2010
Mystic Falls
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When Stella entered the house, she heard the heart plumping blood, she could could hear the heartbeat, and all she wanted to do was rip it off. The brunette walked to the living room and saw the Gilbert girl standing there
"Stella" The later said
"Elena"
Stella's tone was somewhat a whispered, something that brought a feeling of coldness to the doppelgänger
"You went against me, planned my imprisonment to torture me and then knocked me out with vervain. Oh, dear Elena, your worst mistake was thinking that you were capable of living after all of this"
She sped to Elena, ready to kill her, when someone else threw her to the other side of the room
Damon Salvatore stood there in front of Elena, trying to protect the girl from the emotionless Original
Stella looked at Damon and smirked
"If I could feel anything, I would feel pity for you, Damon" The vampire looked at her in confusion "You're in love with your brother's ex-girlfriend. It must be sad to lose all the girls to him. First, Katerina, who clearly was only using you two. And now, Elena, who can't choose between both, so tries to stay true to herself by saying that she loves Stefan, when in reality, she doesn't know how she feels anymore. Yep, truly sad"
Elena looked down in shame. Stella was totally right. Both, Elena and Katherine, are the same in appearance, may not be the same in personality, but deep down, both love the attention of the Salvatore brothers. The difference is that Katherine loves it, while Elena, feels guilty about it
"Who are you to try to give me romantic advices, Original-Witchy, when you are the one with the crapy marriage?" Damon asked
"My marriage can be destroyed, but at least I know that I was my husband's first choice. We can't say the same thing about you, can we, Day-Day?" She said, using Roman's nickname for Damon
"Ouch, that one hurt"
And with that, the blue-eyed man sped to the Original, but was stopped with only a move of her hand. The Salvatore fell on his knees in front of her while pain consumed his body
He would never admit it, but her previous words hurt him deeply. He knows Elena chose his brother, he knows that she loves him, he knows that it will always be Stefan. At least he thinks that
"I'm older, I'm stronger, I'm more powerful than you, and I'm a bitch. So, darling, if you want to defeat me, you've to do better than that" she twisted her hand making him yell in pain
"No! Please, stop!" Elena screamed before running to him
Stella saw as the doppelgänger touched his face carefully, she watched as Elena's eyes carried a worried expression. She could see the love on the human's eyes
"Or maybe I was wrong, maybe you're not that confused about your feelings anymore" Stella chuckled "Perfect, that way it will hurt watching as I rip his heart out of his chest. The perfect revenge"
Stella sped to him and pushed her hand inside his chest. She could feel it. The heartbeat was intense. The Mikaelson felt powerful as she hold the thing that keeps him going
"I've wanted to do this for a long time. Basically, since I got the news that you killed Alexa" She looked deeply on his ocean blue eyes "Well, I guess I'm doing it right now"
As she was going to rip his heart out, a hand took hold of her arm and stopped her. She looked up and saw a blond man looking at her
"Hello, love. I believe you have wonderful reasons to want to kill this pathetic vampire, but I do actually need him, so if this could wait for later, I would be thankful to you" Klaus smirked and took Stella's arms out of Damon's chest, making the vampire let out a gasp
Stella rolled her eyes and went to pour herself a cup of bourbon. Why was everyone stopping her for killing someone today? She just wanted to taught Elena a lesson. It's not Stella's fault if the doppelgänger betrayed her
In fact, she was bored and wanted some action. Klaus was ending her fun
Klaus took the bottle of glass away from her and put some bourbon on a cup too
"Cheers, mate" He said as he watched Stella sitting down. Damon still on his knees trying to catch his breath, and Elena looking after him "Your brother stole something from me"
"What did he stole?" The Salvatore asked out of breath finally being able to get up
"My family. The Originals. I had them daggered, boxed up, waiting the day I saw fit to wake them. Yet, he went and pinched the bloody lot"
Damon nodded
"Of course he did. Ah, such a buzzkill, my baby bro. Well, I'd love to find him. Just the trouble is, I sure as hell don't work for you"
"I'm starting to regret stopping you from killing him, love" Klaus said turning to Stella who was looking at her red nails
"Told you" she said not looking up
"You know, your drink stinks of vervain, so I can't compel you. There'd be no point in killing you, because you're actually the most hope of getting me what I want. And yet, it would seem a demonstration is in order. Perhaps, I wasn't clear enough when I told you to find Stefan. Oh, well, it seems you people respond best to displays of violence"
He took off his phone
"Why don't you take this as an example of my reach?" He dialed a number and out the phone against his ear "There he is. So, that thing I told you to do. Why don't you go ahead and get on with it?"
Stella rolled her eyes. She knows that this means only one thing, someone is going to get hurt. And the best thing, she doesn't give a fuck about it
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Roman is now living in the Alston mansion. Well, he swore he never saw it as silent as today. He was sitting in front of the fireplace watching the flames, but another thing quickly catch his interest, a door
Behind that door, stood a room that no many people had the pleasure to enter
He got up and start walking to it. The moment he opened the double doors, he became sad. The room was dark, the curtains all down, the windows closed. It was also cold. The aura was different, darker and heavy. He turned on the lights. Roman finally understood what this room was about
"You shouldn't be in here" he heard Stella saying from behind him
He ignored her and start walking around the three big things that stood out in that room
"Since I moved here, I never understood why this room was closed. Alexander told me not to enter it. Now, I understand why"
"Alexander was right. Get out" she said
He touched the first object. He knew what it meant for the girl. Well, he only knows it because of the stories she once told him
"Deep down, you still love him"
She also looked at the object without showing any signs of emotion
It's incredible how a simple object can bring so many memories into people's minds. In front of them, stood a black piano, the same piano where her lover would play songs to her every sunset. Stella still could remember the way the sun light touched his face, the way his brown eyes became more beautiful with it, the way they would look at her, like she was some kind of precious jewel, the way she would sing in harmony with her husband's talent, and, by the time their little moment of peace had ended, they would say how much they loved each other and embark in a night full of romance
"I don't love him anymore"
"I don't believe in you, Stella. There must be something that you can hold on to. The memories, the love, the care, the adventures. Even the anger. That must symbolize something to you"
She shook her head
"It doesn't mean anything to me"
Roman let out a sigh before pointing to the other object. This one was a double bass. An instrument that was played numerous times by the girl herself. This was one, Roman knew very well. Every time she was sad, or feeling bad, Stella would go to her room of their old house, and play it. The sound was beautiful, but the sadness behind it, was heartbreaking
"The first I heard you playing it, was when you had turned your emotions back on. You were sad, angry at yourself, so you went to your room, and for the rest of the night, that was all me and Lexi heard"
He was trying to make her remember
"You don't get it, do you, Roman? I don't want to feel. I don't want to be hurt again" She rolled her eyes "This little game you're playing is not going to work"
"And that?! Uh!" He yelled pointing at the last object. It wasn't an instrument, this time it was a painting on the wall. It was made years and years ago, there stood Roman, Lexi, Alexander, Stella and a girl. A girl with a beautiful blonde hair. She was just a child back then, very differently from now "Do you think she would be proud of you?"
They were all smiling. They seemed like a true happy family. Yes, Stella found a family after she left the Mikaelsons. Yes, she was loved and protected by other people. Yes, she was happy and for the first in her life, she was able to control her hunger. And, yes, she made a promise to a little girl. A promise that she already broke
"I don't care about her. Neither did you, since you abandoned her"
Roman sped to her and put Stella against the wall
"Don't ever tell me that again!" It was rare to see the man like this "She is everything to me and you know that! You know that I regret running away every single day. But I know she's safer. I know she is happier. That's all that matters to me" he whispered the last part as tears start gathering themselves on his eyes
He pointed at the paint one last time
"And I know that she's our gift from God. You should know that, after all......you were the one who named her"
He got out of the room leaving Stella behind. He knew that the girl was the only way of bringing Stella's humanity back, but he couldn't bring her into this mess. It's not safe.
His plan may have had failed again, but he didn't gave up. Roman Augustus is a fighter. He only gets out of a fight after winning it, and surely will do everything to win this war inside Stella's heart
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Who is that little girl? And why do you think she's so important to Stella?
Love you all,
Bye!