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Alec and Bella walked into the store confidently. And all at once Bella saw all her fears. All of the siblings were there- Edward, Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie. And they all stood there looking at her curiously. Seeing Edward made her dizzy, so quickly she grabbed Alec's arm to himself. "Don't think of anything too bad, Alec. Edward can read minds," Bella warned. Alec glared, "HE'S here?" Bella gulped and nodded.

"Bella, I told you not to bring anyone," Alice whined in her usually sing-songy voice. Alec opened his mouth to say something, but Bella's look made him stop. Bella closed her eyes and inched closer to Alec. "Bella, love!" Edward said walking up to kiss her. Bella automatically wrapped her arms around Alec, and Alec put one arm around her. Edward gave Alec a long stare. "It seems I can't read this one's mind either," Edward mumbled. "No, duh," Alec replied sharply. "We Nephilim tend to have the ability to block you out."

Jasper turned angry, "Nephilim? You are a Shadowhunter, boy?" Bella felt a protective feeling in her gut. Jasper and her had always gotten along just fine, but this was not acceptable. "Watch it!" Bella snarled at him. Rosalie was glared at her, but that didn't really mean that anything was different than before.

Emmett was the only one that seemed happy. "Bells, look. I ain't got nothing against you. So can I at least have a hug from you?" Bella turned toward Alec for approval. But he pretended to look at something in this distance. Bella ran up to Emmett and hugged him, feeling herself blush as he spun her around. Alec just kept staring at some point in the distance. When Emmett finally put her down, Edward ran to her and put her grabbed her protectively. "Shadowhunter, she's ours," Edward told Alec.

"Get away from me!" Bella screeched. But it was not something Edward was going to do any time soon. And she definitely couldn't get away, since he had super vampire strength... But, wait! She did, too! Without thinking, only needing, Bella turned into a vampire and grabbed Edward's arm. She flipped him over and ran back to Alec.

"Let's take this outside, to a park," Alice advised. "Because where this is heading, none of us will ever be welcomed here again." It was rather convenient that there was a park, just down the street.

Once they all got there, the fight started again. "Bella, you belong with us, trust me!" Edward pleaded. Bella stepped in the middle of the two groups. "Listen up! I belong with each of you! Therefore, I think I have the right to choose," Bella reasoned. "No!" Edward argued. "Right now, love, it's not about what you want. It's about what you need!" Bella shot him a nasty look, "Shut-up. Edward, I've moved on. I've moved on to Alec." Bella walked over to Alec, and kissed him on the cheek.

He blushed tremendously, and blushed even more to think about blushing in front of vampires. "Bella, listen. You're a vampire, and if you don't plan on eating those people, I wouldn't stay," Emmett advised. Bella sighed, "Yes, but I'm a Shadowhunter, too! I want to learn to fight, and use a stele, and everything. I've already chose my Shadowhunter side over my vampire side. End of story."

All was quite for a little bit, all thinking about ways to argue. "You want to train?" Alec croaked. Bella nodded a little embarrassed. "Bella, if you don't listen, we will resort to consulting Carlisle. And he can talk sense into anyone. Agree with your dignity," Emmett taunted sarcastically. It was true, he always talked sense. But Bella felt confident with her choice and felt that she could face even Carlisle.

"Fine, bring him on. If I don't change my mind, you stop this fighting!" Bella said firmly. The Cullen's thought this was fair, as no strong feeling could ever stand up to Carlisle. Carlisle walked up from behind a tree with a smile, "Ah, our little Nephilim, Bella. So nice to see you again." Bella nodded inching closer to Alec, "Likewise, Dr. Cullen." This was a little perplexing for the vamps, considering Bella had always called him 'Carlisle'. "Hm, so I see there is a decision to be made?"

Everyone nodded. The vampire smiled at her with his white teeth, "Good. And you wish for my opinion?" Again, everyone nodded. "Well, I say Bella is correct. She belongs to each of you, so she should be able to pick where she would like to go. However, Edward also makes a point in saying that your vampire habits cannot be satisfied by these here Nephilim." Okay, make enough sense. "So I propose that twice a week we are aloud to take Bella out hunting- and don't worry, shadowhunter, we eat animals. And the rest of the time she can be Nephilim."

Bella smiled at Edward triumphantly. Edward just frowned. "Carlisle, I have a question... Why can't I bear Shadowhunter marks, even in my shadowhunter form?" Bella asked as the bruise began to pain her. "Ah, that. Well I believe that has nothing to do with the fact that you're vampire. Unless you are quite powerful you need to train to bear ruins, or so I hear," Carlisle answered. Alec grabbed Bella's shoulder, "Bell? We better get going."

Edward stepped forward angrily, "Don't you touch her." Alec glared, "Fine, ask her if she objects to me grabbing her shoulder." Though these words stung him, Edward turned toward Bella for her confirmation. "He can do whatever the hell he wants. Stop being so damn protective!" she exclaimed. Emmett laughed and even Rosalie couldn't help but to smile.

"I want Emmett to take me hunting first," Bella added brightly. Alec asked, "What all around here is there to hunt?" Emmett thought for a minute, "Well... I mean we do have super speed, Alec... So I say we have quite a long range of hunting possibilities." Bella smiled at him, excited almost, "Um, meet you here tomorrow at... um... 2?" Emmett agreed.

Bella went home and plopped onto her bed. So tired... Maybe if she just closed her eyes...? No! She had to find Clary. Had to tell her all the details of today! Bella ran to Clary's room- Jace had shown her where it was- to find it empty. Darn. She ran to Jace's room- also empty. Darn. Isabelle's room. Empty. Darn. Library. Nope. Darn. Dining room, Garden, courtyard? All empty! Darn. Alec's room? Why would Clary be in Alec's room. But maybe he new where she was...

So she walked to Alec's room to here some people talking. Maybe she could listen in? This'd be a lot easier as a vampire. She realized. With their super hearing... and super speed if she needed to get away. "Alec," she heard Izzy say with a tone of warning. "Iz, she's fine. A daughter of Valentine can surely handle a stupid vampire," Alec said wearily. Bella humphed on the other side of the door. Stupid vampire?

"I'm not leaving my sister with a monster," Clary jumped in. "Our sister is a monster," Jace reminded her. Bella's jaw dropped. Could he really hate her so much? "Jace!" Alec exclaimed angrily. There was a swift moment of silence and then a cry of pain. "OW! Alec! You've never punched me before!" Jace whined. Bella chuckled under her breath. "So we let her go?" Isabelle asked confused.

"No."

"Yes."

"Whatever."

Clary began crying, "I can't! I can't leave my sister with a vampire! It's all our fault Simon got turned into a vampire... and I'm not leaving my sister in the care of one!" Bella could not resist. She walked into the room. "Clary, you okay?" she asked her. Clary's eyes were red and she was curled up into a ball. "You're not going," Clary insisted. "Clary," Bella said sternly. "I'm older. I can take care of myself."

"Simon's a vampire?" Izzy asked confused. "Yes, and it's all my fault," Clary replied dismissively.

"I'm going, that's that. I'm oldest, and none of you kids can keep me away," Bella decided. Jace snorted, "Oh look. Our little vampire is so mature and grown up now."

Still in vampire form, Bella ran and pinned him against the wall. She pushed on his neck with her forearm until he gasped for air. Her eyes were formed in slits not and her nostrils narrowed and she spoke in a soft voice that one may use to read poetry, "If I hear one more word out of you, brat, I will be forced to eat you. I mean, you just smell so good." Clary whimpered softly in the background and Jace gulped, feeling something he had not before.

Jace feared for his life, and all because of a girl that was apparently his sister. "Bella, why do you have to be so-" he began. But she pushed harder on his neck and he turned red. "Stop!" Clary cried and she tried to pull Clary's arm away. But it was no use. "Clary, leave me and Jace to talk. It's rather important and we don't need any interruptions," Bella demanded.

Everyone left the room for Bella and Jace to be alone with. Immediately Bella let go and turned human. "Were you really able to just let me go that easily?" Jace asked amazed. Bella shrugged, "How could I let your words and actions go un-punished in front of a crowd?" Bella truly was an amazing creature, that he had to admit. Her willingness and strength was outstanding, and was the way she used her abilities. She'd grown up all human, yet now she seemed to know everything her body was capable of.

"You're weird," Jace told her with a smile. However he did not say it rudely, or even unkindly at all. "It's a natural gift," Bella replied with a laugh. "NO," Jace stopped himself. "I can't get close to you. I can't be kind to you. I can't believe this... I can't believe you're my sister, because then Clary is, too. No."

Bella shook her head, "Jace, lay off."