Star P.O.V
After fleeing from England I sailed to America, it was a very large country, it was known to be the land of opportunity. The whole journey there I kept thinking about Niklaus, I just couldn't get him out of my mind, every time I closed my eyes all I would see is his face. How could that face of an angel be not an angel? My heart ached, but I knew over time it would slowly heal, would I ever forget my one and only true love… I highly doubt it he had imprinted himself on my heart. For three centuries I had stayed in this beautiful country, I moved from state to state as I couldn't stay in one place for too long as they would notice that I didn't age. I still wore my wedding band as I couldn't bring myself to take it off, because if I did I would be stripping away the one thing that I still had of my life with Niklaus. Of course people noticed it on my fore finger, and would ask when my husband was going to join me. I either told them that my husband was at war, or he had died turning the war.
The year was 1863 I had moved to Virginia, I had heard of a small town called Mystic Falls I had been told that it was a suitable town for a young lady such as myself. When I arrived I was welcomed by the locals they all seemed rather friendly, it was quiet community, and everyone seems to know one another. I had been searching somewhere where I could rent a room to stay, as I asked a shop keep if there was any rooms available. That's when a gentleman called Giuseppe Salvatore had offered me a room in his home, I was a little taken back by his gesture, but Mr Salvatore insisted as I was a young lady I shouldn't be living on my own, it was a losing battle. He helped me with my luggage and placed them on his horse and carriage, I felt overwhelmed by his kind hospitality, but people have changed over the years. It wasn't nothing like how it had been over the last 800 years where people were only kind to gain something from you, it became human nature to be kind to those who were in need of help.
When I arrived at the Salvatore home it was breath taking, it wasn't what I imagined it to look like, then again Mr Salvatore was well dressed, and seemed like a man with wealth. I haven't lived in this kind of luxury since I live with Niklaus in the manner. I was shown to my room by one of his maids, she informed me that dinner would be at six. I began to unpack my clothes and place them into the draws, I felt that this might be a turning point in my life, that Mystic Falls may put me back on the right path of happiness. I heard laughter from outside, I walked over to the window, and I saw two young men sitting out in the garden. I didn't know who they were, but they certainly wasn't part of the help, that was clearly shown by the clothing they wore. They both looked up to my window smiled and waved at me, they were very handsome men, I just smile and moved away from the window. I felt slightly embarrassed that they had caught me looking at them, they must think that I'm some kind of peeping tom. I had a bath to freshen myself up, one of the maids came in to help me with my corset, this was something I absolutely hated wearing. Unfortunately this was the fashion in the 1800 that women weren't allowed to breath. I made my way down the stairs and I was shown to the dining room, Mr Salvatore stood up from his sit with a smile.
"Star, I hop have you settle in comfortably." Mr Salvatore was so kind to take me in considering he didn't know a thing about me, I could see he was a man with a very kind heart.
"Mr Salvatore, the room is beautiful, you are so kind to allow me to stay in your beautiful home." He gave me a smile as he indicated to me to take a seat at the table. I walked over and he pulled out a chair for me and I took a seat.
"Please, call me Giuseppe." I heard the same laughter as I heard in the garden earlier, the two young men walked into the room. "Damon, Stefan can you both behave. We have a guest." They both stopped laugh, and gathered there composure. "This is Star, she will be staying with us." I got up from my seat, and the darker hair man came over to me.
"Damon Salvatore, it's a pleasure to meet you Star." He gently kissed the top of my hand. So they were Giuseppe sons, he was really an attractive young man with the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen.
"Star Mikaelson, it's a pleasure to meet you too Damon." I saw the other son approach behind Damon, he was just as stunning as Damon, but he had far more beautiful features like those forest green eyes and that perfectly shaped face.
"Stefan Salvatore, it's a pleasure to meet you." He was just as curtsies as his brother, there was something about Stefan that seemed familiar, of course I've never seen him before. It was just something about his eyes, I couldn't put my finger on it.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." He looked up at me as our eyes met, I felt myself blushing. I quickly turned to Giuseppe who looked at me with a huge smile.
"Shall we eat?" The two brother sat at the table, I looked at all three Salvatore's and thought that this might be a perfect place to call home.
As we sat around the table, the discussion was brought up about where I was from, once again I gave detail to a fake past, which was something I didn't want to do as they had been kind to me, but then again this was a routine. I began to tell them that I was originally from Maine that my mother and father both died of influenza, I was their only child who was brought up by my aunt Alana. Most of that was true apart from the fact it was over a thousand years ago, it was just a little white lie, well that is what I told myself. Of course they notice the wedding band on my forefinger and asked of my husband. This was the dreaded question, even after 300 years it was the hardest one to answer, I had told then my husband Nik had died in the war, it was the same lie I have told people over the years. The two brothers seemed a little taken back with my horrid past, I really didn't like to talk about it, but unfortunately always I had to explain myself to new folks.
My time at the Salvatore was very different from other places I had stayed over the last 300 years, Giuseppe treated me like I was his own daughter. He was a very caring man, but one thing I had notice he did have his favourite between the brothers, he was a lot harsher with Damon than he was with Stefan. I could see that this upset him at times, I would check on Damon to see if he was ok over as he didn't deserve to be treated like that older brother or not. Over the months Damon began to open up to me a lot about his hopes and dreams, in fact Damon and I were very much alike with our attitude towards life. Our relationship wasn't a romantic one it was more like best friends, there was something about Damon, it was like we were two kindle souls. I hadn't been this close to anyone since Bethany, but Damon was very different from her, he wasn't as serious for one, he always knew how to bring a smile to my face.
On the other hand with Stefan things were very different, I felt a strange pull towards him, I didn't know if I had feeling for him, but there was certainly something there. I thought that I could never feel this kind of way towards another man, not after my great love with Niklaus. The fact that Giuseppe seemed to like the idea of Stefan and I together, didn't help matters either. Stefan was very shy, but would give me subtle hints that he had begun to have feeling for me, but I knew couldn't do this again. I couldn't let anyone get close to me not after what happened between Niklaus and I, I wouldn't allow myself to fall for another. Love was over rated in my eyes, the fairy-tale ride is beautiful for a short time, until you find out what you thought was real is in fact not.
Every Sunday Damon and I would go for long walks around the Lockwood Lake, we use to come here quite often to talk. Of course Damon always tried to make me open up about my past, wanting to know more details about the life I had before, but I'd lived a hundred lives and more, too many stories to tell, and some giving away what I am. It was fairly easy to change the subject with him, he knew my past wasn't one filled with joy, and he didn't want to upset me by talking about it all. On this day Damon wanted to know why I hadn't opened up my feeling towards his brother, he was convinced that I held the same feelings to Stefan and he did to me.
"Star I've seen the way you look at my brother, and his rather smitten by you. Why won't you allow yourself to be happy once again?" He asked as I looked out into the lake. I couldn't let anything happen between myself and Stefan, for many reason, people would begin to notice that I wouldn't not age, and there was the fact that I promised myself never to love another again.
"Damon I can't." I looked at him and he began to frown, of course Damon didn't understand my reasons, in his mind everything seemed simple, but it wasn't simple. I could only stay in Mystic Falls for a few years then I would have to move on. I can't allow myself to be duelled by the fact that I could actually have a normal life, to fall in love, to marry, to become a mother which would never happen because of this curse upon me.
"Star I know you are still heartbroken over the death of your husband, but do you think he would wanted you to live a life alone?" I don't know what Niklaus would want from me, I thought I knew him, but I really didn't. He wasn't the man I thought he was, he and his family were creatures who fed on innocent people. How could I been blinded by it all. "I know you still love him." Damon broke out of my thoughts. I don't know if I still in love Niklaus, since coming to Mystic Falls the love I had for him began to fade away slowly.
"Damon, Nik and I held a bond so strong that we spoke we would be together always and forever, but—" I didn't know what to say to him, in truth I wanted to break away from my dark past I didn't want to hold on to it anymore. Damon was right I couldn't live life alone. "—your right. I do have move on." I looked down at my wedding band that had been on my forefinger for the 373 years, I slowly removed it, and looked up at Damon. "I'm not letting the ghost of my dead husband hold me back no longer." I looked back down at the wedding band in my palm hand for one last time, before throwing it into the lake. It was time for me to let go.
"Well I did not expect you to that." Damon said rather stunned by my actions, but I did have to let go of the past, if I didn't I would be tied to it forever. Niklaus was my greatest love, but I couldn't allow myself to be with a vampire, maybe it was time to allow my heart to heal and possible love again.
"Well a good friend of mine had opened my eyes, that life is far too short." He began to smirk as he extended his arm and hooked my arm into his and giggle. We continued our walk around the lake, every step I took I felt that little better that I've finally broken what had me bound for all these years.
Stefan P.O.V
Our lives had changed since my father had taking in an orphan young lady called Star, she was the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. She had these beautiful piercing blue eyes which, would mesmerize me each and every time I would look into them. Her story of her past was a very sad one as she lost her parents at young age, I couldn't image how that felt. I know that Damon and I lost out mother at a young age, and it had been difficult for us to move on without her, with our father being strict with our up bring. Star didn't even have the chance to even have any memories with her parents, I see that being a worse fate than the one we had, and at least we could remember what our mother looked like, how she would look at us with adoration. Then another death had hit her, the man who she married died during the war, I wondered how much suffering could one person go through, why was she fated to have this life to love then to die. Star was a good person with a grand heart, I just didn't understand and will never understand why good people go through such hardship.
As the months went by Star and Damon had become very close, when I would see them together I would grow rather jealous, but of course Damon knew how to woo her. Damon always had a charm with the ladies, he always knew the right words to say. Whereas I was far too shy, I felt embarrassed to even approach any young woman, and especially Star. It seems that I had read everything wrong, Damon wasn't interested in Star in that way that he considered her as a friend that he cared deeply for. He was more of a protective older brother, accompanying her so no other men would approach her, listen to her problems, I hadn't seen Damon act this way before to someone who once was a stranger to us.
Damon had spoken to me about a conversation he had with Star, he had found out that she was attracted to me. In all honestly I thought my brother was pulling my leg as he knew I had grown rather strong feelings for her, but then I began to notice the way Star would look at me differently. So I thought I would try to get to know her better, it would be difficult for me to put my heart out there, but in my eyes Star Mikaelson was worth the risk. Over time thing began to process between Star and myself, she really was an incredible woman I've ever met in my life. Not only did she have beauty, but she had much ambition too, she spoke of wanted to travel the world exploring all the different cultures, it was the same things I wanted to do. I felt myself falling in love with her a little more each day that past, my father was happy to see that Star and I were courting, he considered her as one of the family already.
It was spring of 1864 it had been a year that Star had been living with us and things had progressed very well, she wasn't just love by my family but every member of the community loved her too. She had been helping at the local school teaching the children Latin, which the mayor Lockwood was very impressed about. He spoke that Latin had become a dead language, and to have the children to learn it in school was something he was very happy with. My father came home today and informed Damon and I that we were having another young lady that will be staying with us. I didn't understand why my father would take another lady in, but he explained that her parents had been killed in a fire and she was moving into town and we had to be hospitable. We had to abide by my father's rules so if this was his wish then we had to be as welcoming as we could. Damon had left to meet Star at the school to walk her home, which he did every day without fail, I loved that Damon had a strong bond with her. Father and I were in the study talking when we heard a horse and carriage approaches the house; it looked like our guest had arrived.
"Son, looks like Miss Pierce has arrived, come and greet her." I nodded my head and followed my father to the porch, the carriage door opened and there was a beautiful young lady coming out. She had a certain beauty, but nothing like my Star. "Miss Pierce, how was your journey?" my father asked as he approached her, she smiled at him.
"Mr Salvatore, the journey was pleasant, thank you so much for letting me stay in your home." She turned to me and smiled, Miss Pierce seemed like a polite young lady maybe her and Damon might kindle something, she did appear to be his type.
"This is my youngest son, Stefan." I approached her and gently kissed her hand. "Oh and here comes my eldest son, and another young lady who stays with us." I watched as Katherine looked over at my brother and Star walking over to us, and the look upon Katherine face looked like she had seen a ghost. "Damon, Star, this is Miss Pierce she will be staying with us." Damon walked over and lifted up Katherine hand and kissed it gently, I could see that Damon was already smitten by Miss Pierce it was written all over his face.
"Welcome to our home Miss Pierce." She smiled at him sweetly, and I saw Star approach Katherine, I notice she seemed to of tensed up, but then she smiled at her.
"Welcome Miss Pierce." Star was always so courteous, another quality I adored about her, in my eyes Star was perfect.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Star." I could sense a little tension between them, my attention wen to Katherine hand maiden who stood next to her. "This is Emily my hand maid." This Emily looked at Star a little unusual. "Emily, why don't you bring my bag to my room?" Katherine snap Emily out of her trance and she nodded.
After the little awkward meeting I wanted to make sure that Star was ok, she seemed fine, I don't think she didn't notice, maybe I was just being paranoid of what I witness. That evening at dinner the atmosphere seem a little better, until Damon announced that he was going to war which I was surprised about, but I knew he was doing this just to please father. Star didn't seem surprise by this news, something told me that Damon may have spoke to her already about it all. Once Dinner was finished Damon took Star and Katherine into the parlour, I stayed behind as I wanted to speak to my father alone.
"Father, there a matter I would like to discuss with you." I felt a little nervous about speaking to him about this, but I knew it was the right thing to do, and I also wanted his blessing. "Father, I would like to ask Star for her hand in marriage." A wide smile grew on my father face.
"I was wondering when you finally build the courage to ask her." Which took me by surprise as I expected him to tell me that I was foolish to want to marry someone that I knew in such short space of time. He walked over to me and put his arm around my shoulder. "I'm very proud of you Stefan, Star will make a perfect wife for you." I felt that this was the right thing to do, I couldn't see myself with anyone else that I would want to spend my life with. He walked over to a trinket box that was sitting on the book shelf, he turned with a velvet box in his hand. "This was your mother engagement ring." He placed it in my hand. "Good luck son." I looked down at the box and opened it revealing the ring that was once my mother's, I really was going to do this. I was going to ask Star to become my wife.
Star P.O.V
After I spoke to Damon that day at the lake I began to follow my heart, things between myself and Stefan began to progress our relationship began to grown and blossom I really thought I couldn't even have a connection with anyone like I did with Niklaus. But I was wrong the connection I had with Stefan which was very different than what I had with Niklaus, I don't think that your first love was the same as the next. What I loved about Stefan was that we both wanted the same things in life, we both wanted to explore the world and see different cultures. It was like I had met my better half, he was so kind in nature never raised his voice to me, I didn't know if it was love that I was feeling but something was happening between us. I guess I was still protecting my heart, I know spoke about letting the past go, but when my mind was at peace at night I would dream of the man who captured my heart over 300 years ago.
While staying at the Salvatore I wanted to pay for my keep, Giuseppe of course inclined at first, but I insisted that I wanted to contribute for my stay. So I began to work at the school, teaching the younger children Latin, which was my native tongue language, I hadn't spoken it for many centuries, but it was pretty easy to teach them. Mayor Lockwood was very impressed when I mention the idea to him; he wanted the children of the town to learn the dead language. In all honestly I really enjoyed being around the children, I knew I could never have one of my own, so watching over them for those few hours gave me a sense of what motherhood would be like. That is the one thing I've always wanted but because of my immortality it would never be possible for me to have a child to call my own.
As always Damon came and met me when school was finished, he thought a young lady such as myself shouldn't walk alone. I knew the real reason behind it all, Damon just wanted to get away from the house as Giuseppe used to be on Damon case quite a lot he wanted him to find a suitor. But none of the women in Mystic Falls interested Damon, personally I didn't think any of them were actually worthy to have such a man like him. Today reason was a little different Damon had come to talk to me he, about him going to be going to war, to fight for our country. I wasn't happy in the slightest about the idea, but he had his mind set on going. Who was I to stop him? We walked back the Salvatore manor, and I notice there was a young lady speaking to Stefan and Giuseppe. As we approached them I notice that she was looking at me rather strange, but maybe I was being slightly paranoid she probably didn't know who I was and only expected to only meet the two brother's.
After the introductions with Katherine, we all had dinner together, the conversation was pleasant and to be honest it was nice to have another lady living here. After dinner Damon took us both into the parlour, both Katherine and I sat down, while Damon went to pour himself a drink. I could tell he was a little smitten by Katherine I couldn't help but smile, because if any one deserved a slice of happiness it was him.
"So Star, where are you originally from?" Katherine broke me from my thoughts, I looked over at her she had this curious look in her eyes, I knew I had to tell the same story as I told the Salvatore's.
"I'm originally from Maine. My parents died when I was young, I was raised by my aunt." Well I was telling her partly the truth, I always liked to keep my stories with some truth in it.
"Have you spent any time in England? I've spent a little time there, and you really remind me of someone I met." She began to look at me sceptically, with Katherine bring up England threw me, it wasn't possible that she would have been there over 300 years ago. Once again I know I was being paranoid, I needed to stop having my guard up.
"Ladies will you excuse me for a few moments." Damon spoke before leaving the room. I looked back at Katherine, something seem a little strange about her, the next thing I knew I was pinned against the wall while Katherine had me by the throat. She had dark vein appear under her eyes, and fags…. I couldn't believe it she was a vampire! I was about to scream and she covered my mouth to silence me.
"I wouldn't scream if I was you Star." I began to wreck my mind if I knew her, I can recall nearly everyone that had crossed my path in the last thousand years, but hers I had never seen. "After nearly 400 years, how could you possibly be alive?" How did she know that I've been around for this long? I've never met her in my life.
"I-I don't know what you are talking about?" The vein beneath her eyes disappeared, and she began to chuckle as if she didn't believe a word I was telling her.
"Do not play dumb with me Star. I knew who you were the minute I saw you, I was there the night you die, I even went to your funeral." I was about to speak but once again she silence me. "Do you know what your husband had planned for me? That he was going to sacrifice me so he could have his curse removed." I remember Niklaus and Elijah talking about a curse, but I didn't know that Katherine played a part in it I was clueless to it all, if she thought I had a hand in it all she was mistaken.
"I didn't know that they were going to do that to you, I had only found out what they were and I—" Once again Katherine cut me off she wasn't going to allow me to say my piece.
"And you faked your own death." She spoke smugly as she took a step back from me. "You do know that you broke Klaus heart, he turned into even more of a heartless monster after you died." Hearing her talk about Niklaus felt strange, to hear that my death had done that to him stirred up a lot of emotions. "Don't fear, he moved on pretty quickly. That's what you get with Original family." When she spoke of him moving on I felt jealously overwhelm me, not that I expected for Nik never to be with another woman, but to hear he had just brought it to the surface. "But you're not a vampire, your something very different. What are you?" I wasn't going to answer her question, Katherine seemed like a viscous person and if she knew what I was she would use it to her advantage.
"What is it you want from me?" As soon as I asked that question a smirk appeared on her face, which made me regret asking it.
"I want you to leave." She wanted me to walk away from Stefan? I couldn't do that and I will not allow her to bully me into leaving.
"No." She didn't like my response but I didn't care, there no way I was going to allow her to drive me away from the only family I've ever had in centuries.
"I wonder how Stefan will feel when your husband turns up at the door, actually I wonder how Klaus will react to the news that his wife hasn't been dead for last 373 years." I felt my heart accelerate at the mere mention of Niklaus knowing that I was alive, he would surly kill me, and what of Stefan he would hate me for lying to him all this time. "I want you to leave tonight." Was Katherine out of her mind? Why did she want me to leave, why was I such a problem to her?
"Why are you doing this to me?" I wanted to know why she saw me being here as a problem, I wouldn't tell her secret of being a vampire, I couldn't leave Stefan and Damon knowing that.
"You don't need to know why, and if you don't leave I will make your life a living hell. Starting by informing your dear husband of your location." I looked up and I saw that Stefan and Damon had walked into the room, I felt like I wanted to be sick, my mind was racing at the possibility of Nik knowing of my existence.
"Ladies…" Damon said smiling, Katherine step away from me, and smiled at them both. Stefan walked over to me looking a little concerned, I didn't want to be here no longer Katherine threats might be empty ones but I wasn't planning on gambling,
"Star, are you ok?" I looked at Katherine as she began to glared, I had no choice right now but to leave as hard as it will be to walk away I had to do it. If Nik came here he would not only murder me but also the Salvatore's I couldn't allow that fate for them for my selfishness.
"If you excuse me, I have a terrible headache" I began to walk away and Stefan caught my arm stopping me from taking another step.
"Star…" I couldn't be in the same room as Katherine; I couldn't believe she was threatening to tell Niklaus about me, I could never let him find out I'm alive.
"Stefan, I'm fine." I walked out of the room and made my way up the stairs, I had to leave I couldn't stay here any longer, not with Katherine knowing about my past.
That night I left the Salvatore home I couldn't stay there any longer. With Katherine knowing about my past I don't know why she didn't want me to be around the brothers, but I had to think of the consequences of her telling Niklaus of my where about. It broke my heart to leave Stefan and Damon, and part of me wanted to stay, but my biggest fear wasn't just what Nik would do to me, but what he would do to the brother's, and I couldn't allow anything to happen to him. I made my way to New York it took a few days and the further I got from Mystic Falls the more my heart ached, I boarded a ship that was heading to Italy, and that where I have been living for the last 147 years. Things had changed a lot with myself after my interaction with the elusive Katherine Pierce, I was no longer that venerable girl anymore. Katherine tore me away from the one place that had felt like home, I refused to be that person anymore. I grew into myself, I didn't take any crap from anyone and that was all down to one person and that was Luca.
I met Luca in the year 2000 in a small town in southern Italy called San Salvatore in Benevento; Ironic I know even after all of these years Salvatore's still had a special place in my heart. Luca was a witch, he had been helping me to embrace my calling of being a unum praeditos. After all of these years I actually began to embrace it all, and my potential. I began to learn how to use my powers, I was able to move faster than any supernatural creature, I gained incredible strength. I trained with Luca to increase my strength so I will not be venerable to supernatural creatures. Which over the years the population had increased, it was like a disease that spread like the plague. Luca had told me because I suppress my calling my ability never came to me, if I opened up to it all them years ago I would not allowed anyone make me feel weak and useless. Now I wasn't that frighten girl from all those years ago, running away from her past, and her calling, I knew my time was approaching where I had to finally face my destiny.
The year is 2012, and after all of these years I had found out that Stefan and Damon were still alive and both living in Mystic Falls, they were turned in 1684 by that bitch Katherine. Everything became clear to me, the reason why she wanted me to leave was so she could do that, she drove me away from people who I considered my family her personal game. That wasn't the only thing I learnt, Katherine was the doppelgänger that Nik and Elijah spoke of, and she had flee before Nik could break the curse. Which meant her threating me about informing Nik of my existence was all a ploy to get me to leave, and if there will be a day I meet Katherine again, I will drive a stake through her cold heart.
Now that Stefan and Damon were immortal I don't know with them becoming a vampire had changed either of them, but I had to see them both. With my time coming closer to face my destiny I felt I needed to face my past and explain my actions. I don't know how either of them will take to seeing me again, I don't expect them to forgive me for all the lies I had told. I just needed closure, I can't live with the burned of the lies no longer. I caught a flight to Virginia, and the whole journey there I felt nervous I was going to finally see the Salvatore brothers after all of these years, and what worried me is how they are going to take to seeing me. Would they be happy to see me again? Would they both loath me for abandoning them the way I did? So many question I had spinning around in my mind, but I knew they would answered soon enough. I boarded off the plan and made my way to collect my luggage, and I walked to the front entrance of the airport. I caught a cab and asked him to take me to Mystic Falls. After 147 year I was going to be face the both of them, I hope that I'm strong enough to face my demons.