Metamorphosis by mishasalvatore
Summary: After Edward leaves Bella is left in a catatonic state. But a after a tragedy leaves her shaken will she finally give up on her life or find the courage to pick up the pieces back again.
Disclaimer: I do not own twilight or vampire diaries. Damon would be mine and Edward would suck a bit less if I did.
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Chapter 7:
BPOV:
Bella knew she shouldn't be shocked after all he was Stefan's brother, but she was surprised to find him making his way towards them. She didn't really get the time to tell Stefan or Elena about her little encounter with Damon earlier and now wished she should have mentioned it beforehand. She saw him look at her and smirk and also noticed that Stefan got up and placed himself in between Bella and Damon somewhat protectively. What the hell was going on?
"What do you want Damon?"
"Why brother, I come in peace." said Damon holding his hands up in mock surrender.
Bella could sense the atmosphere around her change. Suddenly everyone was tense and Elena seemed angry and scared at the same time. She felt Stefan and Elena go rigid as he turned to face her.
"Oh don't be so difficult little brother, I have met Bella before, isn't that right?" he said throwing a wink in Bella's direction.
Elena looked shocked and burst out.
"How dare you Damon stay away from her and…"
"Elena wait I need an explanation, what the hell is going on." Bella really couldn't do with all the secrets anymore, and besides, if she was being true with herself, she didn't like the way Elena asked Damon to get lost. She knew something was off about him but then, she wanted to make her own decisions, after all that she had been through.
"Oh nothing much, I'm just the local bad boy… a local bad boy with information you could use Elena."
"Damon this is not the right time or the right place for this." Now Bella knew for sure something was definitely up.
"Well, where else then brother and besides I'm sure Bella wouldn't mind my intrusion" Damon smirked at her causing Bella be short of words. His blue eyes bored into hers and she didn't feel the need to look away.
She really needed to get a grip on herself. She didn't know this guy even for a week. She felt a burning curiosity to find out what was going on between the three of them, it all sounded really fishy. But then Bella realized that maybe just something private between the brothers and the rest of the group.
"No not I don't really mind but I think I should leave, whatever this is to you guys" she smiled and Elena Bonnie and Stefan and waved before leaving. But when she turned back she found Damon staring at her his eyes intently fixed on her right hand or rather the scar James gave her on the right hand.
DPOV:
I knew something was mysterious about this Bella chick and I was right. She had this weird scar on her hand. A scar like that would probably go unnoticed by the human eyes but he could see it pretty clearly. It looked like someone had bitten her hand, no animal could have done it, it looked like a human might have bit her- a human with pretty sharp teeth. A vampire's fangs would only leave two puncture marks, so it couldn't have been one of his kinds either. Besides her scar looked like… it was shining in the sunlight. Weird.
"What do you want Damon? And how do you know Bella?" Elena demanded. Damon was not surprised to hear the anger in her voice. He had done things he was not proud of.
"I got some information on Katherine and what she's after. Me, you and Alaric are going to look up in Isobel's research."
"You think there's something we might find useful" asked Stefan all serious now.
"Positive."
"How and why did you meet Bella anyway?"
"Oh, I sort of ran into her."
"Damon, I appreciate your help, stay away from Bella. She doesn't know anything about vampires, or the existence of the supernatural. Don't do something stupid."
"Your little cousin is not as innocent as you think, don't bother giving her vervain or anything, I already tried compelling her, won't work."
"You what?"
"You what?"
Asked both Elena and Bonnie together.
"Damon if I knew your harming Bella, then…"
"Hold it there… let me explain before you do any more of your witchy juju on me. I met her last night when she was driving into town. I compelled her to forget me, but it didn't work out."
"That is a bit strange. Did you check for vervain?"
"Yes, she didn't have any. And one more thing did you notice her hand Stefan?"
"Um... no" Stefan and the rest looked confused.
"Wow, some vampire you are, there was this really weird looking scar on her hand. Not animal bite, not accident, not vampire."
"That's strange; I'll ask Bella about it."
"Keep an eye on that girl, she looks pretty suspicious yourself. She might be danger."
"Speak for yourself Damon. Bella is Elena's cousin, she is as human as Elena or I am."
"Okay witchy take the risk if you want too" with that Damon walked away from the grill.
Now was not the right time for this, Katherine was back in town. There was a werewolf menace going on. And god knows what Katherine's motives were. But there was something about Bella that intrigued Damon. He wanted to know more about her, she was mysterious and elusive, and he liked that. He felt there was something more to Bella than an ordinary human. She had a few secrets and Damon was going to find out what they were.
BPOV:
I had been twenty four hours since she met Damon Salvatore at the grill again, but Bella was not able to take her mind off him. There was something about him that Bella was drawn to, he seemed so different, so complex, and what's with all the mysteries going on, with Elena and her friends. This was just too weird to be a coincidence. Bella felt wary of the older Salvatore, like he said he was the bad boy, and this time he was the real bad boy, unlike Edward, who was pretty tame for a vampire. Whoa. Why was she comparing, Edward and Damon, she barely knew Damon. Damon was the bad boy, but very much human, unlike Edward who was a rock hard, ice-cold vampire. She didn't need this she shouldn't think about Edward there was no more room for those memories in her life, she would start be starting school tomorrow Bella was determined to keep only that in her mind.
"Bella may I come in" Elena appeared at her door.
"Yeah sure Elena"
"Hey I'm sorry about all that drama in the grill. Damon is… well let's just say he's not a good guy. I mean… he can be really bad at times. And he has a reputation in town, trust me you don't want be involved with him."
"Hey, hold it… I don't want to get involved with him Elena, especially not after Edward." Elena's face fell a little.
"Oh, I'm really sorry Bella it's just well… I never really asked you about what happened with Edward, do you…"
"Not right now Elena. I'm sorry but this is just too overwhelming" Actually, Bella's head was swimming with the thoughts of Damon Salvatore, she couldn't really focus.
"Hey I completely understand, and wake up early tomorrow morning; it's your first day tomorrow." Bella smiled, she was strangely looking forward to tomorrow, and she would know Elena and Jeremy and the group. And hopefully with pretty girls like Caroline, Bonnie and Elena, around there would be no more mike newton's after her.
"And Caroline called, she will be here in fifteen, you want to come shopping with us."
New life. New Bella. So no more afraid of shopping. Besides she really needed some new clothes so going shopping was inevitable.
"Well, let's go get ready then what are we waiting for."
"Hey Caroline"
"Hey Bella, let's get going, I know this really cool place that sells the awesomest stuff ever…"
Bella smiled at her vibrancy, she found it endearing, not overly done like Alice or too bitchy like Jessica, and she found herself liking Caroline a lot.
They made their way to a spacious mall, just right in the town. Bella had to admit that for a small town, mystic falls what was pretty cool. Forks would probably look like a village compared to this place.
Bella bought a lot of new stuff, she wanted a new look and a new wardrobe. With Caroline, Elena and Bonnie's help she picked out plenty new dresses, her favourite jeans, which she could never ditch, a couple of blouses which would have shocked Alice. Bella had a pretty good sense of style back in phoenix, maybe the depressing forks weather made it difficult to flaunt it. Bella knew deep down that she immersed herself so much in Edward, she forgot her individuality.
She brought a few pairs of high-heeled shoes as well, on Caroline's insistence, but wondered if she would ever, have the guts to wear them in public.
Bella blushed when Caroline dragged her to Victoria's secret. "Caroline, why here, I don't even have a boyfriend who could see me in exotic lingerie."
"That doesn't mean you can't get one. And anyway, when you look good you feel good; if you don't have a boyfriend doesn't necessarily mean you can't wear this."
"Caroline's right Bella, if you got it flaunt it." Bonnie said smiling at her.
Bella wondered what things would have been like if she was wearing of this, instead of her ratty old sweats, when Edward visited her during the night. Well, Bella decided that Edward would never do anything, even if Bella begged for it. He used to insist that it was for Bella's safety, but Bella knew it was his old-fashioned morals holding him back. no use digging up old memories she told herself. And straightened herself a bit.
"I really to need this make-over done" Bella said she sat on the chair in a beauty salon.
"Well, yes that's the best way to deal with a break-up you know and ..." Caroline said but stopped mid-way as bonnie and Elena gave her their shut-the-f-up look.
"No she's right guys; I need to get over this.'
"So what did happen between you and Edward?" Elena asked cautiously.
"He and his family moved out of town. He … he dumped me in the middle of the forest, I …devoted my entire life to him and he just left…" Bella felt good telling someone all this. It took a burden off her chest.
"Well, he'll be eating his heart out now" Caroline jumped with joy and pointed to the mirror in front of Bella.
Bella looked to find she pleasantly surprised. She always thought salon sessions make you look fake, but she had to admit she looked beautiful.
Her wavy chocolate brown hair had a new shine to them and ended in gentle curls at the ends. She now had a side fringe which suited her perfectly. The red in her hair also stood out now. Making her eyes pop out. It complimented her skin too.
"You look beautiful Bella"
"Yeah, your hair looks great."
Bella had to blush at the compliments. But she felt great, renewed.
It was late already and Bella had school tomorrow, she dressed in her newest night gown, which was off shouldered and ended a little above her knee. She was about to turn off the lights, when Bella heard a crow cawing outside the window. She went ahead to open it, only to find a magnificent black crow perched on a branch right outside her window sill. It had beautiful, bright black feathers, and very intelligent eyes for an animal. She looked at it for a moment and thought it looked right back at her. There was something about that crow, which transfixed Bella. Then she realized what she was doing. She brushed the thought of the crow, from her mind and drew the curtains. But something in the back of Bella's mind was nagging at her. She thought the crow looked familiar somehow; it looked so creepily at her. No, it must be the day's exhaustion creeping up on her. Bella sank into her bed only to fall asleep in seconds. Outside the crow sat a bit longer in the very same position, as if in deep thought, and then suddenly took off into the night.