A/N: 'There Will Be Blood' is a The Vampire Diaries / Twilight / True Blood crossover. It will be Stefan and Elena centric, but with a lot of lovable characters showing up in between. Please read and review and let me know who you'd love to pop up next. Eric? Bill? Emmett? Bonnie? Sookie? Alcide? Caroline? The opportunities abound!
CHAPTER ONE
Carlisle's thoughts shouted from his study, as Edward heard him tossing books aside as he searched for an elusive text amongst his shelves.
The Ripper of Monterrey. Chicago. 1920s. What is he doing here?
Edward appeared in Carlisle's doorway and looked at him concerned.
"What's going on?"
Carlisle paused for a moment and sighed before firing up his Mac and signing into The Vampire Database.
"Where are Bella and Renesmee?"
"At the cottage. Why?" Edward stood behind Carlisle and watched him open the search option
"I think we have a problem," Carlisle said grimly as he typed in 'Stefan Salvatore'.
"Who's Stefan Salvatore?" The name had a vaguely familiar ring to it.
"A vampire who you may know as 'The Ripper' from Chicago in the 1920s. I saw him at the hospital today and when I checked the blood stores someone had drawn from them."
"The Ripper is in Forks?" Edward tensed as he immediately considered the potential consequences and trail of bodies
"Yes. I don't know why The Volturi and The Authority have allowed him to continue as long as he has?" Carlisle pondered as Stefan Salvatore's profile came up in the directory.
"He's recently been spotted out with Klaus. He has a brother, Damon Salvatore"
"Klaus?" Panic shot through Edward's face. "Why would Salvatore or Klaus be in Forks?"
"It says here that Klaus was reported to be attempting to create a werewolf / vampire hybrid."
"A hybrid? He must be here for Renesmee..." Edward whispered and raced out the door at lightening speed.
Bella opened the door to a frantic young woman.
"Isabella Cullen?" She asked determinedly.
"Yes," Bella answered cautiously, as she assessed the strong, yet frightened girl in front of her. She appeared to be the same age as Bella.
"I'm sorry to appear unannounced at your home like this," the woman said apologetically, as she fumbled with the large bag she was carrying. "But I was told you could help me."
"It's ok," Bella said reaching out to welcome to usher the woman in. "Please come in."
"Mom, who is it?" Renesmee bounded into the living area and stopped short at the woman with her mother. The woman was clearly at least eight months pregnant.
"My name is Elena Gilbert and I really need your help."
Edward whipped through the trees before he sensed the unknown vampire's presence.
The vampire's head was a jumble of thoughts.
Bonnie promised me Elena was coming here. What is she running from? Damon? Me? Something else? Why would she come here?
Not sensing an immediate threat from the other vampire, Edward ceased his immediate plan of bowling him over and simply stopped imposingly in the other vampire's path.
"Stefan Salvatore, I presume?"
The vampire cocked his head to the side and looked at Edward quizzically, questioning how he knew who he was. He almost appeared slightly abashed about the impoliteness of being caught uninvited on another vampire's property.
"Yes," Stefan nodded curtly extending his hand out. "Are you Edward Cullen?"
"I am. Why are you on my family's property?"
Stefan looked exhausted. And hungry.
"I am truly sorry to intrude on your family's home, Edward and I mean you no harm. I am looking for a woman who was coming to visit you here."
"A woman?" It was Edward's turn to look confused. "Nobody has come to see us. Who is she?"
"Elena. Elena Gilbert. She my… I mean she was my…" Stefan faltered slightly. "She's a friend."
Edward's brow creased further as he heard love, concern and fear for this woman in Stefan's overpowering thoughts. It was like a mirror of his own around the dark period that he had left Bella and eventually sought out the Volturi. Scattered through Stefan's muddled thoughts was a brunette girl in high school, a girl he loved. Elena. A brother. A deal made to save his brother. An overpowering sense of guilt about the things he had done to Elena in order to save his brother and finally a desperate love for a woman who had been ripped away from him by circumstance. Edward sensed that Stefan wasn't an immediate threat to his family, unless they got in the way of Elena.
"Why do you think Elena's here?" Edward asked.
"I had a witch do a tracking spell, which led me here."
"Why would she come to see us?"
"I honestly don't know?" Stefan answered genuinely, as Edward's iPhone buzzed in his pocket.
"Bella," he answered softly. "Is Renesmee with you?"
"Yes," Bella's voice was clear and determined down the phone. "Edward, I need you to get back to the house now. We have a… a situation."
"I know," Edward assured his wife softly. "Is there a woman by the name of Elena Gilbert there?"
"Yes. How did you know? Who is she?"
"I'll be there soon, my love."
"Elena's there?"
"Yes," Edward answered as he practically heard Stefan's silent heart leap into his chest.
"May I come and see her?"
Understanding how he would have felt in Stefan's shoes Edward nodded slightly and they walked at a normal pace for fifteen minutes before they reached the cottage. Bella opened the door as they approached, her eyes wide as she appraised Stefan.
"Edward…" Bella warned as Elena came into view. Edward took a sharp intake of breath and Stefan's eyes filled with shock as he appraised Elena's condition and their eyes locked.
"Yes, Stefan," Elena whispered tiredly. "It's yours."
A/N: How will Stefan respond? What will Bella and Edward do? Where's Damon? Where's Klaus?