Saving your ass
Completely AUish btw. A/n Damon killed Jermey instead of Katherine.
No ones pov
The first time was weird. Katherine had been watching Elena in the woods, little human Elena Gilbert. So vulnerable, and all alone. Katherine hated to admit it but she was actually watching over the teenager. Something in her just felt the need to protect her.
Suddenly Elena was face to face with Rebekah. "Katherine pierce." Rebekah said smiling smugly. "W-What? Who's Katherine?" Elena asked fearfully as Rebekah circled around her, the devious smile never leaving her lips.
Suddenly Rebekah's smile fell, "You're- You're human." Rebekah said. "Of course I am." Elena said, her voice laced with confusion and fear. "Who are you?" The blonde asked and Elena furrowed her eyebrows.
"My names Elena Gilbert." Elena said and Rebekah smiled deviously. "Hmm, you look like an old friend." Rebekah said and Elena stared at her uncertainly. "Too bad I'm hungry and I have to kill you." The original vampire said. She walked closer to Elena and Elena backed up, till her back was to a tree.
"P-Please don't hurt me." Elena said begging. "Begging will get you nowhe-" Rebekah couldn't even finish her sentence due to how fast Katherine showed up and snapped her neck.
Elena was about to say something but Katherine grabbed her face and stared into her eyes, "Run home. Forget everything that just happened." Katherine said compelling the human and Elena nodded as she ran.
"You're welcome for saving your ass by the way." Katherine mumbled as she sped off.
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The second time was even stranger, more to Elena than it was to Katherine. Elena had gotten to know Katherine and as far as she knew Katherine hated her. But that wasn't the case- at least Katherine knew it wasn't the case.
Something inside of Katherine cared for Elena, something she had buried deep down hundreds of years ago. So she watched over her, even with the Salvatore brothers practically hovering over her, Katherine still watched.
Which is how she ended up trailing close behind Elena as the teenager walked home.
Suddenly Elena was face to face with a guy, fear written all over him. "I'm sorry I have to do this." The guy said as his fangs pocked out of his mouth and the veins around his eyes became visible.
Katherine suddenly sped over and ripped the guy's heart out from behind. As she held it in her hand she smirked and the guy fell to the floor.
"K-Katherine?" Elena asked still in a state of shocked. Katherine looked at her and noticed she was wearing the vervain necklace Stefan had given her, she knew there was no use in trying to compel her.
Without another word Katherine sped away leaving a confused Elena alone in the middle of the rode.
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The third time Elena found herself tied to a chair in Klaus's home- or wherever Klaus had brought her. He had drained most of her blood and Elena was about to pass out, when suddenly Katherine appeared.
"How do you always manage to get yourself in these situations?" Katherine asked but Elena didn't speak, instead she was about to close her eyes when Katherine sped towards her.
Katherine bit her own wrist and made Elena drink her blood, suddenly feeling strong again Elena opened her eyes and continued drinking.
Elena removed her mouth from Katherine's wrist and stared at her, she watched intently as Katherine untied her. Katherine then picked the younger girl up and sped away.
They ended up outside of the Salvatore house and Katherine noticed Elena didn't have the necklace on. Katherine stared deeply into Elena's eyes, "Forget I was ever here. If anyone asks, you escaped on your own. The ropes he used to tie you became lose so you escaped while he was gone." Katherine said and Elena nodded as if she were in a trance.
Katherine then sped away leaving a confused Elena alone.
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The fourth time Katherine saved her was when somehow Elena was stuck in a tomb with Rebekah.
Rebekah wanted noting more than to snap Elena's pretty little neck. But of course Rebekah being Rebekah she played mind games with her, scaring Elena to the point where Elena would've pissed herself.
But when Rebekah's hands were suddenly grasped around Elena's neck and Elena desperately trying to escape the older woman, Katherine of course showed up and snapped Rebekah's neck.
"That never gets old." Katherine chuckled staring at Rebekah who was unconscious on the floor. Elena was gasping for air as she fell to the floor. "Hey, hey, it's okay." Katherine said as she got on her knees and stared at Elena.
"H-How did you know I was here?" Elena asked carefully and Katherine shrugged. "Doesn't matter, now come on, let's get you out of here." Katherine said as she picked up Elena and sped out of the tomb that Rebekah was stuck in.
Katherine then set Elena down. "Thank you." Elena said breathlessly and Katherine stared at her. "Don't thank me quite yet." Katherine said and before Elena could say anything Katherine was compelling her.
"Go back to the Salvatore house. Forget any of this ever happened." Katherine said and Elena nodded as she walked off. Katherine took a shaky breath and sped off.
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Katherine would be lying if she said it didn't make her jealous every time she saw Elena with Stefan or Damon. But what could she do? All she knew was she had to protect her, no matter what.
Elena practically hated Katherine and Katherine knew that. After all she had compelled the girl almost every time she saved her ass. But Katherine didn't mind, all she knew was Elena was safe and that was fine.
Well at least she would be safe if Katherine could find where the hell Elena was. Stefan had explained to her that Damon had killed Jermey and they couldn't find Elena anywhere.
Katherine finally realized where the brunette could have gone, she ended up at the bridge where her parents died. (A/n Elena's not a vampire yet)
When Katherine got to the bridge she saw Elena standing at the edge about to jump, Katherine sped towards her and grabbed her waist as they both fell backwards towards the road.
"K-Katherine?" Elena asked as Katherine continued holding her. "H-How'd you f-find me?" Elena asked and Katherine sighed, "It doesn't take a genius to figure out where you'd go." Katherine said lightly. "Why are you even here? Don't you hate me?" Elena mumbled, Katherine then realized she was still holding Elena, but she didn't let go.
"Whatever you're going through, killing yourself isn't the answer." Katherine said ignoring Elena's comment. "There's nothing here for me anymore. What's the point?" Elena asked bitterly and Katherine sighed.
"Jermey wouldn't want you to do this." Katherine said and Elena froze. "And how the hell would you know what Jermey wants?" Elena asked bitterly and Katherine looked down at the brunette that was in her arms.
"I don't. But I know he wouldn't want you to do this." Katherine said and Elena stayed silent. "It's not fair!" Elena yelled and Katherine held her closer as the younger human started sobbing into her chest. "I know, I know." Katherine said softly as she stroked the back of Elena's hair.
Elena continued sobbing into her for a good hour, but Katherine didn't complain. After Elena had finally stood up she looked at Katherine, who quickly stood up too.
"T-Thank you." Elena said softly and Katherine sighed. "Yeah well it's whatever." Katherine said bluntly and Elena looked down. "It's not "whatever". Really, thank you." Elena said softly and Katherine sighed.
"You're welcome." She said lightly. "I'm sorry." Katherine mumbled and Elena gave her a look of uncertainty, but before Elena could say anything Katherine was looking intensely into the younger girls eyes.
"Go back to the Salvatore house and forget this happened. You're okay because Jermey would want you to continue living your life. I was never here." Katherine said softly and Elena only nodded.
Katherine let a small tear fall as she sped away.
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Katherine was in deep shit, she had gotten captured by Klaus who was keeping her chained up. She hadn't had any blood in weeks, she was feeling absolutely hopeless. "This is it. This is how I die." Katherine mumbled as she heard the door open, expecting it to be Klaus.
But instead she looked up to see Elena Gilbert. Except something was off, she couldn't smell Elena's delicious blood anymore. That's when Elena broke the chains that were holding Katherine with her bare hands.
"Ah!" Elena hissed at the fact that the chains were covered in vervain but she broke them off anyways. "W-What are you doing?" Katherine mumbled, she couldn't find her voice. Elena had realized that this was the only time she's ever seen Katherine so fragile.
The normally strong and hard headed woman looked completely hopeless. Elena then picked up Katherine bridal style and sped out of the room.
She set Katherine down in the car as she sped to her door and got in. As Elena sped off Katherine coughed, "I-I'm so hungry." Katherine groaned, Elena then reached over to the back seat and threw a blood bag in Katherine's lap.
Katherine wasted no time sucking the bag dry. "More." She practically growled as she grabbed three more blood bags from the backseat.
After she finished she sighed contently as she threw them out the window and licked the blood trickling down her lips.
They sat in silence for awhile, mystic falls was an hour away from where Klaus had kept Katherine.
"What were you doing here anyways?" Katherine asked as she stared at Elena who only stared at the road. "Saving your ass." Elena mumbled, she seemed angry.
"I mean, it's only fair after all the times you saved mine. But I can't compel you to forget." Elena said bitterly and Katherine turned to face the window without saying anything.
"What? Suddenly you're speechless?" Elena asked and Katherine only sighed. The silence that took over only made Elena angrier. She slammed the breaks causing Katherine to hit her head, "Ow! What the hell?!" Katherine hissed and Elena stared at her.
"Why did you compel me to forget every time you saved me?" Elena asked angrily and Katherine only stared at her in response. "Is it because you just enjoy everyone hating you?!" Elena asked, "Well?! Say something!" Elena yelled and Katherine didn't even flinch.
Elena scoffed after Katherine didn't say anything, "Its hopeless." Elena mumbled and Katherine looked down at her lap.
"I'm bad." Katherine stated simply and Elena glanced at her, "W-What?" Elena asked and Katherine sighed. "I'm a bad person. You have enough trouble circling around you, you don't need me there too." Katherine said, "Because I'm the most trouble you'll ever get." Katherine admitted quietly and Elena went silent.
"Then why would you save me all those times? If you didn't want me to have anything to do with you, why stick around and save me?" Elena asked and Katherine sighed in frustration. "You ask too many questions." Katherine mumbled.
"You leave me wondering too much." Elena stated and Katherine sighed. "For the first time in five-hundred years, I felt something. I felt the need to protect you from the moment I saw you, I've never felt that before." Katherine mumbled and Elena felt her heart practically leap out of her chest.
"Then why make me hate you? All this time you led me to believe that you were this horrible person. Why?" Elena asked and Katherine stared out the window.
"I already told you. I'm a bad person. If I were to stick around long enough for you to know me, you'd end up hating me even more than before. You have absolutely no idea how many horrible things I've done." Katherine said bitterly as if every time she said that everything from the past just came flooding back.
"I don't think you'd wanna be around me if you knew." Katherine mumbled and Elena stared at her. "I don't think that's your choice to make." Elena said and Katherine looked down. "It is." Katherine said simply, "I won't stick around long enough to ruin your life." Katherine said and Elena scoffed.
"You act as if the Salvatore brothers didn't already ruin it." Elena stated and Katherine stared at her, "Yeah, they're idiots. But I'm a monster. If you think Damon's bad, you have no idea what I am." Katherine said and Elena looked down.
"You saved my life, multiple times. I don't think a monster would do that." Elena said softly and Katherine looked down. "It's because you're too soft. You try to see the good in everyone, but there's no good here Elena, not in me. There's only darkness." Katherine said and Elena then grabbed Katherine's hand, which made the older woman tense up.
"Elena I'm warning you-" Katherine tried to say but was cut off by Elena pressing their lips together. "I don't care." Elena whispered after she pulled away slightly.
Katherine looked at Elena's lips then back into her big brown eyes. She couldn't help herself when she grabbed Elena's face and smashed their lips together. "Don't say I didn't warn you." Katherine whispered after they pulled away.