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Chapter 11 – Vampires, Werewolves and Magic. Just a normal Sunday

"My mother is giggling"

The epitome of the word 'newborn' Caroline said astonished. We were sitting on her bed I had visited her on Sunday before she returned home with her mother who was oblivious to her daughter's new condition.

"At least she isn't fawning over us"

I joked but sobered up fast.

"I'll help you IF you promise to come to me when you need help"

Caroline bit her bottom lip

"What do I have to do?"

She kept wiggling her fingers

"Try to keep calm, work on your emotions to keep them in check and most of all, try not to eat anyone again"

I told her softly.

"I'm scared"

She whispered. I bit my lip and sat cross-legged across from the blond girl who made no try to put on her bubbly facade.

"I would be upset if you weren't scared Caroline but it will be okay. I won't let you hurt anyone"

"Why are you so nice?"

I chuckled darkly

"For one thing, you were in my car. Your BFF wanted to roast me, not you. Secondly, there are quite a few people that will take one look at those pointy teeth of yours and kill us both and lastly, I ..."

I took her hand in mine and gasped

A large ferris wheel.

Caroline and Jasper locked in a lip lock.

Liz hugging her daughter before scolding her for being messy

I shook my head smiling.

"What's wrong with you?"

I snorted

"Vision. It will be okay. Are you single?"

I asked instead making mental plans to get jasper to help me with Caroline. She shook her head with widened eyes.

"Yeah, why?"

"No reason"

"okay"

She looked at me strangely

"Vision?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that. I'm a witch"

I rubbed the back of my neck

"A witch? Like Bonnie?"

"I'm nothing like bonnie"

I spit out.

"I'm sorry; your best friend is a sore subject with me"

I backtracked watching her eyes widen.

"What did she do to you?"

She asked perceptively

"Someone related to her tried to kill me the day I moved here and she herself set my car on fire with you and me inside it. Need more?"

I raised my eyebrows

"I can't believe she would do that. We've been friends since we were toddlers, us two and Elena. It wasn't until a couple years ago that things changed."

"Changed how?"

"Boys"

She joked

"I always had a crush on Matt. Elena dated him for years but she dumped him as soon as Edward moved here"

I held in a snort at that

"Then she and bonnie got really tight and I was left out of their new tight loop"

A few tears escaped her eyes. Jasper said that as soon as they moved here, Carlisle practically threw Edward at Elena and Edward himself added that Elena thought they were all humans. No matter their light sensitivity, heightened senses or anything to suggest they weren't humans.

"For all it's worth, I think you got lucky"

I muttered. Our conversation was cut short when her giggling mother entered the room with the guy that had pulled Caroline out of the car. The kid brother of the mayor. The werewolf.

"Why is she still giggling?"

Caroline muttered more than slightly annoyed. I made no effort to hide the smirk

"Get used to it. When a werewolf mates it's for life"

I poked fun. She looked horrified.

"If they give me a baby sibling, I'll hurl"

"If they do, you can always put it on a leash and take it out to do its business"

I sent the newcomers to the room a cheeky smile. Liz went straight to her daughter and began fumbling with the covers and smoothing her hair almost frantically letting my words fly over her head. The werewolf, who did hear me, just smiled in a relaxed manner.

"I'll bite her"

Caroline's thoughts rang out. I kicked her, mentally cursing Edward. He had just HAD to try and read my mind last night!

"Mason Lockwood. New coach"

He handed a hand at me. I smiled at shook it

"Bella Swan. TA for a few lessons at school and local witch"

I added the 'witch' part low enough for only us to listen. He nodded casually and Liz, who missed it all, sat down on his lap. Caroline's eyes bulged out of their sockets and I held in a laugh. She reminded me of Jake, my werewolf best friend back in Forks, and his reactions every single time his sister would fawn over his pack mate and resident asshole Paul.

"As soon as Grey gives you the all clear then we can go home"

Liz sighed and took her daughter's hand in her own with a soft smile. Caroline looked freaked. I rubbed her other hand, glad for the slight clouds on the sky. I stayed with them until Caroline was safe at her home where we talked until an exasperated Liz invited us both in and then I left.

"I'll be right back, okay? If you feel like taking a bite out of something, use a pillow"

I walked quickly the block to my house and went to the attic. Browsing through the Book, the page about vampires I made a quick call.

"Hi. Are you busy? Great, my house, five minutes"

The doorbell rang in four and the moment I opened it I was greeted by a smug smirk and exasperated Jasper.

"Are you two joined at the hip?"

I asked in lieu of a greeting.

"Didn't you miss me?"

The cocky Damon asked.

"Go bury your relative"

I deadpanned and turned to smirking Jasper.

"Why don't you sparkle anymore?"

"Carlisle has a witch friend; she put some spell on our crests, why?"

"Can I see it? I'm gonna have to repeat it"

"Can we move this inside?"

Jasper looked around and at the suddenly appeared sun.

"Yeah, come on in guys"

I said reluctantly and got them both in the living room.

"The cuff please?"

Jasper took it off and put it on the coffee table.

"Why do you need to repeat it and how?"

I sneaked a look at Damon and shrugged one shoulder

"You both saw me cast a spell yesterday. I'm a witch"

"That's why you were in San Francisco?"

"Exactly"

I told Jasper.

"And it's why I'm here now"

Going through the book for a spell to see what spells are placed on an object I told the two vampires everything. I would need allies if I was gonna find out what's happening here and my gut told me I could trust them even though my vision had Damon killing a whole family.

"You saw Katherine?"

"Who's Katherine?"

"The girl that looked like Elena"

"Yeah, in my vision, she appeared right after your brother saved Elena, killed her and took her place. And now that I think about it, why didn't your wife have the same vision jasper?"

He sighed

"Don't get me started"

I snuck a look at Damon who was pointly looking elsewhere.

"Okay... gonna explain this?"

with another sigh he told me how he and Alice keep fighting and how ever since they moved here the family is divided in two fronts, Carlisle, Esme and Alice that are hell bent on befriending Bonnie and Elena, Jasper - Rosalie - Emmett, who don't and Edward playing mediator. I held in the comment of them meeting me (and the exact same reactions) and found the spell I was looking for.

"Show me what I need to know

In this cuff I now show"

I whispered passing my hand above the cuff. From my other hand, placed on a paper on the Book sprung words and printed themselves. I returned the cuff to Jasper.

"Can I use your ring too?"

"Only if you tell me who am the vampire you're helping"

"Caroline Forbes"

Damon's eyes popped out of their sockets

"Who changed her?"

"A doctor at the hospital. Not Carlisle, he tried to kill me"

"What doctor?"

"Late thirties, curly hair, brunette, pointy nose. She used her as an experiment of shorts"

Jasper sighed

"Meredith Fell. Carlisle has an affair with her"

Weird and weirder...