Author's Note
In this episode there were a bunch of flash backs and instead of writing them all out I will just say flashback. I am sorry if someone was really looking forward to flashbacks but I cannot please everyone.
Audrey;D
Chapter Ten-Katerina
Damon opened the door to the boarding house after Elena had knocked.
"Hello, Elena." he said, "Audrey."
"Stefan here?" Elena asked, " He called. Said it was important."
"Right this way." he told her
After she was gone he turned to me, " I should warn you, there's someone here you're not gonna like."
"Stefan?" I asked, " If so that's a given."
"I knew there was a reason I liked you." Damon said with a smirk
"So it isn't because I'm sarcastic, funny, and at times a little flirtatious." I said with a wink
"Well, that to." Damon said closing the door and leading me into the hallway where Elena and Stefan were standing.
Then I saw Rose coming down the hallway.
"You."
"Okay, you have to understand, I only know what I've picked up over the years." Rose said after we had gathered in the parlor, " And I don't know what is true and what's not true. That's the problem with all this vampire crap. But Klaus I know is real."
"Who is he?" Elena asked
"He's one of the originals." Damon said from behind me, " He's a legend"
" The first generation of vampires." Stefan added
"Like Elijah." I said
"No, Elijah is the Easter bunny compared to Klaus." Rose said, " He's a foot soldier. Klaus is the real deal."
"Klaus is know to be the oldest." Stefan said
"Okay, so you're saying that the oldest vampire in the history of time is coming after me?" Elena asked
"Yes." Rose said
"No." Stefan said
"What they're saying is, I mean, if what she's saying is true-" Damon started
"Which it is." Rose said
"And you're not saying this so we don't kill you."
"Which I'm not."
"Then we're looking at a solid maybe."
"Yep, that should really make her feel better." I said sarcastically
"Look, Elijah's dead, right?" Stefan said, " And no one else even knows that you exist."
"Not that you know of." Rose said
"Not helping." Damon told her
"I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him." Stefan said, " I mean, we're talking centuries of truth mixed in with fiction. We don't know what's real. He could be some stupid bedtime story."
"He's real. And he doesn't give up." Rose said
Before she said anything else I started having a vision.
I saw Elena, Caroline, and I in side the tomb.
"We'll be okay from here." Elena said to Caroline before turning back to the open tomb when we heard footsteps walking towards us.
As we watched Katherine came into view, " Hello you two."
"Hello, Audrey." I heard Damon say as I came back to reality, " Anybody home?"
"Yeah, sorry." I said with a smile, " Must of zoned out. You were saying?"
"I was saying that if Klaus wants something, he gets it." Rose said, " If you're not afraid of Klaus then you're an idiot."
"All right , we're shaking." Damon said, " You made your point."
Then Elena got up.
"Where are you going?" Stefan asked her
"School." she responded, " I'm late."
"I'll grab my stuff." Stefan said, " I'll go with you."
"That's okay." Elena responded, " I know where it is."
Then she headed out. I quickly grabbed my stuff and headed after her.
"Where are you going?" Damon asked
"She was my ride." I said as I continued after Elena
After we were in the car I turned toward Elena.
" So we're off to see Katherine, huh?"
"How did you know?" She said
I just looked back at her until she said, " Right."
"Tell everyone we weren't feeling well and we went home from school." I told Caroline as we walked through the woods to the tomb.
"I can't believe I'm agreeing to this." Care replies, "I'm a terrible liar."
"Keep Stefan busy." Elena added, "I don't want him knowing what were up to."
"I'm even worse at duplicity. And you both know this."
"You managed to keep me occupied when Katherine paid Stefan a visit." Elena said
"Burn." I said
"Yeah, because she threatened me." Care responded, " Not that I'm saying that either of you should use that as a tactic."
"I do. A lot." I said with a smirk
" Stefan is going to see right though me."
"Caroline, As our friend, do you promise, or not?" I asked her
"You had to break out the girlfriend code." Care said, " Okay. I promise."
"Why don't you want Stefan to know?"
"Because he is super over protective and would never let us get close to Katherine." I responded
"Are you two sure you wanna do this?" Caroline asked us when we got to the tomb
"Yes." Elena said, " She's the only one who knows the truth about Klaus, who can tell me how to stop him."
"But you are asking for the truth from someone who's probably never given it." Caroline said, " Are you two sure about this?"
"Yes." I said, " We can't just sit back and wait. We have to know."
Then Caroline went over to the door and moved it leaving a huge hole in the wall
"Katherine." Elena called, "We'll be okay from here." Elena said to Caroline before turning back to the open tomb when we heard footsteps walking towards us.
As we watched Katherine came into view, " Hello Elena and Audrey."
"Come to watch me wither away?" Katherine asked in a raspy voice, " Good bye , Caroline."
"As long as we stay on this side of the door, she can't hurt us." I told Care, "Please."
Caroline looked at Katherine before walking out of the tomb.
"Stefan and Damon know you two are here?" she asked us
"We brought you some things." Elena said rummaging through her bag
"You came to bribe me." Katherine said, "What is it that you two want?"
Elena threw something onto the ground next to Katherine, " We want you to tell us about Klaus."
"Hmm, you two have been busy."
"We also brought you this." Elena said bringing out a book, "It's your family history."
"It say's in here that the family line died with you." I said, looking over at Elena, " Which doesn't seem possible."
"You two think that if you brought me some family keepsake I'd open up?" Katherine asked
"We also brought you this." I said bringing out a bottle of blood, "You don't look so good."
"How long before your body shuts down?" Elena asked her, "Ten, twenty years? Must be painful to desiccate and mummify. I can't even imagine."
Katherine sat down as I started to pour her a glass of blood and pass it over to her using a stick.
"You have the Petrova fire." she told Elena before downing the blood
"More blood?" I asked
Katherine put the cup down and I brought it past the barrier and refilled it.
"It's a long story, Klaus and I." Katherine started, "Goes all the way back to England, 1492, after I left Bulgaria. Or was thrown out."
"Thrown out?" Elena asked
"My family, you true ancestors, they disowned me. My indiscretions were not tolerated at the time. I had a baby out of wedlock. The shame."
"It was kept secret." I said
"And my baby was given away. I was banished to England and I had to learn to adjust. So I quickly became English." she said with an English accent at the end, " It was there that I caught the eye of a nobleman named Klaus. I was taken with him at first, till I found out what he really was, and what he wanted from me. And then I ran like h*ll."
*Flashback*
"So what did Klaus want?" Elena asked Katherine
"Same thing he'll want from you." she replied, " He want's to break the curse."
"By sacrificing the Petrova doppelganger." I stated
"He wanted to drain every single drop of blood from my body."
"What does the Petrova bloodline have to do with Klaus?" Elena asked, sliding another glass of blood over to Katherine
"It's really tedious but the curse was bound by the sacrifice of Petrova blood. Witches are crafty with their spells." Kat said, " The doppelganger was created as a way to be able undo the spell. Once the doppelganger reappeared, the curse can be broken."
"So you ran before he killed you." I said
"Something like that."
*Flashback*
"Rose never ended up taking you back to Klaus, did she?" Elena asked after Katherine was done
"No." Kat responded, "But not because she had a change of heart."
*Flashback*
"You killed yourself?" I asked
"Klaus needed a human doppelganger. As a vampire, I was no longer any use to him."
"But it didn't work." Elena said, " You didn't escape. You've been running ever since."
"I underestimated his spirit for vengeance. But living out of a suitcase is better than dying so that you could have your blood spilled over some silly little rock."
Elena looked frightened at this.
"What's wrong? Afraid I'm right? Don't wanna die?" Katherine asked her, " There's another way out."
Then Katherine cut her wrist so it started to bleed, " Better hurry. Your opportunity is going, going, going, and gone. I made the other choice."
*Flashback*
"Rose and Trevor spent the last 500 years running because you used them." I said, "Trevor just got killed."
"Never thought he would have lasted that long."
"You don't even care that you ruined their lives." Elena said
"I was looking out for myself, Elena." Kat replied, "I will always look out for myself. If the two of you are smart, you'll do the same."
Then she turned back to her book.
"So how much of your little story is true?" I asked Katherine, standing up
"I have no reason to lie." she said, " I have no reason to do anything but sit here and read and rot.
"Okay, assuming it's even partially true, that's the reason you came back. Isn't it?" Elena asked, " Because you wanted to be the one to hand me over to Klaus."
"Five hundred years on the run, I figure maybe he'd be willing to strike a deal."
"So you got Mason Lockwood to find you the moonstone." Elena added
"Right again."
"What else is needed to break the curse?" I asked
"Look who's getting smarter."
"It's not just Elena or the stone is it?" I asked, " Otherwise there would be no reason to trigger Mason Lockwood's werewolf curse."
"Witches and their spells." Katherine said, " So many ingredients, so many people to sacrifice."
"So you need a werewolf." Elena stated
"Believe it or not, they're hard to come by."
"What else?" Elena asked
"A witch to do the spell." Katherine said, " Mine bailed, but little Bonnie will do just fine."
"What else?" I asked
"A vampire."
"Caroline and Aurora." Elena said
"Could have been anyone, I suppose, but I like the poetry of Caroline."
"So why turn Aurora?" I asked
"I was bored, and I wanted to send a message. Turns out she's been more useful than Caroline."
"What else?" I asked, sensing there was more
" A psychic." Katherine said looking directly at me
"What? Why?"
"See, the witch that created the spell thought it as her fail safe." Katherine started, " Since both the doppelganger and the psychic are so rare she believed that the two would never reappear at the same time. But she was wrong, twice. See, when Isobel told me how you were a psychic I knew that my opportunity had come along."
"So you were gonna just had us all over to be killed." Elena said to Katherine
"Better you die then I." Katherine said before walking deep into the tomb
After a while Elena and I got tired of waiting and started picking things up. Then I heard someone coming down the stairs.
"Elena." Stefan said, " Audrey."
"Stefan?" Elena asked, " What are you doing here?"
"I could ask the both of you the same question?"
"Caroline told you, didn't she?" I asked
"No, she kept your secret. It didn't take long to figure out what was so important that you'd have to keep it from me."
"We knew you would stop us." Elena replied
"Listen to me. Whatever she said to you guys is a lie." Stefan said, " Do not listen to her. She is a liar."
"What if she isn't?" Elena asked
"Yeah, Stefan, you didn't hear what she said."
"You don't have to worry." Stefan said, " I won't let anything happen to either of you."
"That's the problem." Elena said, " You won't. But you'll die trying, how is that any better?"
"There's nothing you can do, Stefan." Katherine said coming back, " I haven't even told you two the best part of the story."
*Flashback*
"He killed them." she said, " My entire family. Just to get back at me for running. Whatever you do to escape Klaus, he will get his vengeance. On your friends, your family, on anyone that you have ever loved."
"Don't listen to her. Okay." Stefan told us
"Always the protector." Katherine said, "But even you must realize that they're doomed. There's nothing you can do to stop it." Then she held up the moonstone, " Unless you have this."
"What?" Elena said
"Oh, no. There it is." Stefan said, " That's the ultimate lie, isn't it? You spun this whole thing so that we would have to get the stone from you."
"I didn't spin anything, Stefan. It's the truth."
"No. Let me guess. You wanna trade that stone for your freedom." Stefan said, " You manipulative, psychotic b*tch."
"My freedom?" Katherine scoffed, " That's where you're wrong, Stefan. I don't want my freedom. Because when Klaus shows up to kill us all and he will I'll be in the tomb. Where no vampire will enter because they can't get out. I'll be the safest psychotic b*tch in town."
When we got back to the house I walked as quickly as I could behind Elena and Stefan to the front door.
"Elena." Stefan said while Elena was fumbling with the keys, trying to get the door open
"I can't talk about it, Stefan." Elena said
I took a seat on the porch swing.
"You have to." he said, " Don't shut me out."
Elena gave up on the door and started pacing
"Elena, please."
"I wanted to know the truth, Stefan, and I got it." Elena said, " It's not just me that's in danger. It's Caroline and it's Tyler and it's Bonnie. Even Audrey."
I looked at Stefan when he turned towards me.
"They're all part of breaking the curse." Elena said starting to cry, " I can't be anyone else anymore. Because it's no because you came into town or because you and I fell in love. That's not why everyone I love is in danger. It's because of me. Everything is because of me."
Then Stefan enveloped Elena in a hug as she cried and I let a few tears escape as I realized the fate of all the people that I loved and cared about.
Author's Note
Please review. Or I'll send Damon after you, and not for the dirty things you are thinking about.
Audrey;D