Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoInTpm1uu
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WV450uypF
If I asked you to dance?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuu6YVumJi
Would you run and never look back?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPw8RDyU4w
Would you cry568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02Sa5Qes9x
If you saw me crying?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3jFyE39yr
Would you save my soul tonight?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVm9ULW0mxl
Would you tremble568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwk41iwUHl3
If I touched your lips?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2qxBGQity
Would you laugh?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZK3raBTwrn
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Now would you die568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKTJIq72SS
For the one you love?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2LUJpGkYz
Hold me in your arms tonight568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBzUAUcYR9
I can be your hero, baby568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDbOIJTqXW
I can kiss away the pain568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwNPQyHYku
I will stand by you forever568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKUhXri40x
You can take my breath away
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It was a beautiful day, as Damon knocked on Ric’s apartment door and waited for someone to open the door. Klaus was keeping her hostage, so he thought he’d come by and give her a vial of vervain to use so he couldn’t compel her. He hated Katherine, but no one deserved torture, captivity, or being ripped of their free will. If she was alive, he’d help her the best of his ability.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lDnHbGlea
Ten minutes later, when no one opened the door, he figured he should see what was going on, so he did just that. He walked inside, closing the door behind himself. That’s when he saw her on her back on the floor, skin burning in the sun, and a bite on the left side of her neck. Because of the burning, he assumed that Klaus had taken her Daylight bracelet.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLZ3KSCPqT
He went over and closed the curtains to stop the burning. She was a vampire just like himself. If a vampire burned long enough, they’d die. He didn’t know how long that she’d been burning. If he hadn’t come today, she probably would’ve died before the sun went down.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcew3rkgG0
He knelt at her side and scanned her with his eyes. He’d gotten to her just in time, since she had started showing veins from burning in the sun. The veins were starting to disappear and her skin was starting to heal, but not as quickly as vampires usually do. He knew it was from the vicious bite.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRt9MYr0k5C
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigftFYom4V
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4O2cRQSsQv
When she didn’t reply or move a muscle, he patted her right cheek gently, his right hand resting on her forehead to keep her head still. In this state, she was fragile. He hated to call her that, but she was burning up. That, and she looked very weak and pale, not to mention, he was having a hard time waking her up. If and when she woke up, she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere. She’d be too weak to stand, much less walk. Even if she did wake up before he left with her, he’d still have to carry her.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyz4YMY4hL
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUORsY4UUW1
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8eBDNhjNQ
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbDRi083hb
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtu9VsDxMV
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdG9cwi6N6p
“Don’t worry. I’m not here to kill you. I’m not an hallucination either. I’m getting you out of here, but you need to tell me where he’s go the cure. Surely, he didn’t leave you to die without leaving the cure behind.”568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsMG0lDXPL
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqXTBAsxC9
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBV421tqDu
She blurrily watched him go and turned her head to the left to watch him look for the cure; Klaus’ blood. As she did, everything began to seem too far away. She was also in a lot of pain from the bite and felt tired.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9DG0IQw24
Once he’d found the vial of Klaus’ blood as well as her Daylight bracelet, he put the vial inside his jacket and blurred back over to her.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdj6gkZsPx
Once knelt at her side, he could tell that she was about to go under again. He removed her jacket and slipped her Daylight bracelet on her wrist, before putting her arm around his shoulders and pulling her gently into his arms. Then he got to his feet and looked down at her.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAeTT1JMdI
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxMd1pPlDj
He blurred towards his car outside and gently sat her in the passenger’s seat, before taking the vial out. By this time, she’d gone under.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdu3jA60ErO
He slid an arm under her head, gently positioning her head back. Then he put the vial to her lips, making the cure go down her throat. Then, after he figured she’d had enough, he layed her head on the seat again and closed the door. Then he drank the rest, having been bitten by Tyler, and got in the driver’s seat. Then he drove away, towards the boarding house.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gPRzZNBSB
Later, she was cured and lived to see yet another day.
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*Before Sunset*
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Would you swear that you’ll always be mine?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatx0ekN4d1
Would you lie?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWZIPl8IuD
Would you run and hide?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKDHRKVLOX
Am I in too deep?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS68wZJT8PV
Have I lost my mind?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVe7hDMKMf
I don’t care568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYLF8IcofX
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night at Mystic High, as everyone tried to kill Klaus. Katherine opened up a couple grenades saying, “Kaboom,” before throwing it at the hybrids that were coming to help Klaus. Killing Klaus didn’t happen in the end though, because Stefan stopped Damon to save him. If Klaus died, Damon would’ve been hunted down and killed by Klaus’ hybrids.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBUdUPhl8M
Later that night, when Katherine was heading down a hall towards the side exit where she’d parked her car, she was pinned against a set of lockers by Rebekah. Apparently, someone had undaggered her and she had heard about the plan to kill Klaus. She knew that that meant that she was on vengeance strike. She definitely knew that when Rebekah plunged a hand through her chest.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZ8xniqbY8
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcvCD45IKU
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4adtPB2h2
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHbdO4kTbZ
“I don’t doubt that you’re capable of killing all of us, but would you take away Elijah’s love? Could you live with yourself? You have too good of a heart. I don’t think you can kill me,” Katherine stated truthfully to her. She had no reason to lie. She didn’t know much about Rebekah.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvNdevE5Xk
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYwDSgfzV3
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DUpYq6t1p
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrY3FlCvRa8
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOteRCGXUr
“Maybe I’ll take you up on your offer,” she heart the ancient vampiress say. Then she felt the thing, maybe a stick, start to pierce her heart. Then she felt her ass on the floor and even more pain. Then it was as if she couldn’t breathe and she closed her eyes.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0pjqndGQq
Damon, seeing the scene, snapped her neck and knelt in front of Katherine, before quickly pulling out the stick and tossing it to the floor. He then bit his wrist and put it to her lips to heal her quicker, which worked.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWnN9484Af
After she’d healed, he gently pulled her into his arms and blurred off wit her.
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*Graduation*
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I can be your hero, baby568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77i8Lxsesy
I can kiss away the pain568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmr2652EJ4r
I will stand by you forever568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKggKMSrNr7
You can take my breath away568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYTz9AEsEW
Oh, I just want to hold you568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegA36anQHS
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWEwPecn63
Am I in too deep?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYU8iGrGkP
Have I lost my mind?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDyJfXGijg
Well, I don’t care568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEItt3Csgi
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night, as Damon searched for Katherine through each Mystic High hall, having heard from Elena that she had shoved the cure down her throat when Katherine had almost killed her. It had been a few hours ago, but he hoped she’d still be here somewhere. He knew her as well as he knew himself. As a vampire, she had everything going for her. As a human, she’d be alone and scared, not to mention hurt and maybe a little paranoid.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8svGJCPcUU
When he’d found the hall they’d fought in, she was gone, so he went back to his car to try and find her elsewhere. He’d search every road of Mystic Falls if he had to. For some reason, her being human made him care about her well-being. He hadn’t cared about her since 1864.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKagPQtjXvl
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Twenty minutes later, he found her limping down one of the desolate roads. Knowing her, he figured asking her to get in would prove to be unsuccessful, so he pulled over and got out.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuckKaHSFZ
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdd0GLTUOw
She turned around to face him and he let go.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVdgafzg5Y
“Come to celebrate in my misery? Come to finish what Elena started? Go ahead. Put me out of my misery,” she said with anger, angry at herself that she’d been defeated by her baby vampire doppelganger, and taking it out on him.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnZ9NBOkGI
“I’m not here for either reason. I’m going to help you. You need help. You’re human, injured, and not as powerful as you were. Let me help you.”568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHt8ryoZaG0
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiNYK4az0i
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN0eKx23yI
He blurred right behind her and put an arm around her. Then he knelt down with her against him. That when he saw a shard of glass in her thigh and a bigger shard of glass in her stomach.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxp91io3ieQ
Once he’d gotten her in the car, he pulled both out, tossing them to the ground, and used a towel from the backseat to tie around her thigh. He used the other one for her other wound.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kOTzc377q
As he drove, he used his right hand to apply pressure with the towel, trying to slow the bleeding. Normal people would’ve taken her to the hospital, but there was a first-aid kit at home. He figured that he could use that to get her wounds taken care of. He figured she’d ben find after that.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROsaQHRvnN
When he’d taken care of her wounds in his room, he was right. She’d be fine.
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*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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I can be you’re hero, baby568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZo8v8VVQ0
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOJqOT1vIX
I will stand by you forever568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR24EW4JXqc
You can take my breath away568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcBvvri9bF
(I can be your hero, baby)568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJInmK8QpE
I can be your hero568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplLM9knGaH
I can kiss away the pain568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjJDejLPb9
And I will stand by you forever568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMnu0MrG4M
You can take my breath away568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8hANkHQeE
You can take my breath away568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HiYWafVAV
I can be your hero
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“Katherine!” he yelled, as he raced towards his wrecked car that she sat in. He’d broken his promise he’d made to her that he’d protect her from Silas. Now she’d somehow caused his car to be totaled. The hood and both sides were crinkled, including the trunk. Also, all of the windows were shattered and he could smell a lot of blood; her blood.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjY1AAlFe0z
When he tried opening the door, it was jammed, so he forced it open. Then, when it opened, her left hand fell off the seat. He gently turned her head towards him and snapped her seatbelt in two. That’s when he saw that she had a dislocated shoulder and a piece of glass grazed in the right side of her neck. She had blood on either side of her head too and was bleeding from the back of her head, but he’d already seen that. He pulled the glass out and scanned the rest of her. Seeing more glass in her, he did the same he’d done with the first glass he’d seen in her. Then he used his vamp strength to move a piece of the car in the floorboard, to free her foot so he could get her to the hospital.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiz01e3m58S
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2Ary53zLQ
“Katherine, can you hear me? Open your eyes. I’m going to get you to the hospital. I just need you to open your eyes.”568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51mhRYvd6H
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcASG3YwSu
“I’m so sorry, Katherine. Silas told me to hand you over in exchange of him telling me where Stefan is. I promise you, I will never do that again.”568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscOw8EVe3l
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiEwl0KzmM
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Half an hour later, as she was rushed down the hall, because of her extensive injuries, her body was going into shock.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zpjezMSta
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Hours later, after surgery, she was settled into a recovery room and he was told he could see her. So he went to sit on her bedside and rested his hand on top of her right one. She hadn’t woken up yet, so he was just silent, happy that she was alive.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxv4jeL4BN0
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
