Chapter 10

Notes: hey lil' darlings! How u doing? I had a dream last night that when Kat "drank" the Cure, her vamp memories were wiped from her mind and THAT'S the plot in here! Just a little something bc I couldn't take it off my mind ;D enjoy!

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"We need to call someone," Stefan prompted after a while observing the situation unfolding in his living room.

The younger Salvatore couldn't believe that Katherine Pierce the ruthless, cunning, sassy, evil vampire he knew was now human and memoryless just to add to the mess!

Damon rolled his eyes as both of them faced a slate-clean Katherine – oh no, pardon Katerina – Elena had rushed home couple hours before, telling him all about the Cure fight – and attempt murder - over the school, and soon he and Stefan were there to collect Katherine's now human body. They just couldn't predict that she would wake up thinking she was still in 1492 England.

Oh, the joy.

"We should call Klaus," Damon suggested after trying to explain to the doppelganger where she was again.

"Oh, Lord Klaus is here?" Katerina asked them while she looked around the brother's living room. She thought it to be very strange. Her clothes were men clothes, the Sirs in front of her wore unusual clothes too…

They had filled her in some things, though. Apparently, she had drank some potion of sorts and that made her forget about years of her life, that was why she couldn't remember her surroundings.

Katherine, the name they insisted using to refer to her, even though she corrected them every time, was confused, still she chose to believe the men with her, most of all the green-eyed one. Stefan according to his dark-haired brother, Damon.

The blue-eyed brother faced her from the corner of his eyes, but didn't respond, turning his body to stare at his brother.

"We should call a Mikaelson, yes, although definitely not Klaus,"

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"Elijah, my favorite Original," Damon mocked with a fake wide smile when he opened the front door for the eldest Mikaelson.

Elijah stared at him and tried to look over his shoulder. Still, Damon didn't move to let him in.

"Unfortunately, I cannot agree,"

Damon rolled his eyes and finally moved, not catching the smirk Elijah wore to the Salvatore's annoyed face.

"Where is she?" Elijah inquired striding to Stefan that came descending the stairs.

"Upstairs, I offered her a change of clothes, the ones she had on were bloody and she didn't seem comfortable wearing pants," Stefan had an understanding look in his eyes, he knew what was like not feeling comfortable in his own skin.

Elijah seemed to catch that, because as he ascended the ladder, he paused next to the younger Salvatore and offered him a curt nod.

Stefan shrugged and resumed his descending.

Once on the second floor, Elijah only had to listen for a human heartbeat to find her.

Damon had poorly explained the facts, he would have to confirm with Elena later, but apparently, his Katerina was herself again, minus all her vampire memories.

Elijah couldn't say if it was a blessing or a curse, because part of the woman he loved and left – he guiltily poked himself -, was that cunning seductress, although Katerina had all this back in 1492, her Katherine persona made it all… bigger than the world, if he could say it that way.

The brown-haired vampire stopped outside the room where the heartbeat was coming from. She sounded calm, which was good. He took a deep breath out of habit, he needed to be ready to see a ghost of sorts in just a couple instants.

He knocked, although didn't wait for a response, turning the handle, setting the door ajar and that's when he saw her, she wasn't looking at the door, she was turning her upper body in front of the body length mirror in the far corner of the room. It took only a second for her to sense someone inside the room.

"Oh Mr. Salvatore, I don't want to appear rude, but don't you think this dress is too short?" Katherine still wasn't looking in the door's direction, much preoccupied with the red flowy dress that stopped above her knee, and when she did, hands still gripping the dress' sides, her uncomfortable demeanor changed into a beautiful smile.

"My lord," for an instant she forgot to court, and was about to do it when Elijah signalized with his hand that it wasn't necessary.

His smile as bright as hers.

Only if she remembered their last encounter…

"There's no need to court anymore, Katerina," he closed the door behind him and walked the short steps 'till he was in front of her. "Also, this dress is perfect for you, you look stunning, as always,"

His smile was still there, although the innocent and now timid smile she offered him made his guilt sting inside his chest.

"My lord, I don't understand what's happening," her confused eyes making his heart clench inside his chest. "these clothes, there's no accent in the Masters downstairs… also, there's this bathroom thing," her confused expression changing for one of contained happiness.

"It was an improvement indeed, throughout the centuries,"

Her look told him she at least remembered what he was and how old he actually was.

"I see,"

She turned back to the mirror, fumbling her fingers in the dress' cloth.

"Was I one of your kind as well? Are the Salvatores vampires?"

The silence that followed was a confirmation.

"Katerina-"

"Was I evil, that's the motive someone turned me back?"

Again silence.

Elijah watched in the mirror as her eyes glistened. He walked to the bed and sat there, he waited for her to approach him, he caught the traces of fresh tears falling down.

"I'm sorry,"

Elijah offered her his hand and she took it sitting beside him in bed.

"What do you want to know?" he tried offering her some comfort.

Her head touched his shoulder and he wrapped his arm around her waist bringing her closer to him.

"I wasn't feeling safe here until your arrival, if I'm being honest,"

It wasn't the answer Elijah was waiting for, although he would let it slide, she probably wasn't comfortable after realizing she was so much different as a vampire. Katerina had always been resourceful, but not at all evil, 'till she had changed species.

"We can leave, if you prefer," he enlightened and felt as her demeanor changed back into a small smile.

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"I must thank you both for bearing with me for the time being, before Lor- Elijah arrived," Katherine and Elijah were in the front porch as the Salvatore brothers were by the door. Damon had an annoyed face, still relieved he wouldn't have to deal with Katherine any longer. Stefan tucked a discreet smile himself and nodded in acknowledgement while the brunette spoke.

"I appreciate your call," Elijah stated as he moved his hand to the small of Katerina's back, guiding her in his car's direction.

The human girl offered the brothers a last sincere smile before turning around with Elijah's guidance.

Both Salvatores couldn't help remember other times, where they were just as naïve as this Katherine. Or even when Elena had a similar look in her doe eyes.

"What kind of carriage is this?" Katerina inquired as the pair approached Elijah' SUV.

He smiled amused to her lack of modern world's knowledge and opened the passenger door for her.

"It's called a car, Katerina," Elijah explained as he held her hand, helping her sink down in the seat, just to buckle her up after.

"And where are the horses?" came another question as the Original sank in the driver' seat and started the engine.

They left the gravel pathway before he answered. "There's no need for them anymore,"

She didn't ask for anything else, or said anything, just observed as he curved the roads in direction to the town's borders.

When she caught the sign for "You're Leaving Mystic Falls" she turned her upper body to him questioning: "And where to now, my Lord?"

It seemed she couldn't shake the formalities just yet, that was okay with Elijah if it made her comfortable.

"We're going to find someone to bring you back,"

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Notes: Soooooo I'm betting the next one will be holiday fic and all that (I've never written one BTW) also, many of you are asking me about Revenge Katherine and she'll be here only in 2021 I'm afraid ;( I'm just not in the mood for all that drama as of yet, hopefully you'll undertand! ALSO follow me on tumblr for gifsets, long Kalijah conversations and LOTS of Kalijah lyrics ;D