A/N: Happy New Year! It's been a few months since I last updated, but I thought that I would like to post a chapter at the start of the new year. My updates are likely to be very random and may take a while because I honestly have such limited time. I haven't even watched the last couple of episodes of TVD or any of the Anime that I am currently watching. Sigh. Anyways I really hope that you enjoy this chapter! :)
Disclaimer: Credits to Vampire Diaries goes to Julie Plec, and credits to Twilight goes to Stephanie Meyer. The only thing I own is the plot. Thank you so much for reading this chapter. Please review and continue reading my story! I would really like to know what you guys think about it!
Chapter 5: The Not So Innocent Lamb
Stefan POV:
"We are the Cullens. We just arrived here to visit our dear friends, the Mikaelsons only to find that they are being troubled by a group of lowly vampires." the man with penny colored hair said.
"Now, now Edward. Calm down. We are simply here to warn him." the man with gold hair turned to look at penny man, who I now knew was called Edward.
"Great. It's nice to meet you, but can you please leave. Unfortunately, we are not on great terms with the Mikaelsons. Perhaps we can talk again at a later date, maybe tomorrow at the Mystic Grill?" I told them, making it clear that it was not a request.
"Sorry, no can do." Muscle man said, looking at me with a threatening glint in his eye.
"Look. The problem between the Mikaelsons and us, are between the two of us. We don't need outside problems coming in to complicate matters further." I said putting my hands up trying to tell them that I did not mean any harm.
"Well," Said the pixie vampire, "this is us coming in and un-complicating the problem. We want you to stop bothering the Mikaelsons, and to get our message to you, we'll leave you a parting gift." Two of the guys flashed behind me, and grabbed my shoulders pulling them behind, and kicking my legs, making me fall to my knees. Yanking my hand in front of me, penny man stuck it into our fireplace, which was conveniently located right next to me.
Due to the lack of blood in my system, as I hadn't fed in a while, and the fact that the blood remaining in my system was animal blood, I couldn't fight back as they stuck my hand into the fire.
Blinding white-hot pain filled me as I felt my hand light up on fire, while my body was constantly fighting, trying to heal the damaged skin. I could start to feel my nerves being burnt off, and then heal in an on and off pattern. It felt like forever before they stopped.
They picked up my body and through it to the other side of the room into a glass cabinet, laughing at the pain I felt when the glass shattered and fell into my wound, and the wood supporting the cabinet dug into my skin. My skin kept trying to regenerate, but there was too much damage.
"Let that be a warning Steffie." One of the cold ones sneered, "You are nothing to us, and we can crush you. I suggest you keep that in mind before you come and bother our friends again." Said the asshole known as Edward. A gasp was heard at the doorway, and everyone turned to look. As they were distracted, I tried to get up and leave, but I just couldn't.
I watched as shock filled all of their faces, and penny haired Edward Cullen uttered a name, which I knew very well.
"Isabella?"
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Bella POV:
The Cullens were actually here. I knew it, I didn't need to chase them in order to destroy them, they were connected to me, and so I knew that we would eventually cross paths. Damon opened his mouth to ask me a question, and I motioned at him to keep silent. I didn't know how long I would have until they noticed my presence. Motioning for him to follow, I headed quickly and as quietly as possible to the door. Grabbing the handle I yanked it open, and gasped at the sight in the room in front of me.
Almost everything in the beautiful living room was turned over, broken, ripped and out of place. The worst part was the sight of Stefan, half alive and he was just lying there, bleeding, with Edward standing smirking cruelly, at the sight underneath him. The Cullens turned around at the sound of the door opening; obviously they did not think that someone would walk in on them, because Alice never saw it coming. That girl and her family relied far too much on her visions, which were not even that accurate. Their eyes widened when they recognized me standing there.
"Bella, what are you doing here. You are supposed to be in Forks." Edward said, looking shocked that I would disobey something he said about staying with Charlie and not leaving him alone.
"I'm visiting an old friend." I said coldly looking at him.
"What about Charlie? Are you going to just leave him alone while you run off on your own, and get drawn into dangerous situations." he said glaring at me "besides, you don't have any friends out of Forks and Phoenix, so there is no one here who you could possibly need to visit." Edward said looking quite proud of himself, thinking that he caught me lying. I rolled my eyes, at his usual controlling self. Throughout this Damon was surprisingly silent.
"Stephan, sei bene/Stephan are you fine?" I said, looking at Stefan.
"Bene./Fine." He said, just managing to let me know that he was fine.
"Molto bene./Very good." I replied smiling sweetly at him before looking up at the Cullens.
"I will ask you this once." I said, "What are you doing here?" I said glaring at them.
"It's nothing that concerns you Isabella." Edward said looking at me, "Come on, I'm sure it's not too late, we can book a ticket and drop you back at Forks." He said looking at me as if nothing was wrong.
"What exactly gives you the right to decide these things for me?" I asked looking at him, shocked that he would think that he still had any right to order me around and decide what I had to do.
"Don't be silly Bella. Just because Edward doesn't love you that way anymore, doesn't mean that we don't care for you. Besides as your best and closest friend I believe that you should just listen to Edward. Besides, I've already seen that you are going to come back with us willingly today." Alice said smiling as if she hadn't been an over controlling pixie who had abandoned me. Damon had finally cracked at this and begun to laugh his head off. I groaned.
"Best friend? Best friend, my ass. Seriously Ri, this is what you have been dealing with for the past three years. I'm sorry; my problems are not even half as annoying as this. At least the Mikaelsons are slightly interesting. These idiots are just as boring and over controlling as you told me they were. I thought you were over exaggerating." Damon said smirking at me. Everyone turned to him, as if they just noticed that he was standing right behind me.
"Who are you?" Alice asked looking annoyed.
"I happen to be the true best friend," Damon said dramatically before adding in "Besides, I am quite surprised that you don't know who I am, after all you were just beating up my little brother." he said glaring at them. Her eyes narrowed as if she was concentrating on something and then she gasped. "Damon Salvatore?" she said looking at him questioningly. Jasper sucked in an unnecessary breath and looked up as if he saw a ghost, and Damon's eyebrows rose to his hairline.
"General Salvatore?" Jasper asked looking at Damon.
"Sure is, Major Whitlock." Damon replied smirking at Jasper.
"It's been far too long old friend." Jasper said smiling at Damon.
"I haven't seen you since you got married. You told me that you were leaving me, on your journey towards redemption." Damon said putting one hand up in a dramatic motion, as recited these words. I laughed at his antics.
"Jazzy," Alice said in her high-pitched annoying voice, "do you know him?"
"Yeah, we fought in the war together, until he decided to leave. We were a very strong pair. I met him again, when I was with Maria. He was traveling through that town, and I was quite surprised to find out that he had been turned." Jasper said with a faraway look in his eyes.
"See Bella, I told you these people were dangerous. They are also vampires. You shouldn't be here, this town is far to dangerous for a frail human such as yourself." Edward said looking at me.
"Carlisle, since we have already given our message, lets leave we'll drop Bella back in Forks and come back." Edward said, assuming that he had convinced me and made me see that I was in danger.
"Edward, you are starting to get more and more annoying, now can you please answer my question and tell me what you are doing here." I said, starting to get more and more pissed of.
"I was here to give them a message. They have been messing with some very powerful old vampires, who are much more powerful than even our kind, and these vampires are really mad at them. As friends of the Mikaelsons, we came to give them this message." He said looking at Damon, and then at me to understand. Seriously, who do these people think they are? Wait a second,
"Did you guys say the Mikaelsons?" I asked, looking at them frantically.
"Ri, do you know the original annoyances?" Damon asked, looking at me. Leave it to Damon to crack jokes at the worst possible times. I ignored his questions for the time being, and then I remembered, Damon had said something earlier about the Mikaelsons being more interesting than the Cullens. Damn, my family was crazy. Oh well, I guess I would have eventually crossed paths with them. I sighed and looked up at Edward.
"I will not repeat myself, I suggest you leave us alone, just go away. You may be friends with some of the Mikaelson family, but that doesn't mean you can beat up whoever you want to just because you feel like it." I said glaring at them, as I told them to leave.
"But Bella." Edward said, whining.
"I said, I will not be repeating myself." I ground out harshly. God, can't these people take a hint. "Leave. Now." I said abruptly, effectively chasing them out of the house.
"Bella, I don't know what they have done to you, but whatever it is I will make sure that you are free of it, and you won't suffer at their hand. Trust me. " He said with a crazed look in his eyes. I huffed a little at the fact that I would have to put up with him for some more time. As soon as the idiots left the house, I started cleaning up. It was going to be a long night.
A/N: Thank you so much for reading! Please review! :) Credits to google translate for the tiny Italian bits.