I OWN NOTHING FROM TWILIGHT OR THE VAMPIRE DIARIES .

~ March 26, Thursday ~

- 10:55 PM -

~ Charlie Swan's House ~

- Forks , Washington-

~third person .~

Charlie was down in the secret basement again , sitting on a worn wooden stool working by candle-light as there was no power down here . Because it would wreck the magical enchantments on the house and more importantly the basement .

He grunted slightly in pain as he torn the small stake out of his arm ,then picked up a thin pair of sliver tweezers from the table in front of him and carefully dug out any remaining slithers of wood left behind by the stake , once that was done he gently washed the wound in a secret mixture of poppy seeds ,comfrey and Garlic .

Then quickly stitched the wound closed with a special very strong spider's silk . And lastly bandaged that up in a strip of white linen with an ancient rune stitched into the cloth which 'hides' it from mortal eyes .

Sliding off the stool he walks over to a steel door in the corner of the room hidden under the stairs . And heaving it open with his good arm he slips inside closing it behind him .

The room is made of hard grayish black rock and is very dark due in the fact it only has a few scented lavender candles casting a soft pool of light around the pit in the centre of the room lined with black and white tiles featuring a mosaic of sea nymphs on the bottom .

The pit or ice bath is filled with freezing icy water , a mixture of herbs and a special potion meant to repair any internal injures and broke bones hunters sustain during battle .

Charlie strips his clothing off leaving only his underwear on and slides into the below sub-zero water , submerging completely under water and closing his eyes blocking out all noise and leaving his senses blind , he lets his body shut off and drift away into sleep .

~ March 27 ,Friday ~

- Early morning -

~ Charlie Swan's House ~

- Forks , Washington-

~third person .~

Charlie wakes up his head breaking through the thin layer of ice covering his body , feeling refreshed and no longer sore and in pain, he climbs out of the ice bath and dries himself off with a towel from the nearby magically heated towel rack . Then slides his clothes on and snaps his fingers opening the steel door and making a small gust of wind blow out the candles around the pit.

Striding through the door he , snaps his fingers a second time and the door silently falls shut and locks itself . He then quickly checks on the Vervain and wolf's-bane tending to them and cleaning up his workbench , once everything is spotless and in its proper place he mounts the stairs and walks back into his house the secret door sliding shut after him and the closet door also .

Charlie walks straight to his room and changes into his work clothes then checks his alarm clock '6:00 am' Bella would be on the plane home from Jacksonville today arriving here at midday , unfortunately Charlie couldn't pick Bella up and he wouldn't dare think of asking a vampire especially one of the Cullen's to pick his only daughter up from the airport ,so instead he'd asked Gemma Walton the only female officer in Forks and recently appointed his second in command ,due to her work ethic and people skills .

Charlie quickly zipped throughout his morning routine and jogged downstairs . Munching his muesli and gulping down a glass of water he washes and dries his dishes and places them back on the shelves in their proper places , Charlie then walks down the hall and slips on his badge and gun holster adjusting his jacket he makes a mental note to contact Alaska , after work and opens the front door walking out and locking it behind him quickly using his house key to make a small nick on the pad of his right index finger he draws a symbol on the front door , which when drawn in a person's blood bars entry to all supernatural beings .

Satisfied his home is safe he starts walking to his car frowning as he does so , a blanket of thick ivy is crawling steadily up the left side of his house , having already hidden the garage completely . 'How strange , it seems to have appeared and rapidly spread overnight . Something must be coming … I wonder what? ' he thinks as he unlocks his cruiser and slides inside ,shutting his door he buckles his seatbelt and rev's his engine , smoothly backing out of his driveway he roars off down the road in the direction of the police station to work .