Klaus P.O.V
When I burnt that piece of parchment I felt like another burned had been taken from me. What was the use in keeping such a contract when it's null void, I didn't want any form of connection related to that woman I was once married to. Love is for the weak the one things I have learnt over the last 24 hours, you're going to meet many people with domineering personalities: the loud, the obnoxious, those that noisily stake their claims in your territory and everywhere else they set foot on. This is the blueprint of a predator. Predators prey on gentleness, peace, calmness, sweetness and any positivity that they sniff out as weakness. Anything that is happy and at peace they mistake for weakness. It's not your job to change these people but it's your job to show them that your peace and gentleness do not equate to weakness. I have always appeared to be fragile and delicate when it comes to Star but the thing is I am not fragile and I am not delicate.
I can show my gentleness but I can show you that I also possess a poison. I compare myself to silk. People mistake silk to be weak but a silk handkerchief can protect the wearer from a gunshot. There are many people who will want to befriend you if you fit the description of what they think is weak; predators want to have a person that they can dominate over because that makes them feel strong and important. The truth is that predators have no strength and no courage. It I who is strong, and it I who has courage. They accuse me of being deceiving; I am not deceiving, I am just made of silk. It is they who are stupid and wrongly take gentleness and fairness for weakness. There are many more predators in this world that are like Star. My question is are you made of silk?
That word 'Love´ is for the weak and I recalled a conversation with Elijah after Star 'death' which was an utter lie. Elijah wanted me to feel to talk about the events to share my feeling for what I felt after the funeral we held for her. I spoke the words to him 'Love is a vampire's greatest weakness. And we are not weak, Elijah. We do not feel and we do not care'. I wasn't going to allow the love I felt for her to make me feel that way no longer she was gone. Elijah approached me there was this particular look in his eyes 'We did once' he spoke with compassion in his voice. He was right we did feel once we did care and feel but that not the people we were no longer. 'Too many lifetimes ago to matter.' I responded before walking away. My heart ached for my Star but she was never gone it was all a plan to escape from me that she thought I was this evil.
The evil that she was meant to take down and I so blindly after 520 years later allowed myself to love her once again, to allow my feeling to take over rather than my common sense. What man would be so accepting to hear all that he heard, and continue a relationship with a woman who faked her death? I was blinded and delusional to think we could pick up where we left of because the love I held for her was so empowering. It was something that I couldn't control as it was what my heart wanted, in a matter of moments from when I heard she knew of the plot and betrayal that was conspired against me. My heart was shattered and the only way I knew I couldn't be fooled by her no longer was to turn my feeling for off. That was the one thing I never imagined myself doing even after her death in 1494 where the pain was unbearable. I couldn't do that because if I did that would mean she meant nothing. That is what Star is to me 'nothing' no emotional attachment whatsoever. She merely a human blood bag.
After all that doom and gloom was over I decided that I needed a little pick me up and I knew just the person who could do that. So I asked for Genevieve to come over to discuss what I had happened as she was so eager to know what had occurred she was not best pleased when I told her that Rebekah was still alive but when I told her I had banished her from the city. A huge smile appeared on her face in that one moment I saw her in a different light. When I placed my advance on her she backed away telling me that I was married I showed her my left hand where there was light faint mark of where once my wedding band was place. Informing her that I was no longer tied down to the lying and treacherous woman named Star. Before Genevieve could speak I kissed her to silence her from asking any further questions.
It turned into a night filled with lustful endeavours where she cried out my name numerous times. This continued for many weeks the same events every night where I would fulfil Genevieve most intermit desires. Even after a month with the smell of desire filled the room the faint scent of that perfume still lingered. That began to enrage me further as I continued to please Genevieve and her screams of pleasure became louder. After a few hours of blowing off some of that steam that was needed I leave this room, I couldn't stay there no longer. It needed to be in-fumigated or something I will not continue to have that scent in there. I got out of bed as Genevieve laid there with a lustful look in her eyes it appeared I had given her what she longed for.
"Is everything okay Niklaus?" She spoke with slight worry in her voice because of the way I abruptly got out of the bed. Was everything okay?
"They say the passage of time will heal all wounds but the greater the loss the deeper the cut and the more difficult the process to become whole again. The pain may fade but scars serve as a reminder of our suffering and make the bearer all the more resolved never to be wounded again." I turned to face her and she sat up on the bed looking at me a little confused for a moment. "So, as time moves along we get lost in distractions. Act out in frustration, react with aggression, give in to anger. And, all the while we plot and plan as we wait to grow stronger and before we know it, the time passes. We are healed. Ready to begin anew." That was what today was about to no longer live in my past to look to my future. The future of my two children they were my only focus they will be the only ones that will have my love. No woman will ever capture the heart of Niklaus Mikaelson my heart will belong only to my son and daughter. I will never make the mistake again to give away my heart to someone who would break it with lies.
"Spoken like a man who's made peace with his demons." She spoke as she lays lazily on the couch trying to seduce me with her womanly ways. Well I will not allow another woman to do that to me again. Genevieve been made fully aware of my intension to her that this would not become a affair of the heart.
"My demons are dead, or chased off." I spoke as I button my shirt. Which had happened Rebekah and Marcel were banished and well Star…. She got a death sentence coming her way as soon as her purpose is done I shall deal with her. I looked up to see Elijah enters the room and glares at Genevieve.
"Yes, apart from the one lingering monster with whom you share a bed." He spoke with disappointment in his voice as he holds out her heels in his hand. "I trust you can find your clothing and the door." Genevieve stands up, takes her heels from him, and leaves the room. "You do recall that woman tortured our sister?" He spoke annoyed. I knew that Elijah still held some form of hope that what I had told him that night wasn't the truth. That I spoke in my rage about Star being dead to me but it wasn't it was the truth and he need to be made clear about that.
"She also revealed the truth about our sister's treachery. Which also lead me to finding out that the woman who I was once married to was just as deceitful." If anything Genevieve brought me clarity into my life that I had been blinded by the two people I cared for most. If anything I should keep someone like her in my life and not the trash I've had for all these years.
"And as a consequence, Rebekah is gone forever. Star the woman whom you love is broken, and with child. Your child Niklaus. Your son. You have destroyed her with your actions." Elijah was trying to work on my emotions for Star but that wasn't going to work. The way Elijah spoke it seems that he had seen her that his choice but I do not ever want to see that lying face of hers.
"A secrete which she apparently harboured for quite some time!" I tried not to snap back as if I did that would mean that even after all this time she mattered to me. She didn't and I had made that very clear over the last month of that due to my interactions with the witch.
"Niklaus, it has been a month. Now I feel Star loss as deeply as you. But, you must stop distracting yourself with this ridiculous behaviour and channel it into some kind of action. She will give birth to your son soon. Do you not care about that?" What did I have to do to make it clear to him I didn't care for the person whom carried my child. I turned away and began to look at the piece of artwork I had been working on. "She was admitted into hospital for days Niklaus, she's deteriorating because of the heartache." I grabbed a paintbrush and returns to my art as I didn't want to play no part of doing anything constructive with this city.
"Why must I, exactly?" I spoke as I added little more detail to the canvas. Elijah seems to think that he can pull on my heart strings. I was fully aware what was happening to Star I had people watching her not for her. It was because she held the one thing that matter to me my son I needed to know her every move as she may flee with my child and I would kill her before I allow her to take him away from me.
"Because over the course of Marcel's tenure, the city grew accustomed to having a king. You wanted this throne. Now, you must accept the responsibility that accompanies that." Elijah snapped at me while I was only half-paying attention to him as this city and being it's king was the last thing on my mind right now.
"Apologies, but I'm rather ensconced in other pursuits." I spoke as I continued to admire and the art I was creating. Suddenly Elijah takes the paintbrush from my hand.
"If you can so easily neglect your home, I wonder what will become of your son and daughter. Have you forgotten what it was like to live beneath the threat of violence? We must work together, Niklaus. Let's make this city whole again." I had my own agenda of how I will make this city whole again but it will not be working alongside my brother. I will make this a home for my son and daughter they are the only family that are important to me.
"Perhaps it is too broken to mend." I responded as I took back my paintbrush and returns to my painting.
"If you won't do anything, I will." With that Elijah walked out of the room. In the book 'The Wizard of Oz' it teaches us a valuable lesson about what makes a journey meaningful. It is not mere possession but also awareness of our unique gifts that enables us to put them to use. We learn that conquering trepidation and taking that first step is the only way to come to self-awareness, master our talents, and seize opportunities to success.
Star P.O.V
My entire world was shattered in that one day from having it all to having nothing. The words that were spoken to me haunted me every moment of the day the imagine of Nik haunted me more. As Damon took me away I just felt empty numb not here or there. I felt like I had died and I was waiting for the pain to come but nothing no aching no nothing. Damon brought me to some apartment that he had acquired be brought me into this bedroom and placed me on the bed. I hadn't spoken a word he told me that he was going to leave me to rest then left the room. Once he left it was like everything came flooding to the surface the hurt of everything that happened overwhelmed me. The aching feeling only hurt when I'm breathing that my heart only breaks when it's beating. So I held my breath-to forget. I loved Nik beyond madness being one soul one vein one body which he never deserved. My Love tears me between the addiction of patience and urge of infinite desire. I would prefer to live with bleeding heart where desire sees darkness of uncertainty because I need to know the existence of love. Love is an addiction to an eternal longing for someone...A thirst which one cannot relinquish. That throbbing thing in my chest can hardly be called a heart. It has been wrung out and deformed into something merely functional. Nothing can revive it.
Damon became extremely worried about me after the days from what had happened as I didn't move from that room. I didn't want to eat I didn't want to do anything. During the light of day I would play in my mind that day when I lost the man I love. Then when the darkness of the night would come it would haunt me in my dreams. Each and every time Nik was more and more vicious in my dreams which made me frighten of the man I loved. Damon felt hopeless as all his effort I wouldn't listen and that what lead to the visit from Elijah, he sat on the bed beside me and pleaded that I couldn't allow what had happened to destroy me. That I had a life growing inside me that I needed to put first that I need to live for my son in that moment I didn't want to live for anyone not even for this little person who I had dreamed of in my thousand years. I got up from the bed and walked over to the window looking out to the canal that was the separation from where I stood to the French quarters.
"Over the weeks that passed…. I was thinking of what had happened… I felt like knew him that I knew his heart, and how he wouldn't do to hurt me. But I didn't realize that feeling so confident feeling so great about our relationship was back on track that soon we would become parents, and then for it to just be completely shattered. By one thing. By something so stupid. Nik makes me feel crazy. He makes me feel like it's my fault when all I wanted to do was protect him as he had protected me countless time." I turned to Elijah who stood there with a painful expression on his face of deep regret of Nik action. "I've been in pain ever since nothing or no one—" As I spoke I felt light headed one moment I saw Elijah look at with an expression of horror then next I saw darkness.
When I finally woke I was in a hospital bed I was told that my blood levels were low and that I was malnourished and needed to stay in for a few days, Elijah and Damon didn't leave my side as they were still trying to knock some kind of sense into me. The whole time I was there I thought that I would have had at least one visit from Nik not to see if I was okay because he made his feeling quite clear about me but to see that our son was okay. That didn't happen Nik didn't care or he didn't want to know I don't know which one it was but either way it hurt. The Doctors came back with test results they explained how the baby was totally fine healthy and they had no concerns about him. When it came to me there was a concern they spoke about the bruises that covered my stomach and began to ask me if I was in some violent relationship. That when Elijah spoke up and he was furious he along with Damon compelled the staff that I hadn't been admitted.
Once that was done they brought me back to the apartment and that when the questions began to arise. There was nothing escaping it and I couldn't hid the fact no more that this baby was stronger than myself. Damon was about to speak and I shot a look at him because I knew he was going to tell Elijah what he had discovered in Italy. I didn't believe in any of that I didn't believe that my child was killing me slowly. Elijah stood there deep in thought which concerned me because it meant that he might be adding up the pieces. He asked to make a suggestion of something that might help both Damon and I looked at him confused as he approached the fridge. He comes back to me with a glass filled with blood and asked me to drink it.
I didn't like the taste of blood when I was a vampire for those months and I certainly wasn't going to be drinking blood while human. He explained that the child I was carrying was part supernatural and that it needed a substance that would quench its thirst. He asked me once again to drink the blood just for his peace of mind. I looked at the claret colour of the blood in the glass before putting it to my lips. As I drank it I had this strange sensation it didn't taste like how I remembered it was more like a fruity kind of taste to it all. I drained the whole amount then he asked me to expose my swollen bump. As I did ever dark bruise old and new faded away as if they were never there. Now I knew what I needed to do to stop my baby from inflicting pain upon me that in my daily diet I would drink a certain amount of blood. As I was doing this I felt a difference in myself I wasn't writhing away like I had been. Colour began to resurface to my cheeks I looked healthier I felt it too but there was still that aching in my heart. That I knew couldn't repair.
Even weeks had passed I remembered the day vividly; for how can you forget the day your heart is broken? The funny thing about a broken heart is that it's not fatal. Though you wish in vain that it were life continues on and you have no choice but to continue on with it. You take the hand that fate has dealt you and you press forward because there is nothing else that can be done. I knew this for a fact. Little by little, the ache to see him to hear him would disappear. Little by little I'd forget how his arms felt how his fingers felt how his lips felt… The sound of his voice the intensity of his gaze, all of it. Trace by trace it would slip from my mind recede into foggy memory. The painful haze that dulled my present would melt into the past. Maybe not all the way maybe there would be a few scars. Maybe I'd be different, but I'd be me again. Little by little.
I knew I had to face my demons and I knew in matter of weeks my son would be here and I will not allow for there to be this bitterness to continue. That for the sake of our child there had to be some amity between us as I will always be this mother as Nik would always be his father. No child should grow up into a world where there bitter feuds. I learn to accept that there will never be an us again that is something that I had to come to terms with. I had told Damon that I was going to the market to pick up a few things of course he went all protective. I assured him I would be fine that no one will harm me Elijah had assured me of that. Even in Niklaus rage of hatred to me he wouldn't allow no one to harm the woman who carried his child. Still Damon wasn't convinced but as I told him I needed time on my own to be the person I once was. To not live in fear and face what the world throws at me. After that he couldn't really say much so I left and made my way towards the French quarters I knew I was walking on dangerous grounds but I needed to do this. For me more than anyone else as I will not be intimated or bullied no longer.
As I got closer to the compound my heart began to race a little more but I knew I had to do this. I couldn't hide no longer I wasn't one to hide maybe 500 years ago but I'm a different Star now. I walked through the main door into the court yard and for the first time it was filled with silence. No vampires hanging around drinking booze or playing there game of cards it was like a ghost town. I began to go up the stairs and my heart was pounding I think part of me hopes that he wasn't here that this was like a rehearsal to the actual encounter. I walked into the living room and it was empty I knew he was here somewhere I had that feeling of his presence. So I began to make my way toward the room that we both shared once upon a time as I reached for the handle my heart began to beat rapidly. I took in a deep breath to regain my composure and pulled on the handle opening the door.
As I did I see Nik standing in front of a easel while Genevieve leisurely laid on the bed that I once laid with Nik wearing only a robe and her underwear. I felt my heart in my throat as I witness something I thought I would never see. Nik literally sleeping with the enemy in our bed every part of me wanted to turn and run away. Then the over part of me wanted to kill the harlot that caused all this heartache so she could get her revenge of Rebekah.
"I saw the light from the courtyard and took a chance that—" I lied through my teeth but right now I was embarrassed and enraged with what I was seeing. "You weren't with a half-naked psychowitch. Seems I gambled, and lost." Nik stood there looking a little stunned to see that I walked in on them but my eyes advert to Genevieve who was smirking.
"Ten minutes ago, I was fully naked." I gritted my teeth together as I know Nik said he wanted nothing to do with me after he felt that I betrayed him, but to jump into bed with that bitch. Was the lower blow than him saying he hated me.
"Oh! Then you served your purpose." I spoke to her with sarcasm and a fake smile upon my face to hide the emotions beneath the surface. "Don't let me hold you up." I continue to smile at her stopping myself to show my rage about all this. She looks over to Nik who gave her a small nod then back at me.
"You travellers sure do love to piss off witches." She spoke as she barged passed me making me stumble into side table where my baby bump hit the sharp corner I wince in pain as I held the spot there it hurt. That action just then she declared war with me and she will regret it as I maybe human but that doesn't mean she can underestimate me. I looked up to see Nik glaring at me no form of compassion whatsoever.
''Really? Her? Out all the people in New Orleans you chose her to share your bed with." This was all hurting me in so many ways one being how he moved on so quickly. He put his paint brush down and clean his hands with a cloth while looking at me with a smirk. Of course Nik thought I was jealous and I had every right to be just because he renounced our marriage. It didn't mean my feeling or my love for him disappeared like his did.
''Well, New Orleans breeds nothing if not strange bedfellows, but I assume you're not here to question me on my leisure activities. As they are none of your concerns." He spoke as he walked passed me leaving the room. Well I expected more yelling and shouting but I came here to talk to him for a reason and I wasn't going to leave until I said my piece. I followed him into the living room and he headed for his assortment of scotch "Still here I see." He turned to look at me there was no emotion in his voice like I was someone off the street. "You are aware this isn't your home no longer, I don't need you loitering around like a desperate ex." I felt my jaw drop slightly as he spoke that I was some kind of desperate ex. Nik heart had literally turned into stone there was nothing there for me and I'm not going to allow him to continue to break me.
"I came here to talk to you about our child, or have you revoked him from your life also?" I snapped at him and in that moment I didn't care. He stood there not best pleased with me and what I had told him but Nik had shown no interest in this child in the last month.
"That child you are carrying hasn't been revoked from anything. You have Star, from my bed." A smirk appeared on his face as he approached me standing a foot away from me. "Which I know disappoints you more than anything." I slapped him across the face as it wasn't about that in my eyes I came here because I didn't want my son to pay for our mistakes. "I will let you have that one, but next time I won't be so kind to allow you to leave here in once piece." He threaten me before walking away I wasn't going to talk to me like that. If he wanted to hurt me of kill me or whatever he wanted to do then I'll let him do it as he can't hurt me anymore than he had.
"Classy Nik. Threating the woman who carries your son. I think your actions just gave me my answer for coming here. You talk about family standing tall being united, but you can't even have a civil conversation with me without threating to kill me." Nik turned to face me all I saw was anger as he didn't like what I was telling him which was the truth. "I will not allow MY son to be brought into this world and it to be like this. I refuse to accept that, and you would too if you had any concept of family." Nik stood there and didn't speak a word maybe it finally sunk in that soon we were going to be parents. That in the mist of all this hatred there was another person was going to be a part of this. I took one final look at him and walk out I half expected him to yell to shout to demand for me never to return but all there was is silence. Maybe it's finally sinking in that he can't behave like this no longer that he will be a father. Whatever it wasn't my concern as my focus now was on my baby boy.
Klaus P.O.V
My morning started off well with the pleasurable company of my witch friend but of course big brother had to ruin the moment. He wanted me to care about the woman who carried my son that I didn't pay her visit and bring her flowers to say get well soon. Elijah didn't get it that Star was the last person that I thought would do such a deception. To lay in beside me in our bed when she knew the whole time about Rebekah and Marcel plot to take me down. He questions why I banished Rebekah from here but I choose to want Star dead and not done so because of the child she carried.
When the person you love and cherish more than your own life. That you would lay your own life on the line for her because to you she is everything. Love never comes with a brochure of rules and regulations a prospectus with guides of what is acceptable and what is abominable. It's a standard to follow your heart and that's what I did and if doing that hurt Star then I'm sorry… sorry for coming in her life and wasting her time. Today, I am proud to stand up and honour myself and proclaim to the world… yes, I loved someone more than myself. I loved someone truly, madly, deeply! The one problem with allowing yourself to be that in love with someone is that love is giving someone the power to destroy you...but trusting them not to. I gave her my heart and soul and all she did was trample upon and tore it into tiny piece.
So nothing that Elijah spoke to me was going to make me feel compassion for her if she wasn't taking care of herself that was her own doing. I knew my son was fine and healthy and that was all that mattered to me and nothing else. Then my dear brother attempted to get me get involved in getting this city back to once how it used to be. I was not interested in that game it wouldn't work not with this imbecile that are in charge of each fraction it will be a blood bath. Of course Elijah and his charm somehow he had gotten each of them to agree to a treaty. That tonight he will throw some kind of party which will have the witches, humans, werewolves and not forgetting vampires. It was a cocktail of disaster and even my new frenemy Genevieve thought so too as we both laughed at Elijah attempts. As we did I didn't expect for Star to come bursting into the room seeing her after all this time actually brought up a string of emotions. Some I didn't want to feel as I turned it off but like a serpent that attacks unexpectedly that what happened.
I could see the hurt in Star's eyes as she saw Genevieve laying where she once laid. I shook the little compassion that rose to the surface as she didn't deserve it. As her and Genevieve gave insult after insult I couldn't help but look at her swollen bump. It had grown that was for sure if anything Star looked as if she was going to give birth any time soon. Then as Star polity told Genevieve to leave she looked at me with disbelief when I agree. Then I action straight after made me see red as she pushed Star making her hurt herself. Not because of Star because of the damage that she could of caused my child. I held my anger in because if I reacted it would show that I felt something towards the woman carrying him. That wasn't the case. Star asked me why her well quite frankly it wasn't her business no longer who I share my bed with. That she was only jealous then she slap she gave me and the hurt and anger in her eyes I knew she was still in love with me. That was apparent and so visible to see but I had to remind her the feeling wasn't mutual.
That was when she spoke of her reasons for being here that it was about our child. That she didn't want him to be a part of all this that somehow we could be civil to one another for his sake. She was very brave to come here to be so bold to ask of this request. A request to which wasn't asking for all the wealth in the world because there was truth to what she had told me. I didn't want my son to see that I held so much hatred to his mother that I was ready to spill her blood in any moment. I stand by my word once she had given birth to him she be dealt with by my hands. There won't be any issue with how we will corporate for his sake. As she stormed out of the room I grabbed the bottle of scotch and threw it. Why you ask? Because that woman still got under my skin she was in my presence for matter of moments. In doing so she began to make the walls I had created crumble when I do not want them to.
I needed air to calm myself down so I went out on the balcony looking out at the city taking in the fresh air. As I look down to the street below there she was walking away she didn't seem upset more angry than anything. I did not ask for any of this if anything I always dreamt to give Star the one thing she longed for I still remember when she found out that Hayley was with my child how heartbroken she was. That one thing brought back her humanity, and as unhappy I was about the situation I was grateful that it brought back the Star I loved. I kept wishing that I could give to her the one thing a child and when it happened I thought the gods were on my side that they thought that my Star and I deserved our happy ending. My life was perfect take away the witches trying to harm her and my child because I knew in my heart that we would get through it. I used to imagine the moment when I son would come into this world how Star would hold him in her arms. While I held her in mine our little family in each other's arms. That was a dream a fantasy because this is the real world I live in where the woman I once loved betrayed me in the worst way possible. I shook my head and returned back into my room grabbing a paintbrush returning to my artwork. I looked up to find Elijah standing in front of my painting with a sour look upon his face.
"Not a fan of cerulean blue?" I teased as he looked at me with unimpressed expression. Seem that my brother in one of his moods or maybe he bumped into my ex and she gave him an earful.
"Not a fan of your continued indifference." Well I knew exactly what he meant as he still not best pleased with my interactions with Genevieve. How laid back I'm being about this city going to pots.
"Well, it's difficult trying to unite a community that has a history of mutual loathing." Which was true I didn't understand how Elijah thinks in a day he was going to achieve all this.
"Spare me the platitudes, Niklaus." Elijah didn't like I was being negative about all this so maybe I should attempt to spell this out to him.
"A perspective, then? If you want peace, you must begin with the werewolves. A hundred years ago, they had a run at ruling this city. As of late, all they've had is time to watch their enemies tear down that legacy." This was the start to my little plan that had been plotting away in my mind. Of course I wanted order in this city but there was four fractions and one that weren't allowed in this city. They had as much right as all the others to play a part in all this.
"All the more reason why their enemies are reluctant to bring them to the table." Elijah seemed a little surprised by my little suggestion.
"Take a page from Bienville, brother." I squeezed his shoulder as a sign of loyalty. "If the table's the obstacle, remove it." I walked over and began to pour us both drinks. "Do you recall in 1720, the Governor's desperation to secure our help to build the cities first levees? We sat with him, and refused his offer, and so, he plied us with wine, with corseted women, and with raucous camaraderie until he had his yes." When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteousness and reposes confidence in them. The army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders. That is the strategy that needed to be done in order for this to work it was down to my brother if he choose to follow this advice. Something tells me with that look in his eye right now I had reeled him right in.
Star P.O.V
I was so furious when I left the compound for many reason not just because that I had witness Nik love affair with that bitch Genevieve. Not that he was being so pompous about the way I felt about him that he knew that my feeling hadn't faded. The fact that for our son he wasn't willing to try and be civil and that told me he was damaged beyond repair. That his hatred for me ran so deep that it didn't matter about our child and what kind of environment he would grow up in. I know I can leave this city and move to somewhere where I could be happy with my child. There two reason why that could never happen one being Nik would hunt me down in his typical manner. Two being I do not want my son not to know his father I would rather suffer in silence than take him away from the person he need.
I thought for over a thousand years that I had no family no thing I was alone in the world and I felt empty inside. I will not do that to my child he will have a bond with me that isn't even anything to question about. I want him to hold a bond also with Niklaus so he can hold that hatred towards me. He can continue to look at me with disgust and think I'm the lowest of the low I can accept that. I will not allow his hatred for me push away the one thing he wanted and that was a child of his own. He will have a son and daughter entering his life soon and he needed to step up and be what Mikael could never be for him. If he chooses to push me and our son away in my eyes he would be recantation of Mikael.
I made my way back to that grotty apartment that Damon had us staying in and as I walked in he stood there with angry expression. It seem that Damon didn't trust me and he had followed me to the compound. This conversation consisted of a lot of yelling and calling me stupid that I risked my life but also my baby life. Yes I took a risk but as I said to myself today I needed to face my demons and that I did whether Damon liked it or not. I let him continue with his yelling as I went into my room. I know Damon cared for me and that he didn't want anything to happen to me and I love him for that. I don't think I would have survived this last month if I didn't have him by my side and I will be eternally grateful to him for that. What I knew today was that I needed to stand on my own two feet that I needed to take a plan of action. I'm tired of people thinking I'm human that I'm fragile that I'm unable to anything or protect myself. I'm also tired of people underestimating me yes I maybe human now but I have over a thousand years of experience. One person today claimed a war against me that was that red headed witch bitch Genevieve.
I will not let her think that she can imitate me that she has control cause in reality she doesn't. She may have the ancestor of the witches of New Orleans on her side. She reminded me of something today about my true heritage that the blood that ran through my veins were one of a Traveller. I was the daughter of the immortal Silas that people feared I even recall one original being frighten of him being woken. So why should the daughter of someone so powerful live in hiding. Why should I allow to continue for people to think being human I'm weak? Because I don't hold the strength I once had? Or the speed?
The one thing I knew is that Traveller magic was pure nothing like white magic or black magic that these witches in New Orleans use. The witches had declared war with me from the moment they knew of my child. With Genevieve actions from today she marked it all in stone and I will not sit back no long. I will not allow these witches to think some prophecy of my child is going to be the end of white magic. If anyone was going to end the witches of this town who try and cause myself or my child harm will be me. I knew exactly how to do it and it and I knew just the person who would be able to help me.
I had a very interesting phone call from Elijah apparently he was trying to seek peace within the city. His reason behind all this was for two innocent lives that are going to be entering this world don't live in a city filled with corruption. That he had spoken to all four fractions to sign a treaty meaning that the witches couldn't harm me or my child no longer. As wonderful as it all sounded and I wanted to believe that some piece of paper was going to stop all this. I knew it wouldn't as I had lived around witches all my life when they wanted to end something they would do it sneaky. Of course I gave Elijah my full support and didn't come across negative. I'm grateful for what he was doing I knew it wasn't only for me, but also for Hayley as her baby wasn't safe either. The one thing that surprised me was that he requested my presence there tonight. That maybe Nik had exiled me from the family, but to Elijah I will always be a Mikaelson that I needed to be there represent. I was going to ask what Niklaus would say but before I could even ask that he assured me that he would keep Nik on a tight leash. That for me coming there was to support him for this cause and nothing else. Elijah really did know how to make me feel obligated to attend so I told him I would be coming which pleased.
The only issue I had now was to tell my vampire best friend that we are going to a party that will have Nik there. I see this conversation being far worst then the heated argument from earlier. Well if I can be fearless when facing Niklaus Mikaelson then I can do the same when facing Damon Salvatore. I took in a deep breath before leaving the room. I went into the living room where Damon was on the couch with bottle of bourbon to hand. He looked really deep in thought the kind of though where he going to snap any moment. Maybe it wasn't the right time to bring this up but I was going if he liked it or not. I would rather him accompanied me that to stalk me in dark corners to be there for me as support. Here goes nothing…
"Hey…" He looked at me a little unamused then taking a swig from the bottle. This was going to be a lot harder than I thought, I walked over and sat next to him leaning my head on his shoulder "I'm sorry for upsetting you Damon. I know you're just looking out for me and my baby." I knew I needed to apologies because that was what he was doing and I shouldn't have snapped at him. "I'm trying to face up to my responsibility Damon. I went there because I know my baby going to be here soon and I just wanted to try make him see reason." Damon wrapped his arm around my shoulder and rested his chin on the top of my head.
"I guess it didn't go down well." I didn't say a thing as Damon knew what Nik was like when he on his vengeful mode. "It probably didn't help with me yelling at you as soon as you walked through the door. I'm sorry about that. You don't need that but I was angry, because I care for you and for your baby." Damon spoke with compassion in his voice as I knew that was what he was trying to do.
"Well regardless of his hatred to me this child is a Mikaelson." I sat up to look at him and I knew this was going to turn into an argument but I needed to be there tonight for Elijah. "Elijah called me. He having some kind of party tonight that all the fraction will be signing some peace treaty." Damon arched his brow as he placed his bottle down on the coffee table in front of him.
"Suit and tie is bring New Orleans to peace I'm impress. Will it work well that to be seen" Well I think Damon was impressed that Elijah doing something to clean up this town. Maybe what happened with me and how Elijah brought to light about consuming blood as it seemed that what the baby needed. "Something tells me that you bring this up with means we have been formally invited" I was taken back as I watched Damon smiling as he spoke I didn't know if it was an act or that he was being serious.
"We? You willing to come with me?" Damon sat there with a smirk on his face and once again I didn't know how to read him right now.
"A room full of Vampires, Werewolves, Humans and not forgetting Witches that something I need to witness. So go and make yourself beautiful." I was truly taken back by him being so accepting about all this why was he cooperating?
"Aren't you worried that Nik going to be there and might cause a scene or anything? You're being a little relaxed about all this." Not that I minded that he was being this way it just I know Damon and for him to be so relaxed meant he had an agenda of some kind.
"You spoke how you don't want to live in fear no more. Right? Well what better way to show that you're not afraid of Klaus than turning up to his brother shin dig." He get up from the couch and help me up to my feet. "You shouldn't live in fear, and Klaus is pissed at you for not telling on his little sis. I understand his anger about that—" I was a little stunned to hear that Damon was kind of defending Nik saying he had a right to be this angry at me. "—But I know you did it to protect him as you knew it would destroy him. You love him that much you don't want to see him hurt. So if Klaus can't see that then his lost an amazing woman." Damon spoke some kind of sense and tonight I'm not going to walk into that party looking over my shoulder. I will walk in there holding my head high and be there to support Elijah how he supported me through my dark time. I will not allow anyone to beat me down no longer it's time for them to see that I will stand my ground until the bitter end.
Klaus P.O.V
Elijah took my advice and spoke to all the fractions even including the wolves to be part of all of this treaty nonsense. Of course it added a few morn brownie point with Hayley as she seem to take the role of spoke person for the wolves. Well by right she is the rightful hire of the Crest clan so her speaking for her people was expected. I have my own agenda this this gathering which may not please my brother as he would see it as I'm going against him. That wasn't the case I was tired of seeing this city the way it was I was tired of certain fractions having control while the wolves were outcast. I wanted to let the wolves regain their power and control once again as part of me was from that line. I had not accepted that part of myself for the majority of my life.
I learnt a lot from this deception that I discovered recently. That the Mikaelson were not my only family that I had another family that I had been rejecting for centuries. With becoming a father I want my children to embrace that side of the family my daughter will hold the capabilities of a werewolf were as my son I'm unsure of. I'm certain he will take after his father rather than his weak mother I saw his strength already with the bruises he had left on her. He would be his father son which pleased me as with both my children I will love and protect them but I will also show them they will have to fear nothing.
This party that Elijah had arrange began I was looking forward to seeing what kind of carnage would occur on this night. I stood on the balcony looking down at the courtyard filled with breeds of all kinds attempting to get along. This wasn't going to work there was far too much bad blood spilled between one and other. I watched as Genevieve made her grand entrance with her three harvest girls at toe. I couldn't help but smile as she walked through the vampires and werewolves looking fearless. Then someone caught my eye as they entered the room it was Star with Damon beside her. She looked radiantly beautiful in her long black dress while her eyes sparkles and her smile lit up the room. One of the many reason why I fell in love with her because of her entrance when entering a room. She looked as exquisite this night as she did that night when we first met in England when I believed in love at first sight. Of course she would have been here by Elijah request it seem that my brother wasn't going to give up on his quest to make me see my senses. I had seen everything on that one day at Layette cemetery when I learn that she wasn't the woman who I thought she was.
I have an evil and corrupt mind I can attack that you wouldn't see it coming I can rip a person into shreds and make them feel pain that they never felt before. To have the table turned on you it's a pain that is truly scar you in too many ways to describe. There is nothing these hands can hold worth having. They cannot hold the moonlight, or the melody of a song, or even the beauty of the woman I love. They can touch her face, but not her beauty. Only the heart can hold such things, but my heart didn't feel that way no longer. I may have moments of weakness where her mere presence may weaken me for a moment but it is only for a moment.
"Looking for your ex-wife?" I heard Genevieve spoke from beside me and I turned to face her and I could see the jealously in her eyes.
"Don't tell me you're jealous of Star, love." I mocked her as I placed my hands on either side of her shoulders to show some form of affection. It worked as I could see her melt before me. Genevieve was truly and hopelessly in love with me as I expected and this work to my advantage.
"Just curious why you'd seek her company. She seems so... pretentious." She spoke as she looked down at Star who was weaving through the crowed smiling.
"Well she is the mother to my unborn child. As bitter as things are between us it was a welcome respite to know that the child she carries is well." I didn't know what to really say to her as I knew that she was upset about agreeing to be alone with Star earlier. By the way she left the room and attempted to hurt Star by inflicting pain my child. I had to remember why I had Genevieve so close at the moment and eventually I would deal with her also.
"I thought I was your respite." She spoke with jealously in her voice this was all becoming a little tedious but I needed to remain in control.
"Well, you are. You are." I spoke as I caressed her cheek and a smile appeared on her face. "Promise me- not another thought about Star." I noticed Jackson walking up the stairs "Excuse me." I walked away from her and approached Jackson and asked if we could have a little chat. I brought him into a private room so we could speak as I had an offer that I knew he wouldn't want to refuse.
"I'm so glad you accepted my invitation." I spoke as I shook his hand while Jackson stood there looking at me a little wryly.
"So, is this where the great Klaus Mikaelson says something poignant, and snaps my neck?" Well I kind of expected him to say something like that but that wasn't my reason for my extended invitation.
"I'm not here to kill you. I'm here to offer you a gift." Jackson stood there with an assumed look upon his face. All he knew about me was that I was this hybrid who will murder and kill and destroy lives also whatever else Hayley may have told him.
"Out of the kindness of your vampire heart?" He spoke sarcasm which wasn't what was needed right now but knew convincing Jackson wasn't going to be easy.
"Our hearts are more similar than you might realize. You see, long before I evolved, mine beat as a werewolf. I know your power. I know your burden. I'm here to take the latter away." That was all I wanted to do I didn't want them to suffer no longer. Why should the wolves be a slave to the moon when vampires are no longer salves to the sun.
"You want to make me a hybrid? I put my pack first, and I'm not gonna let anything compromise my family line, especially becoming some bloodthirsty vampire parasite." I liked Jackson attitude how he put his pack before his own needs but I wasn't going to be offering him that.
"That pride, that sense of loyalty? Well, that's exactly why I haven't snapped your neck yet." I assured him as this wasn't about making an army this was about offering freedom.
"Well, if you're not gonna kill me, then what the hell do you want?" He snapped at me which I allowed him to there was no reason for Jackson to have any trust in me for now. But this what I plan to offer him will surly change his mind.
"Only to give you back the city that was taken from you. How is that for poignant?" I spoke a little smugly as I watched his face drop slightly as it was something he didn't expect from me.
"Why would I trust someone who's conspiring behind his own brother's back?" Well now I needed to explain why I hadn't informed Elijah of my little plan.
"I'm not trying to undermine Elijah's venture. I'm supporting his vision. Vampires destroy life to survive, witches are only as powerful as their dead, but the werewolves have thrived because their strength comes from family unity." That was the one thing that I admire about the wolves that family came first and that was my intension too for the future. "The safety of that unity is what I want for my unborn children. The painful truth is, vampires are the antithesis of unity." Which was true since my siblings and I had become vampire family didn't mean much to us. Rebekah actions had proven that but I'm not innocent either I had done many cruel things to my family. I do not want that to continue with my bloodline through my children I want them to know what a family means. Star words from this afternoon kept going through my mind the reason why I had decided to go down this route to free my other family from there curse.
"So, what, after a thousand years, you're finally ready to embrace the other half of your family tree? Maybe the other half doesn't want you." Well I knew one thing that the other side of my family wanted and if I can offer that to them they would not decline my offer.
"Oh, they will once they return to the Quarter." I pushed past Jackson to grab the wooden box from my desk to show exactly what I had planned.
"You got a plan to back that up?" Jackson spoke with curiosity in his voice as I pulled out Cary's ring from the box.
"My mother was a very powerful witch. I watched her craft all manner of magical items, but her most prized possession was this ring." I held it up in Jackson view "I hadn't seen it for 1,000 years, and then it turned up hanging around the neck of a werewolf, a direct descendant of my biological father. I believe she gave him this ring as a way of freeing him." I knew that my mother had loved my biological father dearly and that she would have done such a thing.
"How so?" Jackson question and I began to approach him as I would relive something to him that he thought was the impossible.
"Daylight rings shield vampires from the sun. So, why not a moonlight ring, to protect werewolves from the curse? Think about it! No more breaking bones, no more losing control to the beast within." As I spoke I could see Jackson seemed impressed with my offer.
"What do I have to do?" He was convinced with my offer. Now I could get the wheels in motions that I will not allow them to be the lower species no longer. The will these streets with their head held high at the same level as any other fractions.
Star P.O.V
Damon was one full of surprises as he agreed about going to this party. I wasn't going to question him anymore about it so I did as he asked and went to get ready. I had a shower and I came out I saw a long black gown on my bed with a note beside it. It was from Elijah he thought it would be something I could wear for tonight and I was touched by his offer. It felt strange building this relationship with him all over again. It felt like back in 1942 when Nik would ignore me and Elijah was always there to comfort me. So I knew as much as this treaty was going to end up as a disaster I would be there for him to support him as he had been doing for me that was the least I could do. So I got ready and the dress he had gotten me fit perfectly I was actually truly impressed. So was Damon when I came up he commented how I scrubbed up well in his typical teasing manner. As usual Damon looked smart in this dark attire as always.
As we arrived at this party that Elijah was throwing you could feel the tension in the room with each of them hating one another. The first person who caught my eye was Nik from the balcony as he was looking down at the crowed. He looked handsome all dressed in dark suit accompanied with dark shirt my moment of admiring was ruined. As soon as the red headed bitch turned up next to him I looked away. I was a little surprised by the welcoming I was getting from the vampires saying that I looked well and how I was glowing. Something I did not expect at all even Damon seemed a little surprised to maybe Elijah told them to behave. I don't know but I didn't come here to get any agro but I knew one person who would throw daggers at me all night. That would be Genevieve but I wasn't going to let her bother me not tonight. Damon went to get us both a drink and I saw Davina on the other side of the room I kind of felt bad that I hadn't been in touch with her but Damon and Davina had actually grown a close friendship. He had told her all about what had been happening with me and she fully understood. I began to make my way over to her and she seemed sad and a little lost in her thoughts.
"Hey Davina." She looked up and a huge smile appeared on her face as she saw me. It just appeared like a different girl to the one who was standing there looking miserable.
"Star…" She hugged me with a little difficulty because of my baby bump. "I thought that would have been a little easier." She spoke pulled away. "You look beautiful and glowing." She seemed a little surprised by my appearance maybe on the outside I was confident but on the inside I was scared as hell right now.
"Thank and you look stunning too. I'm sorry—" I began to say but Davina stopped me in mid-sentence.
"Don't apologies for anything Star, I know what you've been going through." I notice she was looking behind me and I turned to see a guy approaching. It wasn't any guy I recognised him he was one of the werewolves from Hayley crest clan.
"Hey. You look, um..." He began to speak a little nervously and I could see that he was a little taken by Davina. Why wouldn't he? She was a beautiful young girl.
"Nervous? Out of place? Short in this dress?" She laughs nervously and he smiled and laughed along with her. There was defiantly some kind chemistry going on here I think maybe this might the first sign of harmony.
"I was gonna say pretty. I'm Oliver. So, what's the name of the girl I'm about to ask to dance?" I looked at Davina and smirked as she blushed furiously to his forwardness. I was about to speak when another young girl with curly dark hair intervened.
"Monique. Her name is Monique." She looks over at Davina, and smirks. Suddenly Davina was upset and annoyed, storms away, leaving Monique and Oliver to dance. I stood there stunned by what I had witness and I think this Monique needed to be taught a lesson. I was about to approach her when Elijah appeared in front of me,
"Would you care to dance?" He asked as he held out his hand to me. My eyes were still on that Monique girl but I knew I couldn't cause a scene right now so I took his offered hand and allows him to lead me onto the dance floor.
"You outdid yourself! You even got Nik to come out and play." I spoke a little cheekily to try and show my old self so he didn't have to think I didn't want to be here.
"Yes, it seems that only a sizeable soirée is enough to tear my brother away from his efforts at the easel." When Nik concentrated on his art it was never really a good sign because it meant that he was plotting away. When he would paint it would allow him to open up to many possibilities.
"That's never a good sign. Nik once told me that his painting was a metaphor for control, for achieving his vision through sheer force of will." Those were the words he spoke to me. I don't think that what it was all the time but after something like what happened it was a way for him to plot away.
"Well, truthfully, I'd be shocked if he didn't have at least a dozen or so of those visions swarming around in that insidious skull of his. I do hope your son inherits his mother's..." He gazes at me from head to toe "Everything." He spins me around dramatically and I couldn't help but smiles. As Elijah compliment touched me I didn't want my son to have all my qualities because there were many of Nik that I would want him to have. Just not the bad temper and stubborn ways would be good start.
"It is weird, being back here." I spoke honestly as it did feel strange to be back at the place I once called home but feel like it's not that anymore.
"Not unpleasant, I hope?" Elijah asked looking down at me and I gave him a small smile. I didn't know how to really answer that.
"Not entirely." I just wished that Nik and I could just be civil to one another but that will be something I do not see happening any time soon.
"Are you entirely sure you shouldn't be here with us?" I would love to be here but Nik wouldn't allow that. I don't think not even Elijah could convince him otherwise Nik had his mind set nothing could change it that been proven by resent events.
"I think that ship finally sailed. I just have to live where I am as the plantation was burnt to a crisp." Elijah gave me a sorrowful look and I saw Damon approaching us.
"May I cut in?" Damon spoke curtsey towards Elijah and he nodded and Damon took lead. "You looked like you needed recusing from Mr Noble." I shook my head of course Damon had to continue with the nicknames. My attention went back to that Monique who was laughing while she continued to dance with Oliver.
"What Monique problem with Davina?" I asked as I continued to look over at her and I notice Damon following my gaze.
"Oh little 'Miss I'm the chosen one' I kinda missed a few vital things maybe." I pulled away from him waiting for him to explain himself "Okay don't get mad. Promise me you won't get mad." I didn't reply I just folded my arms waiting for him to speak. "Okay…. Since Davina come back from the great beyond her magic on the fritz. She told me that the elders punished her on the other side for siding with vampires. Little Miss over there keep adding salt in the wound." I couldn't believe that Damon kept that from me that Davina was having problems with her magic. I could have helped her instead of wallowing in self-pity over a man who had wipes this hands with me.
"I had a right to know Damon. I could helped her I know every one of you look at me as some pathetic human but you all forget I've been around a lot longer than any Original vampire." I snapped at him as this frustrated me that I'm kept in the dark about this. "I've been around witches all my life I have incantation burnt into my mind. I can help her. But no I'm not an option am I? Because all you see is a fragile Star." I was about to walk away from him and he catches my arm from going anywhere as he did I could see that Diego and Oliver having heated words between one another.
Suddenly Diego picks Oliver up and throws him across the courtyard. Where he falls onto a table covered in glasses of champagne which shatter upon impact. Damon became all protective and told me to go upstairs as it wasn't safe here not with vampires and werewolves starting. I didn't even argue and I began to make my way to the staircase as I started to go up I stopped to see what was happening. I saw Diego vamp-speeds over to Oliver but Oliver pins him against a wall suddenly Elijah appears and pulls Oliver off of him before pushing him against a table.
"This ends now. I won't ask again." Elijah demanded as he held Oliver down. I knew this was going to get messy there was no way this could be a peaceful night.
"Oh, we'll end it all right." A man with dark hair called out to Elijah who looked over to find him pinning Diego to the wall a stake aimed right at his heart. This was getting beyond ridiculous now they talk about how they want harmony but here they are ready to rip each other's throats out.
"What's stopping you? Kill him. Go ahead, Elijah. Do it. I mean, it's not like he doesn't deserve to die." I called out from the stairs and I felt all eyes on me. Elijah stood there looking at me with disbelief in his eyes thinking I was taking side I wasn't at all. They all needed to see sense because until that happen what Elijah trying to achieve will never work. "I mean it was Oliver who handed Rebekah over to the witches so they could torture her." I turned to where Diego was. "But, then again, wasn't it Diego who led a werewolf massacre last month?" I looked over at Genevieve who was standing beside Nik glaring over at me. "And the witches cursed the wolves, while the humans stood back and let it all happen. So when you think about it everyone here deserves to die." Which was true none of these standing here deserved to live after everything they have all done. You can't kill one and not the other it's just being hypocritical.
"Are approaching a point?" Elijah spoke with anger toward me. He wasn't best please with everything I brought to light I maybe not a supernatural creature no more but I've live long enough to know that they can live in harmony. I've seen it with my own eyes it possible but they all had to be willing to commit.
"My point, Elijah, is this- if we can't all learn to get along if these families can't create some sort of community, then what's the point? Kill each other and get it all over with." Elijah stood there for a moment taking in what I had told him and he lets go of Oliver while the other man reluctantly lets go of Diego, as well.
After my little speech I didn't want to be there no longer and I tried to see if I could find Davina to speak to her. During my search Damon told me that was did was incredibly stupid but also brilliant as I knocked some sense into them all. I impressed Damon Salvatore that was something I needed to mark in my calendar. I asked Damon to take me to where Davina might be and he assured me that she would be in the garden back where the girls were staying with Genevieve. He wasn't too sure if I should go there because of the 'issues' I have been having with the witch bitch. As I told Damon I had neglected Davina far too long and right now she needed me. So with that he and I left the party and they were a few looks on the way out but I didn't care. He brought me to the house and he wanted to come with me but I asked him that I wanted time alone with her. Damon respected that and told me to call him when I needed picking up.
I began to make my way into the green house and as I walked in Davina was sitting with a dead rose in her hand. I looked around there was a lot of dead roses around the whole place apart from two that were on another table. I walked over to her and she raised her head and gave me a smile I sat at the same table as her and began to look through all the herbs and dried flowers. I knew she was trying to do Belle la vie à cette fleur spell which bring them back to life but it seemed that she needed some help.
"You know when I first married Nik I got a single rose every day." I spoke as I held a dead rose in my hand. "He spoke how Love is like a rose in the winter only the strong survive. Nik liked this metaphor." I turned to her and smiled as she sat there with an expression of indifference.
"Hard to think that Klaus has a heart. Especially with the way…. I'm sorry Star the last thing you need is me talking about my hatred to Klaus. I thought I couldn't hate him more than I did already but what he has done to you….." I placed the rose down and placed my hand on top hers.
"You have a lot of reason to hold resentment to him and I fully understand and respect that. I'm a big girl, and I can deal with Nik you don't need to worry about me" Davina sighed in frustration I as she looked at the dead debris in front of us. "You know for over a thousand years I didn't have a home to call a home, I didn't even have a family until I met the Mikaelson. They were very different people back then nothing what you see today. When I ran from them there was something I always had that was the use of my magic." Davina looked at me a little surprised. "For majority of my life I was known as unum praeditos a supernatural being that had control of magic, but the ability of an immortal." I began to remise on how my life was before and how I used to hate it but right now I wish I was that person again.
"You practices magic?" Davina spoke a little stunned I gave her a smile as there was so much she didn't know about me and I wanted her to know the real me.
"The incantation you're trying to do was created by myself. I used to be a natural I even used to surprise myself." Davina sat there still with the expression filled with astonishment as knowing that I had been one to practise magic.
"What made you stop?" She spoke with confusion.
"I guess I didn't embrace it as much after I found out what I was. I was frighten and scare and I didn't want to be unum praeditos. I didn't want to have the responsibility of taking down this big bad that I was destined to destroy." I began to chuckle at the thought of it all. "You know I thought it was Niklaus at first." I looked up to see Davina jaw hung slightly "The reason why I ran and faked my death that a really long story but it turned out that the bad was Silas."
"I heard of him he was some powerful witch part of the travelling community. I heard stories about him in the community how no one could allow him to be awaken because he would bring hell on earth." Davina recited to me the same story I heard all those years ago of how he would destroy everything.
"I heard the same version, and his awake and I think the earth fine. Well so to say. The witch who entombed him was called Qetsiyah he was meant to marry her but he fell for another. Her name was Amara she was my mother—" Davina cut me off in mid-sentence.
"You're the daughter of Silas?!" Davina gave me the reaction that I expected. "Wow I'm stunned I don't even know what to say right now." She looked at me with mixed emotions. "The daughter of Silas..." She still spoke stunned as she got up. I didn't want to upset her but I wanted to not hide anymore.
"You're reacting the same way I did when I found out." Davina turned to me. "I walked alone for so long not know who I was. No family being alone starting a new life constantly the only people who knew of what I was were your ancestors the Claire's, and of course your father. I think that was the first time after 300 years I felt like I had a family." I got up and began to approach her. "What I'm trying to tell you Davina family doesn't have to be blood. You got me, and Damon, Cami...even Marcel. If you want." If I learnt anything from the moment I knew Davina was dying is that Marcel cared for her deeply that was shown. Davina shook her head as she walk over the table and sighed as she sat down.
"Marcel used me." She was right he did used her but not for his own advantage.
"He used you to fight the people who were trying to kill you. And you know he also saved you from those people. So you don't have to trust him but he does love you." I smiled at her. "And P.S? So do I." I watched as a huge smile grew upon her face as I told her that.
"Even if I don't have any magic? All the power I had was from the other Harvest girls. I don't even know what I have without it." Davina needed a little reminding of what she is and that it wasn't as simple as that for her not to be able to magic.
"Don't you owe it to yourself to find out? You're a witch, Davina. You can't change your DNA any more than I can, so you might as well embrace it." I handed her the dried rose from the table "You need to believe in yourself that all you lack right now. If you do that you'll become one badass witch like the rest of the Claire's." She takes the rose from me and hold it in her hand and closed her eyes. I knew she could do this there was something truly special about Davina and I knew that from the moment I held her in my arms 16 years ago.
"Belle la vie à cette fleur. Belle la vie à cette fleur. Belle la vie à cette fleur. Belle la vie à cette fleur. Belle la vie à cette fleur. Maintenent." She whispered the incantation. I watched as the flower comes back to life, and she smiles as she hands it back to me.
"Aww!" I couldn't help but grin but as I looked around the room everything that was once dead was alive again "I told you your badass." She frowned at me the I indicated for her to look around the room as she did she looked blown away "Don't let Monique or Genevieve or anyone tell you that you that you're not worthy to be a witch. Because you Miss Claire going to be the one who going show them otherwise." As I finished talking she hugged me tightly I responded with the same embrace. She pulled away and looked at me as if she wanted to say something but was holding back. "You can say what on your mind I won't bite" She shifted on her feet comfortably.
"You opened my eyes to be stronger that I need embrace who I am. Why can't you do the same to Klaus his basically bullied you out of your home." Davina anger began to show as she was talking. "I wish I could do something to teach him a lesson. I know he's saying you betray him all that nonsense, but you did it to protect him. To protect Marcel and Rebekah too. Right?" I guess I did do it to protect all of them because I knew what would happen. It didn't matter though because the bitch from the dead opened Nik eyes to it all and Rebekah rage she outted me. "You're a strong person too Star, and your allowing him to make you think your weak. You're human. You may not have all those abilities you had for all those centuries but your still you." Davina was right I was still the same person just because I didn't have all those things didn't change the person.
"Thank you Davina. You have brought me clarity and I know what I need to do." I gave her a kiss on her forehead before leaving. I did know what I need to do I wasn't going to live like this no more. Tonight I'm going to make a stand which may gain me some respect or it would lead to my death but either way I would have done it as me. That's the person that wouldn't be back into a corner and allow to be walked over time for me to rise Star from the ashes.
Klaus P.O.V
I had Jackson fully on board with my plan to help the wolves in them regaining some form of control. Now it was about the next step to my plane to find the spell and get my bedfellow to be the one to cast the spell. Then it will be the end to them being beneath all the other fractions. The evening was going quite pleasantly until Diego and Oliver broke out into some kind of fight. I suspected as much to happen it was a cocktail for disaster. Then Elijah was in the middle ready to deal with Oliver when an unexpected person spoke up. That was Star her little speech was impressive and she was right that everyone in that room deserved to die. Each of them all had a hand in making this city turn into the carnage that it was right now. She spoke of the families to be untied rather than at each other throats. As she stood there the whole room looked at her with some form of admiration for her as she spoke up on behalf of everyone. Once again she was my weakness as I was one of those who stood there impressed. I heard Genevieve huff beside me as she spoke she was not impressed with Star's words. Whereas Francesca who was head of the human fraction of tonight was thoroughly impressed by her words. Well let just say that didn't best please Genevieve as she stormed off.
I watched Star leave with Damon as soon as she finished talking and I made my way up to my room. I walked over to the piece of art I had been working on for a moment before grabbing a paintbrush and getting to work. All change begins with a plan, the success of which depends on several things: depth of commitment, passion for one's cause...Willingness to embrace a new path. Determination to overcome any obstacle. And, in some cases, even making unnatural alliances. I looked up to see Elijah enters with the signed peace treaty and the inkwell.
"Sign it." He placed down the treaty on the table along with the ink well. I didn't understand why he would want me to sign it as he had done already for our family.
"Why? You've already done so on our behalf." I spoke as I continued to paint but I could see that Elijah seemed a little annoyed.
"Brother, I am not a fool. It's clear to me you're not as disinterested as you'd like me to believe. Sign, please. If there is no peace between us, then how can you expect others to follow suit?" There was no way from getting away from this he wouldn't leave me be until I signed this silly treaty. Well I had to show face for his benefit.
"Fine, if it will make you happy. But, I assure you, this city's inhabitants will not adhere to this agreement." I signed the contract to shut him up as in theory I wasn't doing anything too bad behind his back only helping my other family.
"Well, you are welcome to wager against me. You will lose." Elijah spoke confidently and I couldn't help but smile as my brother wager was ludicrous. There will never be peace and no piece of paper will stop that signed with blood or not.
"We'll see." I smirked at him then he left the room. I walked over the piece of art I had been working on. This was my vision of the New Orleans skyline. In the sky added a large full moon representing a part of myself that I'm embracing.
I cleaned my hands from the paint as I needed something to quench my thirst it had been a bust night after all. Also I'm going to be having company very soon with Genevieve presence and I needed to sublet ask about the rings. As I walked out of the room I could a noise from one of the guest rooms I began to walk down the hallways when the door opened and there stood Star. I was stunned at first then all I felt was rage as she had no right being here.
"May I ask what the bloody hell are you doing here?" I spoke through my teeth as she stood there fearless her expression didn't change she didn't back away or nothing.
"Well I would have moved into the plantation, but it burnt down." She stood there in just a silk night gown and glass in her hand. I wanted to grab her and throw her out of here but that prominent bump that stood out was stopping me.
"Well return to whatever rock you've been hiding under for the last month. I'm telling you now you are not staying here Star." I warned her as I would not stay under the same roof as her not after everything. She could return to that rat infestation that she had been living for the last month.
"Nik I'm not here to fight, but this is my—" She began to say I didn't want to hear her no longer.
"You have no right to call this home, not after what you did to me." I raised my voice at her as this everything here was mine nothing was any reflection of her.
"Well that's where you're wrong. Do you recall how Elijah had everything signed over to me? That wasn't only the plantation, but was everything. The last living relative if you recall….." She was really pushing it with me now I took a step toward her while trying to restrain myself from inflicting pain upon her.
"You won't be living for much longer if you don't leave!" I yelled at her. She didn't flinch she stood there like a different person from what I had seen. She gives one speech and now she thinks she can stand up to me?
"If you want to kill me Nik just be done with it." Star spoke firmly as she looked me dead in the eyes. "Then do it I won't stop you. If me being here causing you that much misery then end it Niklaus." She raised her voice slightly. There was something about her in that one moment that impressed me slightly how she was being so bold and brave. A quality that I have to admit I admired right now.
"So you become all big and brave all of a sudden? If this is you hoping that living under the same roof that we can rekindle, and have some happy ending then you're sorely mistaken" I watched as her face sadden as she shook her head.
"What we had Niklaus was a modern fairy-tale. With no happy ending. Sleep well Niklaus" I was taken back slightly by her comment. She looked at me there was still that sorrow in her eye she walked back into the guest room closing the door behind.
