Forever Chronicles-

Jasper's Choice

What if forever was offered to you, would you take it?

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I was fighting harshly, as I took down Felix, biting into his neck and ripping him apart, feeling his cool flesh tear under my strong grip. His body fell as I moved quickly to avoid a blow dealt by Heidi, a female guard member, who obviously was taking revenge for her fallen comrade. I looked up from out harsh fight, only to meet her blood red eyes that were filled with such intense rage and anger.

"Why do you protect a human, and kill your own kind," she questioned me with conviction, as our bodies moved in the graceful dance known as a fight.

"Because she's family," I ground out as we continued dancing the fierce dance of battle. She looked at me angrily, as she began to fight harder, faster, with the intent to kill, before the Volturi began to advance on me, them working together to take down powerful opponents.

"Do you still deny our invitation to join the guard?" Aro, questioned me, his feelings fluctuating rapidly.

"Yes, right now, I'm where I'm meant to be, with my family." I replied as I lowered myself into a fighting stance, ready to kill for a mere human that had become like a sister to me.

"Such a pity Jasper, you could have been one of us," Aro spoke as he and his brothers began their attack, hitting me harder and harder, before finally getting a killing strike in, sinking their sharp fangs into my neck and other important body parts. I felt extreme pain as I was torn apart, them continuing just to prolong my suffering, I finally began to drift off. I fell into death, as they continued to shred my body to ensure I couldn't heal. It felt like I was flying, as I was pulled out of something feeling like an anchor, letting me float.

"He's dead," Marcus observed, as they joined in another fray. The next time I opened my eyes, I wasn't in ,my body, in fact I was hovering over my body, like a ghost, which is what I was sure I was. I was hit hard by Aro in the fight that had been caused by the human also known as Bella, who had yet to have been changed, enraging the Volturi and their guard. Many laid on the ground, dead just as I was, and many still were fighting, not noticing the dead until they looked up, just as Alice did at that moment. I watched as Alice's eyes widened with horror as she spotted my body that had been mutilated by all three of the brothers who had decided I was one of the biggest opponents, I would feel pleased if I hadn't been killed by them. A piercing scream left her lips, as another scream was heard, a more human scream, causing me to jerk my head over to where Bella is, or where she was. Her body was limp, to far gone to be saved, as all the Volturi stood over her, grinning like madmen. She had moved in front of a blow meant for Edward. Edward collapsed over her body as her spirit floated out and disappeared into a bright light soon after that. Aro looked at the others, noticing both Jane and Felix on the ground looking rather dead, his smile fading as all of my family looked on murderously at him and the others.

"Let's stop this useless fighting, we have also lost members of our group, and to fight any longer would be stupid seeing as how the subject of our quarrel has passed on." Aro spoke as he looked at all of the bodies littering the battle field, one of them belonging to me and another belonging to Bella. All of them looked angry, hurt, and lost but, Carlisle looked as if he was considering it. Alice just glared with a furious passion, ready to rip their bodies apart, while Edward kept his head down in some form of shame that he was self imposing upon himself.

"You killed him," Alice finally broke as Carlisle held her back from fighting; he just stared at the group of powerful vampires. Carlisle, from his emotions, was torn between anger and the will to survive with the rest of his family still somewhat intact.

"I agree," Carlisle, to my surprise agreed, "This can only lead to more pain." The Volturi grinned as both Edward and Alice moved to pick up Bella's and my own body up, but surprisingly my spirit never followed. I just stood there hovering as I watched Carlisle lead them all away, the Volturi just watching them, appraising the coolness with which they walked with. They all stopped suddenly, all of the looking back save for Edward and Alice.

"I do not believe this was the correct course of action, Aro. I wish not to be contacted by you anymore, you took away two of our family members, I think that's grounds for our friendship's termination, don't you agree" Carlisle spoke gravely, hiding his anger well as the rest nodded, many looking as if they would cry if they could, tearing my dead heart apart.

"I wish this was different, but I will heed your wishes, let's go," Aro said gesturing to the rest of his family as the rest of my family disappeared into the night leaving my spirit with the people who killed me. They walked off as I just floated there, leaving me all alone now. Suddenly I felt as if I was being pulled in by a bright light that flashed, temporarily blinding me. The light began to fade as I came face to face with a tall man with longish brown hair in a long black coat and some black dress pants.

"It is time for you to pass on. You have evaded me long enough Jasper Whitlock," His British voice intoned as he lead me towards a large white portal that gave me the chills as I looked into it. I looked down to realize I was wearing a white robe thing, with no shoes. I turned to my left, to then notice Bella standing there next to me looking slightly smug. She looked at me and gave a small smile before turning to Death and smirking.

"Hate to tell you this Death, old buddy, but he's going to evade you for a little longer," a soft voice spoke through her body, before Bella began to glow and it transformed into an older Bella, one a year or two older than the Bella I knew.

"And why's that?" He questioned, his eyebrow raised in a haughty manner, almost challenging her. She began to laugh as she just looked on at the man who seemed to be Death himself.

"Because he still has a destiny left to be completed," She spoke, confusing me so much more, what as this about a destiny, I was dead there's nothing to be completed when you're dead.

"I've noticed that everyone you take seems to have this "destiny" …I'm beginning to think that you just want to put me out of a job."

"Yeah," she replied sarcastically, "that's exactly what I want to do, that's been my evil plot all along."

"Why is it that I am always stopped from doing my job by Halliwells?" he questioned the young woman who was Bella, but wasn't any more, she was now this thing called a Halliwell…I'm so confused.

"I don't know. Maybe you've developed a soft spot for us." She laughed as she grinned, patting him on the back and giggled.

"Maybe I have," he sighed as he waved me away, and a hand grasped mine, dragging me away from the large white swirly portal and into another white hallway. This hallway was extremely long and I was just looking around for any hint of detail, as she began making complicated twists and turns, getting me extremely lost in the process. I looked forward to see her in full, something I hadn't been able to do before when she was chatting with the Grim Reaper, not something many can say they have done. She was garbed in a pair of leather pants, a leather halter top, and black combat boots. She had long dark chestnut hair,she looked a lot like Bella, but more confident. The only thing that was different was her eyes which were now green. She turned to me, grinning as she snapped her fingers, creating a whole other portal, causing more confusion to be added onto the heavy load I already carried, most of it having been caused in the past hour or so.

'All will be explained soon," She said, obviously sensing my confusion and apprehension. She stared at her self made portal and grinned she looked at me and rubbed my hand in a soothing gesture. She smiled back at me before letting go of my hand and walking into the portal, leaving a few parting words.

"It's your choice Jasper," the whisper told me as I watched the portal swirl. I thought back to Alice and my family, all the pain they must be going through losing both Bella and I, but Bella wasn't really Bella, and I had no clue what was going on. They pain finally set in as I realized I would never see my Alice again, I would never again get to hang out with my family because they would live forever, and I would not, nor would I get to hear about the antics of Emmett and Rose's extremely open relationship, I also would never again hear Edward's music, Esme's motherly tones or, Carlisle's fatherly advice. I looked at the portal, that seemed to look better and better, as I finally made my decision, I noticed the portal disappearing, I ran towards it leaping in with my inhuman grace. I fell into a room with many other people in it, all wearing different types of clothing styles, all staring at me. They all looked beautiful, not like vampire beautiful, but they were all beautiful in their own ways. Their open stares turned into welcoming smiles, well most of them did. I saw the older Bella standing a few feet from where I landed, offering me her hand with a kind smile that welcomed me to this weird room.

"Welcome Jasper," Bella greeted me, or at least the person who was Bella at some place and time, as others in the group nodded and waved to me in acknowledgement. I looked around at the strange gathering of people, before I nodded back hoping that I would get some form of explanation about this whole entire ordeal and the abnormal group of people who were in the room, just staring at me.

"Let's get down to the introductions, this whole entire thing was orchestrated by the Powers-That-Be, the beings that kind of control things," She explained as she shrugged, "And, this is where certain good magical creatures go after they die."

"Certain magical creatures?" I questioned her confusion laced in my voice, as I looked around hoping I didn't get stuck with a whole bunch of crazies for the rest of eternity.

"What, you think that being bitten by some person who was impossibly beautiful and powerful, who in turn turned you into one was a normal occurrence?" A tall lean man with black hair pulled into a little pony tail laughed sarcastically as he appraised me calmly.

"Well yes, you are a magical creature, give or take the whole entre magical part," she shrugged one again, "and by certain, we mean those who have died before they were meant to , messing with the grand design, majorly."

"Grand design?"

"God you have a lot of questions Jasper," She smiled as she looked to one of her other comrades to answer or at least that's what I thought they were doing.

"The grand design is the how the universe was intended to go, but someone, something, or some event changed that, and therefore we are still needed and are halted at the gates of death and given the choice you were." The ponytailed man explained as Bella took over soon after.

"Often or not, we," she said gesturing to everyone around her, "Are assigned someone who's fate was messed up or will be, and then one of us are sent down, to try to intervene, but as you are now acutely aware it doesn't always work."

"Is that all you do?" I questioned her as soon as she had finished her explanation, leaving me with a million new ones.

"No, but that's all we can tell you, well until later." She shrugged, as I looked at her with puzzled eyes, not something I do everyday…but then again I don't die everyday either.

"Oh," I said as she took my hand and lead me closer to the group of people who were all so different yet they fit together so well.

"And now for the introductions," she said moving her hands, gesturing to everyone around us before pointing to herself, "I'm not really Isabella Marie Swan that was just a cover to keep an eye on you; my real name is Prudence Melinda Halliwell, a witch or at least that's what I was, just like everyone else used to be something…Please call me Melinda, my aunt is Prudence." She spoke, moving over to gesture to others, who gave small waves of acknowledgement. I just looked at her, this all had to be a dream, I mean witches; wait I was immortal vampire, maybe a witch wasn't really a very out there idea.

"Hi I'm Sirius Black, a wizard," A scruffy looking man said with a pleasant grin on his prematurely aged face, he held out his hand to greet me, which I took and we shook for a few seconds, before moving onto the next person.

"Cole Turner, I was a demon, then a human, then the Source of All Evil, then an all powerful demon, then an avatar, then a demon again, and then I died," I just looked at the tough looking man warily, he was obviously some form of evil for most of his life, so what made him end up here? Melinda, who was Bella, took my arm and led me to the next person.

"Evelyn Nicolae, gypsy extraordinaire," The slightly dark skinned young woman spoke with a grin and a flourish of her arms while she bowed to me; she looked about nineteen to me. I smiled back at her, her friendly demeanor much more welcoming than others in the room, before being dragged to the next person, who was the dark haired man who had been staring at me the whole time.

"Adriel Adams, half-demon," He spoke simply and coldly as Bella/Melinda hit him upside the head and he glared at her with such a ferocity, but still settled down as she gave him the look that I had seen Rose use on Emmett all the time.

"Be polite Adriel," She growled out at him as the others snickered, and as I noticed while they were doing so they were all mouthing "whipped" and nodding to each other.

"Why are there so few of you, with the amount of incidents, you'd think would happen, wouldn't there be more?" I questioned them, as the man labeled as Cole answered me.

"Actually it doesn't happen often, but just so you know, most don't take the call; others stop their journey here, some die during missions, while others are sent to other groups of our ranks."

"Oh," I answered simply as I watched the five people who seemed to be in control of my fate warily. Right about now would be a fun time for someone to hit me upside the head and tell me I was daydreaming.

"Hey, why don't you introduce yourself," Bell- I mean Melinda asked as she got everybody's attention and they just stared at me. Soemthign happened that hadn't happened in a long time, I was nervous.

"Umm, hi I'm Jasper, I was a vampire," I spoke, looking at everyone who seemed to except me somewhat warmly and somewhat warily, like this was a common occurrence, which by the looks of the people surrounding me, it probably was.

"Now Jasper Whitlock, what if you were offered forever, would you take it…again?" Bells, I mean Melinda, asked me calmly as I just stared, thinking over my answer, staring at her outstretched hand. This meant living for another day, another chance to see my Alice and the rest of my family, the people who cared so much for me, and with that thought I knew the answer.

"Yeah, I think I will," I spoke with hesitant confidence, if that makes any sense, as I took her hand and shook it in affirmation to our deal and that day was the day my whole world changed.

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