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~Salvatore House October 1st

Bella-27weeks, baby's growth 29 weeks ~Jaison and Renesmee 13 ½ weeks~

"There's been a change," Ezra and Alice called a meeting. Everyone was gathered in the parlor at the boarding house.

"A change? Is this a good or bad change?" Klaus quizzed as he stuck his hand in his pocket and took a deep drink of his brandy.

Ezra sighed and looked over at Alice, who was frowning. "It's bad. I catch bigger glimpses of the future. More so than Alice. Her visions…have completely gone away. I got some tiny bits here and there."

Stefan frowned at Alice. "When did this happen?"

"Last night," she said simply, and her eyes fell to the floor.

"I believe they are moving up their attack," Ezra said, and he saw Bella visibly tense.

"How soon?" Damon asked.

"We might have another week. I can't be definitive on that, but…they have some strong allies."

There was a brief silence before Enzo broke the silence. "By strong allies you mean other witches, right?"

Ezra nodded his confirmation and Bonnie groaned. "So, what does this mean? That the barrier me and Freya put up isn't going to hold?"

"That's exactly what we think," Alice chimed.

"What's the plan now?" Bella asked finally.

"We're going to have to be more defensive. We can't afford to leave Hayley behind to protect you now. We're going to have to move you to a new location most definitely, and we're going to have to leave some of our army behind to protect you. It's going to limit us in battle," Ezra said and pulled out a paper from his pocket and passed it to Klaus first. "Freya, can you put a silence barrier on the room please?"

Freya nodded and then chanted something in latin and then the candle flames flew up towards the ceiling before dimming. "Okay, go ahead."

"We'll have to move you to an entirely new location. One that you've never been to before, which leaves out Mikaelson Manor. That's the first step," Ezra said as Klaus studied the paper. Ezra and Callum had wrote down all the possible weak points around the town.

"Well if that's the case, she can come to our house," Edward said from one of the corners. Carlisle nodded in agreement. "Yes, she's never been to our home. I've only ever come to her here, or at the Manor."

Damon nodded. "Yes, Bella. That's the best option," he said looking over at her.

"I don't know. I think it has to be more remote. It's an easy guess for her to be there," Violet pointed out. "Victoria knows her scent first of all, so we need to keep with the idea that the wolves should protect her at the base. Their smell will throw off the Cold Ones."

"Yes, but if they have witches on their side, scent is not going to matter," Klaus argued and then gave the paper to Elijah to study. "This was good. There are quite a few disadvantages here. Do you know how many witches?"

Ezra thought about it for a moment. "I know for a fact, at least three."

Klaus nodded. "Okay. We have Bennett witch, my sister, and I have a couple witches at my disposal in New Orleans."

Jane cleared her throat. "May I?" she said, her voice sounding out like a lullaby. "I know of a coven of witches that are located close to Boston. They will be of great service. All I have to do is reach out," she sang.

"That would help tremendously," Elijah said and handed the paper to Damon. Jane nodded to her brother Alec and clasped her hands in front of her. Bella smiled over at her, nodding her thanks in silence. Jane smiled back at her.

The baby monitor came alive at the sound of Jaison and Renesmee's cries. They woke up from their nap. Bella stood from her seat.

Rosalie moved at the same time, but Damon was already handing off the paper and heading up the stairs before anyone else could move and Klaus followed him up without a word.

Bella sighed and sat back down. The vamps had an advantage because they could move faster than she could. She was surprised that Rosalie backed down. Usually it was Rosalie and Alice that grabbed the babies up before she could even stand.

"So, where would it be safe to hide Bella?" Jake spoke up. "If Jane gets that coven of witches here, then do we still need to move her?"

Ezra nodded. "Well, I would just in case. It's never good to put all your eggs in one basket so to speak."

"I agree. Why not hide her in the caves?" Kol pointed out. The caves that held the paintings of him and his siblings ten centuries prior would be an overall safe spot for her while the war raged on.

Elijah thought about it for a moment and looked up at Klaus and Damon when they returned toting Renesmee and Jaison. Klaus bounced slightly, in a calming motion while holding Jaison and feeding him a bottle, while Damon naturally did the same. "I think the caves could be a great spot to hide Bella and the twins." Klaus said as his eyes didn't leave Jaison's face. Violet smiled as she watched Klaus. He was such a natural with Jaison that it warmed her heart, and she could tell that it made Bella's heart warm too, because of how Bella looked as she watched Klaus with Jaison.

"Can we safeguard her in the caves well enough?" Damon asked as he swayed with Renesmee.

"I don't see why not," Ezra said and then brought a hand up to his chin in a thinking motion. "Well, the caves already hold a magical component. They've been used before."

Rebecca nodded. "Right, Bella should be completely safe in the caves. It's also not common knowledge. The caves can be a bit of a labyrinth if you don't know where you're going really."

"Locator spells won't work there," Freya put in.

Klaus nodded and looked over at Violet for a minute. "Violet should stay in the caves with Bella and the twins."

Violet raised a brow. "I read minds, or did you forget? I'm a great asset to have close by."

Klaus shook his head. "No. You need to be safe, especially now." Violet looked at him strangely.

"I read minds too. Violet it makes sense to keep you with Bella and the twins because you are human. You can easily be hurt." Edward agreed with Klaus.

"They're right Vi. It's too dangerous for you to be in the middle," Bella said.

"What about Ezra and Cal? They're human. Uncle Ric will be there, Dad?" She looked around and looked at Charlie. It was the first time that she had called him dad. He stood sort of stunned.

"Well, I think that Charlie needs to stay put with Liz and Bella," Ezra said and looked over at his brother. "Cal should stay behind too," he said, and Cal nodded his compliance.

Violet narrowed her eyes at Klaus. Then her eyes went wide at his thoughts. She closed her eyes and sat down slowly, her legs suddenly getting weak.

Klaus gave Violet a slight nod when she breathed out and subtly placed a hand over her stomach.

"Now. I'm staying to protect Bella, and the other humans not going into battle," Hayley piped in. "Who else is staying with me?"

Ezra nodded and crossed his arms across his chest. "I've put a lot of thought into this. We need strong fighters at the main fight, but we also need strong fighters to be here to protect. They're going to be expecting us to leave our weakest behind. So, I propose we leave Paul, Embry, Rebecca, and Jane for sure."

Paul and Embry started to say something but Jake up his hand up to stop them. "Paul, Embry, you will stay behind. I will take Seth, Leah, and Jared with me."

Leah started to protest but stopped short when Jake sent her a glaring look. She only bowed her head slightly. Rebecca stared at Jared; her eyes wary. Her heart lurched in her chest. She knew that this was going to be dangerous.

"Okay, I'll stay with Bella as well," Jenna said suddenly. Everyone forgot that she was there. She was just sitting there listening to everything. "Look, I know that I'm fast, but I'm not knowledgeable enough with war tactics that I will be a better help back here. I will protect Bella with my life."

Alaric looked at Jenna and nodded. He liked the idea of her staying behind. He didn't want her to be in anymore danger in battle than she already would be.

"Elena and Jeremy will be in the caves with us. I don't want them to be in danger," Jenna added, and Jeremy shook his head. "Jenna, I'm not staying behind. I'm going to be with Ezra and Alaric."

"Jer!" Elena protested.

"Elena. I have the Gilbert ring. I will be fine. I'm a vampire hunter. This is my drive. I will be extremely careful," he argued, and Jenna bit her lip so she wouldn't say anything. Alaric patted Jeremy on the back and gave one short nod.

"Of course, I will stay behind in the caves," Freya said. "I'm not fierce in battle like my siblings. My magic is bound to that cave, I can protect Bella easier from there."

Klaus set the bottle down on the table and threw the blanket on his shoulder and gently put Jaison on his shoulder and started patting his back. "Well, that is true dear sister. Bonnie should stay behind as well. The coven Jane speaks of will position themselves outside the caves for further protection. If we can deter the other witches, then we'll be at an advantage again."

Damon walked over and handed Renesmee down to Bella when his phone rang. It was Carol Lockwood calling him. He frowned. "Liz, Carol is calling me. Was there a meeting tonight?"

Liz shook her head with a frown. "No."

Damon answered quickly. "Carol? Is-"

"Oh, this isn't Carol. You must be Damon. I'm Victoria. I'm a friend of Bella's," Victoria's voice sounded like a little bell in his ear.

"Okay. Is Carol okay?" Damon asked calmly and Tyler moved closer to Damon, his eyes flashing yellow.

"Oh, no. She's not okay. I might have accidentally killed her. You see Damon, I have an ally on my side that seems to harbor some sort of hatred for you. He's not going to be so happy that Carol is dead, but he did tell me that it would be easy to get to you, through her or Sheriff Forbes. Unfortunately, I could not find the Sheriff, so I found the Mayor instead. Oops. What will this ragged little town do now without it's Mayor?" she laughed, her laugh even sounding like a musical chime.

Tyler snarled and Damon put his hand up and signaled for Klaus. Klaus handed Jaison to Violet and moved to stand between Tyler and Damon. "Okay. Say I believe you, what do you want?"

"To talk to Bella of course. I just want to have a chat." She giggled.

Tyler's hands clenched and unclenched. He wanted to break something, so he moved to the other side of the room and slammed his hand into the wall, punching a large hole in it.

"Well, you know I'm not going to let that happen Victoria. There must be someway to come to a sort of agreement. Maybe I can sit down with you?" Damon offered.

Victoria was silent for a few moments. "I was hoping we could avoid this, but you leave me now choice. Just know that your little barrier doesn't work. Tell Bella that she'll be seeing me soon." And then she hung up.

Damon crushed his phone in his hand, shattering it as his eyes flew over to Liz. "I need to get to the Lockwood estate."

"It could be a trap," Klaus pointed out and then Ezra's eyes whited out and then he staggered, Elijah reached out and caught him.

"I…" Ezra's eyes looked over at Tyler who was staring at him now, his pupils rimmed in yellow still. "Tyler, I'm sorry…."

Tyler roared and zoomed out of the boarding house. Flinging his body and movements back home. His mother, the bitch had gotten to his mother. She was innocent. She played no role in any of this. All she was guilty of was loving her son even though he was the monster.

"Chris, Everett, go after him," Klaus barked out at two of the hybrids standing off in the corner. They didn't hesitate and followed out after Tyler. Liz was crying and Charlie had an arm tightly around her as he tried to calm her down.

Edward pushed away from the wall. "I'm going after Tyler," he announced and left before anyone could stop him. He should be the target. Not Bella, not even any of these people. He was the one that killed James, and now this war was brewing that was all his fault.

Jasper crossed the room and put two hands on either side of Liz's face and smiled at her. "Hey, it's okay," his voice was calm and warm, and he sent her calming vibes. Liz stopped crying and nodded before turning into Charlie's side, "Charlie, go ahead and take her upstairs. No one is leaving here tonight," Jasper said, and Charlie nodded, half supporting Liz's weight as he left the parlor.

Damon was visibly shaking; he was so angry. Bella called out to him. "Damon?" her voice washed over him and he stopped shaking. He closed his eyes and took a breath before turning and looking at Klaus. "We need to work faster. Carol is dead, and she's not going to stop. We need to be more offensive now. It's doing us no good to only talk about defense."

~Lockwood Estate-October 1st, 8pm~

Tyler got to the estate with Chris, Edward, and Everett right behind him. He rushed inside. "Mom!" He yelled out as he rushed around panicked.

"Tyler!" Edward called from outside. He was knelt beside Carol. "She's still warm!" Edward started CPR. He didn't see any visible crescent shaped marks. He saw two puncture wounds in her neck. The blood was thick in the air, but Edward's ring made it easy for him to control his thirst.

Tyler sped to her side. "Mom!" He bit into his own wrist and thrust it to his mom's lips. The blood trickled onto her tongue. "Come on mom! Please don't leave me! Please God!" Edward put his head on her chest and listened.

"IT's there! She has a heartbeat!" Edward exclaimed. "She's not breathing, move." He ordered and then he tilted her head and placed his mouth over hers and breathed in." He did that a couple times and then felt for a pulse. There was till not a pulse in her wrist and so he resumed chest compressions. After a few minutes Carol started coughing.

"Mom!" Tyler pulled her up against him. Tears streaked down his face as he clutched her to him. "You're okay. You're okay." He said over and over.

Carol's eyes fluttered open weakly and looked up at her son. His eyes settled now, back into the deep brown instead of the bright yellow. "Tyler," her voice was hoarse.

"Come on, let's get her back to the boarding house to Carlisle," Edward said, and he lifted Carol out of Tyler's arms. Tyler let Edward take his mom. His own limbs felt heavy, like all of his strength was taken out of him. He realized he gave his mom a lot of blood to help heal her. Chris helped him get to his feet.

"Chris, you and Everett take a look around. I'm going back to the boarding house. Do not pursue anyone if they are nearby. You alert me or Klaus immediately," Tyler ordered, and Chris nodded and sprang off into the night with Everett.

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Back at the boarding house, Edward rushed in carrying Carol. Damon went immediately and took Carol from his arms. He rushed her into one of the bedrooms on the main floor and lay her gently on the bed. "Carol, I need you to look at me," Damon said as he lay her down. Her eyes fluttered open and looked into his blue ones. He studied hers a moment. "Oh Carol…no."

Tyler pushed past Edward. "What's wrong?"

Damon leaned up and took Tyler outside. "Tyler. She's transitioning."

The whole world seemed to stop moving. Time stopped around Tyler as the words hit him. "Wh…what?"

"Your mom…. she's transitioning into a vampire."

Tyler shook his head. "No. She can't be. She had a heartbeat! I gave her my blood, she started healing!"

Damon closed his eyes. "I'm sorry Tyler. I really am." His voice was soft.

Leah appeared then. She reached out as Tyler's legs were buckling under him. She pulled him against her as he started sobbing. "Shhh…it's okay," she whispered and stroked his hair.

Damon sighed and walked back into the bedroom. Carol was sitting on the side of the bed. "I'm going to be a vampire," she said lowly. She was staring down at her hands.

He was silent at first. "Carol. You're transitioning. In order to become a vampire…you have to drink human blood to complete the transition." She nodded. "Okay," she said and then looked up at Damon, tears in her eyes. "What happens if I don't complete the transition?"

Damon was silent for a moment and then sighed. "Then you will die."

Carol thought about this. "I never…." She closed her eyes and took a breath before opening them and looking towards the door. "How long do I have to decide?"

"Dawn," he said simply, and she nodded. "Okay. I'll make my decision before then," she said and then lay back down on the bed. "Can…can I be alone for a while?"

Damon nodded. "Of course," he said and left her to be by herself. He heard her sobs when he closed the door. He leaned his back against the door and sighed. Carol was a really good friend, and he hated this for her. He moved back into the parlor. The wolves had left out on patrol. Klaus sent the rest of his hybrids out to patrol as well.

"How is she?" Klaus asked and Damon shook his head, moving to get a scotch. "She's transitioning."

"Oh no," Bella whispered. She had rocked Renesmee to sleep, who was nuzzled up against her now. Violet sat on the couch next to Bella still holding Jaison, who was still wide awake. He was playing with a lock of her hair.

Caroline hugged her arms around herself. "So, what is Mrs. Lockwood going to do?"

"She'll decide by sunrise," Damon said simply. He looked over to Ezra. "Is that what you saw?"

Ezra shook his head. "I saw her laying on the ground, lifeless. I…I didn't know." Damon nodded. "Well, no one is leaving here tonight. Luckily this is a boarding house." Damon said as he raised his glass in a sweeping motion.

"I'll go get some rooms ready," Alice said and left, Rosalie and Lexi following her to go help with getting the rooms ready.

"There's no need for me and my siblings to stay," Klaus stated.

"There's not, but I'd like for you to stay," Bella said. "Just for tonight. I want everyone here. We'll sleep tonight and then in the morning; we'll talk about strategy. Jake is picking up Matt and Sheila. He's bringing them here for the night. Emmett already left to retrieve Angela and Ben."

Klaus nodded. "Okay little Swan. I'll stay…only because you asked me." Violet sighed and stood. "Ezra, can you take Jaison please?" She said as she stepped towards him and handed him Jaison. Jaison smiled up at Ezra brightly and cooed. Ezra smiled down at his little brother.

"I need to get Bella upstairs," Violet said softly and then Stefan moved and picked up the sleeping Renesmee from Bella's arms. She didn't stir not once as he settled her against him carefully. "Thank you, Stefan," Violet said. She turned and looked at Klaus and nodded. "I'll be right back. Bella is tired. I'm going to get her settled in."

"I can get ready for bed myself," Bella protested, but Violet took her hand in hers anyways and lead her upstairs. Once they got up to Bella's room, Violet closed the door and crossed over to the bathroom quickly. "Do you have any of those pregnancy tests from where you went crazy and tested a bunch of times?"

"Yes. In the cabinet under the sink. Vi you're not?" Bella said as she followed her sister into the bathroom.

"Klaus was insistent I stayed in the caves with you, so when I was mad, I plucked it out of his head. Apparently, he senses something off with me." Violet took the pink box out and opened it, pulling out the pregnancy test. "Oh god, how is this even possible?"

"It makes more sense with Klaus. He is a hybrid. Werewolves procreate like humans do," Bella pointed out.

Violet sighed and sat, peeing on the little stick. She replaced the cap and set it on the back of the toilet. "Three minutes we read it, and I'll try not to freak out."

Three minutes passed by very slowly. Violet was pacing. Her thoughts racing. They weren't really careful she realized. She had the same thoughts Bella probably had. Vampires can't have children. You would have thought after Bella getting pregnant that she would be more careful, but she had talked with Elena, and she said that she's never gotten pregnant before, so this just never made sense.

Bella picked up the stick when Violet hesitated. She looked down at it. Two little lines, plain as day. "Vi…. you're…pregnant." She said flipping the test and showing her. "I'm not sure I should be happy or…? Bella trailed off.

Violet took the test from her and then stared down at it. "I…I…." then a smile grew on her face. She felt her heart hammer inside her, and she got a little lightheaded. "I'm pregnant…" She couldn't believe it. She was grinning stupidly now. "I'm pregnant!" She said in a rushed whisper. "Oh my god. This is happening. My cycles…" she started counting. She wasn't always super regular, so she wasn't really sure when the last time was. "I don't even know when I got pregnant." She murmured as she looked down at the stick.

"Carlisle is here. He can do an exam you know. His equipment is here in the room. He keeps the portable here, so he doesn't have to tote it every time he comes here to check on the twins."

"Oh my god…. what if I'm pregnant with twins? Bella, I don't know if I can handle that."

"Calm down Vi. You're starting to freak out. Let me go get Damon," she said and urged Violet to take a seat on the bed. Bella left her there and went out into the hall and back down the stairs. She crept back into the parlor. Only Klaus, Damon, and Elijah were there now. "Hey, uh. Guys. Can you come upstairs please?"

Damon raised a brow and Elijah gave her the same look, but Klaus just hid a small smile as they followed Bella back upstairs. "Hey Violet, I have Damon, Klaus, and Elijah with me. Is that okay?"

"Yeah…" Violet said softly.

"What's wrong?" Damon said as they moved into their bedroom and closed the door. Violet was still holding the pregnancy test in her hands.

"Oh…." Damon said, and Elijah still seemed confused until he spotted what Violet was holding in her hand. "Oh, is right." Elijah muttered. Klaus crossed to Violet and sat next to her on the bed. "You knew…" she murmured.

"I did love, I've suspected for a couple weeks maybe. I wasn't entirely sure, but I didn't want to alarm you if you weren't until I heard it today," Klaus explained.

"Heard what?" Violet looked up at Klaus in shocked wonder.

"The heartbeat love," he explained.

"One heartbeat?" Bella asked now.

Klaus nodded. "Yes, just one little flutter."

Elijah was amused. "Well, this is definitely interesting. Is this why you've been coming over to play with the twins more often the past couple weeks?" he asked his brother.

"Guilty," Klaus said and stood. Damon crossed over and smiled, he slapped Klaus' shoulder in congrats. "Well, congrats are in order."

Klaus smiled at the gesture made by Damon. It was such a strange picture Bella thought. Klaus was tame now, compared to the stories she heard from Damon and Elena, it was strange that Klaus had turned out like this. "Are you okay?" Klaus looked down at Violet. She was still sitting there, a tiny smile on her face.

"Well, I'm sure I will be okay. I'm just in shock. I guess I didn't think…or we didn't think."

Klaus nodded. "Well, I definitely wasn't worrying about anything, but I'm happy if you're happy?" he asked.

Violet smiled and stood, handing him the test. He took it and looked down it. "Yeah, I'm happy Klaus. I mean, I thought I would be finished with college, and married and all of that before I started having kids. Then when I met you, and I started falling in love with you- "

"You love me?" Klaus asked, a large grin plastered to his face.

"I…" Violet smiled. "I do Klaus. I do love you. But when I started falling for you, I gave up on kids. I was going to sacrifice that…"

Klaus smiled and then pulled her into his arms. "Oh, little Foxx. I…love you too."

Tears swam in Bella's eyes as she leaned against Damon. Despite all the bad that had happened today, there was a positive to look forward to. Her sister was in love, and now she would have a bundle of joy of her own.