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Chapter 10: New Friends, New Enemies

Isabella POV

"I think you better leave." I say, stone-faced and standing with my arms crossed a few feet away from the car.

I had been tracking the werewolves since sunrise and located one of them. I followed Tyler Lockwood all the way to Forbes' house and discovered that the perky blonde I met yesterday, Caroline, lives there. He had her backed up against her car, clearly angry and I immediately knew why. Staying far away enough for them not to see me but close enough that I could intervene if necessary, I realised I was right. Tyler had found out what happened to his uncle and I'd bet anything that it's all Jules' fault.

"Who are you?" He asks arrogantly, turning around to face me. Caroline looks both relieved and a little confused as she relaxes against her car.

"That doesn't concern you." I shake my head at him and he narrows his eyes. "I advise you to listen to me and leave. Now."

"You can't tell me what to do." The wolf states disbelievingly. I chuckle under my breath. Young wolves are so obnoxious and childish.

"We could go at this all day but if you don't disappear within the next ten seconds, I will rip out your heart slowly and painfully. Unlike Caroline here, I have no problem with that. So what are you going to do?" I tilt my head slightly to the right, staring him in the eyes. He glares at me then I smirk as he walks away without looking back. "Yeah, I thought so." I murmur almost silently but the young vampire has obviously heard me.

"Why did you help me?" She questions curiously, pushing herself from the car.

"A lot of people have been asking me that lately." I answer evasively, smiling at her.

"Stop deflecting and answer me." She demands and my smile brightens.

"You're stronger than you look." Caroline raises her chin in defiance. "I'm starting to like you."

"Gee, thanks." She says sarcastically.

"This could be the start of a beautiful friendship." She frowns at me, looking as though she has no idea why I would suggest such a thing. I guess it's weird. I just randomly blow into town, wanting to help strangers yet wanting to make sure they don't harm Niklaus. "Come on Caroline. You need a female vampire friend. I think you agree that Damon is an ass and Stefan tries to understand how you feel because he's a vampire too but it's not the same is it?"

Her silence tells me everything. It sucks not having a choice when becoming immortal. The option of having children being taken away, not knowing who you can trust with your secret, living for a very long time with the constant threat of exposure, losing people you care about…

"Look I know you don't trust me so you don't have to decide right now." I sigh. "I think you should call Stefan, tell him about Tyler. He could help you with that."

"Ok." She nods like she's just remembering what had just transpired a few minutes ago. The young vampire gets out her cell phone and stares at the screen, avoiding eye contact.

"And Caroline?" She looks up at me. "I'll be around. If you need me, I'll be there."

I turn and walk away down the street, vaguely hearing but not actually listening to the conversation behind me.

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After I decide to put of searching for the other werewolves until tomorrow since they'll most likely be staying a while, I spend the rest of the day walking around the town to familiarise myself with my surroundings. Plus if I look like I'm an active part of the community, an innocent newbie to Mystic Falls, and then those who know about vampires won't suspect me. I need to lie low for as long as possible.

I make my way inside a bar called the Mystic Grill. Taking a quick look around, I find Damon sat at the bar with Elena talking quietly to him. Two blondes walk up to them, one leaving after a moment looking disappointed and the other going after her seeming quiet pissed off with whatever Damon said. Elena doesn't look pleased either and I wonder what the exchange was about. I could've listened but I prefer not to pry into things that don't concern me.

I stroll confidently towards the bar and sit on the stool right next to Damon nods at me in greeting, lifting his glass to his lips. Elena scowls at me, turning her body slightly towards him. He doesn't notice but I do and I find her possessiveness pathetic. I roll my eyes, smile charmingly at the bartender and order a double shot of bourbon.

"Adolescent werewolves are very annoying creatures." I state, breaking the silence that settled over us despite the music playing in the bar and the chatter surrounding us.

"Is this really the time for being vague?" He asks wearily. I take a sip of my drink and shrug.

"Had a run in with Tyler Lockwood. Although I barely spoke to the boy, I found him to be fairly irritating."

"And what where you doing talking to Tyler?" Elena questions in a rather demanding tone. I sigh in exasperation, not really wanting to speak to the girl.

"I expect you'll be getting a phone call about it in 3, 2, 1…" I trail off and luckily for me her cell phone rings making Damon laugh. "Talk about timing." I mutter, smiling to myself.

Elena glares at me then excuses herself to answer the call. It's Stefan, just as I thought. Before Damon can stand up and interrogate her about what his brother says, I put my hand on his shoulder to keep him seated then shake my head at him, silently telling him to stay where he is.

"So what's new with you?" I ask hoping that he responds with 'nothing'. I don't want to deal with anything else right now but I know that's just probably a pipe dream.

"John Gilbert's in town thanks to my little brother." He glances at me so I am able to see the loathing in his eyes. I guess he hates this guy.

"Relation to the lovely Elena?" I question even though I already know the answer.

"Yup." His expression darkens a little. "Stefan told him everything, thinks that John can help protect Elena."

"Which means that this guy knows who I am and that I compelled Katerina to stay in the tomb." I finish off and he hums his agreement. "I'm presuming that he's enemy number one for me?"

"Yeah, although he refuses to tell us anything which makes me think that he's hiding his true motives. At least you were honest about why you're here." He sounds slightly bitter making me feel bad about not telling him everything. I hardly know him since I met him only a couple of days ago so I shouldn't want to divulge all my secrets.

We lapse back into silence when Elena suddenly appears again. She looks worried and I'm alert knowing that someone that she cares about might be in trouble.

"They've taken Caroline." She says. I growl in frustration immediately realising who she is talking about.

"Who?" Damon says but I'm already rushing out of the door and running straight to the woods.

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I hear Caroline cry out in pain. She's crying although I can tell that she's trying to hold her sobs in, trying to stay strong in front of those who hold her captive. I should have gone werewolf hunting earlier instead of putting it off and now my potential friend is paying the price.

The woman, who I am guessing is Jules', is standing outside RV looking out towards the wood seeming to be searching for something… Or someone. I remember that Stefan is with Tyler. She must think that he took him hostage and now wants pay back. I am really starting to hate these wolves.

As quietly as I can, I sneak toward the back of the RV. I stop, pressing myself against its side as I hear more heartbeats surrounding the forest around us meaning that there are more werewolves present. I curse silently to myself but know that they can't detect me. At least, not yet anyway.

I listen carefully, finding that Stefan has arrived with the young wolf. The man inside the RV who's hurting Caroline steps out to join Jules. I pry open the window carefully, making sure to I do not make any noise even though I doubt that they'd hear being preoccupied as they are. I squeeze through the small gap, drop to the floor soundlessly and spot the blonde huddled in a corner with head resting against her knees and arms wrapped around her legs.

Damon's voice has joined the rest outside. I'm relieved knowing that they'll cause enough of a distraction for me to take Caroline and run. They should be able to take care of themselves. Then, as if they knew what I was thinking, the fighting breaks out. I rush over to the girl.

"Hey Caroline." I whisper and she looks up at me, fresh tears in her eyes threatening to spill over. "I told you that if you needed me, I'd be there and here I am." I smile gently at her, break the lock on the cage and lift the gate up with ease. I take her hand, pulling her up and into my arms. She latches onto me, hugging me tightly whilst shaking and sobbing.

"It's going to be ok."

A/N: So this is the start of an Isabella/Caroline friendship. And, as always, review!