Bella's Choice

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Eventually, the time for the fight against Victoria's newborns was here and Bella was ready. She was well protected and had Kol's blood in her in case something tragic was to happen to her and if she couldn't fight, she still felt safe... Well, she did now, while the people surrounding her were friends... She hoped that she'd be able to keep her calm when Victoria get there.

The witch had told Elijah from which direction the Newborns would arrive and so Bella was on the other side of the large clearing, surrounded by not only Kol, but Finn and Sage also. The wolves were hiding and would jump in as soon as all the Newborns had arrived, so they could circle them and prevent them from going anywhere near the town and its inhabitant.

Charlie did the best he could to keep people out of the woods for the day, claiming that a wild and enraged bear had been seen and that nobody should get near the woods until he got caught. He would notify everyone when the fight is over that the bear was caught and that it was safe once more.

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All too soon for Bella, Kol and everyone else tensed and got in defensive positions.

"Don't worry Bella, it will be over soon and you'll be safe. Nothing will happen to you." Kol reassured her.

"And if it does I have your blood in me." Bella reassured herself.

"Don't think like that Love, we'll protect you." Kol said before he kissed her quickly and went back in a defensive position.

"Be careful please...all of you. I don't want anyone of you to die for me." Bella said right as the first of Victoria's army entered the clearing.

"It's starting..." Bella heard one of the hybrid say.

"I do miss a good fight." Klaus said as he rubbed his hands together in excitement.

Nobody wasted time and everybody jumped in the fight immediately.

"I don't see Victoria..." Bella noticed as soon as the wolves had jumped in the fight, surrounding the army.

"Missing me human?" Victoria's voice asked from behind them.

The four of them turned around and while Sage stayed behind Bella to prevent anybody from the big fight to get close to them, Finn and Sage stood in front of her, between Victoria, the blond man with her and Bella.

"Found yourself a new protector I see... Well, I don't mind, you'll still die. I might even kill them first." The red haired cold one laughed.

"Think again Cold One. You shouldn't attack people when you don't know who they are." Kol growled, letting his vampire face show.

Bella could see Victoria's reaction and enjoyed the intense fear that spread on her face. Before she could say anything else, Finn jumped on the blond young man and Kol jumped on Victoria. It was all a blur and Bella couldn't really follow who was doing what but she couldn't bring herself to look away either. When they moved closer to her, Sage grabbed her and jumped further away, keeping her safe. Curiously, she turned around and looked at the big fight happening behind her but it seemed to be almost over. The wolves and the hybrids were gathering body parts and throwing them in the fire. She watched curiously as Klaus stood still with a Cold one in front of him. It was a young girl who seemed lost and unwilling to attack and Bella immediately felt for her. Deep down, she knew that he wasn't going to kill her, that he had felt a connection to the young Cold one.

Bella was cut out of her thoughts about Klaus and his Cold one when she heard a crashing sound close to her. She turned back to Kol's fight and saw Finn carrying several parts to the fire while Kol and Victoria were still fighting.

"Maybe someone should help him..." Bella whispered.

"No, he would hate it. He asked us not to do it. She already lost and arm and a few fingers. He's dragging it out to make her suffer." Sage replied.

"Oh, good." Bella replied.

She had never been a violent person but she couldn't help but want to bring pain to Victoria and knowing that Kol was doing it for her felt good.

A few minutes later, it was over for everybody and Victoria's head followed her body in the big fire. Everybody was happy and cheering. Apparently, the short fight had brought everybody closer.

"What is she still doing alive?" Kol asked Klaus in an angry voice while pointing at the young Cold One by his side.

Bella immediately put a calming hand on his arm and said softly:

"Let it go, it's fine."

"She was willing to stop her attack, she asked to be spared. I... I don't know, she looked scared and... I didn't want to hurt her. Her name is Bree. She won't harm Bella. I compelled her to have some control over her blood-lust." Klaus replied, trying his best to explain himself.

"It's fine Klaus. I'm sure we'll all be happy to welcome Bree." Bella said softly with a kind smile.

"Thank you." Bree replied shyly, still half hiding behind Klaus.

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Leah was waiting for the fight to start and she couldn't help but look at Elijah. He was standing in front of the hybrids and she couldn't help but find him even hotter. Seriously, who dresses in a suit to fight a New Born army? She knew that right now everybody could hear what she was thinking and that the fact that she had imprinted on Elijah was not a secret anymore, not from her pack anyway, but she didn't care. She just hoped that no harm came his way. She just wanted to jump and stand by his side right now. She didn't want to be with her pack, she wanted to fight with her imprint.

"Go, join him." Sam agreed in her head, allowing her to leave them.

"Thank you." she replied before she left the bushes and slowly walked to Elijah.

"What's going on?" Elijah asked.

She looked at him softly, showing him that it was nothing urgent and when he understood, she sat by his side, waiting for the Cold ones to arrive.

"I'm glad you're closer." Elijah whispered, surprising her.

They would need to talk later, right now, the New Borns were arriving and they needed to fight.

She stayed by Elijah's side the entire time and they kept each other safe. At some point, one of the male Cold One had his arms around her waist in the way Jasper warned them about and she knew she was about to die. Elijah turned around, probably feeling that something was wrong and jumped in, ripping the Cold One away from her before he could break more than one of her ribs.

"I'll give you some blood later to heal you." He promised her before throwing her assailant in the fire that her little brother had started.

After the fight was over, she simply stayed in her wolf form, close to Elijah while Klaus explained to Kol and Bella why he spare the little scared looking brunette.

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Jasper and Rebekah got closer to Klaus after the fight. Jasper wanted to help Bree feel comfortable and Rebekah was surprised that Klaus had spared the young girl.

"It's not like he never did it but last time... Last time he acted this way was when he saved Marcel and adopted him, raised him. The look in his eyes right now... It's the same... She's not his mate... He just spared her because he felt for her and now he wants to help her, raise her." Rebekah explained.

"Well, any kind of emotions similar to this is good. I don't see what the big deal is." Jasper replied.

"It's not really. Everybody is just surprised to see him acting so human lately." Rebekah replied.

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Sage and Finn had gone close to the edge of the clearing to make sure that no other Cold one stayed behind, because Bree said that one of them left the group on the way but that he was not going to fight. They still wanted to make sure that it was really over. Suddenly, they saw a group of Cold ones dressed in black coming their way. They were too far to notice them but being Originals gave them a better sight and allowed them to warn everyone.

"The Volturi are coming. The wolves should probably leave because if they see them..." Sage said.

"No, they'll stay here. We're stronger than the Volturi and they'll just have to accept their presence. I've fought them before and I spared them. They owe me and know that I'm stronger than them. Plus, most of their powers won't work on us." Klaus added.

"They won't like that we spared Bree." Jasper said.

"They won't touch her." Klaus replied in a strong voice as the young teenager gripped his arm harder and he wrapped it around her like Bella had seen Charlie do with her when she was younger.

"Bella, are you okay?" Kol asked her when he saw how pale she was.

"The Volturi scare me... They'll see that I'm still human and they'll want to kill me..." Bella replied, her voice trembling with fear.

"Don't worry, they won't touch you. I promise you." Kol replied before he kissed her hard on the lips and wrapped his arms around her.

They quickly positioned themselves. Klaus, Finn, Sage and Elijah were in front of everyone. Jasper and Rebekah had Bree between them and stood behind Klaus. Kol and Bella stood next to them with Leah, still in her wolf form, also close to Elijah. The other wolves and hybrids were behind them, ready to jump in again in case of a second fight.

Soon, Bella saw Felix, Demetri, Jane and Alec coming their way.

"Well, we were expecting a different coven here... Still human though Bella... Caius won't like that." Jane said as soon as she was within earshot of Bella.

"Bella doesn't have anything to do with the Cullen's anymore. She belongs to my family. If Caius or anyone has anything to say against that I'll be happy to remind them why they are still alive." Klaus replied immediately, not letting anyone else say anything.

"Klaus, nice to see you again." Demetri greeted in a friendly voice.

"Demetri...You're late. A few minutes earlier and you could have done your job. What held you?" Klaus asked.

"Oh you know...business." Demetri replied.

It was obvious that Jane hated being ignored. She said:

"I see you missed one."

"Harm her and die." Klaus growled.

"How dare you!" Alec exclaimed, standing closer to his twin sister.

"Bree is my daughter now. She's a Mickealson. Any move against her will be a declaration of war against my family...and my hybrids." Klaus growled.

"Don't worry, nobody will harm her or your family." Felix replied, trying to calm things down a bit.

"Caius will be interested to know that you ally yourself with wolves." Jane declared, obviously mad that she wasn't able to do what she wanted.

"Caius' fear for wolves is ridiculous and if he wants to stay in his throne, he better stay out of my business. You can relay my message to them. I have a lot of allies. He better remember that." Klaus replied.

"Oh, don't worry, we will." Jane replied before she turned around and stormed off, ordering her brother, Felix and Demetri to follow her.

"I hate this Felix guy!" Kol growled.

"You're only saying that because he is attracted to Bella." Rebekah replied while Elijah stroke Leah's fur gently to reassure her that everything was fine.

"What? Don't be ridiculous, why would he be?" Bella asked.

"Actually, Edward saw in his mind that he was already attracted to you back when you went to save him." Jasper commented.

"Great, another Cold One in love with my soul mate to be worried about." Kol rolled his eyes, making Bella blush.

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After making sure that the fire was dead, that everything had burnt and that it wouldn't spread, they all went to the reservation to celebrate their big victory. The Mickealson's had already ordered a lot of food and drinks to celebrate their big victory and everything was ready for them.

The wolves allowed Bree on the reservation, trusting Klaus and his family to keep her in line and the young girl stayed close to her new father. On the way, they had talked about changing her into an Original and she agreed, liking their way much better and Klaus gave her his blood to drink.

"It's pretty simple really. You have to fill up with out blood and then we snap your neck. Then you'll wake up as a vampire from our kind. You'll just have to drink some of my blood again to complete your transition or you'll go back to being a Cold one and this time it would burn. Also the blood has to be willingly given, which in this case won't be a problem." Klaus told her.

"Will it burn again?" She asked him.

"No, don't worry sweetheart, it won't burn. You won't feel anything." He told her softly.

"Can we do it right now?"

"Of course. We'll lie you down next to the bonfire." He replied as he gave her his blood.

As he watched her, he couldn't help but feel connected to her. The more they talked, the more she talked about her life, the more he wanted to help her, to be her guide, her sire, her father. She was old now, older than Marcel was when he adopted him. But even the 15 year old that she was needed parental love. He couldn't help but imagine her hanging out with Marcel as brothers and sister. He knew that they would have gotten along well. They would have been real siblings if things had been different...

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As soon as he saw Bella coming his way, Charlie went to hug her, happy that she was unharmed and safe. He had been worried about her the entire time and was thankful to Kol for being with her. He trusted him more than he had ever trusted Edward.

"I'm glad to know that it's finally all over." Charlie said as he helped himself to some beer.

"So am I." Bella smiled as Kol brought her a soda and kissed her neck before sitting next to her, a beer in his hand.

"Yes, we're all finally be able to bond over some quiet time." Kol added.

"When are the two of you planning on leaving?" Charlie asked them.

"Are you so eager to get rid of us?" Bella asked her father with a small smile.

"What? No, not at all... I'm just trying to plan the next few weeks Bella, I'm happy to have everyone around right now. You know that." Charlie protested.

"Of course I know dad, I'm just kidding you. We're planning on staying the summer here. We'll leave in a couple of months, probably after Rebekah starts school here." Bella replied.

"Good, I'm not ready to say goodbye to you yet. You're mother called earlier by the way." He informed her.

"What did she want?" Bella asked him.

"Well, she received your email with the graduations pictures. I think she wanted some details about Kol, she probably wants you two to visit her or something. She also wanted to talk about Sage... She truly believes that we're together and she was furious." Charlie chuckled.

"What? Why?" Bella asked her.

"I don't think she likes that I've moved one... She kept on talking about how it was unfair to you that I imposed someone new on you..." Charlie replied.

"That's a bit hypocrite of her... She had Phil move in after them dating for less than a month!" Bella exclaimed.

"Yeah well, That's what I told her...right before she hung up on me. Anyway, you'll need to call her back if you want to go there at some point."

"I'll call her tomorrow or some time later." Bella nodded before Charlie went back to the elders and Kol got them up to go and get some food.

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Elijah had gone back to the reservation with Leah by his side. He walked her to her mother's house and waited politely outside for her to change.

"You know, you can come in. Leah won't mind." Seth told him as he got ready to patrol.

"I'll be fine, thank you. I think that your sister needs some time to gather her thoughts and figure out how she wants to talk about things." Elijah replied, smiling politely.

"How did you guess?" Seth asked him.

Seth liked the Original her sister had imprinted on. He was like the big brother had had always wanted. He would love for him to join their family.

"I'm not sure... I couldn't help but think about her, I kept seeing her around, I could feel it when she was around and immediately knew which wolf she was... I figured that we shared a bond not unlike the one between Bella and my younger brother..."

"Why didn't you confront her then?" Seth asked him curiously.

"I figured that it must be hard to accept for her, I decided to give her time. I knew that she'd come to me when she was ready. She needed time to accept that she was now linked to a vampire... I gave her the time she needed." Elijah replied.

"You're a good man Elijah. I'm glad that you're now a part of our family." Seth said cheerfully before he ran to the woods, getting ready to take over patrol from Collin so that he could go and eat something too.

"I hope I wasn't too long." Leah told him when she sat next to him on her front porch.

"Not at all. Your brother kept me company." He replied kindly.

"I heard... Seth really likes you... He's been begging me to tell you everything for days." Leah admitted.

"You needed time... He's still young...too young to understand why you took your time but I do, don't worry about it." He replied nicely.

"Thank you for understanding... So... I guess I need t say it eventually..."

"You don't have to... I understand that it must be hard for you and if you need more time..." Elijah started to say, trying to make things easier on her.

"I imprinted on you." Leah interrupted him.

"I know." Elijah nodded.

"I... It's true, you're right... It's been hard for me to understand and accept... But I've been thinking a lot about it and I've watched you a lot... You're a good man Elijah. You're kind, protective of the people you love, generous... You know how to be gentle too... What I'm trying to say is that I could have ended up with someone much worst... I think that I'm lucky to have imprinted on you..." She confessed, doing her best to open up to him.

"I have to admit that I'm glad that you're feeling that way... Staying away from you has been hard... I've been alone for a very long time, waiting on this true love that I didn't really believe in..." He replied, returning the honesty she had showed him.

"I don't think I'm ready for us to move too fast yet... But I don't want to stay away anymore..." Leah told him, trying to be honest but feeling exceptionally shy.

"We'll move at your pace Leah, I give you my word. Now, would you like to go to the party with me?" He asked her, standing up and offering her his hand.

"I'd love to." Leah smiled shyly, taking the offered hand and following him to the big bonfire.

On the way to getting drinks, they crossed Emily and Sam and for the first time since they got together and Leah was able to smile gently at her cousin without feeling resentment or anything else. She was happy, this hand holding hers was a sign of hope, it made her happy...happier than she ever felt. She knew that Elijah was the one she was going to spend her life with, her very long life, now she knew it. She could stay a shape-shifter her entire life or she could ask him to change her and be a vampire like him. Maybe she would even keep her shape-shifting abilities if she became a vampire... But what made her happy was that she didn't have to think about it right now. She had time to figure out what she wanted. He was giving her all the time she needed. He was simply perfect, her dream come true.

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Just when Elijah and Leah arrived, making everyone smile happily at them, Bree woke up and got her first look at her new life, at her new father.

"How are you feeling sweetheart?" Klaus asked her.

"Great...Stronger..." Bree replied, feeling also happier than she ever felt.

"Good, now all you need to do is drink some of my blood and you'll be good to go and celebrate with everyone else." Klaus replied, offering his wrist to her.

Bree let her new fangs grow and drank from him, her sire, her father. she could feel the bond between them. He was her father, somehow it was meant to be.

"I don't have to kill humans anymore right?" She asked him.

"No, you don't. We either drink from human and let them leave, compelled and healed or we drink from blood bags. Some vampires even drink from animals. We'll consider every option tomorrow and I'll teach you everything you need to know. Right now you should go and have fun." He told her.

"What if I can't control myself?" She asked him, eyeing the few humans around.

"Then I won't be far and I'll help you. Jasper will be able to feel it too and he'll warn me. Don't worry Bree, you'll be fine." He reassured her.

"Thank you, for everything."

"Don't worry about it. Now come on, I'm dying to have a piece of Emily's pecan pie. I'm sure we'll find something you like in this huge pile of food." Klaus told her as he lead her to the food table.

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The celebration went well for everyone. at some point, before he went back home along with the other older humans, leaving the younger (or supernatural) people alone, Charlie went to talk to Rebekah to make sure that she knew that he was serious when he offered her Bella's bedroom to stay in. Rebekah was very happy about it and ended up hugging Charlie and kissing him on the cheek, making him blush.

Jasper would be around of course, but not all the time. For the newt two years, he was planing on traveling between Rebekah and his old family Peter and Charlotte. This way, while Rebekah was having the human experience she wanted, he would have all the time he needed to fix the relationship with his brother and sister that Alice had damaged and convinced him to drop.

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Bella really enjoyed her evening in Kol's arms. She simply refused to let go, she needed to be close to him and so did he. Maybe it had to do with the fight that had just taken place, maybe it was because they hadn't been mated for long and loved each other so much, maybe it was because their love grew each minute or maybe it was all of those reasons at once. All that mattered was that they spent the night in each other's arms, kissing and enjoying the evening with the others. Bella was even able to bond a little with Bree and realised that the young girl had had a very hard life and needed to be loved, just like Klaus. Maybe it was the reason they had found each others.

Everyone was happy and relaxed, thinking that the worst was behind them and that they could now relax, not seeing that they what they had just gone through was the calm before the gigantic storm that was coming their way and would change everything if they didn't do the right thing to stop it.

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So, Klaus adopted Bree... Did you see that coming? I mentioned Marcel... Do you think he'll enter this story or will he just be mentioned? Have you figured out who Bree will end up with? To help you guess I'll just tell you that I haven't mentioned HIM yet...and only one of you guessed right.

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