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"Vampires?" Elena said slowly and looked from Damon to Jasper and then from Stefan to Alice and then to Caroline. She was comparing the appearances. Alice flitted over to Elena and Stefan stood defensive. Alice reached out a hand and touched Elena's hand gently. The cold sent a shiver through Elena.

"Yes, Vampires. We're called Cold Ones in many circles." Alice explained. Bella regained her composure by this point. "Alice isn't it a secret?" she said in a low voice.

"It's not much of a secret to Damon," Jasper spoke up. "I fought along side Damon many times in the past," he said matter of fact.

Bella looked at Damon now. She was confused. Her heart was thumping hard in her chest, threatening to burst open. She took a few breaths and Damon walked lazily over to her and reached up and tucked a strand of her lose hair, behind her ear, his warm fingers brushing her gently. His eyes narrowed a little as he looked into her chocolate eyes. "Well, I am a vampire after all," he stated, and his lips turned up in a little half grin.

Stefan sighed now and put a hand over his face. His brother was always theatrical about things. Jasper actually grinned over where he stood, and Alice was now sitting in on the couch in front of the fire.

"So, there are…two types of vampires?" Bonnie said now. This was news to her, but she supposed she had seen somewhere in a grimoire something about Cold Ones now that she thinks about it.

"That would be correct ma'am." Jasper drawled and walked over to the group now. He looked to Elena, who was just standing there quiet staring at him. He smiled a tight smile to her and gave her a nod. "I apologize if I make you feel uncomfortable," he said to her and she shook her head.

"I'm just trying to wrap my brain around it is all," Elena murmured. Caroline had her arms across her chest and tapping her foot out of nervousness now. She was normally so bubbly and talkative, but at this moment she wasn't sure what to make of it all. Bella's eyes were locked on Damon's still. She was trying to make herself speak now, but she wasn't sure what she could really say. Her thoughts were still going wild. Why was Laurent back? Wasn't he dead?

Those thoughts broke her away from Damon's gaze now as she reached in her back pocket and pulled out her phone and called Jake instead of texting him. He answered immediately.

"Bells?" Jake's deep voice sounded over the phone.

"Jake. I need to know what happened to Laurent when you and Sam's crew ran after him that one day in the meadow." She said quickly into the phone. Her heart was thudding so hard that she was sure that every vampire in the room could hear her nerves even though she was trying hard to stay calm.

"Well, we chased him into the mountains and we almost snatched him up before he lost us in the trees. Embry and Paul were real torn up about it too," he recalled. "Why?"

Bella stopped breathing and if her heart could, it probably would have too. "So, you didn't kill him?"

This conversation was intriguing Damon. Who was Jake and why hadn't he killed this mysterious Cold One? He looked over to Alice and Jasper who had pained expressions and Alice even looked extremely worried. Her gaze shifted over to Damon. "Laurent was here." She said without asking the question. "I knew I saw him…" she whispered, only vampires would be able to hear her words.

Bella sighed, taking in a breath now after the long pause. "He found me," Bella said and then she heard Jake yell out a string of curses. "How did he find you! That fucking bloodsucker," he roared and then the phone went dead. She was almost positive he broke his phone.

"So teensy little problem," Damon said and then moved to the liquor cabinet again. "You see, this Laurent character was here. He's not dead, but he had another companion with him. A Victoria, red hair, high pitched voice, seems vicious, but dainty at the same time."

Alice and Jasper shot up now. "What!?" they both said in unison, and then Bella was wavering now. The room seemed to be spinning for her. Stefan saw her sway and was up catching her against him as she started to fall.

"I'm okay," Bella muttered. She hadn't lost consciousness this time. Victoria was after her still. Why? Ed-he wasn't here. She wasn't there. How had they found her?

Stefan wasn't so sure that she was actually okay, but Bella pushed away from him anyways. She didn't like the tingling his hands made her scar feel. She didn't like being that close to him, especially with Elena standing there watching her. She knew that Stefan was just being caring, but it was just too…. intimate for her. She hardly knew any of them. Jasper walked over to her now, his cool hands found her shoulders and he steadied her. His topaz eyes looked into hers.

"Bella. We won't let Victoria or Laurent get to you. That's why me and Alice are here you see," he said softly and then she folded into a hug. Her eyes shut tightly as he sent calming emotions through her. She felt light again, almost drunk and she was thankful for Jasper. She hurt the most when they all left because of Jasper and Alice. Jasper, she wasn't particularly super close to, but she knew that he had to feel really bad for the incident on her birthday.

"Jasper…I don't hate you…you know my birthday," she muttered. He sighed into her hair and looked to Alice. He knew that it wasn't time to tell her what really happened, but he could stand to accept this for now. "Thank you, Bella."

"How did you find Bella?" Damon asked now watching Jasper hold Bella made him feel…weird.

"Well, I called Charlie," Alice began. "When Bella's future disappeared from my visions, I had to call and check on her. When Charlie said that Bella moved here, and he made me swear not to tell anyone else, we came. We followed her scent to here. I wasn't sure what was happening, and I wanted to make sure Bella was okay," she finished.

"After leaving her alone for how many months?" Elena said now, a little sharp. Alice's eyes drifted to the floor. "We didn't know…" Alice said softly. "We…didn't have the full story…" she said, and Bella moved from Jasper to Alice now and hugged her. She just didn't want to let go in fear that they would disappear again.

"Now that you're here…you can't leave again. I won't let you," Bella said, tears filling her eyes. Damon was there now, a hand on her shoulder. He looked sharply at Alice and Alice only smiled to Bella. Damon spoke now, his voice trying to stay calm. "Sit down Bella. You're going to fall over," and Bella complied. He went and got another brandy for her. He was still curious about her scar on her wrist. He knew it was from a Cold One, and the fact that she survived is unheard of.

"So now that you're here, and we know that dreadlocks and curly are here to collect Bella in a way, what are our plans?" Damon said as he poured himself some brandy. He didn't offer any to anyone else because, well, they could get some if they wanted. Bonnie's phone rang, startling Bella and Elena. "Oh, it's Jer," she said and disappeared to take the call. Elena sat next to Bella again and put an arm around her shoulders. The alcohol was making Bella's cheeks turn pink, and soon, she would be asleep from the intake.

"I'm not sure what we can do…" Bella said, slurring a bit. Damon and Jasper were looking at each other silently before Jasper spoke again. "Continue going on with normal routine. We'll make sure Laurent and Victoria don't get too close. I'm assuming Stefan is the little brother you've spoke about Salvatore," Jasper said, and Damon nodded. "I'm also going to assume that you go to high school with Elena and the others." Stefan gave him a quick nod. Jasper nodded in return looking to Alice.

"Jeremy, Matt, and Tyler are heading over," Bonnie said as she emerged, and she emerged with her grimoire. She laid it on the table and hunkered over it, reading it intently.

"Is there some sort of spell in there witchy woo that can banish Cold Ones or something?" Damon said with a half laugh.

Bonnie paid Damon no mind as she flipped through a few pages and was mumbling as she read. Jasper and Alice were leaned in now, interested in what exactly Bonnie was looking for.

"I knew I read something somewhere, but I didn't quite get it I suppose without the context now," she said and stood, holding the book. She looked to Alice. "I need your ring. The one on your thumb," she said quickly, and Alice slipped it off and handed it to her without hesitation. "It's real silver right," Bonnie asked, and Alice nodded.

"Adiuro anulum ex frigore morsque iam non ambuletis!" Bonnie called as she stood close to the fire and then tossed it in. Alice watched with such wonder and Jasper looked on, curious as to what was happening. After a few moments, Bonnie murmured something and reached in and grabbed the ring carefully, without burning. The ring gleamed silver still, but a stone sat, embedded into the band, a fiery, swirling amber. She handed it to Alice, and she slipped it on her thumb again.

The transformation that happened was so sudden that it had everyone looking at Alice in such shock.

"What?" Alice asked as she looked around the room. She did feel…a bit different, but why was everyone looking at her so weirdly.

"Alice…" Jasper murmured, he stepped forward and walked around her now, looking her over. Alice looked down at her hands and saw that she wasn't paper white anymore. She gasped and then flitted out of the room and looked in a mirror in the powder room. Her eyes were now a deep chocolate brown and her face looked tanner. Bella followed her to the powder room in awe. She reached out and touched Alice's face. She felt warm.

"You're not…cold…" Bella whispered, and Alice's hands flew to her face and she gasped.

"What did you do?" Jasper asked as he looked at Bonnie with such a confusing look.

"The spell works the same way as the daylight ring does for Damon, Caroline, and Stefan. It protects them from the sun. I make those rings differently than the one I just did for Alice, but she should be able to walk around without drawing too much attention to herself. I read in the grimoire that you guys look like diamonds in the sun, so that too should not be a problem now," Bonnie explained.

Bella and Alice rejoined everyone, and Alice was just beaming. "Look Jazzy, I'm normal!" She flitted around the room in a hyper state and it had Bella chuckling and actually smiling really big. Damon watched as she light reached her eyes for the first time since meeting her.

Bonnie looked to Jasper and motioned to his hand. His silver band was on his left hand on the middle finger. He slipped it off and handed it to Bonnie. She repeated the spell and handed the band back to Jasper. His too, had a stone embedded in it. He slipped it back on his hand and he transformed in front of everyone. His eyes were brown too, albeit lighter than Bella and Alice's, more like a deep amber. Alice gasped as she looked at Jasper.

"You're beautiful," Caroline said in shock. Jasper smiled at her and Elena raised a brow. Caroline shook her head smiled. "I'm sorry, it was just so…mesmerizing to watch."

"Okay, so everyone's normal. Yippee. Now what? Was that part of this plan of going on completely ignoring double trouble hanging around all doomsday like?" Damon spoke up. Stefan was thinking the same thing.

"Now there's more people that can guard Bella while at school," Alice's musical voice sang. "We can fit in better now that we look like you guys."

Bonnie and Elena agreed. "Yes, that does make this easier."

Tyler, Matt, and Jeremy walked into the parlor now stopping when they see Alice and Jasper. "Uh, hi?" Jeremy said as he looked at Elena and then at Bella.

"This is Alice Cullen and Jasper Hale," Bella said. "My sister and brother." She said with a warm smile. Jasper looked back at Bella and smiled. If he had a heart, it would be fluttering now. He was happy that she did care about him still, even after everything.

Tyler nodded. "Uh huh. So, I'm assuming that the cat's out of the bag?" Elena and Caroline nodded. "Cool, so I'm a hybrid." He stated and then Bella was looking at him strange. "A hybrid of what?"

"Like werewolf-vampire?" He said. "I thought you said the cat is out of the bag?" He looked to Caroline.

"Well, we didn't tell her about you, we sort of…got caught up in something else," she said as she looked at Alice and Jasper.

"Ah, so a werewolf like my best friend," Bella said, understanding.

"Your best friend is a werewolf?" Elena stammered in shock. Bella was a magnet for supernatural like her apparently.

Jasper tilted his head. "Well. Not exactly. I believe your kind, I'm assuming Lockwood since this is Mystic Falls, actually turns on a full moon, and if the legend is real, then you being a hybrid means…" his eyes darted to Damon now.

"Yup. That happened. Major, you've been away for a long time," Damon said and sighed, sounding bored now with everything.

"Well, since I'm part vampire now, I don't have to change every full moon. So, your best friend is a werewolf too?" Tyler sat on the arm of the chair Stefan was sitting in and looked to Bella with new interest.

Jasper spoke up again. "Not really. He's not a werewolf. He's actually a shapeshifter. While the legend here is different, Jake's legend is vastly different. His tribe has a long history, way too long to explain, but the short story is, if it's in the blood, and Cold Ones get near, the members of the tribe, after puberty, start changing into giant wolves. They're way bigger than you could ever imagine of being," Jasper said and helped himself to the liquor cabinet now.

Tyler nodded. "That's really…interesting."

"So, Bella, Alice and Jasper are vampires too?" Matt said suddenly. Everyone had forgotten about poor Matt. Bella smiled and nodded. "Yes, different types of vampires, but they are vampires."

"Great…more of them," he muttered and sighed.

"While I love having a bunch of teens standing around in my parlor, I do believe that it is getting rather crowded in here. Major, pixie you guys can stay in one of the guest rooms here since I'm assuming it's too crowded at Elena's." Damon spoke up.

"You're right," Elena said and stood up and went to grab her coat. "I'm going to go ahead and head home with Jeremy. I have to talk to Alaric now," she said, and Bella looked nervous. "You mean, Uncle Ric…knows about all of…this?" She motioned with her hands.

"Yup. He's a vampire hunter so to speak," Elena answered, and Alice and Jasper looked nervous. "He's sort of retired, so don't worry." She smiled as they relaxed now.

"Well, I'm going to go start my shift at the Grille," Matt said and took his leave, he had only come along to check to make sure Bella was okay. Now that she saw that she was fine, he needed to get back to normal human things. He waved at them all and disappeared into the snow filled air. Tyler took his leave as well, dragging Caroline with him. Bella sat on the couch now with Alice and Jasper. Stefan and Damon left them to be alone for a while.

When they were out of the room, Stefan looked at his brother. "I didn't know you fought in a vampire war." Damon rolled his eyes. "There's a lot about me you don't know about little brother." He said and disappeared off to his bedroom. Stefan stood there, waiting, listening to Bella's heartbeat, which was steady and calm now. He then left up the stairs to his attic room to give them some privacy.