside his jacket and blurred back over to her.608Please respect copyright.PENANAyj3FyfJ6l0
Once knelt at her side, he could tell that she was about to go under again. He removed her jacket and slipped her Daylight bracelet on her wrist, before putting her arm around his shoulders and pulling her gently into his arms. Then he got to his feet and looked down at her.608Please respect copyright.PENANAr4PObslA4M
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”608Please respect copyright.PENANArlNpSQazUv
He blurred towards his car outside and gently sat her in the passenger’s seat, before taking the vial out. By this time, she’d gone under.608Please respect copyright.PENANAKO06DM1rUX
He slid an arm under her head, gently positioning her head back. Then he put the vial to her lips, making the cure go down her throat. Then, after he figured she’d had enough, he layed her head on the seat again and closed the door. Then he drank the rest, having been bitten by Tyler, and got in the driver’s seat. Then he drove away, towards the boarding house.608Please respect copyright.PENANAbHTXyCbMv3
Later, she was cured and lived to see yet another day.
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*Before Sunset*
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Would you swear that you’ll always be mine?608Please respect copyright.PENANARNd5e44QvL
Would you lie?608Please respect copyright.PENANA4RZNeFcvQk
Would you run and hide?608Please respect copyright.PENANAawUec3DN9m
Am I in too deep?608Please respect copyright.PENANAbxWFTsLUm0
Have I lost my mind?608Please respect copyright.PENANA6h3HXxjQ6d
I don’t care608Please respect copyright.PENANA2xlwv9VUP4
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night at Mystic High, as everyone tried to kill Klaus. Katherine opened up a couple grenades saying, “Kaboom,” before throwing it at the hybrids that were coming to help Klaus. Killing Klaus didn’t happen in the end though, because Stefan stopped Damon to save him. If Klaus died, Damon would’ve been hunted down and killed by Klaus’ hybrids.608Please respect copyright.PENANA2xMDjqGSTn
Later that night, when Katherine was heading down a hall towards the side exit where she’d parked her car, she was pinned against a set of lockers by Rebekah. Apparently, someone had undaggered her and she had heard about the plan to kill Klaus. She knew that that meant that she was on vengeance strike. She definitely knew that when Rebekah plunged a hand through her chest.608Please respect copyright.PENANAyJNyKl6BFn
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.608Please respect copyright.PENANAamMRyw1vLy
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.608Please respect copyright.PENANADCYt9gp8Qh
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.608Please respect copyright.PENANAQbxI8xGMbi
“I don’t doubt that you’re capable of killing all of us, but would you take away Elijah’s love? Could you live with yourself? You have too good of a heart. I don’t think you can kill me,” Katherine stated truthfully to her. She had no reason to lie. She didn’t know much about Rebekah.608Please respect copyright.PENANAqGTF9F4klR
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.608Please respect copyright.PENANAjOKzzAhg8e
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.608Please respect copyright.PENANAfccrlX3GDf
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.608Please respect copyright.PENANAGtj7r8lUQk
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.608Please respect copyright.PENANADeYKmTsFaD
“Maybe I’ll take you up on your offer,” she heart the ancient vampiress say. Then she felt the thing, maybe a stick, start to pierce her heart. Then she felt her ass on the floor and even more pain. Then it was as if she couldn’t breathe and she closed her eyes.608Please respect copyright.PENANAwdpZswtZxj
Damon, seeing the scene, snapped her neck and knelt in front of Katherine, before quickly pulling out the stick and tossing it to the floor. He then bit his wrist and put it to her lips to heal her quicker, which worked.608Please respect copyright.PENANAgbqYKCt0V2
After she’d healed, he gently pulled her into his arms and blurred off wit her.
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*Graduation*
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I can be your hero, baby608Please respect copyright.PENANAUMSVd5u9Hw
I can kiss away the pain608Please respect copyright.PENANARKM6v8L13u
I will stand by you forever608Please respect copyright.PENANAd48JwEImNN
You can take my breath away608Please respect copyright.PENANAnZ6yhyp0PL
Oh, I just want to hold you608Please respect copyright.PENANAB5ygHP8ycD
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah608Please respect copyright.PENANAx9unhTZaxh
Am I in too deep?608Please respect copyright.PENANAxAu4W8rAGp
Have I lost my mind?608Please respect copyright.PENANAdnkXB987l9
Well, I don’t care608Please respect copyright.PENANAvcewctS194
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night, as Damon searched for Katherine through each Mystic High hall, having heard from Elena that she had shoved the cure down her throat when Katherine had almost killed her. It had been a few hours ago, but he hoped she’d still be here somewhere. He knew her as well as he knew himself. As a vampire, she had everything going for her. As a human, she’d be alone and scared, not to mention hurt and maybe a little paranoid.608Please respect copyright.PENANAzbW9IkpKfE
When he’d found the hall they’d fought in, she was gone, so he went back to his car to try and find her elsewhere. He’d search every road of Mystic Falls if he had to. For some reason, her being human made him care about her well-being. He hadn’t cared about her since 1864.608Please respect copyright.PENANAvcypHk2Qx3
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Twenty minutes later, he found her limping down one of the desolate roads. Knowing her, he figured asking her to get in would prove to be unsuccessful, so he pulled over and got out.608Please respect copyright.PENANAoy34IC2WCm
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.608Please respect copyright.PENANAb5DB3WKLQr
She turned around to face him and he let go.608Please respect copyright.PENANAH63dAcWyzn
“Come to celebrate in my misery? Come to finish what Elena started? Go ahead. Put me out of my misery,” she said with anger, angry at herself that she’d been defeated by her baby vampire doppelganger, and taking it out on him.608Please respect copyright.PENANArBU88IVHPD
“I’m not here for either reason. I’m going to help you. You need help. You’re human, injured, and not as powerful as you were. Let me help you.”608Please respect copyright.PENANAVsd4TCEg5H
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.608Please respect copyright.PENANAZtDRpUnwK5
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.608Please respect copyright.PENANAPniK0ZldlZ
He blurred right behind her and put an arm around her. Then he knelt down with her against him. That when he saw a shard of glass in her thigh and a bigger shard of glass in her stomach.608Please respect copyright.PENANAugBCawXLRZ
Once he’d gotten her in the car, he pulled both out, tossing them to the ground, and used a towel from the backseat to tie around her thigh. He used the other one for her other wound.608Please respect copyright.PENANAivdPs1gOJV
As he drove, he used his right hand to apply pressure with the towel, trying to slow the bleeding. Normal people would’ve taken her to the hospital, but there was a first-aid kit at home. He figured that he could use that to get her wounds taken care of. He figured she’d ben find after that.608Please respect copyright.PENANAeV77WAvzpM
When he’d taken care of her wounds in his room, he was right. She’d be fine.
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*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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I can be you’re hero, baby608Please respect copyright.PENANAuGVsReFv3h
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah608Please respect copyright.PENANAPTdOyqgZEP
I will stand by you forever608Please respect copyright.PENANACrju3zOZbw
You can take my breath away608Please respect copyright.PENANAtsT1jI57jx
(I can be your hero, baby)608Please respect copyright.PENANAoxZmLWWa5y
I can be your hero608Please respect copyright.PENANAIhmPzDLch1
I can kiss away the pain608Please respect copyright.PENANANNFpg2NnJ5
And I will stand by you forever608Please respect copyright.PENANA4DMkQsOq0L
You can take my breath away608Please respect copyright.PENANACMhAWrVenl
You can take my breath away608Please respect copyright.PENANAfjoTSgzEen
I can be your hero
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“Katherine!” he yelled, as he raced towards his wrecked car that she sat in. He’d broken his promise he’d made to her that he’d protect her from Silas. Now she’d somehow caused his car to be totaled. The hood and both sides were crinkled, including the trunk. Also, all of the windows were shattered and he could smell a lot of blood; her blood.608Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8K8rGuxEb
When he tried opening the door, it was jammed, so he forced it open. Then, when it opened, her left hand fell off the seat. He gently turned her head towards him and snapped her seatbelt in two. That’s when he saw that she had a dislocated shoulder and a piece of glass grazed in the right side of her neck. She had blood on either side of her head too and was bleeding from the back of her head, but he’d already seen that. He pulled the glass out and scanned the rest of her. Seeing more glass in her, he did the same he’d done with the first glass he’d seen in her. Then he used his vamp strength to move a piece of the car in the floorboard, to free her foot so he could get her to the hospital.608Please respect copyright.PENANAkyh6RQJ4bx
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.608Please respect copyright.PENANAxOnRxCWntQ
“Katherine, can you hear me? Open your eyes. I’m going to get you to the hospital. I just need you to open your eyes.”608Please respect copyright.PENANAoqWCJnB70D
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.608Please respect copyright.PENANAZtYbiry5dQ
“I’m so sorry, Katherine. Silas told me to hand you over in exchange of him telling me where Stefan is. I promise you, I will never do that again.”608Please respect copyright.PENANAvUJlar5Bm9
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.608Please respect copyright.PENANAs0Bl7hoPG4
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Half an hour later, as she was rushed down the hall, because of her extensive injuries, her body was going into shock.608Please respect copyright.PENANAAml1D8sWyh
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Hours later, after surgery, she was settled into a recovery room and he was told he could see her. So he went to sit on her bedside and rested his hand on top of her right one. She hadn’t woken up yet, so he was just silent, happy that she was alive.608Please respect copyright.PENANAJsTQYCuNb7
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.