Bella's POV

I was in the Fellowship Of The Sun with my adoptive parents when I heard that they kidnapped a vampire.  "Bella, hurry up. Your Father's waiting for us at the church!" I heard Sarah yell from downstairs. "Coming, Mom!" I yelled back, slipping on a pair of black ballet flats. "Oh, Honey, you look beautiful." Sarah gushed, straightening my yellow t-shirt. I just smiled.

I really didn't like how close-minded her and Steve were... "Honey, what's the matter?" "Did I ever have a sister?" I asked. "A sister? No. Not that I know of. Why do you ask?" She asked back, looking at me confused. "There is a girl in town and she looks identical to me! She must be a doppelgänger." I said.

"Must be." Sarah said. "But...it is kinda crazy how the same we look, and y-you guys aren't going to make me touch the vampire, right?" I said in a small voice. I was being truthful about not wanting to touch him, just not for the reason they thought.

"Oh, Honey, not if you don't want to. I wouldn't want to touch such an abomination either." She patted my cheek and I smiled at her while inside I was seething. Jesus taught us not to discriminate yet she was preaching discrimination.

I decided at that moment that if I had any chance to free this vampire of theirs, I would take it. Just to piss them off. If I had known how much this promise to myself would change my life, I would have made it sooner.

When we arrived at the church Steve was pacing, impatient to have me check his vampire for him.

"Ah, Bella!" He exclaimed when he spotted me, "I'm glad you're here. I'm worried Godric may try to escape and I want you to check him and make sure he isn't."

"Yes master." I nodded and followed him into the basement, memorizing the layout in case I had a chance to free this Godric. The large steel door Steve unlocked may be a problem...

My train of thought was broken off at the sight of the boy in the room. He was standing impassively in the center of the room with silver chains on his wrists. He looked no older than nineteen, but I could tell from his eyes he was much, much older. He had short dark hair and deep blue-silver eyes. He looked at me curiously, but stayed silent. I had a strong urge to reach out and heal the welts on his wrists from the silver, but not even my 'father' knew of that power...

"Bella," Steve said, bringing both my and Godric's attention to him, "this abomination is Godric." He said the word 'abomination' like a curse word. How he could call someone so beautiful an abomination was beyond me.

"Hello." I said quietly, dropping my shields and letting Godric's mind wash over me.

"Hello." He said in a similarly quiet tone. His voice was wise and calming, i felt like i could listen to it all day long. I felt his thoughts bombarded me.

'Who is this girl?'Why would Steve bring her down here?' 'She's really pretty for a human...' I dug deeper, looking for any evidence of escape. 'I'm tired, so tired' I could feel his tiredness, it was crushing. 'Two thousand years is long enough.' He was two thousand years old! 'I hope Isabel managed to restrain Stan, I would hate to be his excuse for slaughtering humans...' I could vaguely hear Steve talking to Godric, but I ignored it. 'Maybe if he takes his revenge out on me, it will end it.' I pulled out of his mind, he may have some idealistic notions of Steve's revenge being satiated, but he had no plans to escape.

I blinked a few times and i saw Steve glance down at me. "So?" I was surprised he wanted me to tell him in front of Godric.

"No plans for escape, and he is unaware of any rescue plans." I said, listening to Godric's reaction to my words.

'So she's a telepath. Why would she be working with Steve Newlin?'

"God has given you a great gift Bella. Sarah and i knew you were special when we adopted you." Steve said smiling at me, sure. That's why no one else knows about my powers, you're ashamed of it because you hate the supernatural. "Yes master." I said.

'She's his daughter?' Godric's thoughts were laced with shock. I just smiled at Steve and ignored Godric's thoughts.

"Come on dear, I have some preparations to make for the lock-in in a few weeks." Steve said, ushering me out of the room. Just before he shut the steel door behind us i turned and met Godric's eyes. Reaching out with my power i healed his wrists and protected them against further injury for an hour or so. I saw his eyes widen and felt one last thought before the steel door shut us a part.

'She's a Healer...' the thought was laced with awe and I nearly blushed.

I was walking to school when I came across Frankie again. I decided to move a little close to her, waiting for her to notice me, she immediately does and stops and I do the same. "Hello, Bella Newlin." Frankie said. "Hi Frankie Gaines." I said. "I knew you lived on this street by I did not know you walked to school or work at 7:30, as I do, Bella Newlin." Frankie said. "I just didn't want to be late." I said. "Why? Is there someone watching you, Bella Newlin?" Frankie asked.

"No, just I do not want people to think of me as...odd, people found me weird in my old school because I was...smart." I said. Frankie wraps her arms around me and gives me a tight hug. "Wow...you're really strong." I said. "Thank you, Bella Newlin." Frankie said. "Why don't you call me Bella? Without the Newlin..." I asked. "Okay, Bella without the Newlin." Frankie said. "Never mind." I said, then we started walking again.

As we walked, Frankie and I kept giving each other math and science questions. "What is pie to 1000 digits?" Frankie asked. "Oh my gosh! I remember this...Okay! 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548
0744623799627495673518857527248912279381830119491298336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798609437027705392171762931767523846748184676694051320005681271452635608277857713427577896091736371787214684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235420199561121290219608640344181598136297747713099605187072113499999983729780499510597317328160963185950244594553469083026425223082533446850352619311881710100031378387528865875332083814206171776691473035982534904287554687311595628638823537875937519577818577805321712268066130019278766111959092164201989." I say, quickly. "My calculations confirm you are correct." Frankie said. "Yes!" I exclaimed, "Frankie...don't you ever get teased for being really clever?" "No, I don't, Sepulveda High is a school for lots of intellectual people." Frankie told me. "I know but I am the smartest one." I said. "That is probably not true, I have more data stored than you, making me smarter." Frankie said.

Data...what she some kind of...robot. Oh my god, Frankie was a machine! Some kind of highly sophisticated android. It makes sense now, whoever created her must have not realized that there was a person who already looked like Frankie. "Frankie? Are you a robot?" I asked.

Frankie's POV

DO NOT LIE.
DO NOT REVEAL ANDROID STATUS.

"Yes, Bella Newlin, I am a type of robot." I said. "Frankie...are you an android?" Bella asked.

DO NOT REVEAL ANDROID STATUS.
DO NOT LIE.

"Yes, I am. Now...I am afraid that I will have to move for sure because my Mom told me I couldn't let anyone find out and..." "No. Technically, I am you. Surely, telling yourself isn't bad?" Bella said. "I guess so..." I said. "And plus, this can be a secret." Bella told me. "Of course but can I tell Dayton Reyes? She already knows." I said. "I don't think that would be advisable yet." Bella said. "Ok, Bella Newlin." I said. "Promise you won't tell her?' Bella asked. "I...promise Bella Newlin." I said.

Bella places a hand on my shoulder. "Frankie, do you think that we could be like...sisters?" Bella asked. "But, we are not related, Jenny Gaines is my sister." I said. "I get it but I have never had a sister before and...You're the closest thing." Bella said. "I get your reasoning, Bella Newlin. Or should I say...sis.' I said and Bella and I smiled at one another.

Bella's POV

We decided to travel to Mako Island together. "Well that's goo- AHHH" I screamed when I fell down a hole in the rocks. "This is the heart of Mako." I say as Frankie came up the incline and into the cavern.

We looked around in awe, it had its own beauty to it.

My feet led me on their own accord, my mind too numb in shock to realize what my body was doing. I stopped right at the edge of the pool and looked up. The night sky was open before me, shining brilliantly, almost winking at me. I snapped out of my entrancement and jumped into the stunning pool of water before me because it was the only way out. I braced myself for the shock of cold water, but surprisingly the temperature was nice and warm. When I thought about it actually, being submerged was quite pleasant...very peaceful. Frankie jumped in after me then I felt the water start to bubble like a hot tub. But even better.

Instead of shorting out she started glowing. When we came up for air, the full moon was up. It all felt like a dream. "How is this possible? I'm a machine." Frankie asked. "It's this place. It's upgrading you." I said as we were surrounded by a bunch of colorful sparkles. They were all going to the moon. All of a sudden I notice something interesting.

"Frankie!" I began to raise my voice.

"What?"

"Is that a tail?" I ask her, seeing a large rainbow color tail on my body.

"I am seeing it," she nods.

"Yours is gold/blue," I say, pointing to her tail. I had to pinch myself to make sure it wasn't a dream. It was amazing. When it stopped, I swam out of the underwater entrance.

When I went back to the cafe I bumped into someone. "Hi, I'm Bella." I introduced myself.

"Hey, I'm Sookie." She held out her hand but I didn't take it. In my head memories were flashing by.

"Did you say Sookie? Are you Sookie Stackhouse?"

"Um . . . yes. Why?"

"Don't you remember me? It's Bella. I used to play with you and Tara, and Jason. And even Lafayette?" I said smiling.

Realization dawned on Sookie's face "Oh my goodness! Bella!" she exclaimed and hugged me.

"I missed you so much! I was so sad when we lost contact. What happened?" Sookie asked. "My adoptive dad made me into a pleasure slave but I managed to escape by moving to Amber Beach." We continued talking throughout the rest of the day and I introduced her to Frankie and the Rangers.