"You didn't ask Billy about the werewolf thing, did you Bella?" asked Edward, dejectedly, the next day.

"They are stealing my life." She ranted, "This is unacceptable and far more important than any wolf men. We have to stop them, and there's only one way we can do it," she paced in front of the Cullen family and Leslie who were assembled in the living room.

"We can't kill them, Bella, geez. They're just kids." Jasper said, sounding worried.

"Not killing," Bella continued, "No… this is war. But there is nothing I can do. Only one person can help me."

They all looked amongst each other, confused. Edward just looked embarrassed.

"Leslie," Bella said, stopping and facing her. "You have to help me win this war."

"What can I do?" Leslie asked, only mostly listening as she rubbed her hands together. One of them had fallen asleep and it felt weird.

"They're your age and they're from your world, or whatever. You can beat them and send them back! You have to!"

"You're making this sound like a video game or something, Bella, Leslie doesn't even know how to get herself back," Emmett said, "And besides, I'm not letting my little sister go up against a couple of ninjas alone."

"They're not really ninjas, Emmett, that was just a stupid little game Bella said they played yesterday," Rosalie said, rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, I know what she said, but doesn't that just sound so awesome? I wish I had thought of becoming a professional ninja when I was thirteen," he responded, grinning, as he considered that all he had to do was learn kung fu since he could already track things and stalk his prey silently in the shadows.

"Oh god, now Emmett, too!" Bella said, throwing her hands up in exasperation. "Could I please just bring them over here and have Leslie talk to them, please?"

Everyone looked at Carlisle.

"Well, sure. I don't see why not," Carlisle said, "Everyone is pretty well fed, and having Leslie and you around, even for just this short amount of time, seems to have helped Jasper, hasn't it?"

"Yeah, it has." Jasper added, "I'd be fine with them as long as you all don't start bleeding or anything."

"They're ninjas. They won't just start bleeding. They'd have to face off with a stronger ninja to even get injured!" Emmett tossed his hands in the air, "They aren't clumsy like some other humans we know." He was teasing, but the attempt nearly brought Bella to tears.

"I don't see why a little visit to put your mind at ease would be any sort of problem, Bella." Carlisle finished, pleasantly, ignoring Bella's tears, Edward's attempt at comforting her, Leslie picking at her hand, Rosalie bickering at Emmett's insensitivity, and Alice and Jasper being so blatantly in love that it hurt just a little bit.

Bella went immediately to round up Melody and Jade. She called her dad and eventually found the two girls in the Fork's Library talking to a small crowd of aghast looking teenagers about how the Harry Potter series ends. They went with her, very excited to meet the Cullens and Leslie, whom they kept referring to as the other 'real' girl. It made Bella uncomfortable.

They couldn't arrive back at the Cullen's household fast enough. When they did, everyone was eagerly waiting for them outside. Seeing her truck, Leslie moved to the front. Bella didn't see Edward, so when she got out, she asked where he was. An instant later, he was standing next to her.

"I was in the bed of your truck," he said, "There wasn't enough room in the cab for all four of us, but I wanted to make sure you'd be okay."

"You're right," said Jade to Melody, "It seems sort of sweet in the book, but it's pretty creepy in real life." Edward said nothing, but his face grew pensive. Bella would ask him what they were talking about later.

"Hi," said Leslie.

"Hi," said Melody and Jade, in unison.

"I'm Leslie."

"I'm Jade and this is Melody."

There was a pause while everyone looked at the three girls curiously, then Leslie spoke. "So, uhh, what's this about you guys stealing Bella's life?"

"Oh, that?" She's a little bit paranoid because we're hanging out with Charlie and Jacob, I guess. But we don't really have any place to stay and we like Charlie and Jacob and Billy," said Melody.

Esme sighed, "Carlisle, they don't have anywhere to live. They were just like Leslie…"

Carlisle also sighed, looking sad about children and how he and his wife couldn't have any. He shook his head, "Bella, we should all go inside. Get something to drink and talk this out."

Bella whined, sad that this couldn't end immediately, but stomped into the house. Jade and Melody followed closely, excited to see everything. Leslie followed behind, still curious about these other two girls and what their arrival would mean for an already destroyed plot. The rest of the Cullens followed after, talking amongst themselves.

After almost everyone had been seated, they watched as the two new girls had found a way to entertain themselves. They were running, diving, and rolling around obstacles in some odd game of tag. It was probably another game that Jacob had taught them, but they seemed to find it more fun that anything. Emmett looked on, pointing and gesturing wildly. "They're ninjas, Rose! NINJAS!"

Bella could feel herself getting close to either screaming or crying, the feeling in the pit of her stomach told her that she was just going to vomit, so she didn't quite know what to do. She crossed her arms and stared angrily at the wall. Edward tried to sooth her by sitting close to her and whispering how much he loved her into her ears. This seemed to work until the two girls sat down, facing the Cullens and Leslie.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" Jade asked.

"Do we get to ask questions? I have a lot of questions." Melody added, head tilted to the side.

The two girls giggled manically together, sharing glances that no one understood except for Edward, who put his hand over his face, sighing.

"Sure, you can ask questions." Carlisle nodded, Esme as well.

The girls cheered and Jade opened the floor to Melody, "Okay, okay. What to ask first. Hmmm, Jasper! Are you racist? Being from the civil war and all?"

Jasper looked embarrassed, shook his head, and sighed. "I don't have anything against anyone based on race."

"Uh-huh." Melody raised an eyebrow and cackled.

"My turn!" Jade grinned. "Emmett! Why don't you have a back story. Whenever anyone talks about you, it's only about how Rosalie found you. Why the heck were you in the woods getting eaten by a bear in the first place? Where were your friends and family? Why didn't anyone ever send out a search party for you? Did you ever think of giving them closure?" Her questions spilled out one after the other, her eyes were wide with excitement and Emmett just looked at her as she spoke.

He took a deep breath and looked around the room, "That's a really good question…s. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to answer them. I mean, I was going camping and I had a really average life, so telling everyone how boring I was seemed… well, boring. And I think they got closure, I mean, I'm sure there is some sort of sign of bears munching on me. Blood, flesh, nasty stuff. You know. And showing up after hearing I was eaten by a bear and look exactly like I did back then would be the opposite of closure, don't you think?"

"I like Emmett here more than Emmett in Twilight. Smeyer gives him a bad rap, but I think he's a pretty cool guy. Eh, plays video games and doesn't afraid of anything." Jade smiled and fist bumped Emmett. He made sure to do it extra soft so he didn't break her arm off with his super vampire and Emmett strength combined.

Melody laughed, then turned serious. "Jasper, you attempted to eat Bella's face off after she got a paper cut…"

Jasper looked confused, but realizing they were from another dimensions, he just nodded and she continued.

"Why don't you try to eat everyone's face off when girls go on their woman time each month?" She raised an eyebrow and the room fell into an awkward silence.

Jasper cleared his throat and furrowed his brow, "Well, it… uh, it smells different."

"It still smells like blood." Melody countered.

"Psst. It's funny blood." Jade whispered, cackling to herself. Melody rolled her eyes and stared directly at Jasper.

Jasper felt uncomfortable, strange due to his control over emotions. "It smells unappetizing."

"Fair enough." Melody grinned, "Also, do you all know that the fact that you gain a random chromosome just doesn't make sense? I mean, it doesn't even make a little bit of sense."

Carlisle just nodded.

Bella seemed to become enraged, "ALRIGHT! STOP! This stops right now, right now!" She stood up, glaring daggers at everything and everyone. "They're stealing my life! That is what this is about! Not stupid questions that don't make sense."

Jade looked at Bella with a raised brow, "Do you ever just want to punch her? Sometimes, I think I might want to."

Bella looked at her, dumbfounded. Most everyone else in the room stared at her as well and Jade looked around to them. "What? Should I tell her I love her instead? Despite all of her angsty whining?"

Bella continued to stare at her, arms dropping to her side like cooked noodles and dangling their uselessly. Her mouth was agape and her eyes were wide. No one could tell if she would tackle the small girl and strangle the life out of her, or if she would cry.

Melody turned to Leslie, who had been picking at her hand – it felt funny, kind of cold and really weird. "I'm surprised that Bella hasn't gone off on you about you stealing her awesome life, Leslie. I mean, you're living with her boyfriend and hanging out with her family."

Leslie looked up, shocked to have been drawn back into the conversation. "We've had our issues, but I think that we've moved on." She looked over at Bella who was fuming again.

"Moved on? All of you are taking my life away, bit by bit!" She nearly screamed.

Jade waved her hand in the air, "Bologna. The only thing you really care about is Edward. If it wasn't for him leaving you in the second book, you would have totally forgot that Jacob existed. And if you weren't so retarded, you would have gotten married sooner and moved out of your house and forgot Charlie existed. Sure, you'd live here, but you'd only hang out with Edward because you don't really, really like anyone else. Alice is a fun shopping partner, Rosalie is jealous of you, Emmett is kind of a side character, Jasper is a side character, Esme never has anything to do with anything and Carlisle is just the live in doctor. All you do is whine about how plain you are and how undeserving you are of Edward and his love. Shut up. He loves you. Time to grow up and accept it Bella, stop pitying yourself to get attention."

Jade seemed to get physically angry as her speech went on, but it drew to a close and she smiled. Melody nodded and clapped. Bella looked pissed.

"She does whine a lot," Emmett whispered to Rosalie, who only nodded in response.

Bella shrieked in frustration, "I can't believe it! ALL OF YOU! You ALL are being pulled in! I'm being replaced!"

"Hey! Bella! Stop it, this is getting crazy! You've got to leave these girls alone. We know Leslie's cool and these two seem cool, too," Emmett said, going to stand next to Leslie who was the closest to Bella.

"Jasper! Stop trying to calm me down! How can I be calm when they're stealing my life and convincing you all to hate me!" Bella shrieked dramatically.

"We don't hate you, Bella," Leslie said, frowning. "Hey guys, I feel funny."

Everyone stopped listening to Bella and looked to Leslie, Melody was the first to speak.

"Oh my god," she shouted, "What's happening to Leslie's arm?"