Part 4

Even at the distance they were from the couple, their enhanced hearing allowed them to work out exactly what Rosalie and Emmett were currently up to.

Jasper closed his eyes tightly and tried his best to lower his own ability, there were just some things he'd rather not feel in relation to his siblings. Eww. He looked at Bella in mild disbelief, huddled beside him behind the cover of a fallen tree, Bella was practically bouncing in place.

"What now?" He whispered although he wasn't sure he wanted to know given the level of excitement the other vampire was giving off.

Bella grinned at him and wiggled her eyebrows.

"I'm not going to like this am I?" Jasper asked with a pained look.

Bella chuckled. "Don't be like that Jazz, it'll be funny." She hadn't really been sure what to do until right now, but Alice had already given away that she'd cause trouble, and while there were many, many ways to do that, one was at the forefront of her mind given the activity the couple they'd come looking for were involved in.

"For who?" Jasper murmured before peaking over the moss covered bark to make sure they still hadn't been detected.

Bella chuckled and looked back out from their cover. "So, go on." She told him.

He turned to her blankly. "Go on...what?"

She turned to him and gestured in Emmett and Rosalie's direction. "Do your thing."

"My 'thing'?" Jasper definitely wasn't liking where this was going.

Bella let out a long suffering sigh. "Your thing...emotions. We want them to stop, right?"

Do we? Jasper was going to kill Alice if she had seen this before letting him leave. "And just what kind of emotions do you suggest I project in their direction?" He watched her grin widen at that.

"Ah, well seeing as you asked, I do have an idea about that." Bella leaned over and whispered into his ear as she explained. "That should work right?" She asked still smiling.

Jasper's shoulders dropped. "I guess it might." He replied.

"Great!" Bella slapped him on the shoulder and turned back around waiting for the fireworks to begin.

Jasper shook his head, she was still humming with excitement. He licked his lips and finally turned his attention to the couple in the distance in front of them. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the emotions Bella wanted him to project, it was a little more strenuous to send out more than one, but it was made easier for him that they were so closely related. Once he had a strong base of emotion within himself he started to send it outward towards his intended targets.

Bella watched him carefully, she was sure he was doing as she asked, but she doubted he was as happy with the plan as she was. Without thought she reached over and placed her hand over his, feeling the spark of her own gift coming to life.

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Emmett ripped his mouth away from Rosalie's and took a few steps backwards wiping his forearm across his mouth as he eyed Rosalie who was spitting out onto the ground.

"What the fuck?!" He didn't understand what was going on, one minute they were on their way to getting down to business again only for them both to pull away at the same time.

Rosalie buttoned up her shirt, still trying to clear the taste of Emmett from her mouth. Eww!

Emmett's chest heaved as he waited for his wife to explain. He watched her cover up and was confused to feel relieved when normally it was always a sight that made him pout.

"What the hell is going on?" He growled, he loved Rose so why all of a sudden did he want to stay away from her.

Rosalie wiped her mouth and shuddered at the image of kissing Emmett a few moments ago.

"What do you think happened?" She snapped at Emmett.

Emmett waited but she didn't say anything else so he shrugged at her.

With a roll of her eyes Rosalie twitched her skirt back into place. "Want to have sex?" She asked him only to receive a horrified expression. "Don't I feel wanted." She muttered to herself as her eyes scanned around them. She couldn't see anyone around but given she was likely to kill them she wasn't expecting to. She turned back to Emmett feeling angry that her first reaction was to stay away from him. "Jasper messed with us." It was a struggle but she did her best to ignore the feelings that were bombarding her from Jasper.

"I'll kill him." Emmett growled, his eyes narrowing as he had something solid to focus on.

Rosalie grimaced as her body still refused to submit to her own controls over her emotions. "You do that." She replied thinking Jaspers little game had gone far enough. They obviously weren't in any danger, Alice would have seen it in a premonition, so Jasper was just trying to make trouble. Well I can give him that.

Emmett looked around listening for anything out of place. Then he heard it, a rustle of clothing, faint, but definitely not from an animal, his gaze snapped to his wife's.

Rosalie smiled at him and waved her hand off to the side. "Go get 'em." She said giving him the instruction he'd been waiting for. She flinched as he leaned towards her in what would have been a perfectly normal act of kissing her goodbye if it wasn't for Jaspers interference.

Emmett's eyes narrowed. He no longer felt the need to stay away from Rose but it was clear she was still having trouble. He felt his fangs extend as his anger took over. Jasper was going to pay for this.

Rosalie sighed gratefully as Emmett took off on his chase.

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Bella kept her eyes forward as she felt Jasper's stare. She knew why he was watching her, she hadn't meant to...but if she ignored him then she wouldn't be drawn into talking about it.

Plus, She thought with a grin as it became clear to her Jasper was too focused on her right now to be paying enough attention to what was about to happen. Look's like my diversion's about to arrive!

Slowly she turned her head to meet Jasper's gaze. She raised an eyebrow.

"You're still here?" She asked in surprise. She tilted her head. "If I were you I'd start running. Fast." She offered as advice.

"What?" Jasper asked, completely confused as to what she was talking about. He turned his head as a noise suddenly registered with him. Something was headed straight for them. And it was big.

His eyes widened as his mind caught on to what was going on. "Ah, sh-"

Bella tried not to laugh as Jazz sprang to his feet and raced off. But Emmett's looming arrival allowed her to keep control, instead she eased her body lower and as she expected, Emmett leapt over the log, and her, in his effort to catch his brother.

Which, to be fair to Jasper, was a full gone conclusion. No kind of head start would have been enough but Jasper was quick and agile which should enable him to fend Emmett off for maybe... what? Ten whole minutes?

If he was lucky.

Bella chuckled as she heard Jasper yelp in the distance, she doubted Emmett had him but he was probably too close for comfort right about now.

Well, with the boys out of the way it's time for me to go do what I gotta do. Suck it up Swan, how bad could it be?

She sighed as she got up.

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Rosalie stopped mid-step and inhaled as a warning sparked at the back of her mind. She put her foot down carefully and centred her balance not sure what the danger was or why Alice hadn't seen its arrival but there would be time to worry about that later. Right now she had a problem.

There was a vampire she didn't know very close to her location. After a seconds study of her surroundings Rosalie was confident she knew the exact whereabouts of the stranger.

"You can come out now, I know you're there." She said with assurance.

Bella smiled as she watched where Rosalie was starring. She had pride in her skills, they had been earned the hard way, but she had no wish to antagonise the other vampire any more than she already was. With a quick burst of speed she raced back some distance and then slowly made her approach from roughly the direction Rosalie had assumed was her hiding spot.

"Who are you and what are you doing on this land?" Rose demanded as she straightened once she spotted the figure coming towards her was slight and definitely female. "Are you alone?" She wasn't overly confident the stranger would answer truthfully but it never hurt to ask.

"We're always alone, Rosalie."

Rosalie frowned at the answer, there was something about it she didn't like, she'd been looking for a simple 'yes' or 'no' but no, what does she get? Riddles. And she knows my name. Something Rosalie really didn't like, not only had she been caught off guard but apparently the vampire in front of her wasn't as much of a stranger as she'd first thought.

Bella continued her slow pace through the forest, her head was lowered enough that her hair obscured her face, but she knew the second she looked up Rosalie would know her, if she hadn't already recognised her voice.

Becoming a vampire brought with it a vocal change as well as the physical one, but just like her scent, her voice was close enough to be almost identical.

Rosalie shifted, her fist clenching at her side. "So you know my name, care to share yours?" And even the playing field, if we're going to be fighting I'd like to at least know who it is that wants me dead.

Bella stopped a couple of metres away from the other vampire, now it was only a matter of time before Rosalie worked it out on her own. "Seems fair," She said agreeably with her head still lowered, but as she continued, she lifted her chin and met Rosalie's eyes calmly as she awaited her reaction. "But I think you already know it."

Stunned, Rosalie couldn't believe it, but here she was, Bella Swan, standing right in front of her.

A vampire.

That was the tough part, the part she had trouble getting her head around, how could Bella be here standing right in front of her and be one of them? She's a vampire! Her mind seemed to be stuck on that one fact. "You're a vampire."

It wasn't a question but Bella felt the need to reply. "Yes."

"Well," Rosalie said stepping closer to Bella and eyeing her carefully. "Isn't this a surprise."

Bella would have blushed had she been able to. She was still not sure how to take Rosalie's reaction to her. "Good surprise or bad?" She had to ask. Out of every member of the Cullen family it was Rosalie that couldn't understand why she had wanted to give up life as a human.

Edward of course hadn't wanted to turn her either but his reasoning for that had been selfish so she didn't care how her presence affected him.

After a moment of absolutely silence Rosalie finally responded by saying, "I guess that'll depend on why you are here."

A smile edged onto Bella's face. Rosalie had seemed to understand almost immediately that Bella wasn't the one who had gone with Edward and her parents earlier today.

"I suppose that would be true." Bella said. "But that's a conversation best started when everyone is present."

Rosalie eyed her suspiciously for a while. "I guess we should get back to the house then."

Bella nodded in agreement but Rose didn't move. Instead she gestured for Bella to go first. She doesn't trust me. Not that Bella really blamed her. Now she was convinced Rosalie wouldn't take the news she had to share with the Cullen's very well at all.

Bella took off at a steady pace, there was no great rush to get back because she knew Edward was unlikely to have beaten them if he had taken the human home.

When the house was in view Bella paid close attention to the scents. She's gone. That made what was to follow an easier challenge. She didn't want the other her to know of her existence, it would serve no purpose to expose herself to the human, she'd have enough problems limiting the extent of what she revealed to the Cullen's as it was.

She planned on changing the course of history by changing the events that were meant to take place in a handful of days. And while some things would be a change for the better, there were changes that might never take place now.

And that wasn't necessarily a good thing.

For anyone, human or vampire.

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"Well this is...ah..." Carlisle unfolded his arms and took a few steps away from Bella, who did her best not to grin as the head of the household paced.

Alice darted over and took Bella by the hand and pulled her down to sit beside her on the couch.

Esme still looked shaken, her eyes wide and her jaw slack, but her eyes had followed Bella as she was taken to a seat and this seemed enough to draw her out of her stupor long enough to join them on the couch sitting down next to Bella on the other side.

She still looked at her as if she didn't quite understand what she was seeing.

"Surprise?" Alice offered innocently as her hand tightened on Bella's.

Rosalie snorted from her seat across from them.

"How is this possible?" Esme asked in a whisper as her hand reached out to touch Bella's hair gently.

Carlisle had stopped his pacing by now and was equalling just as focused on Bella, although he refrained from getting any closer while his mind was trying to work over the question himself. Obviously Bella would be able to explain, but her being her, now, as a vampire, when he'd not long sent Edward to take her home was its own answer.

They aren't the same person.

That was a startling conclusion that had far reaching implications that even he wasn't sure he'd be able to understand.

How is it even possible?

Just then the front door opened nosily and footsteps drew closer causing everyone to turn their attention to the new arrivals.

"Oooh, family meeting, what'd I miss?" Emmett asked as he walked into the room dragging Jasper with him who he had trapped in a headlock.

Carlisle sighed from his spot.

Esme smiled at the pair, watching as Jasper struggled to break free from his brothers hold. She got up and joined her husband on the other side of the room, but not before patting Bella's hand as she stood.

Emmett chuckled and watched Jasper's attempts, not doubting his own strength for a second and knowing the only way Jasper would get free was if he let the other vampire go. And he wasn't planning on doing that until Rosalie made him.

Alice leaned closer to Bella and whispered to her. "This is what I saw earlier, Emmett teaching Jazz a lesson." She said with a grin.

Bella looked at Alice first and then concentrated on the pair in front of them.

"Not really a fair match is it?" She whispered back to Alice.

Rosalie watched on silently as she studied not only her husband and Jasper but Alice and this 'new' Bella as well. She still wasn't sure what to make of this new development, but she trusted Alice to be able to warn them if there was any potential danger in the situation.

But at the very least this was sure to scare the crap out of Edward, possible even have him running off to go 'think' about what it meant for him.

Wonder what it will mean for the rest of us.

She frowned, there was only one person that could answer those kind of questions and she was too busy watching her husbands antics right now. "Okay, enough! Sit down the both of you." She ordered the pair.

Emmett immediately released Jasper and ignored him as he fell onto his back on the floor as he hurried over to his wife and sat down, it was only then that he noticed Bella sat next to Alice. "Huh. Guess that's why we're having a meeting." He mumbled to himself.

Rosalie shifted uncomfortable as Emmett got closer, she was still acutely aware that she didn't want him touching her right now and that only served to make her all the more angry.

"Ugh." Jasper huffed from his position on the floor. He heard the others laugh and slowly pulled himself back onto his feet. His hair was a mess, well more so than usual, but he tried to smooth it down anyway only to see Alice hide a smirk behind her hand.

He sighed.

Then he turned his attention to Bella who only smirked back at him, amused as the others were at Emmett's playful attack.

Bella held his gaze for a few seconds but he just kept looking at her, waiting. "What?" She asked as a question in his eyes called to her.

Jasper looked almost hopeful as he took a step closer and leaned over her. "It hurt, right? When I sank my teeth into your throat and drained you dry? Just...tell me it hurt."

Bella chuckled as the others gasped. She shook her head. "Sorry, but it wasn't you." She said letting him down gently.

Jasper let out a heavy sigh. Then he noticed Alice's glare. "What? I was just asking." Not strictly true, at this very moment he knew he'd feel no guilt in being told he had indeed been the one to cause Bella to be turned into one of them, and so had thought it prudent to get the question out there.

Alice glared at him and placed her hand on Bella's leg, it was a protective move that she'd done without thought. This Bella could look after herself she was sure, but it was so ingrained in her to want to protect human Bella that it would take a while to adjust to no longer needing to be on guard when Jasper was around. But Bella didn't seem to notice or care enough to mention it and pulling her hand away now would just draw more attention so she left it where it was.

"Go sit down." She ordered Jasper as her body relaxed.

Bella was still finding the entire evening amusing and caught Jasper's eye to give him a wink. "But who knows, you could just snap and attack the one around here that is still human." She offered.

Jasper grinned back at her until the collective frowns of the rest of his family registered and caused him to flinch. He also thought it best not to offer comment on his thoughts on that idea. Alice wouldn't have approved.

Carlisle pressed a finger to his temple in the way someone suffering from the pain of a migraine would. "You're not helping this situation any with comments like that Jasper." He admonished.

Rosalie snorted causing the family to turn their attention on her. Never one to shy away from the spotlight Rose shrugged at them. "Why not?" She asked them. "There's now two Bella's running around, we only need one. I vote for the one that's already a vampire."

Bella smiled a little, maybe Rosalie would be as much of a problem as she'd first thought.

"Me too." Emmett said quickly agreeing with his wife. To him at the very least this one was less likely to attract problems the way the human one did. "If we're voting then I say we keep this one."

Carlisle took a deep calming breath and tried to wrestle control of the conversation back to the matter at hand, which was why this Bella even existed in the first place. "There is not going to be any kind of vote."

Alice thought she saw a glimmer of disappointment in her sisters eyes.

"Aww." Bella said with a pout.

"See." Emmett pointed at Bella as he looked at Carlisle. "Now you've hurt her feelings."

"Speaking of feelings." Rose cut in before Carlisle could interject again. "That little...thing...in the forest, what was that?" She'd been subjected to Jasper's powers too many times over the years to count, but it had never felt quiet like that before. She shivered as a fleeting thought of kissing Emmett still made her feel repulsed. "And when will it ware off?" She asked in a harsher tone as she narrowed her eyes at Bella. She shared a room with her husband, it'd be nice to not cringe every time he got close to her.

That dropped the smile off Bella's face. "Oops?" She offered apologetically.

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AN/ Hey, so just for those that want to know this will be a Bellice fic, only with two Bella's it makes life a little more difficult. So things won't actually get very far (relationshipwise) for the pair until the second story.

This is the first to kinda set the path, the second ,if it ever happens ;), will be the main romance story. Which is why I've classed this fic as more of a friendship story. Just bare with me, there will be NO Bella/Edward-ness in this fic on any level, he's human Bella's boyfriend until he isn't which, well...that'll spoil the fun!

Just keep reading and I'll try to get another chapter up soon.