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Worth Fighting For

Chapter One

JPOV

Blood, its the driving force for my kind. In my 167 years on this earth I have been in wars fought over it, covens torn apart because of it and witnessed strong men reduced to feral animals at the smell of it. I can not be excluded from any of the as for mentioned because as much as I would like to think of myself as a seasoned soldier with decades of experiences and such, in the end blood is always the reasoning behind my actions.

I fought in the Southern Vampire Wars to ensure that my coven had the largest hunting ground to get blood. We were ruthless in our ways to gain control which also meant that we were more often then naught the victors in battle. It was very rare that we were ever defeated and if we were we simply regrouped then returned and completely demolished the enemy. I stayed with Maria and fought at her side for a very long time. I was accepting of the fact that this was now the way my life was and I lived it to its fullest basking in the fighting and never ending resource of blood at my disposal.

Until the one person that I ever showed mercy to returned to me, urging me to walk away from the never ending battle and seek a new way of life. Peter gave a very convincing argument and in the end I had very little problem walking away from one existence into another. To be able to hunt my own prey at will instead of a stockade full of take out seemed like a bigger challenge to me so with out much thought towards Maria or the war that I fought so ardently in I simple just walked away.

But what I did not expect was that without the constant climate of emotions that surrounded me in the war, I was left to deal with my own emotions. I thrived off the blood lust and hate of the vampires around me for so long that without their constant churn of emotions I was left to feel things naturally. And I was a fucking mess.

After a year or so whenever I though of my time in the war I was often racked with guilt over all the senseless death. The fact that I would created a vampire only to destroy it once they were no longer of any use to me caused the guilt to eat away at me. And hunting did not give me the thrill I thought it would. On top of the constant guilt I already felt the fear and desperation that I came from my human prey was quickly driving me into a depression that I was not able to handle. Its a funny thing facing up to your own actions and realizing that you were wrong. So much so that I even considered myself a monster.

Even now long after I have come to terms with my past when I run in to others that have managed to escape the south with their life. When I am recognized as "The Major" I am reminded of my actions and the guilt returns.

Peter and Char were good vampires. They were generally happy just to exist in their own little bubble and just glide on through existence with each other in contentment. I was quickly bring them down so I parted ways with them in hopes to find a way to center myself a little more and get over my issues. I at one point even entertained the idea of returning to Maria just to bask in the cycle of hate and anger again, so I could hunt without feeling guilt over every meal.

But just as I was about to make an about face and head south again I walked into a little diner and my world was turned upside down. A crazy little female came up to me with talks of a better life. A family even. She insisted we were mates but I knew other wise.

All I heard through her chatter was a way to feed without the guilt. And hay if there was going to be a steady piece off ass on top of the guilt free meals then I was more then willing to go with the flow. I wasn't a complete asshole though I did let her know that we were in fact not mates. She insisted that I was mistaken and I insisted that as being a vampire with psychokinesis abilities that has spent some time round mated vampires that I better knowledge on the subject. Her only reply was that we shall see how it plays out in the and with a smug little smile on her face.

But in the end I was right.

I spent many years with the Olympic Coven and I will always be grateful for my time there. Over that time after being around two other mated couples Alice came to realize that I was right. While we kept up with the relationship as it was, we were both eventually on the same page that we were not the till the end kind of couple she was hoping for.

Carlisle was a very admirable vampire. While I didn't always understand his views on things it was his control and understanding of himself was something I admired greatly. Especially at a time when I felt so lost.

But as time past by and as I came to terms with myself it became more difficult to remain as part of their coven. Carlisle and I were basicly two alphas trying to share the same living space and it was very frustrating for the both of us. But I stayed for Alice and the rest of the Cullen whom I grew quite fond of.

In the end it was the blood that made me choose to walk away again.

The animal blood always left me unfulfilled and with a constant burn in the back of my throat. That topped with the other emotions of unfulfillable and slight blood lust of the others caused me to slip up and often turn very animal like when I did feed from humans once again. It also didn't help that I was constantly surrounded by my natural food source when playing high school in order to stay in one spot longer. But it was thy way of life that Carlisle needed in order to practice medicine for the humans.

It was another topic we often butted heads over. To me it wasn't natural to interact with humans in anyway unless it was to feed.

Once I started a diet of animal with occasional human blood and saw that it left me more sated and more in control over my life it made the others at times uncomfortable around me. So once the relationship between Alice and I fizzled out I walked away to live my life they way I wanted to.

To hunt the way I wanted without those surrounding me uncomfortable with my choices was a blessing. To not have to play human and pretend to be something I'm not was also a blessing. I was a vampire and had no problems with existing as such. At times (and much more recently) I liked who and what I was. I didn't ask for this existence but I was not going to hate myself for what I was. This was a topic I often argued over with Old Eddie, sometime to get my point across and sometimes just for amusement. It sure was funny how worked up that boy could get.

I've lived on my own now since the mid 90s and enjoyed every minute of it. Peter and Charlotte are within running distance and that gave me the companionship whenever I felt the need for it. I still often visited with the Cullen's and when ever I felt the need for a little female gratification I always had a small list of nomads worth seeking out for whenever the itch arrived.

All in all it wasn't a very bad way to go about existing in my opinion.

But my peaceful little life has just been interrupted. Not ten minutes ago I received a phone call from a very frantic Esme not asking but demanding for my help.

Its seems as though they were having problems with some nomads that were causing them a lot of trouble that they couldn't handle. Apparently Edward has found a mate and one of the nomads took a liking to her. When he tried to make a grab for the newest Cullen and failed they thought it was the last that he would be heard from but Alice has recently started to have vision of the trio returning with and newborn army on their heels. All I new is that I had to get there soon and for some reason the Volturi was not to be involved for any reasons. Its sure didn't leave us with many options.

Glancing over to the tree line where at any second Peters ugly face would show I willed him to run a little faster. Like I said I was fond of the Cullen's and I did not want anything to happen to them. Especially now that Old Eddie had a mate. Hell the boy may even be more tolerable to be around now that he finally got laid.

When I saw Peter's mop of pale blond hair break out of the tree line I almost signed with relief. I flitted over to meet him half way and quickly brought him up to speed with what I knew.

"Shit that sure is a hell ain't much information to go off of." He muttered out after I finished with my explanations.

"No it isn't, but can we count on your help." I had to be sure he knew what I was asking of him. If it wasn't the Cullen I would never put him in the battle field once again.

"Yeah I reckon you can. I like that Rosalie a bit so I guess I could help out, besides its been awhile since I was in a good scrap. I'll help you. But I don't want my Char involved unless it becomes absolutely necessary." He finally said with a stern look across his feature to let me know that Char was not up for debate.

"Thank you Peter." I said and shot him a small burst of my appreciation so he knew just how grateful I was.

Peter was an odd creature. To those who were unfortunate not to know him he came off as a hard and cruel vampire. To outsiders he was cold and distant. The few that did know him well knew him as the light hearten, quick to joke and easy to smile kind of creature he really was. That is once he got to know you and decided that you were worth his knowing. He took a liking to Rosalie once stating much to her dismay that any female that was that self centered was something worth siting back and watching. He thought she was hilarious. The bigger the bitch she was the more amused Peter was.

Walking toward the small garage I opened the door and gestured inside to the two motorcycles.

I figured this would be the best way for us to travel. "These would probably be best. We could shield ourselves with human safety gear and make good time."

"Fine but I get the red one." he said before flitting over to the locker and pulling on the heavy jacket and gloves I kept there for him. After shoving the helmet on and flipping down the cover he straddled the bike then looked at me as to ask what I was waiting for. "Come on, I want to get there and see the piece of ass the Victorian douche managed to get for himself."

After repeating his process I got on the black Harley next to him. "We are going to Forks, Washington." I told him before turning the key and the motor roared to life.

"Well isn't that just fucking perfect." He complained.

In just over 26 hours Peter and I passed the Welcome to Forks sign. Smug at the fact that I was right about making good time I smiled at Peters scowl. The closer we got to our destination the less the extra coverage was needed with the constant overcast of clouds in the sky. While happy with the fact that we would be able to go out and about without much worry Peter felt as though a place with so little sunshine was a place that wasn't worth occupying.

"It just ain't natural for a place to be so dreary." He stated a little while ago. I just shook my head at him. Like I said he was an odd creature.

Within ten minutes we were driving up the long driveway to the latest Cullen home. Once the place came into view I was not surprised in the least at what I saw. In typical Esme fashion the home was large and practically made out of glass. From what I saw on side of the home was barely any wall and mainly just windows. From what I saw of the inside it was the same light colors she often decorated in.

She once told me she stuck with the same look so no matter how many times we moved that we would always be met with something familiar. Whatever make her happy I guess. No matter what species I always learned it best not to question females on the way they do things. It was a lot safer for certain parts of the male anatomy that was often threaten whenever they got riled up.

As we pulled the bikes to a stop Carlisle and the rest of the Cullen's save for Edward and his mystery mate were present. Esme was the first one to rush forward and embrace both myself and Peter into a quick fierce hug. Peter hated when she did this and Esme knew it so she made sure to hug him often just to bug him. "Thank you both so much for coming so quickly. Alice says it will be soon but we can't pin point a date. All she knows is that the weather will just be thawing so it must be soon. Oh its such a mess. Thank you both so much."

Frowning at the distressed feeling Esme was putting off I calmed her down a bit before turning to the others. "So we are here would some like to fell me in on the rest of the details. If we don't have much time to work with I need to get started soon."

"Edward will be back at any moment with Bella. We can discuss more then. He has better knowledge of James with his ability." Carlisle said as he strode forward for his own greeting of a hand shake. Once Carlisle moved on to Peter I looked towards the others and I found Rose and Emmett both looking at me and Peter with worried expressions and Alice seemed to find the ground very interesting.

I raised an eyebrow in their direction silently questioning their odd behavior.

"You better not eat her." Emmett blurted out suddenly. His expression very serious for someone who was often childlike in nature.

"Umm okay Em. I won't eat her. But ahh who is it I'm not supposed to eat.?" I asked a littl weary of the answer I wouldget.

"Edwards little human. Bella." Rose snarled an answer at me. "He says she is his mate and now we are all in this mess because of the annoying little thing."

"What the fuck do you mean a Human!" Peter said from next to me. Some of them looked a little surprised with his outburst. But not me. I was on the same page as he was. All this fuss over a human. Now I can see why the Volturi were being kept I the dark. But hell just change the girl and that would no longer be a problem anyways. But a human. It is impossible for a vampire to mate with a human. A human would never be capable of handling the emotional mind set of a mated vampire. Not to mention I imagine that the pull we feel towards our mated would be very painful to their delicate bodies.

Edward was a fucking idiot!

"How exactly did Old Eddie get it into his head that he was mated to a human?" I asked them all the while glaring at the top of Alice's head. This shit just stunk of her meddling.

"She is unlike any human we have ever come across. Just wait you will meet her soon." Carlisle offered up as a means of explanation. What the hell kind of half ass reasoning was that.

A human! I was here to defend a human! Why in the hell is she still human? Once she was even made slightly aware of our kind she should have been dealt with. And if Edward has decided to keep her why does she remain human. Ahhh hell he was probably fucking the girl. Now that's just messed up. Like a human fucking a cow or some shit

"Jasper," Alice said stepping forward and grabbing my attention. "He truly does love her. Plus she is my friend. Please Jasper, I know that you don't understand but will you stand by us anyway. Not all of us will survive without your help."

Well I guess good old fashioned guilt was going to win me over because before I knew what I was saying I was agreeing to stay and hear Edward out and see why he thought his new toy was worth fighting for. Peter just grunted out a response winked at Rose and walked into the house. Well I guess he's staying then.

Following Rose and Emmett towards the front door I quickly whispered at them before the others got within hearing distance. "Why is she still human if Eddie plans to keep her?"

"Oh just wait until you hear his reasoning behind that." Rose whispered back just as quickly before disappearing up a staircase.

"Jas man. I like the human. I think shes worth protecting. Things are a lot more interesting when she around. Give her a chance." Emmett spoke up again in defense of this Bella. Now I always had a soft spot for Em. He was a good guy and always told it to ya straight. But right now I just looked at him as though he lost his damned mind.

"Just give her a chance. I swear she's worth it." He said before going up in the same direction as his mate. They obviously held a difference of opinion on this human and that was more then likely causing them some problems. Yest another reason to not like the situation at hand.

An ancient sounding motor made its way up the to the Cullen property snapping me out og my thoughts. From the sound of the heartbeat with it I assumed it was Edward returning. Good now I can't get down to it and see what I was here to fight for. Yeah there was a threat to the Cullen's, which is the only reason I'm staying, but I had to know the cause of it. I walked onto the porch in the common submissive stance to show Edward that I would be no threat to his toy and waited for his arrival.

The mix of emotions I felt coming from him let me know that he was aware of my presence. I chuckled to myself at the typical onslaught of Edward disapproval of me. It was good to see some things haven't changed since my last time here. I waited until he parked the old jollopy of a truck and climbed out and then turned and ran around to help the human girl out. The only fluctuation of his emotions was a bout of fear mixed in from what I was assuming were his worries over my reaction the the sound of the beating heart present.

What did surprise me though was his lack of protection for his "mate." He obviously saw me as a treat to his human yet he left her wide open for attack. Not even the slightest of protective crouch or even pushing her behind him to keep her out of my line of sight. Come on this was vampire mateing behavior 101 and he was already failing. Strike one Eddie I thought in his direction knowing the little bastard was reading my thoughts. His angry little his told me he got my message.

Lifting my head I finally got a look at the human that has caused so many problems.

Well she was an attractive thing I'll give her that. She had a slender frame with natural curves and long mahogany hair and large brown eyes that stared back at me making her own assessments of me. I don't know what it is she thought she saw but her emotions were nothing but hope and appreciation mixed with just a tad bit of lust. But the last was a typical trait when humans were face to face with vampires.

She held no fear as she looked into my eyes. Either she was very brave or very stupid. I guess time will only tell me which one it was.

The closer they got to me the more Edward seemed to be bothered by my presence. Bella went to move past him but he grabbed her arm halting her movements. Huh maybe there was hope for him yet.

"Edward stop. We already discussed this once today." She said to him with a a bit of annoyance in her tone and emotions. Edward immediately let go of her arm an she proceeded in her direction towards me. Well so much for that hope Eddie. Again I was giving a hiss and again I chuckled at him.

The girl walked right up to me then stopped to stare again at my eyes. God knows what was going through her mind but her emotions didn't change in the slightest. "Hi I'm Bella. Are you Jasper or Peter?"

"Jasper." Where was she going with this?

"Thank you for coming. I know its not your fight but thank you anyways. I like the Cullen's and I would hate for anything to happen to them just because of me." She then leaned forward and wrapped her skinny little arms around me as I stood there stiffly with my hands still clasped behind my back in a state of shock.

Long after both she and Edward went in the house I stood there on the porch trying to process what just happened. A human just hugged me! She wasn't brave or stupid the female was just plane ol'crazy. She did have a nice smell about her so I was even more shocked at my lack of reaction to her swift embrace. Around the Cullen's I felt all of their blood lust as well as Edwards,which was very strong around her, and yet I didn't even feel the slightest twinge to have a nibble.

Carlisle was right she was a very interesting human. I looked up to the tree line and saw Peter perched in the tree a short distance away. I quickly made my way towards him and didn't say anything until I was perched on my own branch next to his

"Did you see all that?" I asked even though I knew he had. As soon as I stepped onto the porch he came out here to get another view from a distance. Instead of answering he leaned forward ever so slightly and sniffed at the air around me.

"If she hugs me I'm out of here." He said before staring off at the sky.

Soon it will be night and with a human around it would probably be a good idea for me to hunt often while I was here. But it was a pain in the ass to have to run all the way to Seattle to do so at Carlisle insistence.

"Feel like getting a bite to eat?" I asked him as I hopped down back to earth.

Dropping down next to me he nodded his approval of the idea. Right before we took of he stopped me. "Hey Jasper, What was it like hugging a human?"

I thought for a second but after some thought all I could come up with was, "Warm."

"Huh." Was all he said before darting off in the direction of our hunting grounds for the duration of our stay here in Forks. To be safe I should probably bag a couple of deers as well. It would suck to have to go through all of this then just turn around and take a bite out of Bella in a moment of weakness.

For a human she didn't seem so bad.

A/N : Well what do guys think? I'm going old school with Peter in this and he wil not just know shit in this fic. But

he is going to have a lot of fun at Jasper's expensive.

Fic Rec: Because I feel the need to send shout out to my favorites. Learning to Kneel by Sneaky Snarkey Subs