Destiny
No ones pov
"Century after century I watched versions of Katherine and Elena find each other like magnets." Qetsiyah said as Damon and Stefan stood there dumbfounded, watching her every move.
"It's always the same story. Conquering all, falling in love." She said as she chuckled breathlessly. "You didn't think you or Stefan were her true love did you?" She asked as she laughed and they exchanged looks. "Destiny has been trying to get the doppelgänger's together for years now." She said and Damon stared at her.
"Look here Ms. crazy why don't we dial down the destiny talk." Damon said starting to feel angry. Qetsiyah then laughed and shook her head, "You both don't wanna hear it, but the universe is working against you." She said and Stefan stared at her.
"That's crazy. Elena and Katherine hate each other." Stefan said and Qetsiyah shrugged, "Love, hate, such a similar thing." She said bluntly.
"Katherine and Elena belong together. Katherine may say that she hates Elena, but those longing looks she gives her say other wise. And Elena may say she loves one of you, but the way Katherine makes her heart beat is different." Qetsiyah said and she laughed humorlessly. "What? You don't think I couldn't see them while I was on the other side?" She asked.
"That's- that's why you want Katherine. You don't wanna see them fall in love, because it's a constant reminder of what you couldn't have." Stefan said, his voice full of realization. "Bingo." Qetsiyah said and Damon stared at her. "That's bullshit. I don't believe a word you say." Damon said through gritted teeth.
"Believe whatever you want. But the longer I don't have Katherine the more that burning desire beats in their chest." She said as she walked by them. "It builds up till they just can't take it anymore." She added with a small smirk. ----------------------------------------------
"Are you sure this is the right way?" Katherine asked as she trailed behind Elena in the woods. "Yes Katherine. I know where we're going." Elena said in annoyance and Katherine stayed silent.
"What? Cat got your tongue?" Elena asked as she stared at Katherine. Katherine just walked by her silently. "The silent treatment? Really Katherine? You're five-hundred years old and you're giving me the silent treatment." Elena said and Katherine just silently kept walking.
After awhile more of walking Elena was angry, "Can you please stop being a child?!" Elena practically yelled and Katherine sighed. "I talk, you get annoyed. I don't talk, you get annoyed. I can't win." Katherine said as she walked further away from Elena.
"I get annoyed with you all the time, you've never once given me the silent treatment." Elena pointed out and Katherine shrugged. "Five-hundred years on this earth you gotta learn to be quiet some time." Katherine said bluntly.
"You're impossible." Elena said and Katherine sighed again before falling silent. "Okay now I know something's wrong with you." Elena added and Katherine kept walking. "Katherine, what's wrong?" Elena asked feeling concerned.
"Nothing. I'm hungry." Katherine lied and Elena wasn't buying it. "Katherine when you're hungry you never stop complaining. So I know that's not it." Elena said. "I just don't feel like complaining right now. Is that okay?" Katherine snapped and Elena sighed. "Yeah. Whatever." She mumbled as they continued walking.
Elena didn't want to admit it, but they were lost.
"K-Katherine." Elena mumbled and Katherine stopped walking. "What?" She asked, "We're lost." Elena said and Katherine sighed. "I figured that out an hour ago Elena." Katherine said and Elena looked down. "I've been trying to find a way out, but I just realized that's the tree I peed behind forty minutes ago." Katherine said pointing at a tree.
"How do you know that's the same tree?" Elena asked skeptically. "I drew on it." Katherine mumbled as she walked over to the tree and pointed at the "K" that was drawn on it. "Where'd you get a marker?" Elena asked dumbfounded. "I found it on the floor of Damon's car." Katherine said and Elena giggled.
"You are a child." Elena admitted and Katherine rolled her eyes. "I'm like centuries older than you." Katherine mumbled and Elena shrugged. "It's getting dark." Katherine added and Elena sat down by a tree.
"What are you doing?" Katherine asked skeptically. "I'm sitting down. I'm tired." Elena said and Katherine sighed as she sat next to the younger vampire. After sitting in silence for about twenty minutes Elena got her phone out and realized it was dead.
"Is your phone charged? Mines dead." Elena said and Katherine reached into her pocket. "I left it in Damon's car." Katherine said and Elena groaned. "So we're just stuck here?" Elena asked and Katherine shrugged. "I've been through worse." Katherine said and she chuckled as if she were remembering something. It made Elena wanna know exactly what the older vampire was thinking.
"Were you in love with Damon?" Elena asked out of nowhere and Katherine froze. "No." She answered bluntly and Elena sat there staring at her shoes. "Were you in love with Stefan?" She asked and Katherine sighed. "I wanted to be." Katherine mumbled and Elena gave her a look, "But you weren't?" Elena asked and Katherine sighed.
"Stefan- he was good. He was like the guys in fairytale books. He never made me do anything I didn't wanna do, he never yelled. He was like a dream." Katherine explained while looking in front of her and Elena stared at her. "I told myself, if I could love him it would be better for me. But I could never do it." Katherine said and Elena stared at her for awhile.
"Why not?" Elena asked and Katherine pulled her knees to her chest, "I was in love with someone else." Katherine admitted and Elena furrowed her eyebrows. "My first love, Tatia." Katherine said and Elena's eyes went wide.
"Our other doppelgänger was your first love?" Elena asked in disbelief. "Years before I met Stefan and Damon, I was alone. I had nobody, till I met her. She showed me what real love was, of course until she found out what I was then tried to drive a steak through my heart." Katherine said bluntly- almost too bluntly. "So after I left, getting away before she could kill me- I turned off my emotions. I ran, and I never looked back." Katherine said with her knees still huddled to her chest. Elena sat there for awhile, trying to take in everything Katherine had just said.
"What about you?" Katherine asked and Elena gave her a look. "What about me?" Elena asked uncertainly. "Do you love Damon?" Katherine asked and Elena fell silent. Elena didn't say anything for about three minutes, till Katherine spoke up.
"I guess that's a no then." Katherine mumbled, "What about Stefan?" She asked and Elena looked down.
"I-I care about Stefan." Elena said softly and Katherine stared at the floor. "So you don't love either of them?" Katherine asked and Elena looked down. "Did you ever fall in love after Tatia?" Elena asked ignoring Katherine's question.
Katherine stared at Elena for awhile and took a shaky breath. "Yeah, I did." Katherine said quietly as she looked back down at her shoes. "When did you turn your emotions back on?" Elena asked and Katherine shrugged.
"Sometime in the tomb." Katherine answered and Elena stared at her. "Why there?" Elena asked curiously. "Because I was alone. I had no one to hurt me, no one to see my pain. So I let it all out there." Katherine said bluntly as a silence fell upon them
"Why didn't you kill me?" Katherine asked taking Elena by surpise. "When you turned me human, why didn't you kill me?" She asked again.
"I'm a vampire again, and I know that you knew that was a possibility, so why didn't you kill me?" Katherine asked and Elena looked down. "You witnessed your entire family being murdered." Elena said bluntly and Katherine froze.
"That has nothing to do with anything." Katherine snapped and Elena could see the pain in her eyes. "It led to five-hundred years of killing sprees and more heart break." Elena said and Katherine fell silent.
"The world never gave you a break Katherine. You ran your entire life till you got tired and became something you never wanted to be. You've lived five-hundred years, yet barely did any actually living." Elena added and Katherine sat there, taking in every word she said.
"You refused to fall in love because of your first love, you refuse to let people love you. Katherine being human was not the worst thing that ever happened to you." Elena added quietly and Katherine didn't say a word. "That still doesn't answer my question. Why didn't you put me out of my misery and kill me?" Katherine asked bitterly
"I didn't kill you, because I love you." Elena said and Katherine's head snapped in her direction. "What did you just say?" Katherine asked and Elena stood up. "I love you." Elena repeated sternly and Katherine stood up to face her.
"You're crazy." Katherine mumbled, "You don't love me Elena." She added and Elena stared at her. "I've loved you since the day I met you. That's why I couldn't fall in love with Stefan or Damon, because I've always loved you." Elena said, her voice laced with realization as if she were just realizing it herself.
"After everything I've put you through, all the choices I've made that have hurt you, you decide that you love me?" Katherine asked staring intensely at Elena. "Do you just get off on making horrible decisions?" Katherine asked again.
"Because out of everything you've ever done, this is by far the dumbest." Katherine mumbled, "Yet you're still here Katherine." Elena said and Katherine only stared at her. "You say that you run, you run and you don't look back. Then tell me why you haven't ran from me." Elena said and Katherine stared at her.
"Because- because, I love you too." Katherine said in a voice barely above a whisper.
Elena inched toward Katherine and cupped her face with both of her hands. Katherine tensed up at the touch, "Its okay." Elena reassured as she leaned in and passionately kissed her.
Katherine immediately kissed back, with just as much passion. "This is our destiny." Elena whispered breathlessly after they pulled away.