You didn't really believe I'd let Kat die, did you? Of course I can't do that! Neither to you nor me nor Kalijah! so here is the actual last chapter of Shattered Me. But it doesn't mean it's going to end here for I am thinking of writing a sequel...

Disclaimer: I still own nothing, I never will and that's all I have to say before you finally get the last chapter of Shattered Me

"The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death." - Oscar Wilde

Chapter 8 - Elijah

While he sat there, at Katerina's side he drowned in memories, memories of all those times they were happy, most of them Katerina didn't even remember. For example the occurences of Persia almost 400 years ago...

Slowly he made his way towards her, brushing the silk cloths out of his way. And then he saw her. Those almost hundred years that had passed since he saw her last time only increased her beauty if that was even possible. She laid on a divan and smiled at him seductively. She was clothed in Arabian garments and looked not like a princess nor a lady and surely not a harem girl. No Katerina looked like a goddess. Like a goddess of seduction and devotion of love and committment. Slowly he took the last steps towards her. In her eyes remembrance flickered up for a moment when she laid her eyes o him. "Elijah" Her voice was a low purr. Oh how he loved her. And how he wanted her. And how bad he felt whenever he left her. But his brother couldn't get her! He would kill her and that was something Elijah wouldn't be able to bear. finally the Original stood in front of Katerina and gently kissed her hand. She laughed lowly and pulled him down to kiss her.

More tears found their way out of Elijah's eyes and he didn't hold them back. Why fight when there was nothing to fight for? He kissed Katerina again muttering a "Soon we will be reunited" towards her and finally left his rooms.

Chapter 8 (still) - Rebekah

The blonde Original barely recognized her brother when he entered the living room. "Katerina is dead" he announced. With an impressive timing Hayley chose this very moment to come in smiling and muttering about now that Kat was away Elijah would finally be hers. Rebekah laughed at her while Elijah held to the bookshelf firmly, most likely to not rip out her heart. And then Hayley Marshall showed the total lack of any sense and told Caroline, Elijah and Rebekah - though she seemed not to have noticed the two blondes being there - what she thought about Katerina Petrova. "Finally she's dead. I can't really say I am sorry for her, because I am not. She was slutty, a bitch, arrogant, manipulating, cheating, disloyal in almost every possible way and so annoying. But now Elijah, you should be glad. You got rid of her! And that leaves only you and me. No more Katherine to draw you away from me, no more slutty Katherine fucking Pierce stealing you away from me. It's only you and me now." "I don't think so, wereslut! Elijah is and always will be mine just as I am and always will be his. It's meant to be and sorry to tell you this but you're way to unimportant to interfere with fate. And if you little filthy pregnant werewolf whore don't keep your dirty hands away from my man I will cut them off. And I suggest you keep that stupid mouth of yours under control because you won't keep you tongue other way. Last time I checked neither hands nor tongue were needed to give birth." A well-known voice was heard from the doorway. Immediately all of them looked towards her, Caroline with relief, Rebekah with surprise and Elijah with pure bliss. Not caring about Hayley anymore the Original rushed to Katerina and encircled her with his arms holding her firmly. When he finally released her and took a step back, Katerina did something no one had seen coming. Rebekah's perfect brother was slapped. The moment Elijah had released her, Katerina had slapped him with all her strength. Which was obviously pretty much as he seemed to feel physical pain. "What..." He wanted to ask but Kat didn't let him. "I told you not to give me your blood! And you did it anyway!" she shouted at him. Rebekah suppressed a laugh but couldn't hold back a smile. "I couldn't let you just die without even trying!" Elijah said calmly. "I know. And I'm not angry with you. I simply couldn't let that go untreated. You're not angry with me, are you?" Her last words sounded insecure. Elijah pulled her closer to his chest. "Of course I'm not. It was my fault." And then he kissed her.

Chapter 8 (this time it's really the last) - Katerina

I was with Elijah in the garden. After putting the wereslut in her place Elijah organized me some blood to complete the transition into a vampire. Gladly I hadn't had to bother with a sunprotector as I still had my cameo. Now we sat in the shadow of an old willow tree. Suddenly Elijah stood up and kneeled down before me. "Katerina Afira Petrova, will you do me the incredible honour of becoming my wife?" He asked pulling out a black velvet box with a ring inside. I screamed of joy. "Yes, yes of course yes" I told him excited and he slid the simple yet beautiful ring on my finger. It was a very classy one, made of gold looking like two intertwined twigs holding a single jewel, a tiny drop-shaped ruby. It was a very old one too. "When did you get it?" I dared to ask him. Elijah smiled at me, than answered. "In 1492" I smiled too and kissed him. "I love you Elijah" I told him. "And I love you my Katerina"

So this was the final chapter (this time I am not joking ;) ) There will be an epilogue, there will probably be a chapter with all those flashbacks I had planned on including that I took out and there probably will be a little recap of the characters where they tell how they feel about this end situation. Maybe (if you tell me to or I am so bored with my life or full of ideas that for once don't include miracle pregnancies) I will write a sequel called "Broken Me" or "Shining Me" telling both, how it goes on from there and some passages of five hundred years of history between our favourite characters, including a story about Kathrine making friends with a red-haired dare-devil being the oldest vampire on earth except of the Originals and of course the story of Kathrine conspiring with Kol and like that causing more or less a world war and one or two revolutions, also the story of how Elijah losing faith in his youngest brother's sanity when Kol causes a war going on for a hundred years and falling for Jeanne d'Arc, who turns out to be an impressive girl and will be an even more impressive vampire considering she's able to get Stefan down from the Ripper-Tripps... So yeah that's what the Sequel would be about and well, soon there'll be the epilogue and then it is "Goodbye Shattered Me"

Medusa