Very Important Author's Note. Please read before reading the chapter:

I write these chapters as long as I can so it would seem like it was actually an episode on the show, so please forgive me for the very long chapters and expect it to get longer as we go further. Also, I've been using the plotline of both TO and TVD but only up 'til the episodes of Resident Evil (TVD) and Moon Over Bourbon Street (TO) which means this is the last chapter that goes along with the show. The next chapters have nothing to do with the next few episodes and are from my imagination (LOL). Also, Genevieve also practices Traditional Magic in this fic. Not just ancestral. That's all. Here's the next installment! Enjoy!


Lately you've been on my case
Well, I'm sorry to find you in such a breathless state
You see I'm not the kind of guy to hold you down
If you got something left to say I'm available Mondays to Fridays.
You know where to find me.

Chapter IV

"So how do I present myself, bad ass witch or innocent goody two shoes?" Genevieve asks as she pulls her car to a stop and gets out of it, Katherine followed suit. Katherine put her hand on the top of the car and thought deeply.

"Depends on who answers the door." Katherine answered.

"So whose house is this?" Genevieve asked. She pointed to the huge white mansion in front of them. Katherine smirked as she got her bag out of the trunk. Again, she would have compelled someone to do this for her, but given the circumstances, she hasn't had the time to compel minions.

"This is the Mikaelson Mansion branch Mystic Falls. This is where we'll be staying." Katherine said as she watched Genevieve get her stuff. Both packed light, they were at Mystic Falls after all. Besides, staying at the Mikaelson home means wearing Rebekah's designer clothes and even with her dislike for the Original sister she could not pass up that opportunity. Genevieve looked at her doubtfully. "Oh relax. This is the last place anyone would go to. If you want to stay at a crummy inn eating onion soups for breakfast while I drown myself in champagne while sleeping in a king sized bed, then go ahead and leave."

Genevieve once again gave her a look of doubt but eased up. She and Katherine walked up to the steps and turned the knob. It was unlocked just as Katherine guessed. Once inside, Genevieve was astounded by the mansion's beauty. Katherine had told her that this was all Klaus' design and she couldn't help but be impressed. It was rustic, luxurious, and modern at the same time. Klaus surely outdid himself.

Katherine, on the other hand, walked through the mansion like it was her own. She has memorized this place like the back of her hand. Ironic, since not once did the others ever saw her set foot on the property. She lived freely here when the Mikaelsons were out of town. Let's just say Katherine Pierce doesn't like staying in something less than spontaneous.

Once they were settled, the two ladies stepped into what used to be Esther's study and talked about their plan. "Let me see if I got my facts straight. Damon and Stefan Salvatore are brothers who you met in 1864. Elena Gilbert is your doppelganger who recently turned into a vampire and has a vampire hunter brother named Jeremy Gilbert and his girlfriend is the Bennett witch, now the anchor to the Other Side. Caroline Forbes is another vampire who is the girlfriend of Tyler Lockwood who came to New Orleans and planned to destroy Klaus but failed miserably. Oh and there's this human, Matt Donovan who has a magical ring that brings him back to life."

"Points for very good mind snooping." Katherine said as she drank the champagne from the glass she was holding as she sat down at the office desk. "But one mistake: Caroline is Tyler's ex-girlfriend." Genevieve ignored this comment.

"So I just show up there and ask for your daylight bracelet and they'll just hand it to me and give me pie on the way home." Genevieve says with sarcasm in her voice.

"Don't worry. I have a plan. Let's meet up with some people." Katherine said standing up from the desk. Genevieve smiled at her with an evil glint in her eye.


"The Other Side is disintegrating, Liv! It's not supposed to be this way." Luke said as he watched his sister pace back and forth. She was in deep thought. The Travellers had managed to revive their leader, Markos, yet their rituals about undoing magic seemed to backfire. Proof was the Sloan chic. She was turned into a vampire, she drank the doppelganger blood, her throat was slit, yet she healed. She was supposed to go back to human. Now, the Other Side is disintegrating and she didn't know why.

"I realize that Luke! There must be something the Travellers did wrong." Liv said stopping her pacing. "The important thing is we stopped their plan. They can't undo magic. They'll just have to go and scatter. It's over. We've done what we're supposed to."

"Done? We're not done Liv! Don't you realize what could happen when the Other Side crumbles? Every supernatural being that died will be gone, permanently. Or did you forget Mom and Dad are in there?" Luke said angrily. Liv hissed at her brother.

"You think I don't know that?! What do you want me to do, Luke?! Until we don't know the reason why the Traveller's spell backfired, we can't do anything." Liv snapped. Suddenly, her head started to pound, so did Luke's as well. Both screamed in agony as they were brought to their knees.

"Maybe I can help with that." Genevieve said as the two siblings blacked out.

A few hours earlier, Luke and Liv woke up, tied into chairs at what seems like a dining room. There was a table filled with food and wine. The siblings looked at one another, they both half expected to wake up in a crummy dungeon with dirt and stuff, but this, this was extraordinary.

"Good you're awake." The auburn haired witch that captured them said going out from nowhere. "I thought all this food will go to waste." She said as she raised her hand and a piece of bread floated and made its way to Liv's mouth. Liv spit the bread and glared at the witch who chuckled slightly. Luke looked at Genevieve with disgust.

"Genevieve, please, your manners." Katherine said appearing from behind Genevieve. Luke and Liv's jaws dropped. Katherine was alive? How is that even possible? Bonnie saw her get sucked into the Dark Dimension just like the others. No. She must be a ghost, she has to be. "Hey, Luke. It's been a while." She said with a wink as she walked closer to the warlock.

"Are you… a ghost?" Luke asked.

"Oh no. Thank God. My friend here, Genevieve, brought me back to life just before hell got me." She said as she patted his head.

"That's why the Traveller's spell didn't work!" Liv said screaming. Katherine looked at her confused. "You've been gone for months Katherine, a lot has happened." Liv said with venom in her mouth. Katherine got a knife and she passed her slender fingers through the blade. Luke tensed; Liv's eyes followed Katherine's fingertips. Katherine threw the knife over to Liv which landed perfectly on the ropes breaking her free. Liv smiled at Katherine as she got up and freed her brother. "This is why we're filling you in."

The music played loud and Katherine drank a glass of whiskey and half of the bar. Her eyes followed the blonde girl who was being stared at by the guy at the far end of the bar. Katherine has noticed the neat pen spinning trick that the girl kept doing indicating that she was a witch and she was incredibly stupid to be so reckless. When the blonde witch finally stopped, she stood up to leave and the guy followed suit.

The blonde girl walked through the dark streets of New Jersey. Her pace became faster as she heard the footsteps that followed her. She turned left, right, another right, and a left until she finally thought she lost him. The witch smiled to herself for a job well done when she looked behind her to see that the person who was following her wasn't there anymore.

"Where's your brother Parker?" The man suddenly materialized in front of her and hit her with a steel pipe. Liv chants a spell but only neutralizes the Traveller momentarily. The Traveller chants and Liv's pants are on fire. "No hard feelings, but you need to die." The traveller was about to hit her with the pipe when suddenly Liv heard a snap and the fire went out.

"Yeah, well so do you." Katherine said as she kicked the corpse to the ground.

"Wait, so you're saying that if I died like I was supposed to, then my sweet doppelganger and Stefan's blood could have made Mystic Falls a magic free zone?" Katherine asked and the Parker siblings nodded. "So what does that have to do with purgatory being sucked into hell?"

"It's still unclear." Luke answered. "From what we know, the Other Side started disintegrating when you died, which you didn't. Bonnie told sis that she saw you get sucked into a black hole. Just like how the bus boy described what happened to his sister."

"I did. Then I woke up in New Orleans." Katherine said.

"The spell I used wasn't ordinary. The 'black hole' as you so eloquently put it is actually part of the process." Genevieve said as she crossed her arms.

"So you're saying you're responsible for the Other Side being the destroyed?" Liv said. Genevieve shook her head.

"What I'm saying is it's a coincidence. The scene the Bennett witch saw was different from what the others have been seeing or experienced. The dimension that holds dead supernatural beings crumbling started with the events that transpired after Katherine died. You did say that a gypsy leader escaped am I right?" Genevieve explained and all became clear to the two witches. Katherine waited for further explanations. "I have heard about the history of gypsy magic. It is said that they were cursed and that the blood of the last pair of doppelgangers are the only ones who could break it."

"Well, that is obviously not the case now." Katherine said making her presence felt between the three witches. "I'm still not getting the part where the place where I'm supposed to be in is falling apart."

"Markos escaped through the anchor." Luke said. Katherine didn't change the look on her face. "Just think of the other side as a spider web and Markos managed to get out of it, leaving this hole in the web. Little by little the hole gets bigger and eventually the web is broken. That's what's happening to the other side. The only difference is, it's somehow sucking everything in it and is disintegrating." Luke explained. Katherine just nodded.

"Okay, so checklist, we can't die. Now, tell me where's Stefan?" Katherine said nonchalantly. Luke and Liv just looked at her.

"Katherine you need to help us." Liv pleaded. She was desperate.

"No, I don't. This is your problem not mine. Besides, even if I gave a damn about the Other Side, I wouldn't be able to help you. Stefan has my bracelet. I can't walk in the sun." Katherine said as she stood up from the dinner table.

"No he doesn't. Stefan gave it to the Original Hybrid." Liv said. Genevieve, Luke, and Katherine just looked at her. "I overheard Bonnie's conversation with Caroline while I was at their dorm for 'magic lessons'. That girl couldn't keep her mouth shut." Katherine shrugged. That's typical of Forbes to be the messenger of news in this town. That girl is a walking chatter box, a chatterbox that she needs that is.

"Well. Then Genevieve and I came here for nothing. Well, not exactly." Katherine said as she looked at Genevieve. The Parker siblings looked curious. "What about a little wager?"


Klaus had just finished another masterpiece as he sat down on his couch in his painting room. Genevieve had told him that she was meditating in some secret location and has not been returning any of his calls. The werewolves have asked him for time to think about his offer. Despite Elijah's claim of his ignorance, he has left a couple of messages for Rebekah asking her if she's living the life she has always wanted. A life far away from him as possible probably planning her wedding with a boy who had given her his attention for five minutes.

He stood up and went inside one of the rooms he had recently renovated. It was a nursery for his soon to be daughter. Never had he for a thousand years thought that he would be capable of softening up to the child or for any child in that matter. How things change. Hell, he remembered telling the witches to kill the baby for all he cared but now, he would do anything for it. That child, it was his redemption.

Not that he believed he needed it, redemption. It was something his siblings continued to fight for. It was nothing but a fool's errand. Klaus stood by everything he has done and he was not going to regret any of it. He knew who he was, what he was capable of being. He would rather be who he really was than mask his persona with morality and nobility.

He was no Elijah. To be honest Elijah was by far worse than him. Elijah was two-faced, his real emotions hidden behind that calm façade that he always has on. If Klaus was being completely honest, half of the things he's done was just to get a reaction out of him, any reaction at all. Klaus had outlets to his anger, although others did not approve of it, but Elijah didn't. As a brother, Klaus finds it hard to see his brother enslave himself to others when he could do so much more. It was tolerable the first half of their lives, but then Elijah just changed.

It was back sometime in the 1820s. Kol was undaggered and the Mikaelson siblings were in their mansion doing things to pass time. Elijah was reading his book, Klaus was painting, and Kol was pestering Rebekah's friend.

"So, Emil, is it? You are the governor's son?" Kol asked as he put his arm around Emil's shoulders. The poor soul simply nodded. There was something about Rebekah's brothers that always scared him. They were all so, intimidating. He straightened up, to hide his fear. "This is your fourth, Bekah." He said facing his sister. He ignored the daggers thrown by Rebekah in her look and continued his pestering. "My sister has a taste in sons of men with power. All of us have particular tastes in partners here."

"Kol shut your trap." Rebekah warned. Klaus and Elijah looked up from what they were doing as their younger siblings had a staring showdown. Emil cleared his throat as he stood up. He excused himself and got out of there. Wise choice, Klaus thought. "Look at what you've done! Do you always have to find someone to pester?"

"I was simply making conversation little sister. What I said is true. You are a strumpet who likes heirs of kings. Klaus has a taste for… well no one, and our dear noble brother Elijah can't keep to get his hands off brunettes especially when it comes from the Petrova line." With that Kol found himself against the wall with Elijah's hands wrapped around his neck, his face filled with anger. Rebekah and Klaus froze. Elijah has never laid a hand on the young Mikaelson, mostly because he and Rebekah was the youngest in the family. Kol, on the other hand, gave his brother a smirk. "I seem to have hit a nerve."

"Another comment, and I will pull your heart out of your chest, dagger it and put it in your hands. Do you understand?" Elijah's voice was low and filled with authority. Kol's smirk faded as his brother let him go. Elijah then faced Klaus and Rebekah, his face emotionless. He walked out of the room as if nothing happened. The three younger Mikaelsons gave each other worried looks. The brother they knew was gone.

Ever since then, Elijah never spoke to Kol again and Elijah became what he is now. Overly moral, much more than before, serious, two faced, and as much as Klaus felt mixed emotions to say it, insincere. Klaus and Rebekah never understood that fight between the two brothers or how even the Petrova line came up. They just assumed the obvious. He wasn't stupid to not notice it anyway. Klaus saw the way Elijah's mood changes when he mentions her name now and then. That was the only way to get a reaction from Elijah, to say her name. To say the name of Katerina Petrova.

"Did you come here to apologize, brother?" Klaus said as he felt Elijah's presence from behind him. Elijah didn't speak. "I remember this crib that father made when Kol was born. I watched him carve wood every night. I saw the excitement in his eyes when he looked at mother as he was holding Kol in his arms."

"Who knew our father actually had a light?" Elijah said sarcastically. Klaus gave a half smile. "If he was capable of that the surely you are also."

"Is Hayley safe?" Klaus' smile faded rather immediately. Elijah gave him a knowing look but answered him anyway.

"Of course. I will always keep her safe." Elijah said reassuringly. Klaus nodded. Elijah was about to leave when Klaus spoke.

"And the trinket you gave her? Will it really keep her safe or does she even know who used to wear it?" Elijah stopped in his tracks and Klaus showed off a smirk. Elijah turned around to face his brother.

"Would you care to dance?" Elijah said as he asked a certain feisty werewolf. Klaus looked at the two from the balcony and found himself listening in to the conversation.

"You outdid yourself. You even got Klaus to come out and play." Hayley commented as they both swayed to the music.

"Yes. It seems that only a sizeable soiree is enough to tear my brother away from his efforts at the easel." Elijah answered.

"That's never a good sign." Hayley said jokingly.

"Klaus once told me that his painting was a metaphor for control, for achieving his vision through sheer force of will." Elijah said. Hayley herself remembered the time Klaus had told her that back when they were in Mystic Falls. It was the day he saved her from Katherine's vampire slave, the day that started all this.

"Well, truthfully, I'd be shocked if he didn't have at least a dozen or so of those visions swarming around in that insidious skull of his." Hayley answered as Elijah turned her.

"I do hope your daughter inherits her mother's... Everything." He said looking straight into her eyes. They gaze into each other for a moment until Elijah cleared her throat. "I wanted to give you something." Elijah said as he took out a bracelet from his coat pocket and put it on Hayley's arm. "To keep you safe."

"Wow, Um… Thank you." Hayley said as she admired the bracelet. It was beautiful, yet somehow it looked very familiar. Elijah and Hayley continued dancing. "It is weird being back here."

"Not unpleasant I hope."

"Not entirely."

"Are you entirely sure you shouldn't be here with us?" Elijah said with a hopeful look. Hayley's mood suddenly changed. She knew there was a catch.

"Why, Elijah? Because you don't think it's safe in big, bad wolf country? I'm not gonna sit in a rocking chair and knit booties, or haven't you figured that out yet?" Before Elijah could protest, Jackson swooped in.

"Can I have a minute, Hayley?" Jackson said completely dismissing Elijah's presence.

"You can have it later." Elijah said coldly. Hayley gave him a look.

"Actually, he can have this dance." Hayley said letting go of Elijah and taking Jackson's hand. Elijah walked away but zoned in their conversation.

"Everything all right?" Jackson said in concern.

"Yeah. Fine. We were just discussing the future of the city." Hayley lied. Jackson knew it was just some lame excuse but he decided to drop it.

"How can you be thinking about the city right now? I should have told you how beautiful you look tonight." He said, which made Elijah grimace as he walked away.

"I believe that's none of your business." Elijah said coldly.

"Oh, I know. I was just curious that's all." Klaus said putting his hands behind his back and put on an amused smile. He was walking towards the door but stopped by Elijah's side. "You're starting to make history repeat itself brother. I can't wait to see how this will turn out." Klaus whispered as he walked out, leaving Elijah in his reverie.


Caroline took slow and steady steps as she went up the quarry. Matt has texted her and told her to meet him there for something important. She waited patiently as the wind strike her face and made her golden hair sway. When she heard footsteps, she perked up. "Finally. Where have you… Ah!" Luke chanted as Caroline fell to the ground.

"Sorry Caroline but we need to go through your head." Luke said as he gave her an apologetic look. Once Caroline was knocked out cold, Liv, Genevieve and Katherine appeared. "You can do your spell now."

"Do what you did to me." Katherine told Genevieve. Genevieve kneeled right above Caroline's head and chanted as her fingers touched Caroline's temple. Suddenly memories flashed before Genevieve's eyes. Elena, Stefan, Tyler... Klaus. Genevieve tried to dig deeper and once she had what she wanted, she stopped.

"It is done." Genevieve said as she stood up. Katherine gave her a pleased look.

"So you know where it is?" Katherine asked. Genevieve nodded. "Let's get out of here."


Year 1498…

Elijah walked through the burnt remains of the village where Katerina was born. Some charred bodies laid on the ground, some simply turned into ash. All of the houses burned and destroyed to the ground, all except one. Elijah opened the door and carefully lifted his right foot. He was allowed to enter the small cottage, meaning the people who lived here were dead. It became more obvious when he smelled the decaying stench in the air.

He went to where the odour came from and he was surprised to what he saw. Three skeletons with a few more skin attached to the bones, decomposing and being eaten by pests and maggots. Based on the clothing Elijah guessed it was two women and a man, all killed. The one woman had a neck wound, visible by the tiny patch of flesh still attached to it, no doubt killed by a vampire. Elijah was about to leave when he saw the painting mounted on a wall. It was a family portrait of three women and a man. The man, assumingly the father of this house and a woman were seating while their two daughters stood behind them. One was young at least about twelve or below and the other…

Elijah looked once again upon the dead bodies. These weren't just normal villagers and they weren't just killed by any vampire. This was Katerina's family, murdered by Klaus six years ago. This must be the reason why she has come back here, because of her family. He couldn't help but feel bad for the girl. She had to cope with her grief in the worst way possible. This was his fault, only if he did something sooner.

"Are you so foolish as to care for her?" Klaus' voice echoed in his head. His head playing his brother's words over and over again. "Love is a vampire's greatest weakness." As much as Elijah doesn't want to admit it, it's true. Love has given him nothing but the opposite of strength. Whatever he had with Katerina, it would never make that fact any less true than it was. Family is the only strength he has, and he'll do anything in his power not to let anything take it away from him.

"Dreaming about our dear Katerina, brother? My, that's not very honourable of you." A familiar voice said from behind. When Elijah turned around he could not believe his eyes. The man who stood before him wore different clothes, more modern. He was leaning on the door frame with a smirk like he always had back when he was alive. Elijah was speechless. "Did you miss me, Elijah?"


Genevieve chanted along with Liv and Luke as they made a circle around a charred corpse. Katherine sat at the end of the room as she watched them resurrect the corpse. The three witches channelled each other giving more than enough power to do the spell. Genevieve taught the two young witches an age old spell that was translated to Aramaic from Esther's grimoire that she found in Davina's room.

Suddenly, a strong breeze went up to Katherine's spine. She stiffened, she hated that feeling. She felt like she was gonna get sucked in oblivion again. She held on to the chair she was sitting on and continued to watch the three witches. Some sort of whirlwind filled the room and the flames of the candles in the room went haywire. The chants became louder and louder until everything just stopped.

Katherine looked around. All the candles are out, the breeze has stopped, and the charred corpse was gone.


"Kol? Impossible." Elijah said in disbelief.

"You see your dead brother in your dream and that's what you say to me?" Kol said with a mock look of disappointment. "Then again, it's expected."

"Is this real?" Elijah said, ignoring Kol's witty comments.

"What is? This wretched place, depends on your memory, I guess." Kol said shrugging, walking closer to his brother. "My presence however, is very much real."

"Then why are you here?" Elijah asked.

"I came to see you." Kol said, his face suddenly turning serious. "The side where I rest, it's slowly disintegrating. Every soul on this dimension will be gone for eternity." Elijah looked at his brother in confusion. "I'm making final visits." Kol said as the veins protruded his face and he attacked Elijah.

Kol took the sword that lay on the ground and stabbed Elijah in the stomach. Elijah easily pulled out the sword and tried to attack Kol with it. Kol dodged and got Elijah to let go of the sword. He vamp speeds and pushes Elijah to the wall while crushing his throat. Elijah retaliates by kicking his brother in the gut crashing into the wall and landing outside. Kol lays down clutching his stomach as Elijah steps out. "I do not want to hurt you, brother."

Kol coughs and looks up at his brother as he slowly stands up. "I believe it's a few lifetimes too late for that." He says as he grabs into Elijah's tunic. Suddenly, a draft came upon them and threw Kol off balance. "No, no, no, no." He says grabbing on to Elijah.

"What is happening?" Elijah said as he saw the amount of terror in his brother's eyes. The crazed look in Kol's eyes made Elijah grip his brother tighter, as if not wanting to let him go but the breeze was too strong. It was pulling Kol away from him and soon enough he could not hold on to him any longer. With one last shout, Kol disappeared into the darkness.

Elijah gasped as he woke up from his dream. He wiped the drops of sweat that formed in his forehead. Was it all real? Because it felt all too real for it not to be. He stood up and made his way to the showers. He was not going to sleep tonight.


Katherine and the three witches looked stunned. The four had no idea what just happened. They looked around and there were no signs of the body. Katherine paced back and forth trying to register what happened until she was pinned against the wall as the assailant growled in her face.

"Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in." Kol said showing off his signature smirk. Katherine shot a smile back.

"Welcome back to the land of the living."

I got my head in the clouds.
My two feet on the ground. Nothing's gonna move me.
So what you trying to do? What you trying to say?
You acting funny when things aren't going my way
I got my armalite still you wanna mock me.
So what's this gonna prove? Is that I can turn out this way?


A/N: Woo! There was a reunion, but it wasn't Katherine and Elijah. Sorry guys, you have to wait a little longer. So what did you guys think about Elijah giving Hayley Katherine's bracelet? Why did Katherine have Kol resurrected? What about Liv, Luke, and Caroline's appearances? What's up with Kol and Elijah? What did Klaus mean when he said history was repeating itself?

Tell me your theories and comments guys! Review box is just right below. ;) Until next time!