Days passed.

Although people asked me what had happened, no one pressured me and I was thankful. I was still trying to figure out what to tell and what not to tell. Everyone would freak out if I said there was a hybrid wanting to kill not only Elena but me too. Elijah didn't show up again. Rose didn't come back. Stefan continued trapped inside the tomb with Katherine. The Cullens stayed in town, and I saw them almost everyday, adjusting to their return slowly. Although I spent a lot of time with Edward we weren't exactly back together. I still couldn't trust him not to break my heart again. And I couldn't trust myself. My powers went insane around the Cullens, windows shattered, fireplaces lit. Edward seemed in awe by my newfound abilities. Everyone was. Dad told me he knew great-grandma was a witch, but since no one in the family since her had powers he thought it was just bullshit. Bonnie tried to help me discover and practice my magic but it seemed the more we tried the less I was successful.

When I finally was able to get away from everyone, I went to the tomb. When I entered, I found Stefan sitting by the entrance. He looked up at me, and seemed surprised as he got up.

"Bella" he said. "What are you doing here? Is everything alright?"

"Yes…" I sighed. "Ahn… I didn't come for you"

Katherine appeared with a grin, and leaned against the wall.

"Hope my visitor brought me something" she said.

"I didn't" I frowned.

"Why do you need to talk to her, Bella?" Stefan asked.

"Can you… leave us for a moment? Please?" I asked.

He seemed reluctant in leaving, but he walked further into the tomb until he disappeared. Katherine looked over her shoulder and then back at me, inclining her head.

"You knew, didn't you? That's why you came to Mystic Falls in 1864? You came to check on my bloodline, but only found Mary Swan, a little girl. Why didn't you tell anyone?"

"I like to keep my cards to myself" Katherine said. "And I wanted to know what would happen considering the story is bound to repeat. Blaire was taken from Elijah and he never had Tatia… Perhaps you, Damon and Elena can answer the big question? Who would the vampire end with if he could choose?"

"This is not a game" I snapped.

"You know, I have a lot of information… I could help you if you got me out of here. Bonnie might not be strong enough to break the tomb's spell alone, but you could help her"

"I don't know a thing about spells"

"Maybe you should learn a trick or two. It can be useful, especially when Klaus finds you and Elena"

I shook my head at her and turned to leave.

"Damon will choose her" she said.

"He already did" I said not turning back.

"If someone can change his mind… his heart, is you"

I left the tomb, got in my car – Edward got me a new one against my protests – and started to drive to Elena's. I was parking the car when my cell rang. I looked at the screen and smiled.

"Hey, Edward" I said getting out of the car.

"Bella… How are you?"

"Good. I'm just arriving at Elena's to stay with her and Bonnie" I said.

"Oh"

I looked at the cloudy sky. He probably had planned something for us since we would be able to walk around freely.

"I'm sorry, Edward, I agreed to meet them yesterday…" I said entering the house and met Elena. I mouthed 'hey' and 'Edward'. She smiled.

Elena, Bonnie and Caroline seemed to like the Cullens quite a lot. Especially because of Alice and Rosalie – who seemed to adore Caroline's company. Although Caroline was quite busy with Tyler lately. Caroline was part of the newest love triangle in town. She didn't admit it, but there was something was going on with Tyler, and now Matt wanted her back.

"Maybe we could do something later…" I said.

"Invite them over" Elena said as we went upstairs to her room.

"Ahn, heard that, Edward?" I asked with a smile.

"Is that alright with you, Bella?"

"Of course! Bring Alice"

"Alright, we'll be there soon"

"Great"

I hang up and we entered Elena's room to find Bonnie and Jeremy talking and laughing. Those two seemed closer lately, but I didn't know if Elena noticed. If she did, she pretended she didn't. Although Elena wasn't exactly happy about house arrest, she tried to get distracted. I understood her in a way. If I thought it would solve things I would give the damn moonstone to Klaus myself. She wanted Stefan out of the tomb and away from Katherine, but Bonnie had agreed with Stefan on not trying to break the spell, fearing Katherine would escape.

Soon Edward arrived with Alice and he greeted me with a kiss on the cheek. That was the furthest he dared to go, since last time he came close to kissing me I had accidentally flung him across the room.

I couldn't help but think of Jake and Embry every time I was with the Cullens. Although they all agreed they would stay in Mystic Falls in peace, Jake and Embry distanced themselves as I spent time with the Cullens. Although we lived in the same house, we almost didn't spend time together.

We all stayed in the living room talking with the TV on as background noise. I enjoyed this moments when I could spend time with my friends as normal people. When magic, vampirism, werewolves or curses weren't brought up. While Elena, Bonnie and Alice got in an argument about fashion, and Jeremy and Edward commented how their sisters were insane, I slipped away from Edward, excusing myself to the bathroom and tiptoed upstairs. There I fished out Bonnie's grimoire from her purse and flipped through the pages. I read stuff as fast as I could, and wrote down some key-words in a piece of paper. I put the grimoire back in place, stuffed the paper in my pocket and went downstairs.

Less than an hour later Bonnie got her stuff and left with the moonstone, saying she would do some research on how to break the spell set on the moonstone.

I knew she probably wouldn't be successful.

"Are you alright, love?" Edward asked quietly.

"Yes, why?"

"You still seem a bit uncomfortable when witchcraft is brought up" he said.

"Oh, I just… feel useless" I mumbled.

"You're not useless, Bella. You're everything to me, witchcraft or not"

I smiled at him and snuggled into his side.

"Lovely"

My head snapped up so fast I almost had a whiplash. Damon was entering the room with a frown at me and Edward. Edward's arm tightened around me and I looked away from Damon. The two almost never met, but when they did it was awkward and tense as hell. Damon and I had fought one last time the day following my return, when he accused me of being bipolar – ending things with him and then getting mad about him hooking up with someone – and I snapped at him he was a heartless bastard I didn't want to see ever again. We saw each other only once after that, he tried to pressure the information I got from Elijah out of me, but Edward had intervened and told him to leave me alone.

"What do you need, Damon?" Alice asked rolling her eyes.

"Just passing by to inform Jeremy that he is on Elena patrol" Damon said and Jeremy and Elena frowned. "Caroline is with Tyler, Bonnie won't be coming back today, I have business to attend"

"What business to attend? Rose is back in town?" I said bitterly, and took a sip from my water, trying to keep my nerves in check.

"No. Mason was declared missing person and someone is looking for him" he said.

I choked on the water and spit it and Edward patted my back as I gasped for air. Damon smirked at me, and I stared at him with wide eyes.

"How can you be so calm?" I snapped. "We can all get in trouble!"

"Have I ever got in trouble?" he retorted. "Don't worry; I cover our tracks very well"

"There is a person looking for Mason" Edward said frowning.

"Again, I can cover my tracks pretty well" Damon said rolling his eyes at Edward.

"You will kill her" Alice accused.

"Cover a murder with another!" Edward said outraged.

I jumped up from the couch and walked to Damon. He stared at me as I stood inches from him. I rested my hands on his chest and looked him in the eyes.

"Please, Damon… Don't. Think this through. Find another way" I pleaded.

He stared at me for a moment and then looked over my shoulder at the others.

"I need to speak to her" he said.

Edward stepped forward, but Alice stopped him. Damon grabbed me by the arm and dragged me to the kitchen.

"Why were you at the tomb talking to Katherine?" he hissed.

"What? Can't I?" I frowned.

"Why, Isabella?"

"It's none of your business, Damon. Not now at least" I said looking away.

"If you fall for her lies… Or if you try to help her out of the tomb… I will…"

"You will what, Damon?" I said when he didn't finish. "Hurt me? You already did"

His eyes filled with regret but as fast as it appeared, it was gone, and I thought I had imagined it.

"Don't do anything stupid, Bella" he said.

"I won't"

He nodded and we returned to the living room. Elena and Damon got in an argument about going to the tomb and freeing Stefan.

"Edward, can we go somewhere else?" I asked quietly.

Damon's head snapped to me for a second but then his attention was back on Elena. Edward agreed and we said goodbye to the others. Alice decided to go home to give us some alone time. The sun was coming out late in the afternoon and I drove to the outskirts of town. I stopped the car in the middle of a deserted road, and got out. Edward seemed hesitant as he followed me. I got my bag and smiled at him.

"How about we go 'hiking'?" I asked. He smiled. "Can you find somewhere nice…? A meadow, perhaps?"

He grinned and helped me up on his back before taking off into the woods.

It was almost a flashback, except the weather was warmer than Forks and sunnier. He found a clearing in the woods, as beautiful as the one we went to in Washington. A small creek passed, and there was a tree down where we could sit. I went to it and sat down. Edward followed me and sat by my side. The sun was completely out now, and his skin was sparkling. I reached up and cupped his cheek with one hand. He smiled and kissed my palm before turning back to me.

"I've missed this" I whispered.

"I've missed you" he said.

I smiled and took his hand.

"Edward, I truly want to trust you again like I did once… We just don't seem to get enough time to be alone…"

"Yes, this town is almost chaotic" he agreed.

"I want to try something… I don't know if I can" I said.

He nodded and watched with curiosity as I pulled out my great-grandma's grimoire. I took the paper from my pocket and took a deep breath. With one hand clutching the necklace Elijah had given me – the one I hadn't taken off – and another over my grimoire I incanted the spell I had found on Bonnie's grimoire. I could feel Edward's eyes on me. I could feel something cursing through me. I opened my eyes and my grimoire was unlocked. I smiled and started to flip through it.

"You did… You just used a spell!" Edward exclaimed. "What are you doing?"

"Looking… for this" I grinned.

Edward looked at the words with a scowl.

"It's in…"

"Gaelic" I chuckled. "And I can understand it somehow"

"Really?"

"Yeah!"

I read through the spell and pulled Edward to sit with me on the ground. He sat down and I sat in front of him with my legs folded under me.

"We don't have much time. The sun will set down soon" I said.

"What?" he asked confused.

"Do you trust me?" I asked.

"With my life, Bella"

I cupped his face and told him to close his eyes. He did and I looked down at the grimoire. I closed my eyes and started to incant the words that should be so foreign to me. Again, I felt magic cursing through me, coming from everything around me – the earth, the water, the sky, the sun. The wind twirled around me, flipping the pages of my grimoire and I clenched my eyes as my head started to hurt, but didn't stop the spell. When I was finished, everything was silent.

"Bella?"

I opened my eyes and smiled at Edward's face. He seemed worried. I felt weak, but so happy.

"I did it" I mumbled.

"What?"

I took his hand and extended it in the sun with mine. His skin was just as mine, not sparkling and not too pale. He stared at his hand as if it was a strange creature.

"Your eyes are green" I mumbled.

He looked back at me with his wide green eyes and then scowled.

"Your nose is bleeding"

"I'm tired, that's just it" I mumbled wiping the blood from my nose and then cleaned it in my jeans.

"How…?"

"I had a dream, you and your family were thanking me for helping you, and you looked… different, human… So, I hoped I had a spell on the grimoire to help you, but… I was just hoping. I'm glad it worked though" I smiled. "You can mingle with humans without problems now. You can walk in the sun. The spell will only be broken if you taste human blood so Jasper will have to have perfect restraint before I do the spell again…"

He cut me off by kissing me. His skin was still colder than mine but he felt warmer than before, softer too. He was almost human. I wrapped my arms around him, and kissed him back. We stayed in the clearing until after sunset. Edward was happy to enjoy the sun in his new form.

Edward was driving me home, since I was too tired to drive, when my phone rang. I groaned but seeing it was Elena, I answered it.

"Hey, Elena…"

"Bella, have you heard from Caroline?"

"What? Ahn… No, she was with Tyler"

"It's full moon tonight" Elena said shakily.

I looked up the sky through my window and sure enough the moon was almost full.

"Call Damon, ask him if he's heard from her" I told Elena.

She didn't answer.

"Elena?" I asked. "Elena!"

"Call you back" she mumbled and hung up.

I sighed and to Edward's questioning look I just said to take me home. He left me home, with a goodbye kiss on the porch and disappeared before Jake saw him. I didn't think Jake would be happy about the spell I've did for Edward. I entered the house and found the boys watching TV.

"Hey, guys" I said and then frowned. "Let me guess, no luck on helping Tyler?"

"Without raising suspicions? No" Embry said not taking his eyes from the screen.

"It's full moon tonight" I said.

"Well, then your dear bloodsuckers better lock all doors" Jake said.

"I'm going to bed" I said rolling my eyes at them.

I got a glass of water and started for the stairs. I took my phone out and called Damon.

"What?" he snapped.

"Did Elena talk to you?" I asked stopping at the top of the stairs.

"No, what the hell do you want now?" he sighed.

"Nothing, Damon, forget it" I snapped.

I ran back down the stairs while dialing Elena's number, it went to voicemail.

"Guys, Caroline was with Tyler and no one has heard from her" I said shakily.

They stood up and headed for the door.

"We'll check the Lockwoods' state. Keep your phone on" Jake said. "And be careful"

I nodded and they left, taking my old car. They had paid to get it fix it, and worked on it themselves a bit, now it was theirs. I continued to call Elena and she wouldn't answer. I grabbed my keys and took my car while calling Damon again.

"Yeah?"

"Are you going to listen now?" I asked.

"Yes?"

"Elena isn't answering her phone. I'm going to check on her. Jake and Embry went to check on Caroline who disappeared"

"Dammit, what else has gone wrong" he grumbled.

"Are you going to meet me at Elena's house or can I call Edward?"

"Ahn…"

Was Damon hesitating? Something was up.

"What's wrong, Damon?" I asked parking the car.

I got out and looked around. Everything seemed normal. Jenna's car was there and so was Elena's. She had to be home, Bonnie had put a seal on the house.

"I might have pissed off a werewolf" he said.

"What?" I screeched.

"Well, you told me not to kill her"

"Where are you?" I asked.

"Home… Call Eddie to help you if you need. Sorry" he said.

"No, it's more than fine. Call you back in a second" I said.

"Ok"

I hung up, and entered. Only Jeremy noticed me entering, and I put my fingers in my lips and mouthed 'Elena?'. He nodded to the stairs and I tiptoed upstairs while he continued downstairs with Jenna. I entered Elena's room and my eyes went wide.

"Elijah" I said.

"Hello, Bella" he said smiling.

"Bella, what are you doing here?" Elena asked.

"Well, someone suddenly hung up on me and didn't answer my calls" I said accusingly.

"Sorry, I was… Ahn, busy" she said glancing at Elijah.

"What is going on?" I asked them.

"Elena and I made a deal. Now, I have to go, keep my side of it" Elijah said and then inclined his head. "Be careful, Bella… You seem exhausted"

I nodded and he disappeared. Elena looked at me questioningly.

"I asked Jake and Embry to go check on Tyler and Caroline" I said.

"Thank you, Bella" she said smiling.

"I'm going home, it was a long day"

I said goodbye and left the house. But as I drove home, my mind went to Damon. He was in danger. He had been stupid enough to anger a werewolf on full moon night.

So, I changed my path and drove to the boarding house. I ran to the door and tried to open it but it was locked. I looked around as I banged on the door.

"Damon, open up!" I said.

A second later he pulled me in before locking the house again. He frowned at me.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

I frowned and avoided his eyes.

"Making sure you're alright"

"I'm fine, just taking precautions" he said. "Caroline? Elena?"

"Elena is more than fine, she was… with her phone off" I lied and followed him into the living room. "I still haven't heard from Caroline"

"Where is Eddie?" he asked pouring a drink.

"Home"

"Oh, he finally let you go" he said rolling his eyes. "You seem exhausted"

"I've done spells today, successfully" I said smiling.

"Really?" he asked smiling.

"Yes, I unlocked my grimoire and helped Edward…"

"Helped Edward? How?" he frowned.

"He looks more human now"

"You exhausted yourself, used your magic to help him on that?" he snapped and scoffed turning away from me. "I can't believe…"

I followed his gaze as he trailed off. He narrowed his eyes at Rose who was standing at the doorway, shifting on her feet with a light frown.

"What are you doing here? What do you want?" Damon asked.

"Damon, listen, I'm sorry I left you there. It's just Elijah showed up…"

"And you abandoned all of us" I said glaring at her.

"I want to help…"

We heard what sounded like a window breaking. Damon pulled me behind him and got a sword from the wall.

"What is it?" Rose asked nervously.

"A werewolf" I mumbled.

A growl filled the room and Rose came to our side. A grey wolf entered the room slowly, growling at Damon. His eyes didn't go to Rose not even for a bit. The wolf wanted Damon. It approached, trying to corner us. It happened so fast I barely saw it. The wolf jumped on Damon, Rose got in the way and was bitten, falling on the floor.

"Rose!" Damon gasped.

The wolf was about to attack him, when I blocked its path, raising my hands. I concentrated on him, and my head started to hurt badly again. The wolf yelped and started to back away while flinching. With one louder yelp, it finally gave up and ran away. Damon was helping Rose, both looking desperate.

"What…?" Rose said while tears ran down her cheeks. "What did you do?"

"I… I don't know, I just wanted it to stop and leave us alone" I mumbled leaning against the table.

"My shoulder" she cried.

Damon pulled aside her top to see the wound, and although it was bad, it didn't seem fatal and it was starting to heal.

"It's healing" Damon said happily.

She hugged him while chuckling and he hugged her back.

He really cared for her.

He pulled back and looked at me, his smile turning into a frown.

"Bella?"

"I just need to go home"

As he stood up I turned to leave, but the room spun and I tried to grab the table as I fell but wasn't successful, my body hitting the cold hardwood floor painfully. My mind shut off.