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Stella was walking through town, still in her ball gown, but she didn't care. She was still furious that Damon really hadn't understood what her intentions were. She kicked some stones in front of her and groaned as she looked at her beautiful new shoes. She took them off and carried them, letting them dangle at their laces from her left hand.
Her mind was racing and she already felt bad for talking to Damon like that. She had been without him for so many years she really hated fighting with him. She was planning on going back and apologizing when she realized where her feet had taken her. She looked into the dark cemetery and decided to step into it.
She wished she could feel the damp leaves and the mud beneath her feet, like she did all those endless years ago.
Stella was walking through the gardens at night fall, she knew her father would scold her if he caught her but she didn't care. It had rained that day and she enjoyed the feeling of the wet grass beneath her bare feet. She pulled up her skirts and let her feet bury themselves into the damp earth. She smiled to herself and closed her eyes.
"Oh little sister, what will father say?" a voice from behind her let Stella twirl around in shock of being caught. A smile erupted on her face as she saw her brother standing there. She let her skirts fall down and didn't care if they were getting muddy and ran towards him, throwing her arms around his neck. "You're back, Damon." Stella said and felt tears run down her face, tears of happiness.
"I told you I'd come back, and here I am." He whispered into her hair as he hugged her back. He pulled away and looked at her. "You've grown, little one." He smiled at her and kneeled down, then sitting down on the damp ground. Stella giggled. "You're going to be muddy afterwards." She said and sat on his lap, wiping her face. "I am so glad that you are back, Damon. I've missed you." She said and hugged him again, causing him to laugh softly and stroked her hair.
Stella smiled as she looked up the way she was walking and saw her mother's grave at the end of it. She kneeled down and brushed the moss off the stone, revealing all their names being listed there, even though only two bodies were lying deep down under the ground. She sat there for nearly an hour before she got off and brushed the dirt off her skirts as good as possible. She knew her dress would look dreadful but she didn't care. She knew what she had to and she was determined to pull it through.
Stella entered the big mansion without knocking and stepped in, looking around the living room. She spotted the male she was looking for and stepped closer softly. "Hey." She said, hoping he wouldn't be too upset with her.
Damon looked up at the voice and spotted Stella, her hair disheveled and her dress more than muddy. She was even carrying her shoes in her hand. "What now? Did you decide to come back and tell more crazy things about your lover?" he asked annoyed and turned back to look into the fireplace.
Stella sighed and stepped over to the sofa Damon was sitting on. "Just listen for a turn." She said and placed down her shoes, looking at him. "I am sorry what I said earlier. I was upset, and I didn't realize the words that were escaping my mouth."
"So I've noticed." He said, but secretly he was more than glad his sister had come to apologize, he hated nothing more than fighting with her.
"Damon, just so you know, I didn't talk to Klaus, I didn't tell him about your plans." Yet. She added in her thoughts but smiled at her brother.
Damon looked up at her. "I am glad. And I am sorry too for what I said. I shouldn't have laughed at you." He said honestly and waved her over to him.
Stella smiled and sat down beside her brother, snuggling into his embrace as he put an arm around her shoulders. "I hate fighting with you, Damon." She said and he nodded in agreement.
Stella decided to don't talk about that Klaus topic again because it was just bound to cause some more troubles between them.
The next morning Stella knew she needed to talk to Klaus and snuck out the house as quiet as possible for her brothers not to notice. She approached Klaus's mansion and knocked at the door three times, waiting for someone to open up.
Klaus had been up all morning, and hadn't heard from Stella in two days. He heard someone at the door, and quickly opened it revealing Stella. "Morning" he said.
"Hi." Stella said and looked around. "We need to talk." she said and urged him to let her in.
He stepped back and held the door back so she could enter. "Talk about?"
"Talk about what happened at the Ball." she said after stepping in. "You might want to hear this." Stella said as she looked at him and crossed her arms.
"Look what happened with Damon, I don't care. Kol probably deserved it anyway. You don't have to come and apologize for your brother, I understand" he said.
Stella snorted. "I wouldn't applogize for Damon, your brother's an ass, he deserved that." She then sobered again. "I want to talk about between Elena and...your mother."
"Elena and my mother? What are you talking about?" he asked completely interested now.
"They had a little get-together at the ball and made their own plans." Stella hissed, afraid that his siblings were around. "Plans considering you and your siblings."
"Stella. Just tell me, because either way this doesn't sound good. Just tell me now" he said with no emotion.
"They used Elena's blood for binding you together. If one of you dies, you all go." she said and rubbed her forehead. "I thought you might want to know."
"What did you just say? My mother made a deal with Elena, signing all of her children's death warrants?" He couldn't believe this, it was an outrage. He forced himself up and began pacing.
"You should believe it, it's true." Stella said and sighed, leaning on the wall next to the door, watching him pacing.
"That bitch, where's Elijah. He walked to the stairs and looked up. "Elijah" he called. "I'm sure everyone is happy with that arrangement" he said to Stella.
Stella pushed herself from the wall. "What do you mean? Why do you think I told you?" she said. "If my brothers weren't that irritatingly in love with her I would tear that bitch Elena into pieces with my bare hands." she hissed and looked up as Elijah came downstairs.
"You called, brother?" Elijah said in a bored voice, nodding at Stella and straightening his jacket.
"It's mother, she has us all fooled. Stella came to tell me how mother and Elena had agreed on ending us. She did a spell with Elena's blood, we are all linked. If one of us dies, we all do." He turned back to Stella. "Thank you for telling me, you're the only one I can trust" he said taking her hand in his and squeezing it.
Stella smiled at his touch. "My brothers will kill me if they found out I told you." she whispered more to herself.
Elijah arched an eyebrow. "Are you trying to say mother signed all our death sentences?" he asked quietly, looking between Klaus and Stella.
Klaus nodded at his brother. "Whatever she's planning we need to stop her, before any of this gets out of hand" he said and turned to Stella. "They wouldn't dare."
Elijah nodded. "I agree." he looked at his brother. "This explains why Finn has behaving that strange lately. He must have something to do with this." Elijah thought out loud.
Stella looked between the brothers, exchanging their thoughts. She was still holding, more clutching Klaus' hand. She desperately hoped she had done the right thing. For now, it felt right.
"Finn? Yes that is quite funny, him and mother have been missing the whole morning. Elijah you know Elena, confront her. I'm going to try and find those two traitors. Anyone involved in this is going to die, I've had enough of being soft with these people" he stated.
Elijah nodded briefly before turning around and leaving.
Stella grabbed Klaus' shoulder and turned to him. "You can't kill my brothers, Klaus." she said and looked into his eyes.
"If they are a part of this then they deserve it, Stella. Your brothers and I will never get along anyhow."
Stella let go of his hand and took a step back. "You cannot kill my brothers. You can't. If you suggest this, then I cannot guarantee on what side I will stand in the end." she said quietly but determined.
He sighed. "Sweetheart, let's not jump the gun now. I haven't decided who I'm killing yet, but you know you will take my side; you always have" he smiled at her.
Stella looked at him then shook her head. "Don't make me choose between you and my family." she said softly.
"Don't stress" he said and took her face in his hands before leaning down and pressing his lips to hers.
Stella closed her eyes at his touch and felt herself respond to his kiss and touched his hands on her face, leaning up to him.
He deepened the kiss, pulling her up closer to him. He got lost in the feel of her.
She wrapped her arms around him as he deepened the kiss and moved her lips on his softly.
He kept kissing her, releasing all his tension into that kiss, he needed to.
As they pulled away, Stella buried her head into Klaus' shoulder. She was loving the feeling of being near him, even though her brother's words were still ringing in her ears.
He hugged her close to him, it had become natural like it always was around her. He prayed it never came down to having to kill the Salvatore's, but he wouldn't think of that now.
"What you thinking, Klaus?" she asked him, still close to him. "I always felt when something was bothering you. You already have a plan inside your mind, don't you?" she looked up at him.
"Yes, I'm going to rip my mother to shreds" he replied simply. "I would do the same to Finn, but we are linked."
Stella pulled away a little to look at him properly. "How can you even make jokes again?" she said with a small smile. "You're very exceptional, you know that?"
"I thought that was just you" he smiled at her and looked into her eyes before pecking her lips with his one more time.
Stella chuckled and kissed him back as he leaned down again. She just wished that all their problems would solve themselves.
Dear Diary,
He's back. Not only in town, but deep in my heart too. I never imagined it to be possible but he swirled into my life again, and grabbed my heart like he had always owned it. I can't say if that's the bad part but I definitely can't change anything about it.
What my brothers did, I can never forgive them. They sealed his death sentence without thinking twice. I confronted Damon but he just blew it off. I know, if the situation was different, and this was his love that was at stake, he would not be that reckless in planning things that are too big even for him.
I don't know what will happen, but I do know that a lot of blood will flow as soon as the plans are set in motion. And in the end, I am not sure where my loyalties will lay. And I'm not the only one who's not sure about the sides they are on.
Stella was not at ease. Her brothers had behaved strangely today. They were up to something, she was sure about that, even though she didn't know what it was.
She had overheard Damon and Stefan talking about the Grill, that was why she was on her way there now. It was already dark and the streets were deserted.
When she came closer to the Grill, more people appeared and she heard the music buzzing and she could already smell the alcohol and the fun people were having. She decided to enter from a side alley to not run into her brothers full frontal.
That was when she heard voices talk quietly and she noticed they were coming from a bench nearby. A smile came up on her face as she realized one voice was Klaus'. The smile faltered in an instant when she saw who the person sitting next to him was.
"Not only are you beautiful, Caroline but you're smart too" he smiled her. "Come on just get to know me" he trailed off.
Stella had to restrain herself from snorting as she heard that, and she even wanted to laugh out loud as she heard her answer.
"And I'm too smart to be seduced by you." that blond chick said, wanting to sound witty but in Stella ears it just sounded pitiful.
Sage exited the Grill through the back, and there he noticed Stella leaning on a wall as he neared her he heard the voices of Klaus and Caroline. He had just met Caroline a day ago, she seemed like a sweet girl. "Eavesdropping much" he remarked as he passed her.
Klaus smiled at Caroline. "I know, that's why I like you" he grinned widely. This girl did something to him he couldn't understand.
"Oh so you're talking again?" Stella asked under her breath, looking at Sage who had stopped beside her.
Caroline looked at Klaus before shrugging it off. "That's not going to work." she said but flashed a secretive smile that kept him at bay.
"Not likely. Fair warning, Caroline is playing him, but it seems your lover is very serious" Sage replied knowing that would hit a nerve.
"Why not, come on Caroline. Give it a chance" he pleaded.
Stella threw Sage a glance, knowing she had hurt him. Under different circumstances she would have talked that out but Klaus pleading for that girl's attention was really starting to bother her. "Did you set your eyes on her now too?"
Caroline flipped back her hair, a move that made Stella wanting to slap her, and merely smiled. "Give up, Klaus, you can't have everything."
"What does it matter to you, you have what you want Stella. Someone that will just use and abuse you, I thought you were smarter than that but I guess not" he said and turned around.
Klaus took her hand in his. "Come on, stop playing hard to get sweetheart."
"Don't play smart on me now, Sage." she hissed so he would still hear her. "You of all people should know that love doesn't work on command."
Caroline looked at his hand before pulling hers away. "Klaus, you did things I will never forgive you." she said calmly.
"I guess it doesn't, but you're still stupid to be standing here watching them." Sage practically spat towards her.
He sighed, then felt a sharp pain to his chest. "Caroline... What have you done?" he demanded and shook her.
Stella wanted to reply to that but then she felt the situation change between Klaus and Caroline. She twirled around and saw his face has changed.
"I- I didn't do anything." Caroline stammered in a poor attempt to look innocent.
"Something doesn't feel right" he said more to himself and found himself making his way to the alley, but Sage blocked his way. "Get out of my way" he demanded and could see Stella out the corner of his eye.
Stella stepped into the light of the street lamps. "What's going on?" she asked and looked at Klaus. Sage was obviously crazy as he didn't move an inch.
"I said get out of my way before I remove you myself" he stated. He ignored Stella, there was something going on in the alley behind Sage, he knew it.
Stella stepped closer. "Klaus, tell me, what's wrong?" she asked and looked between the two men exchanging glares.
"Something is off I can feel it, I'm giving this clown two seconds" Klaus stated angrily as he glared at Sage.
"Sage, maybe you should just move." Stella said calmly as she saw the change in Klaus' face. It was short before he would explode, she was sure about it.
Sage laughed. He didn't care what Stella thought. The mission was to kill the originals tonight, and he was helping Damon and Stefan.
"I said move" Klaus gritted out and hit Sage flying into the outside wall of the Grill before running down the steps and doing the same to Stefan and Alaric. He stepped closer to Damon. "I knew I should have killed you."
Stella followed, seeing what she had feared in that alley. She knew saying something now would only end worse now. She looked between her brother and Klaus and spotted lying on the floor, a dagger through his heart.
Damon glared at Klaus. "Do it, you think I care?" He noticed Stella behind Klaus and was disgusted. After the whole apology and she still ran back to him.
Stella simply shook her head, she felt bad for standing against her family. But it was done and nothing could mend it now.
Klaus stepped towards Damon, "I should have killed you months ago, I mean that" he said and took another step forward.
Elijah appeared at the scene, stepping towards them and pulling the dagger out of Kol's heart. "Then finish it now." he said calmly, playing with the dagger in his hands.
Stella stepped forward. "I told you." she said and looked directly at Klaus, moving towards Damon.
Klaus ignored her, he had enough with people screwing with him for the night.
"Come on you coward" Damon challenged. "No wonder your own mother wanted to kill you lot." He spat.
Elijah chuckled. "Someone obviously has a death wish." He smirked and stood beside Klaus again.
Stella looked between the men, knowing this was a lost battle for her.
Damon took a step forward. "If you're going to do something, then do it."
Klaus stared at him. "Not yet, you are going to fix this. I don't care how you do it, but you're going to break the Spell. Kill that witch or her mother, or I will kill one of the people who is dear to you." He stated.
Elijah stood by with the smirk still present on his face and watched.
Stella shivered involuntarily a Klaus' words. "Klaus, Please." She said softly and tried to reason with him.
Klaus turned around to face Stella. "Yes? What is it, Stella?"
"What are suggesting here? You can't do this." she said and looked at him, sad that he even suggested it.
He sighed. "Your brothers must fix this, or Elena dies. It's their choice to make" he stated.
Stella looked at her brother, afraid what might say. She looked back at Klaus but stayed silent.
Damon glared at Stella, before moving over to Stefan. "Let's go" he said. They needed to now kill a Bennett.
Stella looked after her brothers as they vanished and started walking out the alley, she didn't want to stay there will Klaus and his brothers.
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