Hello all! Welcome to Chapter 10! As you can see, I did SORT of make my deadline for this week. Only a few hours late. I was stuck for a little while, but with the help of my neice, I got it sorted out, so thanks to J for Jenny for your help on this chapter, including the Giles moments! You rock!

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I thought I'd point out something that some of you may have gotten a little confused on. The mention of the thirty thousand dollars in chapter 8 was the outtake from New Moon that I referenced. So I hope that helps anyone who was confused about that. If you want to read the outtake itself, you can find it on Stephenie's website. The outtake is called The Scholarship. The link of which can be found in my profile.

Another thing I wanna mention is my wonderful neice J for Jenny made me a really cool trailer for my fan fic. If you'd like to check it out, the link for it can be found in my profile as well.

And lastly, before I leave you alone to read my next chapter, lol, is I created a parody of the Nickelback song Rockstar. I call it Vampire. I had written it shortly after Twilight was released in theaters and only recently finished making the actual video. It is on Youtube if anyone wants to see it. The link for this is also in my profile. :)

And now it's time to let you read chapter 10! I hope you all enjoy!

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CHAPTER 10- A Welcoming Arrival

"Surprise," Xander shouted as they walked through the front door. They looked in the direction of his voice to see him standing in the living room, next to the coffee table. On top of it sat a brand new laptop with a big red bow on it.

"What's this?" Willow asked.

"Well, I figured since Dawnie here was having a hard time adjusting, and well, who couldn't use a new laptop for school, well…TA DAH!" he exclaimed happily.

"You mean, it's for me?" Dawn asked with a huge grin. She walked over and picked it up. "This is so cool!"

"Xander," Willow began. "This was the errand you had to run?"

"Ok, so I know what you're thinking," he said defensively. "You're worried about the cost. But I got a really good deal, I swear. I had to haggle for awhile, but it was worth it!"

Buffy glared at him. "You were out haggling this whole time? That's why you didn't answer your cell phone?!"

Xander dug into his pocket and pulled out his phone. "Oh, damn, sorry about that. It must have died. Oh, well, no harm done," He smiled.

"Xand, we've been trying to get a hold of you for hours!"

"Who cares Buff," Dawn interjected. "We're safe, and look, I get a brand new laptop!"

"All of our lives could have been in danger Dawn!"

"But look, it's shiny!" she exclaimed, hugging it close. "Thank you Xander!"

"You're welcome, but what's this about lives being in danger? What happened? What did I miss?"

"Oh, we were in a house full of vampires," Kennedy supplied.

"But we were perfectly safe," Dawn interjected. "Edward and Alice and the rest of the Cullens are fine. And you saw how safe Bella felt there. Anyone could see that they love each other. If she can trust him, why can't we?"

"It wouldn't be the first time a vampire has bewitched someone into thinking that," Willow pointed out.

"Hey, I thought we agreed to never bring that Dracula thing up again," Xander said angrily. "Sheesh, be an evil vampires laky and do his bidding once because you were bewitched by him and you never hear the end of it!"

"This is different, I can tell," Dawn pleaded.

"They do seem on the up and up," Vi supplied. "They had us in their house after all, and they had every opportunity to kill us, but they didn't."

"That could be part of their plan."

"But killing us there would have been so much easier."

"See!" Dawn shouted.

"We'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now," Buffy said. "Save our full judgment for when Giles gets here on Friday and can meet them for himself. I'm only hesitating because the Quileute don't trust them."

"Ok, you guys are going to have to backtrack a bit," said Xander. "You're all going too fast. Who are the Quileute's and what do vampires have to do with someone Dawn knows from school?"

Buffy sighed and they all sat down so they could recount the day's events. Xander slowly took it all in, but was shocked to hear that it was possible for there to be two so called species of vampires.

"That just doesn't make sense," he finally said, after awhile.

"Does anything make sense anymore?" Willow asked. "That's pretty much the same reactions we had when we first found out that Buffy was the Slayer and vampires really do exist. Shouldn't we just assume that anything is possible at this point?"

"Well, at this point, none of it makes any sense," added Buffy. "The only thing that even comes close to making any sense about any of this is that legend that Carlisle mentioned."

"Well, like you said before," said Vi, "maybe when Giles gets here, he'll be able to help us sort this whole thing out."

"Yeah, and about that," began Buffy, "For the time being, I think we should keep this news to ourselves. Just until Giles gets here anyways; I don't want to risk word getting to the rest of the council, in anyway. Not until we really know what we're dealing with."

"Do you believe them then?" Dawn asked cheerily.

"I believe we should give them a chance," corrected Buffy. "That's all I'm granting them at this point."

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Thursday seemed to fly right by. The weather had returned back to it's normal dreary self so both Edward and Alice were able to return to school.

Dawn was happy, for most of the day, having been able to allude the "Wannabes;" that was until lunch time.

She had walked into the cafeteria, and without even thinking about it, began to head straight for the table where Alice, Edward, and Bella sat. However, she didn't make it very far, having been stopped by a very angry Samantha. It took her some quick thinking and a promise that she would still go with them to the movies Friday night, but she was able to successfully lie and convince her that the only reason she was hanging out with the Cullens was to try and get any useful information for her.

She hoped that Buffy would hurry up and just trust the Cullen family already, so she wouldn't have to continue with the charade of wanting to be a "Wannabe" herself. She hoped that when she DID finally see what her and Bella already saw, then she would drop the whole "make new friends" kick and just let her be.

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The morning of Giles' arrival was a hectic one. Buffy had informed Mrs. Torres that she would be needing the day off to pick up her father from the airport. She didn't think she would have given it to her if she had said he was her watcher. It would have just sounded creepy.

While Buffy drove to Seattle to pick him up, the others, minus, Dawn who was in school, stayed at home to continue their research.

Buffy walked through the airport lobby and towards baggage claim. She knew he would be there waiting, just as he had said. She was not disappointed. She spotted him in the small crowd, rather quickly. After all, not many people would travel wearing a suit made of tweed. Buffy chuckled at the thought of Giles not wanting to stray from the dresscode.

"Hey Giles!" she exclaimed once she was close enough.

Giles turned to see her standing a few feet away. "Hello Buffy," he said as they closed the gap between them and embraced. "It's nice to see you again."

"It's great to see you again too!" They released each other and picked up his suitcases which were seated on the floor nearby. "Did you bring enough books with you?" She laughed.

"Buffy, an extensive library is necessary for research, no matter what you may encounter."

"Come on book man," she said as they walked out of the airport and towards the parking lot. "You're library days are over."

"I'm surprised it's only you picking me up. Where's the others?"

"In full research mode."

"Did something turn up that you didn't tell me about over the phone?" Giles asked eagerly.

"Uh, you could say something like that," she said as they reached the car and began to load everything into the trunk. "You did bring the Watcher Diaries right?"

"Yes, but I fail to see what they have to do with the vampire activity here in town," Giles said, climbing in through the passenger side door. "Unless by some odd occurrence these vampires are the same as those listed in the Diaries, then I see no reason to waste valuable time looking into them."

Buffy chuckled. "It's not the trouble here in Seattle that I'm worried about Giles."

He looked at her quizzically. "What do you mean?"

"Have you ever heard any stories or came across any in the diaries that mention an invincible vampire?"

"There's no such thing Buffy. For the most part, they can all be destroyed. Sure some may possess certain abilities, but never in my years as a Watcher have I ever heard of a vampire that could not be killed."

"I was afraid you'd say that."

"What's this about?"

"Well, I hate to break it to you, but there is such a thing. Probably something your books hadn't foreseen." Giles looked at her, lost. Buffy sighed. "On Wednesday I met a vampire who is just that. I tell you Giles, no matter what I did, I couldn't kill him. He was very powerful."

"Did you try holy water?"

"Yes, I tried a stake, the holy water, I even tried kicking him out into the sun, but nothing."

"Wait, he didn't burn up in the sunlight?" She shook her head no. "Then are you even sure he was a vampire? Could he have been another demon of some sort?" She shook her head again. "But how is that possible?"

"I'm not sure, I was hoping you could tell me. All he did when I kicked him into the sun was sparkle. His skin was like diamonds. And the funny thing is, if it's a day like today, he can walk around, out in the open. It's only under direct sunlight that he…well… glistens."

"Wait, how do you know this?" Giles asked earnestly.

"Because he goes to Dawn's school. Him and his sister attend the high school Dawn's going to, and his sister is now friends with Dawn."

"What?"

"It's true. I want you to meet him and his family, maybe you can help us figure out how it's possible."

"Family?"

Buffy nodded. "Yes, there's seven of them all together. And get this, they don't drink human blood."

"Have they been cursed?"

"I'm not entirely sure how it works Giles. All I know is they claim to only hunt animals. I've decided to give them the benefit of the doubt for the time being. I wanted to wait till you got here and could meet them. Actually Vi thinks you'll get on famously with Carlisle," she laughed.

"Ok, slow down a second. This is a lot to take in. You are telling me there is a family of vampires living in Forks and they DON'T drink human blood? And it's by choice?"

She nodded. "And that's not all, talk about freakiness, there are also werewolves here."

Giles eyes bugged out of his head. He was having a tough time trying to believe all this and what it might mean. Was it possible the city of Forks was another Hellmouth? One that no one could have foreseen?

"The werewolves are all from a native American tribe nearby called the Quileute. They don't trust the Cullen family, and haven't for many years. But from what we have been able to piece together, there is no need for their hesitation. No records of any type of vampire killings within the area in years, until most recently, and most of those are located here in Seattle. There was two others last year, closer to Forks. But from what we've been told by both the wolves and the Cullens is that they were caused by a trio of nomadic vampires. One of which was killed by the Cullens themselves. And another was killed by the wolves."

"Can you take me to see them?"

"Sure, but we have to get the rest of the gang first, I promised them they could come along when you met the Cullens. Besides, Esme isn't expecting us till later tonight anyways."

"Who's Esme?" Giles asked curiously.

"One of the Cullens. We so have a lot to fill you in on," she answered.

Giles nodded and sat back in his seat. As they drove back to Forks, he tried to mentally skim through the books he had brought with him, trying to think if any of them might have something that could help them figure out exactly what was going on and who they were dealing with.