The Power of Three [Twilight/Charmed]

Part One - Chapter Nineteen: The Truce

Bella pursed her lips climbing out of Edward's black Volvo XC60; she glared at the witches who were waiting to speak with her boyfriend about what was going on. 

Over the weekend while Bella had been Florida, Victoria had attempted to reach the Swan house and it had resulted in a fight between the Cullens and the wolf pack. 

Even with the discovery of Victoria's plot to build an army, there were still things that didn't add up. 

Edward looked as Jacob appeared from the forest making Bella smile at the sight of her best friend, she hadn't seen him in ages though she didn't know of the changes that had taken place down in La Push. 

"We need to talk Cullen," Jacob said making Edward frown as he picked up on a couple of thoughts from the wolf, he glanced at Amelia curiously for a moment before he nodded his head. 

"Bella, why don't you go inside and see your father," Edward insisted making her frown, she shook her head stupidly while Alicia rolled her eyes annoyed at the human; she wondered why Bella didn't understand that this was serious. 

"Victoria attempted to reach the house on Saturday," Jacob said making Edward nod his head, Alice had called him and told him about what had happened over the weekend; she hadn't said much about it but it hadn't ended well. 

"There's something else... Victoria's building an army," Amelia continued making Edward look at her worried, he didn't know what Victoria was planning but he knew that the Cullens didn't stand a chance if Victoria was doing as the witch had said. 

"She's building an army... for what?" Bella asked confused making Aiden roll his eyes, he couldn't understand how Edward spent so much time with her; she was self-centered and not that clever as it would seem.

"She's building an army to kill you," Amelia said as Paul moved closer to her side, he glared at Edward who didn't seem happy that the witch had told Bella about why Victoria was hovering around. 

Bella stilled for a moment before she turned to look at Edward, she couldn't believe that her boyfriend was still refusing to change her with all this danger present. 

"This is why you should change me... it's not safe for me to remain human," Bella insisted desperately making Alicia stare at her in disbelief that Bella was talking about this now. 

Edward said something softly to Bella making her frown while Jacob glared at his best friend, he was disgusted that she still wanted to become like his mortal enemy; she didn't even seem to care how this would affect those around her. 

"For God's sake... would you stop thinking of yourself for a moment," Amelia snapped making Bella stare at her wide-eyed; the witch glared at her while Paul chuckled at his imprint. 

Blinking in surprise, Bella opened her mouth to protest before Edward stopped her, she pouted as she looked at him but the vampire ignored her. 

"Thank you for your information... my family and I will handle it," Edward stated stubbornly making Aiden shake his head. 

Amelia snorted at the vampire's words as Charlie appeared at the front door looking confused about why they were talking about this in the open, where anyone could see.

"Like you have been handling before now... we propose a truce between your family and us until this threat has been dealt with," Aiden said making Edward frown. 

The vampire knew that the Charmed Ones didn't think much of his family right now, they hadn't dealt with this threat and now things were getting worse. 

The sound of a black Mercedes S55 AMG pulling up outside of the house made the group look at it, before Carlisle climbed out, he nodded at Edward as he joined him. 

"Alice informed me what was happening," Carlisle replied making his son frown at him as he looked between the wolf pack and the witches; he could see that there was a strong bond between the two. 

"What do you suggest?" Carlisle asked knowing that maybe this would make things better between the three groups. Aiden look at Amelia, who nodded her head while the wolves didn't look happy about what was going to be suggested.

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Sam frowned as Jacob explained what the plan was to fight against the army that Victoria had created to kill Bella; he couldn't understand why he had turned to help of the Cullens, he still wasn't fond of the witches being involved. 

Emily rested a hand on Sam's arm as she looked at Leah and Aiden, she had heard from Seth about the confrontation that had taken place between Sam and Leah the night before. 

"So what are we going to do?" Jared asked wrapping his arms around his imprint Kim; Amelia looked at Jacob, who sighed as he ran a stressed hand through his hair. 

"Our only chance of beating the army that Victoria has built is to work with the Cullens... we need their help if we want to contain the problem," Jacob said making a couple of the pack protest; they didn't like the idea of relying on the Cullens for something like this. 

"Listen I know that it isn't the most ideal plan but without them there will be a massive loss of life," Aiden said holding Leah close, she was looking at him worried while Jacob nodded his head in agreement; Sam glared at the witch, he didn't like him and probably never would. 

Alicia nibbled on her lip as she cuddled into Embry's arms, her eyes flickering between her siblings as she realised that Aiden and Amelia were having a private conversation. 

"Aiden? Amelia?" Alicia asked drawing attention to her siblings, her sister glared at their brother before she looked at Alicia, who was curious about what they had been discussing.

Paul looked at Amelia, who didn't seem pleased with whatever they had been talking about privately.

"Aiden wants to bring in a couple of our old friends," Amelia grumbled making Alicia look at her brother worried while the pack looked confused. 

Aiden sighed as he looked at his sisters, he knew why Amelia had her reservations; some people that they knew wouldn't be willing to cross a vampire while others just wouldn't want to get involved. 

"What about Garrett?" Aiden asked making Amelia shake her head at the mention of a vampire that they had met previously had interactions with; he was a close friend of Amelia's and it was clear that they had been more than close. 

Paul furrowed his brow at the mention of Garrett, Amelia crossed her arms as she glanced at her wolf; she knew that he wouldn't be happy when he learnt who Garrett was. 

"He's out of the country," Amelia replied making Aiden nod, he knew that she wouldn't contact the vampire unless it was an important matter; Paul looked around confused as no one explained who Garrett was. 

"He's a vampire... an old friend of the family," Alicia explained making the wolf pack still, they hadn't expected that sort of admission; they had thought he'd be another witch or something, not a vampire. 

Amelia glanced at Paul, who didn't seem pleased that she had contact with a bloodsucking vampire, he didn't like the idea that she spoke with his mortal enemy. 

"Garrett's different... he may drink human blood but he's helped us through a lot," Aiden said making Sam scoff, he didn't believe that for a second; they were meant to be on the same side and here they were associating with a human-blood drinking vampire.