Introduction
You know how they say you'll find "the one"? They say everyone has that one for them that will die for them any day. Well, not everyone gets to keep their soulmate. There were once two vampires who were completely in love. Elijah loved her so much that once, he betrayed his brother to save her life. She was the love of his life, but after running for 500 years, she changed into someone else. She was no longer the girl he fell in love with. She became Katherine, who others called evil, conniving, and a bitch. For 500 years, he had always been there for her, but when he got tired of not knowing her true intentions, he broke up with her. They didn't see each other for a very long time, afterward. This is the story of Katerina Petrova, later Katherine Pierce, and Elijah Mikaelson. This is their story.
It was a dark night, as Katherine stood in front of Elijah at the Mikaelson place in Mystic Falls. He had just told her that he was leaving town to go help Klaus in New Orleans. He was technically breaking up with her and leaving her for his brother.
"Elijah, it's our turn. Please," she begged him, trying to get him to stay.
"Goodbye, Katerina," he said, before kissing her on the forehead and vanishing.
As she stood there, she knew now that he had lost all trust and faith in her. It was her fault for lying so many times, but she didn't know how else to act. All she knew anymore was how to run and lie to survive. Now she was completely and utterly alone. It wasn't just her fault, though. Elena Gilbert had said something to him back in Pennsylvania, when Elena's humanity had been off. She just didn't know what she had said to him.
Later at the Mystic High, she ambushed her in a hallway, angry, and through her against a set of lockers.
"What did you say to him to make him turn against me?" she growled.
Elena got to her feet.
"You ruined my life. I never got to have a graduation, or, well, a life," Katherine continued, as she through her again.
"I ruined your life? You killed my brother," Elena growled, before throwing a locker door at her.
Katherine through it aside with an arm, before it could hit her.
"Okay. I'll admit. That was nasty."
When she had beaten Elena up pretty good and she was on her back on the floor, Katherine dug a broken wooden mop handle in her throat, but before she could inch it towards her heart to kill her, Elena shoved the cure for vampirism down her throat.
As Katherine lay on her back on the floor, out cold, Elena turned her head to look at her.
"Have a nice human life, Katherine."
For an entire summer Katherine walked the streets alone, homeless, hungry, and not knowing what to do. But at the end of the summer, she let herself into the Salvatore boarding house and grabbed herself a shot glass of bourbon, slowly sipping it. She was tired of being afraid, running, and having no plan of action. She needed help, and Damon had once loved her the most.
