How NOT to write a Vampire Diaries Fanfiction (including TO & Legacies)

ya'll need to give elena a break

Now we get to season two, which is where Katherine enters the picture.

Let me explain as to how Klaus would've found her anyway. I'm sure most of you remember Elena's birth mother, Isobel. Isobel was the one to find Katherine even whilst she was on the run from Klaus, and I'm sure Isobel kept tabs on Elena, or even went to see her after her parents died or maybe later on as in the episode where she dies she tells Elena that she always hoped to meet her daughter one day. Plus, John Gilbert, Elena's biological father also told her he was there when Isobel gave birth to Elena, she was wrecked at giving up her baby.

Point is, I'm sure Katherine would've learned that Isobel's daughter is her doppelgänger and would've eventually led to securing her for Klaus so she could stop running. You gotta remember that Kat had been planning this for a while now.

- She had Isobel and John get the Gilbert device to take down the tomb vampires so none would escape and spread the word she was alive which would have led to certain vampires visiting Mystic Falls and discovering Elena which meant that they would get back to Klaus and try to deliver her to him for the Sun & the Moon curse or just to get in favor with him.

- she met Mason Lockwood a year prior, got him to fall in love with her, triggered his werewolf curse, supported him, and convinced him to go home and get the moonstone.

- She did all of that so Klaus could have a werewolf to sacrifice and she would've made a vampire for him too, so technically without the Salvatores and their misadventures in S1, Elena would've probably died in that sacrifice. Because we all know Isobel and John couldn't of stopped Katherine or Klaus for that matter.

Let's talk about the sacrifice, shall we?

Elena learns that she's a doppelgänger, but specifically a doppelgänger that's meant to be sacrificed to break the Sun & the Moon Curse. She's definitely shaken, so she decides to ask Katherine about it and about Klaus. Katherine talks, but the part that sticks to Elena the most is that when Katherine turned into a vampire, Klaus got back at her by killing her entire family.

In that episode, Katerina, we also learn what else is needed to break the curse. A werewolf, which is why she had Tyler trigger his wolf curse, a vampire, and because she'd rather not sacrifice the Salvatores or herself, a newbie like Caroline is easier for grabs plus the line "I like the poetry of Caroline.", a witch to do the spell, Bonnie, and finally Elena.