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Uncles and Bloody Balls

As Bella began to wake up the next day she was surprised when she looked at the clock and it read noon. Her visions the night before were now focusing on the fire aspect of the visions though she was only able to make out that she was inside a building that would be falling down around her due to t fire. After that her gift focused back to her memories to help give her body and mind the much needed rest it had been deprived of. Sitting up in the bed she stretched her arms over her head and noticed she was not alone in her room. Sitting on the ground leaning up against her bed was Jeremy finishing up one of his vampire sketches. Feeling her eyes on him he stopped and looked up at her giving her a grin like he had gotten away with something.

"I would tell you good morning but you slept through it," as Jeremy spoke he stood up and pulled Bella out of bed. "You might want to get ready Uncle John showed up this morning and said he was staying for the foreseeable future."

Rolling her eyes Bella gave him a shove out of her room, "that would explain why you took shelter in my room. Get out of here or ill drag you out to see if Aunt Jenna needs help shopping for tonight or with Elena's pageant shopping." She watched as he laughed sarcastically before heading down the stairs.

Getting dressed in a pair of grey track pants and a green tank top she headed down the stairs to see what was going on. She heard the end of the conversation as she reached the last step. ".. Being that I'm the estates trustee," Bella could see the glare John was receiving for that comment though he dropped the subject once he realized Bella was there. Kissing her aunt on the check she grabbed some food from the fridge and sat at the island.

"Aren't you suppose to be in school like Elena and Jeremy," He looked her in the eyes as he spoke. "I am in college and my classes are done for the day so I can keep Aunt Jenna company before she has to leave for her classes. I hope you realize that not even Jeremy or Elena believe your I'm only here to visit with my family excuse, right?"

He frowned at her for a minute before sighing and taking his bags up stairs, once he was out of sight looked at Jenna who asked. "He needs to work on his excuses, Miranda had him figured out years ago." Looking up when she heard the door upstairs close then footsteps heading down the stairs and towards the door they heard him shout, "our talks not over with yet Jenna."

Jenna rolled her eyes but his sudden arrival didn't sit well with Bella something else had to have brought him back to town. Letting her gift wash over her for a minute she got a flash of John standing in the room with the town council. Coming out of it she heard Aunt Jenna mumble "it's going to take some getting used to seeing her eyes change like that." Grabbing her phone she pulled up Damon's number before sending him a text, "John's going to be at the council meeting be careful I don't know what he's after."

Latter that day as the sun began to go down and the others and joined the back at the house they started to get ready for the Founders Day Anniversary party. Bella changed into a one shouldered black laced dress that stopped just above her knees with a pair of red kitten heels. Pulling her hair into a knotted over the shoulder ponytail she headed down stairs to leave with the others. Damon had texted that he and Stefan would meet them there before she hooked arms with Jeremy and headed to the car. John tried and failed to make light conversation in the car but the others kept their answers short. Once inside the party Bella watched as Elena head off to look for Stefan as Jenna was spotted by Alaric who whisked her away to find a corner to talk in. Looking around she spotted Caroline sitting by herself. Wandering over to the table Bella gives her a hug having not been able to see her as often as she would have liked.

"Hey what's wrong you should e smiling your dream is coming true for being a part of this pageant." Caroline hugged her back before answering , "I'm just being silly I really wanted Kelly to like me now that I'm dating Matt but she just keeps saying that she liked the old girlfriend better." Squeezing her hand Bella watched what was happening at the door as she spoke to the younger girl.

"You do know that Kelly is going to be leaving the town again within the next couple of days and probably sooner if that her walking out of here drunk with Tyler. You should voice your concerns with Matt and if you have and he's brushed them off then maybe you should figure out where your relationship is going." Seeing the look that statement got her she continued talking, "I'm not saying you should break up with him what I'm saying is that relationships are work there has to be some give and take not just give, give, give until there's nothing else to give. That's why the next time I fall for someone I have got to see it in his actions and not just in pretty words." Seeing some understanding in Caroline's eye she noticed the thoughtful tilt to her head. "I will think on what you told me after I win Miss Mystic Falls." Bella laughed lightly at the statement.

Damon caught her eye and waved her over once she reached him he placed her hand in the crook of his elbow before leading her to the outside balcony. "Thought you should know that he mentioned; a large number of missing human reports that are starting to pop up in towns around here at the meeting today." He whispered into her ear because over her shoulder he spotted John walking up behind them.

"Damon right I didn't know you knew Bella," Damon and Bella turned to face him, "John."

"We didn't get the chance to meet at the council meeting," Damn interrupted him "yeah it's a pleasure are you enjoying the... a... kick off."Damon smirked because he managed to cut the man off before he could finish his sentence.

"Oh yeah forgot how much these small towns celebrations can be," Damon catching Bella's eyes started to dig for the information they wanted to get out of John. "Yeah, when's the last time you were here."

"Hasn't been that long just as Bella it was for my brother's funeral," John's face and voice gave no indication to his emotions for that statement. "How long have you been in town?"

"Ahh, not long at all just long enough to make friends with your family." Damon gave a half hearted smile and gave Bella a glance. John looked at her too before he started speaking again.

"So what do you think Damon, that this vampire problem is real right, a potential blood bath." "I wouldn't overreact John," John stepped closer to Bella.

"Well I think it's like 1864 all over again vampires running amuck." Bella raised both her eyebrows at this statement. John was watching Damon for a reaction for his next words. "Guess we'll just have to hunt the down and throw the in a church and burn them to ash." Though Damon didn't react the way he wanted him to "That is the story huh?"

"Part of the story," he made sure he was looking Bella in the eyes for the next statement to see if he could scare her. "Oh there's more," "there's a lot more, you see there seems there was a tomb under the church and the vampires were hidden away for someone to come along and set them free, but then you already knew that didn't you."

He looked at Bella when he said the next part like he expected her to either look scared or worried like she didn't know who she was with. "Being that you're the one that did it," This caused both Bella and Damon to roll their eyes.

"…and your telling us this why," Damon raised his eyebrow the smirk gone from his face as he asked the question. "Ahh so that we could get the introductions out of the way ."

Bella hearing the Lockwood's call for everyone to gather inside tugged on Damon's sleeve. When he stopped staring John down to look at her she indicated with her head that they should join the others. Damon nodded too John as he walked past hi and Bella could feel the confused star at her back as they walked back inside. "Thank you for not reacting the way he was expecting you to, I know you really wanted to snap his neck." Damon patted her hand in reply before ringing her to the front of the crowd to stand by Alaric and Jenna as Mayor Lockwood gave his speech and Had John go up and ring the bell to start the festivities. Getting the attention of the others she pointed out his ring and whispered, "It's the same as Alaric's so I bet the one Alaric has was his and now he's wearing Uncle Grayson's ring which means he is connected to Isobel. This means they have eyes on the town watching us for how we are acting though the eyes aren't watching that close. Because they haven't noticed the tom vampires were killed and never got loose."

As the night came to an end they all headed outside to leave Jenna going to look for Elena; Bella decided to go catch up with Alaric and Damon. As she walked up to them she noticed they were having a heated conversation with John.

"How did you get that ring," John rolled his eyes at Alaric's question. "I inherited one, one brother willed it to the other this was his and that was mine. Though I wouldn't have given it to Isobel if I knew she was going to give it to another guy."

"So you did know Isobel," Damon began to glare not liking where this conversation was heading. "Who do you think sent her your way when she wanted to become a vampire?" Bella sighed and shook her head knowing that John was going to try and tear at old wounds to get the reactions he wanted.

"You sent her," "Guilty," John poorly joked. "Why did you think someone else sent her, Maybe Katherine Peirce?" Damon frowned before looking up, "how do you know about Katherine."

"How do I know anything Damon," "what do you want ?" this time it was Bella who interrupted John's talking and got all three men to notice that she was there only for John to stare her down before speaking again. "So many questions, it's a pleasure meeting you Alaric I have heard so much about you." He took Bella's arm before dragging her away from the two men he whispered in her ear once they reached the car. "Stay out of this or you're not going to like the outcome." When she got home that night she went to bed right away hoping that she would get a glimpse of what John and Isobel had in store when they finds out that the tomb vampires are dead.

The next few days leading up to the Miss Mystic Falls Party were hectic as John ran around trying to cause trouble with Damon and Pearl so he could find the Gilbert Device. John was still under the impression that it was tomb vampires that were doing the damage they just were hiding better than he thought. Damon also had to deal with Stefan's blood problem which he denied that he had though the trunk of his car filled with empty blood bags said otherwise. Bella spent most of it trying to keep the peace in the house because Elena was working double time in trying to see if Jeremy knew about vampires and He was starting to get angry at her again along with getting ready for the pageant which included the rehearsal the day before.

The night of the pageant Bella put on a strapless sweetheart dark purple dress the bottom was layered in see through material which made it flow when she walked she braided her hair in a simple braid before twisting it into an up do. She wore a pair of nude kitten heels underneath that couldn't be seen. The only jewelry she wore were the simple pair of dangling earrings that had a large circular cut of opal that had a dangle in a tear shape of another opal. Grabbing her clutch she headed to the door she didn't want to help the others get dressed there so she opted to meet them. Making it just in time she stood by Jenna and Alaric as the event started when Elena's name was called and she was escorted by Damon instead of Stefan; Bella knew that when the dance was over that Stefan wasn't as okay as he had wanted Elena to think.

When the dance was over with she nodded her head at Damon and whispered "Keep her safe and be prepared for Bonnie to follow she's not going to react well. " Bella mingled with the others as they waited for the winner to e announced. When Caroline is crowned the winner Bella made sure that her clapping was heard by her friend even from across the room. As the night began to wind down again Bella overheard John asking Jeremy about his friend and though he tried to avoid answering all the questions John still managed to get the name of Anna' other Pearl out of him. Seeing the gleam in Johns eyes Bella texted Damon to let him know that John knew how to find Pearl through Anna before heading to help Jenna and Alaric get all of Elena's things so they could head home.

Later that night as she slept two visions played in her mind and they were both of her. In the first it was dark outside and the alleyway did not make it easier to see. Victoria grabbed her from behind and was pulling her away from people and the direction she had been searching in. Just as Victoria reached the alley entrance a painful sound filled the air that only those not human could hear upon it reaching their ears both Victoria and Bella dropped to the ground. The last of that vision was the cops picking them up and bringing them towards where the others that had dropped were going. Then it switched over to the hospital room in with Bella laying hooked up to the machines with Caroline in the bed next to her when footsteps are heard and a woman pauses at the door that looked like Elena the difference being that the woman had an arrogant face before walking towards Bella's bed as she began to stir.