a ripper and a blonde || m. greasley

seven.

stephanie's point of view

i sat in the library with most the other students in the dim light. it was almost remembrance day, something that mystic falls needed seeing as so many people had been gone over the past few years both before and after my birth. i never wrote, but this year it felt necessary. so i poured my heart out in a total of six letters.

one to my biological mother and sister's namesake, josette laughlin almost saltzman. my best friends father, niklaus mikaleson. my grandmother i never got to meet and my other sisters namesake, elizabeth forbes. to the girl my mother tried to help, violet fell. to the boy who changed and who dated both my mother and aunt, tyler lockwood. and my mother's deceased husband and my own namesake, stefan salvatore.

these letters held significance that i didn't know if they ever really worked. but i wrote in hopes of getting messages to the other side.

JO, i wrote over and over how much i missed her and that i had finally kissed milton greasley. about how maybe i could be a normal teen after all. i promised i'd watch over dad and my sisters. told her to tell uncle luke and aunt liv hello for me and that one day, in the very far off future i'd see them all.

KLAUS, i just wanted to let him know how amazing his daughter was and while she lets few in i'm one of the luckiest people to see all of her as her best friend. i thanked him for saving her and giving me an unofficial third sister. though don't worry i did scold him a bit saying there was more than one way to have handled the hollow without him having to die. but i promised him she was being well taken care of as an honorary saltzman. to tell hayley and elijah the same. i also told him mom was good and that even though she'd never admit it she missed him because i figured he should know.

LIZ, i just told her that i was sorry for never writing before. i told her that i wished i could've met her and though i know by blood and only by magic i was related to her i knew she'd love us. i told her how great mom was doing and that while i really miss her she's out making the world a better place until she can come back to school with us full time.

VI, i didn't have much to say to her except that my mother told us about her anytime we were faced with a hard decision. that we all knew violet was trying to be better despite what happened. and i told her i was sorry that she didn't get to show the world more about herself because she could've changed it with the right guidance.

TY, i told him that i was sorry about being team klaroline when bonnie told us stories of their time in highschool. but i couldn't help it, something just made them seem like they could've been great. but i assured him that while i was biased when it came to mom i totally gave him my blessing to be with aunt liv. sometimes i think he didn't fight damon back knowing the consequences so maybe he could be with her so i won't be sad. i know they're happy in peace together.

STEF, that letter was hard to write. i told him that we missed him and though we were young when he passed we knew who he was and times we used to spend with him. wrote about how we still had the christmas and birthday presents he gave us. wrote that mom told us about the favor he called in to have us protected on their wedding day. that i knew if he was here right now he'd protect us from these monsters alongside dad. thanked him for everything. that i was most proud to be named after him and his brother.

remembrance day is more or so for the living instead of the dead. a way for people to think about their passed loved ones in a better place. and after talking to jo i finally believe in that place. peace is real and i hope they all find it.