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 guys for all the supportive comments! I know this last chapter has taken a bit to get to you guys. I have wanted to make sure I end this well. I have got outlines for a few other fictions already down on paper, and I will start pushing those out one at a time. The next fic will be another Twilight crossover with TVD. I think that doing The Twilight Diaries has inspired me to go a different route with some characters. I am trying out something different, and perhaps unexpected. Look for the next title in my Fanfiction series "Because you Care". It will start popping up next. Without further adieu, here is the ending of The Twilight Diaries. Enjoy.
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[June 1st, Jai & Ness 11 months, Aira & Amaya 7 ½ months growth 3 ½ years, Hope 16 weeks, growth 1 year, Bella 28 weeks, growth 32 weeks]
~Salvatore Boarding House~
Stefan leaned down and picked up the blocks that Aira and Amaya scattered down the hallway for the twentieth time that day, still with a smile on his face, when Damon found him. "You know, if you don't make them pick up the toys, you'll forever be their little man servant." Damon teased.
"Oh, ha ha. They're only 3, you can't expect them to worry about meaningless chores such as picking up the toys they've just played with. They're little princesses, and have other things to worry about, like tea parties. Which reminds me, they require cookies." Stefan said and disappeared to put the toys up and to get the girls their cookies.
Damon smiled and shook his head and walked down the hall to Jai and Ness' room. He looked at them peacefully napping. The girls hadn't woken them up yet, and he was quietly thankful for that. He cracked the door and went on to his room with Bella to check on her.
He crept into the room quietly because he could hear her even breathing, making him aware that she was still sleeping. He leaned down and kissed her forehead and felt that she was a little warm. A worried look began to form on his face. She wasn't supposed to be this warm. He moved his hand over her belly to feel the boys moving, and they were pretty still, but he could hear their hearts fluttering. "Maybe she's just getting a cold," he murmured to himself and then sat back. Bella moved around, shifting, trying to get to lay on her other side. She winced a little, and Damon's hands were there, helping her.
She opened her eyes and looked up at him. A tired smile formed on her lips. "Hey. Thank you," she said, her voice a little hoarse.
"Are you okay? You don't look like you feel well at all." He said, his hand moving in circles on her belly. It usually calmed the boys down if they were fussy, and it also felt really good for her.
"I feel a little weak, but I think it's because of the rain we've had lately." She said and winced again.
"Bella, are you having contractions?" Damon stood now, getting his phone from his pocket.
"They're nothing. Just Braxton hicks. Nothing to be concerned over," she insisted. "I do have to go pee." She said and moved the covers back. The metallic smell hit the air and Damon knew that there was blood.
"Bella, you're bleeding I'm calling Carlisle now. Don't you move," he said and dialed quickly. Carlisle answered immediately. "Carlisle, something is wrong, Bella needs you here now, she's bleeding." The call ended and he looked at Bella, concern filled his eyes. "Bella, Carlisle is on his way. I want you to just lay here and be still. I'm going to get some towels, and get Alice, okay?"
Bella nodded and leaned her head into the pillow as Damon rushed out of the room. "Stefan!" His voice bellowed through the halls and Stefan rushed to his brother. "Is it Bella?" Stefan saw the worry on his brother's face and pulled his phone out. "I'm going to call Violet and let her know and Charlie."
Damon only nodded, he rushed down the stairs where Jasper, Lexi, and Alice were walking up smiling. They looked at Damon's face and their smiles faded away.
"Bella is bleeding. I need to get towels and warm water. Carlisle is on his way," Damon said rushed as Alice flitted away to gather up the items Damon had requested. Lexi went for the water and Jasper reached a hand out to steady Damon.
"Damon, it's going to be okay. I promise you; Bella and your sons will be fine. Come now, let's go and check in on her," Jasper said, helping Damon back up the stairs to Bella's room.
Jasper smiled at Bella when he saw her. Damon sat on the end of the bed as Jasper moved the covers around to see how much blood there was. "Okay. This is manageable. Carlisle is on his way, Alice and Lexi are bringing towels and water. Stefan is getting your sister and father here. Everything is going to be okay Bella, I promise."
"Thank you Jazzy," Bella's voice was still hoarse. Alice and Lexi moved into the room carrying the towels and water. Jasper took a step back and watched Alice and Lexi help clean Bella up.
"Bella?" Jake's voice sounded downstairs. Then you could hear the clomping of his footsteps with Caroline pushing into the room ahead of him.
Bella looked over at her best friend and her new sister. "Hey guys. I'm okay. Just a little blood. The boys are okay right now."
"Bella, you look so pale," Caroline murmured and then she saw her shiver. "You're cold."
Damon looked up at Jake and Jake nodded, understanding. He went around the bed and climbed in and sat next to Bella, keeping her warm. "You had a fever earlier, now you're just cool." Damon said when he checked her temperature with his hand.
Carlisle and Rose walked into the room, and everyone stepped back except Jake, who was currently helping her right now with his warmth. "Hey Bella, we're going to get the monitor on to check on the boys, but I'm also going to do an examine. If we could get some privacy-"
"Carlisle, it's okay. They're family," Bella croaked. Carlisle nodded and positioned the sheet. He checked her and nodded. He looked over at the monitor once Rose got it in place. The boys heart rate was steady, but it was too low for Carlisle's comfort.
"Okay Bella, what's happened is the placenta detached partially. If I don't deliver the boys now, then they could suffocate. You're dilated some already, but I recommend a c-section with triplets. You're really weak from the loss of blood already, and I don't want you to go into shock while trying to deliver, but if you want to try and deliver them naturally, I'll attempt it. It's your choice." Carlisle said, looking at her.
"Carlisle deliver them safely. That is all I want." Bella said softly.
"Okay, then I need to get you to the hospital. I don't want to deliver these babies here without a neonatal unit. I'm going to go ahead and give you a shot that will help with their lungs. Then we'll get you transported to the hospital. It's only a ten-minute drive. Everything is going to be okay," He assured her and then moved to his bag and grabbed a syringe and a little bottle. He drew it up, and then he had Rose hang a bag of saline for hydration. He used the IV to administer the medicine, and then he patted her hand. "Your boys will be born today."
Everyone seemed to move really fast to get everything ready to get Bella ready to go to the hospital. Damon had to step back and let others work because he couldn't focus on anything but Bella. He sat, holding her hand, not letting go.
"Damon. If it looks like I'm not going to make it…"
"Bella don't talk like that," Damon said, his eyes stinging.
"If it looks like it, you have to turn me okay. You have to do it," she blinked her eyes and felt her eyes grow heavy. She was exhausted, but she had to fight to stay conscious, so she knew what was happening.
Charlie and Liz pulled up outside in the cruiser, lights flashing as the ambulance pulled up. With the help of the two EMTS, who were Paul and Jared. They had got certified and went to work at the hospital as a favor to Carlisle. With Meredith Fell there to back Carlisle, they could safely treat at the hospital if they ever needed to.
They carefully placed Bella on the gurney and rolled carried her down the stairs and put her in the ambulance. "Call Violet, Cal and Ezra, and tell them to meet at the hospital," Damon said to Stefan before disappearing into the back of the ambulance with Bella.
Alice gripped Stefan's hand in her's as they watched the ambulance leave. Stefan then pulled out his phone to call Violet, but she was already pulling up with Klaus and her brothers. "Where's Bella going? Is she alright?" Violet practically screeched at Stefan.
"She's headed to the hospital to have the boys delivered by c-section. Carlisle wanted her there because of how little they'll be." Stefan said calmly and did a half hug with Klaus when he walked over to him.
Violet nodded and then wiped at tears that started down her face. Cal and Ezra hugged their sister, and she took a deep breathe. "Okay. So we just have to go to the hospital. Did dad and Liz head there already?"
"They're right ahead of the ambulance. Caroline rode with Damon in the back." Stefan said, and then looked down at his phone. "I'm going to finish gathering the bags that Damon forgot, then I'll meet the rest of you at the hospital."
Stefan said and watched as everyone moved towards their vehicles, but Alice followed him inside to help. "She's going to be okay. I've already seen it." She reassured Stefan.
He nodded. "I'm sure she will be okay. Carlisle is a great doctor, and he'll take real good care of her."
Alice smiled and hefted the duffle that contained all of Damon's things in it for the hospital. They packed the car and headed straight to the hospital.
~Mystic Falls Hospital~
The operating room was so white, and bright with many lights and sterile. Rose was there beside him in the operating room, along with three nurses, and Dr. Fell. The nurses would be compelled later if needed for Bella if she did happen to die while he was delivering the triplets. Bella looked around her as she felt her body start to numb. Carlisle gave her a spinal tap so she could stay awake to make sure that nothing goes wrong with the anesthesia. Damon was wearing scrubs when she saw him again, with even a little blue cap, and a mask. She smiled weakly at him.
"Don't you look like a doctor," she tried to joke. Damon smiled at her, but she couldn't tell because of the mask. He sat down on a stool next to her head and leaned his head down to hers.
"Everything is going to be okay, I promise," he whispered to her.
Carlisle looked over at Bella. "Okay, can you feel anything Bella?"
"No, everything is numb," she said glancing over at him and saw him nod to Rose and Dr. Fell.
He began his incision carefully. The nurses were by his side and they were counting all sorts of numbers and then she felt a little tug and then Carlisle pulled up one of the babies. She saw the fuzzy dark hair and then the small cries. One nurse took him and bundled him quickly and put him over on the table working quickly with suctioning and cleaning his face. Then Carlisle was pulling another baby up, the same dark fuzzy hair glistened in the light and the second nurse took him and bundled him and repeated what the other nurse was doing. The last baby was pulled up and out quickly and handed to Rose, who took him over and proceeded to copy what the other nurses did.
"Everything okay?" Bella's voice croaked out.
Carlisle looked strange, but didn't say anything right away, and then he was pulling something else out. Another baby.
Damon looked down at Bella and then up at Carlisle, who quickly had the other nurse take the baby and take care of it, while he finished with Bella. "Bella, don't be alarmed. This is rare and unusual, but we did seem to miss one of the babies on the ultrasounds."
Bella just stared at him and wasn't sure what to say. Damon cleared his throat. "It means there are quads not just triplets."
"Are they all okay?" She glanced over where everyone was working with the babies. They were so tiny.
"Bella your sons are all okay. They're all really strong," Carlisle said and then he was sewing her up. The nurses had them all cleaned and bundled in little incubators now except the fourth.
"All are boys?" Damon asked.
"No. The fourth is a little girl," Carlisle said and then moved around to Bella's head and slid his mask down and smiled. "She's okay. She's got some strong lungs. She's just the smallest one. The boys weighed between 3 ½ pounds and 4, while she's a little over 3 pounds. She'll be okay. I promise."
Bella nodded. "Okay," she said, and Damon smiled, moved his mask, and kissed her softly. "You did it, "he whispered.
It wasn't long before they moved Bella to recovery. Damon wouldn't leave her side, until she forced him to go check on the babies in NICU.
Damon stood and looked through the glass, watching until Carlisle came to meet him. "So, they're all doing great. Lungs all sound strong and clear. The little girl may be tiny, but she's really strong. We know that they accelerate quickly. In a week they'll be four weeks older, so they'll probably be strong enough to take out of the incubator then. You and Bella can come and sit with them in here. I have them isolated in this wing. Klaus compelled a few nurses to ensure that they are taken care of, and that no one notices the growth change. Dr. Fell is going to work with me on their care."
Damon nodded. "Good. That's good. When Bella is ready, I'll bring her up here to sit with them. I don't want to go in without her."
Carlisle nodded. "Congrats," he said and patted Damon on the shoulder and left him to watch his children quietly.
A few hours later, Bella was ready to see the babies, and so Damon got her into a wheelchair and wheeled her to see them. "They're so tiny," Bella started to cry.
"Shhh. Bella. We knew they were going to be little because of how early they were going to come. I spoke with Carlisle. They're all four doing great. The little girl especially. She's just like you," Damon said, and Bella nodded.
"So, which one is which?" Damon said with a smile. This made Bella smile too, and she looked at the four incubators. "Well Alexander is the biggest of course, I know that was him hanging out in my ribs. That's the one I was calling Alexander this whole time. This one is Julius because he has the longer fingers. He would stretch them all out and I could feel everything too. This one is Isaac. He's the wildest one. He's the one that felt like…he was in two places," She said and laughed. "I guess he sort of was since there was really a fourth one in there."
Damon smiled and kissed the top of her head. "And what about our daughter?"
Bella thought about it. "I'm not sure. I never thought about having another daughter. I didn't come up with other names."
"Well, I had thought of a few before we found out we were having sons."
"Oh? What are these names you've thought of?"
"Well, Ava was on the top of the list," He suggested.
Bella smiled. "Actually, that is cute. I like that. Ava. Ava Leigh"
"There we go. That's her name." Damon said and looked down at his daughter.
[June 8th Jai & Ness 11 months, Aira & Amaya 8 months, growth 3 ½ years, Hope 17 weeks, growth 1 year, Alex, Isaac, Julius, & Ava 1 week, growth 5 weeks]
~Salvatore Boarding House~
The front door opened, and Damon walked through carrying two carriers with Stefan behind him carrying the other two. Jasper helped Bella through the door and to the parlor. Damon had given her a little of his blood, so she wasn't weak anymore, but Jasper was still trying to help.
"Thanks Jazzy," she murmured and sat down. Violet brought Hope with her to see her new baby cousins, and Lexi and Rebecca were gathering the other children to come meet their new brothers and sister.
Damon and Stefan set the carriers down and Damon startled unbuckling the seats. Aira and Amaya danced down the stairs with Rebecca carrying Jai and Lexi behind carrying Nessie.
"Babies!" Aira and Amaya cried out with joy plastered to their faces. Bella smiled at her two little princesses. "Meet your brothers and your little sister."
Aira and Amaya peeked at the four new arrivals and they smiled big. "Mommy there are four!" Aira said holding up her fingers.
"That's right. There's Alexander, Julius, Isaac, and Ava." Bella said pointing to each one. Damon watched his girls coo over their new siblings. Lexi and Rebecca carried Jai and Ness over, who were already starting to stand and wobble. They looked at the smaller babies with little smiles.
"Be-be." Nessie said and looked at Damon. He grinned. "That's right sweetheart. A baby." Nessie giggled and clapped her hands together.
Bella smiled at her children. The road ahead was going to be a hard one, but she had a lot of support help her through these times. She stood then and looked at Damon. "It's time."
Damon frowned and looked up at her. "Do we have to do that tonight?"
"Yes. It needs to be done." She said with a smile.
"Okay then. Go upstairs. I'll join you shortly," Damon said and so Bella hugged everyone and left them with the children.
"Is mommy going to be a vampire now like you daddy?" Amaya's small voice asked.
"How…"
Violet spoke up. "She can hear your thoughts. She's like me." Violet said with a small smile.
Damon was bewildered at this new found power of his daughter. It wasn't unusual for twins to have powers like these because of Bella's bloodline. But so early.
"Yes sweetie. That is the plan," he said as he knelt down beside her.
"Okay. I love you daddy," Amaya said and threw her arms around Damon's neck and hugged him, kissing him on the cheek.
Damon leaned back up, still looking taken back from the sudden knowledge of this now. Klaus smirked at Hope, because it was possible for her to gain some sort of supernatural power considering she was not only a hybrid, but she was also part witch.
Damon ascended the stairs, Alaric had shown up just in time, and so he went up with Damon, with Klaus and Stefan behind him. Bella was sitting on the bit in their bedroom when the four guys came in.
"Congrats Bella on the new additions," Alaric said with a smile looking at his niece. He was so very proud of her becoming a mother of 8. She was so young, and so full of energy. Now she was going to become immortal so she could live with those children."
"Thank you, Uncle Ric," she said as she stood. She crossed over and then hugged him. His arms were strong around her and he kissed the top of her head.
"All grown up," Alaric said and then she stepped over to Stefan and hugged him.
"Thank you, Stefan. For so much help. You've taken on the uncle role amazingly, and I don't think I would have been able to keep up with the girls as much as you have." She said and then kissed his cheek. Then she turned to Klaus. "Klaus,"
"Little Swan," Klaus grinned.
"Klaus, thank you. I'm glad you're here to help Damon. I know this is difficult for him."
Klaus smiled and looked over at Damon. "Well, it's not difficult for just him Bella, it's just more difficult for some than others."
Damon sighed and took Bella's hand in his. "Are you sure?"
"Yes," she said no hesitation.
Damon bit into his wrist and his blood to her one last time, just to be on the safe side, even though he had given it to her a few days prior. She drank his blood slowly, then stepped back and smiled at him. "I love you," she said softly.
Tears stung at his eyes as the next part to come was nearly paralyzing. He wasn't sure if he could do it, but he had to do this. "I love you too," he said and then closed his arms around her, hugging her to him. Tears started to fall as he twisted her neck, the loud popping sound filling his ears. He collapsed with her to the floor holding her.
"Damon, she's going to be okay," Stefan said, kneeling next to his brother.
"I know," Damon's voice trembled. "I know this, but I just killed my wife. It's not something that I was looking forward to doing."
Alaric patted him on the back. "Listen, let's get her into the bed and comfortable. Most of the time, it usually takes about half an hour. All we do is wait for her and have a bag of blood ready for her."
Klaus nodded before leaving the room and going downstairs to retrieve a blood bag.
"Is she?" Violet asked him in the kitchen.
"Yes. We're waiting for her to wake up now, love. Everything is okay." Klaus said and then leaned in and kissed her softly.
Violet nodded and watched him leave to head back upstairs. The kids were still playing in the parlor, while the quads were being held by Lexi, Rebecca, Alice, and Jacob.
Klaus returned with the blood, looking at his watch. "Twenty minutes or so," he said and set the blood on the nightstand.
As time passed by what seemed like excruciatingly slow, Damon couldn't stop looking at her face, waiting for life to come back into it.
After twenty minutes passed by, Bella suddenly took in a sharp breath and shot up in the bed. Damon was there, his hands gentle, calming her down. "Bella, you're okay."
Bella looked around the room and nodded, spotting the blood on the nightstand next to her. Klaus reached over and picked it up and handed it to her. "There you go love."
Bella looked at it and then nodded before bringing it to her mouth and drinking it down quickly. Stefan took the bag from her and she got out of bed slowly, moving her neck and rubbing it a little.
"It actually hurt more than I thought it would," she joked, and Damon frowned. "Sorry, no, it's just I was thinking it wouldn't hurt at all, but it did sort of."
Stefan smiled. "Bonnie just got here. She brought you a present." He said when he heard Bonnie come in the front door downstairs. Enzo was with her.
Bella smiled and left the bedroom and seemingly floated down the stairs to where everyone was in the parlor. Bonnie smiled at her and then walked to her and hugged her. "Hey Bella. You look great. Like you didn't just have four babies."
Bella laughed. "Well, I suppose it's the quick healing from vampire blood."
Bonnie smiled and then held up a little box and handed it to her. "I know that the big night was happening tonight, and so I made this ahead of time."
Bella opened the box and smiled brightly. It was a silver, ring with lapis lazuli in the middle, with entwining golden vines holding it in place. Bella took it out and slid it onto her right middle finger and held her hand out to see. "It's perfect, thank you so much Bonnie." She said and pulled her into another hug.
Damon moved to Bella's side and then Aira and Amaya tackled Bella's legs. Bella laughed as she reached down and picked up Amaya, sitting her on her hip. "There's one of my precious princesses."
Amaya grinned widely at her mother, her bright blue eyes twinkling. "Mommy is a vampire!" she clapped.
Bella raised one of her eyebrows and looked over at Damon, who shrugged. "She can read minds like Vi. Don't look at me." He said, placing the blame back on his daughter jokingly.
Bella set Amaya back down and looked at the entire room. Some of her closest friends were there, along with her little family. She couldn't believe that she had reached this point in her life where she was married to the love of her life, had eight children, and a large family to help be the support she needed. This was something she would have never thought possible for herself a couple years ago, but now, she realized that this was worth the wait. This was worth all the pain that she endured in high school. Because now she was truly, purely happy, and she had Damon to thank for it. Without him, she would still feel a big hole in her heart, but he patched it and made her feel whole again. In turn, she made him whole. He held a darkness inside him that disappeared when he met her, and again when he became a father for the first time. Something that he didn't think was possible ever since his first days as a vampire.
Now she had eternity to look forward to with her family, an eternity that she will relish forever.