Authors note: this is my first attempt at a chapter fic. I don't have a full idea where I'm going to take it. I'm letting my muse speak for me. I'll try to update at least once a week but I have a mini-me and he takes up a lot of my time so I don't always find time to write. I occasionally suffer bouts of writers block but stick with me because once I publish something I will always finish it. This is a crossover fic. It is also a triad fic. I don't know if there will be lemons yet but there will be sexual innuendoes at the very least. (Its Eric Northman we're talking about did you really expect anything less?) It's Bella Swan/Jasper Cullen/Eric Northman This is a very Edward bashing fic. If you don't like that don't bother to read it because you will definitely not like it. It also bashes most of the other cullens though they will only be mentioned rarely. This is not a Volturi friendly fic either. (Honestly who likes those controlling self righteous assholes anyway. jk. but seriously if you like them and don't like reading fics where they are the bad guys don't read this.) Some of this may come across OOC that is because I hate the way Bella is constantly portrayed as the damsel in distress. Bella is a badass in this fic. Jasper is ever the romantic. and eric is a pompous ass but he's a good pompous ass. So now that you've read all of that let's continue with the story shall we?

She had been so sick of being the 'pitiful human' or even worse 'poor Bella.' She'd been hunted by James, almost killed by both him and Victoria, and then Laurent on top of it all. The Volturi had tried to turn her to use her powers, and the worst of it all Edward had left. She had been so broken after that. When she finally snapped out of the pain all she felt was anger. Anger at vampires everywhere. Vampires viewed humans as nothing more than toys at best, food bags at worst. Well no more. She was about to prove that humans could be so much more. She had trained, she had become a hunter, heck she'd even had a Goddess come down and bless her with special abilities, and now that she was strong enough she was going to kill them all. Every vampire who had ever dared to look at her like she was pathetic, every single vampire who thought humans were nothing was about to learn a very hard lesson. One that she would be all too happy to teach them.

The first person on her list deserved it more than anyone. He had broken her like no one else could. He had literally destroyed her. The sweet innocent little girl 'Bella' was dead, and in her place was a vindictive cold-blooded killer 'Isabella'. She'd finally tracked down the Cullen coven and even though Edward had parted ways with them over a year ago they knew where he was. The only Cullen left alive besides Edward was Jasper and he was only alive because Alice had done the same thing to him that Edward had to her. Jasper had spent years thinking he was Alice's mate until she had met Alexi. Then he had been tossed to the side like he was nothing, still he stayed with them. What else could he do? They were his only family, but when Isabella came he joined her. If she wanted to go to war she would need an army and he was more than willing to be the first to sign up. He'd seen first hands how Vampires used their own just as much as they used humans.

She had recognized the look in Jasper's eyes the minute she saw him. He was dead on the inside. The Cullen's had added another tally on their list of the broken. She wasn't sure why she let him join her. She knew eventually she would need help, but she'd never planned on taking on other vampires. Her whole point was to prove her own worth and strength, but when she had seen him, when he had pleaded with her to take him with her, she couldn't say no. She turned to look at him as they were walking, the woods shadowed his face, not that it mattered. Since the Reveal that started in Louisiana cold ones and vampires alike were out in the open. They were totally different species it was somewhat fascinating if not frustrating. While the cold ones had venom, the vampires had drug-like blood. Both were dangerous. She'd taken out a couple of regular vampires when they had idiotically tried to glamour her. Nothing pissed her off more than abusing their power to control others. Jasper himself had ripped one of them to shreds because he had tried to glamour her for sex. He had been so pissed she didn't think she would ever be able to get him calm.

Now they were on the trail of Edward, and that sniveling coward was headed to Louisiana. She knew the Sheriff there wouldn't take kindly to her killing a vampire in his territory, she didn't care per say but she didn't want to have to deal with The Authority. Most state heads had already granted her permission recognizing the fact that she was killing the low-life vamps, the ones who gave them all a bad name. For some reason mister high and mighty Eric Northman wouldn't give her permission. It irritated her to no end. He was quite possibly the most infuriating oaf of a man she had ever had the displeasure of talking to. She'd never met the man in person thank the Goddess. She would probably be sorely tempted to kill him and with her Goddess blessed abilities she would be able to do it. She huffed in annoyance as they came to the end of another false trail. "Jasper he is starting to irritate me. The both of them. I think we should pay a visit to Mr. Eric Northman and let him know just what kind of idiots he lets in his state. Even that idiotic Viking can't think that faking the sacredness of a mating bond can be ok. And as you've told me the Cullens had a habit of doing it. How many men left after Rosalie got bored and got a new 'toy'? I almost wonder if Emmett really was her mate but the way he defended them I couldn't let him live. Jas."

She stopped talking her sensitive ears picking up a voice that sent a shiver down her spine. It wasn't possible. She immediately stepped over to Jasper so that she could whisper low enough only he could hear. "Jasper that sounded like Aro. Why in the hell would the Volturi be here? We need to get out of here now Jas. Jane's power won't affect me and I can shield you, but I don't want to run into them here. Jas you have to pick me up and get us out of here. You can do so silently. I'm fast now but I'm not silent. I know you don't like physical contact but neither one of us should deal with them right now. You haven't fed recently."

Jasper looked at her for only a minute before picking her up and taking off. He sped for the Louisiana border. Thank the Goddesses that they were not far from it. When they crossed over the border he set her down. "Isabella," He was cut off before he could say anything more than that because the moment her name was out of his lips a slightly intimidating 6' something blonde vampire was standing in front of them both baring his fangs. Jasper immediately stepped in front of her, not out of protection exactly, but soldiers were less important than Commanders. He also didn't like how he could feel the superiority the vampire felt.

The blonde vampire smirked at this, "Oh please while she may be a human she is not fragile like most I can sense she is a hunter. I highly doubt she needs you to step in front of her. Besides I come somewhat in peace after all I should be more than happy to welcome the deadly Isabella Swan…"

He gets cut off quickly by a rather rude sound. "I lost the name Swan long ago. Swans are too pure. You may call me Isabella Nyxx, or just Isabella, or Miss Nyxx. Nothing else. I assume you were about to say you were more than happy to welcome me into your state Mr. Northman. I can assure you we will both get along much better if you don't bother lying for the sake of politeness. Now what can I do for you? I would very much like to put some distance between myself and the state line." She stopped dead as she heard the Volturi reach the line. "Well Fuck. Jasper, Mr. Northman, please take my hand. It will be much easier to shield all three of us if I have some form of contact." She sighed as Eric ignored her. Oh well he wasn't her responsibility. She instead reached her hand out to Jasper who dutifully took hold of it. She instantly had her shield up and around them. "Aro, I suggest you leave. I have no more desire to join your ranks now than I did before. You have no jurisdiction here because while I killed cold ones I had permission from the Sheriff of that state. They out rank you over here in the states unless you would like to take it up with The Authority?"

The anger and slight fear on Aro's face was pleasurable enough. "Jane, she only has Jasper shielded. Please show the Sheriff why he should have agreed to hand Miss Swan over to us when we offered to make a deal." The psychotic bitch started using her power and Eric dropped to his knees. Isabella groaned, if there really had been an offer for her and he'd refused it he deserved her help. Not liking this at all she put her hand on Eric's shoulders. The pained look on his face instantly disappeared but she jolted. It felt like she'd been electrocuted. It went from where she touched Eric all the way to where her other hand held Jasper's. She gasped. She didn't even have time to think before she stopped touching both of them and sent a wave of pure energy at the Volturi, knocking them out. All she yelled after that was 'Keep up' and took off running.

Once she had put quite a bit of distance she slowed to a stop. She looked at her hands shaking. She really didn't want that feeling to be what she thought it was. You didn't hunt vampires without hearing stories of the feeling of the start of a mating bond. She'd touched Jasper before so it wasn't him, or at least it wasn't JUST him. If you were in a triad bond it would only activate if all three parties were present. The fact that she had felt it in both hands meant that if it was a mating bond, and not just feeling Jane's power before she blocked it, that she was in a triad bond. They weren't exactly rare but they weren't common either. She sighed, leave it to a hunter to be in a triad mating bond with two fucking vampires. As she continued walking she could hear Eric and Jasper catching up. Maybe they hadn't felt it. She didn't have time to deal with two mates right now, or any really. She had things to do, vampires to kill, and apparently a war to wage. War against the Volturi hadn't been something she wanted to do, but she had a feeling that they weren't just going to give up on her. She groaned out loud, "Why? All I wanted was to kill the bastard who broke my soul, and maybe a couple other fuckers too. But they deserved to die! Rapists, would be murderers, its not like the world isn't better without them gone. Is it really so much to ask for to just have one thing go my fucking way? I wouldn't mind being Jasper's mate he truly is a beautiful soul even if he has been through so much, but Eric fucking Northman?!"

She sped up again needing to put a little more space between her and the two vampires. She stopped dead when she caught sight of Edward. He was leaning up against a tree staring at her. "Well well well, little Bella's all grown up." She snarled at him. She may not have fangs but she didn't need them to rip his damn head off. It was then that both Eric and Jasper reached her. Both stood on either side of her slightly in front, well she thought that at least that answered whether or not they had felt the bond. Jasper would step in front of her with no problem but Eric? She doubted it. Especially not with his fangs descended. "Oh my, now isn't this interesting. You might want to start shielding their minds little Bella. A mating triad how…interesting." The smug bastard had the gall to actually flash a smirk her way. She would kill him. If it was the last thing she did on this earth she was going to kill him. "Sadly, since three on one is hardly a fair fight I'll be taking my leave for now. Such a shame you've knocked out my allies. Though I suspect they'll be awake soon enough." His eyes flashed black, "Bella just one more thing, watch your back. They won't always be here to protect you." And with that he was gone.

Eric and Jasper immediately went to follow him but she held them back, "Jasper, Mr. Northman stop. If what he said about being allied with the Volturi is true we are going to need help. While all three of us are powerful in our own right we are no match for all of them at once by ourselves. War is on the horizon and so is the sun. While Jasper won't burn, you will Mr. Northman. How far are we from shelter?"

Eric retracted his fangs, he was pissed that he couldn't do anything right now. "We aren't far. I've several safe houses all over the state. There is one only about 15 miles out. Plenty of time to get there before sun rise. Once we get there however I will have some things I need to take care of. I need to contact both my maker and my progeny to inform them of this 'happy' news." The look on his face said he was about as pleased at the mating that she was. "You should both feel free to stay with me of course." She bit her lip to keep from smirking at him. She might not be any happier than he was but the simple fact that it was an inconvenience to him almost made it worth it. Almost.

"Of course, we would love to accompany you Mr. Northman. I need time to rest after using my power like that and Jasper, of course he doesn't sleep, but he stays with me." She smiled slightly and walked over to Jasper, "Jas, its time to start healing now. We have each other and thanks to the fact that we are mates we will ALWAYS have each other. I know what the word 'mate' has meant to you before and I swear on my life I will be so much better to you than she was. I know your pain, allow me to help you heal from it. I will never force this bond on you, but I can't say I'm unhappy with it, at least your half of it." She rolled her eyes pointedly at Eric. "Will you stay with me still Jas? Will you fight with me still to destroy people like Edward, Alice, and Rosalie from this world? Will you help me purge the corruptness from the world we live in. Will you go to war against the Volturi with me? Please say you will, I can't stand to lose a third of my soul. I need you Jas. If I need to stop shielding for you to feel my emotions I will." She looks up at him hopefully. She truly had meant every word. While she couldn't call what she had with Jasper love exactly, she cared so much for him that it hurt when she saw the pain in his eyes.

She stood in front of him waiting for any kind of response. She was so worried he would leave now that she gasped in shock as he pulled her to him and kissed her. The moment her mouth opened to him his tongue slid into her mouth. He slowly pulled himself back. "Oh Isabella, I will always stay with you. Do you honestly believe that I couldn't already sense you were my mate? As a vampire my senses of such things are stronger. I knew there was a third, though I didn't know who. I've known since you saved me from the Cullens. I will fight with you as I have done. We will win this war together my love. And after we've destroyed the Volturi we will take on the rest of the world together." He smiled down at her and it was the first time in so long she had seen it reach his eyes. Her heart soared, and she couldn't help smiling brilliantly back up at him.

Eric cleared his throat, "Yes well as touching as this moment is, perhaps we could have it inside the safehouse? I really don't feel like dying the true death today." Isabella snorted at that and nodded her head wrapping herself around Jasper. She wasn't lying earlier, the amount of energy she needed to knock out the heads of the Volturi had exhausted her. Jasper picked her up easily and started to follow Eric. They reached it with about an hour to spare before sunrise. Eric went to a wall and slid it open to reveal a keypad. After entering a code, the house locked itself down. No light would be able to get in or anything else for that matter. "I don't have time enough to ask all the questions I wish to, so those will have to wait until tonight. However, I do have one thing to say to both of you. Firstly, Isabella, we might have started off on the wrong foot, but I owe you my life. You and Jasper could have just left me, instead you chose to shield me as well. I have experience in fighting as does my maker. Whilst I cannot speak for him I know that he does not like attacks on his progeny. The Volturi made a very big mistake tonight and I do not see Godric refusing to join us in this fight. In fact, I have a feeling that he will in fact insist upon it. I can't say I'm thrilled about being mated but I also know that I will not fight it. To do so would break my very soul and I assure you I have no wish to do so. However, this is not like imprinting, I won't all of a sudden love you." She snorted at that and rolled her eyes. "Now Jasper, I very rarely share so this will be a very new concept. I expect that there will be some issues."

Isabella stopped him there, "No there will be no issues. There will be no fighting for dominance in this relationship. We will all be equals. I don't care if we argue or fight, it is to be expected. What I will not tolerate is being the subject of said arguments. I may only be one female to two males, but I know for a fact vampires are generally capable of finding pleasure in both genders. I could see the lust in your eyes when you first saw Jasper before noticing me. I know that we will all have to adjust but I am not the only pleasurable person in this. As a matter of fact, I suspect with Jasper's talent he will be a very fantastic lover. Being an empath is good for some things after all." She smirked slightly at that, "Now if that will be all until later I'm going to go take a shower and then rest. Either or both of you may lay in bed with me but there will be no touching just rest or in jaspers case snuggling because I do already have an attachment to him." And with that she strode off to one of the bathrooms.

Eric turned to look at Jasper, "Well I can't say I'll ever get bored around her. Is she always that fiery?" Jasper smirked as he nodded. "Mr. Northman, you have no idea." Jasper too then strode off though he went to one of the bedrooms to wait for Isabella. Eric sighed and stood where he was for a moment. He would talk to Godric and Pam later. The sun was too close to rising and he was too tired. He followed Jasper into the bedroom he chose. "I'm counting on you to protect our Mate while I cannot." And with that he let the sun sleep take him.

Bella came in shortly after, "Goodnight Jasper I'll see you as soon as I wake. You know I don't need much sleep." She kissed him gently and tucked herself against him, the moment her head touched his chest she was out.