❝ some people just want to
watch the world burn ❞
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Penople Park stares at the wooden floor, annoyed. "I can't believe she lit me on fire."
Katherine Valentine hums, snipping another part of Penelope's hair off. "You needed the trim, the long hair was so...boring." She sighs. "New semester, new you." Katherines heels click as she circles her friend, fluffing and adjusting Penelope's hair. "Speaking of Josette, I think I've grown to like her." She chirps. "Sweet girl."
"Don't taint her innocence with your satanic ways." Penelope teases. However, it wasn't all that jokingly, really. Penelope feared Katherine, as most people did. She was a ticking time bomb, and if the wrong person presses a button, she explodes.
And Penelope didn't want Josie being that wrong person.
With a final run through the girls hair, Katherine pulls away from Penelope. "Beautiful, as usual." Katherine spins on her black heel, bending down to take one last peak at herself through the vanity. "Ready?"
"Always am, Kitty Kat."
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Katherine walks down the hall, Penelope by her side.
"Did you hear?"
"Hope Mikaelson used black magic to find Landon Kirby."
"She's going to be in so much trouble!"
Katherine stops in her strut, looking over at Penelope. "Sorry, P, I'm going to have to make a pit stop before class." She says, taking a sharp turn.
A few doors down, she swings open the door to reveal Hope Mikaelson. She watches the witch tear out a sheet from a spell book. "Death spell, I like it." Hope jumps up and turns around, seeing Katherine in front of her. "However, I don't see Landon being a big enough threat to waste such a spell on."
"What are you doing here?" Hope snaps.
"I'm only here to advise you not to use that on Landon." Katherine replies.
Hope scoffs. "Why? Is he your next play thing?" She asks coldly.
Katherine rolls her eyes. "Because he's a kid. Just like you." The emotionless vampire takes the paper from Hopes hand, skimming it over. "I know you want to find Curly Fry, but killing him won't help us find out how he got out of being compelled."
"He killed a bus load of innocent people!" Hope shouts in protest.
"You don't think I know that?" Katherine snaps back. "I want to find him as much as you do, and kick his ass, but killing him is an easy way out of this for him." Katherine steps close to Hopes face. "If you ask me, he deserves a little more pain than a simple death spell."
Hope looks up at Katherine. Though the vampire was actually an inch shorter than Hope, her heels typically gave her an extra inch compared to Hopes shoes. She knew Katherine was serious, she wanted to torture Landon. It almost felt as if Katherine had no remorse at all. In reality, Katherine has watched, or what she believes she watched, Landon Kirby kill a bus load of people, with her in it.
Taking the spell back from Katherine, "I'll think about it." Hope says finally, walking out of the room. Katherine turns slowly, watching Hope slam the door behind her.
"That's all I need."
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"There's someone we need to recruit to our Island of Misfit Toys." Says Lizzie. She and Josie had just learned their father was leaving with Hope to find Landon Kirby. "Tall, hot and handsome."
Josie looks at her sister. "Rafael?" She asks.
"I am totally thinking tight end."
"I just saw him." The twins turn around to see Penelope, reading a book, Katherine not to far away. "Yeah, sorry, Raf's not gonna be at the game. He hopped the Hope train out of town. Just like your dad."
Katherine turns her head towards Penelope. "Shut up, P." She hisses. Katherine looks up, "Jo, hey!"
Josie smiles as Katherine approaches her. "Hey, Katherine!" She chirps. "Are you playing today?"
"Obvi," She hums, "Now, I was thinking for having our mani pedis this weekend-"
"Wait," Cuts Lizzie, "You two are getting mani pedis?" She asks.
Josie winces at her sisters question. Katherine nods. "Jo and I have been getting along really well, and I asked her yesterday if she wanted to have a girls day out!" She links arms with the brunette. "I already have my nail color picked out, and I was thinking for my toes I'd do something different. Come on, I'll show you."
The two girls walk away, Lizzie and Penelope watching in jealousy. "This is so not good." Lizzie snaps.
Penelope stands up, "For once, I agree." She sighs. "Josie's gonna be ruined by my best friend."
Lizzie snaps her head at Penelope. "No, Josie's taking my place as Katherines future best friend, which would be taking your place." Scoffing, Lizzie walks away. Penelope stands there, blinking, confused, before walking back to her book.
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On the field, all eyes are on Katherine as she struts out. Wearing her jersey tied up and tight blue bike shorts, she bounces over with her signature smirk. The Timberwolves watch her, always surprised a girl like her goes to the Salvatore School.
"Sorry, had to redo my makeup." She says.
Dorian sighs, ignoring the vampire. "All right, guys. Let's have a good, clean, entirely uneventful game."
"Like we do every year when we beat your asses down." Snaps a teen boy.
"Not exactly the spirit, Connor." The boy chuckles at Dorians response, and Katherine just a crosses her arms over her chest. "All right, call in the air."
A blond girl by the name of Dana speaks up. "Tails never fails."
The students and the coaches look down. "Guess not. Your ball." Dorian says to the Timberwolves. "Shake hands and let's do this."
Kaleb goes to shake hands with Connor, who shoved right past him. He glares in his direction. "Kaleb. Come on, suck it up." Josie pleads, grabbing his shoulder. "We have to go through this every year, okay?"
"I was being recruited by D schools before I got here, all right? I don't lose."
"Well, you do today." Says Katherine loudly. She turns back to Dana. "Good luck out there." She fake smiles.
Dana, however, doesn't even pretend to be nice. "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
Lizzie steps forward, eager to be Katherines friend. "I'm pretty sure I've seen that on a poster at the dentist's." She retorts.
"Oh, my dad's a dentist, but he still made time to be here. I guess I'm lucky that way, huh?"
Katherine chuckles. "At least my teeth are real." Dana's smirk falls. The human girl snarls at Katherine one last time before storming off.
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The whistle blows, and Lizzie walks by Kaleb. "Remember the game plan, Kaleb."
Kaleb Hawkins, newly turned vampire and Katherines recent ex, rolls his eyes. "Girl, I used to eat townie scrubs like this for lunch. That's before I was a vampire."
Katherine walks by. "That was before, now you're on a diet." She pats his shoulder, strutting to stand by MG. Kaleb rolls his eyes, getting into position. MG stares at Katherine for a moment too long, before focusing back on the game. Kaleb kicks the ball, and immediately Connor grabs it. Katherine slowly walks towards the direction of the other team, while MG and the others go running.
Dana shouts at Connor, who throws it towards her. MG pretends to trip over her leg. Kaleb is pushed to the ground by Connor, who lets out an annoying laugh. The humans score the point. "Nice moves, Dana," Says Lizzie.
"I know I'm supposed to do this in the end zone, but," Suddenly, Dana throws it to their feet.
Josie approaches her sister, Katherine at her side. "That went well, all things considered." Says Katherine. Josie pulls a piece of grass out of her hair, while Lizzie glares at the field.
"One word. One word and I could burn her perky little boobs to ash."
"Hey, but we're not gonna do that today." Josie says to her twin. "Today of all days, right?"
Josie jogs off, leaving Lizzie and Katherine. "If you ask me, we should definitely make Dana Lilien go bald." The vampire whispers in Lizzie's ear. The blond looks at Katherine, surprised the girl is even talking to her. "God, I could suck her dry and I wouldn't even feel that bad," Shrugging, Katherine jogs away.
The group all huddles in a circle.
"All right, I just want to take a minute to let you know how proud I am. You're all doing a great job." Says Lizzie, smiling at the team.
Kaleb looks up in disbelief. "We're getting our asses kicked."
"Which means we're doing a great job." Josie follows.
Katherine sighs. "What's the play, Bubbles?" She asks Lizzie.
"Same one as always. Run around, make it look like you know what you're doing, then fail." Lizzie explains. "On three." The team pulls away, clapping before splitting up.
Josie holds the ball, bending down. Katherine is close by, in a running stance. Connor looks over, and Katherine sends him a wicked grin. He chuckles, his eyes all on her. She glances over at Penelope, who sends her a wink.
The two were ready for chaos.
"Hut!"
Lizzie catches the ball, Dana counting. Last second, Lizzie throws the ball in the air. Katherine uses her agility to run towards the ball, leaping up and catching it. "MG!" She yells, throwing the ball towards the vamp. He catches it, bringing it to the end zone.
Kaleb runs up to MG, cheering him on. Katherine smirks as Lizzie stomps over. "MG, what the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Pretty obvious, isn't it?" Dana snaps "He's saving your ass. Nice hands." She says to MG before walking away.
Katherine sighs. "Just because we have to lose doesn't mean we can't score one touch down." She says to Lizzie. The girl, too scared to voice her annoyance to the vampire, just walks by. "Nice, MG."
The vampire boy chuckles nervously. "Thanks!" Kaleb glares at Katherine as she turns to walk away, but his eyes couldn't help but trace every inch of her.
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After Dana's final remark at Lizzie, she felt a new type of anger. Katherine waltzed over. "So, you ready to join the dark side and kick some mortal ass?" She asks the blond.
Lizzie glances over at Katherine, who has an evil glint in her brown eyes. Lizzie and Katherine join the team. "New plan. The gloves are off. Let's burn these bitches to the ground." Lizzie demands.
"Lizzie, no." Josie begins, but Katherine cuts in.
"Quiet down, Buttercup." She waves her hand at the brunette twin. "We're gonna give these pubescent townies a taste of what we're really made of."
Katherine and Lizzie hold out heir hands. "You can count on my steel." Days MG, smiling at Lizzie. It was so obvious to Katherine that MG has been pining over Lizzie for months.
"Ew. Gross." Snaps the blond.
"Hey, I'm with you. All the way." Kaleb chuckles, putting his hand over Katherines. She smirks at him, and he couldn't help but feel his stomach flip.
Katherine looks at Josie. "Come on, Jo. You're ruining an epic moment for your sister here." She replies.
"No, no, this isn't what we talked about."
"Well, I'm calling an audible, and I need you to get on board." Lizzie says to Josie. The brunette glances at Katherine. Josie could see the sparkle in her eye, meaning Katherine had a plan. Gulping, Josie puts her hand in the circle.
When the break, it's as if they're a whole new team.
MG scores them another point, and Lizzie uses her magic to make Dana drop the ball. Katherine catches it, using her powers to throw the ball at Kaleb, who catches it as well. When Kaleb scores another touch down, the four celebrate.
Josie, not so happy.
As Katherine walks over, she sees Josie take a whiteboard from Lizzie. "What are you doing?"
"I'm calling an audible of my own." Josie flips the board.
LOSE
Katherine groans. "Seriously?"
"I'm dead serious." She looks at her twin. "And you should be, too. Dad told us to lose today for a reason."
Kaleb shrugs. "Well, he ain't here. So screw that."
Josie nods. "Yeah, no one would be here if it weren't for him. My dad built this school for supernaturals like us, so if we win by flaunting all the things that make us different, we're gonna lose a lot more than a stupid game." She explains. "We'll lose everything. You really want Dad to stop loving us? Keep it up." She says to her sister. "And if you don't," She turns back the sign over. Lizzie rolls her eyes, taking it away.
MG speaks up. "She's right, Lizzie. We got to lose the game."
"I didn't ask for your opinion." Lizzie snaps.
"Or... door number three." Katherine turns around, seeing Penelope on the bench.
Lizzies eyes widen. "Okay, we definitely didn't ask for your opinion." Josie snaps. "And how on earth do you always do that? It's like she appears out of smoke."
"Oh, sweet, sweet Penelope," Katherine hums. "What's door number three?"
"You win, without any of your supernatural special sauce. Fair and square." Penelope says matter of factly.
Josie shrugs. "Yeah, but we're legitimately terrible."
Lizzie cuts her off. "No, we used to be terrible, but Kaleb's new this year." She says, gesturing to the vampire.
"So am I. I can help us win, too." Speaks up MG. Everyone looks at him. "Yo, I caught that pass earlier."
"Yeah, but you cheated. You used your powers."
He shakes his head. "No, I didn't. I'm... I'm just, I'm scrappy like that." He nudges Kaleb, laughing.
Lizzie nods. "Good idea, Satan." She says to Penelope. "But to be clear, you can't have my immortal soul."
Katherine sighs. "Fair and square. Let's do this." She says, waving bye to Josie, sending a kiss Penelope's way, who swiftly pretends to catch it.
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Lizzie and the team form a circle. "Okay, guys, last play of the game. It's Hail Mary time. Everyone but Josie, go long."
"Wait. What do I do?"
Katherine rolls her eyes. "Does it matter? There's no way Lizzie is gonna throw you the ball." Josie looks at Lizzie, who just shrugs.
MG speaks up. "Lizzie. Look my way. I'll catch it."
"Probably caught something from Penelope Park, too."
Kaleb scoffs. "Knock it off." He scolds. "Look, we score, and those clowns can't say crap to us for an entire year. Y'all feel me?" Katherine smirks at his ambition, and he can't help but chuckle.
"He's right, guys. Let's do this." Lizzie says. "Ready?"
"Break!"
Josie throws the ball behind her, letting Lizzie catch it. The team disperses, ready to catch it. Katherine watches as Dana takes a lunge towards Lizzie.
Katherine groans. "Humans." She grumbles before using her vampire agility to leap towards Dana, sending her to the ground.
Little does she know, Josie just mumbled a spell to ensure Kaleb doesn't catch the ball. Ensuring they lose.
At the end of it all, each team member high fives the opposing team. "Good Game." Says Josie to Dana.
"Suck it, Loser."
And then; Lizzie punches Dana.
"Not now, Dana!" Lizzie shouts. And that's how the fights broke out.
Katherine hums. "Not how I planned this going down, but I'm so in." She whips around, sending a punch right to Connors face. Connor goes to punch back, but is taken aback by what he sees.
Black veins under her eyes, her eyes themselves different color. Her teeth now have fangs.
"What the hell!?" He shouts, but it's like whatever he just saw is gone when she punches him again.
"I feel much better now, actually, thanks!" She chirps.
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Katherine leans against a doorframe. "So, did you kill him?"
Hope turns slowly, seeing Katherine walking into her room. "No," Hope mumbles. "I did kill a dragon, which was in the form of a human." She explains, wiping away her tears.
The vampire nods, sitting down on the bed next to Hope. "Well, isn't that a new one." She says in thought. "I thought you and I would have seen it all by now." She laughs, nudging Hope.The strawberry haired girl looks up at Katherine. How could a girl like her be the same girl who watched Hope Mikaelson become who she is? How could Katherine Valentine be someone so involved in her life, yet they only knew each other as frenemies.
"What was it like?" Hope asks softly. "Knowing my dad, and my family."
Katherine freezes for a moment, trying to find the right words to say. She sighs, leaning back into Hopes bed, pulling the tribrid with her. "Klaus Mikaelson was a man who made many, many mistakes. And many bad choices. He was a man who could never dream of creating a young woman so powerful, even gods in the stars fear her name." Hope giggles at Katherines voice, it's as if she's talking to a child. "He could never imagine loving someone as much as he loved you. Someone giving him the only sense if humanity he ever felt. Even when he didn't know what that meant." Katherine remembers her fights with the Mikaelson clan before they became allies. "Your family is bat-shit crazy, but a hell of a lot of fun." Hope laughs once again. "And you are their prized creation."
Hope smiles at Katherines words. The vampire had never been so kind to her before. Except when she was 10, or so. "Thank you, Katherine." She hums.
"If you tell anyone I did this I will make sure to have your head on a stick by sunrise."
Hope bursts out laughing, nodding slowly. "Of course, Kat."
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"You were reckless today."
Katherine, who was walking to her room, groans as she turns to face Alaric Saltzman. "Yes, yes. As I always am." She walks towards him. "So what? Are you gonna tell me that I'm a bad influence on your daughters, or that I'm a danger to humans, or are you gonna tell me to go take a walk in the park because that's what people tell you when you're gonna die."
Alaric sighs at Katherine's rant. "You're not gonna die. Caroline has contacts all over the world looking for a solution." He explains to the vampire.
"A solution to the curse my mom decided to put on me the minute she found out I was a vampire? Yes cause that's so promising." Katherine snaps.
"Katherine-"
She cuts him off. "Shut it, Alaric." She shakes her head slowly. "I don't need your pity party. I just need a drink and some sleep." Turning on her heel, Katherine walks away without another word.