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Elijah POV

I ran, ran faster than I had ever ran before, cradling my beloved Katerina in my arms, desperate to reach New Orleans and have Sophie save my Katerina.

"Sophie!" I bellowed and she came running. She took but one look at my precious Katerina and began chanting, she knew spells that even my mother knew not. I was confident she could save her.

"Elijah, cut yourself and pour your blood into this cup" Sophie demanded before she continued chanting. I quickly sliced open my arm and let the scarlet blood seep in to the cup and fill it.

"What do you need my blood for?" I asked, wondering how she would save my sweet Katerina, for she had ingested the cure and so vampire blood wouldn't work.

"I'm going to make her an Original" Sophie said determinedly. My mind whirring at million paces processed this information, I was unsure of my reaction but if it saved my darling I would not protest. She spelled the cup with herbs and then forced it down sweet Katerina's throat. Katerina instantly fell and would have been severely hurt had I not caught her. She was cold to the touch and I feared she was dead.

Diana POV

After having spent a lovely afternoon with Marcel, having a picnic I wondered if we might ever be together. We have been growing closer and although it has been mostly platonic there are times when the tension between us is unbearable and I have wanted him so desperately. I arrived home, still in a mood of pure bliss, happy thoughts streaming through my head when I heard my uncle Elijah shouting and screaming that 'his Katerina couldn't be dead'. This loss of composure deeply frightened me for my dearest uncle seldom lost his perfect veneer that shielded me from the truth. I rushed in to the parlour and saw him rocking a doppelganger's body back and forth while crying great wracking sobs that reverberated throughout the house. It must be Katherine I concluded for my uncle loved her deeply but she was dead. I didn't know that and went to comfort my uncle.

"It's okay I'm here, it'll be alright Unky Lijah" I comforted, using my childhood nickname for my uncle in the hope of calming him down. My attempts were futile as constantly he pushed me away. I tried to calm him down but nothing was working. What could I do though? He loved Katherine with every fibre of his being; they had been lovers and enemies so long.

"My Katerina!" I heard him angrily shout once more, grief had overtaken him to the point of despair.

Klaus's POV

"My Katerina!" I heard screamed by Elijah. What had happened to make my brother lose his composure? I ran to his aid in the parlour and discovered the cold, dead body of Katherine lying on the floor and Diana attempting to comfort my brother. I was shocked. Katherine had meant a great deal to my brother, I thought as I joined Diana in comforting him.

"Brother, I am so sorry for your loss" I consoled when he attacked me.

"You killed her Nik. She's dead!" He cried inconsolably as he pinned me to the wall, venting his anger and grief. I remained motionless. How could I dare t fight against the brother who loved me? Who wanted nothing more than the unity of our family? Then I saw Elijah being pulled away by Rebekah. So she had found out too. Our family at this moment was in tatters. Elijah weeping sorrowful tears, Diana putting on a brave face, even Rebekah is shedding tears and I feel sorrow for my enemy. What a strange happening. Despite my grievances against Katherine I wished she was alive, anything to spare my brother from this pain, the gaping hole in his heart left by her demise.

"Nik. Nik!" Rebekah called sadly.

"Yes." I answered dully.

"We should take him upstairs to rest." Rebekah said thoughtfully. Between us we lifted him in spite of his raging against it and attempting to escape and then I took him. Took him to his room and comforted my older brother who had always comforted me. A stranger twist of fate I will never see.

Rebekah POV

I helped Nik with Elijah and then fell to the floor, wondering what sins our family could have committed for us to be punished so harshly. Elijah has lost his love, Nik refuses to let anyone close enough and every man I have ever loved has betrayed me. Except, the sweet, kind human Matt. My dearest, most loved brother alongside Nik has had his heart broken. Not just broken but shattered into a million pieces. Looking at her, Katherine, now makes me feel deep remorse, we were friends once upon a time and now she is lying dead. Her body pale and motionless as if she were just sleeping. Sleeping, what a joke that would be. I inched myself closer to Katherine, intending to close her eyes so that it would appear as if she was sleeping. But then I saw it, a tiny flush of pink swarming her cheeks slowly. It was too good to be true. How could it be true? I saw her lying dead upon the ground as if she had never stirred before. But now, I see tiny flutters of her eyes. She will survive. For Elijah's sake. I will ensure it.