Star P.O.V
After seeing Niklaus at the lake house I was filled with so many emotions, because the man who stood before me that I'm in love with had shown me his true nature. When he spoke of that he would not hurt me I could see the look in his eyes that he was speaking the truth, but that didn't change anything it didn't stop me shaking like a leaf as he touched my face. I couldn't continue like this, as much as I have love for Niklaus I had to let him go, because in time I had to leave what happened just made it easier to detach myself from him. Once I walked from him I left the lake house pretty abruptly, I didn't want to be around with Nik there, and Damon had his hands full with Jeremy. A part of me wanted to stay and help like I'm meant to do, but I couldn't as selfish as it sounds I couldn't be anywhere near Niklaus I couldn't predict what I would do if I did. I used my super speed and went back to Mystic Falls I arrived at the boarding house, when I walked in I notice no one was home. I made my way into the parlour and I grabbed a bottle of Damon bourbon, and made my way up to my room.
After consuming three bottle of bourbon my head felt dizzy and light headed, but in a good way as everything I had been worried about faded away in a puff of smoke. I had music blasting and I felt like I was floating on air, for once I didn't have worries running through my mind at all. My perfect moment was disturbed by a noise from downstairs, I opened my eyes I tried to get up and I lost my balance I never drank this much in my thousand years. I got my balance and made my way slowly down the stairs I could hear something being smashed, I tried to keep myself steady on my feet the banging and smashing became louder. I walked into the parlour and I could see Stefan smashing up the place in his rage of fury. What the hell had happened to him? I've never seen him react like this, he started to smash Damon collection of bourbons, and then I moved to the book shelf and tear the books off.
"Stefan, what's wrong?" He turned around and she stood there trying to keep myself from swaying. "Stefan, what's happened?" I began to approach him, he looked away from, I tried to keep focus so I didn't fall flat on my face. I grabbed his face so he was looking at me he looked at me with all kind of emotions, as drunk as I was I needed to know what happened to him "Please, tell me what's happened?" I really hated to see him like this, I wanted him to stop with the smashing as it will not resolve whatever it is that his so angry about.
"Star I'm not good person to be around right now." Looks like the both of us weren't in the best frames of mind, but if he thought for a second I was going to leave him like this then he was more stupid than he looked right now.
"Well I'm not going anywhere." I tried not to slur my words as I spoke; he kept looking into my eyes I really hope his not going to give me a lecture about being drunk. He leant in slowly and kissed me it felt strange to have his lips back on mine. I push Stefan away from me which startled him I couldn't look at him, what the hell he was thinking by kissing me. I walked over to the one bottle that Stefan hadn't broken and took a swig out of it.
"Star…" I turned slowly round and took the bottle away from my lips, to see him standing there with a concern look on his face, he needed to be concerned his lucky I didn't slap him for what he just did.
"What Stefan." I slurred my words as I spoke, I wanted to keep my composure, but it really wasn't working.
"You're drunk?" He stood there looking at me disappointed, I'm getting sick of people looking at me like that and who the hell was he to judge me being drunk when his the one smashing up his home.
"Hey who are you to judge me with what I do—" I took another swig from the bottle. "What with you men going all cave man think you can make claims to your woman." Stefan began to approach me slowly. "You know, the male species hasn't changed over the last thousand years, your still barbaric brutes." He slowly took the bottle out of my hand and placed it on the side.
"What got you in this state?" He touched my cheek, and I stepped back from him, I didn't want him touching me or placing another advance.
"What wrong with me? Freaking men that what wrong with me! Niklaus, you…. That's my problem!" I couldn't do any of this anymore, I can't get emotionally involved with either of them anymore. Niklaus had made it easy to back away from him after his actions.
"What happened? And why the hell are you shouting at me?" Stefan appeared to be hurt by my actions, but I knew this would be the best way to deal with him, it was time for me to be utter bitch. I grabbed the bottle from the side then suddenly Stefan took it out of my hand. "I'm cutting you off. I think you had enough." He walked away and began to drink out of it himself.
"What are you, my freaking father?" He didn't respond. "Great Stefan Salvatore in a mood, what the hell happen to you to be a jack ass?" I fell back on the couch and looked up at the ceiling everything felt like it was spinning around me. "God why is the room spinning?" I covered my eyes with my hands and even though I did that the room still felt like it was spinning.
"Elena slept with Damon." Even though I couldn't see his face I couldn't hear the hurt in his voice, I removed my hands from my face and sat up Stefan stood there looking at me.
"You know what Stefan your better than the likes of Elena Gilbert and myself. Bitches like us will only bring you misery, her sleeping with Damon was a blessing she finally show you her true colours." I got up and began to walk out of the room, I had to push Stefan away now before it becomes complicated like it has done with Nik. I'm not going to hurt either of them anymore my time here going to be short. Stefan more so than Nik don't deserve that pain of getting close to me and then I'm taken away from him. I've done that once before so getting him to hate me now will be easier in the end.
Stefan P.O.V
When I kissed Star I didn't expect her to react the way she did by pushing me away, but then I realised that she was drunk, she could barely stand up straight she looked a mess. How didn't I notice it before? Then she went on about men not changing over the last thousand years something had happened to her to behave like this, I've never seen her act like this before. I tried to reason with her, but it was no use, she couldn't even talk and rambled on about that Klaus and I had caused her problems. It all just got too much and I tried to stop her from drinking more but it was like she was letting all her anger out, unfortunately for me she vented out to me. When she spoke that I should stay clear from her and Elena that they weren't good enough for me, and all they did was bring me misery, part of me knew she was right. Star tore my heart when she left me in 1864 and when she came back after all of these years, that wound that had heal slightly had reopened all that hurt I felt then came back. Then I had Elena who I really thought after Star I could have a future with went and slept with my brother, I'm just destine to live a life with tragedy in love.
I went up to bed I could hear Star in her room tumbling about I didn't know if she meant everything what she told me, but I didn't think tonight would be the best time to talk about it. I lay in bed reflecting over everything that had happened today seriously I couldn't handle any more of this drama, I couldn't handle the fact that right now my world felt like it was falling apart. Rebekah had called me and we spoke about teaming up and finding the cure together we both wanted the same thing to become human once again. A part of me wanted to cure Elena still but then I thought I had to start thinking of myself. What would I given to be human once again not having to deal with my bloodlust issue, not worrying about the ripper side of me coming out. To be human and fall in love and have a family that was always my dream. I wanted to have all of that with Star in 1800 and up until 24 hours ago with Elena, but after everything I have discovered I don't think I could have that anymore with either of them. Maybe Star was right neither of them were right for me.
I woke up in the morning with my head filled with so many questions running through my mind, I went into my bathroom and took a shower. When I was done I wrapped a towel around me and I walked into my room. I saw Rebekah reading my diary on my bed I cleared my throat.
"I know you were, uh, daggered for a little while, but, uh, knocking is still a thing." She looked up and placed the dairy on the bed.
"So is writing in your diary apparently. I'm just checking for doubts. You can never be too cautious when it comes to love. One minute, you're begging me to compel Elena from your mind, and the next, I'm up coffin creek with a dagger in my back." She had her reasons to be paranoid, but there was no need for her to read my private thoughts. "Another thing I need to find out is what you told me about Star, I couldn't imagine her being with anyone apart from Nik. I guess I was wrong, you were really in love with her weren't you?" Great Rebekah will probably have great pleasure in telling Klaus about that.
"Right. Well, you can read it all you want. I'm done with both of them. So there no need for you to go running to Klaus about Star." Rebekah looked back down at the dairy turning a page.
"I would not dream of telling Nik that his wife had fallen in love with another man." That took me by surprise, she looked up. "I consider Star as a sister Stefan, and if Nik found out he would not only murder you but also Star. I do not agree with Star choices in men, but I can understand that you can't help who you fall in love with." Rebekah really did care about Star a hell of a lot. "So until we find the cure Elena off the radar, right?" I went to pour myself a drink as talking to about Elena this early in the morning I didn't need. "Hey, I'm talking to you." She closes the journal in frustration.
"Oh, I know you are. I'm ignoring you." I didn't want to talk about Elena or anything to do about her right now, Rebekah gets up from the bed.
"Look, we're at a bit of a disadvantage in this whole race for the cure. Team Klaus has Jeremy the hunter, team Shane has Bonnie the witch—" I didn't need reminding of what we didn't have.
"If you're here to remind me of our last place status, I'm very well aware." I drained my drink, I knew out everyone Rebekah and I were both out in the cold we had no link to give us a step closer to the cure.
"Actually I have a plan. The cure is buried with Silas, that ancient evil guy my brother Kol is afraid of. Shane was so eager to prove his existence that he gave away that he has one of the keys to resurrecting him, his headstone." I knew where she wanted to go with this Rebekah was right we need something at our advantage.
"I see. You wanna steal it." I questioned her, she began to approach me with a smirk.
"Yes, and then Team Shane will have to join Team Rebekah, and Team Klaus will be left out in the cold where he belongs." Could this really work could I team up with Rebekah and somehow get closer to the cure? I had nothing else to lose the only thing driving me right now is the fact that soon I may become human and I can walk away from this life I've been stuck in.
Damon P.O.V
Things are getting a little too intense here with Klaus turning the pizza girl into a vampire so that Jeremy will kill her to make his mark grown, and the fact that I couldn't find Star either my day was getting worse. She had disappeared pretty much after Klaus came here I think she was frighten to be around him, and after what she told me I didn't blame her either. Star confused me at times I mean she loved my brother you could see that, and he would treat her so well. But it like Klaus had this hold on her like when she looked at him she looked hopelessly in love with him. None of that matter to her anymore as she knew once the map relived she's going to have to wake Silas with it all ending with her death. I still couldn't wrap that all in my mind yet, I wanted to still find a way to keep her alive, but I didn't know how, but I kept on remember the conversation we had. That Star wanted this to happen she wanted to die and knowing that really sadden me.
Then I had Elena claiming her love for me down the phone part of me wanted her to come down here, but I couldn't I told her that what she feeling isn't real. That her and I couldn't continue with this anymore. She sounded pretty upset over the phone, but Star had put a lot thing into prospective for me, the fact that Stefan and I had always had women come between us and to be honest I'm sick of fighting with him. We are vampire, we fall in and out of love, and in time I will get over Elena Gilbert, I couldn't lose my brother once again.
I had a phone call from Klaus asking me to bring Jeremy down to some bar as he wanted to talk, when we arrived the whole place was fill with dead body, or should I say vampires in transition Klaus had gone too far now. So Jeremy refused to go by Klaus rules which didn't please the hybrid at all, not a great move, so he had compelled the new vamps to go after Matt and have him for a snack. So while Jeremy and Matt went back to the lake house I was dealing with any vampires that were going to kill Matt. Which didn't please me at all, so after a whole night staking out vampire I went back to the lake house to find Elena there. She really wasn't making any of this easy for me. After her having a fit about not having the situation under control I convinced her that Jeremy and I need to go and deal with the rest of the vampires. Jeremy and I got in my car and drove back to the bar where Klaus had turn all those people, I got out of the car.
"Do you really think they went back to the bar?" I went to open the trunk of my car and looked through the weapons, this would be the only place they could really go to it was daylight now.
"Where else are they gonna go? It's all cabins and vacation homes; they can't get in anywhere." I handed Jeremy a gun, Jeremy puts it behind his back as I handed him the compound bow. "All right. There you go." I think he all huntered up now, hopefully Jeremy kill all of them and some of his mark will grow.
"Fine. Let's get this over with." Jeremy pulls back the compound bow, he really needed to get focused abut all of this.
"Listen, just go one at a time, only shoot for the heart, don't hesitate, and don't miss." I handed Jeremy an arrow.
"Save the teaching moment. Elena's not here. You don't have to pretend like you give a damn about me." He really didn't get any of this it weren't about Elena, I closed the trunk of my car.
"I'm trying to keep you alive, dumbass." I handed Jeremy more arrows. "Come on." We headed into the bar, and music can be heard we walked in cautiously, and Jeremy holds up the bow. A giant blood smear the ground, and I walked around it. "Something's not right." We follow the trail of blood into the back storage room that's where we saw a giant pile of the vampire corpses are in the corner. "Looks like we're gonna have to find some new vampires. What a waste." Who the hell would of done this?
"What the hell happened?" Jeremy questioned me, yeah I would like to know that too.
"I confess…" We turned around and Jeremy holds the bow up to Kol who entered the room. "I did it." Great this dick was back!
"Kol?" Jeremy said a little stunned, yeah I remember they were 'buddies' back in Denver.
"Jeremy, good to see you, mate. Sorry about the mess. Ugh, it was a little crowded when I arrived, and I prefer more intimate gatherings. We three need to have a little chat." He takes a sip of alcohol. "Care for a drink?" Why the hell did this dick kill all of these vampire?
"He's underage, and I don't like you, so let's just cut to it." Kol looked over at me with amused expression, god he was the biggest dicks out of all of the originals.
"You know, my brother bragged about his plan to complete Jeremy's hunter's mark. It was easy enough to track this lot down. They were all hiding in the shadows. Now, killing young vampires is easy or old ones, for that matter." Why did he have an issue with Jeremy killing any of these new vampires?
"Why? What's it to you either way?" He place his glass on the counter an turned me.
"Because, you fools, in your zeal to find the cure, you risk waking someone very dangerous." I couldn't help but laugh he was actually concerned about Silas.
"Oh...You must be talking about Silas." I was still chuckling, who would have thought Kol would be worried about him.
"What do you know of him?" I didn't know much all I did know that Star had to give up her life so the five could kill him and he would be gone once and for all.
"Nothing. Don't want to. Not our problem." A totally lie of course I was worried my best friend going to sacrifice herself over to him, and that was a big problem to me.
"Isn't it?" Kol looked at me highly amused now.
"Uh-uh." I tried to keep my poker face on.
"A few hundred years back, I came across a group that worshipped Silas. His followers told me that he would rise again, and when he did, he would trigger the end of all time. You see the whole thing about him rising involves one ingredient that would be the blood of then unum praeditos, she plays a big part in it all. I've searched for her unfortunately she's very hard lady to find. Of course with being an immortal, you can see why I'm opposed to time's ending. So as I'm not able to find her I murdered all of them. And now, here you are willing to risk raising him in your search for the cure. I can't exactly sit back and let that happen, can I?" I knew he was speak about Star, so that meant he had no clue that she was the unum praeditos?
"We're not going to back off the cure because you were told one too many scary bedtime stories, you idiot." Kol pushed me he didn't like the fact I wasn't listening to him, as much as I was on his side about not raising Silas we both had different reason for it.
"Jeremy, we were mates in Colorado. You're a smart lad. Why don't you call off this imbecilic treasure hunt?" I didn't need Jeremy giving away the fact that Star around, and that she the one things has been looking for all this time. I looked over at Jeremy and he was holding up the bow.
"I'm not calling anything off, mate." Kol takes a step backwards.
"Well I could kill you. But then, I'd have to deal with the hunter's curse. And I, I don't particularly feel like being haunted for the next century. Better idea. I'll just rip off your arms." Kol rushes at Jeremy, but I rammed Kol into the wall and began to fight him.
"Jeremy, run!" I shouted at him Jeremy flees, and I continue to hit Kol. Kol catches my hand and puts him in a headlock.
"Now I think we need to have a little chat don't we darling, time for you to divulge all your secrets." I felt a pain in my neck and I fell into darkness.
Klaus P.O.V
After Star walked away from me I felt something that I hadn't felt in a long time the pain of her slipping away from me once again. I never meant to raise my hand to her it was out of my rage that it even happened. I would never intentionally hurt her, she was my Star, the love of my life all I've dreamt to have her back in my once again. With once course of action I had lost her, which made what I had done to Carol Lockwood even more sweet revenge. What worried me was the fact that she will never forgive me, and I have to live with the regret of my actions for all eternity. So to keep myself distracted I decided to take matter into my own hands, Damon was making a poor job of getting Jeremy to kill vampires to complete his mark. So I turned the pizza girl for a start, of course Jeremy killed her. That was the first step of my plan then I thought to get the ball rolling. I went to local bar and turned majority of the bar into vampire, while waiting on the hunter and Damon to come down to the bar. I tried to call Star and she did not pick up her phone, it looks like she really didn't want me having any contact with her.
Well the older Salvatore came with Jeremy and the human Jeremy refused to kill any of the new coming vampires. Well that was a little unfortunate he felt like that because if he liked it or not he will kill them vampire. I reminded Jeremy and Damon their purpose and I would compel every vampire in this room to go and kill his human friend if Jeremy did not kill them first. With leaving them with that thought I had left and made my way back to the lake house, I wanted to speak to her again to tell her how sorry I was to of laid my hands on her. When I arrived there I heard only two voices which were Matt and Elena, I tried to listen out for Star but I sense she weren't here. I left and made my way back to Mystic Falls, when I arrived home I went straight to my collection of drinks and poured myself a large scotch. I couldn't get the image of Star out of my mind how afraid she looked; I kept trying to remove the image, but it wouldn't leave I had to see her.
I walked out of the house and used my speed to get to the Salvatore home, when I walked in there appeared to be no one home, I was about to leave and I could heard moans from upstairs. I began to make my way up the stairs and approached the room where I could hear the moans. I opened the door and there was Star lying on the bed with her hands over her face.
"God why the hell did I drink so much." I couldn't help but chuckle at her she moved her hand from her face. "Great now I'm freaking hearing things." I walked into the room and admired her while she laid there in her short exposing her beautiful long legs, while her midriff was slightly exposed, in that moment she was giving me so much temptation.
"Well it appears you had a lot to drink last night." She turns and faces me looking like she had a very bad hang over, but I couldn't help and smile at her.
"Oh great." She sat up hold her head. "Niklaus what are you doing here?" I didn't really know what to say to her, I felt a little lost for words, she climb off the bed so she was on the other side from me. "Look, I don't want you here." She spoke firmly, but her eyes told me another story.
"I know I frighten you Star, but I give you my word I would never lay a hand on you again." Her expression began to soften slightly, she knew I was telling her the truth I would rather die than hurt again.
"Nik could you please leave." She walked away from the bed and made her way to her bathroom, I didn't want to push her any further today. After her reaction I think I may get some form of forgiveness from her in time.
I left the Salvatore home and went back to my home I had a little hope that Star may forgive me for my actions, and when she did I will making it all up to her tenfold. I will show her how sorry I really I'm for hurting her, I will do whatever it takes to prove to her how precious she is to me. I went into my study and pour another drink and sat at my desk, I hadn't heard from Damon to find out how dear Jeremy been getting on so that must mean there still hunting and the mark is growing. I propped up my feet on the table, as I did I saw Elena Gilbert walk in. She began to tell me that my little brother had gotten involved in stopping Jeremy completing his mark that he had kill all those vampires I had turned. Which didn't not please me whatsoever apparently Jeremy had escaped but Damon hadn't returned.
"A bit ironic, you coming to me for help. Weren't your friends just trying to bury me in a cement tomb?" I think Miss Gilbert needed a little reminding of what fate her and her friends had for me not so long ago.
"This is your fault. You started this when you forced Jeremy to kill those vampires!" So all of this was my fault? Well to be totally honest I didn't give a flying hoot that she blamed me.
"And now my little brat of a brother has gone and made things worse. Well, he never did like Damon." Then it hit me if I let Damon die Star would never forgive me, I knew her and Damon were very close. "I suppose I should do something, shouldn't I?" If I was to save him from a fate such as death, Star may see the error of my ways.
"Call him off, Klaus." Elena demanded snapping me out of my thoughts.
"You are in no position to make demands, love. Whilst I'd like to cure you to make more hybrids, I do have other reasons for finding the cure, not the least of which is destroying it so you lot can't use it against me." I wouldn't put it past them to attempt that, well I'm making sure that that will never happen. "Now let me make this clear to you, I will save Damon for one reason only, and that for Star. I do not want her mourning over the death of her friend." Elena looked at me a little stunned, I got out my phone to call Kol. "Little brother. Just two days home, and I'm told you've already gone and made a mess." He was always a thorn in my side always causing trouble.
"Come on, Nik. I was only having some fun." Yes fun at my expense which I wasn't happy about at all.
"Those vampires were for my hunter!" I weren't in the mood for Kol games, why would he even be bothered about this cure.
"I'll make some more. There's no shortage of people." I had to find out where Damon was I just hope nothing happened to him, because I knew of the consequences if there had.
"Where's Damon Salvatore?" I questioned him.
"I gave him a good and proper beating just for old time's sake." Kol has never liked Damon Salvatore especially after the whole snapping of the neck incident.
"Yes. Well, you've had your fun. Now let him go and come home. Avoid any more trouble, or you'll find yourself back in a box." Right now if I could get hold of him I would putting him back there and drop in in the ocean.
"Hey. No need to be nasty about it." He really thought I was being nasty he hadn't seen nasty yet.
"On the contrary, I find nastiness to be essential whenever my siblings try to sabotage me. Listen closely, Kol. Stay away from the Gilbert boy. You understand?" I warned him he would be wise to listen because if he didn't there would be consequences.
"Fine. I won't touch him. You have my word." Kol hangs up on me I looked up and Elena was gone well it appears that my dear brother actually listen for once.
Star POV
Wow I woke up with the biggest hang over ever, I don't think I've actually ever had one and right now I wish I was dead rather than deal with this. How do mortal do this to themselves? Consume all that liquor for a fun night and feel like this in the morning, they must out of their minds. I just lay on my bed not wanting to move I could hear Stefan moving round in his room and I recalled the conversation we had, I was a right bitch to him. Well it was for the best Stefan, he was one of the good guys he did deserve better than Elena or I, either of us would end up breaking his heart. I knew I was harsh, but I think that was the only way to be with him right now. I didn't move from the spot I was in all I felt like I want to be sick and the room kept spinning. I sobered up as soon as Niklaus made appearance in my room. He gave me his word that he would never hurt me again and I believe that, but what was the point we were getting closer to the cure now and there not point in leading Nik on. I needed to stay away from him and Stefan they both needed to move on and forget about me. They may mourn once I'm dead, but eventually they will move on and find peace once and for all.
I had a shower and when I came out I was actually surprised that Nik actually went when I told him to, my phone beeped I walked over to the side cabinet and picked up my phone. I saw a message from Jeremy.
Jeremy: Star can you meet me at the grill I really need to talk to you.
I don't know what got Jeremy wanting to speak to me urgently?
Star: yeah I be there soon…..
I began to dry myself and got changed into light wash jeans and black tank top, I put on my boot and grabbed my leather jacket and made my way down the stairs. I walked out of the house and looked at my bike I think it would be best for me to walk I'll probably get motion sickness on that. So I began to walk, it didn't take me long to get there, when I walked in I saw Matt he looked up and smile.
"You bailed on us." oh yeah well kind of did. I think he would understand after Nik turning up I had to leave, he knew of the situation between us.
"After seeing Nik I didn't want to be around." Matt nodded his head, then I saw Jeremy approaching me.
"Hey Star we really need to talk." He grabbed hold of my hand and pulled me round to the back.
"Jer what wrong?" He looked at me a little worried, what the hell had happened?
"Well after you left Klaus decided to turn a whole bar into vampire." I stood there speechless Jeremy weren't ready to do something like that, of course Niklaus and his impatience. "Well Damon and I went back to deal with it and they were all dead, Kol killed them" I began to frown was I meant to know who Kol was?
"Who's Kol?" He began to laugh, I felt like I missed the punch line to some joke.
"A dick, and his your brother in-law." He was Nic brother, this was getting all a little strange, and something caught my eye through the porter hole. Damon stood there looking at me normal one moment the next he began to vamp out, what the hell was that about?
"Jeremy I think we need to get out of here, Damon looking a bit murderous out there." I turned back to Jeremy and he moved a metal plate from the wall.
"Kol must of compelled him or something, he been looking for the unum praeditos for years, he must have found out about you." He grabbed hold of me and pushed me down the hole we were both hurrying through the tunnels, Jeremy kept aiming his gun and flashlight ahead of him as we walked through.
"Jeremy! Star! Get out of here! Do you hear me? Don't stop. Kol compelled me. There's nothing I can do!" We could hear Damon call out through the tunnels, this was the last thing I ever thought would happen with Damon was on the hunt to kill us. "You can't hide in here. If I find either of you, you're dead." Damon was really freighting me part of me want to go and ram him down, but after what happened with Nik, and how my abilities have been playing up cause some idiot doing expression I couldn't risk it. "Are you both listening to me? You better run! I am coming to kill you both. You need to go now!" Jeremy grabbed hold of my hand and dragged me threw the tunnels, we could out run Damon but if he compelled to kill us both.
Stefan P.O.V
Rebekah and I made our way to Whitmore College to find the tomb stone it was our only chance of getting in on the rat race to the cure. We were searching high and low and weren't getting much luck in finding it. Rebekah began to ask me about the history I had with Star, I felt a little awkward talking to her about it. But Rebekah sat there and listen to all of it, Rebekah could understand why Star fell in love with me. She spoke of how she had fell in love with me once too, but like always I knew how to screw it all up. Rebekah spoke of how we were back in the 20's how we were both so carefree and didn't give a dam about everything. Sometimes I wish I could be like that without the ripper side of me coming out to play. But this is who I am, I care, I worry, I wouldn't be Stefan Salvatore if I didn't. Even though I'm talking to Rebekah all my mind kept on thinking about is Elena and Damon that my brother betrayed me. I don't know why I was even surprised really. While we were looking through Shane office we heard someone come in, Rebekah and I hid and we notice that he was looking for something too. So Rebekah rushed at him knocking him out. Rebekah was torturing the unknown man by slicing his leg open slowly with the knife.
"All you have to do to make it stop is tell me who sent you." The man groans but doesn't answer, she tastes some of the blood on the knife. "You're full of vervain, so I know you haven't been compelled." Well there could be another reason why he hadn't spoken.
"Or maybe somebody compelled him before he ingested it." it could of happened I mean nothing really surprise me anymore.
"He was after the headstone. We need to know who sent him." Rebekah glared at me well she was right but right now there weren't much we could do.
"Okay. Fine. So we take him home, wait till the vervain is out of his system, and then compel him and get whatever information we want." Rebekah began to smile I think she liked my suggestion.
"That's not a bad idea." The man grunts and begins spitting out blood, I went over and grabbed his face and looks into his mouth.
"He just bit off his own tongue." How the hell could he do that to himself, whoever sent him here didn't want him to talk.
"So he does know something." The man grabs the knife from Rebekah's hand and jabs it into his own neck, I pulled it out but too late the man bleeds out of the neck, dead.
"I guess he was compelled." I looked at Rebekah she didn't look very impressed about any of this.
"Was it my bastard brother, or yours?" I don't see Damon doing this and Klaus wouldn't even know about the tomb stone there was another option.
"Maybe it's option number three. There's another team in the race." My phone was ringing I looked at it saw that Elena was calling, but Rebekah grabs it from me before I could answer it.
"Hello, Elena." Rebekah said rather smugly down the phone, well that going to get Elena back up knowing I'm with Rebekah.
"What did you do to Stefan?" Elena demanding seriously like she really care about me.
"Rescued him from his old, dull life, but it keeps calling. Stefan's not in the mood to talk right now" Rebekah looked up at me and I smiled at her.
"Then he can listen. I know you might not care about me right now, Stefan, but Kol compelled Damon to kill Jeremy and Star. They're somewhere in the tunnels, and I- it's one giant maze down here, and I can't find them, so if you still care about the cure or about Star, then maybe you can come help." I didn't say anything what was I meant to do? "Okay!" she hangs up on Rebekah.
"Well that is an interesting predicament. For both of us." My brother who betrayed me is trying to kill the woman I love and the brother of the other woman I love, seriously my life couldn't get any more complicated right now. Star was right all she and Elena will ever do is bring misery into my life.
Star P.O.V
Jeremy and I had been going through these tunnels, and I had no idea of where we were going which made me feel more anxious. I knew Damon was catching up with us his voice sounded closer each time.
"Did you miss the part where I said I'm compelled? Don't stop!" I saw Jeremy withdraws a knife and uses it to cut his hand.
"What the hell are you doing?" I whispered to him, Jeremy grabbed me and pulled me into a side passage, was he out of his mind bleeding going to draw Damon even closer to us.
"Seriously? You're being hunted by a vampire, and now one of you are bleeding?" We could hear Damon getting closer, and Jeremy moved away from me and came out of the dark passage. Jeremy runs at Damon and puts him in a headlock, Damon bites his arm; Jeremy yells in pain as Damon throws him down to the ground.
"Jeremy!" I watched as Damon began to vamp out looking at Jeremy ready to devour him.
"Dumb move, Jer. You can't fight me in closed quarters." I've never seen Damon behave like this It was like he was another person, this bastard Kol going to pay for doing this to him.
"It was worth a shot." He shoots Damon in the abdomen, I couldn't help but scream, Damon groans in pain as he falls to his knees. I wanted to go over there and make sure he ok but he had been compelled to kill me.
"You're gonna have to shoot me, Jeremy, in the heart. I'm not gonna be able to stop myself. Jeremy, you are a hunter. You know you want to. Do it!" I stood there stunned Jeremy stands still with gun aimed at Damon, but doesn't shoot. "Do it!" Damon gets up, and his face vamps out as he fails to resist the compulsion then Jeremy shoot him, I screamed once again I couldn't believe he shoot him. I watch as Damon fell to the ground dead, I grabbed Jeremy by the throat all anger and devastation rose to the surface.
"You killed him!" I screamed at him while I felt tears streaming down my cheeks.
"I didn't kill him Star. Look." I looked over at Damon lifeless body and I notice that Jeremy shot him in the head, I sighed in relief I was about to apologies for my actions when Jeremy grabbed hold of my hand. "This is the way to get out." Jeremy and I were running, and I notice that he was iIn pain, he stops and leans against a tree, sliding his back down it to the ground.
"Jeremy your hand looks messed up." Damon would be coming soon and he couldn't out run him now being injured like this, I looked up. "Jeremy do you trust me?" He looked at me a little confused and hesitant to reply. "I said do you trust me?" He nodded his head I looked up again at the tree it wouldn't be difficult to get him up there. "You can't keep running Jer. I'm going to help you get up there, you be safe Damon won't find you" I need to make sure nothing happened to him, I had grown attached to Jeremy he was a good kid who didn't need to be mixed up in all this.
"What about you?" I was sweet that he was concerned about me, but my only concern was him and nothing else.
"I'll be fine. Remember I'm the unum praeditos." He nodded and I help him get up the tree once I saw that Jeremy was safely up there I moved away and hid until Damon came out. I need to somehow snap him out of this compulsion. I saw Damon coming in my direction I felt my heart accelerate I couldn't believe I was looking at a totally different Damon, I saw Elena come from behind him.
"Damon, stop!" He stops. "Please. I know that you don't want to hurt Jeremy or Star she's your closest friend, so please stop." I watched as Damon turned around to look at her.
"I can't." I really thought Damon was a lot stronger than this, but maybe the wrong person was asking him to stop.
"Yes, you can. You're strong enough to resist the compulsion. I know that you are." Elena really thought that Damon would stop for her?
"Why, because Stefan did?" Wow Stefan resisted compulsion?
"Because I love you. Because you love me." She was in love with him? I watched as Damon shakes his head.
"No Elena it don't work like that. I told you me and you will never happen, that's a clear indication that I'm not in love with you!" Elena weren't doing a good job controlling Damon, he made it perfectly clear that she didn't mean that much to him. I walked out into the clearing.
"What about the fact you'd do anything for me, so please... do this for me" I called out to him Damon turned and looked at me wide eyed.
"Star…" He spoke a little dangerously, I felt my heart was going to jump out of my chest but, I had to remember this is Damon in front of me the guy who could tell anything to. The guy who I could cry on his shoulder, my best friend not a monster. Suddenly Damon charges at me sending me flying to the ground he was on top of me with his fangs out.
"Damon you know you don't want to do this." I pleaded to him as I tried to fight him off me. I could see in his eyes he didn't. I saw a single tear come from his eye before he bite into my throat aggressively I felt him tearing through my flesh and I screamed through pain. I tried to push him off me and I couldn't, I felt him draining me of my blood. He was thrown off me I turned my head and I saw Stefan pushed Damon up against another tree.
"Hey, brother. Long time, no see." He snaps Damon's neck causing him to collapse on the ground. Stefan walks over to me. "Hey." He gently helped me sit up before he bit into his wrist and held it out for me. "It will heal you." I nodded and he placed his wrist to my lips for a few seconds then he moved it way.
"Thank you." Elena approaching us, and she look at Damon on the ground, Stefan turned to her.
"Your welcome." He got up suddenly and grabbed Damon and super sped away, Elena stood there frozen. I wasn't interested to find out if she was ok, Damon had made his feeling pretty clear to her that he didn't want anything to do with her. I got up and walked away from her and help Jeremy down from the tree safely.
"Hey" I smiled at him "You're going to be ok." Jeremy look at me with curiosity in his eyes.
"You saved me." He spoke a little stunned, of course I would do that I wouldn't let anything happen to him, I failed with Connor I wasn't going to fail with him.
"Well that what I'm meant to do. I'm here to protect you, no matter what Jeremy," I touched his cheek before getting up, I turned to see Elena looking at the both of us. I walked away I need to go and deal with the brothers and I'm hoping Stefan not doing anything stupid to Damon. Damon had to be de-compelled if there was a way of doing that I'm going to find out, my friend just took a chunk out of my throat and I know him going to live with the regret of that. So I'm going to somehow make Kol Mikaelson pay.
I arrived back at the boarding house after an hour after the incident, I looked around the house for Stefan and Damon, and I couldn't find them. I began to make my way dawn to the basement and I saw Stefan is leaning against the dirt mound in one of cells handling a wooden stake. I looked on the ground there laid Damon stirring groaning as he wakes up I didn't move from the entrance.
"Easy there, buddy. You lost a lot of blood" Stefan told him while Damon was groaning.
"So you bled me out?" I looked at Damon and he seemed like the guy who I knew not the crazy monster who attacked me.
"Yeah. I didn't really have much of a choice. Kol's compulsion is still in effect, so you need to stay locked up. We don't have any vervain, so... this was the only way I could weaken you." Stefan actually sounded like he was enjoying this, maybe it because of the fact that Damon slept with the girl his in love with had something to do with that. I knew Damon regretted it, I heard him say to Elena that he wasn't in love with her, that might now be true maybe Damon was putting his family first for once.
"You sound real torn up about it. Shouldn't we be going after Kol, make him de-compel me?" He had a point there maybe I should…. I don't even know what hell Kol looks like, maybe I could…. no I'm not going running to Nik either he wouldn't help me and I didn't want his help either.
"Yeah, yeah, sure. That sounds easy enough, Damon. I'll get right on that." Stefan told him with sarcasm, Damon was coughing as he fails to sit up.
"At least let me see Star." I walked in the cell and Stefan glared at me, he wasn't going to stop me from seeing Damon I wanted to know that he was okay. I didn't want him to think that I hated him for what happened.
"Hey I'm right here." Damon looked up at me with sorrow in his eyes.
"I'm sorry for what I did to you." His face began to change and he began to vamp out, Stefan grabbed me and pushed me out of the cell and closing the door behind him.
"Are you out of your mind Star? Damon compelled to kill you and you're walking into his cell like nothing." Stefan was right that was a stupid move, I wasn't thinking.
"I'm sorry, but it Damon I can't—" Stefan expression soften he knew that Damon meant the world to me, that I wouldn't want anything to happen to him.
"Stefan, wait. Stefan!" Stefan locks the door ignoring Damon cries. "Stef..." Damon calls out while Stefan ushered me out of the basement, we both made our way upstairs and we bumped into Elena.
"Going to see Damon?" He spoke to her a little bitterly, Elena looked between Stefan and I and I felt a little awkward.
"I need to talk to him." She really wasn't getting the message, I don't think any talking to Damon from her is going to change the fact that his not interested in her.
"Elena I think Damon made himself pretty clear earlier when he told you nothing going to happen between you. You're clearly in love with him, but the feeling not mutual." She look a little hurt by what I said but it was all truth, but doing in front of Stefan was a bit of a bitch move. Well that the reason why I said all that, so Stefan can see that his brother has no intention to be with her, that somehow through all this they can repair their relationship from the mistake Damon made. "We both know he take advantage of the sire bond and just ask you to let him out." Elena expression harden she really didn't like how I brought up the whole sired bond, Damon was cunning he wanted out he use whatever it took to his advantage.
"I won't let him out." She protested then Stefan stood in front of her.
"You won't have a choice. You're sired." Elena shifts uncomfortably and doesn't respond. "That all?" I think Stefan really took my advice from last night.
"Stefan, what are you doing with Rebekah? She tried to kill me." Whoa Stefan with Rebekah?
"And this will be the second time that Damon tried to attempt to kill Jeremy. So I guess nobody's perfect, right?" This was all confusing right now, Stefan sticking up for Rebekah was really strange considering their history.
"Elena I think it best if you le—" Before I could ask her to leave Elena cut me off.
"You're hurt. You're hurt, and you're acting out. Stefan, this isn't you." Is she on another freaking planet the guy is hurt at the fact you slept with his brother.
"Sure it is. You've just never seen me like this. You don't know what I look like when I'm not in love with you" Elena looks shocked while Stefan was smiling. "I'll let Damon know you stopped by." Elena, looking surprised and a little embarrassed, hesitantly turns and walks away.
"Stefan wasn't that—" He turned me looking furious.
"Don't you dare Star, you were right about something you and Elena are the worst things to ever happen to me" He took one final look at me before walking out, leaving me behind utterly speechless.