A/N: Wow, the Original fans were blowing up the reviews at my intentional mistake; I knew who she was lol xx Alexis


"Excuse me for asking an obvious question, but is there a reason the human girl is pretending to be a witch, while the witch hides over there battering my shield with I presume, hexes? Friendly place you have here, not!" I ask loudly enough that she hears me,

Elijah, Klaus and Rebekah round on the witch, all growling loudly at her and Damon has her arm in a painful grip before I finish speaking.

"They play these stupid games on newcomers, Isabella. It was for your friends benefit I guess, they obviously weren't expecting you, my dear! Tedious teenage nonsense" Klaus says stifling a bored yawn,

"I see lack of maturity doesn't change much from small town to small town, now does it. Why the hell do you all put up with? How mundane it makes Mystic Falls seem, I was expecting so much more from a supernatural town. I'm really kinda disappointed! You know what they say about first impressions?" I say at the two embarrassed girls,

"Since you worked it out so quickly sweetheart, let me introduce you. The witch is Bonnie Bennett and the human is Caroline Forbes. The third member of their little clique is Elena Gilbert, the one staring into Damon's brother, Stefan Salvatore's eyes. Ladies this is Isabella Swan, my fiancée and the most powerful Natural my family has ever met in all our years on this earth!" Elijah states and they all stare at me,

I have to give Stefan a double-take, because shit! I thought he was Edward for a second, jeez that's scary. Bonnie looks a little scared of me now, Elena waves and Caroline just looks mad at being found out so easily, how infantile. So only one of them actually knows what a Natural actually is.

"She traded you in for the younger model Damon; does your brother have a bigger bank balance?" Klaus says sarcastically,

As Elena huffs at the gold-digger quip, I try to keep a straight face at his not so subtle jab. He's quite funny in a cruel, malicious way. Yeah, all towns seem to be the same even the supernatural ones. Boredom is the bane of all life it appears, but arrogance plays a starring role. I keep glancing at Stefan, I can't believe it, it's like looking at a parody of my own life! He's even got a human girlfriend!

"It's freaky isn't darlin', they could be twins, right down to the emotions!" Jasper drawls and I go over to hug my family and then Damon,

"Ah, the beautiful Miss Swan. Terrorised any more witches lately?" he asked and tried not to flinch, it was still bothering me,

Jasper whispered in his ear and Damon kissed the back of my hand,

"Sorry, I didn't know Bella. Marcel must be feeling a little exposed with all his witches gone!" he said to Klaus, Bonnie's head shot up at that,

"Yes, and I seem to have inadvertently set the dogs on his people too!" he laughs, with a cruel vibe to it,

"You better get to it and compel everyone to forget this conversation, Damon!" Bonnie sneered at Damon,

He looked over at me with a question in his eye.

"I had it covered Damon, nobody but us, heard a thing" I replied and the witch shrank back in her seat,

It was looking like a case of suddenly finding her little pond, was now full of sharks! She's not as special as she thought, now that I've arrived. I negate everything she can do to them and I think I'll be shielding everyone for a while because I don't like or trust her. Why are witches so damned arrogant? Why are all these centuries-old vampires putting up with crap from a barely adult girl? Well, here we go again, is all that goes through my mind as I sigh, but not as quietly as I thought I had.

"Lunch sweetheart?" Elijah asked and I smiled wanly taking his arm,

"Yes please, I'm starving" I reply, realising I really was, I just wanted away from those foolhardy girls.

IOOH

"I'm so sorry sweetheart. We've been dealing with their families for centuries and we forget how it looks to outsiders. Each progressive generation gets more juvenile! Of course in the past, there was a coven, not one single witch. Now, what was all that with Stefan? You and your family seemed quite bemused by him!" I ask,

"OMG! He looks just like Edward Cullen, the clothes, the hair, the pained expressions and of course the obligatory human girlfriend he met in High School! Jasper said his emotions were an exact replica of Edward's too!" She replies sniggering,

"Oh, he was a pretty boy then?" I enquire,

"Yup, the eternal self-hating, seventeen-year-old heartthrob! It's a cliché as it gets in those bodice-rippers" she explained all-out laughing now,

"So I'm the total opposite of him then?" I ask now,

"Hell yes! You're a man, he was a boy. You're sexy and emotionally deep, he was a pretty face and beyond shallow when you got past his rhetoric. You care about me, he cared about himself far more than anyone else, need I go on?" she expounded and I relaxed,

My Isabella doesn't care for all that superficial and fake baloney and that was his eventual downfall. He didn't understand her or her needs and that's my gain. I have never understood men like that; they think they are such a catch that the woman should be honoured. But what they really are is giant douche-bags! Their own needs and desires outstrip everyone around them, they can only fool someone else for so long. Before their true colours show and like Edward, they are left behind in the dust. I'm beginning to think coming here to Mystic Falls was a mistake; these people are not a good representation of how our kind can live in harmony with others. This town is a powder keg waiting to blow!

IOOH

I'm beginning to think this is how it's always going to be and maybe I need to be stronger. No matter where we go if there are other supernaturals they think they can use me to either get at Elijah or because they don't understand what I m they can just attack me without consequence. I think it's time for me to be transitioned, I'm nineteen now and at least I'm not still school age! So I think it's time and if I'm right with my shield and all. I doubt anyone here, who doesn't really know me, will notice. I think it's time for us all to go to the Mikaelson's mansion and talk about this. Both his family and mine, because I do count Jasper, Rose and Emmett as my family.

"Elijah, it's time," I say quietly,

"Time?"He asks,

"Yes, time for us to be together permanently!" I reply,

"Ah! Are you sure?" he sounds unsure,

"Why wouldn't I be? I was never going to change my mind, but I'm getting sick of being attacked for just living!"I say calmly,

"Okay, you need to feed again and we need to be in a secure place" he mutters,

"Your family's place and only Rebekah, Klaus, Jasper, Emmett and Rose will be there and know" I insist,

"Right!" he says looking anxious,

"Jasper, a little calm, please. Relax Elijah, I'm not really dying. Now do I need fresh blood or will bottled do or yours?" I enquire and he says,

"Any of the three, but I would like to feed you the first time!"

I smile and nod before telling him I need to prepare and I'll be going to the house with Rose and Rebekah. I know this is not like becoming a Cold One, but I want to be relaxed and physically and mentally prepared. So a nice spa evening with them will aid me in relaxing and Rebekah can tell me what to expect. So I call them over and we prepare to leave. At that, the witch Bonnie steps in front of us and I raise an eyebrow.

"I wanted to apologise, I should never have attacked you for no reason. I didn't know what you were and reacted badly. I have brought shame on the Bennett line for being so intolerant" she stammered and I nodded,

"I seem to have that effect on witches, you are just the last in a long line of attacks I've had recently" I reply,

"Yeah, but at least your still alive, so take comfort in that Bonnie!" Rebekah says and Bonnie flinches again,

Rose ushers us out the door at that and the guys say they are going to Damon's place for a couple of hours. I smile and say,

"We'll all talk once you return!"

Jasper looks at me closely and then smirks, Klaus too seems to have worked it out.

IOOH

I understand why Bella wants to do this, hell she seems to get attacked for breathin' nowadays. She was always a danger magnet, but this is ridiculous. I expect her shield will be almost impenetrable once she's a traditional. She is a very unusual woman and someone I'm happy to call my sister. Elijah looks like a groom at the altar, a little shell-shocked but happy that he gets to keep the woman of his dreams. He doesn't know how lucky he is. I was runnin' behind the others to Damon's house when my cell vibrated.

'Neither do you Major, neither do you!'

Peter, cryptic bastard, what the fuck does that mean? No point in askin' cause I know he'll be all tight-lipped about it and let me find out myself! I sometimes think I dropped him on his head too many times after I changed him!

"Everything okay Jazz?" Emmett shouted and I laughed,

"Yeah, just Peter bein' his usual asshole self!" I quipped, knowin' the fucker would see it,

IOOH

So my new sister-in-law is ready to be changed! That Bennett girl pushed her over her limit of attacks it seems. I wonder just how powerful she'll be when she's like us. The other's who were turned by us are much stronger than their offspring and so on and so forth! But none are normally even close to equal to us, the Originals! So as Elijah's own offspring and mate I imagine she'll be quite something else. Strangely enough, I don't feel jealous of her or angry that there will be someone new in our inner circle. It's like she'll be a breath of fresh air in our rather stale lives. Maybe she's the shake-up we all need. I know everyone is watching me like a hawk, in case I try to hurt her. But damn it, I really like her!

I don't see our lives ever being the same again with her around. She is an enigma.

IOOH

It was really nice, helping Bella relax and talk about the future. Rebekah wasn't as much of an airhead as most people thought. She had just never needed to be independent with having four brothers to protect her throughout the centuries. We did Bella's nails, trimmed her hair and did the usual hair removal. We went all out exfoliating, moisturising the works. Unlike doing this with Alice it was fun, lots of inane girls talk about each other's love life's, not focusing on what was about to happen. I don't know what Jasper wants to do when this is over, but I like this town where I'm accepted for what I am! Nobody really looks at me in fear or disgust, well maybe the witch did!

We heard the men return and now it was time to discuss Bella's imminent change. I thought she was doing the right thing, I know that's a change for me to say. But, Elijah is nothing like Edward!

"Hey Bella, that guy Stefan, it was like looking at you and Edward back there in the diner! Freaky or what?" I said and we explained it all to Rebekah,

"Jasper said his emotions were almost an exact copy too. You know the self-loathing and all that crap!" Bella said laughing,

That's when Rebekah told us all about Stefan's past and damn he didn't look like he had it in him. The Ripper of Monterey! Well, you can never judge a book by its cover as they say!

IOOH

"Is everyone ready? Okay, Bella darlin', just relax and I'll knock you out. You won't feel a thing until you awake from the transition?" I say as I slowly incapacitate her,

I nod to Elijah who is shakin' slightly as he comes up behind her and carefully, even reverently snaps her neck. Before layin' her down on the bed and gently strokin' her hair back from her face.

"Now we wait, it could be hours or a day, everyone is different and we've seen some recover against all odds. While others succumbed to their injuries. When she wakes she has to feed in the first twenty-four hours or die for real. I will feed her myself!" Elijah explains,

We all stay close, both for Bella and Elijah. I'm monitorin' her emotions and wow, she's cyclin' through them and it's as if I can hear an echo within her. Is it her shield causin' this effect? I mention it and no one knows for sure. After an hour or so the door slams in my face so to speak and I can feel nothin' anymore. What is strange is the flow of energy we can all feel, it's not malevolent or dangerous. But it's almost tangible, is this because she's a Natural? As always with Bella, there are more questions than answers. She has always presented as one thing, but when you scratch the surface she's so much more. She's always been deeper than a normal human.

I laugh internally when I think, that Edward thought he could handle her. She is way more complex and in-depth than he, a mere child could comprehend. Even Carlisle couldn't see how special she was, more so than the golden duo! I even wonder now if Alice ever really saw her or was it that she saw what she wanted to see when it came to Bella and not Bella herself? Like a reflection of a person in the mirror, not the real thing at all!

IOOH

This is the strangest sensation I can say I've ever had! I know I'm technically dead, but I'm floating somewhere between worlds and this place is not for me. I know my shield is around me because nothing here can touch me. Is this limbo, I ask myself and jolt when a voice replies that she doesn't know!

"Who are you?" I ask,

"I was hoping you'd tell me that!" she answered,

And suddenly in my, or should that be our mind I could see her. We were so alike; definitely, twins and I knew exactly who she was, Ava! The twin I never had but carried within me all my life. Whereas I looked like Charlie, she has Renee's colouring, well eyes and hair, but like me has pale skin.

"Hello Ava Louise Swan, I'm Isabella Marie your twin sister!" I say and she smiles happily at me,

"How did you know my name, I was never born was I?" Ava asks,

"Renee told me, that she couldn't make up her mind what to call us and finally it was Charlie, our father that said Isabella" I explain,

I could feel things brushing against our shield, I didn't know if they wanted in or us to come out but we held on tight. We were not staying in this place, I have a man waiting for me and hopefully, Ava could have a life now too. We talk long and hard, guessing she was the witch side of our joining and I the traditional. Wow, Edgar and Eloise had much to answer for, after all this time we were the incomplete blending of their joining. Or maybe this was how it was supposed to be, but how do we get Ava free of me before I awake as a traditional.

"Can you feel all that power that is surrounding us; can you see them, those faces outside our shield?" Ava asks and I peer into the greyness surrounding us.

"Yes, yes I can and I think I know who they all are! The Cormier Coven, stuck here in this limbo waiting to redeem themselves. All these years, just waiting to finally do the right thing!" I mutter,

Then we felt it, not evil but raw magical power slipping inside the bubble of our shield and words being chanted. Ava started to join in and grabbed my hands and encouraged me to do the same. I could see the magic was entering her, not me. This was it; this was how she would become a real being. I still held the shield in place; it was protecting me because I was the one who had Elijah's blood in my system and not her. I was technically the enemy, but then again I was the result of their wrongdoing too.

"I think it's almost time, these are all our memories so you'll know who's who out there" I whisper forcing our shared memories into her head,

The chanting rose to an almost deafening pitch and we started to convulse and then I was alone. The entities all around my shield slowly one by one melted into the ether and I was by myself. But I could feel I was much closer to the surface than before and it was just a matter of time before I would once again be in Elijah's arms. God, I hope nobody panic's out there and hurts Ava! I don't know how she'll cope or if she'll lash out with any magic she now has!

IOOH

Everything is going well; Isabella is in that place between life and death. Then suddenly her body starts to shudder, then convulse and the lights all explode in the house, I admit I'm afraid. Before our eyes, she literally expels a whole other body, who gasps for air and yells,

"Whoa! What a rush"

She has dark reddish-blond hair with mahogany highlights, her eyes are caramel coloured and she is completely human. But the face and body are Isabella's, like a twin, but the obverse side! Rose rushes to give her a robe as she is completely naked. Beside her, my Isabella was still there on the bed and I am terrified, is she dead, have I lost her and I can feel myself starting to panic. Jasper laces the room with calm and I sigh out in relief. As she takes the robe she says,

"Thank you..., Rosalie is it? Sorry, I'm still receiving all of Isabella's memories. And thank you, eh, Major for the chill-out vibes"

"Is Bella okay? Who exactly are you?" Emmett asks the questions we all want to know the answers to,

"Yeah, she'll be awake soon; we just needed to get me out first. We were talking and she said I'm Ava Louise, according to Renee! That was the other name choice she was thinking to call us. I should have been her twin sister, but we became one instead. A what do you call it, oh yeah a Chimera, that's what we were! She said Carlisle would have known that it was on our hospital records"

"Why are you still human darlin'?" Jasper asked watching her closely, as if testing, or was that tasting her emotions,

"Well, far as we can guess and don't quote us. I'm the witch side and she's the traditional, making up one unnatural, Natural! I think that's right, it's kinda strange; I've never really been corporeal before! We seemed to know together what needed to be done to expel me before she fully became a vampire!

Anyway, can I get something to eat and drink, I'm starving?" she says but hasn't looked any of us in the eye so far,

Rose and Rebekah rush away to find her something to eat and I shout after them,

"Blandish, it's technically her first-ever meal!"

Klaus is just standing by the door with his arms crossed smiling; I can almost see his mind working. We now have a shield and a witch in the family!

"What's wrong Ava, why won't you look at any of us?" Emmett asks gently,

"She's afraid we'll reject her!" Jasper said and her head shot up to meet his eyes!


A/N: So my question is Jasper or Damon for Ava! xx Alexis