A/N: So here it is. The Final Chapter. Enjoy
The Truth Behind The Lies
Katrine had managed to find a room with comfortable looking chairs. It was an old drawing room with many books and desks. Katrine sat herself on one couch and Elijah took the place beside her. The Winchesters hesitantly sat across from them, a small coffee table separating the vampires from the humans.
"So," Katrine started, "What do you want to know?"
Dean scoffed, "What do you think? You summoned Hellhounds from the ground. You were defending these monsters."
At this Elijah snarled showing his fangs. Katrine placed her hand on his arm to quieten him.
"I am what is called a Nightmare Vampire. Not only do I feed off blood but also the energy of nightmares. Of course I am in complete control of these nightmares. I can summon a nightmare to appear in front of someone while they are awake or do it the conventional way, when they are sleeping."
Sam's face conveyed intense interest, "So you can be killed by decapitation, like him," he pointed to Elijah.
Katrine laughed, "Actually, the conventional way to kill vampires is with a stake to the heart. To kill a Nightmare Vampire is, yes, decapitation. But Elijah is an Original Vampire, one of the first. The only way to kill him is with a very specific stake, which I'm not going to identify for obvious reason."
Sam sat forward intrigued, "So he was turned by the Alpha."
Katrine shook her head, "Their mother, who was a very powerful witch, turned them into vampires."
Now Dean was shaking his head, "All vampires come from the Alpha, who was created by Eve."
"Eve needed her inspiration from somewhere," Katrine sat back fully satisfied with the look on the boys faces.
"So the stakes aren't a myth," Dean said. He turned to the window and back to Katrine, "But what about light?"
"That burns," Elijah said. "Prove it," came Dean's response.
Elijah laughed, "It won't burn an Original. I wouldn't try to underestimate me."
"But it would burn you," Dean nodded at Katrine. Katrine sighed and removed her ring from her finger. She placed it on the table and walked to the window.
"Careful," Elijah said, "Don't want you to combust." Katrine smirked and placed her hand in front of the window, wincing as her hand began to burn. She yanked her hand out of the sunlight and in a second she was in the other side of the room, submerging her hand in a container of water.
"Whoa," Dean exclaimed, "How did you do that?" "Super-speed and super-strength," Katrine replied, "Perks of being a vampire."
"What about that?" Sam pointed at her ring. Katrine sat down and put her ring back on as Elijah explained, "This is day ring. It allows vampires to walk in the sunlight."
"We can also make other people do whatever we want them to. It's called compulsion. Vampires can compel other species but can't compel other vampires. Originals can compel anyone, including other vampires," Katrine slowly explained, making sure the boys got every word.
"Seriously," Dean raised an eyebrow. Katrine turned to Sam and looked in his eyes, "Slap Dean." Sam turned around and struck Dean on his cheek.
"Whoa," Sam cried out, "I didn't mean to do that." Elijah smirked as Dean's face turned red. "Well played, Ward." "Apology accepted," Katrine copied Elijah's smirk.
"So everything we were taught about vampires is a lie?" Sam's brow creased in a mixture of confusion and frustration. "Pretty much," Katrine replied.
"Is there any other knowledge you would like us to grace you with?" Elijah queried. "How long have you guys been around?" Sam asked.
"Over a thousand years," Elijah replied. "I was born in 1446," Katrine answered. Sam quickly did the math, "That makes you 568 years old."
Dean whistled, "And looking good for your age." Elijah quickly out his arm around Katrine's shoulder. "And I will look like this until I lose my head," Katrine leant into Elijah, looking slightly sad for a moment.
She lost the unhappiness as the brothers stood up, "Well we better get going. Some of us have jobs." Katrine stood up and hugged the brothers in turn.
As they went to leave, Dean turned and said to Elijah, "I'm still not sorry about the mess or the death." Elijah's face turned to stone and Katrine quickly pushed Dean out the door, "You better go before you find your heart on the floor." Katrine walked them through the compound and the Quarter until they reached the Impala
"Goodbye Katrine," Sam waved. "Bye boys," Katrine waved back, "And if I ever see you round here again I will personally rip your heads off." "Gottcha," Dean gulped as he pulled the Impala off the curb and down the street.
Katrine returned to the compound to see the clean-up had begun. Vampires and hunters had been placed separately. The vampires were in neat rows and the various parts of the hunters were in a bonfire formation. There were definitely more hunters than vampires.
As she entered, she was applauded. Vampires congratulated her on the victory and even Marcel smiled at her. Rebekah rushed to her and engulfed her in a tight hug,
"Nobody would tell me where you had gone." "Just saying goodbye to some friends." Katrine saw Elijah on the terrace overlooking the celebrations. He slowly walked around and into his room. Katrine squeezed her friend back and excused herself.
Elijah's room was exactly as it looked all those years ago. And Katrine loved it. But Elijah was standing at the window looking out down onto the street below.
Katrine wrapped her arms around his waist and followed his eye-line out the window, "What's wrong?" Elijah let out a breath he didn't realise he was holding, "You let those two hunters go after telling them everything about us."
"It wasn't fair to not do either of those. They saved my life so many times and they deserved to know who they had been travelling with for all those years."
"You have a heart of gold and the kindness of someone who has seen too much," Elijah turned to look at her, their faces mere inches apart, "What really happened in England?" Katrine sighed and leaned her head against Elijah's chest.
"I became a doctor. I compelled everyone to believe I had the necessary qualifications. The Emergency Department I worked in saw a lot of tragedy and death. I was fed up with it. So anyone who was on the brink of death, I fed them my blood."
Elijah had since let go of Katrine and was now rubbing his face in despair.
"Two of the doctors found out and I couldn't compel them to forget. They realised I was saving lives and no more so they left me alone," Katrine sighed and sat on the edge of the bed, "But then I treated a vampire hunter. I should have realised that he had vampire bites on his neck, but all I was told was that he was losing too much blood and that he was going to die. When he came round he knew instantly that it was me and he staked me. That was when I decided it had gone too far and I left. A few years later I got a phone call telling me that one of the doctors that helped me had been killed by a vampire hunter."
Elijah sat beside Katrine as the tears started to roll down her cheeks. "It was my fault and now his kids are on their own," Katrine buried her face in Elijah's chest and sobbed quietly.
He held her and began to think how differently everything could have happened. He was meant to go to England with Katrine but pulled out at the last minute to sort out one of Niklaus' messes. "I'm so sorry Katrine," Elijah's eyes began to water, "I promise I will never leave you again. You will never be alone."
The door to Elijah's room burst open as Klaus excitedly pounded in. Katrine quickly wiped her eyes as did Elijah. Klaus immediately knew something was wrong with his friend and knelt in front of her, "What's wrong love?"
"Nothing, Niklaus," Elijah answered as Katrine struggled to find her voice, "we were just chatting." Klaus sighed, knowing he would be told no more, and stood up, "Well, we are ready to light the human bonfire if you would care to join us."
"We will be down in a moment, Klaus," Katrine promised, standing up. Klaus nodded and left the room, mumbling something about matches.
"We better show our faces or people will start to wonder what's wrong," Katrine walked to the adjoining bathroom and quickly washed her face. Elijah straightened his suit and opened the door for her, "I love you."
Katrine laughed, "It's just as well I love you too." She quickly kissed him before leading him down into the celebrations.
A/N: Aw, happy ending. I hope you've enjoyed this.
Lots of Vampire Kisses,
Kat xx