Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Twilight or Vampire Diaries. Those rights are reserved for Stephanie Myer and L.J. Smith. Thank you.
Writer's Notes: Thank you lazygirl89 and Ale74 for such quick reviews on the previous chapter. Wow is right! I've started pairing people off as many have realized. The biggest question is who Bella will be with. I know that the majority favorite is BellaxDamon. That's also one of my favorite pairings. I've imagined this story a few hundred times and like I've mentioned before, my desk is an explosion of papers, and detailed character maps. Everyone will soon find out, who Bella will start her love path with. Violet has been brought in, but I will say that she isn't for Jasper (Sorry everyone). Keep reading on to find out the crazy that is unfolding before Bella. Oh yeah, the impending doom is still coming. So soon you'll see them gearing up for that. Thank you everyone for all the support!
"This certainly isn't something that I would spring on Bella," Alice concluded as she looked at Violet. "Bella is entirely way too fragile to be able to accept news as big as this. This is something that will require a deeper conversation."
Violet looked at Alice, her brow arched quizzically. "You're different than Lexi and Stefan."
Alice looked a little taken back. "I am different. I'm a different species of vampire."
It was Lexi's turn to look taken back. "A Cold One, seriously Stefan?"
Stefan sighed. "I'm not going into all that right now."
"Ah yes, Cold Ones. You guys have venom that forces humans to change, that is if you don't kill them first," Violet supplied.
Klaus was sitting at the piano in the great room where everyone was standing around now. He was playing the piano softly. "Hmm. Little Foxx, you just keep getting more interesting the more you speak." Everyone looked over at Klaus and then he stopped playing and rose, playing his hands in his pockets as he moved around the room. "I think you are not giving Bella enough credit. She's stronger than you all give her credit for."
Alice glared over at Klaus. "You don't know Bella like I do. She's practically my sister," She barked at him and Klaus was in her face almost instantly.
"I would be careful with that tongue of yours child," Klaus growled.
"Okay, okay. Both of you stop," Violet went between them putting a firm hand on Klaus' chest and the other she raised but didn't touch Alice. Stefan watched how Violet moved and it was clear that her and Bella moved the same and they both showed no fear when it came to dangerous hybrids or Cold Ones.
Lexi cleared her throat. "First of all. Why don't we just settle down, have a few drinks. I'm with Klaus," she said, and Stefan and Violet turned to gape at her. "What? I mean, I don't know this Bella chick, but I'm assuming Klaus being the oldest one in all of existence has been around long enough to be able to judge a person accurately," she tried a logical point.
Klaus smirked and stepped back away from Alice. "Listen to your friend Stef, I say we call Bella over and just introduce the two girls. Little Swan and Little Foxx."
Alice made a frustrated sound. "I think that we need to at least tell her about the situation before we just say Oh this is Violet and she's obviously your twin sister," she said and spun around and crossed her arms. "At least talk to Charlie. He has to know about Violet."
"Who's Charlie?" Violet asked.
Stefan looked from Alice to Lexi and then back to Violet. "He's uh…Bella's dad…. biological dad…meaning."
"He's my bio dad. You know you can just say it straight. I want you to get this one thing straight. I'm not fragile. I don't break easy. So, stop tiptoeing around me like you're afraid of me or something because if you're not going to talk to me straight, I will pick it all out of your minds and then I'll just be pissed off," she ranted.
Klaus arched a brow. "Well, you heard her Steffie. Maybe you should think about how angry Bella will be if she isn't told about this and you wait until later. I promise you, if you don't tell, I will," he said and grabbed a bottle of Cognac and poured himself some.
Stefan looked to Alice for a long time. "Alright. I'll go to Damon first. Talk to him and maybe Jacob and then try to get to Charlie. Give me a few days Klaus before you go running your mouth."
"You get one day, I'm not going to hide things from Bella just because you lack faith in her," Klaus said. "Now leave my art room. I don't care if you stay here, but I want to be alone," he said and turned to a blank canvas and looked at it, imagining what he was going to paint.
Violet, Alice, and Lexi left the room first. Stefan took one look at Klaus' back before leaving him be.
Elena was sitting on one of the swings in the garden outside with Elijah sitting next to her. After she cried all she had to cry, with Elijah's help, she managed to get to the swing to sit down. "I just…I'm sorry Elijah, I didn't mean to cry all over your expensive suit."
"Nonsense. You're clearly upset, and the suit is just an item. If you want to talk about it, you can talk about it with me," Elijah said and took a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to her. Elena took it and smiled.
"I saw Stefan kissing Alice," she said, her voice wavering a little bit.
Elijah nodded. Heart break would be a reason any teenage girl would cry. He wasn't really good at the whole emotion game, but he knew how to just sit there and be a sounding board from time to time. "Did Stefan know you were there?" he finally asked.
Elena shook her head. "No… he didn't. I don't think he planned it. Damon said that they went to the Mikaelson Manor to see Klaus on something that is top secret."
"Interesting. I wonder…" Elijah trailed off and then filed that thought away for later. He saw Violet when she came in with Stefan. He was actually coming over here to have a better look at Bella because it was definitely peculiar.
"I just don't understand it really. Stefan would never do something like this. It's not in his character to…cheat…" she choked on sobs now and Elijah just tilted her head against his shoulder now.
"Do you want me to take you home?" he asked, and she sniffed a bit before nodding. "I think I need to go. I don't want to see him when he gets back."
Elijah just nodded and helped her stand up. He guided her over to his car and got her in the passenger seat. He buckled her in and took her back towards her house.
Damon was sitting in the parlor when Stefan came back with Lexi and Alice in tow. It was late now. They stopped by the stationhouse to see Charlie. The talk was very uncomfortable for Stefan, so Alice had done most of the talking. Charlie admitted to Renee having twins when Bella was born. They were not stable enough to provide for two kids. It was then that Charlie had found out that Renee had be pregnant before when she was fifteen and she gave birth to twin sons. So, Bella not only had a twin sister, but two older twin brothers. That wasn't even the end of that. Charlie said that he hadn't told Bella yet, and neither had Renee, but she was pregnant again with Phil, and they were having twins, a boy and girl. Apparently, twins ran in the family, and she was excited and scared, but didn't want to tell Bella just yet because she hadn't made it to the halfway point yet.
Alice and Lexi were quiet the whole way back to Salvatore house. He knew that Lexi was just soaking all the information in. Alice was still trying to process the information and she was also trying to look to the future to see if she could see these twin brothers of hers in any capacity.
Damon looked up at the trio when they came into the study. "Ah, so Lexi returns. Did your top-secret club meeting go good?"
Stefan had a serious look on his face when he went to his brother. "Hey, we have some things…it's important and it involves Bella," he said, and Damon stood now, the playful look in his eyes going away. Now he was worried.
"I think we need to make sure Jake is here," Alice said. "And Jasper. Call the meeting Stefan," she said and put a hand on his arm lightly and exchanged a look with Stefan. It was a gentle look. That look spoke words that Lexi knew, was more than just a somber gaze.
Stefan did just that. Everyone that was there, including Jake and Jared, sat around in the parlor. Bella was standing by the fire with her arms across her chest. Damon had a serious look on his face. He wasn't entirely sure what was about to happen, but Stefan was serious about this, so he knew that it wasn't time for joking or games. Alice nudged Jasper closer to the fire by Bella. Jasper was just as clueless as Damon and Bella, and apparently so were the wolves.
"So, Bella," Alice's voice was calm and steady. She knew that Stefan shouldn't be the one to tell her about this. "We found out some information today that we think that you should know. It's shocking information, and I want you to hear it all out before you say anything."
Bella nodded and shifted nervously. Alice proceeded. "Stefan went to Whitmore College today to get Lexi," she motioned a hand to Lexi and Lexi held up a hand with a small smile. "He found someone…someone that appears to be related to you."
Damon's eyes narrowed at Alice, but he shifted his gaze to his brother. Jasper looked over to Bella to gage her response. She only was feeling nervous, nothing extreme at the moment. If she started panicking, he would step in and calm her.
"You have a sister. A twin…sister," Alice said. "And…I talked to your dad, and it appears that you do have older siblings as well. Twin brothers that Charlie doesn't know who they are. Renee never told him until…you…and your sister was born," she paused and looked to Jasper, he nodded, and Alice proceeded. "Your mom hasn't told you yet, but she's pregnant right now, with twins…I know this is a lot to take in, so please know that your dad never intended for you to get hurt, and he honestly thought Renee would talk to about all of this before it got to this," Alice tried to explain.
Bella held up a hand now. Her eyes were confused, and she was staring into the fire now. Her heart was racing a little, but she was fighting back the panic attack. When Jasper reached for her she moved away, and then Damon was there. He reached a hand out to steady her as she let out a breath that she didn't know she was holding. She swatted his hand away and then placed a hand to her stomach to try and press the bundle of nerves that was there away. Everyone was looking at her now, and the panic was still trying to rise in her belly.
"Bella," Alice said but Bella only shook her head.
"I-I'm okay," she let out another breath and turned and Jasper moved towards her now, seeing the dizzying look on her face. She let his hands land on her shoulders and his gift soothed the panic. She closed her eyes and left Jasper calm her down before she spoke again.
"Where is she?" Bella said after a few long moments of silence.
"She's at the Mikaelson Manor," Stefan said now.
Bella nodded. "I want to go see her," she said and started moving to the foyer where her bag and keys are at.
"Wait," Damon said and put a hand on her arm. "You don't need to go alone,"
"I'm not going alone. Jasper is coming with me," she said, and Jasper moved to follow Bella. Damon felt the pang in his gut that she would choose Jasper over him, but he reminded himself that Jasper was the better person to go with her because he could calm her down before any of them could."
Alice moved to Bella too. "Bella, just let me and Stefan go with."
Lexi was walking after them. "I'm going with because she's my best friend," She said and when Bella turned to look at her, Lexi gave her a genuine smile. "I promise, you're going to really like her Bella." Bella nodded and then they were leaving. Stefan looked at Damon who was gripping the top of the armchair tightly.
"Who are the older brothers?" Damon asked tightly.
"I'm not sure. Charlie didn't know anything about who they were. Renee told him when Bella and Violet were born that she had twins before when she was fifteen. She would never say who the father was. I know that Renee is a little eccentric and Bella had to basically raise herself, so it's not surprising from her end. Now that she's older and married to Phil, I think that being pregnant with twins this time will maybe be different," Alice said, and Damon nodded.
Jake and Jared looked to each other. "We may know something about Renee having twins before."
Stefan turned and looked at them with surprise. "What?"
"Yeah, I heard Billy talking about it one time," Jared said and nodded to Jake.
"Renee grew up here in Virginia, but she did have family in Seattle. She visited Forks when she was younger. Back then people came to the res all the time. Dad said that there was a man from a Chippewa tribe that dropped in with a pale face girl that seemed to be pregnant. Dad was younger than, I think twenty or thirty. What was the man's name…" Jake explained and then was pulling his phone out of his pocket and calling his dad. Charlie had mentioned earlier that he needed to call his dad anyways.
Everyone was quiet when Jake called his dad, waiting for the information they needed to hopefully figure out who the twin brothers were.
When Jake hung up, he shook his head. "No, dad doesn't remember his name. He said he didn't really interact with him."
"How about Alaric?" Damon said finally.
Stefan thought about it. "You know Alaric is Renee's younger half-brother. He may have remembered his sister being pregnant."
Damon called Alaric immediately. It took a few rings before Alaric answered the phone.
"What is it?" Alaric answered. You could hear the bustling of the Grille in the background.
"Hey, do you remember your sister being pregnant when you were younger?" Damon asked without tiptoeing into the question.
Alaric was quiet for a long moment. Damon assumed he was taking a long drink on whatever he was drinking at the Grille. "Yes. She was pregnant when she was teenager. I was 14 when our mom and my dad talked about it. They didn't try to keep it secret, but Renee did disappear with the father until she was about to have the babies."
"Babies…so you knew?" Damon's voice was cold.
"Damon, I was a kid. Hell, I tracked them down- "
"You know who they are?" Damon's voice was louder. Alaric was silent now. "I really don't want to make this hard on Bella. Renee never told Bella, and I don't know if- "
Damon cut him off now. "Well Uncle Ric, cats out of the bag. Bella just found out she has not only a twin sister, but two older brothers that are twins, and that her mother is carrying, you guessed it, more twins."
Alaric was silent. "So, she found out."
"I can't believe you never told her," Damon all but hissed into the phone.
"Jesus Damon, I hadn't seen Bella in how many years? You think that I should have been the one to tell her that she has a long-lost twin, and two older brothers that are living right here in Mystic Falls?" Alaric yelled back.
"Who…. are…. they," Damon spaced the words out and with emphasis.
Alaric sighed and was silent. "Don't rush them. It wouldn't matter anyways. He would see you coming before you do."
Stefan looked to Alice now. This meant that the older brothers had abilities too like Violet did. He hadn't even told Bella about that, or Damon for that matter.
"Ezra and Callum Shaw. Ezra…is Bella's English teacher," Alaric said finally.
Damon hung the phone up and looked to Alice and Stefan, who were clearly shocked.
"Shaw is Bella's brother?" Stefan said and then rubbed his hands over his face and sighed. "Does Shaw know that he's Bella's brother?"
"I don't know, but we will find out," Damon said and stalked out of the room.
Jasper was driving while Bella sat quietly in the passenger seat. He could feel all of her emotions and right now she was just confused and hurt. There was no anger right now, but he was sure that it would come. Lexi lay a hand on Bella's shoulder in comfort and Bella patted her hand absent mindedly. When they pulled up at the manor, Bella sighed. Of course, Klaus' mansion was bigger than the Salvatore boarding house, because Klaus needed to be better than everyone.
They sat there a moment and then Klaus was opening Bella's door. "Little Swan, I knew Stefan would do the right thing," he said, and Bella let Klaus grab her hand and help her out of the Jeep. Jasper and Lexi moved to Bella's side swiftly, but Klaus had Bella's arm looped in his now and steering her towards the entrance. Bella was just moving in a daze. Her legs were a little shaky, but Jasper continued to use his gift to help keep her calm.
When they made it inside, he guided her to his art room where Violet was standing by the piano. Her hair was slightly curled now that she took a shower that Klaus had let her borrow. Rebecca was helpful with letting her borrow some of her clothes. Rebecca left he to herself and disappeared because she had to meet up with someone named Jared.
Bella's eyes met Violet's. She could tell that Violet was wearing contacts, but she was looking into her own face. Bella moved across the room unassisted now to stand before Violet. Her eyes searched her face for some time before Violet smiled sweetly at her.
"I'm Violet," she said and held her hand out for Bella to shake.
"Bella," she murmured and took her hand in hers. There was a jolt and then a little spark, but neither pulled away from the other. Before Bella knew it, Violet was pulling Bella into her arms. Bella was confused at first, but she realized that she was fainting, and her sister was holding on to her so she wouldn't hit the ground. Then it was just…black.