Elijah walks into his small London apartment and takes off his coat. It's been raining for hours and he's soaked from his walk. He needed to clear his head. There's a black chair next to a large window that has a perfect view of the city. He should probably change into dry clothes, but at this moment all he wants to do is think. So he sits in the chair, and for the first time in a while, he lets his mind wonder to the one person he knows he should forget. It's on nights like this one, when the rain is falling gently and the moon is shining brightly, that he thinks of her. Her chocolate-brown eyes so full of life and love, her beautiful soft hair falling in perfect waves as she walks through the garden, and the sound of her sweet laugh falling from her lips like a glorious melody. Katerina Petrova, the one that got away.
It's been over 500 years since she fled England, 500 years since she learned the truth and ran from him, 500 years since she became the monster known as Katherine Pierce. He can't help but feel guilty when he thinks about all the pain and suffering she has caused throughout her existence, because he knows that it is partly his fault. He should have fought for her. He should have tried harder to save her. He should have told her about his brother's plans and he should have told her that he found a way to save her. He knows that she wasn't wrong to run, but a part of him is angry at her for not trusting him. If only she had come to him when Trevor told her the truth, he could have saved her. If she had just trusted him, she would have been okay.
The girl he knew in 1492, the girl he chased through the garden, the girl who made him believe in love, no longer exists. She is just a shell of the girl she was back then. The sweet, innocent, kind, gentle Katerina Petrova is dead. She has been replaced by the ruthless, manipulative, cold-hearted, selfish Katherine Pierce. The pain was just too much for her, so she chooses not to feel at all. His heart fills with sadness when he thinks about what his brother put her through. He can only imagine the pain she felt when she found her family slaughtered. Sure, he had lost his family as well, but this was different. It was permanent. It destroyed her last bit of humanity. For that, he would never forgive his brother.
He wonders where she is now. He wonders if she's happy. Little does he know that half way across the world, she's thinking about him, too.
Okay, so this is my first fanfic ever so please go easy on me. I know it's short, but I want to know what you all think about it. I feel like Katherine and Elijah have a lot of unresolved issues that they need to talk about. I think they just need to have a long, honest conversation about their feelings. I refuse to believe that there is no hope for them. Reviews would be greatly appreciated.