The Other Salvatore
Chapter 2
Bella POV
I looked around the room as I prepared to tell my story to Stefan and Damon. I looked up at Edward and he squeezed my hand and smiled reassuringly.
"Well, everything goes back to 1864, just like you guys," I said, looking at Stefan and Damon.
"Katherine changed me about ten before our birthday, Stefan. She changed me and then told me to leave, otherwise she would hurt you both. Stefan, you must not have been changed long after me because you were still human when I left. I was there when our father shot you both, when Katherine was taken. She was relentless, I knew that she was, so I stayed around when she told me to leave. I knew that something would happen to the two of you, and it did. I saw the two of you lying there on the ground, I rushed to help, to feed you my blood, but it was too late. I had no idea that she had been feeding you her blood, hence the reason why I thought you were dead and the reason I haven't been back here since I left. Since I left here in 1864, I've travelled all over, Europe, Asia, Africa. Eventually I made my way back to America where I travelled all over South America, where I first met Jasper." I said, pointing towards my blonde brother in law.
It took me years but I eventually found my way to Washington, more specifically to Forks. I decided to go back to high school, where I met the Cullen's. When I first saw them, I knew they weren't human, but then again neither was I, so who was I to judge. Even though we were different species of vampire, I fell in love with Edward and we got married a year and a half later. Then we had a run in with the Voltori…" I said, only to be interrupted.
"I'm sorry, the what?" Damon asked, confused.
"The Voltori? They consider themselves the leaders of vampires, and they fight to maintain order in the vampire world. We went head to head with them after they found out about Renesmee. As she is half human and half vampire, they had issues and we were on the verge of a full-blown war with them. After all of the worry, Alice was able to convince them with a vision that Renesmee would be able to live amongst humans and vampires peacefully. After they left, we continued to live in Forks for as long as possible, but soon enough questions began to arise and here we are." I finished.
"How did she threaten you, what did she say?" Stefan asked quietly.
"She told me that she would kill you both if I didn't leave. But like I said to Damon outside, she didn't keep her promise because otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here right now." I said grimly.
"But I'm still confused. And bearing in mind it brings me great discomfort to ask this question, sister, but how is it possible that Renesmee is alive?" Damon asked, grimacing.
"Carlisle thinks it's because Edward and I aren't the same kind of vampire, but if it isn't that reason then I have no idea. Carlisle got the idea from a vampire he met half a century ago, what was his name, Klaus?" I asked, looking at Carlisle who nodded.
"You've met Klaus?" Caroline asked, raising her eyebrows in surprise.
"Well, Carlisle has, by the sound of it you have too?" I asked, tilting my head to the side questioningly.
"We have had multiple run ins with Klaus, none of them pleasant, but that is a long story for another time." Stefan told us quickly.
I nodded, knowing that whatever had happened between them wouldn't have a happy ending.
"Now, your turn." I said, looking between Damon and Stefan.
"We were changed six days before my birthday, by Katherine. I think that she planned on changing us, but I'm sure she never planned on our father spiking my drink with vervain, so when she took my blood she was weakened. After that, we believed that she was put into Fell's church to be burned with the other vampires, and we believed that, but Emily Bennett spelled her into a tomb, where we believed she was. I came back to Mystic Falls every fifteen years or so to visit my home town, and Damon followed making sure that my life was a misery." Stefan told us.
I looked at Damon and frowned.
"What, why?" I wondered, confused. They were brothers, and even though I was closer to Stefan, I was still very close to Damon and I didn't like them fighting.
"Back when we were turned, I made Damon change. I had just lost you, and I didn't want to lose Damon too, so I made him feed and make the transition." Stefan admitted quietly.
"Damon, Stefan. You guys have always fought, even when we were children. When our father used to beat us within an inch of our lives, you were still there for each other. Damon, you used to help Stefan and I when we were injured badly. And you two saved me when our father tried to marry me off, just to get higher up in the hierarchy. Why can't you just get along?" I asked, annoyed.
"Oh, we get on much better than we did back then. I found Elena and Stefan found Caroline and we were just happier in general. When we aren't being killed, getting along with each other is much better." Damon told me, smirking and ruffling Stefan's hair.
"Elena?" I questioned, I had only met Caroline and Bonnie, who was Elena?
"Elena Gilbert, you remember them? Jonathan Gilbert from back in the day? Well, when Stefan came back to Mystic Falls in 2009, he put on his hero hair and saved her from drowning, and they dated until she was turned into a vampire. After that she began to fall for my charming self, and now she is in a magical coma until Bonnie dies, thanks to the leader of the all-powerful Gemini coven." Damon said, I was so confused.
"I'm sorry, what?" I asked, even with my vampire recollection, I was having trouble with what he said.
"So, Stefan came back to Mystic Falls, started to date Elena. Elena turned into a vamp and started dating me. Our friend Ric was getting married and a guy that Bonnie and I were locked in a prison world with put Elena to sleep and linked her life to Bonnie's." Damon summarised.
"You two dated the same girl, again, wow that's awkward." I said, crossing my arms across my chest.
"It gets weirder, sis." Damon said, still smirking.
"She looked like Katherine, she is her doppelgänger." Stefan finished.
I was completely speechless, I furrowed my eyebrows, trying to comprehend all of the information I had just been told.
"Well you've been busy." I said, chuckling.
"You can speak, Isabella. I'm not married with a daughter." Damon said sarkily, reaching for a glass of bourbon.
Damon put the glass stopper back into the bottle once he poured three glasses, he walked over and handed one to Stefan and one to me.
"So, that's our story. Now, can you explain how we are different species of vampire?" Stefan asked.
"Well, unlike you guys, we can't eat or drink, but we can drink alcohol, so can I have some bourbon? We hunt animals, hence our eye colour and we can't go out in the sunlight as be sparkle." Emmett said, reaching over when Damon handed him a glass.
"You sparkle?" Caroline asked.
"Yep, you guys go out into the sun with daylight rings and we sparkle." Emmett told her.
"That's so much better than burning." Caroline said sulkily.
"We already know all of your vampiric traits, because of Bella of course. Renesmee is half and half so she can go out in the sun without a ring and she eats human food." Rosalie said.
"So, met any more vampires other than the Cullen's over the years?" Damon wondered.
"A few. We came across some really sadistic vampires called James and Victoria, and then a vampire called Laurent. Then the Voltori, and then mom of course…" I said, only to be interrupted.
"Hold up? Mom?" Stefan asked.
"You didn't know?"
"Mom's dead, Isa." Damon said, throwing back another glass of bourbon and putting the glass down.
"Mom was trapped in a prison world until a few years ago, you didn't know?" I questioned.
"No, you've seen her, you're sure?" Damon demanded, an angry expression crossing his features.
"Yeah, I met her in Seattle three years ago, I was shopping with Alice and Rosalie and there she was. But she wasn't alone, and you should hope that you never meet her, because the girls that she was with were the biggest rabble of bitches I've ever come across in my 170 years on this planet." I told them, my voice shaking. Jasper felt my worry and made me calm again, I smiled in thanks and he nodded his head.
"Not alone?" Stefan asked.
"No, she was with a group of vampire siphons, I think she called them Heretics, very mean and very vain girls who tortured you in every way imaginable. There were three girls and two boys with her." I told them, as calmly as possible.
"She's alive? Why wouldn't she find us?"
"Stefan, I'm going to answer this as best as I possibly can. She didn't try to find us because she didn't care, she found a new family. I wasn't expecting it either, she wasn't using her real name, she was going by the name of Lily Windsor."
"Lily Windsor?" A voice asked behind me, and I turned around to see a young black-haired man.
"You know her?" Bonnie asked. The young man approached Bonnie and kissed her before turning around to face me.
"Enzo?" Damon pushed.
"I met her back in 1903, she was the vampire that changed me." Enzo said in a surprising British accent.
"So, mommy-dearest changed Enzo and then continued to abandon us 150 years." Damon said, his expression hardening.
"Does she know we are alive?" Stefan asked.
"If she did, she didn't mention you when I came across her. When I saw her, it was horrible, I had been alive for 150 years and she never bothered to find me. I cried for days, even Jasper couldn't control my emotions I was so hysterical, but in the end I realised that if she didn't care about me then why should I care about her?" I muttered, a lone tear running down my face.
"All you need to care about that woman, is that she never comes back to Mystic Falls, but don't be fooled by her. She may look like Lily Salvatore, but inside she's a cold vicious monster who's the most vindictive person I've ever met." I whispered quietly.
"Do we need to worry about the people she's with?" Stefan asked.
"Yes. They're vampires with witch power, you definitely need to worry about them." I told them seriously.
"You've met them?" Damon asked.
"Yes, one of them. A Heretic called Valerie, a psychotic bitch with blue eyes and dirty blonde hair, I met her in 2003, I just didn't know she was a member of Lily's family. She didn't even mention Lily when I met her, it wasn't until Jasper and Edward did some digging that I found out who she was." I told them, Damon started to laugh.
"What's funny?" I asked, confused.
"Stefan, Valerie!" Damon whisper-shouted excitedly.
Stefan reached up and put his hands over his eyes, obviously praying to god that Damon would shut up.
"What are we missing here?" Jasper asked, feeling the tension from Stefan and the obvious joy from Damon.
"Valerie Tulle?" Stefan murmured.
I nodded my head and Damon's smile grew.
"Guys, can someone please answer Jasper's question." I asked, growing frustrated. I also wanted to know what we were missing.
"Valerie… I… we… she was…" Stefan stuttered.
"V-card Valerie." Damon whispered over-exaggerantly.
I covered my ears quickly, not wanting to hear what Damon had to say about that, Stefan was my brother I didn't want to know that.
"Don't worry about that, guys. You just need to hope that Lily doesn't show up here, other than that we're good." I said, half-flippantly.
"She will, you know our mother. Always sticking her nose in other people's business and letting her husband beat her children, you bet she will show up at the worst time." Damon said, the room soon became silent and Jasper had to intervene to make everyone somewhat happy again.
I spoke up to ease the new-found tension.
"So, Stef, how did you and Caroline meet and when are you getting married?" I smiled, happy that my twin was as happy as I was.
"Stefan and I met on my first day back at Mystic Falls High. We had very rocky start but I fell in love with him but he happened to admit his feelings at the worst possible time because my mom had just died. I realised that I loved him and he made me happy and then nearly a year later we were engaged. We are getting married in three weeks' time." Caroline said, Stefan put his arm around her waist and kissed her. Renesmee giggled at their affection, she was still sitting on Stefan's lap.
"So, I came back to Mystic Falls just in time to see my baby bro get married." I giggled, reaching up to mess up Stefan's hair.
"Bella, I am seven minutes younger." Stefan whined playfully.
"Still, wedding means shopping." Alice cheered, bouncing up and down on the chair she was sitting on.
"You can definitely tell that you and I are going to get on very well." Caroline commented happily.
Alice's vision went cloudy for a second before she came back to the present.
"We are going to get on very well, and we are shopping together before Friday." Alice cheered again, clapping her hands together.
…
The next morning, after I had slept, the Cullen's and I made our way back to our own home to change before school. I was exhausted, we had stayed up for the most of the night talking. We all had to go home and change so Edward suggested meeting Stefan, Caroline and Bonnie at school. Overnight we had learned much more about many aspects of my brothers lives. We had learned more about Elena and the people in Mystic Falls who knew they were vampires. We learned where my brothers had travelled over the years, and we shared information with them about our lives, but I think I did most of the talking. We had spoken more about Stefan and Caroline's wedding, and at some point, during the night Alice and Caroline had taken off into the library to talk weddings in even more detail. We talked more about Renesmee, and mine and Edwards wedding. I told Stefan and Damon that Edward and I would renew our vows one day so that they could be there. I had a hard time keeping my emotions together when Damon and Stefan spoke about what life was like when I left. They told me that they had a private funeral for me back at the old Salvatore house, as our father didn't want to hold a funeral for me. Damon told me how Katherine died, and I was glad to see the back of her to be perfectly honest. When it started to get late, Rosalie had taken Renesmee into one of the many bedrooms so that she could sleep. When we left their house about an hour before school, Carlisle and Esme had said goodbye and taken Renesmee home.
Forty-five minutes later, we were speeding down the road in Emmett's Jeep. Emmett screeched into the parking lot and sped into the spot besides Stefan's car.
I was glad that Stefan and I were at school together again, even when we were together back in 1864, we were never at school together or in the same classes. I got out of the car and went over to Stefan, hugging him before returning to Edward's side. I turned to look around and everyone was staring at us.
"Don't worry about them, they're just worried about how you know the social recluse Stefan Salvatore, the girls are probably jealous that you're hugging him." Caroline joked and I laughed.
"What did they say when they found out you were engaged?" I asked her, wondering if her experience was like mine.
"Well, they kept asking for an invitation and when I said no they got really pissed. Some of the girls still glare at me because I'm the one that is marrying him, not them." She laughed.
"I am glad that you're marrying him, Care. I can see that you love him very much, I'm so glad you're happy together." I told her, smiling as she pulled me into a teary hug.
"Thank you, you have no idea what that means to me, Bella. What about you, what happened when the people at your school found out about you and Edward?" She wondered, she linked her arm through mine and began to walk towards the school.
"Well, when I first started dating him it was ridiculous. Some of the girls were just jealous but some were insufferable. There was these two girls, Jessica and Lauren and they didn't speak to me for months. On my first day, Jessica made sure to tell me that 'nobody there was good enough for him' so I'm sure you can imagine what she was like. I remember her face when Edward put his arm around my shoulders at school for the first time, it was a complete picture. Alice and I had a huge argument when she invited them to the wedding. The main rumours said that I was probably pregnant, I wasn't, not yet anyway."
We continued to walk towards the school together, the others following behind us talking amongst themselves.
"I'm so glad they get along, I don't know what I would do if Stefan didn't get on with Edward and my brothers in law." I said wistfully, looking over at where Stefan was talking with Edward, Jasper and Emmett quietly.
"I know what you mean. I didn't have to worry about my mom because I know she liked Stefan, and I don't have any siblings. Besides, all of Stefan's friends are my friends so I didn't have to worry about comments from them either." She said as we approached the administration office.
…
The day passed excruciatingly slowly. Nobody was doing anything as graduation was in two weeks. It wasn't strictly necessary for us to even be in school, but Carlisle and Esme decided it would be the best way to keep up appearances as quickly as possible so people would get used to the sight of us. I had three lessons this morning before lunch: English Literature with Edward and Alice, History with Caroline and Jasper and Spanish with Stefan, Caroline and Bonnie. Spanish was a great way to get to know Bonnie more as we didn't really get the chance to speak last night. We talked about Enzo and her magic, overall it was a really interesting conversation. Since the day had begun four hours ago, I had been stopped in the hallway asking how I knew Stefan and whether I was his girlfriend. It wasn't just me either, Caroline was getting the same questions fired at her.
Flashback
Caroline and I were walking down the corridor to meet Jasper outside of our history classroom when we were stopped by a moderately good looking girl with way too much makeup on her face.
"Hi, I'm Tammin, welcome to Mystic Falls, so I was wondering…" she trailed off. So she was fishing for information? Bitch.
"Well?" Caroline asked, crossing her arms across her chest, it was obvious she didn't like the girl. The smug look on the girl's face vanished in an instant.
"Why are you two friends?" She blurted out.
"I'm sorry, what?" I asked confused.
"Well, Caroline you were obviously dumped for her, so why are you friends walking down the corridor together?" She asked boldly, thinking that she had all of the answers.
"You… what… no?" Caroline feigned hurt, raising her hand so her mouth.
"Yeah, I'm really sorry it had to come from me and your whore friend didn't tell you." She mocked, I glared at her and she quickly backed off.
"And who exactly is it that's calling my girlfriend a whore?" A voice said behind her, startling her. She turned around to see Edward standing behind her, then she turned back around and saw Stefan standing behind Caroline, his arm around her waist.
"But, I…" She trailed off.
"Haven't you been listening to every other person in this school? Stefan is my brother, or does my name Isabella Salvatore not give enough away? You couldn't see the resemblance, we have the same hair colour, same nose same cheekbone structure, no?"
The girl nodded her head and backed away, nearly knocking into Edward in the process. I was glad I wouldn't have to deal with her again, what a nightmare.
Flashback end
We decided to leave at lunch, Stefan and I compelled the administration staff to not mark us as absent so that it would look like we were there, when In reality we were at the boarding house hanging out and getting to know one another.
When we got back to the boarding house, Damon was pacing waiting for us to get back. He had a glass of bourbon in one hand and a wax sealed letter in the other.
"What is that?" I asked, reaching out my hand for the letter.
I tore through the seal and began to read aloud.
'My dear Damon, Stefan and Isabella.
It came to my attention that you have recently been reunited, and I offer my sincere congratulations to Stefan regarding your engagement. My family and I wish to visit for this joyous celebration, I sincerely hope to see you soon.
Wishes,
Lily Salvatore'
"What do we do now, she can't come here?" I looked around the room, at the members of my new family and my old family, praying that we would all remain safe.