Katherine and Elena

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## General Information

### Intimacy Levels

Petrova Doppelgängers, Family, Ancestor/Descendant (Katherine/Elena); Enemies, Allies, Former Frenemies; Katherine has tried to kill Elena several times, Elena forced Katherine to become human (in *Graduation*), Katherine's involvement in Elena's life has been the indirect result of her loved ones' deaths, Elena forgave Katherine on her death bed before Katherine possessed her (in *500 Years of Solitude*), Katherine managed to possess Elena's body and took control over it, Elena hates Katherine for being in her life and blames her for ruining it. Eventually Katherine apologized for the things she's done and Elena forgave her. Katherine never once betrayed her again.

## Family Information

### Status

Family by Blood, Former Enemies, Former Frenemies; Allies

**The relationship between tribrid-doppelgänger, Elena Gilbert and the hybrid doppelgänger, Katherine Pierce**.

Katherine force-fed Elena's brother Jeremy to the Immortal Silas, resulting in his death. Afterward, Elena turned her humanity off, and she impersonated Katherine for the first time, despite the fact that Katherine had impersonated Elena on multiple occasions in the past. After Elena turned her humanity back on, she channeled all of her emotions into her desire to kill Katherine, and attempted to avenge Jeremy's death while Bonnie was working on bringing down the Veil in Mystic Falls, but she was stopped by Stefan before she could succeed because her assault on Katherine was also harming Bonnie due to the fact that they were magically linked. In *Graduation*, Katherine, angry that Elena seemed to get everything in life that she believed she deserved, went after Elena and they began to fight. Though Elena had the upper-hand for a short period of time, Katherine eventually gained the advantage by knocking Elena onto her back and stabbing her in the throat with a makeshift stake. She then reached into Elena's chest to rip out her heart, but Elena, desperate to survive, shoved the Cure into Katherine's mouth and forced her to swallow it, turning her back into a human and knocking her out, saving Elena from death at the last moment.

Despite this, Elena later fought for Katherine's survival as a human when she was being sought out by Silas, who intended to feed on her in order to ingest her cure-laced blood.

Later on, in *500 Years of Solitude*, Katherine used her newfound traveler magic to possess Elena in an attempt to prolong her survival and create a new life for herself and her daughter. However, her plan was discovered by Stefan Salvatore and Caroline Forbes in *No Exit* and she was expelled from Elena's body in *Gone Girl* by Stefan via Gregor's Blade. This resulted in Katherine's death, and subsequent rejection from the Other Side. Afterward, Katherine's spirit was sucked into Hell. Katherine was resurrected by Elena's twin sister, Alex and ever since Katherine has changed and now protects every part of her family, including Elena.

***They are known as "Kelena" by fans.***