Based on what has been revealed about The Curse of the Sun and the Moon , we know t hat

the curse was bound by a moonstone and Petrova blood. We also know that the doppelganger was created as a way to break the curse. So the blood of a Petrova doppelganger is they key to breaking the curse along with a witch, a werewolf, a vampire and the moonstone. We also know that if the werewolves break the curse first, the vampires will sti ll be cursed by the sun and vice versa. If the vampires break the curse first, t he werewolves will still be cursed by the moon. We have seen Katherine bring together the ingredients necessary to break the spe ll. She turned Caroline, she orchestrated Tyler s transformation, she kept tabs on the Bennett witches (possibly since 1490, but definitely since at least 1692, w hen Emily Bennett left Salem, MA and showed up in Mystic Falls, VA with Katherin e at the Salvatore Boarding House.) And we know that she stole the moonstone fro m Klaus in 1492, carried it with her to America, and gave it to George Lockwood in 1864, before using Mason Lockwood to regain its possession. But how did she track down the Petrova doppelganger, Elena? I don t think Katherine tracked Elena down at all. I think she actually helped to create Elena. Katherine did not just show up in Mystic Falls, VA. I believe she has been track ing her ancestors ever since her daughter was born in 1490. Katherine is a very smart woman. When she found out what Klaus wanted with her, she made her escape withthe moonstone. She also made sure that she would be of n o use to Klaus as a human Petrova doppelganger by turning herself into a vampire . She knows that the Petrova doppelganger is an integral component of breaking t he curse, and she has the moonstone. If she can find or make another Petrova dop pelganger, she can bargain with Klaus. So she goes in search of her daughter. She returns from England to Bulgaria, pre sumably to speak to her father. He is the one who took her baby from her when sh e was born. Unfortunately, Klaus beats her to Bulgaria and kills her entire fami ly everyone except her daughter. Klaus doesn t know Katerina has a daughter. He co ntinues to pursue her. Somewhere between 1492 and 1692, Katherine leaves Europe and comes to America. T his may be because the family who took her baby girl went there. We know she liv ed in Massachusetts because that is where she saved Emily s life presumably keepin g Emily from suffering the fate of the Salem witches in 1692. Katherine and Emil y leave Massachusetts we do not know when they leave or where they go, but we ca n assume they did not stay in a place hostile to witches. Around 1864, Katherine and Emily arrive in Mystic Falls, VA. There they encounte r the Founding Families, who hate vampires and want to wipe them out. Nothing Katherine does is an accident. She is very deliberately tracking her dau ghter and her daughter s ancestors. This takes her from Europe, to Massachusetts, to Virginia. Before the families round up all the vampires, Katherine gives the moonstone to George Lockwood and tells him Don t disappoint me . The fact that she gives the moons tone to a Lockwood means that Katherine knows that the Lockwoods carry the werew olf curse. She may have learned this while she was still in Europe, since werewo lves are very much a part of European folklore. The Lockwoods become the guardia ns of the moonstone until Katherine tricks Mason into retrieving it for her in 2 010.

It also means that Katherine was aware of what the Founding Families were up to and intended to make it look as if she was going into the church to be entombed and burned with the other captured vampires. But Katherine is always a step ahea d of everyone, and she always has a Plan B. She is able to plan her escape. Between 1864 and 2010, Katherine probably never ventured too far from Mystic Fal ls, at least not for very long. We know she has been successful tracking her dau ghter s ancestors because eventually, she meets Isobel. Isobel was born and raised in Virginia, but Katherine does not actually meet her until she is a student at Duke University in North Carolina. Isobel was there s tudying the supernatural. We don t know whether this interest, or her meeting with Katherine, gives her the desire to be turned into a vampire. We do know that sh e succeeds in convincing Damon to turn her. But Katherine did not arrive in Mystic Falls, and she did not stay near Mystic F alls, simply to track the distaff side of the Petrova doppelganger heritage. In order to create a doppelganger, you also need someone from the father s line. Kath erine deliberately came to Mystic Falls because that is where the family of the Petrova doppelganger s father has settled. He is a member of one of the Founding F amilies. He is Jonathan Gilbert. And in about 100 years, Katherine will be involved in th e relationship between Isobel Fleming and John Gilbert a relationship that produ ced a Petrova doppelganger Elena Gilbert. Why? Because it was a relationship between a Petrova and a Gilbert who produced the first Petrova doppelganger Katerina. Katerina s father was not the man who so callously gave away her baby girl. Her true father was a Gilbert. The name Gilbert is of English origin. Ever wonder why Katerina left Bulgaria an d went to England? When she was banished, she was sent there possibly to the hom e of her true father. She may have sought his aid to get her daughter back. Whil e she was looking, Klaus found her and we know where that story goes. John Gilbert is Elena s father, and Isobel Flemming a direct Petrova ancestor is E lena s mother. I do not believe that these two came together by accident. I believ e their meeting was deliberately arranged by Katherine in order to produce a Pet rova doppelganger. Katherine has been running from Klaus for over 500 years. It appears that Klaus has finally caught up to her. But as usual, Katherine is one step ahead of every one. We have watched her deliberately and methodically bring all the necessary ingred ients together to break the curse; the vampire, Caroline; the werewolf, Tyler; t he moonstone, and we know she has maintained her connections with the witch comm unity. But 18 years ago, she was responsible for the creation of the Petrova doppelgang er Elena. This is the key to breaking the curse.