David pulled up outside the venue, his boys behind him in close succession. Getting off his bike he was pleased with the situation, pumped even, although he wouldn't show it. Paul was the one who'd suggested it and initially had to basically drag David there, Paul had a thing for Stevie Nicks (who didn't?) but now David was there he didn't mind. Fleetwood Mac weren't really David's scene but he could think of worse bands to be listening to. There were people everywhere, in fact the place was packed and the main show was still ten minutes away from starting. The energy was high and the crowd was happy, most having pre-loaded before arriving or having been at the bar already, where the drinks were definitely flowing.

The boys began making their way through the people, absorbing the atmosphere and scanning their surroundings for anything or anyone that might interest them and, as David looked around, it looked like Gypsy Heaven. All the girls had flowing skirts and scarfs on and even though they were now firmly in the 80's and the styles had definitely changed, the Gypsies were out in force to see their leader and hear her sing.

Suddenly the crowd exploded as the band appeared and the riff for Rhiannon began. This was actually a song he liked so they found a ledge to perch upon and he pulled out a cigarette.

'This scene is good Paul.' David approved and Paul smiled.

'Hell yeah, it is.' His eyes lighting up sighting Miss Nicks out on stage and then just as quickly he was distracted by a slender tan pair of legs walking past him. 'I'll be seeing you guys later.' He added before jumping off the ledge, rolling his tongue back in his mouth and following after her. David smiled at Marko before looking back over at Dwayne who already had a girl standing in between his legs with her back against his chest. He flicked David a sideways glance and David finished his cigarette and fired it on the ground before putting his arm around Marko's shoulders and propelled him off the ledge with him to go see who else they could find.

'It's just you and me now Marko.' He said as they walked off. Marko was David's newest acquisition and had a tendency to stick rather close to David and was very eager to do David's bidding. David had taken him under his wing as his turning had been a difficult one, more so than the other two, and David wanted to ensure he'd adjust. Marko had been rather shy since turning six months ago and David knew finding him a girl would chill him out. Paul would fuck just about anything that moved as long as it was hot, or his definition of hot and in all honesty, Paul wasn't that picky, and Dwayne could and did pull the supermodels of the world with his looks but Marko seemed to be a bit lost and here was a perfect place for him to be found. It's not that he didn't pull, he just wasn't as active as the other guys. David had no problem pulling girls, but they were all just a fuck and a feed for him. No one seemed to possess any real depth or held any lasting appeal for him, not that they could keep any of them anyways, but he'd sometimes see a connection between Dwayne and his latest which he envied. They all either demanded too much from him or talked too much or instantly wanted to show him off to their idiot friends. They all annoyed him. Besides, Max had forbidden any females from being inducted so he was resigned to the fact that they couldn't maintain anything with anyone anyways.

They continued through the masses as strong wafts of pot filtered through the people and David took a deep breath in, wishing he'd scored a smoke off Paul before he'd sauntered off after the pair of legs. Reading his mentors mind, Marko reached into his pocket and pulled out a cleanly rolled joint and held it up to David who smiled and happily took it from him.

'Nice.' David smiled sparking the end.

'Hello…' Marko said handing the burning spliff back to David as a fine young girl walked past them, giving Marko a shy smile.

'Go.' David said. It was more of an order than simple encouragement and Marko quietly followed after the girl. David continued to walk and smoke until he found a spot he was happy with and he settled in as Lindsay Buckingham belted out Big Love. It was then, as he surveyed those around him, he saw her. She stood out like a diamond, like a solitary star in the night's sky and he couldn't take his eyes off her. She had long dark curly hair, a slim build and as her eyes looked up and locked with his, he could have sworn his dead heart skipped a beat. She looked down and he was captivated. It was when she looked back up at him and turned to face him that he noticed her split lip on her delicate smile. He scanned the rest of her body for any other signs of abuse and couldn't see anything obvious but what was glaringly obvious to him was her quiet vulnerability. She looked somewhat street smart to him but she possessed an air of fear about her. Looking at her lip again, he saw a purple tinge to the swollen lower and he felt a pang of protectiveness over the girl. Who would do that to the shining beauty standing before him? It was a strange feeling for him as she wasn't anyone to him, he didn't even know her. In fact he never felt protective over any one aside from his boys and yet here he was barely able to take his eyes off her and wanting to hurt the one who'd hurt her. She looked off to his left and then glanced quickly back to him and gave him a broader smile where he could see her perfect white teeth, in stark contrast to her deep red lipstick. She was stunning. The most beautiful girl here, in San Francisco even. He hadn't seen her before, for surely he would have noticed a star as bright as her before and he figured she was a San Francisco local. She was young, maybe too young, he could see that but that fact wasn't even a consideration to him. She quickly turned and left, walking away from him and he noticed two young men following her. Now normally that would have been it, he would let her go and not think twice about her but she was different. In a sea of black, she shone and he almost felt compelled to follow her. Moving from his spot he made his way after her and watched as the men caught up to her and pushed her off towards some trees and began yelling at her.

'I've been looking everywhere for you! Get your ass home!' One demanded of her. 'Do you think I wanna be here collecting you? Dad is pissed and wants you home NOW!' It was a sibling spat.

'I don't care. I am never going back there again.' She answered him quietly, obviously not enjoying the public display the boy was creating.

'If I go back there without you, he'll kick my ass and I am not copping that for you, you selfish bitch!' Dad sounded like a charmer. The boys walked towards her and grabbed her and she began struggling and fighting against them. David stood there watching as this was not something he would normally get involved in until her brother slapped her hard across the cheek, the hit loud enough for the people around to make ooohh sounds. Then he stepped in. He walked straight up to the brother and picked him up off the ground by his jacket and threw him slightly off balance and onto the ground. The other boy took one look at David and backed off a bit but otherwise stood his ground.

'You OK?' David asked her and she nodded.

'What the fuck?!' The brother clambered to his feet ready to fight. 'Fuck off, this doesn't concern you!' He spoke carelessly to David with no comprehension of what he was inciting.

'Ssshhh.' David said patronizingly. 'The girl said she didn't want to go with you. She's not going.'

'Fuck you! She's 16 years old and her dad wants her home. You wanna fuck with someone, you fuck with him.' The boy spat.

'Well, 'Dad' is going to have find us first.' David smirked at the boy and the boy looked over at his friend then spun back around and attempted to swing his fist toward David. David caught his hand easily and, although all he wanted to do was smash his nose into his brain, he again tipped him and sent him crashing to the ground. 'Now it's time for you to fuck off and leave the girl alone.' As he spoke a yellow glint appeared in his irises and in such bright blue eyes, it sent a shiver down the spine of the boy on the ground and he got to his feet and backed away.

'It's your ass you stupid bitch!' He yelled at her before returning his gaze to the monster before him. 'The slut is your problem now dickhead.' He said before turning and storming off with his friend following after him. David turned to look at the girl and saw she was shocked and shaking slightly. Looking up at him with her large auburn eyes, she had a look of disbelief across her face.

'Thank you.' She said in the sweetest voice he'd heard in decades.

'You're welcome. Would you like to get a drink?' He offered. 'I could use one.' He didn't know what he was doing, he never went for drinks or socialised with girls but he really didn't want this one skipping off straight away.

'Sure.' She answered walking off with him towards the bar. Walking through the mass of people, he took her hand in case they got separated and just touching her fingers, he could feel a spark he'd never felt before. He got them both drinks and they sat down on another ledge and she looked over at him. 'Why did you do that?'

'Because your brother is an asshole,' She snorted quietly in agreeance 'and you didn't seem like you wanted to go with him.'

'I didn't.' She said and he watched her nervously play with a sharp edge on her plastic cup. 'What's your name?' She asked after a brief silence.

'David.' He said taking a large sip of his beer and pulling out a cigarette.

'My name is…'

'Ssshhh.' He cut her off. He didn't want her to ruin his illusion of her being his perfect shining star by giving him a boring name like Lisa or Jane. 'I don't want to know what everyone else calls you, what your dad or your brother call you. You are too beautiful for that.' He paused. 'You are a diamond, only bigger and brighter. I'm going to call you Star.' He looked at her sideways. 'Do you mind if I call you Star?' He asked giving her his cheekiest flirty smile and she melted.

'No, I like it.' She smiled and sipped her beer. Somewhere off on the stage, Stevie Nicks began singing Dreams and he thought it was perfect, she was a dream come true for him. He slid off the ledge and went round to stand in front of her. She looked so small and nervous, like a little girl, and as he brought his hand up to stroke her cheek he swore he saw her flinch.

'I'm not going to hurt you.' He told her and he could instantly hear her heart beating harder in her chest. He slid his hand round the back of her neck and began to stroke the nape of her neck and watched in satisfaction when her eyes involuntarily closed to his touch. He knew he was having a deep effect on her, he was arousing her and in turn himself in the process. He pushed her legs apart and stood between them placing his other hand on her waist and leaned in for a kiss. She suddenly opened her eyes with his face a mere inch from hers and again he lay his influence on her thick culminating in a soft kiss on her stunning mouth. It slowly became deeper and more passionate and he felt her reach up and run her fingers through his hair. The kiss continued until they heard the crowd erupt after the song had finished and she pulled away from him. He stepped back and looked around to see if he could see any of his boys but none of them were in view. When he looked back at her, she had tied her hair up in a bun and she looked ravishing to him. He wanted to grab her and lock her up and keep her but he settled for another kiss. In his ninety-five years of being immortal, no one had ever made him feel the way he did tonight. He couldn't think straight, Hell, he could hardly breathe.

'I should really find my friend.' She said beginning to look around. 'I came here with her and she's my ride home.' He looked at her and she was beautifully flushed from the kiss and her vulnerability was back.

'Let's go for a walk then.' David said holding out his hand to which she smiled and easily took. Holding hands wasn't a David thing to do but right now he was very comfortable with it. They walked in silence for a few minutes before he spoke.

'Star light, what happened to your lip? Was it your brother?' When she didn't answer, he looked down at her and she was touching her lip with her other hand not looking at him. 'You can trust me.' He reassured her and she looked up at him with her eyes beginning to water.

'No, it wasn't my brother.' She said quietly.

'What happened to you?' He pushed. He wanted to know who dared to hurt his Star, but still she was silent. 'Star?' He compelled her and stopped walking to ensure an answer.

'Um… It was my dad.' She said, more tears forming.

'Did he hit you?'

'Not exactly.' She said, her voice breaking.

'What did he do?' David asked pulling her closer.

'He um… He raped me.' She said, barely above a whisper and the rage inside him surged as he pulled her to his chest and wrapped his arms around her. Motherfucker. He'd rip him apart the first chance he got. 'I shouldn't even be telling you this.' She pulled away from him. 'It's not your problem, I'm not your problem. I have to find Tee cause I have to stay at her place tonight.' She was rambling and David suppressed his anger and accompanied her as she searched for her friend.

'Where did she go?' David asked her as he interlinked his fingers with hers again.

'Ah, she found a specimen she liked and told me to meet her here later. I didn't actually see him but she said he had on a colourful jacket, long blonde hair and the brightest blue eyes.'

Marko.

She stopped and looked at him 'Well, I don't believe they are quite as surreal as yours but according to her they were.' She laughed, looking around for either of them. David's mind began spinning, Marko had picked her friend up and David knew exactly what Marko did with pretty young girls he picked up. They didn't end up looking so pretty.

'Marko, have you fed?' David mentally spoke to his brother.

'Yes sir, just ditched to body with Paul's. Have you?'

'Ah, no. Where are you?'

'On our way back, see you out the front soon.' Fuck. He briefly wondered how she was going to cope with this as, even though externally she seemed quite strong, internally she was fragile. His thoughts threw him, he never gave a shit about how any mortal felt about their activities. Who the Hell was she? Had this girl somehow changed him in the space of a couple of hours? What the fuck was happening here?

'Let's keep going and see if we can find them. This concert is going to finish soon.' He suggested buying time to try and formulate some logical thoughts.

'Yeah OK.' She agreed as they began walking again.

'So, I'm guessing you are a Stevie Nicks fan instead of a Christine McVie fan?' He asked her trying to distract her and keep her calm.

'Um, both. I just love live music, it could have been almost anyone up there and I would have been happy. Music takes me away from all the shit in my world.' He smiled, she sounded like Paul. She let go of his hand and bent down and picked up a long perfect black feather and she ran her finger along the length of it and placed in her hair. She walked on ahead and he stopped dead in his tracks, Dwayne's words echoing in his head.

'You will fall in love with the girl with the feather in her hair.'

You could have blown him over with a feather the way he felt right now. He continued to follow her and he thought about what would happen when Marko showed up, and Dwayne's reaction to feather girl. Star, his Star. He felt like she was his already because she sure as shit wasn't going back to her fucking father's house. David placed his arm around her shoulders and carefully guided her towards the entrance where his boys were there waiting for him. As they approached, he saw the confused and slightly intrigued looks on their faces when their leader showed up with his arm around a girl.

'Yeeaahh…' Paul said to himself, pleased David had appeared with a pretty young thing. Dwayne stared at them both with his eyes dark until he noticed the feather sticking out of her bun and his eyes softened, it was almost undetectable but David caught it, and he said nothing.

'Oh, I think you might have been with my friend tonight?' Star said walking away from David and towards Marko. 'Were you with a girl named Toni tonight? 5'6, shoulder length brown hair, brown eyes?' Marko looked at the girl talking to him and quickly slid his eyes to David, who gave him a look, before answering her.

'Ahhh, yeah, I was with her but she took off with some other people.' She looked down for a minute then spun on her heel.

'I gotta go, I have to find her…' Star began to move but Marko continued.

'Oh, she jumped in a car with them and took off.' Then she turned and looked at him strangely.

'She left with someone?' She asked cautiously.

'Yeah.' Marko said watching her closely.

'Right.' She said slowly.

'It's OK, you can stay with us tonight.' David told her and Paul's eyebrows rose at the comment but she didn't even turn to look at him.

'No, wait, she left without telling me? Is that what you're telling me?' She was challenging Marko's story and David gave his brother a dark stare.

'Sure.' Marko said, staring at her and David watched as she met his stare.

'It's OK. I'll take care of you tonight.' David walked towards her and placed his arm around her again eliciting looks of disbelief from all of the boys. This was unheard of from David.

'Oh, I can't. She said quickly backing away. 'I can't impose on you. I don't even know you.' He could see her fear rising and he looked over at his boys.

'What are you doing?' Marko projected into David's head.

'Boys, this is Star. Star this is Paul, Dwayne and Marko. There, you know us now.' David calmly introduced them.

'I can't…' She again tried to back out.

'They are not going to hurt you, I won't let them.' He looked at her seriously.

'What about you?' She said tilting her head slightly.

'I won't hurt you. I will never let anything happen to you again.' He said drawing her into his eyes as he spoke.

'David, what the fuck are you doing? She's barely 18!' Paul mentally joined Marko and a comment like that coming from Paul made David take note.

'She's 16.' David told them and they just about choked. Dwayne sat still, not blinking and watched the interaction between the two of them remembering what he'd told David years ago. Was this her? Was this his feather girl? There was definitely something about her that had David acting well out of the ordinary but Dwayne needed to see more before he could be sure.

'OK, if you sure.' She said to him. 'Thank you.' He climbed on his bike and helped her on the back and as she wrapped her arms around his waist and in this one move, she'd sealed her fate and his excitement spiked.

'Are you serious? Max is going to spin!' Marko repeated his mental plea to his brother, feeling slightly disturbed and threatened by David's intense interest in the girl. It was done and in his eyes, she was his. Screw what Max said, he wasn't letting this one go. He gunned the engine and one by one they left for the Cave.