Chapter 7:

We figured that if the Cullens were going to be searching around town for hints to what Victoria, a psycho vamp on a revenge mission, we would need to get them some daylight rings. Angela had found a book that belonged to her great grandmother but it was in a language that, after several Google Translate attempts, we could not decode. It was awkward as hell when I texted Matt to send us pictures of Bonnie's grimoires. I felt bad asking him to go through her things since everyone had been avoiding doing so but since Bonnie had already translated the spells into English from the Latin-like witch language, it was our best chance of finding the daylight ring spell.

Angela struggled with the pronunciation, something that Bonnie had somehow figured out suspiciously quickly, but eventually, her chanting produced a fully working necklace for Alice. While Alice spun around in the sunlight, amazed by how normal her skin looked, Angela's face turned pale and blood dripped slowly from her nose.

So not to put her in danger with all the magic used for the spell, we had to choose which of the Cullens needed them the most. Tied with Alice, Edward was the most powerful in the family because of his gift so we decided he would be the next glitter-free vampire. Jasper couldn't go out in the day much anyways because of his uncontrolled blood lust and Rosalie and Emmett volunteered to search at night. Carlisle was supposed to get one too but Angela almost passed out after she charmed Edward's wrist cuff. Alice and Edward ended up being the only two with them because we didn't want Angela to pull a Bonnie and… die from overexertion.

They spent the day searching town for leads. But when they returned after a day of hunting down the vampire army, they came back empty-handed.

"I can't see them," Alice said.

"You mean they're invisible?" I asked. The idea of invisible vampires was terrifying.

"No, I mean I can't see them. They don't show up in my visions."

"Like werewolves?" I suggested.

She shook her head. "They aren't werewolves. We would have been able to pick up their scent. The only other species that can go undetected by my power is yours."

"You mean Victoria is turning an army of our type of vampires? Why would she do that?"

"When a vampire like us is turned, it takes three days for us to wake up. And after that, we are barely in control of ourselves let alone be controlled. Making an army of us would be inefficient. While we're stronger, an army of your type of vampires would be so much easier to make. Their only weakness would be the sun."

"How would they have gotten into the Swan house then?" Stefan asked. "They would've had to be invited in."

She shrugged. "Maybe Charlie let someone in the house. Or Victoria turned someone specifically for this. I don't know."

To ensure Bella and her dad's safety, Alice left to drop off some of Stefan's vervain at her house.

So that the new vampires wouldn't be able to use their teeth as a weapon against the Cullens, we figured that they needed to have vervain in their system. Turns out, they sell it on Amazon. I found it pretty weird that we hadn't thought of that before.
Jasper used Rosalie's tools in the garage to make stakes and knives. I tried to help but the splinters bothered me; my skin healed too fast for me to pull them out without having to stab my fingers with a needle.

When Alice returned, she brought Bella with her. She explained that she had convinced Charlie to let Bella come over. Apparently, he really liked Alice.

Since Bella was over, we discussed training.

"From what I can tell, Edward's species of vampire is pretty much invincible against a human. But our kind, we are much easier to kill. If we are planning to fight them, we need all the help we can get. That's including Bella, " Stefan said.

Edward growled, "We are not going to have Bella fight. The werewolves can handle it."

Edward was starting to get on my nerves. His overprotective habit of forcing Bella to sit on the sidelines wasn't helping us at all.

I interjected, "No, Stefan is right. Bella won't be fighting in the front lines, but it would be too distracting if we have to guard her during the fight. She needs to learn to protect herself."

Bella nodded quickly in agreement.

"You mean we won't have anyone protecting her? I could stay with her," Edward said.

"You would still be near her in case things went wrong but you and Alice are our best chance of winning. We can't have you staying behind just because you don't think Bella can handle herself," I reasoned.

"Fine," Edward sighed. "As long as she's safe."

Thankfully, the Cullens had a very large backyard for us to train in. Bella seemed really excited as Edward had never let her fight before. We gave her a couple of wooden stakes and then had her fight Stefan.

"Don't you think I should be using something other than wood for this? What if I accidentally kill you?" she asked and then threw it across the yard where it fell meters short of Stefan.

"No offense Bella," he said while whooshing around her. "But I don't think you're fast enough to actually hurt me." She spun around and flung another stake at him which this time only missed him by a foot or two. He jumped to her and put his hands on her neck.

"And… you're dead. Don't wind up like that when you throw. It makes you too predictable."

Frustrated, Bella walked to the stakes she threw and picked them up. "This isn't fair! You're like a century and a half old! The vampires I'll be defending myself against aren't going to be as experienced as you. Can't I fight Caroline instead?"

I nodded my head furiously, getting bored of sitting. Stefan took my place on the lawn chair under the tree and I ran into the field. I easily dodged Bella's first throw and then ran behind her. She swung the stake at me and I stumbled backward, not expecting her to react so quickly. Stefan chuckled and I turned to glare at him. Then I felt something pierce my shoulder. Embedded in my flesh was the stake Bella had been holding. Stefan jumped to my side and I cried out in pain when he pulled the stake out.

"Holy crow, are you okay? I didn't realize I'd actually hit you."

My wound stung but it was already was closing up. "No, it's fine. I'm impressed actually. That was really good!"

She beamed. Stefan laughed. "Wow, Caroline. You just lost to a human!" I rolled my eyes.

"You distracted me!" I accused him. "Why don't you fight me yourself?"

He grinned confidently and motioned for Bella to sit down. He walked over to me and bowed with his hands clasped in front of him, mocking me. I threw my stake with all my might but he disappeared. I turned around, used to this strategy, but instead of behind me, he was at my side. He swung at me and I jumped over him. I got down and swept my leg under him, knocking him off balance. He got up quicker than I did and took advantage of the time I took standing up. When the stake came flying at me, I rolled over and barely avoided it. I picked it up from beside me and swung it at his legs. When he jumped to the side, I flung myself at him and pinned him against the tree with my elbow at his neck, my fangs bared. He tried to escape but I pushed myself against him, trapping him between me and the tree. I pushed the blunt side of the stake against his chest, careful not to hurt him. "I win!" I sang and retracted my fangs to smile.

"Yeah, good job," he said breathlessly. He looked down at me and raised his eyebrows; my knee was between his legs and our faces were inches apart. "Wanna let me go now?" I stepped back and casually brushed myself off, feeling awkward about the method I used to win.

Bella was impressed. "You guys were so fast! I could barely keep track of you!" I had forgotten she was there. I stole a glance at Stefan, who was looking more flustered than I had ever seen him. The sun was setting and we all headed inside to avoid any of Victoria's vampires who would take advantage of the dark.

I was planning on posting this next Friday but the reviews were great so I finished it early. Thank you!