Star P.O.V
I couldn't even look at Stefan right now, he didn't even think about how it would affect me with Nik coming here his priority was Elena. I'm just mad at him because I could had some warning about it, would that had been too much to ask for? Facing Niklaus was my biggest fear, maybe because I had seen him during his fits of rage, but I knew he couldn't hurt me. What I did fear is to look into his eyes and admitting what I did that I fake my death because I was frighten of what he was. When I heard his voice I felt a so overwhelmed, I really did think that I had no feeling towards him, but it looks like I will always consumed by Niklaus love. With haring his voice and him being in the next room from me everything came flooding back to me, every single emotion that I thought was buried for him all came to the surface. I tried going after him but it weren't any use, I didn't know what direction he went and I couldn't sense his presence anywhere. Stefan tried to justify his actions but I didn't want to hear about it. I told him to move on and he had he done he put Elena before me. and that how it going to be from now on.
I walked into the house and went up into my room, I got showered and change in to fresh underwear, I went into Damon room and grabbed one of his shirts and put it on. I notice he had a bottle of bourbon on the side I picked it up I really need a strong drink. I walked out of the room I could hear Stefan moving around in his room, I made my way downstairs and walked out on the porch. I pulled myself up and sat on the wall, I picked up the bottle of bourbon and took a swig from it. I began to think about my decision coming here that being here I've really messed everything up. All I had brought was drama, what did I really think I was going to achieve by coming here? I took another swig from the bottle as I did I had a strange sensation come over me. I knew what it meant I looked up and there in front of me stood was Niklaus. Oh god he looked even more handsome than I remember I felt my heart accelerate in sheer excitement in seeing him.
"Niklaus…" He stood there like he had seen a ghost, well he really was seeing a ghost the last time he saw me I was dead in our bedroom chambers.
"St-Star… h-h-how is it possible you're here?" He began to slowly approach me, I got down from the wall and I approached him with caution, Nik was unpredictable and seeing me like this I didn't know what his reaction was going to be.
"Nik…" He touched my face gently, as he looked deeply into my eyes, I felt myself shiver at his touch.
"It's really you—" He stepped back. "—You died, I buried you… I don't understand." He had tears rolling down his cheeks; I had never seen him like this before. Nik had never shown me his emotions like this not in all the time I had known him he had ever cried. It was time for me to allow him to know the truth behind what happened and what I am.
"I need to explain everything to you—" I approached him once again with caution, I knew Nik had a temper, and I was waiting for him to explode. "I'll tell you everything you need to know Niklaus just—" He grabbed hold of me and used his super speed taking me away from the house, after a awhile we stopped outside a mansion.
"I thought it would be best we spoke somewhere more private." His voice was filled with sorrow which upset me as I didn't like to see him in this way. We both walked into the mansion and he brought me into the parlour. "So would you care to explain why after 500 somewhat years have you risen from the ashes?" Nik seem a little to calm to see me after all of these years, maybe I was wrong to worrying. It was time to tell him the truth about everything I just hope he can forgive me for my actions.
Damon P.O.V
After what happened at the hospital I went straight home as I needed to speak to Star before she found out that Klaus was still alive. Also I needed to have a stern talking to with my dear friend about her and the five merry men. I don't know if what Jeremy told me was the truth, but how would he know about unum praeditos, and what he told me was very similar to what Star had told me. When I got home Stefan had told me what had happen that Elena had werewolf venom in her system that Klaus came here, and the fact now Star knew he was alive. I went into Star room and she wasn't there, I began to panic I don't know where her head is at the moment. Stefan told me how she wanted to confront Klaus, she had to be out of her mind. I went out searching for her but I couldn't find her anywhere, maybe she needed a little time alone it must of really frighten her knowing the man she ran from is back here. I tried to call Star but it kept on going to voicemail, I think she really needed time alone and I'll give that to her she knows I'll be there for her if she needs me.
So I made my way to Elena house I wanted to make sure that she was ok after what had happened to her, well I didn't expect to walk in on her nearly killing Matt. I pulled her away from him and compelled him to forget what had happened. Elena was in a bad state knowing that she could have killed him. Elena needs to learn self-control and I promised her that I will help her; I'm going to help her through this I can't bear seeing her break down like this anymore. I left Elena and I began to look for Star again, but she really was one hard person to find. I needed to know what she had to do with the five. Well the only way I'm going to find out anything right now if I go to the dead hunter trailer, I went there and picked up anything that could help me find out what the hell the deal is with the five. I put it all in the truck of my car and drove back home. I'm hoping that Star had finally come back home, I really hope she hadn't done anything stupid. I parked up the car and walked into the house into the parlour, I notice Stefan is examining the hunter's wooden stake, I entered the room with some boxes on my shoulder of stuff I took from his RV.
"So what is all this?" Stefan questioned, well some of us aren't just going to sit and wait for something to drop on their lap.
"Some personal items that I snaked from the vampire hunter's RV. May he rest in peace. I'm searching for a supernatural handbook." Stefan looked at me frowning. "Talk about supernatural, has Star made an appearance yet?" Stefan shifted uncomfortably in his seat, I think he beating himself up for last night actions with Star, and he should feel guilty he didn't even consider her feeling by getting Klaus here.
"No she hasn't come back yet, and I'm not sure if she will." I really wanted to punch him in the face right now, I swear if she don't come back I'm going to kick the crap out of him. I know Star hidden the fact that she part this stupid band of five, and I'm pissed at her for that, but it don't mean I don't want her in my life. "You know for a fact that he was supernatural?" Stefan broke me out of my thoughts.
"Definitely wasn't natural the guy magically appeared just as someone blows up the entire Founders Council. He's covered in a tattoo that only Jeremy Gilbert - of all people in the world - seems to be able to see." I know should tell him about Star being part of all this, but right now Stefan didn't deserve to know anything about Star "Klaus mentioned something about him being one of The Five. Then he kamikazes himself with explosives. Sound natural to you?" Stefan got up and looked confused, well that his normal expression these days, seriously what the hell do Elena and Star see in him?
"What's The Five?" Well that the million dollar question, which I'm hoping my dear friend Star will tell me when she finally makes an appearance.
"That's what I'm hoping is in the first chapter of the handbook." My phone began to ring and I picked it up It was Sheriff Forbes. "Liz Forbes, my favourite sheriff" I couldn't believe what I was hearing that dick hunter was still alive. "What? That's... concerning. Keep me posted." I hung up well I don't know how he survived that, but I need to find where the hell he went.
"What? You're not gonna tell me?" One day his punching me in the face, and the next day he wants to be buddies.
"Can't tell you private, we're in a fight." I began to walk away from him and he intercepted me.
"You're in a fight. I'm not in a fight, I'm over it, I've been over it." Really he was over it? Let me test the waters and see if my little bro not mad.
"Not still mad at me about Elena?" I watched as his face harden well baby bro seem a little pissed about that, so it's confirmed we still in a fight.
"You let her feed on you. I'm always gonna be mad at you, but we're not in a fight." I need someone to find that dick hunter, as I'm going to be busy helping Elena today, so Stefan the perfect person.
"Very well, then. They didn't find any remains at the explosion site." I watched as Stefan jaw dropped, yep bro that how I felt when I heard the news.
"So Connor's still out there." As much as I didn't want him near Star, I needed Stefan to find her and keep her safe and away from Connor.
"Apparently so. I'm gonna need you to find Star, you both need get on this today. I have to take Elena to college." Stefan looked at me surprised, oh this not going to go down well.
"I'm sorry, you have to do what, exactly?" Well unfortunately something that my brother couldn't teach Elena, and this was going to help her overcome this blood issue she was having.
"I'm teaching her how to feed. She needs to learn snatch, eat, erase now more than ever." Stefan was about to say something, but I stops him. "Ah, ah, we're not in a fight, remember?" Stefan glared at me unimpressed. "Find Star, she upset at the moment, but she wouldn't of left town. Try the Lockwood Lake." She used to go there to when she was upset, I'm hoping I'm right that she hadn't walked out of our lives again.
Stefan P.O.V
When Damon came home last night he was worried about Star because of Klaus sudden appearance from the dead, he was really freaking out now. I told him that Star was a little upset about it all as soon as I told him that Damon looked furious, he rushed to her room and I followed him but we found Star room empty. Damon and I nearly broke into a fight, but he stopped and rushed out of the house, I'm doing really well today I have Damon and Star hating me. In the morning I checked Star room, and she wasn't back. I really hope I hadn't driven her away for my thoughtless actions, I wouldn't be able to live with that. I began to analyse the stake from the hunter Connor, and Damon came back home with a few boxes, he apparently raided Connor RV to find some kind of hand book. I don't know why Damon thought that Connor was supernatural, but then he informed me that they didn't find any of Connor remains in the explosion.
He told me that I needed to find Star and we both had to deal with Connor, while he went off with Elena to teach her to feed. I felt pure anger go through me, I knew why Damon was doing this so he could actually have time alone with Elena. What annoyed me even more is the fact that Elena agree to it, vampirism had really changed her and as each day went past it the more I could see her change. Damon had told me to look for Star at the Lockwood lake I didn't know use to go there when she felt upset. Looks like Damon knew her a lot better than me. I made my way there and I looked around and I couldn't find her, I received a message from Elena telling me to meet her in the woods, I had totally forgotten that I was meant to train with her. I began to make my way there and when I saw her I felt slight anger towards her. I had to keep my emotions under control I couldn't let Elena know I'm jealous of the closeness of her and Damon.
"I know it's crazy, but I almost killed Matt last night. Damon had to rip me off of him, and then compel him to forget. Call it "Doppelgänger curse" or whatever, but I can't drink animal blood. I can't drink from a blood bag, I can only drink from the vein." She dodges an arrow that I shot at her, it sticks into the tree behind her instead. Hearing Damon playing her knight in shining amour after everything from this morning wasn't helping, but I needed to remain focus on this training.
"A little slow. I almost got you." She really wasn't focusing on the training, and to be honest neither was I; I was worried that we hadn't heard from Star yet.
"That's why we're not using the wood ones for hunter defence class." She takes the arrow out of the tree and throws back at me, I dodged she began to smile. I would rather someone else teach her about self-control Damon weren't even good at doing that.
"What about Caroline? She's a genius at self-control." She had been the first vampire I've ever come across who took to be a vampire so well.
"She's too good. She doesn't understand how hard it is and you... well, I know what being around too much blood does to you, so... I can't put you through that." I rushed towards her and grabbed her from behind, pointing an arrow at her heart.
"So I guess that leaves Damon, huh?" She flips me over her and I landed on the ground. She sits down on top of me and places the arrow against my neck.
"Don't be jealous. You know I wish it could be you." Yeah that makes me feel even better that she knows I can't help her with her blood issue, because I have my own issue.
"Fine, you wish it could be me." I sat up and she puts her arms around my neck.
"We're crashing Bonnie's trip to Whitmore College. The professor that took over her Grams' classes, he invited her." I looked away from her and she placed her hands on either side of my face making me look at her. "Listen to me. You are the one who's getting me through this, no matter who teaches me how to feed." I know I'm being really childish about all of this, Damon only trying to help her.
"Okay." I super speeded the two of us into a tree. "Just be careful, okay? The blood, the feed... It's easy to get caught up in it." I know what it like when you get the thrill when feeding directly from the vein.
"I will. I promise." We place our foreheads together, now I didn't need to worry about Elena I needed to find Star and try and make amends with her. I could use her help in finding Connor, as she proven that she not easily killable I just hope she's willing to help me.
Star P.O.V
Nic had given me a change of clothes I didn't question him why he had ladies clothing it weren't really my place to be asking those questions after what I did to him. For the last couple of hours I had been telling Nik everything about my life, he was pretty stunned about the fact I was older than him. Nik had surprised me with how well he was taking everything in so calmly, I expected a very different reaction. The one thing that Nik couldn't get round his mind how I was immortal, then I began to tell him about what I was unum praeditos that my purpose is to destroy the greater evil that was coming. Once I told him that we sat here in silence what seemed like forever, Nik sat in the arm chair opposite me staring into this glass of bourbon, I wanted to know what was running though his mind. This silence was killing me I knew I had to be the first one to speak as Nik seemed in a state of shock, or he was controlling himself from hurting me, I didn't know which it was.
"You know at one point I thought it was you." He looked at me frowning. "You're an original, a part of the Original family, you were created by dark magic making you immortal that allowed you to feed on innocent mortals." He placed his glass down and leaned forward looking a little annoyed.
"Is that why you faked your death? You couldn't love a monster." He spoke through his teeth. I got up from my seat, and walked over and poured a drink for both of us.
"No it wasn't." I walked back over to him and handed him this drink, I looked into his eyes. "I fake my death because over 500 years before I met you I lived in fear, I had been warned not to go near any supernatural creatures as they would use me to their advantage. As soon as they knew what I was—" I began to laugh at the thought of it all, I looked to Nik didn't seem too happy with my outburst. "—Ironic isn't? Being told to stay away from supernatural creatures, but I fell hopelessly in love with an original vampire." I looked up at him, and he kept staring into my eyes. "Niklaus I know this may not mean anything to you right now, but I did love you with all my heart, I was just frightened." He got up and walked across the room, I had been sitting here for the last few hours he hardly spoken to me. "I'm not that girl anymore Nik, I know who I'm now, and the reason why I'm here—" Suddenly he pinned me against the wall by my throat, his eyes were glowing yellow.
"That you have something to do with the five." How did he know about that? I opened my mouth to speak. "Silence!" He let go of me and his eye went back to normal. "Are you going to dyne it Star? Are you going to tell me another lie that does seem to be your trait?" No I'm not having him talk to me like that. I had Stefan tell me the same, and I'm not going to be intimated by neither of them. I rushed towards him and pushed him to the ground and I straddle him while I held down his arms, he looked surprised as he began to fight against me, but there was no use. I was far stronger than any original or hybrid in his case.
"I never lie about that way I felt about you Nik. I wore my wedding ring for centuries years after I left, because I didn't want to let you go. I left because I was frighten, not because I didn't love you!" Nik face began to soften. "Nik I'm so sorry for hurting you believe that if you want to believe anything believe that. I will tell you what I have to do with the five, but you have to trust me Nik, can you do that?" I let go of his arms and he began to sit up our lips were inches away.
"Ok Star." I just wanted to kiss him so badly, but I couldn't do that it would only complicate things further, or worse Nik would reject me. I got up from the floor and I extended my hand to him and helped him up. "Your incredibly strong, I do not recall you having that kind of strength when we were together." As we spoke his face was inches from mine, I knew what he was he trying to, he test me to see if I'll give into my desire for him. "Well as we are going to trust each other I think I need to show you something." He began to walk away and I followed him, Nik opens the doors to a room. In the room, Connor is chained up to a piece of wood unconscious. Why the hell did Nik have Connor?
"Nik what this all about?" He looked at me with a smirk that I used to love.
"Looks like I'll have to beef up the hybrid security detail." He spoke to someone behind me, I turned around to see Stefan walking out of the shadows, I freaking great this was all I needed.
"So this is where you've been Star." I sense slight jealousy in his voice, then he turned to Nik. "I was gonna take him, but I figured you went through such trouble to truss him up in your red room of pain." Nik looked between Stefan and I he was probably wondering how we knew one another that was a conversation I really didn't want to be having right now.
"It's from the Inquisition. I thought it was a nice touch." Well it looks like Nik had a twisted mind. "So Stefan how do you and my wife know each other?" I looked at Nik a little stunned did I hear him call me his wife? After all this time he still referred me as that after what I did to him?
"We are old friends we met a few decades ago." Stefan looked a little uncomfortable, and this felt a strange for me to have to two men that have been in love with me in the same room. "What'd you get out of him?" Stefan began to walk towards Connor.
"Not enough. He's mum about the Council fire and he's not saying anything about this greater evil we're all supposed to be shivering over." Nik glance over at me and smiled. "What brings you snooping?" Yeah that was a very interesting question.
"Well, I can't say it in front of him. As I'm sure you've figured out, our friend here can't be compelled." Nik looked a little surprised by the news, he turned to Connor who had just woken up.
"You're full of mysteries, aren't you?" Connor looked directly at me he really looking furious, how I was meant to let him go without causing a war between Nik and the Salvatore brothers.
"I told you, everything that I know." He spoke without tarring his eyes away from me; Nik glanced over at me then back at Connor.
"Thankfully, I know a lot more." Nik walks out of the room and gestures for us to come with him "Shall we?" I stared at Connor for a few more seconds he looked at me with pleading eyes; I didn't know what I could do to free him. I followed the both out Nik shuts the doors to Connor's prison room and turns to Stefan "So, what's with the home invasion?" Stefan approached the couch and sat down in the arm chair; I'm feeling really uncomfortable with all of this.
"Damon said you knew something about this guy. Now, I should have figured out that you were up to something when you healed Elena from the werewolf poison without asking for anything in return." I glance over at Nik who was pouring himself a drink.
"I was feeling benevolent" I walked over and grabbed a glass from his hand as soon as my hand touched Nik I and felt my heart flutter for a moment. We both looked at each other for a long moment before looking away.
"You're never benevolent. Who is this guy? What's the Five?" Stefan demanded, oh great now he wanted to know about the five too, Connor was so stupid to come here as his bring all the people I care for getting mixed up in what I have to do which I know none of them will be happy about.
"So many questions." Nik said in a teasing tone, I took a large gulp of the bourbon as I needed to be quiet drunk to sit through all this.
"It's a good thing I have nothing to do today, except get answers out of you." Nik sits down and looks at Stefan.
"Fine you might actually be useful in persuading my sister to cooperate." Rebekah here too? "The brotherhood of the Five was a group of highly skilled vampire hunters. We crossed paths with them in the 12th century, Italy." I walked over and sat down in the arm chair, this should be interesting to hear.
Flashback—Italy, 1114
My siblings and I had followed the Normans as they conquered the South feeding, turning people as we went. Elijah and I walk into the Town's Square there was a man is on a stage with an audience surrounding him. There are several people tied up to wooden poles and staked through the chest on the stage.
"These demons live among you. Passing as human" But with the bloodshed came exposure. Elijah and I stopped in the middle of the square and watch what was happening, the man approaches a box on the stage. "So, witness with your own eyes." He announced he unlocks the box and a man steps out of the box and starts to burn. The man is set ablaze the crowd screams in fear as the man burns to death. The man walks down from the stage, looking unabashed by this.
"He's putting on quite the show." I turned to Elijah, we didn't have to fear this man he was a merely human man.
"He is nothing. I could eat him for sport" I told him a little amused, but Elijah didn't shear my amusement.
"Still you should heed the warning. Between you here and Kol in the east, you have not been discreet. Stories of the Original vampires are spreading" Elijah always worried about our exposure.
"I welcome such infamy, but if you're worried about discretion, perhaps you should wrangle our sister." We watched as Rebekah and the showman were standing together nearby, he kisses her hand and she smiles. They walk away together, arm in arm.
Present Day
"So these hunters have been around for nine hundred years?" Stefan question him he looked over to me smiling, Nik knew that they had been around for a long time something tells me he knew a lot about the brotherhood.
"Apparently, though our friend in the other room is the first I've seen since then. Kind of makes you wonder what they've been up to all these years." I don't know why but I felt like he was being a little cryptic as he looked over at me.
"And Rebekah had a thing with one of them?" oh course Rebekah would, I remember back in 1490 she crave attention of men.
"Oh, she didn't just have a thing, she fell in love with him. He told her all his secrets. Which I will gladly share with you provided you do one thing for me." What was Nik up to? Why would he want Stefan to help with Rebekah?
"And what's that?" Considering that these apparently disliked each other, they were getting on pretty well which made all of this a lot worse.
"Get Rebekah over here she's being stubborn and hateful. I need to make peace with her, and if you tell her Star back from the dead I'm certain she'll come running." Nik looked over at me. "You two were the best of friends weren't you?" My dark past is really hunting me, Nik gets up "I want her to give me some very important information about the hunter which she won't do, unless she believes we've made up." He was going to use her to get information from her?
"And what's in it for me?" Stefan asked as he gets up, Nik began to smile widely.
"Just get her here and I'll tell you." Stefan looked at me for a moment before walking away. "Oh, and Stefan, trust me when I say this; that hunter in there holds the answer to all your prayers." That when I knew that Nik knew about the cure? I waited until Stefan had gone and I turned to him.
"You know about the cure don't you?" Nik approached me and moved a piece of hair from my face placing it behind my ear.
"I know a lot sweetheart, don't worry I won't tell the Salvatore your little secret." He walked away from me; Nik couldn't know everything about the cure? That it laid with Silas the biggest evil to ever walk this earth. I don't know what he had planned but if somehow Nik could help me get to Silas I can finally do what I've been destined to do all these years.
Stefan P.O.V
I felt penetrated rage go through me, Damon and I had been worried sick about Star, and the whole freaking time she had been with Klaus. When I saw them both walk into the room all I felt was pure jealously, I watch as Klaus looked at her lovingly even after all everything Klaus appeared to be calm with her. Which surprised me, because Klaus is known to have a temper, and to have been deceived him in such a way I thought he would have some kind of hostile feelings towards her. Then he began to question how I knew his wife I felt my blood boil knowing the fact he actually married her, and I never got the opportunity to. After my explanation of how I knew Star, Klaus got off the subject, I notice that Star looked a little uncomfortable with the situation. Who could balm her she had the two men in the same room that she had lied to, made us both think that she was dead all this time.
There was a moment between Klaus and Star where they looked at each other lovingly, there was something clearly still there between the both of them anyone could see that. I needed to stop being jealous, I'm with Elena and I love her, not Star. I had to do what she said and let go of my past, it a pity she doesn't appear to be doing the same.
Klaus began to tell us the story of the original five and coincidentally Rebekah fell in love with one of them, who didn't that girl fall in love with? Klaus wanted me to bring her over to the mansion for a fake make up, he told me to mention Star. Apparently they were close, I couldn't imagine that Rebekah was shallow and Star was far from that. I made my way into town I'm hoping that Rebekah will be easy to bring around, I went into the grill and I saw Rebekah she was with April. I began to approach them as Matt walked away
"Hey, off limits! I have dibs." Rebekah growled as I came to the table and sits next to April I began to compel her.
"You won't remember any of this." I turned to face Rebekah who seemed a little surprised by my interruption. "Klaus wants me to fake peace with you, so you'll talk about the Five." I thought I'll be honest with her, no point in trying to tell her that he had seen the error of his ways.
"Yeah, I bet, but don't help him, he'll just betray you. It's what he does." She was right there, that was a typical Klaus move but there was someone with him that apparently she would be very happy to see.
"Alright, well, forget him. What if I told you that Star back?" I watched as Rebekah was stunned by the news, maybe Klaus was right about mentioning Star.
"Impossible, she was dead in Nik's arms." Rebekah began to get a little emotional I had never seen her like this, of course if it was her brothers I understood that but never seen her show emotions for someone who wasn't her family.
"She here in Mystic Falls, and assure you that she not dead. She's with Klaus right now." Rebekah looked up and her eyes were glazed. "Look help me instead." She began to frown.
"Why? You hate me more than he does." I didn't hate Rebekah I was angry at her for what she done to Elena, that things didn't have to go as far as assuring her death.
"Because I want to figure out what he's up to, and plus I can give you the one thing he won't." I hope that she willing to accept my offer.
"And what's that?" She asked with curiosity in her voice.
"A clean slate. I'm not saying that I'm willing to forgive you for what you did to Elena, but I'm willing to set it aside and start over." I was willing to that, because I knew Rebekah weren't the bitch that she played she had a heart, a very caring one at that. That had be proven with the amounts of times she had forgiven Klaus for his horrible actions.
"Why would you do that?" I smiled at her.
"Because, you're obviously not leaving town anytime soon, and I'm just looking for a way we can all get along. Plus you can't be too happy wandering around school with no friends." She looked a little hurt by my comment, but I didn't do that to hurt her feelings I'm trying to make her realize that we all had to get on eventually.
"Well, what if I don't care what you or anyone else thinks?" Maybe I could convince her, another way.
"Well, I'm pretty sure that you care what Matt, over there, thinks. So, maybe I can talk to him about a clean slate too" She looked at me smiling I think that done the job, now all I needed her to do is tell Klaus whatever he needs to know so I could finally find out what the deal is with the five.
Star P.O.V
Stefan had gone to get Rebekah I actually felt a little nervous to see her after all of this time, I mean we weren't BFF, but we were close. I didn't think she was here in Mystic Fall also, was Elijah going to pop up next? I guess I know she was going to be judgemental and make demands of why I faked my death, become the over protective little sister even if they are in a fight at the moment. There was one thing I notice that was Nik loved to rub that in Stefan face, that I was his wife, like that territorial type of way. On paper I maybe still his wife, but we were certainly not together. It felt like I was waiting around here for ages, I don't know how much long I can be here for. A part of me wants to leave, but the other part wants to stay to find out what Nik and Rebekah knew of the cure. There was something still playing on my mind and that was Nik seemed to of known my involvement in all of this, and I needed to find out exactly what he knew.
"Nik what do you know about my involvement with the five?" He began to smirk as he walked towards the room Connor was in, I followed him. "Well answer me!" Nik stood next to Connor who is still chained to the torture device while groaning in pain.
"Your friend here warned me that were some kind of protector for the five." Connor really had to tell him that? Well I'm glad he didn't tell him the crucial of my part in it all. "You feeling alright, mate? Are the shackles too tight? Welcome home, sister." I turns my head to see Rebekah and Stefan enter the room.
"Star…" She rushed over to me and hugged me tightly. "Oh god, it's so good to see you." I hugged her back she had really changed, 21st century seem good for her, I pulled away from her and she smiled, I expected me hostility but I rather this than that.
"It's great to see you Bekah." A she turned to Nik and the smile wiped from her face, I have no idea what has gone on between these two but it looked serious.
"Is this a trick? How do you know he's one of the Five? Where's his bloody tattoo?" Of course over the years the knowledge of the brotherhood was getting around, that was then the travellers chose to have the tattoos of the path of the cure to be visible to those who were worthy.
"Well you mood changed rather quickly." Nik spoke as he began to approach her, Rebekah didn't seem too happy with his comment. What had happened between the both of them? "Oh, the tattoos aren't visible on this lot like they were on the last. Let's eat." Nik walks out of the room Rebekah follows, I glanced over at Stefan who looked didn't seem pleased with any of this. I walked out of the room and followed Rebekah, and Nik, we were all sitting around a table, typical Nik had a pretty girl is serving us food for his own entertainment.
"Thank you, my lovely." The girl walks off. "I could kiss the Council for burning up all the vervain in town. They made my life so much easier. Rebekah, love, eat your veggies." I couldn't help but smirk to his comment, being all big brotherly, Nik glanced over and notice I was smirking and smile back at me.
"I'm not eating until you apologize." I was totally wrong, she hadn't changed at all, still having her tantrum.
"For which indiscretion? There have been so many." How could their relationship gotten that bad? Nik used to adore Rebekah, the relationship they had was something truly unbreakable.
"You broke my neck." He did what? I turned to Nik and watched as he clenched his jaw obviously unhappy that Rebekah brought that up.
"You threw away Elena's blood so I can't make any more hybrids." What the hell? Elena blood made hybrid? What the hell going on here?
"Because you took me for granted." Rebekah snapped back at him.
"That's what big brothers do, sweetheart!" I was trying to place all the pieces together, that Nik was able to make hybrid but with Elena's blood, but was that possible still with her being a vampire? Then it hit me, what he said about her being useful… all this right now was about the cure and he was planning on using it on Elena so he can build his army, oh Niklaus you're in for a huge disappointment.
"Let me just name the million other people I'd rather be having dinner with right now." Stefan really sounded annoyed with all of this, who could blame him these two bickering was giving me a headache.
"Nik, just apologies for your actions." He began to smirk as he looked over at Rebekah.
"Alright, fine. I'm sorry. I often forget how delicate you are. Forgive me?" That really wasn't a great apology, actually I'm surprised he actually listen.
"I'll take it under consideration." Rebekah glance over at me smiling, I think she liked the idea of be backing her up, but I wanted this all to stop so I could know what they knew about the brotherhood.
"Okay, everyone good. Now, why don't you tell us about Rebekah's hunter?" They all looked at me; well I wanted to know what they both knew about the hunters.
"Right, Alexander. Nice chap foregoing the obvious issues."
Flashback—Italy, 1114
He was looking for creatures of the night which is why we felt quite safe around him wearing our daylight rings. Elijah, Alexander, Rebekah and I were gathered around a table partaking in a feast a maiden pours us some wine.
"I am unaccustomed to such luxury." Alexander added, I looked over at Elijah who kept staring at him, of course he didn't trust him in the slightest, and neither did I.
"Well, it's the least we could do to repay you for opening our eyes to the truth. We're curious to hear more about your order. Your crusade." I'm glad he had brought that up because this brotherhood that Alexander was in intrigued me.
"We are but five men. Bound by fire in the last breath of a dying witch to a single cause; the destruction of all vampires." This interesting I wonder how they plan to achieve that.
"And how do you hope to achieve this?" I questioned, he looked over at me.
"We have the ultimate weapon which no vampire can survive."
Present Day
"So, that's what this is about? A weapon" Stefan asked, well I really wouldn't call it a weapon and that guy who told Nik and his family was wrong as that weapon was solely for one person and one person only.
"Not just any weapon." I'm missing something here?
"Rebekah, love, don't get ahead of the story." Nik said in a teased. I'm missing something from this story?
"How is a weapon the answer to all my prayers?" Rebekah and Nik look at each other, but don't say anything, which annoyed me I didn't have time to sit here playing into their game.
"Okay. Why don't we just skip with the theatrics and get right to the point?" They both looked at me, of course Nik seemed a little amused with my outburst.
"Not quite yet Star, because in order to find this weapon, we need to solve the puzzle. Which seems to have disappeared." He was obviously talking about Connor Tattoo that none of them could see, but it was right there printed on Connor skin.
"What puzzle?" Stefan asked with confusion I notice Nik raises his eyebrows. "The tattoo. What is it?" Stefan had finally caught on that the tattoo is the vital part to all of this.
"A map. Leading us to its treasure." Nik really did seem amused by all of this, he liked playing mind games with Stefan by calling it treasure. These guys were going to get mixed up in something that they had no business in, but then again all of this could work to my advantage.
"Fat lot of good a tattoo's gonna do, if we can't see it." Rebekah had a point, only other member of the five or potential hunter can see it, and of course me.
"We can't, but someone else can." Nik turns to a girl. "Why don't you tell the hybrid to bring him in, love?" The girl walks out of the room. Who was she going to get? "You see, the hunter was so eager to get to the bottom of his mystery tattoos that he mentioned there was only one other person that can see them." It was impossible there couldn't be another member of the five in town… could there? Some guy walks back in the room he had some kid in his grasp. Stefan super speeds out of his chair towards the kid, Nik rushes past Stefan and stands between him and this kid. "I wouldn't. Lucky for us, young Jeremy here, is a bit of an artist" Jeremy? Why did that name seem a little familiar?
"I'm not helping you with anything." The hybrid grabs Jeremy's hand, and takes his ring off. He tosses it to Nik who catches it he holds it up for Jeremy to see.
"Oh, I'm afraid you are." Nik little minion brought Jeremy into the room where Connor was captive, which brought everything into light that this Jeremy was a potential hunter.
"His just a kid Nik!" I couldn't let Nik have a hunter and potential in his grasp, he will not stop at nothing until he gets that cure.
"Well your finally seeing your husband true colours, I bet your happy you married him." Why is Stefan pissed with me for? His with Elena there happy and in freaking love what did it matter to him what was going on between Nik and I. "So, tell me more about this tattoo." Stefan turned to Nik who looked a little pissed with his comment.
"My sister's suitor was unwilling to tell us anything. Rebekah, however, was more than willing to investigate. Isn't that right?" I glanced over at Rebekah who was looking down, ashamed. "My sister's boyfriend threw a slumber party that night. He and his brothers put us all down in our sleep. Elijah, Kol, Finn, and me." Nik was looking at Rebekah who looked a little devastated hearing the story.
"How was I supposed to know?" She was right how she was meant to know that the brotherhood were planning on taking down the Original family. Nik raises his glass.
"Cheers, to my sister's uncanny ability to choose men." Stefan sat forward looking a little confused.
"I thought the daggers didn't work on you, because of your werewolf side." I had no idea what were these daggers they spoke of but the way Nik was smirking right now it seems that they didn't work on him.
"They don't"
Flashback—Italy 1114
Rebekah gasps as she wakes up while I was standing at the foot of the bed. I was covered in the blood of the members of the five the walls are stained with smears of blood.
"What happened?" Rebekah asked with confusion, I couldn't even look at her how could of she been so foolish.
"Ask him—" I stepped aside so she could see Alexander who was stabbed against the wall with his own sword. Rebekah starts to cry "—Only, he cannot answer, because I have ripped out his tongue. Along with the rest of them." She began to shake her head in disbelief.
"Nik, I had no idea." Rebekah wouldn't be this stupid be must of promised her something.
"But you should have. Your only family was nearly wiped out, because of your stupidity. What did he promise you?" I shouted at her as Rebekah continued to cry.
"Nothing. Nothing." I didn't believe her.
"He would not have made a move unless he knew you were vulnerable. You trusted him, over me! What did he promise you?" I screamed at her she continued to cry and I did not feel any form of remorse to her not for this.
"Nothing, Nik. I swear." I didn't understand why wouldn't she tell me what he had promise her.
"What did he promise you?!" Rebekah began to crying harder.
"Nothing, Nik. Nothing." I grabbed Rebekah roughly by the shoulders and stands her up.
"Tell me, Rebekah!" I screamed at her.
Present Day
I couldn't believe what I just heard Nik killed all five members, that would mean he dealt with the hunter curse how the hell did he even survive that? No vampire in history had ever dealt with the curse that comes with killing one of the five.
"Go ahead, Rebekah. Tell him. Tell him what the hunter told you the tattoo leads to. What is this great weapon that could bring about the end of the vampire species?" They really thought the cure was to end vampire species? Oh god they were so clue less about all this, which had me a little more at ease about all this.
"A cure. He said there was a cure." Nik gets up and Stefan follows him. None of them had a clue that the actual cure laid with Silas, the worst kind of evil to have ever lived, and that cure was for him alone not anyone else.
"There is no cure for vampirism." Stefan protested, I couldn't listen to any of this anymore they were deluded that cure would in fact turn a vampire into human but there was one dose and it was only for one person.
"He's telling the truth, Stefan." Rebekah got up from her sit and walked over to them, I heard my phone beep I got it out of my pocket and I had a new message from Damon.
Damon: Star I may have done something foolish, really need to talk to you. Can you meet me at the grill in an hour.
What the hell had Damon done? I looked up and saw all three vamps talking about the cure still, this was my time to leave while they butted heads about a cure that none of them will never have.
"Then why wouldn't you have searched for it, found it?" Stefan asked as Nik was pouring himself a drink.
"Because when the hunters drew their final breath that night, the marks disappeared from their body, the map was gone, the brotherhood of the Five extinct. For nine hundred years, there was not a whisper of another hunter, until our friend in there showed up in town." I got up from my seat and they all looked over at the vampires.
"As interesting as this has been, I need to go." I looked over at Rebekah who was a little taken back. "It was nice seeing you Rebekah, maybe we should catch up soon." I looked over at Nik and Stefan. "I'll see you at home Stefan, bye Nik." I couldn't listen to their wise tale about cure being for vampires, the cure was for one purpose and they will find out soon enough.
Klaus P.O.V
After hearing the news of my wife being alive I had to see it for myself, Connor had told me that apparently Damon knew of her. I went straight to the boarding house as I approached the front of the house I couldn't believe my eyes, there she was my Star. The one woman who I've ever truly love was right in front of me. I had to see if she was real I touched her face, and it was really her I've have dreamt over half a millennium, to see those beautiful eyes and face once again. She began to try and explain everything to me but I didn't want to discuss our issue outside the Salvatore home, so I grabbed her and super sped us to my mansion, as I held her I couldn't believe I had her in my arms after all of this time. Star had been telling me her life story for a few hours I was trying to take it all in I didn't know how to react to it all I wanted to be mad at her, but I couldn't I just wanted to forgive her and have her back into my arms. When she told me that she thought I was the greater evil I actually felt hurt by that. I'm mean if anyone else would say that to me it would not have bother me but coming from Star it really did.
Flashback—Earlier This Morning
"Is that why you faked your death" I tried to control my anger as I didn't want to lose my temper with her, she step away from me and walked over and poured a drink.
"No it wasn't." she walked back over to me and handed my drink, she looked into my eyes, I always got lost in her beautiful blue eyes "I fake my death because over 500 years before I met you I lived in fear, I had been warned not to go near any supernatural creatures as they would use me to their advantage. As soon as they knew what I was—" She began to laugh I didn't find any of this amusing after hearing my wife the woman who I would move heaven and earth for faked her own death "—Ironic isn't? Being told to stay away from supernatural creatures, but I fell hopelessly in love with an original vampire." She looked up at me and I couldn't help but staring into her eyes, she really did love me as much as I thought she did. "Niklaus I know this may not mean anything to you right now, but I did love you with all my heart, I was just frightened." She looked up at me and I couldn't help but staring into her eyes, she really did love me as much as I thought she did. "I'm not that girl anymore Nik, I know who I'm now, and the reason why I'm here—" I needed answers, I needed to know if what the hunter told me was true. I pinned her against the wall by her throat, I had never lay a hand on her before but I needed answers I felt myself turn Star didn't even look frighten by my appearance.
"That you have something to do with the five." She was about to speak. "Silence" I let go of her "Are you going to dyne it Star? Are you going to tell me another lie that seem to be your trait." I watched as her face began to fill up with different emotions, before she rushed towards me and pushed me to the ground. She straddle herself on top of me while holding down my arms. I couldn't believe that she just taken me down, where did she get all of this strength from? I began to fight against her but it weren't not use she was far stronger than me.
"I never lie about that way I felt about you Nik. I wore my wedding ring for centuries years after I left, because I didn't want to let you go. I left because I was frighten, not because I didn't love you!" I felt a lump build up in my throat. "Nik I'm so sorry for hurting you believe that if you want to believe anything believe that. I will tell you what I have to do with the five, but you have to trust me Nik, can you do that?" She let go of my arms and I began to sit up our lips were inches away, all I wanted to do was kiss those soft beautiful lips.
Present Day
We had both agree to trust each other, so I had to gain her trust first, so I show her that I had possession, when she saw the hunter I notice that she seemed a little tense by it all. Of course before I could ask her anything I had a visit from my favourite Salvatore, there was clearly tension between the both of them, and when I asked how Stefan knew my wife he seem a little taken back. He explained they had meet a few decades back, Stefan didn't seem aware about Star being my wife from his behaviour. After all of that was explained I began to explain to the both of them about the brother hood of the five, I notice that Star didn't seem to surprise by lot I was telling them both. I think Star knew quite a lot about them, of course she would as Connor told me that she was some like of protector for them. I had asked Stefan to bring Rebekah over so we could get the vital information that we needed, I knew as soon as Stefan hear the rest of the story he will be on board. When Stefan left Star brought up about the cure I think she was actually surprised that I knew so much about the brotherhood, but I reassured her that I wouldn't let the Salvatore know her involvement in all of this.
When Rebekah came to the mansion and she saw Star she looked overwhelmed with emotions, I hadn't seen Rebekah this happy in a very long time it was actually nice to see the joy in her face. We all sat down and had dinner while I told the story of dear Alexander who my dear sister fell in love with and tried to take us down. I notice when I spoke about killing all five member Star looked a little stunned about it all, then when we spoke of the she became a little disinterested about it. Not long after she told us she had to leave, I wanted her to stay I did not want her to leave, but me and my pride I didn't go after her and ask her to stay. Of course thing got a little messy after Star left and Rebekah had thrown a tantrum as she finally figured out the only reason I had wanted her here was for the location of the sword. I had told Stefan to deal with her and he had assured me he would call her and get her round to his place, he left leaving me with Jeremy and Connor.
When I went to check on how the processes of the art work and there were hardly anything there, Jeremy had told me the mark grew as the hunter killed more vampires. I weren't happy about any of this at all I needed to find that cure. I had two reason for finding it one being to stop anyone to use it on me and second being making Elena human again so I could build my army. I left the mansion and made my way to the Salvatore home as I received a message from Stefan informing me that my dear sister had turned up. I walked in and I could hear the both of them talking, I saw that Rebekah was about to walk away and I hid.
"I never did answer your question." I watched as Rebekah stops and turns around. "If it meant that I got to be with her, have children, grow old with her. If it meant that we'd die together, be buried together, then yes. I'd take the cure." Well that what you call true love, but I would rather live an eternity with the woman I love.
"I buried him. Even after everything. I laid him to rest in the place where we were to be married. What kind of hopeless fool does that?" I began to approach them both that's when Rebekah realizes what she said. "Oh, but that's what you wanted to know, isn't it? Because I buried him with his sword." Well that was all the information I needed from her.
"I'm sorry, little sister, but you're right." Rebekah turns around and faces me, I had the silver dagger and white oak ash behind my back, and showed it to her. "You really are a hopeless fool." I dipped the dagger in the ash, as I did Rebekah attempts to rush past me, but Stefan stops her.
"I'm sorry, Rebekah." Rebekah looks hurt by Stefan's betrayal, she turns to face me again
"Go right ahead. Laugh at the girl who loved too easily. But I would rather have lived my life than yours, Nik. No one will ever sit around a table telling stories about a man whose wife faked her own dead to get away from him. Do it. Look me in the eye and do it, you coward!" I avoid Rebekah's eyes, she was right in everything that she had just said. "Do it!" I stabbed Rebekah with the dagger she starts to desiccate before my eyes. Stefan covers Rebekah's body, which is lying on the sofa, with a blanket.
"I have a plane waiting I'll get the sword. My hybrids will keep an eye on Connor. You put Rebekah somewhere where no one will find her, and make sure Jeremy forgets everything he heard today." I handed Stefan Jeremy's ring.
"I'll take care of it." He better handle it, but I need to make myself clear about this situation.
"No one must know about the cure, do you understand? Not Damon. Not Elena. Nobody. If this gets out, it could mean all our deaths. So, if you tell anyone, I'll erase each and every memory from the lot of you—" Stefan interrupts me before I could finish what I was saying.
"I won't say anything." I trusted Stefan to me he was like another brother, the bond we shared all those years ago was still here even if he didn't think so.
"It's just you and me in this, Stefan. Some secrets are stronger than family." I walked away from him and made my way out of the house. I used my speed to go back to the mansion and when I arrived I saw Star standing at the front entrance I approached her.
"I thought you had something better to do." She stood there with a huge smile on her face, there had to be a reason for her return. "What do I owe the pleasure of your visit?" I opened the door and gestured her to come in and she walked in.
"I didn't like the way I left before." Star spoke a little nervously, as approached her I could hear her heart accelerating a little more at each step I came closer to her.
"Well you did look rather—" The next thing I knew, she had slammed her lips to mine and nearly knocked all wind from my lungs. I hardly had a moment to react before she pressed her tongue to the seam of my lips and, at my grant of access, delved inside my mouth. It was a very sloppy kiss with the strong scent of bourbon being exchanged in the intermingling of our billowing breaths. My arms reached up and tangled around her delicate neck. I could nearly feel the slight burn of the bourbon as it rolled off my tongue and seeped down my throat with every push of her tongue against mine. I wanted her more than ever, Star wrapped her legs around my waist and I super speed us to my room. I gently place her down on the bed and looked at her she looked at me with those loving eyes of her and smile before I smashed my lips into hers. I hadn't felt this kind of joy for a very long time. I never thought I could be this happy, but maybe a villain can have a happy ending.