The Vampire Diaries

Chapter 1

Katherine's Revenge

I was starting to smell, and it seemed like I was going to be here waiting for about another 100 years, but I knew I was going to die soon. It was about time, I had always been a huge ass-hole anyway, but I was protecting myself, and now look where it's got me. Stuck in a damn tomb, where the vampires from 1864 were meant to be, but they were all dead.

I missed the company of Stefan Salvatore, in fact I miss even Damon Salvatore, his brother. I know I used Damon, but I did like him, I just didn't love him, it was always Stefan. Oh, why couldn't damn Elena Gilbert just dump Stefan already. She could be with Damon, and I could be with Stefan, of course it would be strange, but it would be nice to get what I really want for a change. It's my fault that Elena is alive. in fact if I never had that baby in 1492 Bulgaria, Elena wouldn't be alive, and I wouldn't of been banished, so Klaus would chase me and I'd turn. I would've been dead by now. Obviously, I would've died in the 1500's at least. I'm 536 years old god dammit and I'm soon to be 537. What am I to live for, I was living for the sake of it, so I wouldn't have to feel the pain and nothingness of death.

I wish I could go back to 1864 and do it all over again, but I would go back and kill them all, and be with Stefan. Damon would have been upset, and a lot would be different, but at least I would be with Stefan. My dear Stefan, I could almost feel the touch of his lips on mine, the warmth that I hadn't felt in so long. All I ever wanted was something to live for, and I found it, but I let it slip through my fingers.

Why was I so stupid? Why did I do that? I just wish that I was a better person.

"Hello, Katherine!" I heard a voice.

I reacted instantly, then I found myself at the door of the tomb.

It was my face, the face that both Elena and I share.

"Elena?" I asked.

"Guess again." she said.

"That's impossible, if you're not Elena then who are you?" I asked.

"I'm sure you know that you are also a doppelganger." she said. "My doppelganger!"

"You! You're the original with my face!" I was in shock.

She laughed. "Wow, you catch on fast! Yes, I am the original. 518 years of freedom, then you were born." she said. "Every 518 another doppelganger is born, did you know that? Well I didn't until I came to this town and everyone called me Elena. So I asked people about Elena Gilbert, then I came across a nice young fellow named Damon Salvatore, and he was saying all this stuff about him being in love with Elena, who he thought was me, so I shut him up and kissed him, the I said that I wasn't Elena, then he called me Katherine and was talking about how I, I mean you, were meant to be in here. So I told him that I wasn't Katherine, but I disappeared after that. Which brings me here, to you. Katherine Pierce, or should I say Katerina Petrova? Born in Bulgaria 1475 turned in 1492 in England by a girl called Rose, whole family was killed after Klaus tried to sacrifice you to break the sun and moon curse. Am I right so far? Tell me I'm right, I hate being wrong." she said.

"No, miss, you're absolutely right, may I ask for your name?"

"Well you just did in a weird way. I would usually say 'that's for me to know and for you to find out' but that's getting really old. My name is Mariana Petrova. And I'm going to free you with my little friend, Amelia Bennett. Last name sound familiar? It should. Amelia is my best friend, she won't do a spell that I didn't say to do. But that's going to change. It appears that you're out of witch friends to help you. Spread the word to your friends oh and by the way, my witch knows a lot more spells then Emily ever did. she knows how to protect you from anything including a stake through the heart, so the only way you can die officially is if you do it yourself."

"Wow, thank you, um Mariana. when were you born?" I asked.

"957 AD." she replied. "I'm 1554 years old, if you can't work it out." she said. "Oh, by the way, Amelia is going to permanently lift the tomb spell. Go ahead Amelia, work your magic!" Mariana said.

Amelia muttered something that was a spell, most people would think it was gibberish, but I knew what it was. Amelia nodded and I took a step out of the tomb. I felt a sense of freedom.

"Amelia has completed all the spells so you can't die unless… oh never mind, you may go live your living dead life." Mariana said.

I jumped out and I breathed in the air. I ran off into the distance, and I headed to the Salvatore Boarding house. " I'm Back to business." I said.