Summary: Set in S1E13 "Crescent City." What happens when a human Katherine comes to town for help and protection? What will ensue?
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Introduction
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I have lived for 1,000 years as an Original vampire in hopes of seeking to make my family whole again. Time after time, just when I find doubt, something brings me new found hope. And while I seek this for my family, I become torn between loving the once innocent girl my brother hates and my family I promised 1,000 years ago to stick with forever. I have always looked out for her. I even betrayed my own brother for her once. I had to choose between staying with her or keeping my vow to my family. I got tired of her lies and deceit, so I broke up with her to follow my family; my siblings, to New Orleans where we once called home. No matter what though, I still love her with my whole being. I must be faithful to my family, though. "We stick together, always and forever." My name is Elijah Mikaelson and this is who I am.
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Together Again
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It's a beautiful day in the French Quarter as I speak to Marcel, his friends, Hayley, Rebekah, and Klaus about what to do next. An old lover of mine who I thought had died long ago, Celeste, has returned. She's a witch. The worse thing is that we don't know why she's here and what her plans are. My true love will always be Katerina Petrova, though she likes the name Katherine Pierce. I will love her, always and forever. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSImFtEavw
We all look up, smelling the familiar scent of human. Then she walks in. I can tell that something's wrong. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOn7pYby4n
As I suspected my brother would do as usual, he pins her to a brick wall, hand tightly around her throat. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzqDZkCL5n
"You sure look alive. You're supposed to be dead by now. What the hell are you doing here in MY city?" he growls at her. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDa5RSYesz
"Bloody hell?" Rebekah says. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfzLL7hOqD
"Well, well; look who decided to return after 100 years," Marcel comments. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDksZOwFJo
"What the hell?" Hayley says. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxnnwXPvLn
I go to stand half way from where Klaus and Katerina are. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUT2RjXgeI
"Niklaus," I say in warning. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzJAGMUyxa
I wait for him to let her go, but he just stays in the same position, ignoring me.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCIZzDaMBw
Katerina silently looks back at him, despite the pressure on her throat. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpv7gM162Qn
"Let her go, Niklaus. Let her speak," I say in warning with a hint of anger in my voice. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxa3nCsf4zk
Finally, he lets her go, but still stands in front of her. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlBuqFBxEL
When she gets her breath back, she finally speaks, as I make my way over to her. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOwhaj1OEe
"I didn't come to see you," she informs Klaus. She looks at me. "I came to ask you, for once in my life, for help."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVstcJVeJOY
I stand in front of her next to Klaus. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15jeqd3tYh
"What is it, Katerina?" I ask, ready to help if it's not too much. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eAeAUTGv5
"I'm dying of old age. I know I got myself into getting the cure shoved down my throat, but I didn't think it would happen. It was unexpected. I didn't know Elena had the cure in her pocket when I attacked her after you left me. Now I'm human, dying of old age, and in need of protection. I have many enemies. If word gets out that I'm human and If I don't have protection, you know what will happen," she explains to me. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjFdgPWJXX
I know all too well what it's like to have many enemies as a vampire, but it would be even worse as a human. I know she's begging for help from me, which I know, deep down inside, is hard for her to do after 500 years of looking out for herself. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMQVoUw5Ce
"You don't have to say anything else. I promise that you will have my protection and I will help you. After this problem with a witch we're having, you will have my undivided attention. For now, as long as you need to, you may stay here and I'll try to keep Niklaus on a collar," I tell her. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyX5IZmu64
"Thank you, Elijah. This means a lot," she replies. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBL9SzrtQGj
"Why don't you go make yourself at home upstairs?" I suggest, since I need to speak to my family about her staying here with us. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jCnTr0MAi
She smiles. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvnUNMqYk3
"I'll see you later."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG97VBgz8lk
When she has disappeares upstairs, I look at my siblings, Hayley, Marcel, and his friends. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu63xTzzgvj
"She's not staying here. I won't allow it," my brother growls. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTuct4VGUw
"It's only temporary," I assure him.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTybdfH6YcK
"Fine by me," Hayley tells me.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6OQKi0Jvo
"She can stay as long as she stays out of my way, Rebekah says. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5a0gwfXwv
Marcel and his friends are silent, but I know Marcel agrees. I'm the only one in my family that knows why and how Marcel and Katerina know each other. I kept tabs on Katherine over the centuries to make sure she was alive and safe as she could be. Ad I'm glad that Rebekah and Hayley are on board. Rebekah despises her for being able to stay off Klaus' radar for 500 years, while Hayley hates her for trying to kill her back in Mystic Falls. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9Prl2gHdh
We soon go our separate ways. I and Marcel and his friends go different directions to look for Celeste, while Rebekah stays to babysit Hayley and Klaus looks for a witch to talk to about Celeste. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMg33yXAvc
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That night on a sidewalk, I find Celeste who is inhabiting a witch by the name of Sabine. We talk, me trying to figure out what she wants, and I learn of her plan after she poisons me a little with a kiss. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoN0bKS8mw
As I lay on my side on the sidewalk, I look up at her, as she speaks. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNKJYZvNeT
"I died because of Klaus. I want revenge. I'm going to teach you the errors of your ways. No matter what he does, you keep holding on to that vow; always and forever. As we speak, he's experiencing more pain than he has ever felt. Now, you can choose to save him, but then that would leave Hayley, Rebekah, and Katherine in peril. Or there's your dear sister Rebekah. She's about to find herself in quite the predicament. You could save her, but then that leaves Klaus, Hayley, and Katherine. Or there's Hayley. We both know Klaus would hate it if anything happened to her or the baby. And last but not least, there's your precious Katherine you think is the same girl you fell in love with 500 years ago. You'll recover in enough time to save one of them. I can't wait to see which one you choose."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4beDz7iMWl
I can only watch, as she walks away from me and soon disappears from sight. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpz2H8WPKhn
I know she's right. I can only choose one. Time and time again, I have always chosen my family over Katerina, which I know has hurt her every time I did. But then there's Hayley. I care about her and her baby needs to survive, because that child is the key to Klaus' redemption. Then there's my little sister, Rebekah, who I do love and would do anything for, but I have always put Klaus before her. And then there's my little half-brother Klaus who I have always put first, no matter what. I must choose soon. My lover of 500 years, my sister, my brother, or my brother's one night stand that he got pregnant?523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZENQD33gnL
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Half an hour later, I arrive at the old plantation house, which is on fire. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsls68tasRw
I immediately get inside by shattering a window. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsYTmYyY2I
Fire is everywhere, as I help Hayley to her feet and tell her werewolf friend, Jackson, "Get her out of here."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOVHHg0eG2
As Jackson and Hayley leave by going through the window, I find the love of my life; Katerina. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpqs6r8JV8
I gently pick her up in my arms and, once I'm a ways away from the house, I gently lay her down on her back on the ground. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyPEid3MFs
I look down at her to asses her condition, as I listen to her heart and breathing. There's blood on either side of her head and some blood elsewhere. There's a wound on her left side and there are scratches all over here. I don't know if she can digest vampire blood after the cure was shoved down her throat, but I have to try. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1MXaRe484
I pull her gently into my arms and bite my wrist, putting it to her lips, making my blood go down her throat to heal and save her. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSOusW2i0o
A few minutes later, I take it away and my wrist and her wounds instantly heal. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5ZLqTH8Ck
I gently carry her to the compound, once on my feet. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7QrmI7Qqs
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Once at the compound and in my room, I gently lay her down in my bed. I then sit on her bedside and wait for her to come to. If anything happened to Katerina, I don't know what I'd do. It would shatter me. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aj67y87K5
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An hour later, she comes to, which relieves me. She's going to be okay. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1TOyOcEIA
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A few days later, I get my siblings back and we kill Celeste before she can body just. So all is well in the French Quarter. In the end, Katerina and I get back together.
