Introduction

They say life sucks and then you die. They also say to "grab it while you can," because things can happen in a blink of an eye. Things come and go so fast, you don't want to leave words unspoken, because things happen so fast that someday, it may be too late to say those unspoken words. They also say to work for everything you want and need in life. Well, there are two people who learned the hard way about how much life sucks. One, a vampire; the other, a vampiress who later was turned back into a human. This is their story. It's not all flying colors. It's full of love, betrayal, forgiveness, hatred, fear, deception, Hope, Faith, and both physical and mental battles. It's mostly black and white. So, enjoy the best you can.

Katerina

In the late 1400's in a village in Bulgaria, there lived a girl by the name of Katerina Petrova. Her father had chosen who she should marry, but she fell in love with another man. No one knew who, but it wasn't long before her pregnancy was found out. She bore a healthy, baby girl but because she was illegitimate, she didn't get to see her or hold her. Instead, her daughter was taken away by her father to never be seen again. Katerina begged her father to reconsider, but to no avail. And the last thing her father said to her was "You have disgraced this family!" after that, she was disowned by her family and banished to England.
In 1492 she met Trevor who, on Lord Niklaus' Birthday at an elegant ball, introduced her to Lord Elijah and then Lord Niklaus. Trevor fell for her at first sight, but it wasn't until later that Elijah fell for Katerina. He and Klaus had brought her to their home to give her shelter but also, because Klaus was trying to break the curse his mother had set upon him 1,000 years ago. Katerina was the key to lifting it. Close to the time of the full moon, Elijah had fallen for her and had told her everything to save her. And so she ran for her life and was found by Trevor who gave her a moonstone and directed her to a cabin to save her life.
When the woman at the cabin, Rose, found out what Trevor had done, she wanted to take her back to Klaus. That never happened though, because Katerina hung herself and then woke up in transition. She completed the transition to become a vampire by killing the old woman who owned the cabin. Then she fled and went to Bulgaria where she found her entire village, including her family, slaughtered by Klaus. After she cried over her ma'ma, she fled and learned on her own how to stay under everyone's radar and how to control her vampire urges. Every trick she learned, she learned on her own.
For 500 years, she always slipped through Klaus' fingers. She never stayed in one place too long.
In 1498, she went back to Bulgaria and searched for her daughter in every village, but couldn't find her. So she left.
In 1864, after rescuing Emily's life and making friends with Pearl and Anna, she came to Mystic Falls. She stayed at the Salvatore boarding house where she met Giuseppe's younger son, Stefan Salvatore, first. And after she had fallen for him, she met Damon Salvatore who she also fell for. And after a while, she told the brothers what she was. Stefan was afraid, so she had to compel him not to be afraid. Damon was a total different story. He wasn't afraid and he knew everything every step of the way. But then the vampire raid came and she was taken. She made a deal with George Lockwood though, and in exchange of her handing the Moonstone over to him, he let her go free and she left town.
In 2009, she returned to Mystic Falls, Virginia and died horrible things until Klaus came in 2010. She did everything that was connected to her doppelganger, Elena Gilbert. She turned Caroline into a vampire, was responsible for Tyler triggering the werewolf curse, indirectly got Mason Lockwood killed by the hands of Damon, cut off John Gilbert's fingers, and made everyone crazy pretending to be Elena.
In 2010, Klaus came to town to break the curse, which he succeeded in by killing Elena, Elena's Aunt Jenna, a werewolf named Jules, and a witch.
In 2011, the rest of the Originals resurfaced and everyone tried to kill Klaus. Klaus' brother, Finn, was killed by Stefan. Soon after, Sage and Troy who were in Finn's bloodline, died.
Later, Alaric Saltzman killed Klaus' mom, Esther, and Klaus killed his own dad, Mikael. Then Katherine fled so Klaus wouldn't kill her.
In 2012, Elena and Jeremy killed Kol, another one of Klaus' brothers, because Kol tried to cut off Jeremy's arm and Klaus was too late.
In 2013, the cure for vampirism was shoved down Katherine's throat by Elena and Katherine began to die of old age after she met her long lost daughter, now a vampire, Nadia Petrova. She tried to find a solution, but in the end, she died and so did Nadia, because Tyler bit Nadia.
In 2014, Damon died but six months later, he was brought back to life.

Elijah

In the new world which later was founded by the Founding Families as Mystic Falls, Elijah was born as the second eldest 1,000 years ago, to Esther and Mikael Mikaelson. Freya was the first born and Mikael's favorite, but Esther when Mikael came back home after a hunt, told him that Freya died from sickness. It devastated him. Then Elijah and then Finn were born. After came Kol, Klaus, Henrik, and Rebekah all in that order.
When Klaus was born, Mikael was proud. He thought Klaus would be a warrior son he always wanted. But then he found out that he was born due to his unfaithful wife. Esther had had an affair with the alpha of the werewolf pack. Mikael was enraged. He was even more enrage after Henrik was killed on a full moon night, and so he killed Klaus' real father. Mikael was always striking out at Klaus, because he no longer loved him. He even stopped Elijah from teaching him how to use a bow and arrow, when Elijah was only nine and Klaus was seven.
When they grew up, Mikael was even worse. He would beat and whip him so bad that there were times Elijah and Rebekah had to step in.
A while later, Elijah and Klaus both fell in love with Tatia. Esther thought it would destroy them and she was devastated by the loss of two of her children, so she used Tatia's blood with a dark magic spell to make her entire family, including Mikael, turn into vampires. It killed Tatia and so Elijah and Klaus hated her for that. Klaus even killed Esther and told the others that Mikael did it. Then they made a promise saying, "We stick together, always and forever."
For 1,ooo years, they ran and hid from Mikael, but that didn't stop Klaus from killing. Elijah was never the one to kill unless need be. He was all for control, while Klaus was known for being impulsive.
In New Orleans in 1820, Elijah had fallen for a witch named Celeste, but it was short lived when she was killed indirectly by Klaus, when Klaus sent a rumor that the high volume of bodies were result of the witches seeking blood sacrifices for their rituals.
In 1882, Elijah and Rebekah went to the opera house together. It was a moment that only they shared together.
In 1919, Mikael came for them, leaving bodies in his wake, burning the city to the ground, and the siblings barely escaped.
In 2010, Elijah came to Mystic Falls to collect Elena for Klaus, but the Salvatores rescued her and Elijah killed Trevor for Klaus for helping Katerina all those years ago. He spared Rose, believing that killing Trevor was enough punishment for her, since she had loved Trevor very much. Then he made a deal with Elena that none of her friends and family would be harmed by him, in exchange in helping to kill Klaus. Elijah failed, though.
In 2013, Elijah met Katherine on his way out. She showed him she loved and trusted him, by giving him the cure and telling him that he doesn't owe her anything, and that she'd let him decide where they stand.
After Klaus left Mystic Falls to deal with some witches in New Orleans, so did Elijah. He told her goodbye, despite how much she pleaded for him to stay saying, "It's our turn."
That night, Elena shoved the cure down her throat.
After she and Nadia died, no one told Elijah; not even before she died.
The last thing he said to her was, "Goodbye, Katerina."

Dying

It was a dark night in Mystic Falls at the Salvatore boarding house, as human Katherine Pierce dreamt of her past in a room in bed.

*Flashback-Bulgaria 1490*

Katerina Petrova sat up in bed and looked at the maid.
"Let me see her. Please."
The maid started to, but her father came in and said, "What are you doing, woman? Bring her to me."
The maid obeyed and her father took her from the maid.
"No! Pa'pa, please!" she begged, tears streaming down her face.
He stopped at the doorway and looked at her.
"No! You have disgraced this family!"
She could only watch, as he left.
*end*

*Flashback-England, 1492*

It was a dark night, as she stood beside Trevor at an elegant ball, meeting Elijah and Klaus.
"Pleasure to meet you," Elijah said. "This is my brother, Lord Niklaus. It's his Birthday."
Klaus kissed her hand and she did a curtsy.
"Katerina is from Bulgaria," Trevor informed him.
Klaus said something in Bulgarian and she praised him saying, "Very good."
When she called him Lord Niklaus, he said, "That's the name my mother gave me. Please. Call me Klaus."
*end*

*Flashback-England, 1492*

It was a beautiful day, as she and Elijah spent the day outside. Elijah chased her about and after a while, she stopped.
"You're meant to catch me," she said with some laughter.
"Well if I catch you, the game will be over."
They sat down on a bench.
"I do not understand why he courts me. It's like he doesn't care about me at all. Trevor loves me, but true love is not real, unless it is returned. Do you agree?"
"I do not believe in love, Katerina."
"That is too sad for me to accept, my Lord. If we cease to believe in love, why would we want to live?"
A moment later, Klaus returned from the village.
*end*

*Flashback-Pennsylvania and Mystic Falls, Present Day*

It was a dark night, as she stood in front of Elijah, the man she loved who had chased her for 500 years, because he loved her and because he was loyal to his brother.
"I want you to trust me, just as I'm trusting you," she told him, as she handed him the cure. "You don't owe me anything. I'm going to let you decide where we go from here." Then she walked off.

The next night at the Mikaelson place, he broke up with her.
"Elijah, it's our turn. Please."
"Goodbye, Katerina."
She could only watch, as he walked away.
*end*

*Present*

Damon Salvatore walked towards her sleeping form with a pillow.
"Put the pillow down, Damon," Liz Forbes, the mother of Caroline and the Sheriff of Mystic Falls said.
"It'll put her out of her misery and she'll be out of our hair," he replied.
"And then I'll have to arrest you for murder," she replied.
He through it to the floor, seeing her point.

A few days later, she died. She was out of their hair and Damon, Tyler, Elena, Klaus, and Bonnie were celebrating. No one ever told Elijah, though.

Too Late

It was a beautiful day in New Orleans, as Klaus and Elijah stood in the cemetery, facing each other. Elijah was stuck in there with Klaus. Both thought they'd lost the mother of Klaus' child.
"What did you think would happen? That she would be born into a peaceful home? That the mother of your child would be alive to see her child? I needed her. I let this person in. I don't let people in. You know that. I needed her and you have broken me," Elijah said.
"More than your precious Katerina?" Klaus inquired with a smile.
Elijah realized there was some meaning behind that.
"What did you do?"
"Nothing. Apparently, she got a taste of her own medicine when she tried to kill Elena. Elena shoved the cure down her throat. Last I hard a few months back, she was dying of old age."
Elijah pinned him to the side of a mausoleum.
"You kept that from me?" he said, angry, but trying not to growl at him.
"Well, I couldn't have you distracted while you were helping me become King, now could I?"
"As soon as Hope has been taken somewhere safe, I'm leaving."
He let Klaus go.

After Hope had been taken to Rebekah safely, Elijah called Caroline in hopes that there was still time to save her, but she told him as nicely as she could what he had all missed and that he was too late.
He hung up and sat heavily on his bed, deep in memories and thoughts. If only he had at least checked on her, he could've known and helped her. For all he knew, she had died in torment and pain and misery and betrayal. He had left her without even checking on her. He had left her for his brother; his family. Katerina had been right. It was their turn to get, or at least try to get, their happy ending, and he had blown it. She could've died waiting for him to save her once again, or to even return, but he hadn't. Why didn't she call? Was she mad? Did she die angry at him for leaving her?
He put his phone away and got to his feet. He had to do something, or he'd go on a rampage and he wasn't Klaus. For Katerina's memory, he wouldn't go on a rampage. Instead, he had a better idea. She was recently deceased. It shouldn't take long. Witches could talk to, see, and summon spirits. He had questions that he needed answers to, or he'd over think her death too much. So, he headed back to the cemetery to speak to Davina.

Our Turn

When he walked in, he couldn't help but smile. Even death couldn't keep her away. He was so happy, he wanted to kiss her and more, but he wouldn't while in the presence of a witch.
He was instantly in front of her.
"Katerina," he greeted.
"Elijah," she replied with a smile.
"Words cannot describe how happy I am to see you," he said.
"Yes, well, I didn't want to be sucked into oblivion and I did tell you that it's our turn."
"Shall we go then? Right now we have to stay, but as soon as our enemies have fallen, you and I will spend the rest of our lives wherever you want. It's our turn."
They smiled at each other.
"Let's go," she replied.

Once in his bedroom with the door closed, they started making out, taking clothes off, going to third base on his bed. This was them making up and starting over; something they both knew they should've done a very long time ago.