Tribrid Salvatore

Luna Meets her Family

Two days later, on Wednesday the day had come. After lots and lots of discussions between the brothers – well, mainly Stefan though – they had decided to take in little Luna. They were her family after all and if no one knew who her father was then that was the least they could do. Damon felt like he owed it to Zach. Sure, he didn't like his nephew much but he wouldn't have wanted to completely rid a child of her family with killing him.

The doorbell rang just before Stefan was going to leave to visit Elena "Hello," Mr. Jenkins greeted the two vampires with a smile. Holding the lawyer's hand was one of the cutest girls they had ever seen. Her eyes were a startling shade of blue, similar to Damon's and her hair a flowing honey blonde.

"Mr. Jenkins," Damon greeted with a nod "This is my younger brother Stefan."

"Hello," the younger of the two Salvatores smiled, holding out his hand "It's nice to meet you." Then he turned to look at the little girl "You must be Luna." The four-year-old blushed shyly, looking down at her feet.

"Now, since you agreed to take her in I brought along most of the things she wanted to bring. There's also some stuff left from her mother that was supposed to go to Mr. Salvatore..." Mr. Jenkins trailed off "How about I'll go and get it and then I need to leave." He walked off with Stefan following him to the car. Together they quickly unloaded the lawyer's car while Luna was still standing where the man left her.

Damon studied her curiously, trying to see if there was anything different about his little niece. Yes, the brothers decided that it would make things easier to declare Luna their niece. Since her mother, Maria grew up in this town, they would just tell people the truth about her mother. It was the easiest thing to do "Hello, little one. I'm Damon."

"Hi," she breathed, smiling nervously at the tall man. Luna wasn't sure what to make of the two of them. Her mother told her stories about her Uncle Zach and from what she could remember there were also mentions of a pair of brothers. They were different... like her.

As soon as Mr. Jenkins left the three Salvatores were enveloped in an awkward silence until Stefan cleared his throat "So, how about we show you your room?" Luna nodded, finally stepping through the doorway, taking the younger brother's outstretched hand.

"You show her the room and I'll bring up her stuff," Damon proposed "We can talk about the rest later." As he walked past her, he ruffled the little girl's hair. It was still a bit awkward between them all since the two vampires really didn't have a lot of experience with small children but they would make it work. Somehow they would be able to make this work.

Stefan lead Luna upstairs, pointing out rooms as they walked past "This is my room over there. Damon's is here and yours is the one here. We didn't know what you liked, so... you can tell us and we'll change it to whatever you want."

The room was surprisingly big and the walls a very light shade of blue "I like it," Luna grinned excitedly, her previous shyness almost forgotten when she threw herself at him "Thank you."

"I'm glad," the teenage vampire smiled down at the mop of her hair, wrapping his arms around her tiny body. Even though he had been a bit uncomfortable with the idea of having her here, it was starting quite well. Sure, she had only been here for half an hour at most but Stefan could already see her getting spoiled by both him and Damon. Luna was simply too cute not to have them wrapped around her little finger.

"Is that everything you have" Damon questioned, putting down the two small boxes he was carrying.

Luna peeked up at him "My momma didn't have much money. I don't need more."

"Maria, right?"

The girl nodded lightly "Momma was the bestest in the world," she smiled lightly, tears gathering in her eyes.

"Oh, little one," Stefan murmured, kneeling down in front of their niece "I know that you must miss your mother a lot. Hey, how about we show you around some more." He had no idea what to say to the girl to stop her from crying, so he just tried to distract her.

Luna giggled lightly "Okay." She slipped her hand into his again and they walked back downstairs. The thing that Luna loved the most about the Boarding House was the garden. As soon as they were out of the door, she was already running over the grass.

"How is she so happy after what happened?" Stefan murmured to his older brother quietly.

Damon shrugged "I have no idea. But she's kinda cute though."

"Is the big bad vampire really walking around calling a little girl cute?" the younger brother teased "I know what you're talking about. Her eyes are almost the same as yours... her hair though..."

"She's going to be a heartbreaker in the future," Damon grinned, watching Luna run around happily.