AN - Hello everyone! I wasn't planning on doing two fan fictions at once (don't worry, First Blush, I'm still working on that one, the next chapter will be up within the next 48 hours), but this idea came to me one night when I dreamed the meeting between Alice and Jasper and there was someone else with Jasper. . . Hope you like my twist, should be fun to write the love story between Alice and Jasper. The story will mostly be done from the other Character's POV, but I will throw in some Alice, Jasper and Edward POV chapters here and there. I'm also making the war in south last longer than it had in the book. Jasper was still turned during the civil war, but the story takes place now. Jasper and Alice don't meet until now, modern day and therefor haven't yet joined the Cullens. Don't worry, they'll get there soon :o)

Disclaimer - I'm not Stephanie Meyer and I don't own twilight or any of it's character. I'm just having some fun with them. No copywrite infringement intended.

A Hunger Like No Other.

Chapter 1.

We have been traveling the country side for months now. Charlotte, Peter, Jasper and I escaped Maria's grasp five short months ago. Maria was our maker, she was evil, vindictive and power hungry. I was changed 17 months ago to help aid in a war of power in the south. Maria was looking to "own" the southern states and most of mexico and was using newborns to do it. You see, newborns are faster and stronger than other vampires. That first year our bodies are still absorbing the blood from our human life, which is the reason for our strength and speed. Unfortunately, they are also more volatile emotionally. They fight easily, especially amongst each other. Charlotte ripped my arm of one afternoon because she thought I looked at her funny. . . and she's my friend! Lucky for me our limbs can be reattached, leaving nothing but a little silver scar that only vampire eyes can see.

Jasper and Peter were both Maria's advisors. Jasper was of great use to her because he can feel and project emotions. He was excellent at keeping the newborns calm. He was also a soldier in the Civil War, climbing the ranks quickly because of his natural charm and amazing leadership skills. Peter was quite different. Maria usually only keeps vampires with powers after the newborn strength had worn off, but Peter had a very different newborn stage than the rest of us. He had an unbelievable skill at keeping himself calm and in control of his emotions. He was never ruled by his sudden mood changes and indescribable and unquenchable thirst. Jasper was quite baffled by him, having never seen a newborn like him in his many years of dealing with them. Jasper managed to convince Maria to spare Peter and keep him on as an older fighter and advisor. A situation which ended up working out quite well for Maria. Peter was one of the best fighters I'd ever seen, almost as good as Jasper, he'd won many battles for Maria.

When I out lived my usefulness at the end of that first year, Jasper was ordered to destroy me. Lucky for me Jasper and I had grown really close during that year. He said I reminded him of his little sister, the only part of him he was sad to leave to join the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He told me, the night he was supposed to destroy me, that he felt as if some hole in his heart had been filled by my presence. He wasn't able to kill me that night.

We escaped with Peter and Charlotte instead. Charlotte was one of the newborns Peter was ordered to keep control of. Charlotte was turned 3 days after me, which meant our executions were supposed to take place within days of each other. Charlotte and I became friends while we were in the south, or as close to friends two newborn vampires could come. Peter and Charlotte however quickly became mates. This was something they had to be very careful of, and hide from Maria. She did not approve of her advisor's becoming mated with the newborns. Peter couldn't help it though. I had never, in my human years, seen a love like they shared.

We had been traveling, just the four of us, for those 5 months when we heard of the Volturi's involvement in the Wars of the South. Apparently they had destroyed most of the vampires involved, keeping any with significant powers for their own guard. A few managed to escape and go into hiding, Maria included. Jasper and Peter both seemed concerned that the twins had joined the Volturi guard.

"It's a very good thing you weren't down there, when the Volturi came. They would've forced you into their guard immediately." Jasper whispered to me after hearing the news. I had looked up at Peter and Charlotte immediately, to make sure they hadn't heard. Jasper was the one who had been there with me the day I discovered my powers. He was already tiring of Maria and the war and knew that if my powers were revealed to her, she would use me and become too powerful. Jasper helped me train my powers, and taught me how to fight. We had continued our daily training sessions even though we were safe from Maria and the wars. It hadn't been hard to sneak off and find some time away from Peter and Charlotte, who spent every evening...ummmm -- coupling.

"Couldn't I have just hid my powers from them, like I did Maria?"

"With the Volturi, nothing is that simple. Maria was an idiot, and for a vampire, she was quite oblivious. The Volturi however, have some pretty serious power on their side. Who knows if Aro's mind reading ability could penetrate your defenses. He's an ancient, and therefor much more powerful than any other vampire you've come across." He answered.

"Jasper, where are we headed now?" Peter asked his friend, interrupting our quiet conversation. Jasper snapped his head up, trying to decide if Peter had heard to much of our conversation. I let a feeling of reassurance fall over me, knowing that Jasper would feel it and know I had been blocking our conversation from being heard by anyone, even our vampire friends, after his first sentence.

"I was thinking Philadelphia. It's a large enough city that we could stay for a little while, and have plenty of humans to hunt without raising too much suspicion. Apparently their crime rates are already fairly high."

"Philly, huh?" Charlotte asked, bouncing in on us. "Peter. . . I was thinking. . . maybe we could go off on our own for a bit? Leave these two to sample the flavours in Philly, and we could spend some time further north? Maybe Canada?"

"You want to leave us?" I asked my friend, trying to hide the hurt in my voice.

"Not forever." She reassured me "Just for a little while, so Peter and I can have our own little vampire honeymoon." She giggled "and you and Jasper can have some alone time too, you know, to get to know each other better." She added with a wink. Jasper rolled his eyes, obviously feeling the emotions coursing through her body with that little addition.

"Charlotte, please, for the last time, we're JUST friends. Practically brother and sister. Don't be gross."

"Ohhhhhhh, I'm gross am I?" Jasper asked me with a smirk on his face.

"You would be, if you were naked, or trying to kiss me." I answered, adding in a little shudder for effect. Peter couldn't hold back any longer and burst into a fit of laughter

"What's so damn funny?" Jasper asked him, trying to be serious but bursting into laughter along with his friend. No doubt a side effect of feeling the amusement radiating from Peter.

"I just had the funniest thought of you naked, chasing her around trying to kiss her while she ran away screaming 'Gross! Gross! A naked vampire is after me'"

"Hilarious." I said sarcastically and rolled my eyes. "So, what's the plan?"

"Well, I guess you and I are going to Philly and Peter and Charlotte are going to Canada."

I leaned over and pulled Charlotte into a big hug.

"I'll miss you!" I said into her shoulder.

"I'll miss you, too"

"You'll have to let me know how Loyalists taste. I'm quite intrigued about how they'll differ from these Yankees we've been feeding off of." I said, turning up my nose but adding in a little smirk.

Charlotte laughed. "I will. And what have I said about making fun of Yankees? Do you forget that I AM one?"

"Everyone has their faults" Jasper added in, and burst into laughter.

Charlotte rolled her eyes and gave Jasper a very nasty gesture.

"My, my, Charlotte. See what I mean? The ladies in the south would never do such a thing!"

"Ha!" She laughed "Who do you think taught me that?" She asked, eyeing me.

Jasper turned and looked at me in disbelief "You did not!"

I feined innocence, letting my eyes get big and round like I had no idea what she was talking about. I put my arms up "Jasper, I have no idea what she is talking about."

"Nice try." He said "You seem to forget I can feel the guilt and playful deception radiating from your body right now."

"Whatever" I mumbled.

After Charlotte and Peter left for Canada, Jasper and I entered Philadelphia. It was night, but with our vampire vision, and all the street lamps, it was as clear as day for us. We wandered the streets for a few minutes, trying to decide whether or not to rent a room. We had very little money left, and didn't really need a room, since we didn't need sleep, and there was nothing lurking out there in the dark more dangerous than us.

Suddenly I smelled something absolutely intoxicating. A growl escaped my lips. I had just eaten 3 days ago, but suddenly my thirst was uncontrollable. I could hear my prey's heartbeat. It was strong and only about 10 yards away, down an alley. I made out three heartbeats, all male, and all laughing raucously. I looked over at Jasper, a smile played on his lips.

"Go." He told me. "You get whichever one is making you feel such bloodlust. I'll take the other two."

A playful smile spread across my lips. "This should be fun." I said. With that I walked through the opening of the alley. I was only a few feet away from the group, when I walked into the light from an overhead security light. The guys stopped laughing immediately and looked over to me.

"Well hello there" The biggest one said, an evil smile spreading across his lips. I immediately discovered that he was the one that smelled so intoxicating. Perfect I thought, as I saw him walking towards me I won't even have to work for this meal, he's walking right into my trap. "What's a lovely lady like you doing out at this time of night? Perhaps we should escort you home."

He was standing directly in front of me now. I heard Jasper creeping up behind me, ready to lunge at the other two. I smiled a seductive smile at the man standing in front of me, and then before he had a chance to blink I grabbed him and snapped his neck.

"Derrick!" I heard his buddies call, but Jasper was quickly on top of them, one was laying on the ground now, the other in Jasper arms. Jasper was crouched over the first one, mouth at his neck, happily sucking him dry.

I looked down at my own meal, I could no longer ignore the call of his blood. I bent my head down and took his neck into my teeth. My sharp teeth cut through his thin skin easily. His blood pooled in my mouth, and I let out a low moan when I swallowed it down. I had never tasted anything so delicious. My eyes rolled back into my head as I swallowed more of the warm liquid that was flowing into my mouth. I doubted that anything on earth could be as satisfying or heavenly than this moment I was experiencing right now. I didn't stop until I had drained every last drop from his body.

When I was done I dropped his body to the ground, and licking my lips, I looked up to find Jasper looking at me. "Wow, that was intense. I have only felt emotion like that once. I almost feel like I was intruding, standing here sharing your feelings at such a time" Jasper said

"What was that?" I asked "I wasn't hungry at all until I smelled his blood, and then it was irresistible to me. Blood has never tasted like that for me. It was. . . incredible."

"I believe you just found your singer."

"What's that?"

"There are some people out there who's blood has a special call to a vampire. Their blood literally sings to 'their' vampire. That's mans blood didn't smell at all different to me than any other human, but for you, it was irresistible. . . a necessity."

"Have you ever found a singer?"

"Yes, about 20 years after I was turned. I didn't even have the time or self control to play with my food like you did. I came across her, and a split second later I was biting into her neck. I didn't even check my surroundings or anything. She could have been surrounded by thousands of people and it probably wouldn't have stopped me. It was. . ."

"Phenomenal" I finished for him with a sigh.

"Exactly." He said, with a chuckle.

We disposed of the bodies in a near by dumpster and headed back out into the streets of Philly.

"What should we do now?" I asked

"I don't kn-" He started, but cut himself short and whipped his head to the left, sniffing the air. "Smell that?"

I sniffed at the air and was suddenly over taken by the delicious sent of a vampire. It smelled of cranberry and vanilla.

"That smell is intoxicating" Jasper whispered "It's coming from that diner on the corner."

"Why would a vampire be in a diner?" I asked him

"I'm not sure. Let's go ask." Jasper grabbed my hand and led me into the diner, keeping me slightly behind him, just in case. The diner was done up like it was from the fifties. Judging by the dingy walls and faded upholstery on the benches and stools I'd guess that it just hadn't been updated in the last 50 years and this wasn't a decor they were going for on purpose. Just inside the door sat a broken down Jukebox. The diner only had two costumers, who were sitting in a booth in the back corner, eating some disgusting concoction out of their bowls.

I peeked over Jasper's shoulder and saw her immediately. She was shorter than I was, with short black spiky hair. She was pale like us, and absolutely beautiful. She sat at a bench at the counter, directly opposite the door. She was dressed in a beautiful deep purple blouse, and a pair of black dress pants with a purple pinstripe. The purple of her stilettos perfectly matched her blouse. Her clothes looked expensive, designer. She must have money I thought. On the counter sat an untouched bottle of coke. The lid was off, and there were very few bubbles left in it. The condensation dripped down the bottle and had created a small pool of water at the base of the bottle.

She was looking straight at us, a huge smile played across her lip and she was bouncing around like a kid on Christmas morning. It was then I noticed her eyes. They weren't red, like every other vampire I had come across, they were a sort of amber colour, almost a butterscotch.

"I've been waiting for you." She said, looking at Jasper. I stepped out from behind him, ready to demand she explain who see was and why she was waiting for us. "Bella!" She yelled, jumping up. She bounded over to me and pulled me into a tight hug. "Oh Bella! We're going to be the BEST of friends!"

I looked over at Jasper, who looked just as confused as I was. I didn't understand how she could know my name, and my nickname at that. Jasper had given me that nickname, and was the only one who called me that.

AN - So there it is, the first chapter. I hope too many people weren't upset about the hunting scene. I wanted Bella's last meal to be her singer, to add some angst to her change in diet. I needed her to have the best meal of her life, before her worst.