Moon Says: So this is the edited version, posted after chapter 2 is written. Wow, so many things have changed since I first started writing this. It's a good thing I edited this first as I've got a few things to change in chapter 2. Anyway, like I warned in chapter 2, there are going to be some things that don't make sense, bear with me, okay?

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Twilight of the Gods

~Chapter 1~

I was getting tired of playing a girl who somehow went from an independent nature to one of submissive weakness. I was here on a Quest that the others couldn't do. Fuck me sideways was it getting boring.

My uncle Charlie, a Son of Hekate, had asked me to come down when he saw these Vampires invade his town. Cold One type Vampires, not like those others my twin and I had battle that preyed on men and demi-gods alike. These in Forks didn't seem to target humans, at least the ones here pretending to be human.

Here I was playing his "daughter" Isabella Marie Swan. But really, my name is Isabella Marie Jackson. Charlie didn't have a daughter, but he did have a sister that once went by the name Sally Swan, but she changed to her mother's maiden name after she moved away from Forks. She didn't want monsters coming after her to use her against her brother. Mother wasn't a Demigod, but she had two.

Of course, it was a bit interesting when I learned that the Cullens did have some Demigods amongst their number—and the other four didn't even know! They knew who I was as soon as they walked into that lunch room and I them. That had been fun exercise in control.

I may have been a daughter of the Sea, but I had been blessed by Hekate due to the closeness I had with one of her favorite children (my uncle), and thus, I had the ability to see what most did not—that and I had a way with Mist. To everyone hear I had brown hair and eyes, but really, I had black hair and sea green eyes.

I think that is what they call a Legacy (or Chosen), but I'm not so sure.

My Quest was to investigate and learn about these types of Vampires. Despite having been created centuries ago, Demigods didn't know much about them as most of these Cold Ones didn't come near us. That or we stayed away from them. For my Quest objective, I lucked up when three nomads decided to make me lunch.

That had been a trying experience. Try having every bit of you wanting to fight, could fight, and having to depend on others and act like a weak child. I hated it.

I was seventeen when I first came here at the beginning of January, but the summer was close approaching, and I knew something big was about to happen. Luke always waited until summer for his plans. During what happened with Lady Artemis and her First (let me tell you, what I did to the bastard who killed his own daughter was not pretty—I think Ares was impressed with me and so was Mr. D), I had a second to ask Luke the question that always burned at me.

Luke had looked around at the battle going on around us and then at me before he laughed darkly. His wild eyes had softened, and he answered my question on a promise that I don't change—that I still keep some of my naivety and innocence even when surrounded by so much death and sorrow. He had always been amused by the fact that I would ask weird stuff whenever it popped into my head, especially if I was in the middle of a fight.

"Little Mermaid," he started, "I've done it during the summer so that you and some of the other Halfbloods have a chance to go to school, to rest, to experience just a little bit more before darkness tries to swallow us hole once again."

I missed Luke, and even if he had turned against the Gods, he was still the first one to ever see me. And I struggled every day fighting to join him because a part of me wondered if I could save him. Annabeth hated that Luke paid more attention to me, cared more for me, and I hadn't even known him long. For a Daughter of Athena, she wasn't that smart. Luke liked the Chaos of my soul. He was attracted to it. That Son of Hermes like the confliction burning within me: he liked how dark I could be but was fascinated with the light that balanced me out. Luke wanted his light to balance him, but his darkness was too powerful.

It was something I needed to ask Lord Hermes or Lord Apollo about. Maybe there was a way I could reach him without following into my own darkness. That was one reason why I never joined Luke: I was afraid his darkness would taint too much of my light. And it was that very reason he always hesitated to offer me any opportunity to join him. Luke was afraid of it as well.

It showed me in those moments of refusal that he cared about me—deeply.

"What has your thoughts and emotions so conflicted?" a light but deep voice whispered to me as I found myself on a couch with a book in my hand, Emmett playing video games, Rose reading a magazine about cars, and Jasper…he was focused on me as I came out of my mind.

I could never get anything past him. Maybe the brilliant gifts from his mother could help me; he was a Son of Athena after all. Before I could say something, a thought popped into my head and I followed it—just like Luke made me promise.

Before I could think about helping Luke, I needed something. I turned to Rose. "I need you to use every ounce of your brain, ο φίλος μου," I said as I got her attention. "I need some armor designed that I am going to bribe Ares to look over and someone how get your dad to make."

Rose just raised an eyebrow. "I've been waiting for this request. I've seen the armor you women wear, and it's ugly and useless. You need something that could blend in with the mortals but still be functional. Armor isn't good only at camp; your Quests usually aren't there. If Ares agrees to help by suggesting material and such, I will get dad or one of my siblings in camp to make it."

The darkness of my thoughts started to slip away. I wonder if she had already been preparing for my request already. I knew I could count on Rose, Daughter of Hephaestus and Blessed (or is it Legacy) of Aphrodite. This girl was one combination that many had deemed impossible, but maybe because of her impossible birth, she was favored by both her parents. Really, one of the only things they could agree on.

Emmett eyed the two women in the room with suspicion. "Am I going to not like this outfit?" the Son of Ares asked. I had thought right away that he was a Son of Hermes because of how mischief seemed to follow him around, but he was actually a Son of Ares. He loved fighting too much to be anything else, but with that mischief…maybe that was the point, the best strategy, after all, was to throw people off.

His mate shrugged. "It'll be hot but not showing much skin. I'm going for coverage, but what that coverage reveals…" she shrugged again.

Jasper just chuckled and asked me the same question from before, making some of the emotions return. "I was thinking about Luke. I want to save him. I owe him a debt I need to repay," Percy and I didn't know what we were till Charlie let it slip when we were eight, but the manipulation of the Mist helped us keep ourselves safe until we turned fourteen and everything started going ass up. We kept it together until two years later when Luke stole the Master Bolt. That was when we started getting into this world.

Now, I was almost eighteen, and I knew something big was about to happen. The next to last play was what my gut was telling me.

Luke had saved me from myself when we had come to camp. I had been so lost feeling so weak and useless compared to my brother, but he brought me out of it. He taught me how to defend myself, how to embrace some of the darkness to save myself and those around me. Around camp, I was known as the Dark Twin. Someone needed to be it, Percy was just too good. It was Luke that made me see that. In this world, you had to have some darkness to stay alive. And if I had to embrace more than my share to save Percy and keep him whole and light, I'd do it without a second thought. But like Luke said, I couldn't become consumed.

"How do I save him, Jasper, without…ending up like him?" I was almost crying because I felt such desperation to help the blonde boy I had come to care for just as much as Percy—and that scared me right there.

Jasper pulled me into his lap, rocked me till I calmed down, and then he just held me. Silence passed and all I heard was the video game Emmett had on. He wasn't stupid; while he loved me and wanted to help, he knew that this was something I needed Jasper's help with. Rose was busy keeping an eye on me, watching in case I needed a girl, and the other to designing my armor.

"You think joining him is the answer?" Jasper asked softly. I knew he'd realize my plan.

"I haven't yet because I was afraid of falling too much. You know what that's like, Jasper, to be lost in the darkness. I want to pull him out, but I'm afraid. I would have done it without a second thought if it was just me, but there's Percy…" I trailed off, telling the Demivamp more than I voiced out loud.

Rose's head snapped up in a second and looked immediately toward the forest. Jasper and I separated. I went straight to Em and sat next to him on the floor. In fact, I jumped him. I knew I needed to get Jasper's scent off me. Despite not dating Edward, I didn't want anything to jeopardize my Quest especially since it was almost over. I heard the shower go upstairs, and I knew what he did to the clothes that had my scent all over them. They had been tossed in a bag that held a smell overpowering my own.

By the time Edward and Alice came in, Em and I were play fighting on the floor.

Edward just chuckled, and Alice probably went to seduce who she thought was her husband. Jasper assured me that they were not married. I thought the woman was stupid. Of course, I wouldn't have known her to be stupid if it wasn't for the fact that I knew Jasper belonged to me. But Rose wasn't sure how, though. As a Legacy of the Goddess of Love, she could, like Marcus of the Volturi, see bonds between people—specific bonds of mating, though. As a Legacy of Hekate and Jasper being a Demipire, it complicated things. Things like I would probably have a mate with a vampire due to Hekate and Aphrodite joining forces to create their own vampire. Which I never really understood, why did they need their own monsters? It wasn't like these two Goddesses actually went after Demigods...

All vampires had a gift of magic of some sorts (whether a physical attribute or gift). For example, Felix in the Volturi was the strongest vampire, and Edward had his mind reading—and he couldn't read a Demigod's mind, ha take that! Since Jasper, Rose, and Emmett were half Demigod now due to being a vampire, Edward could still read their minds; although, he had trouble.

Those who had been demigods in their last lives before becoming a vampire still had some, if not all, of their gifts they were granted due to the Ichor in their veins.

I was tired of separating from Jasper and watching that whore try and get into his pants. I mean, it wasn't like I was cheating on Edward and Jasper on Alice. The two of us were not together with Edward and Alice. They just thought we were. I had never agreed to date Edward nor have I kissed him. He thought I was being his little submissive and respecting his Puritan values. Not really; if Jasper and I weren't so confused over what we were to each other, we'd have jumped each other long ago.

Rose thought that I had two mates. I wasn't sure that was possible. She insisted that it was, and I wasn't the first one. I had a sneaking suspicion myself that Aphrodite, Ares, and Hephaestus were actually all together, except the latter was jealous that his relationship with his wife wasn't one of sex like Ares' was. Or she wasn't putting out anymore. I didn't get involved with that stuff.

Besides, I needed to see Lady Hera about that. Maybe she could help, and I think she would, especially if I was trying to respect the bounds of marriage and all that. I heard that was why she was pissed off at Hercules. It wasn't that she blamed the child for the deeds of the father but because he didn't respect the sanctity of marriage. If I'm not mistaken, that was why the whole thing with Dido got out of hand as well.

I would have to ask for her help with this but not now. Now, I would have to keep pretending to be Edward's friend. I had all the information I needed on this type of vampire, so I actually needed a way to break it off with the Cullens.

Edward pulled me out of my thoughts as I pinned Em to the ground. It seemed my instincts were still good that I could pin someone down while lost in my own mind. Luke taught me well, but I knew Em was only playing around. "That's enough playing. Bella needs to get ready for bed because she has a big day tomorrow."

I huffed as I let Em move me onto his lap. Edward sent a quick look at Rose who was watching with mild interest but more focused on her drawings. The bronze haired vampire was worried that Rose would be jealous. Rose wasn't threatened by others, especially me. I got along with the children of Ares quite well, unlike my twin. I also was polite to the Gods for one. They respected my battle skills, and, once, Ares had asked why I wasn't his kid. That incident might have been after we returned from Uncle Hades' realm when we were trying to save mom.

"I'm not a child, Edward, and I told you and Alice I didn't want a birthday party."

Okay, while I didn't lie about much (my relationship with Charlie was, unfortunately a lie, and one that was hard, at times, to keep up), I did lie about was my birthday. I was born August 18th, but I told them it was in June. This way in case something happened during the summer, (usually nothing happened until the mid or end of June or early July), I would be able to leave. I had planned to actually get out after my birthday or make excuses as to it being a reason as to why I should leave.

Jasper had gotten a text when I first came here and soon I got one too that told me to make my birthday in June because right after I would need to leave. My mate said it was from someone he knew back in the Southern Wars, a Son of Apollo who was given the gift of sight and knowledge, though it wasn't like Alice's gift, thank the Gods.

Em rolled his eyes and helped me stand up as Alice came down and started hounding me about how since she couldn't remember being human, she was going to live through me. That shit got me a few times but not anymore. I was about to put my foot down and tell her if she didn't stop, I was going back to my mother when I got a text from someone I nicknamed Yoda. Lord Apollo, I knew, got a kick out of that. And as a reward, he told me later on he would do something special for me. I immediately was on my guard. The last time a God thought they were doing me a favor, I ended up in love with Luke. Rose took that shit off me as soon as she could. While my emotions concerning the traitor who had been pushed too far were still real and deep, Lady Whore's spell had gone too far, and I was tainted. We weren't sure if I loved him, but I knew that it was enough for me to be driven to save him. That confliction, though, was something Jasper hated. He hated how it made me feel.

I wasn't the only one; Percy had gotten struck by the Goddess of Love for Annabeth. A girl I didn't like, and right now, that was all that was the only things holding Percy back from giving her more attention. Percy was conflicted himself on Luke and me, but he stayed away from the topic because he doubted it was going anywhere. Rose promised she would help as soon as she saw him, which I hoped was soon. I had scheduled for him to come get me a few days after the eighteenth.

I couldn't wait to see my twin. It was what was making this shit with Luke much worse. Percy kept me balanced, and he wasn't here…Jasper was doing everything he could, but without a completing the mate bond…he could only do so much. Percy was my Twin, and Twin Demigods were not common, especially from Gods as powerful as the Big Three. I think Percy and I were the only Twins of the Big Three. In fact, Chiron told us that he had observed less than five sets of Twins in his career as a trainer.

It was only after my thoughts hit Percy that I remembered that before I could snap back and give Alice that ultimatum, my phone had vibrated.

Endure.

I took a deep breath. That was my job, and the job of every Demigod out there: endure. We were the only defense the gods had against the world. Right now I was a special defense. Even though it had been centuries (try around three or four thousand years) that those two Goddess decided it was a good idea to make the Cold One type vampire, we Demigods hadn't had much to do with them besides a few isolated incidences where we were targets. Maybe it was because monsters and these vampires went nowhere near each other. I was sent here because of the possible threat Charlie identified to the town and because Chiron was wary of the chance Kronos might use them.

I closed my eyes and counted to five. Edward wasn't a really bad guy; he actually had a good heart, but I wasn't the girl for him. I didn't do submissiveness; although, it might have to do with the guy. I had had a few dreams about Jasper that went a little bit that way as well as the way he commanded me when the whole incident with James happened. It was a good thing I had learned control, otherwise Alice would have known that I had the hots for the man she thought was her mate.

It was a good thing for her that she hadn't been getting laid lately (since I showed up), otherwise she might have burned with James…I was still upset to find that he had bedded her, but what could I say? Sixty years being celibate? But then I could counter he knew he was going to find his mate…but sixty years? I don't know…I've been told, by Em, that after having sex it's hard to go without, especially as a vampire with everything being intensified (such a hormones and such—Jasper had been turned when he was at his prime, after all).

When I opened my eyes and my thoughts were calm, I saw Jasper on the stairs watching me intently as if he knew exactly what thoughts were going through my head. I had no doubt he did, for I knew he had wanted to kill the both of them many times in the past sixty years.

I locked eyes with him. "Take me home?" I asked softly just wanting to be away from all the drama. Especially if I had to endure them tomorrow.

Jasper nodded, grabbed his keys, and was by my side not even a second later. Alice and Edward threw a fit.

"Love," he warned in that tone that told me he was going to try and control me for my own good…again. "You don't want to hurt, Jasper, do you?"

I knew Edward cared and wasn't trying to hurt Jasper's feelings; instead, he was trying to protect us both, but it still made me mad.

"Besides, Jasper has to help me get ready for your party!" Alice claimed as she came closer to drag him away.

I narrowed my eyes and pulled him behind me. Jasper sent me some amusement and a tad bit of lust at my protective display. Alice stopped short, looking quite confused.

Rose had had enough. "Just let the human go with him," she rolled her eyes. "If he eats her, then it's her fault. Besides, the quicker she leaves, the quicker Jasper will come back. Jasper fed this morning before she came over, remember? And he's done fine today being in here with her. Go, so I can do this in peace!" the blonde hybrid of her godly parents ordered.

Edward knew he couldn't argue with that, and as I said, he wasn't a bad guy. He just wanted to control and protect everyone. That first part was the kind of bad part of him. Edward only sighed, pinched his nose, and nodded. I also knew he wouldn't follow us because he was a trusting kind of guy. So it didn't even enter in his brain that time alone with Jasper might end with us quite naked and, possibly, some of my body parts broken or bruised. Edward also wanted to believe that his brother and his supposed mate could co-exist together. After all, weren't we supposed to be family?

Jasper didn't say anything but just took my arm and lead me out toward the garage. By the time I was in the truck and my seat beat was on, we were already out of the carport and the house out of sight. Once we were out of earshot of the other vampires and a good bit down the road, I slid across the seat of his truck and snuggled with him. His arm instantly was wrapped around my shoulders holding me close to him.

"So you find Alice a threat, yet I don't see Edward as one," the blonde teased me. I turned my head a bit and nipped at his fingers resting on my shoulders. Jasper only chuckled.

"Not really," I answered as I thought about it for a second before it hit me. "I think it's just more…" I hesitated to say it, but he pushed me some confidence so I would tell him. Jasper could be so patient sometimes, waiting for me to say something in my own time, but it seemed with this he didn't. "I'm going back in a few days, but I don't want to leave you. But I will. We will separate because as much as I want you, you don't belong in my world anymore," I confessed as I pushed away from him and slid back to the other side of the car.

Then, suddenly, we stopped. I noticed we were about halfway to my house but in the middle of the fucking woods, and I was suddenly in his lap again for the second time that day.

I gasped because of two reasons: he startled me with his speed and with the fact that I was sitting on his cock which was suddenly hard.

Jasper's eyes were black and a hint of grey was coming out in them as he snarled at me. "You belong ta me, darlin'," Jasper hands gripped my hips as he grinded into my core. I struggled to breathe at both his accent slipping in and his actions. Fuck, I had forgotten Rose's warning that mates responded instantly to certain things with sex. Vampires were very sexual beings (no guess as to who is responsible for that). One thing that they responded to quicker than their mates being sexually aroused was a threat to their mate—of a chance their mate would be taken from them. In this case, I brought that one up. And fuck me if I didn't know what was going to happen next. Jasper was going to dominate me, put me in my place about his role in my life. Damn my virgin self…

"And I won't be lettin' ya go anytime soon," he growled, and I swear I was getting aroused myself. Jasper cut off my thoughts like he just had a way of doing when he somehow, in the same moment, secured one hand to hold my body still as he shoved his hips into mine while the other hand was attached the back of my head as he pushed mine to meet his.

Our second kiss. The first was when he told me I was worth it; that even if this wasn't a game we were playing, even if this was for real and I was in actually danger, I would be worth fighting and sacrificing himself for.

For a second, I had gotten caught up in my role and had become that girl who had become so attached to this new family of hers, the truly selfish submissive girl that wanted nothing more than to please all the vampires and keep them as her family. Jasper's words, voice, emotions, and his touch brought me back to myself. His black and tinted grey eyes wouldn't let mine go, and, when his head titled and went for mine, I didn't hesitate to meet his lips with my own.

It had been gentle, that first kiss. A kiss that was reassuring me of the rightness of the world, of resetting some sort of balance that Aphrodite had offset with her spell on Luke and I, and of peace.

This one? The complete opposite. This was dominating, demanding, a confirmation of the dark side of Jasper's emotions, and of how chaos had control of everything. This time I wasn't an equal; this time I was the submissive and a part of me carved it. It was in that moment I realized why people were into BDSM, especially those who were pretty dominate people. By giving up control, I felt free.

Jasper, in taking control of the two of us, had made the world disappear. I didn't think about saving the world, of my Twin, of Luke, of Kronos, of how I might just be the one that may destroy the world, especially if Aphrodite had continued her spell (and it wasn't a not sure thing now, either, considering how much damage it had done). If I joined Luke after being driven to his side, the enemy's side, by the love spell…

The blonde Demivamp I found myself trying to grind right back into (but his one handed hold on my hips wasn't letting me) didn't stop his assault on my core or my mouth until he had me completely in submission.

When I had given him complete control, he started to let go and slow down. After a few minutes, he stopped his body and moved his head back. I opened my eyes (that I wasn't aware I had closed) and saw his eyes were still the same color—black and grey, reflecting his inner-nature as a Demivamp.

"You will be coming back to me," Jasper ordered. "We may be apart for some time, but you will come back to me."

I nodded at his command as I found myself panting at the emotions whirling in me. I had never felt this type of pleasure before, and by the smirk on Jasper's face, he knew too. And he took pleasure in it.

The blonde I straddled chuckled as he leaned down to kiss my neck. "Fuck, darlin', do you know what you do to me? How good you smell? So ready and wet for me to take you…" he groaned as he couldn't help but nip at my neck.

I let out a moan at the urge for some relief, and I knew the only way I would be satisfied was if he got me to cum. I knew there was no was cumming without him being the one to make me. I may be a virgin but, damnit, I like to read.

I wondered if I was going to lose my virginity in his truck? I wouldn't have minded, but I wasn't sure if I was ready to pledge myself to him without talking with Lady Hera first. I knew for vampires, sex with one's mate was the same as marriage. But I wanted to do this right; if I was going to pledge my life to a man (or in my case men), I was going to do it with the permission and blessing of marriage (or mating) from the Goddess of it herself.

Jasper pulled his face back to take me in. My face flush with the rush of emotions he brought out in me. I could tell from the way his body mimicked mine—tension, trying to control ourselves from rubbing ourselves against each other, the panting (ha! I felt some kind of sick pleasure in making him feel like he made me), both of us struggled with not taking it further—that he was trying to find something in my face, my emotions, that would let him continue. Jasper was looking to see if I was ready to complete our mating.

I tore my eyes from his and set my head down on his shoulder trying to gather by thoughts together. Should I give myself to Jasper now even when I had not find my other? I snorted in my head and wondered what would that accomplish if my other mate was here? Would they fight over who would fuck me first?

I really needed to talk to Lady Hera. Maybe she could help me figure out what was going on, tell me what to do.

Jasper understood and sent me his acceptance. He kissed what he could of my forehead and whispered a warning, "I won't be able to stop next time. Next time we meet, I will claim you, mate," he promised.

I shivered and felt him shake as he chuckled. "Promise?" was my cheeky response to which he growled playfully and yanked on my hair somewhat gently as he attacked my lips again. "Watch it, mate, or I won't be able to control myself," he nipped at my lips before withdrawing and started driving again.

I sighed as I tried to get out of his lap. Jasper stopped me when he realized what I was doing, but when I told him that we were coming into town soon that someone might see us…he told me fuck them and wouldn't let me go.

I giggled and stayed in his lap the entire drive back to my uncle's house. I knew the only reason he could drive with me like this was because he was a vampire. He might have if he was still human; after all, Demigods were known to be able to focus more with an adrenaline rush…and boy was this one. I could still feel my mate's cock through both our pants, and I struggled not to want more pleasure than what we had taken from each other. My mate being an empath would not help me in trying to stay a virgin if I couldn't control my emotions.

When we got to my house, no one was home or around (so we weren't seen), but I had trouble removing myself from his lap. My sadness had Jasper holding me close.

"I don't want to leave you, but I will be back. I promise," I told him, and Jasper's response was to kiss me softly like our first kiss.

"And I will be waiting for you, mate," was his own promise.

I tried to leave his lap without putting pressure on his hard-on which didn't happen. Jasper was amused, though, as he sent some of his emotions my way as he lifted me off him and out of the truck.

I stood there in the area the open door made and turned to leave before pausing. "Do you know what's she has planned?" I asked my mate and felt him unconsciously project some annoyance.

"She has ordered glass, a giant fucking cake you won't eat, decorated the house, and wrapped the presents in paper. I just don't understand that girl," he muttered. "She does shit like this and she should know you by now. Or at least, she should know Swan," Jasper half-smirked all sexy like.

Fuck, I had no defense against him. And the bastard knew it as that full blown smirk on his delicious mouth clued me in to his spying empath ways.

I sighed when I forced myself to think about the party. "I'll figure out how to fuck it up so brace yourself." I warned my mate, and he titled his head at me.

"Anything coming to mind?" he asked, ever the strategist.

I waved him off, "I'm better at thinking on my feet, you know this." We shared a grin as both of us remembered the secret we shared: Halfbloods we were and thinking on our feet was essential to surviving. Besides, sitting still and thinking of plans wasn't really supported by the ADHD we suffered from.

"I'll see you tomorrow, sweetling," Jasper leaned down to kiss me, a quick peck as we didn't want to lose control and end up with me bent over the seat of his truck, half in half out as he fucked me raw. "A real present will find its way to you in August," he assured me as I backed away and walked toward the house.

A real gift, huh? "What if I want it now?" I fake whined and pouted at him as I turned to look at him.

Jasper's lips barely even twitched at my cuteness. "If you want it now, I can make that happen."

I titled my own head. "You have it on you?" I asked and when he nodded I was at his truck in a second. Jasper only shook his head at me, amusement clear in his eyes and his smile.

Jasper reached into the glove compartment to his right and pulled something out. "I had Rose make it since I know you hate borrowing weapons and are particular crazy about Percy's sword and its ability to be a pen."

It was a pen box that was double the regular size. I carefully opened it and saw two pens that had an owl and trident engraved on them both.

"The swords are the same though the color is a bit different on both. The left is black and the right is gold. Be very careful, I think you can tell what the blades are made of," he warned but he didn't have too. I could feel the Stygian Iron. I didn't know one Half-blood that had a blade made of that Iron. "Rose said that her father told her the secret of making them able to shift."

The emphasis he put on that last word made my eyes snap to him and widened. "You mean…"

I trailed off unable to say it. Jasper only nodded. "If you want a bow…" he let my imagination take over.

I couldn't breathe. This gift…tears started to form in my eyes and when they fell, Jasper kissed them away before they made their way past my nose. I couldn't even begin to describe what this gift meant to me. When I tried to speak, to tell him, he shook his head at me. As if words weren't needed, because they weren't needed. Having an empath for a mate did have some perks.

Jasper nudged his head toward the door. "Go, I'll see you tomorrow. Try not to kill Edward when he comes over tonight with those," my blonde mate joked. "Because if Alice sees you killing him, I'm going to be mad."

"That you didn't get to help?" I waggled my eyebrows and the amusement and love in his eyes told me what his words and jokes didn't say.

It was nice to know here, with Jasper, I never had to wonder about anything. I knew what we felt for each other was real and not something fake that Aphrodite created for amusement or whatever reason.

It was not complicated like with Luke. With Luke I never knew if he wanted me or didn't. Maybe pushing me away had to do with the fact he didn't want to taint me. But what other path was there if I loved him? A part of me prayed to Fate that he wasn't my second mate. If he was, I wasn't sure how this could end except with blood and death. I'd be like Riley with Quinn, though if Quinn (like Jasper) was my vampire, I don't think living without one mate would be a problem. I like to read, so sue me.

I stood on my tiptoes, kissed him, and then ran inside holding the closed box to my chest tightly. I didn't look back after I opened the door because I knew I wouldn't let him leave if I did, and there was something I needed to do.

After getting in, I went straight to my room. I set the box on the bed and kneeled beside it. This was the first time I was actually going to pray to a god without being caught in a life and death situation.

Lady Hera, if you're listening, I need help. As the Goddess of Marriage, you are the one I need advice from. I find myself with two mates, and I don't know what do to about it. How does one marry and bond with two people? I've seen the uncontrolled chaos that spirals without bonding and marriage of some kind in our family, and I want to be different. I need the stability of the bond. I don't know what to do. How can I find my second? Or do I have to pick one over the other? How do I bond with two people? Do they have to be together with me and it done at the same time? I am lost, Lady Hera, please send me some sign as to what I have to do.

As I pulled out of my prayer, I sighed. I didn't really expect her to send something obvious like a thunderbolt right down in front of me, a peacock strutting about, or something like that. Besides, drama wasn't Lady Hera's style.

I really didn't know what to expect if she did send me some sign. I was so frustrated at this situation of confusion (and at the usual lack of response from the gods) that I took the nearest object, and without thinking, threw it to my right. It had been one of my pens. The black one and it knocked one of my books over.

I noticed as I came closer that the three quarters sword's hilt had knocked over my seventh Harry Potter book. As I picked it up, I noticed it was opened to the chapter where Harry asks the Grey Lady for help finding her mother's…diadem. A symbol of Hera. I dropped the book as the realization hit me and found the book had opened to another chapter: The Deathly Hallows. I wonder what message Lady Hera was sending me. Was the key to my problem have to do with those things?

Was this a sign that my other mate was close to death? Would die just like the three brothers? Was it really Luke? I had prayed that the fall hadn't killed him, and Percy hated himself afterward. He knew I cared about Luke and to see him fall had been a lot to bear. Even more so if he was dead. Something I refused to believe. I just hoped if he was alive, that what brought him back was not something we would all regret.

I let out the breath I had been holding and came to the conclusion that I would just see where life took me. If I had interpreted the sign correctly and Luke was my mate, then I would join him. Chaos help us all then.

If this was Lady Hera's way of letting me know who my mate was, then I wondered about the other thing I asked about. How was I to know if I was to be with both or one? Or how we were to join together? Did it mean that death would join us? Did it mean that I wouldn't have to choose because one was going to die?

I shoved those thoughts out of my head. I washed my clothes that smelled like Jasper and I all over them and took a shower. Once I was done, I cooked dinner for Charlie, and, after eating, went to bed trying to shove away all my doubts and fears.

I would see Jasper tomorrow and that would make me happy…until I had to leave him.

~TotG~

I let Edward dress me, but when he wasn't looking, snuck in some shorts to put on underneath the dress. I found myself on occasion okay with wearing a skirt—only if it was a skort. Dresses and skirts were a bitch to fight in—if you were trying to preserve your modesty.

After I dressed, Edward found it odd that Charlie didn't wish me a happy birthday, and I waved it off as we would celebrate later. The vampire didn't ask any more questions, and we headed to his house in silence.

Em assaulted me with a hug as soon as I entered and dragged me off toward the middle of the room. As we walked, he whispered in my ear, "Rose's going to get it delivered to camp soon."

My eyes had widened, and the two of us were such good actors that we played it off as being surprised at how Alice went out of control with the decorating and stuff. I couldn't believe she was already done, but given that she didn't sleep…

Alice demanded that I open presents immediately. There was a big box that was somehow light; I grew suspicious. Hell, I have been since Percy got the head of Medusa sent back to him by father. I narrowed my eyes at Em who just couldn't stay still.

"What's in the box?" I asked with my voice clear with my guarded nature toward boxes. "There isn't something in here that could, I don't know, do something like turn me into a statue due to me looking at something I shouldn't because of my surprise at what is inside? No hissing?" I held my ear up to the box to listen.

Rose and Jasper started choking on air, and Em looked confused. They at least understood what I was referring to. Jasper shook his head, though I could tell both him and his fake-twin were curious about why would think Medusa's head would be in a box.

"I only ask because Percy once got something in the mail sent from our father, that was originally sent by him, that I shouldn't look at directly." I explained and Rose rolled her eyes at the dramatics of my brother. Both she and Jasper could tell what happened. Pissed off smartass Demigod.

"Who's Percy, love?" Edward asked, and I would have responded automatically with "my twin" if wasn't for the shady business going on around me. But if anyone had been paying attention, they would have noticed I said "our father."

"Someone I've known since birth," I alluded as I decided to open the box very carefully. I got the paper off without incident, and then when I opened it I, ducked behind the part that opened up and turned it on Edward. This way he could do what he always wanted to do: protect me.

Jasper and Rose tried to keep their laughter in as they realized I used the vampire as a shield. The others thought they were laughing at me not at my actions.

Edward seemed a little amused as he pretended to look inside for me. "It's safe, love; there's actually nothing in there."

I narrowed my eyes at him and shook the thing without looking. There wasn't a sound. "Then why the fuck would you give me an empty box?" I asked in confusion and ignored both Edward and his mother scolding me for my language. I was too focused on the empty box. Was there something magical in it that was invisible? Or was this a gag at me leaving soon?

Em couldn't hold back anymore. "It was a laptop, but I knew you would try and give it back, because little Isabella Swan doesn't like gifts that cost stuff, so I put it in your room at home after you and Edward left."

I blinked. I would have kept the damn laptop. I was tired of not having something like that when Percy and I went so school or back at camp. Athena's cabin were assholes when it came sharing tings. I was going to go jump the Son of Ares when I remembered that Swan didn't like gifts.

I just sighed and acted like I would keep even though I didn't want it. "If you've gone to that much trouble, I'll keep it," I mumbled. Really, I was happy and excited.

"Good, I uploaded a lot of stuff that you might want to share with some of your friends…if you have friends," he added and waggled his eyebrows at me. I rolled my eyes at him. I figured what he uploaded were some designs for weapons and shit he and his mate have come up with over the years that they knew we were going to need in the war coming.

"It better not be porn," Edward glared at his brother. I was shocked he actually said the word, but I took a back step when I realized that Em could have uploaded shit like that.

"And who would I share that with?" I asked cheekily, and I noticed a smirk on Rose's face as she subtly looked at Jasper before looking back at me. I gave her look that said I didn't think I'd be needing it, and the look she gave me was absolutely sinful as if she knew exactly how much I wouldn't need it with Jasper.

After Em gave Edward a run around with his virgin status, I went to the next gift. Edward explained it to me when I looked at a wrapped envelope-gift skeptically because the response I gave would have made him blush upon hearing it if he was human. "This isn't some contract like Grey has Anna sign is it? Or some marriage contract?"

Edward shook his head frantically. "No, love, its airplane tickets to go see your mother. You said since she was going back to college, you wanted to ease your burden on her so that's why you moved here with your father."

I almost gave away myself when I almost responded, what you talkin' 'bout Willis? But I didn't and nodded. So I twisted just a bit of the truth, sue me. I then went to carefully open the damn thing, glad I took such care before because the gods only knew what would happen if I spilled blood in a room of repressed vampires…that was when I got the idea.

In that spilt second, I sent Jasper an emotion I hope was brace yourself, Elle! Then I made like I was so excited and cut my finger.

I was instantly on alert as I started to wave my finger in the air acting like an idiot. "Oh, I cut my finger! Stupid papercut," I said, playing my part. But my eyes were on Edward as I felt him stop breathing. Jasper's eyes were on Edward too, and it looked like he was going to stay in control until Alice gasped and then I was flying into the glass.

Time slowed and I did my damnest to avoid the glass. Everyone was so focused on Jasper (well, except the Demivamps, they could really multitask) that the Cullens didn't see me do some Demigod moves and dodge the plates. As Jasper was moving to intercept Edward and keep me away from the younger vampire, my fingers were in the pockets on the dress (ones I made) where my pen-swords were. If Edward attacked me, I was going to kill him. That was how this shit worked.

It didn't happen because Rose grabbed Jasper and Em went for Edward; thus separating them, and it gave Edward enough time to gain control of himself long enough to feel ashamed and run off. I didn't worry about him, I went straight to Jasper, but daddy and mommy vamp tried to stop me. I dodged their asses, surprising them, and went straight to my mate. Alice was too busy lost in visions to try and stop me. Rose and Em were just looking on; a part of them felt fear that Jasper might have given into his vampire nature to protect his mate and they were about to get ripped apart for keeping him from doing so, or that Jasper would grab me and run off for sexy time.

I slowly approached Jasper as his eyes turned on me. I could see him taking me all in, and his eyes went straight to my finger. I held it up, and before I could blink, he was next to me licking it once before he took the hand away from his mouth. His eyes were still golden, but they had a hint of black and grey in them. I guess seeing I was safe and the fact that he didn't completely give over to his nature was enough for him not to take me off and claim me so that no one else would try and come after me.

Jasper just stared at me, thinking about gods only knew what, when Alice came out her visions with venom tears almost making an appearance. "Jasper…how could you be willing to kill Bella and…" she couldn't even continue. I knew what she saw. She saw Jasper claiming me and turning me.

I almost said that I wouldn't have minded, but I stopped myself. Instead, I turned to Alice and told her neither was going to happen anytime soon. Rose gently took my arm and told everyone she was taking me home.

Em and Jasper disappeared after that, and I knew they were going to spar to get rid of Jasper's frustrations at various things. Like, why didn't he take me?

On the way back to my house, Rose came in and told Charlie that she was going to help me pack.

"Since she broke up with Edward, are all of you leaving?" he asked. While he didn't trust the other four vamps, my uncle found himself trusting the Demivamps a bit. After all, he knew that the Ichor in their veins stayed even if it was alongside venom now. We had determined that the Ichor in a Cold One type vampire's veins gave him extra control unlike the others who didn't.

Rose chuckled. "Edward's probably going all emo now that thinks he almost killed her. He'll probably break up with her tomorrow and make us all leave tonight." Rose concluded, and it didn't sound that bad. They'd be gone by the time Percy got here to take me home, so win-win I thought.

Rose helped me pack all my stuff, careful of my Demigod things like Mist and the laptop. I kept the pens out because you never knew when you'd be attacked. Once I was done packing, an idea caught me.

"What if Edward sees my stuff? He won't think it was his idea to leave me…" I really did want him away from me and to not think he had a chance with me at all. If he decided that he was leaving me, that would be better. At least, I think so. More of a clean break.

Rose looked thoughtful. "You could stuff it in your closet, so he doesn't see it. Or you could tell him that you don't want to see him anymore and don't want to be friends with him."

I don't know; would he feel it over more if I told him or if he told me? Maybe I could just agree with him.

When we were done, Rose left and hugged our goodbyes. I would miss her, but she'd had my cellphone number (which was for emergencies, I had heard horror stories about HalfBloods getting killed because of them), and we had IMing so…besides, she knew where camp was.

I took a shower, did more human things, and went to bed. After getting up early, I got dressed and saw Edward waiting outside the house. So he wasn't stalking my bedroom, eh? Or maybe he did. The little prick didn't know that I knew he was watching me. He almost died one night because he caught me off guard. Instincts of a Demigod. But I acted as if it was a dream and went back to sleep.

Now, I've never been dumped before, and not that Edward and I were going out, but the way he "dumped" me was a little extreme. He called me a distraction (which meant toy and plaything) and that I would forget him as time went on, and the kicker, he never loved me.

Now, if I had actually been in love with him, that would have hurt a shit ton. Instead, I just nodded and told him that I didn't want to see him either. The baby accepted this and left me in view of my house.

It only really hit me that they were gone when I went back to the house and pulled my bag out of the closet.

Jasper was gone, and I wasn't going to see him for a while. It hurt, but I was used to pain. Besides, I was a Demigod. We were created to endure. Just like Shinobi.

It didn't take long for Percy to come get me and the way he did so shocked the hell out of me. He came right out of the fucking shadows.

What the fuck? I would have had both swords out if I didn't have to catch Percy. There was movement before Nico came out too. Or at least I think it was Nico. This one looked a bit grown up. I didn't dwell on it or pay attention to him—or his hotness—I was suffering from a Jasper withdraw, so I didn't notice him at all.

"Love, are you okay?" I asked softly as I helped keep him steady.

"You get used to it," Nico said, his voice deep and sex—nope! Stop right there! Jasper! Remember, Jasper!

"So, what has you and a Son of Hades coming to get me?" I inquired as I pulled my bag over my shoulders. "I figured I'd meet you on First Beach and we'd swim or get a ride with a sea friend not Shadow Express."

Percy caught his breath and answered me. "Well, I was checking out that new school for us and got attacked by some vampire chicks," he started and both Nico and I interrupted him with the correct name for them—and Percy and I both ignored the in sync thing I had with Nico.

"Elizabeth Dare was there, you remember her? That girl who could see through the Mist we found at the dam? Well, she helped me get away. Then I ran to camp and somehow discovered an entrance to the Labyrinth. Nico was just coming out of it, and he told us what Luke was planning on doing with it."

Percy stopped when he noticed I had a pained expression on my face. I turned around from him and buried my face in my heads, "Fuck! Really, Luke? An attack on camp?" I muttered as I knew instantly what Luke had planned on doing. "We have to stop him." I decided swiftly as I turned around, ignoring the fact that Nico had seen my pain. If Luke was my other mate, he needed my focus. "Maybe if we stop him before…"

I couldn't even say anything else. Percy and Nico both read my mind. Nico, I noticed, had a mask up as he observed me. Percy just grimaced.

"I don't think you can save him anymore, sister. Luke's too far gone."

I glared at my twin and loved it when he flinched, but I didn't say anything.

"I don't understand why you even like the guy anymore! He's tried to kill us quite a few times!" Percy growled at me as he snapped back at me for my look.

"And I don't understand why you like Annabeth! It's for the same reason, actually, Aphrodite put a spell on the both of us toward them." I revealed as I tried to calm down and justify my attraction to Luke—there was no way in Hell I was going to tell him that Luke was one of my mates. "One of the vampires here was a Demigod that was blessed, Legacy, whatever of her. Rose told me when we first met I was under a love spell. She canceled it, but too much damage was done. I can't help but care for Luke," I confessed to my brother, and he immediately had me in his arms as he realized at how fucked the both of us were. I had no doubt he was drawing some connections with him and a certain Daughter of Athena.

"Besides, when do you have time to like that chick? She never goes on any Quests with us," I told his shirt as I barely came up to his chest. Damn my five foot two inch height. Even Nico was taller than me now.

"Can you get it reversed on Percy or you?" Nico asked, "What effects will there be?"

I stepped out of my twin's embrace and shrugged at Nico. "Not really. I think I'll always care about Luke, but I don't think I am in love with him anymore. But I'm still drawn to him, at least I will be until I find my mate and we bond."

Percy narrowed his eyes. "Mate?"

I nodded and spoke like this wasn't a big deal. "Yeah, because of the Ichor in our veins and depending on our power level, fate, and some other things, some of us have mates. I need to find mine and bond with him. Rose told me that should take away most of what I feel for Luke, unless Luke is my mate…" I trailed off and turned my head away from the two males near me. I didn't want them seeing my face, but I had no doubt they did. They saw the confliction I felt.

I shrugged off this conversation and looked my twin in the eye. "We will be facing death again; I've got a bad feeling about this, brother."

"Well, it's good we got a Son of Hades, right?" Percy grinned and relief washed over me as I smiled.

Percy nodded to Nico, and the other Demigod touched us both and told us to hang on. We were back in camp in just a few seconds. Percy looked at me like he was about to fall over, and I caught him. Nico looked at me like he was studying me.

"Most people react like Percy did when Shadow traveling, yet you are completely okay."

I just titled my head at his unspoken question. "I was running with vampires for a while, and their speed is super-fast, so maybe I got used it. Now, who has seen the Oracle? We need a prophecy that I'm really, really, going to hate!"

Nico and Percy just laughed at me as my very negative views on prophecies were known by all before my brother answered. "I thought it was your turn, so go up to the big house and get it." Percy responded as he kicked my butt to get me moving.

I rolled my eyes and started jogging toward the Big House where I found Annabeth arguing with Chiron about wanting to get to see the Oracle this time. Apparently, she really wanted to go on this Quest. A part of me felt bad that I had kept her away from any big Quests, but I didn't want her near my brother and Chiron knew that. In fact, it was the very reason he didn't let Annabeth come near me most of the time. He was afraid I was going to hurt her or something. And I would too if she tried anything.

Once I got close, I greeted Chiron and went right past him before he could say anything about me getting to see the Oracle and not the other girl. But I heard her bitching, though.

"So she gets to get it but not me? This is freaking favoritism, Chiron! Don't think I don't know it's because of her that I have gone on any of the big Quests especially ones with Percy!" I was in the house before I heard anymore let alone his response.

When I got in the musty old attic, which one day I was actually going to explore (there was some neat shit up here), I saw the Oracle, and it bade me to ask—and I did. But what I heard was something that truly scared me.

You shall delve in the darkness of the endless maze,

The dead, the traitor, and the lost one raise.

You shall rise or fall by the ghost king's hand,

The child of Athena's final stand.

Destroy with a hero's final breath,

And lose a love to worse than death.

The fourth line was really making me not want to take Annabeth along, but it was the second and third that confused me. The dead raise? The ghost king? If Nico was coming, maybe he had to do with the dead. And nothing really came to mind with the title ghost king. Are we talking about Hamlet, Richard III here?

But it was truly the last one that made me want to cry. I knew what I would have to do. I would fight this fucking prophecy with everything I had. This prophecy was one that I knew if I stayed with Percy against Luke, it would happen. I had to save him, especially if he was my mate. I would do anything for my mate. Even if it meant losing the one thing I could always count on.

When I left the attic, Chiron, Percy, Nico, and Annabeth were waiting for me. Maybe it was the devastated look on my face that made Annabeth look like she regretted wanting to go in there. Percy was on me in a second, "What did you hear?"

I looked up at him and willed back the tears. "You and everyone else may not think Luke can be saved, but I will do it. I will save him," I vowed and my aggressive and defiant tone had each one of them taking a step back.

I would bring my mate out of the darkness or fall in with him.