A/N: I own nothing, this is the result of pixie sticks and negative sleep. Read and Review. Tell me what you think? Love it? Hate it? Think I should have never touch a keyboard again? Tell me, please :)
The night passed into the fading shadows, until the nightwalkers began to crawl in from their holes in the dark. Crowding through the floor of Le'Baiser they pushed past the regulars. One of them, slipped past the barrier of the bar and began to grind on Kiran.
Noting the chaos, Cali slipped out from one of the back rooms and took in the horde of vampires in her brothel.
"What the fuck? Get off the staff you idiot!" she snapped as she walked back and tried to yank the vamp off Kiran.
"Bitch. I'm just trying to enjoy myself, before we go on a wolf hunt." he snarled, shoving Cali back into the wall.
"Not in my establishment you're not." she hissed as she pulled out her vervain necklace and whipped it across his face.
"Oh Cali, you shouldn't have done that." Marcel drawled as he reached over and grabbed her arm. "Service, tonight little cunt. With this charming young man."
"You can't do that, you don't have the power. Klaus is in charge now." Cali whispered, her eyes widening slightly.
"Oh what Klaus doesn't know won't hurt him. Now go, or I'll have some fun with your pretty new bartender." Marcel hissed, pushing Cali into the vampire's arms.
"Hello little bitch, my name is Grant and you're going to be my little plaything, all night long." he growled, grabbing Cali around the waist and ripping her from safety into the night.
Several hours went by, until it was time to close up that Kat finally emerged from the back office, ink staining her hands. Looking around the floor, she noted the increase in disarray, chairs tipped over, broken tables split in two. Turning towards the bar, Kat smirked and sauntered towards Kiran.
"So you've met your first wave of nightwalkers. Sorry, that's not the greatest first impression."
"Kat, something happened to your friend Cali, this vampire he took her. She was trying to protect me, I'm so sorry I didn't know what to do." Kiran stammered, tears slipping down her cheeks.
"Cali." Kat whispered as she sank against the bar, opening her senses to her best friends pain. Searing flames and burning flesh filled her mind, sending her reeling across the room.
"Katerina?" Kiran whispered, noting Kat's apparent bender.
"I will break him." Kat hissed as she lifted her head to meet Kiran's gaze, her normally blue eyes infused with onyx.
Striding out of Le'Baiser wind ripped across the streets, street lights erupting into fiery sparks, glass shattering. Power whirled around Kat, magic gleaming across her skin as she followed Cali's pain. Time seemed to crash to a standstill as she walked, until finally she reached the scene.
Standing over Cali's prone, naked form, Kat turned towards Grant. Sending her magic forward, she reached into his mind, sending him screaming into the dirt.
"BREAK." She snarled, watching blood pour from his eyes, nose, and mouth. "Feel each neuron erupt, feel your veins dry up, your heart shrivel within your chest." His skin began to decay, the undead life disappearing from him.
"Katerina, what have you done." Klaus whispered,as he helped Cali to her feet.
"Vengeance. He hurt her, he will pay." she hissed, turning towards Klaus, her black eyes glittering beneath the shattered streetlights.
"He has paid love, he's dead. And Cali is healing, I fed her my blood. Now calm down."
"No. No. I will not calm down. I am the touch of death, the darkness to cleanse this foul place from his kind's vile touch. Where is Marcel, he must pay." Kat howled into the wind, as fire began to ignite against the pavement.
"Kat, please calm down. I'm fine, please Kit Kat. You can't go down that path, Marcel will have Davina crush you." Cali muttered, reaching towards Kat.
"Davina? She is nothing, just an uncontrollable vessel of power that will erupt. I am in control, I know what I am doing Accalia." Kat replied, turning her gaze onto Cali.
"Do you? Because it looks to me as if you've lost it. Like when that bitch Kristen came at me, but worse. You're almost gone Kat, and I can't lose another person."
"Accalia is right Katerina, this power that you've tapped into. It is dark magic, and nothing good ever comes of it. If you want revenge against Marcel, there is another way. Come with me, and I shall give it to you." Klaus said, holding out his hand.
"Dark magic? But, I'm not evil." Kat muttered, the darkness flooding from her into the fading night.
"No you're not love, you're just confused. Come on, let's get you two inside, out of this." Klaus replied grabbing the two and carrying them away from the pain.
Several weeks passed before Kat would leave her room on the compound. And another two before she could go downstairs. When she finally did, she walked right into a fight. Wind was ripping through the compound, slamming the windows into their frames. Marcel was tackling Klaus as Elijah stood off to the side viewing the spectacle.
"What is going on?" Kat whispered, her voice cracking from disuse.
"They're trying to sacrifice Davina to the Harvest. They say she's going to destroy the city with her power." Marcel snarled as he lunged for Klaus again, only to be shoved off by a wave of Kat's hand.
"Well it's true, Davina is going to explode." Kat mumbled as she rubbed her head. "I can feel the power crashing through the air, she's exuding it every second, every minute."
"Do you have any suggestions?" Klaus said, walking towards her.
"Nope, besides completing the Harvest. Which you need an Elder witch for, which means you need to consecrate the bones of a powerful witch. And I am not up to volunteer for that, so have fun."
"Yeah, Sophie tried to do that with Elijah's ex-beau Celeste's bones but it didn't work, so we're using my mom's." Klaus chuckled.
"That sounds nice, I'll be in the kitchen. Don't bother me." Kat replied as she walked off.
The wind storm faded to a deluge of rain, the water crashing against the walls of the compound, sending Kat's headache into a full blown migraine. In a daze, she walked outside and headed down the road, for miles until she reached Klaus's plantation. Whispers echoed across her mind, power calling to her making her blood sing. Sloshing through the mud, she came across the the Mikaelson family and the open grave.
"Katerina, what are you doing here?" Elijah said as he walked towards her, covering her sodden form with his umbrella.
"The power called to me, it sang out making my blood hum. Why is that Elijah, why does your mom call to me?" Kat whispered, cocking her head to look up at the eldest Original.
"Niklaus, how far back did you look into Katerina's heritage?" Elijah hissed towards his brother.
"To Europe, her witch blood is mixed with Quetsiyah's Traveler magic." Klaus said.
"Yes, but what witch line is she descended from?" Rebekah snapped.
"Ah, from some woman named Freeya daughter of Michel."
"Oh no, no, no. Mother said the name of that child she lost in the old world, it was Michel." Rebekah whispered.
"What does that mean?" Kat mumbled as she shivered under the umbrella.
"It means, that you have Mikaelson blood. Give me your hand." Rebekah growled as she took Kat's hand, and slashed a knife across it, letting the blood fall over the coffin.
"Wait, what?" Kat said, jerking back to cradle her hand against her chest.
"Cousin!" Klaus yelled as he lunged for Kat and pulled her into a bear hug.
"GETOFFMEKLAUS." Kat mumble shouted into his chest as she squirmed against him. "I can't breathe."
"Oh, sorry. But we're cousins! I knew there was a reason I liked you!" Klaus yelled, reaching for Kat again.
"Oh fuck. I'm related to you lot. I'm crazy, its in the blood. I'm a crazy sociopath." Kat muttered, jerking away from Klaus and the others. "I, I need to go and curl up into a ball and talk to myself for awhile."
The Harvest, failed. Kat and Cali found out, as Marcel came reeling in from the rain, sobbing and screaming followed by Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah. The compound was dead silent, for days. Until one day, when Klaus came running through the kitchen where Kat was making Haley a sandwich.
"The bitch is dying the bitch is dying!" He cheered, picking Kat up and swinging her around.
"Who is dying?" Kat muttered as Klaus set her down.
"Katarina Petrova, the doppleganger bitch. How would you like to go on a field trip with me to gloat over her dying body?"
"Sure, I could use a break from the boredom. And Cali's sex screams." Kat shrugged as she handed the finished sandwich to Haley.
"Can I go?" Haley mumbled between bites.
"No, you're pregnant, and she may try to kill you for revenge." Klaus said. "Pack a bag, we leave in an hour. I get to see Caroline." Klaus smiled, earning an elbow to the ribs by Kat.
"Oh joy, so I finally get to meet the love of your life?"
"She's not much to see." Haley grumbled at their retreating backs.
The road trip, thankfully was uneventful as Klaus and Kat entered the small town of Mystic Falls. Passing along the forest road, Klaus parked the car and the two got out.
"Okay, I'm going to go find Caroline. If you get bored in the forest, head over to the big brick house, I'll meet you there." Klaus said before rushing off into the forest.
Nodding over at Rebekah's arrival, Kat began to wander through the woods. Dancing beneath the boughs of the trees, she made her way towards the massive mansion Klaus had mentioned. Music rang out drawing her in, until she walked through the front door. Taking in the antique settings, she wandered down the hall and into a crowd of people doing shots.
Leaning over, Kat grabbed a shot glass, downed it, and began to dance. Spinning around to the beat, she tripped slightly, and fell into someone. Arms propped her up, keeping her from crashing to the ground as piercing blue eyes bore into hers.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" the man asked, shaking Kat.
"Katerina, there you are." Klaus called as he walked in the door, following a disheveled blonde girl.
"Klaus, what are you doing here?" the man holding Kat snapped.
"Oh, he's here to gloat about Katharine." the blonde girl stammered.
"No one asked you Caroline." the man snapped.
"Shut up Damon. And let go of my cousin." Klaus growled.
"Cousin?" Damon said, jerking away from Kat.
"Yes, Katarina here is descended from Quetsiyah and my mother…" Klaus mumbled as Kat rolled her eyes.
"You have family, wow. And here I thought she was just another one of your paid whores." Caroline hissed, earning a glare from Kat.
"Please, she's not a whore. Her friend Cali is." Klaus chuckled.
"Cali?" Damon muttered.
"Not the one you killed." Kat said, "Shut the fuck up Klaus, like you have room to talk."
"Oh, I like her." Damon smirked.
"Okay, where are the drinks. I need to make a toast to Katarina Petrova's imminent demise." Klaus said reaching for the bottle.
"I'm back." a voice said as a young man walked down the hall.
"Tyler!" the blonde guy sitting across from Kat yelled as he ran towards him.
"Matt. Hey buddy, I'm a parting gift from Rebekah. Hello Caroline." Tyler said as he hugged Matt, and then he noticed Klaus. Snarling he lunged towards the Original as he threw back a shot. Lifting a hand, Kat flicked it at Tyler and sent him flying across the room.
"Bad boy!" she snapped as she rose, sending another blast of power at him as he tried to get up.
"Your cousin is a witch?" Damon said, raising an eyebrow at Klaus.
"Yes, you could say she's a witch/traveler hybrid." Klaus replied as Kat walked over towards Tyler and pat his head as he lay on the ground.
"Good puppy." she purred, ruffling his hair.
"She's not that powerful." A dark skinned girl said, as she uncurled from her spot next to the Hunter.
"Oh Bonnie love, she's far more powerful than you ever were." Klaus chuckled as Kat returned to her position next to the shot glasses.
"Cute." Kat snickered, taking another glass.
"It's not a competition Klaus, besides I'm the anchor between this world and the Other Side." Bonnie snapped.
"Oh it is a competition love, besides I always win." Klaus smirked. "Isn't that right Caroline?"
"So it went well?" Kat smiled as she turned towards Damon who still stood next to her, a confused look on his face while Klaus turned to glare at her slightly.
"You're a witch and traveler named Katerina. How is anyone else not finding this ironic?" Damon questioned.
"Oh we do, but we're choosing to ignore it since she seems nicer. And she's powerful and we don't want to piss her off." the Hunter said, earning a smile from Kat.
"That's a smart move Hunter." she replied.
"How do you know I'm a Hunter? And my name is Jeremy."
"You stink of it, Jeremy. No offense." Kat said, as she downed another shot.
"Okay, you're cut off." Klaus said reaching for her hand. "We don't need another drunken fire dance."
"Well considering that, that was your fault and the fact that I'm not that drunk, You can shove it." Kat snapped, earning a chuckle from Damon.
"And here I thought Cali was the troublemaker, and it turns out you are. My eyes are now open."
"Oh really, that's funny. Oh look the wolf pup is waking up. I can't believe you dated that dick Caroline, you know he tried to kill my friend Haley." Kat said turning towards Caroline.
"He did what, why?" Caroline gasped.
"Well Haley is…" Kat's voice was cut off as Klaus grabbed her by the mouth.
"Time to go, remember love. New Orleans secrets stay in New Orleans." Klaus said as he pulled Kat along.
"Whatever. It was nice to meet everyone, have fun toasting to the death of the name stealer. Don't talk to strangers and oh, someone just did a spell, good luck!" Kat giggled as they left.