Drawn To You ((ON HOLD))

Prologue

She was running. She had been running for hours, though it felt like days. That was as much as she could remember.

"Katerina! I know you're near." She heard the voice of her beloved Elijah call out. She wanted nothing more than to run to him, to cling to the arms of the only person she had ever felt safe around. However, she knew she could not, for if she did, she would lose her life. She had to keep running. It was her only hope. To simply keep running.

The cottage stood there, just as Trevor had described. It almost seemed like a miracle, but she had lived through enough horrors in her seventeen years on this earth, that she knew there could be no such thing as miracles. No, finding this cottage was no miracle. It took hard work, tears and, blood. It was survival.

Katerina Petrova glanced worriedly over her shoulder as she hurriedly knocked on the cottage door. She could not let them find her. If they did, she knew she would die.

A woman opened the door. Truthfully she did not look much older than herself.

"Are you Rose? Trevor sent me, he said you could help me." Katerina spoke, fear and desperation clear in her voice. "Please, you've got to help me." She practically begged the woman who only stared back at her with wide eyes. Her shock, however, slowly seemed to be transforming into anger and worry as she ushered the girl inside. She dragged her by her arm and hastily threw her on a bed. "As soon as Trevor returns I am handing you back over to Klaus." She said slamming the door behind her, making sure to lock it, leaving the defenseless doppelganger with no means of escape.

"No!" Katerina yelled as she loudly knocked on the bedroom door hoping to be let out. "You mustn't take me back! He will kill me!" She pleaded as tears rolled down her cheeks. But alas, no matter how much she begged and pleaded, Rose showed no intention of opening that door.

Katerina knew she had to escape. She would not allow herself to die at the hands of that monster. Looking around the room she spotted an object. This would not be pleasant, and she knew she would die either way, but what other choice did she have? She could die a painful death at the hands of Klaus or she could take matters into her own hands, and die on her own account. She would still die, but at least it would not be in a twisted ritual at the hands of whom she believed to be the devil himself.

Without giving herself the opportunity to talk her mind out of it, she jammed the sharp object deep into her stomach. She grimaced in pain resisting the urge to scream. She clutched her stomach with one arm as she set the object back on the nightstand. Practically crawling on the floor, she made it back on the bed. She panted slightly while looking up at the ceiling. She knew her death would be slow and painful, she just never imagined it would be this painful, she thought as she continued holding on to her stomach tightly, blinking back the tears that were forming in her eyes.

Her eyes darted towards the door when it bursts open. "Where the hell did you get that?!" Rose asked clearly furious that the girl had very obviously tried to end her life.

"I-I got it running in the woods." Katerina lied, mainly in fear of what the girl would do to her.

"Liar!" Rose shouted as panic began seeping through her. She could not let her die. Klaus would kill her and Trevor instantly.

"I'd rather die than go back to Klaus." Katerina mumbled, weakly looking up at Rose.

Rose shook her head and did not think twice before biting her wrist and speeding over to the doppelganger. "I will not pay for Trevor's mistakes. You will go back to Klaus and that is final." She said firmly while she force-fed Katerina some of her blood in order to heal the wound, that would have otherwise killed her.

As soon as Rose left the room Katerina knew she had no choice but to really take her own life this time. Rose was not going to let her go, she was going to turn her over to the very monster she escaped from. She had to do it, and this time, she had to stay dead.

When Rose heard the sound of a chair falling to the ground she knew she was in trouble. When she rushed to the room and saw Katerina hanging from the ceiling, she knew she was as good as dead.

When Katerina came to, she only knew one thing. She was very hungry. After that, the rest all happened quite fast. The old woman who owned the cottage walked into the room and she found herself almost immediately sinking her fangs into the woman's neck, the blood running down her throat tasted so sweet.

Rose could only watch in horror as she knew what awaited her. "You've doomed us all! Klaus will kill me!" She exclaimed fear settled deep within her.

Katerina looked back at her with a firm look and uttered the words that would later become her philosophy in life. "Better you die than I."

It would have been the perfect escape. She would have left the small little cabin in the woods behind and ran as far away from England as possible. However, as soon as she opened the door and stepped outside she came face to face with the devil himself.

Klaus Mikaelson stood by the door, a sinister look in his eyes. That look was soon replaced by glare when he noticed her new transformation. The healed wounds, the smell of blood on her lips, and the fact that he could no longer hear her frantic human heart beating loudly against her chest all gave it away. She was a vampire.

"What have you done, Katerina?" His tone wasn't loud like she had expected, but rather low. Yet somehow that made it all the more terrifying.

"I-I wanted to die." She whispered taking a step back from him.

Klaus smirked and took another deadly step toward her. "Oh, sweet Katerina." He said, almost in a mocking tone. "Consider your wish granted." He said speeding towards her ready to rip her heart out.

Katerina closed her eyes and braced herself for the impact, but it never came. She slowly opened her eyes only to find Elijah standing in front of her protectively.

"Now brother, let us not do something we will regret later." He advised Klaus as he held his wrist, stopping him from ripping Katerina's heart out.

Klaus shot his brother a glare and released himself from his grip. "What type of punishment do you suggest then? She turned Elijah! I can never break the curse now. She must be punished." He said bitterly as he glared at her.

"I agree. However, she may be more useful to you alive than dead. Think about it brother, she could help you, work with us, perhaps find another way to break your curse." Elijah said, making sure to choose his words carefully. He needed to keep his beloved Katerina alive, even if it meant she would be subjected to being his brother's slave. He loved her too much to lose her.

Klaus thought about it for a moment. He could just kill the foolish doppelgänger, or he could take his brother's advice and instead made sure she suffered for all eternity for betraying him. As a slight smirk formed on his face, he decided to go with the latter. "Very well. Katerina may live. Although be warned, from now on you answer to me. You will do as I say. Understand?" He asked looking at her intently.

She quickly nodded, grateful that he had let her live.

After Klaus had left, on his way back to the house. She looked at Elijah, who in turn looked at her.

"Thank you." She mumbled looking into his eyes. "If you had not shown up when you did, I would have died."

Elijah did not say anything at first and simply tucked a loose strand of her hair behind her ear. "I love you, Katerina. I would do anything for you."

Those words made her smile brightly. "I love you as well Elijah." She said, happy and confident that with him she would never need to fear anyone ever again. 

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P.S. The AMAZING cover was made by TheDancingDreamers, Thank you so much for the cover girl! You're the best!!