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Chapter 6

Katherine's POV

I walked out of the house trying to control myself. I have to compose myself fast before I break down. It's been nearly two years since he last put his arms around me and it felt so good. I had missed being in his arms. Being there always made me feel safe, like nothing in the world would ever harm me. It was so hard controlling my urge to hug him back. But I have to; I can't give in to him no matter how much it hurts me. I take a few deep breaths and feel myself back in control. I hear long whistle behind me and I turn around to find Klaus there staring at my car. I smirk at him and get into the driver's side.

Klaus POV

I can see the happy look on my big brothers face as Katherine walks out of the house. It's been centuries since I saw a genuine smile on his face. Now that I think about it, the last time he smiled like that was in 1490. Still smiling I saw him leave to attend to his work. "What the hell was that?" I heard Hailey angrily ask. "That was my brother and Katherine Pierce in all of their glory" I couldn't resist answering her. I watch as she stomps out of the room in anger. I say bye to Freya and walk out. When I saw Katherine leaning against her car, I couldn't help but let out a long whistle. She was leaning against a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, that was definitely custom made since they don't come out in Black and Red. I saw Katherine smirk when she caught me staring at her car. She then turns around and gets into the driver's seat. I go and get into the passenger seat as she starts the car. Once I'm in, she takes off really fast. Thank Odin for the fact that we are immortals. "Nice car" I saw when we crossed out of New Orleans. "Thanks" she turns looking at me before she turns her face to the front again. As I was looking around the car, I noticed something strange. Why did Katherine Pierce of all people have a children's car seat attached to the car? This is her car, so does that mean she has a child. Does Elijah know? No, I don't think he does. She might have had the child while she turned human again. Why has she not mentioned a child? Is this why she is ignoring Elijah? Ok maybe I'm over reacting and she was just babysitting someone else's child or maybe someone borrowed her car. I don't know why but I feel like I should put my money on option 1. Oh well, I won't know unless I ask her.

"Why do you have a car seat in your car? Do you have children?" There is a long pause, wherein I can see her contemplating her answer. I wonder if she will answer me or not. Finally after a sigh of resignation she answers "I have 2 kids. And before you ask, No they were not born while I was human, but while I was a vampire". I am shocked on hearing that. So many questions are running through my mind. How is this possible? As if she knew what I was thinking, she says "Nature's Loophole. Didn't you ever wonder why Elijah was so quick to believe the witches when you were told that the were-slut was caring your child" she says to my shock. "Keep this between us. Don't question Elijah about it. The truth will be revealed soon. Don't let him know that you know about it". She doesn't want Elijah to know that I know. Strange. Wait a minute, Is Elijah the father for her children. From her statements it would appear so. A lot of things started to make sense now. Why Elijah stayed away from us since 1490, only meeting us every few decades. But why didn't he tell us that Katherine had kids. What else is he hiding? I guess I will have to wait to get answers to those questions. Though now I am really curious to know what Elijah did to anger her. This story is starting to get rather interesting. I can't wait to watch the fun.

"Ok we have been on the road for over 3 hours now and I have never known you to be this silent. What happened to you? Why the sudden change?" I ask her. "I died" she says. "I am aware of that" I tell her in exasperation. Of course I know she died. I did go to see her dead, granted I was a little side-tracked. "Death changes you. You tend to relive your past, since there is basically nothing else to do. All the mistakes you made. All the pain you caused. Since the other side was destroyed, a new place was built in its place. The Afterlife. It's basically a replica of this world filled with the supernatural. It's peaceful there. Unfortunately we can see the people of this world. I know everything that happened since my death. I tried to keep a watch on Hope as much as I could along with my own children. Unfortunately since we could not interact with this world, I could not warn your'll about Dahlia and Ester" she says to my surprise.

I didn't know what to think. I understand looking after your own kids, but she even looked after mine. No matter what has happened in the past or what will happen in the future, I will always be grateful to Katherine Pierce for looking out for my little girl. "I never thought I would ever say this this to you but Thank You. Hope is my world. I am glad she had someone looking out for her even if that person was in Afterlife" I say to her. "You're welcome. Though just so you know, I am still looking out for her and I always will in the future. She's a special child. Just like my children" she says to my surprise. "What do you mean just like your children?" I ask her. "I mean that my daughter and son are just like Hope. Special but not the same" she says. "Ok I am totally confused" I tell her. "Hope is a Vampire-Werewolf-Witch tribrid. My kids on the other hand are Vampire-Witch-Doppelganger tribrids" she says to my shock.

What the hell? How is this possible? I feel like my brain is going to explode. The only thing I can understand from this is that my Hope won't be alone in this world. "Where are your children? How old are they? Can they meet Hope?" I ask her. "Nadia was my oldest, she's 450 years old. My son on the other hand is a year older than Hope and he lives with me in New Orleans " she says. Wow there is nearly half a millennium between both kids. I wonder who their fathers are. As though reading my mind she says to my shock "Their father happens to be my cheating rat of a husband". She's married? Then what the hell was she doing with Elijah. At that moment something she said came in my head. "What did you mean by Nadia was my oldest? Isn't she still the oldest". To my surprise I see tears come in her eyes. The great Katherine Pierce who never shows any emotions has tears in her eyes. "Nadia is dead. She got bitten by Tyler Lockwood when she was in Mystic Falls. It was too late to give her your blood even though we had it on hand". Now that surprised me. "Do I want to know how you got my blood". She just gave me a look saying I'm Katherine Pierce. "You came back to life. Can't you bring her back" I ask her.

"That's the thing I can bring her back but she would not be the age she died. Instead she would be a new-born" she says. "How is that possible?" I ask her. "Nadia was what is known as a pure soul. When a pure soul dies they are given a second chance in life. A chance to be reborn" she says. "But won't she be reborn to some other person?" I ask in confusion. "Normally she would have. But luckily for me, I know the ruler of afterlife. When we perform the ritual to bring back Kol and Finn, I will be also getting Nadia back. She will leave afterlife as a grownup but enter this world as a new-born" she answers. "There you go. You're going to see to see Nadia again in no more than two months. You should be happy not crying" I tell her. "I know. Though I will be really happy if I got Tyler Lockwood's head on a platter. Unfortunately for me, that moron went into hiding after Nadia died to escape my wrath.

"You talk to the Mystic falls misfits?" I ask her. "Oh Yes. We settled all our differences when I turned human. Let's just say that they found my dull as a dishwasher doppelganger to be worse than me. They woke up the most powerful creature in the history of world in their quest to get poor little Elena the cure. But she ended up shoving it down my throat and she expected them to understand why she did it. Thank god they were slowly starting to realize things when I was given the cure. When she told them what she had done, they were so angry. They risked everything for her but it was in vain" she said. "She misses you too you know. She just isn't ready yet" she says surprising me. I knew who was talking about. My heart could burst with joy on hearing that she missed me. I know she is not ready. She still needs to discover herself. She could take as long as she needed. I have waited a 1000 years for her and I will wait another 1000 years for her because she is worth it. My sweet Caroline…