I decided to quit 'Burning Love' because I can't write without knowing what's going to happen in season 7. I decided to write the one with Alaric's niece, Ashley Saltzman. She has long dark brown hair with dark brown eyes. Her hair are long and wavy. Her skin is tanned and delicate. Her eight is 5'8''. She is 18 years old and she is taking a year off before going to college. She knows about the supernatural world. Both of her parents died. Her father died in an accident when she was only three and her mother died when she was 16 years old from brain tumor. She is an only child and until know she lived with her grandparents from her mother's side in California and now she is going to live with her uncle Alaric in Mystic Falls. She is played by Shay Mitchell. This is set on before season 3 premiere.

Ashley is smart, stubborn, hot-headed, sarcastic, sometimes bitchy, really honest, bubbly and protective. She tries to be a heartless bitch but she ends up being an hardcore caring one. She is really complex and complicated person. She is confident, strong and she has a really strong back bone. She doesn't forgive easily and she thinks that she is always right in her head.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, I JUST OWN ASHLEY SALTZMAN AND ANY CHARACTER I WILL ADD ON THE FUTURE.


3rd Person POV

Alaric Saltzman was driving his car to the airport. To tell you the truth, he was nervous of seeing his niece that he haven't seen when her mother died. His palms were sweating and he took little breaths for time to time. Ashley was a good girl but with a temper. She inherited her looks more from her mother than his brother. When he crossed his mind to his. brother, Adam it was like someone just shot him in the heart. He tried to get his mind off it and he noticed that he finally arrived at the airport. He parked his car and got in. He looked around and he finally found her with his eyes. There was she looking beautiful like always. Her hair were on a high ponytail. She was wearing some jeans short with a simple light purple shirt and white sneakers. She was looking for her bags. Alaric smiled ad walked over to her. She didn't notice him. She took two of her bags and placed them on the ground. Alaric came from behind and touched her in her stomach, scaring her and making her jump.

"Ahh!" She let out a little scream and Alaric started to laugh. She turned at him and he knew that he made her angry. Her face expression was filled with angriness but when she saw the person who scared her her face was filled with happiness.

"Ric!" She exclaimed and hugged him tightly. He hugged her tightly too. "How have you been?" She asked looking at him in the eye. He told her about what happened with Jenna.

"I'm better." Alaric replied, but something about his voice made Ashley suspicious but she shrugged it off.

"Glad to know. Will you help me with these bags, please?" She asked with her trademark innocent smile and he chuckled.

"Still using your innocent smile?" He asked taking some of her bags. She took her last bag and picked one other bag.

"Well, that helps me a lot." She made an excuse and he shook her head. They got out and went to his car. They fitted all her bags in the trunk and got in the car. He started to drive to Mystic Falls.


"So, Elena is Isobel's daughter which makes her your stepdaughter. Plus, you dated her aunt and now you're her legal guardian. She has a brother called Jeremy who has a ring like yours which brings people from the dead when a supernatural kills them. She is dating a vampire named Stefan Salvatore who is gone with an Original hybrid who killed Jenna. Stefan went with Klaus guy to give his older brother Damon the cure who is your best friend and is the vampire who killed Isobel. Elena has a doppelganger called Katherine who used to date and play with both Stefan and Damon and now history is repeating itself with Elena-" Alaric cut her Ashley off.

"Elena isn't playing or dating both of them. She loves Stefan but Damon loves her too." Alaric told her.

"But, that doesn't mean she isn't going to do that in the future." Ashley pointed out and Alaric didn't say nothing because she was too stubborn to even listen to him. "Elena has a witch friend called Bonnie and another friend called Caroline who was turned into a vampire. There is Tyler Lockwood who is a werewolf and Matt the only person I can relate for both of us being more normal." She finally finished it. "You're now leaving with Elena and Jeremy and I'm going to live in your apartment all alone. This is messed up."

"You're a fast learner and it is messed up." Alaric complimented her as they entered Mystic Falls. "I'm a human too."

"Your best friend is a vampire and your half-retired vampire hunter. What's normal about that?" She pointed out and he chuckled.

"How have you been doing?" Alaric asked her. "How is your friends and your boyfriend?"

"Hanna is going to an internship with Vera Wang and then she is going to Parsons, the New School for Design in New York while Eva is going to travel the world. And about Nate I broke up with him about six months old. I was bored and he was cheating on me. Don't worry, I punched him on the face and kicked him on the nuts." She replied and he snickered at the last part. "Boxing is really working for me." They passed the Mystic Falls sign and entered the town.

"First, we are going to the apartment and we re going to pack your stuff. And then we're going to the Gilbert house to meet Jeremy and Elena." Alaric explained and Ashley just nodded her head. He parked his car, they took all of her bags and they went to his apartment. When she got in, she looked around the apartment.

"It's nice in here." She said looking around. Her eyes stopped when she saw some weapons that Alaric used. "Those are cool." She started to walk towards them.

"And dangerous." He added and she rolled her eyes. "So, don't play with them." She turned to face Alaric.

"I'm 18. I'm not a kid anymore, Ric." She protested.

"To me you are." Alaric told her and she didn't say nothing.

"Where is my room?" She asked him and he pointed out to a room in the end of the corridor. She took some bags and walked over there. She opened the door. The room wasn't small or big but it was medium room. The walls were white. There was medium-sized bed and there was a T.V. She went to the closet and it was big. She had some drawers and a big mirror. There was a window nook and she remembered her old house which she lived with her mother. A rain of memories flashed in her mind and a tear threatened to escape. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Alaric came over with the other bags. Ashley opened one of bags and started to place her things where they belonged on her mind.


Ashley and Alaric stepped on the porch of the Gilbert house. Ashley changed her clothes, this time she let her hair down and was wearing a white loose shirt and some ripped jeans with black all-stars. Ashley thought that the house was pretty nice and beautiful, in her opinion a typical family house. Alaric rang the bell.

"Be nice." Alaric warned her.

"I'm always nice." Ashley defended herself and Alaric gave her a look. "Fine. I'll try." Just then, someone opened the door. A beautiful brunette girl with chocolate brown eyes. Ashley assumed that was Elena. Elena smiled at the two of them.

"Hi, Ric. This must be Ashley." Elena said politely and Ashley smiled at her and held her hand for Elena to shake. Elena shook it. "Come in, guys." Elena stepped back and they both entered the house.

"You have a nice house." Ashley commented looking around.

"Thanks." Elena thanked and she led them to the living room. There were two guys there. A guy with dark brown hair and another one with blonde hair. They were playing XBOX. Ashley noticed the game.

"Are guys playing Call of Duty: Black Ops?" She asked and both guys stopped the game and turned to look at her. "I'm Ashley." She walked over to them.

"Oh yeah, Alaric's niece.I'm Jeremy." The dark brown hair guy said first. Ashley was taken back how hot he was for a 16 year old. He was well-built for his age.

"And I'm Matt Donovan." The blonde one introduced himself. The first guy she met were smoking hot and she haven't met even the half of them. "Do you wanna play?"

"If you want a chick to beat your ass on a game, why not?" She said while raising her shoulders. They snickered ans she sat down in the middle of the two of them.

"So, how old are you?" Matt asked her.

"I'm 18. I just graduated high school this summer." She replied to him. "You two?"

"I'm a senior this year and Jeremy is a sophomore." Matt replied. "Finally, I'm not the only one who isn't a supernatural in the gang." Ashley chuckled. Elena and Alaric sat on the other couch looking at the three of them.

"How about me and Ric?" Jeremy asked Matt.

"He is half-retired vampire hunter and you have a magic ring that brings you back when a supernatural kill you." Ashley replied instead of Matt. Matt nodded in agreement.

"She just stole my words." Matt said and they started to play the game.

It had been awhile and Ashley crushed both of them in the game.

"Oh, come on." Jeremy whined when she beat them the last time.

"You're very good at this." Matt admitted as they finished the game. He looked at the time. "I have to go to work. You too, Jer."

"Where do you two work?" Ashley asked them.

"In Mystic Grill." Matt replied.

"Well, can one of you get me a job?" Ashley asked, looking between them. Everyone was shocked. Matt opened his mouth to say something.

"Wait, what?!" Alaric interrupted him. "You didn't mention me this."

"I wasn't going to tell you but here you are." Ashley told him with her innocent smile. "I'm 18 now and I can make my own decisions. I need the money for college too."

"Your parents saved the money for college." Alaric reminded her and she looked down.

"We used those money for you know what." Ashley said awkwardly rubbing her neck. Matt, Jeremy and Elena looked confused not knowing what was she talking about.

"I'm sorry, I forgot. Okay, you can get a job." Ashley smiled and got up. "Now go, before I change my mind." Matt, Jeremy and Ashley got up and left the house. They got on Matt's trunk and they started to drive to the Mystic Grill.


They arrived in the Mystic Grill and got in. While walking, Matt spotted a blonde girl and a dark haired guy.

"Shit, they are here!" Matt exclaimed, making both Jeremy and Ashley look in his line of vision. "Cover for me." He started to leave and Ashley looked between them and Matt with questioning look. When she saw Tyleer, she wondered was everyone here hot as hell.

"What the hell just happened?" Ashley asked Jeremy.

"That is Matt's ex, Caroline and that his best friend, Tyler. Everyone is assuming that they are dating. They're not but it's matter of time." Jeremy explained to her. Ashley tilted her head and shrugged.

"They do seem like that." Ashley admitted. They walked away from them and Jeremy found the manager. Both of them talked to him. It needed some convincing but in the end the manager agreed. She was going to work as waitress. Ashley squealed after the manager left. He came back giving her uniform.

"We are short on waiters, today. You need to work." He told her and she nodded her head. She went to wear her uniform and started to work. The first table was the one that Caroline and Tyler were. She walked over to them. She took a pencil and a small notebook.

"Hi, I'm Ashley. Your waitress. What would you like to order?" She asked them. It was a good thing that she was movie junkie and she saw in many movies how did the waiters asked the costumers.

"We saw you come here with Matt and Jeremy. You must be Alaric's niece. I'm Caroline and this is Tyler. Is Matt ignoring us?" Caroline talked.

"What?! No. He just wanted to be the first one to arrive." Ashley made a dumb excuse and they looked at her. "Okay, yes. He thinks that you're dating and I don't blame you, you kinda look cute together." Both Caroline and Tyler didn't talk and were caught in an awkward tension. "You better order before it gets more awkward."

"Your right. I'll have a Coke." Caroline said and Ashley wrote it down. She looked at Tyler.

"I'll have a coke too." Tyler told her and Ashley nodded her head.

"Coming right up." Ashley said and she went to the bar to get them. "Two cokes." The men that was behind it went to get some cokes and they Ashley noticed a handsome guy who was sitting two bar stools away. He was the hottest guy she ever met in her life. He had messy dark brown hair, icy blue eyes, pale skin and his face looked like it was sculptured by God himself. He was wearing a black V-neck shirt and black jeans with black boots. She noticed that he was drinking bourbon. She moved away her eyes before he could notice her. The guy turned to look at her and a smirk appeared on his face.

"I've never seen a beautiful girl like you around here." The guy complimented her and she turned to look at him again. Then she noticed that he was that guy who thought that any girl will kill themselves to be with them. She rolled her eyes.

"Compliments won't get you anywhere." She told him with a bitter smile. He chuckled.

"Someone has got spunk." The guy said. The men came with the cokes. "I'm Damon Salvatore." She stopped herself and looked at him.

"Wait, you are Damon Salvatore?" She asked and he nodded his head and he smirked even wider.

"Seems like I'm famous." He said with a cocky tone.

"I'm Ashley Saltzman, Alaric's niece." She introduced herself.

"Well, Ric forgot to told me that his niece was hot and beautiful." He flirted smoothly. She rolled her eyes.

"I'm glad that Ric told me that you are pain in the ass." She shot back and walked away with the cokes. Damon turned around and looked at her from behind as she walked to Tyler and Caroline.

"He forgot to tell me she has a hot back too." Damon muttered downing the drink.


This is the first chapter of 'All Of The Stars'. There will be another chapter before the episode 'The Birthday'. Ashley is going to have strong friendships with Matt and Jeremy because they are the most normal ones of the gang. Damon and her are going to be close friends teasing and mocking each-other most of the time but things will change everything.

I will be updating as soon as I can because I moved into another city and it's still hard to adapt in another place. Harder than I thought. Anyone who reads 'Love is Unexpected', I'm telling you that an update will come shortly and you still haven't read it, you can always read. Please favorite and follow story and if you have time review.

Love you all.