Let me just say, that yes, I know I'm full of bullshit and that you're all probably sick of me.

I'm sick of me.

But that's beside the point! For some reason, some of you actually stick around for this story! :o I really do try, guys. Please know at least that. I'm done making excuses for myself. Just know that I'm sorry, and now I really am trying.

On another note, my author's notes have been…well, depressing, and stuff… So I apologize. Funny things…lalala, funny things, umm…

I watched a bunch of danisnotonfire videos this morning? :D He's really funny, in case you haven't heard of him, so you should DEFINITELY see his videos. Him and cassjaytuck! They get the fangirl/have no life thing:p lol

Speaking of! Have you guys SEEN the effin Vampire Diaries?! I was TRIPPING. OUT. WARNING! FANGIRLS WILL MAKE YOUR EARS BLEED FROM THE SQUEELING.

And then, there's, you know, the Percabeth feels from Mark of Athena, the Destiel feels from Supernatural, the Finchel/Klaine/Brittanna feels from Glee, the Merthur feels from Merlin, and… I'd be lying if I gave two shits that the Walking Dead is back:p though someone did tell me to read the books:p And ONCE UPON A TIME! EEEEEPPP! AM I THE ONLY ONE? OF ANY OF THESE?! GUYS, REVIEW, PM, LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN FANGIRL TOGETHER!

P.S. I also ship Johnlock and, you know, all of the Avengers in this big circle of ships.

So let me know! :D

I've officially either excited you or traumatized you with my pairings. Good luck, process it after you read the new chapter!:D

YAAAAY!

Rhiannon POV: (P.S. Do you guys like her…like, honestly?:o)

My eyelids felt heavy, like 20 pound rocks on top of my eyes, refusing to let me open them. My head hurt, my limbs hurt…everything hurt.

I groaned in frustration. I felt like I couldn't move, and that was never a pleasant feeling.

I heard a dark chuckle that made me freeze any attempts until I heard words from a person whose voice I knew all too well: "C'mon, love, you've woken in a hospital before. You'll be fine."

I shuddered, already picturing that oddly attractive, evil smile.

"Klaus," I managed to rasp out.

"The one and only." Oh, I could hear the smirk that was on his face. His words were followed swiftly by his footsteps coming closer. "How have you been, darling?"

"I've been better," I replied.

"No, you haven't," he whispered in my ear. "You've never been better," he stated.

Out of all the things I could do, I felt my eyebrows knit together in confusion. "Why is that?"

I could still feel his hot breath on my face, and I tried not to cringe. "Because, dearie, there is vampire blood in your veins at the moment. In fact, pretty soon, you'll meet the woman who put it in there. Don't worry, it's all a bunch of heroism and career enhancement on her part. I was just…well, around the neighborhood. I heard you were in town, thought I'd stop by and visit you. It was your…father who put you in here, wasn't it?"

Finally gaining the strength to open my eyes, I glared at him with all the strength I had before moving on and trying to ignore his comment, focusing on something much more important.

"Why are you here? Is it because of the doppleganger?"

I wasn't exactly best friends with Elena, but she was a good person. She had even taken Bella in. I owed her for that.

"No, darling, I've known about the Petrova doppleganger for much longer than you would probably ever understand."

I felt him lean even closer and my breathing sped up. "I was genuinely concerned for you. And your little friend. Isabella, isn't it?"

My anger in me immediately went up. "You won't touch her, you bastard!"

"I'm sorry, love. I have something that needs to be taken care of, and she is the key to it. At least, according to Katherine she is."

Katherine. Of course. I thought dryly.

"I'll be keeping a close watch." I watched him walk towards the door of my hospital room, and right when I thought I'd finally be rid of his presence, he taunted, "Don't go dying anytime soon…Then your father might really hate you. I heard he's as ruthless as Bill Forbes!"

With all my strength, I picked up the nearby lamp and threw it at his head, but of course he ducked his head out of the room before it could do any damage.

It wasn't long before the mystery woman with the vampire blood showed up.

She'd opened the door, all smiles and happiness, which would generally be a good sign in a hospital, but I knew what it meant.

"Hey, Rhiannon, my name's Meredith. I was your doctor when you got brought in today, and I'm happy to say that you should recover soon."

I looked at her through squinted eyes. "Cut the bullshit."

She eyed me, confused. "I…what? You really should be better by tomorrow, I-"

"I had a stake in my chest. I knew when I jumped in front of Bella that I would probably die. In fact, the chances of me not dying were pretty much nonexistent."

She started fidgeting, clearly uncomfortable with the conversation. "What can I say? It was like a-"

"Don't you dare say 'miracle', or I will punch you in the face." I glared. Her eyes widened even more, if it was possible, when I said, "You used vampire blood on me."

She was a bit stuttery for a moment before she composed herself, clearly realizing that she wouldn't be able to fool me. "Okay, yea, I did. But so what? I saved your life."

Glaring was becoming a habit, it seemed.

"I think those things are monsters. I hate the idea that there's potential for me to become one of them right now!" I briefly considered if what I said was still true, thinking back to Damon's piercing blue eyes.

I shook that thought away. Of course those were still my beliefs.

"You need to release me. Right now." I said, jumping off the hospital bed.

She crossed her arms over her chest. "And why would I do that?"

"Because I'm a sitting duck in here!" I yelled. "If someone knows I'm in here with vampire blood in my system? I've met a lot of people, Meredith, but most of them aren't friends. I'm leaving here with or without your permission, but you might as well not put my disappearance on your hands."

She glared right back at me, but nodded and signed the papers anyway.

I changed and left quickly. Until the vampire blood was out of my system, I decided, I would have to stay low.

I wanted to figure out what Klaus meant about Bella, but I figured I'd have time to figure it out, and so I went home, unsuspecting of the events about to occur.

Bella POV:

For some weird, bullshitty reason that I didn't believe, the hospital wouldn't let me see Rhiannon.

I wasn't stupid, and while I cared about what happened to her, I knew they wouldn't tell me anything about her condition, and I'd been in hospitals enough to know not to argue.

I made my way to the Salvatore house, where we were all supposed to meet, my mind never leaving the idea that her father might still be around, watching me. It wasn't really comforting that I didn't feel eyes on me, because I hadn't felt them when he'd shot that stake.

When I arrived at the Salvatore house, I knew quickly that something was going on. The blinds were shut, and there was serious "Do not disturb" vibes surrounding the entire house. When I came in, I quickly realized why.

"Hey, Bella," Damon said cheerfully. "Look at what we caught in the woods!"

He held up his "findings" and I flinched as the eerie eyes of Rhiannon's father looked me up and down. "Hello, Bella."

"Hello, Robert."

He grinned. "I heard you were into a…bloodier lifestyle lately," he winked.

"I could say the same for you. Tell me, do you know how your daughter's holding up?" I smirked. "Because I do. And I'm not letting her anywhere near you." Okay, so maybe I lied, but it did the job well enough. No longer was calm Robert around. He growled, trying to launch himself at me, but Damon and Stefan easily held him back.

"That stake was for you, you vampire bitch!" He yelled.

I smiled. "Elena, open the blinds."

She complied, looking a bit confused.

"You guys, chain him down. Then leave." They did as they were told, albeit wearily.

I felt a new strength, a new anger, directed solely at him and all the people that tried to mess up my life.

I put my hand directly in the sunlight, showing off to him that there was no ring on my finger, no way to avoid getting burned if I really was a vampire.

He just grunted. "What, do they make magic ankle bracelets for increased comfort and style now?"

I didn't back down. "Joke all you want, but at the end of the day, you know that I'm really not a vampire. You know that you're a monster that shot his own daughter with a wooden stake. I want to see you go to jail. But more than that? I could ask Jasper to force upon you some of the greatest feelings of pain you've ever known. But you know what I'm going to do instead?" I leaned down to whisper in his ear, and he looked at me wearily.

"I'm going to tell you how your daughter is dying in a hospital room. I'm going to tell you that Rhiannon is currently going through immense pain, no matter how much morphine the doctors seem to give her. She might not live to see tomorrow. I despise you. Damon despises you. Everyone that was in this room despises you. She despises you. In her eyes, you're worse than the vampires you hunt. And for what? I'm not even a vampire! You messed up, and now, I'm going to make sure that you end up in some distant place with no money and no place to go. And you know what? I won't let you come back here. You'll live every day, wondering if she died or lived, and I hope the despair and hopelessness crushes you."

I left without another word, not just from the room, but the Salvatore house, only stopping to tell Damon, "Get him the fuck away from Mystic Falls and Rhiannon. Make sure he never comes back."

I was only a couple of steps out when I heard Stefan yelling for me to stop. "Bella! Hold on!"

I whirled around quickly. "What's wrong, Stefan? I'm tired."

He gulped, looking a bit cautious with what he was about to say. "What you said to him in there…I could hear it. All of the vampires could. It's not like you. What you said was really harsh. I'm not sure I agree with your methods."

I looked down and took a deep breath and looked down. I could feel the tears starting to well up in my eyes. "I know."

"What?" Stefan asked. I'm sure he didn't think it would be that easy.

"I said that I know. I'm not like that. But it's like I said, Stefan. I'm tired. Rhiannon and I…we've dealt with 'harsh' realities all our lives. It was time he faced his. Rhiannon was hurt by her own father. He needs to deal with those consequences."

"Those are really harsh consequences that you just condemned him to," Stefan stated.

"I know," I nodded. "But you don't know him like I do. He deserves harsh."

Stefan looked like he was about to argue, but then changed his mind. "Are you sure about this?"

Jasper stepped out from the house then. "She's sure. I can feel it," he nodded.

"Thanks for figuring out my emotions for me, Jazz," I smiled.

"It's no problem, Bella." Jasper replied.

I looked at Stefan one more time. "You have a good heart, Stefan. Elena's lucky to have you."

He smiled, and I knew then that any issues he had about Robert would be resolved and okay.

"I'm going to go check on Rhi, you guys." I gave a small wave and left the Salvatore house – for real this time – feeling a bit more at peace with my emotions than I had first been.

The news I got from Mystic Falls General Hospital was unexpected. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but she was released a couple of hours ago. You should check her home address."

At this point, I was exhausted, I wanted fluffy pillows and a warm blanket and maybe even some free time with Jeremy. I did not want anything excited, especially hunting down my weird teenage friend who was probably just home.

I left the hospital and called Damon. "Hey there, Bellsy, what can I do for ya?" I smiled at Emmett's ridiculousness. "Can you pass me to Damon? I need to talk to him."

"Sure, no problem." I stopped walking and patiently waited for Damon to get on the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey Damon, it's Bella."

"Hey, what's up? Anything I need to worry about?" He asked.

"Nah, I was just wondering if you could check on Rhi for me? She's out of the hospital, probably at her house. It's weird, but she seems to have attached herself to you of all people, so I was thinking she'd take you as second best."

"Oh, whatever, Swan, you know I'm number one. You're just the best friend!" I rolled my eyes, but before I could reply, he continued, "Yea, I'll check on Sassy Sally over at her place."

"Great. Thanks, Damon," I told him. All I got was a "No problem," before he hung up.

Just as I started walking again, I got a creepy feeling that ran all the way down my back, and then before I could blink, I could feel something knock me unconscious.

The black dots only allowed me to get a glimpse of a man's shoes before I completely succumbed to the darkness.

I thought about ending it here, but I've been working hard already to make sure you guys get a longer chapter, so I figured I might as well go through with it and keep going ^-^

Damon POV:

I tried not to think about the thrill I got when I thought about going to see Rhiannon.

The girl was just…interesting, for lack of a better word. She spiked my interest the way no one else could – not even Elena.

I figured time in a hospital would be a downer, so I bought snacks that I thought she might like.

…

Okay, so I bought every kind of snack because I didn't know what she liked. Sue me.

When I showed up to her house, some lights were on, and nothing seemed wrong, so I knocked.

When I listened closely, I could hear her footsteps, growing stronger along with the beat of her heart.

"Damon?" She questioned. "What are you doing here?"

"I think the question is," I replied, "what are you doing here? And are you going to let me in."

She hesitated, but then nodded. "You can come in… and I got released," she defended herself. I raised my eyebrows in speculation, "A day after you got shot with a giant wooden stake? I don't think so. You'd have to have…vampire blood to heal that quickly."

I fully expected her to deny it vehemently, but she just froze up.

"Oh my god, did someone put vampire blood in you?" I growled.

She nodded. "It's why I left. I was a sitting duck in there." I nodded. She was right to leave.

"It's a good thing you did."

I sighed and plopped down onto the couch. "I might as well make myself comfortable."

She looked at me oddly. "Why?"

"Well, because Bella would kill me if I left you here alone now, knowing what I do."

She laughed, "That's probably true."

"I'll make sure you don't do any inviting in, and I won't let anything happen to you while I'm here," I grinned. She grinned back, and I tried to ignore the way that my undead heart seemed to beat a little faster.

"Okay," she whispered. "I was actually just planning to go to bed."

"It's, like, ten o'clock!" I argued. "Don't be an old lady! Watch a movie with me!"

Reluctantly, she got on the couch and waited for me to pick something. I honestly didn't even try looking through her movie collection, just plucking one out at random and putting it into her DVD player.

"You know, I used to look up to my father," she whispered about half way in. "Now, even though I know it's wrong, I don't want to even see him again. Will I have to?"

"No," I told her. "You won't."

"Good," she nodded. And thus our first conversation ended.

In one particularly cheesy scene of this romantic movie we were watching, I asked her if she'd ever had a boyfriend.

"No," she told me. "My dad never let me. He said that it was too distracting…that I was meant to be a hunter. What about you? Anyone you particularly liked in the past?"

"Before I was turned," I replied, nodding. I told her about Katherine and Stefan. I told her how I got turned and how long I spent searching for her. Then I told her about Elena, and all of the things I'd thought I'd felt for her.

"Thought you felt for her? What changed your mind?" she asked me.

I looked her in the eyes and told her the truth. "I met someone else who makes me feel like my feelings I had for Elena don't matter."

We started leaning in, judging how much the other wanted what was about to happen, and then finally, our lips collided.

It was like nothing I'd ever experienced. I briefly wondered if this would backfire, if she'd shun mine and her feelings away. But then I quickly left that train of thought. This – which I'm sure she was feeling as well – wasn't something that could be easily ignored. I could feel that she knew that too. She didn't fight it.

I don't know how long I went between kissing her and just holding her close, but eventually we both fell asleep on her couch.

We both woke up to the sun rays hitting our faces, and I helped her up. Everything seemed lighter now on this new day.

Until that knock on the door. Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Stefan, Elena, Caroline, Tyler, Bonnie, Jeremy, and a man and a woman I didn't know were all quickly invited in.

"This is Carlisle and Esme," Alice introduced. "We asked them to come as soon as they could."

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Bella's gone missing," Elena told us.

Great, I thought darkly. Can't there be one moment of peace in this stupid town? I thought back to when I'd first met Elena:

"Nothing bad ever happens in Mystic Falls," she'd said.

If only we'd all known.

So that was the 4th chapter of TOSOTC, with more than 3000 words in total, I might add;)

I really hoped you guys liked it! I worked hard! Lol

I'll pinky swear that I want to write soon! I just don't really have a laptop right now, but I swear that when I can I'll update! My creative juices are really flowing! :D

If you guys haven't heard them, there are four songs that I definitely think you should seriously check out.

The first is Happiness, by Hurts:

I don't want your happiness!

I don't need your happiness!

Better than it sounds, I swear:p

Then there's Knights of Cydonia by Muse:

No one's going to take me alive

The time has come to make things right

You and I must fight for our rights

You and I must fight to survive

Love that song! C:

Then there's the last two, I Knew You Were Trouble and Red by Taylor Swift c:

I guess you shouldn't listen if you don't support her non-country side, but I just completely adore them!

IKYWT:

And the saddest fear comes creeping in
That you never loved me, or her, or anyone
or anything, yeah
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I've never been
Till you put me down oh
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I've never been
Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground
oh oh trouble trouble trouble

And not the chorus, but my absolute FAVORITE line of Red:

The first one ^0^ lol

Loving him is like

Driving a new Maserati down a dead end street

Faster than the wind, passionate as sin,

Ending so suddenly

So I've given you fun YouTube channels to check out, amazing songs to listen to, a somewhat long as fuck chapter (for me, lol), and even a kind of scary yet a bit badass yet a bit cruel/mean Bella. Plus the promise for a somewhat soon update.

Can I pretty please get a couple of reviews? ^-^ c: