A/N: Hello and welcome to my first piece of fan fiction (applause ensues). Seriously though, it is my fist one, so constructive criticism is not only welcome, but encouraged. Any characters that you recognize from either Twilight or Vampire Diaries are clearly not owned by me and are the property of Stephanie Meyer and L. J. Smith respectively. As far as the Vampire Diaries are concerned I will be pulling from both the t.v. show and the books. I will go ahead and apologize for any Rebekah fans out there because she is going to be OOC for this story. It begins during New Moon, for Twilight, and some where in the middle of season 2 of Vampire Diaries.

Rebekah Mikealson

"Wow. What's up with her?" That must be Isabella Swan, the girl I was looking for. The resemblance to both Katerina and Elena was uncanny.

"That's just Bella. She's been like that since her boyfriend left. She's not exactly all there if you know what I mean." Jessica seemed a little to peppy to me, but beggars couldn't be choosers. I was the new girl yet again. At least finding the girl hadn't proved as difficult as Elijah made it sound.

In my opinion, he got the easier deal. His girl was just dropped in his lap. Nik would be able find him much easier. He was keeping tabs on my favorite brother. Me, not so much. I knew he was just sending me off on a wild goose chase. Elijah never expected me to find another, but here at a high school cafeteria in Forks, Washington, sat another doppelganger. My life, or death, however you want to look at it, just got interesting.

"Everybody, this is Rebekah." Jessica rattled off the names of the group sitting around the table. There was Anglea, Tyler, Mike, Eric, and Lauren. I focused on Bella, the others were unimportant. I chose a seat next to her and quickly grabbed her attention.

"You must be Bella." I held out my hand with my friendliest smile plastered on my face. She excepted cautiously. The other conversations at the table paused to watch our interaction.

"You must be new." Her voice was empty and hollow. She was going to make an easy target, being so depressed. Her eyes were searching my face, like she knew there was something different about me.

"I'm Rebekah. I think I just moved in down the street from you. The police cruiser in the driveway kinda gave it away. Guess I'll have to cancel the wild party I was gunna throw, huh?" That finally got a small chuckle from her.

"That would probably be a good idea." She'd finished her lunch and got her stuff together to go, but before she left she looked back at me.

"Guess I'll see you later then." Then she left. I could tell from the looks of shock around the table that this was not normal behavior for her.

"What? Is there something on my face?" I quickly wiped my hand across my face. They just continued to stare at me.

"You made her laugh. That hasn't happened in months." Jessica took one last bite of her apple and got her stuff together. I followed with my tray. It's not like I actually needed the food and lunch was almost over anyway.

"So what happened with the ex?" What can I say? I'm impatient. Bella would take forever to tell me. Jessica just shrugged.

"Everything seemed fine until his family moved after her birthday a few months back. His father got a new job and I guess he didn't want to do the long distance thing. I think she's being a little ridiculous now, though. I mean move on already." I frowned at her back. I knew I wasn't going to like this girl.

Later that afternoon cookies in hand, I climbed the steps to Bella's front porch and knocked on her door. A few moments later it slowly opened and Bella eyed my plate of chocolatey goodness.

"I don't know if you noticed, but we have practically the same schedule at school, and I was wondering if we could study together?" I plastered another smile to my face.

Over the next several weeks Bella and I studied after school. When Charlie found out that my parents were hardly ever home, he insisted that I stay for dinner most nights. It was a rather good lie.

I'd told them that my parents were scientists that had recently begun a long term field research project in Brazil and that they would be away for months at a time. It was one of my better stories. It was always easier to have absent parents than compelled ones. They always tried to tell you what to do.

Bella and I became almost inseparable after a few months, but the closer we became the more my secret ate at me. One night, after a particularly good dinner, we were sitting on her bed with our chemistry notes spread out in front of us, when I decided to finally broach the subject that seemed so taboo around her.

"Can I ask you something?" I really hoped she wouldn't shut down on me.

"Sure, Bekah, anything." She didn't even look up from her notes.

"Tell me about what happened." Her pen paused in its repetitive scratching on the page and she looked up at me, knowing exactly what I wanted to know.

"He left me." The look of pain on her face begged me to stop, but I couldn't. If my brother found her here, like this, she'd give up to easily and all would be lost. No. I had to help her so Elijah and I would have fighting chance to kill him.

"That can't be it, Bell. I know there's more. You can tell me." The silence seemed to never end.

If she didn't tell me, I was going to have to compel it out of her. I didn't want to take it from her like that, because I really liked this girl. It had been a long time since I had a best friend and that's what we were. If I compelled her, it would make her no different than any of the other humans. She was still not talking, but she seemed to want to. She reached her hand up to put her hair behind her ear, and I froze.

How could I have missed that? Her lamp caught the crescent shaped scar on her wrist and caused it to have a slight sparkle in the light. Not enough for normal human eyes to notice, but I did. I should have seen it sooner. How did she survive that bite?

I reached out and took her wrist in my hand. The scar was cooler than the skin around it, confirming what I already knew.

"When did you get this?" I already knew how and what had done it.

"Its nothing." she attempted to hide it. I could see hope in her eyes. Hope that I would drop the subject. This was beginning to get ridiculous. Maybe I should just be direct.

"I hardly think a vampire bite is nothing."

Bella's mouth was actually hanging open and it took her a couple of minutes to collect herself. Now we were getting somewhere.

"What do you know about vampires?"

Good, at least we were done with denial.

"A lot. You?" She just stared at me. Great. Now she wasn't going to talk.

"Did your ex do that?" If she said yes, I would hunt him down and make the rest of eternity hell for him.

She shook her head. Lucky for him.

"Did he get scared and run off?" Can't blame a human for being afraid of a vampire, but what kind of man would just leave his girlfriend unprotected like this. Why not run off together? She seemed to ponder that question for a minute. So that was probably a yes and a no.

"Help me out here Bell. I'm not going anywhere."

She let out a deep sigh and slowly began her tale. It was slow and choppy at first. She had a hard time saying his name, Edward. I've known my fair share of Edwards, being around as long as I have, and none of them turned out very well. She didn't get very detailed about his family, but I didn't expect her to. She said they were close and I understood where some of her sorrow was coming from. It wasn't just that he left. They all did. They didn't just move. They cut themselves out of her life and she didn't have anything to fill that void.

She told me about the mess with James, Laurent, and Victoria. When she told me about Edward sucking the venom from her to keep her human, I realized they had no idea what she was. Their venom doesn't work on supernatural creatures anyway. It was painful to get rid of though. Elijah tried to explain it to me once. There was something about antibodies in our blood. I wasn't really paying attention. Biology was never really my favorite subject. It changed to frequently.

Bella paused and I thought that her story was over, but I was wrong. Edward left her because one of his brothers had tried to attack her during her birthday party. So if it were other vampires, he found a solution, but when the threat was closer to home, he just ran. I shook my head in disgust. Maybe I would hunt him down after all.

She finished her story and was looking at me expectantly. At least I knew she wouldn't run screaming from the house once I told her. I hoped so, anyway.

"What about you? What's your vampire story?" I smirked at her question. Here goes nothing.

"I am a vampire." I let that settle in for a minute.

"No, you're not." Great. Her ex was not only irresponsible, but uninformative as well.

"I assure you I am. I'm different in certain aspects, well most aspects actually, but essentially the same as the Cullens."

She still seemed doubtful. Guess it was time to whip them out.

"Would you like proof then? I could show you my fangs."

She didn't move.

"Don't be afraid."

She laughed. "Right. You're a vampire with fangs." Her smile slowly faded once she saw I was serious. "Alright. I won't be." Yeah, right. I'd never met a human that wasn't afraid of that face.

I closed my eyes and let the thirst over take me. The burning in my throat moved up through my gums and I felt my fangs drop and blood pool around the veins in my face. Bella's sharp intake of breath let me know it was working. I opened my blood red eyes to see her with a hand over her mouth, but I had to give her credit. She didn't scream and she didn't run. I quickly suppressed the thirst and felt my face return to normal.

"Guess you believe me now?" I smiled hoping to lesson the tension of the room.

"I guess I do." It worked. I saw the apprehension leave her face.

"How old are you?" That was not quite the question I was expecting. I thought she would want to know the differences between myself and the Cullens first.

"How old is Edward?" I smiled again. She didn't even cringe at his name. We were making progress.

"Over a hundred." I couldn't stop it. I burst out laughing. He'd only past his first century. Now I understood him a little better.

"I'm well over a thousand." That earned another mouth drop. I just laughed. "Be careful, Bell. You don't want to catch any flies."

The days and weeks that followed didn't change much. We studied, hung out, and went to school. It was all normal. It was refreshing to not be lying to Bella anymore. I could almost pretend that there wasn't a sinister plot unfolding on the other side of the continent. A phone call from Elijah and my world would change yet again.

Who was I kidding? It changed this morning. I'd been out hunting. I really HATE drinking animal blood, but I couldn't drink from anyone in Forks, it was just to small of a town and it would attract unneeded attention. Not to mention, I wasn't sure how Bella would feel about it. She hadn't asked much about my vampire qualities. I think I seem more human to her than the Cullen's did. I found human donors in Port Angeles once a month and snacked on bunnies in between trips.

I'd just decided, after finishing a delectable little fur ball, that I was going to rob a blood bank on my next trip to Port Angeles, when I caught it. It was an unfamiliar scent. I tracked it and was surprised when it led me to a red headed vampire. She bolted as soon as she saw me, but I knew who she was. It was Victoria, and she was here for Bella. I was going to have to kill her.

"Are you gunna answer that?" Jessica poked my arm, snapping me out of my reflections. I grabbed my phone and glanced at the caller I. D. It was Elijah. I abruptly left the table and headed out the door.

"Yes?"

I find myself in need of your assistance, sister. Think you can find time in your busy schedule for a trip?

"Why would I want to go on a trip?"

Because it may be our only chance to kill our dear brother.

"When do you need me?" My life just went from interesting to complicated.

In a few days. I'm in Mystic Falls, Virginia.

He hung up, leaving me to work out the details. This was going to complicate things a lot. Maybe it was time to talk to the shifters. I made my way back to the table and assured everybody that the phone call wasn't important, just my dad checking in. I finished the rest of the day like any other.

Early the next morning, I shot a text off to Bella saying I wouldn't be in school and not to worry; I would see her later. Then I hopped in my car and headed for the reservation. It was a bold move, I know, but I'd been around Jacob and Billy enough to know that they didn't know what I was. They didn't feel threatened by me, they were just a little uneasy. It surprised me a little considering their extreme aversion to the others. I pulled up to Billy's house and made my way to the door. This was going to be interesting.

"Hello, Bekah. What're you doing all the way out here?" I was making him nervous. I always did. Now, how should I handle this?

"I heard you had a vampire problem." I prefer to be direct most of the time. He just stared at me. Guess it was a little shocking to find out someone else knows the big secret.

"Vampires? Don't be silly. There are no such thing as vampires." Here we go again. I hate denial.

"Yeah. Red head. Hard to catch." I wasn't going to drop it.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

I really hated being lied to. Billy still had his wheelchair blocking the door frame. It didn't really matter. I couldn't get in anyway.

"Maybe you don't, Maybe you do. In any case I'd like to talk to the Alpha, if you don't mind. I'll wait out back." I didn't give him another chance to lie to me. I made my way around to the back of the house.

I was sitting on the ground with my back to the woods when I sensed them. I knew Billy would call. They had to know what else I knew. They were coming up from behind me and I fought my instincts to turn around. That might come across as a challenge. They certainly wouldn't help me if we got into a tussle.

"What are you?"

I raised an eyebrow in question.

"I'm Rebekah." I extended my hand in greeting. He looked at it for a second before cautiously excepting it.

"Sam."

"Nice to meet you Sam." I didn't address the others. They were all shifting from side to side. I was obviously making them uncomfortable.

"What I am is unimportant. You have a problem with a certain red head. I'm here to give you information that might help you kill her. She's after Bella Swan." This enlisted quite a response from Jacob, who I could see out of the corner of my eye. Guess I knew why I hadn't seen him in a while. I kept my focus on Sam.

"How would you know that?" He stood in front of me with his arms crossed over his chest.

I shrugged.

"You just have to analyze all the vampire drama. Edward killed her mate, and now she wants revenge, so she is after his. Its all pretty ironic to me, as he thought she would be safer without him. Anyway, I don't have time to track and kill her because I have to travel out of town for a while. I thought that I could leave this matter in your very capable hands. It's just one vampire after all." I smiled hoping to emphasize how easy this should be.

"You would kill her." Sam didn't believe I could. That was irritating.

"Is that all you got out of what I just said? No. No. I'm going out of town and won't be here to protect Bella." I paused to let that sink in. "You guys need to handle it, but if you don't and she dies, I will kill every last one of you and the people you love most. Did you get that?"

O.K. maybe I took it a bit to far. Sam was shaking. I guess threatening the lives of his pack and all of their families was a bad move.

"Protect her above all else." I practically radiated danger. The rest of the shifters took a step back, all but Sam. He was going to shift at any minute, but I couldn't go until I got an answer.

"We'll do it." I smirked. That answer came from the only other shifter present who would dare to speak for the alpha, the Beta. It was nice to know Jacob had risen so fast. I never looked away from Sam as I jumped and shifted into a golden eagle. I circled them once before I flew off. That would give them something else to think about.

Bella and I were sitting on her couch. It had been two days since my talk with the shifters and they had kept to their word. There were patrols running constantly around Bella just out of her sight.

"I'm not sure how long I'll be gone."

"But you're coming back?" She was retreating, but I wasn't going to let her.

"Don't worry. Look, I got you a new phone."

"You know I hate presents."

"I know, but it'll make it easier to keep in touch." I never understood her aversion to presents. Personally, I loved them.

"Look, I loaded it with all sorts of stuff. All my info is in there. You can tweet, facebook, text, or even facetime me anytime you want. I will be back Bell. We're Best Friends.

"Best Friends Forever." She smiled and hugged me.

I couldn't help it. I smiled to. I like the sound of that.

"Forever, Bell." I would make sure of it.

A/N: Reviews are appreciated! More is on the way.