This series is never going to end. I honestly don't have another idea for a story after this one, but I'm sure I could if I tried! XD Anyway, enjoy this story. It's a two-shot, so enjoy!

"Stefan! Vladimir!" Caius' roared in their minds. "I will personally kill you!"

"Silly creature," Vladimir purred, circling the group of halflings. "Did you not think we would find a way to destroy you? Did you think that Julien was smart enough to test the Volturi with halflings? We found their weakness. And with you four out of the way, they will fall."

"Thank you for telling of the ability to shield, Caius dear," Stefan replied sweetly. "Now they are trained to block their minds so you cannot read them."

"We wasn't readin' 'em ta begin with," Jasper snarled. "Theys just predictable!"

There was a crack across Jasper's face, and he couldn't respond because of the fire liquid ropes surrounding his hands. and feet. They burned so badly! Alice and Edward were struggling, trying to get free, but Jasper and Caius were focused on the two Romanians. Caius' mouth and nose were taped so he couldn't get any air in to use his special ability.

The two Romanians stopped laughing and turned to leave. "We'll come back to kill you later. Let you suffer knowing your covens are going to die," Stefan said with a shake of his head.

"Sir? Do you think that wise?" asked a female halfling, staring at them in fear.

"Go touch that rope," Vladimir said blandly.

"No!"

"Exactly. Now watch them."

The female blinked at them. "But I want to fight!"

"Then you should have kept your mouth shut," Stefan laughed.

She sat down and stared as the boys walked away. She was angry. Jasper could feel it.

"Payin' yer dues, eh? Bet yer the youngest," Jasper snickered.

"Shut up!"

"You must not have an ability worth having," Caius said into her mind.

"Not to them," she said bitterly.

"What's your power?" Alice asked gently.

She hesitated. "They call me a lover."

"Lover?" Jasper asked in interest, sitting up to stare at her.

"I make people feel good. Comfortable. Happy. Content. So they love me and everybody that's around."

"Lemme have a feel," Jasper said with a smile, sending out waves of comfort to her. This power sounded like the perfect excuse if she would just use it…

She hesitated then relaxed. Oh, it was an exquisite feeling! So wonderfully calm and gentle. Jasper found himself purring and he nuzzled Caius, who did it in return, his hands slipping into Jasper's pocket to get out the knife that he had slipped into his pocket this morning at Alice's prompting. He snagged it just as the feelings disappeared.

"Ah lahke that power," Jasper said with a smile as Caius righted himself. There was a soft snick that went ignored by the halfling girl. Big mistake. She turned away. Mistake number two. Caius freed the others, and they rubbed their burned wrists as she spoke.

"I don't feel useful. All I want is a family. Stefan promised me a family. But most of them are boys, and the girls don't have stupid love powers like me. I don't know what they were thinking when they changed me."

"Prolly wanted somethin' lahke meh," Jasper said. "Ah's an empath."

"What does that mean?" she asked, turning her head to face them. She froze when she saw them free and standing there staring at her.

Jasper answered her, crossing his arms. "Ah can induce lust so heavy that they'll stop whateva they're doin' ta relieve it. Ah can calm 'em ta rest, if'n Ah wants to. Ah can rile 'em so hot that they'll kill each other."

"Im-impressive," she said, backing away slowly.

Caius removed the tape and took a great breath in. "That's better. Calm down, my dear. If we wanted you dead, you'd be dead already."

"What do you want?"

"Run away," Caius said seriously. "Run far, far, far away and never tell anybody that you're a halfling or that Stefan and Vladimir created you."

She nodded, standing and walking toward the north.

"Wait! What's your name?" Edward asked.

"I…Jennifer. My name's Jennifer."

"Godspeed, Jennifer."

She smiled and took off. The freed halflings turned and took off in the opposite direction.

"Do you want me to run ahead?" Edward asked.

"Yes," Jasper said, "Go scope out the place. Alice, you start lookin' inta the future 'bout this."

"There's a block!" Alice said after Edward was gone.

"Bad or good?"

"I…I can't tell!" Alice moaned.

Jasper and Caius glanced at each other as they all pushed themselves to the edge of their speed. Something big was going to happen and if it was blocked that thoroughly, it probably meant that one or more of them was going to get hurt really bad. It was a repression that Alice's power came with.

Edward was standing there, frozen. The rest of the Volturi and Olympic covens were engaged in a fierce battle. Stefan and Vladimir were at the back of the halflings, studying them. Caius snarled and ran for them as Alice dove down to help Aro and Marcus. Edward and Jasper headed for their family. Esme screamed and Edward roared, racing over to destroy the halfling. Jasper scanned the battlefield to see Carlisle struggling with a large halfling who was pinning him down. Those teeth were way too close to his papa's throat for him to be comfortable. He raced over and snagged the brute, jerking him back. He tore his head off, snorting in satisfaction when he'd stopped twitching.

"Ya okay, Papa?" Jasper asked as he turned to him.

"I'm fine, Jasper," Carlisle said with a smile.

There was a scream that made Jasper spin around and snarl, eyes searching for the source. There was a flash of movement and he snapped at it, focused completely on searching for whoever screamed. Then he saw his sister. She was bleeding heavily and looked frightened. Jasper roared, making the entire battlefield freeze in shock at the fierceness of the noise. The next thing anybody knew, ten halflings were dead and the others were racing off. Jasper didn't stop killing until he'd run out of enemy bodies. When Marcus grabbed him to calm him down, the crazed halfling lunged for his throat. Caius snagged him.

"Jasper! Calm down!"

Jasper barked and lunged for his throat. He was grabbed and spun around.

"Jasper Lee Cullen! Stop it!" Carlisle said, his voice wavering.

Jasper snarled, but he did not try to hurt Carlisle. He was panting and shaking hard, eyes wild.

"W-where's Alice?"

"Jane and Alec took her back home," Marcus said, rubbing his throat where Jasper had grabbed him.

"I gots ta see her."

"We need to clean up first, Jazz," Caius said, not bothered at all.

"No! I gots ta see mah sister!"

"Edward, Caius, please go with him to make sure he stays sane," Carlisle said, swallowing. "If that is fine with Aro and Marcus."

"Of course. We've got this under control," Aro replied. "Where are those two vampires?"

Caius smirked and held up a bag. Aro turned it upside down and the two vampires' heads hit the ground.

Aro grinned. "Perfect," he purred, patting Caius' head lightly. "Go on, now."

Two hours later, Jasper was laughing as he stepped out of the shower, toweling off.

"C'mon, A.M. Ya know Ah'd do anythin' fer ya."

"Going bat shit crazy and decimating a whole army of halflings is quite a bit, even for anything," Alice said with a smile.

There was a knock on the door and Aro walked in looking serious. His gaze paused on Caius then he shook his head.

"Something wrong, Aro?"

"I need you to either confirm or deny something for me."

"Okay then. I deny it! For sure!" Caius laughed.

Aro's expression grew even more serious and the four halflings stopped laughing.

"Aro?" Caius sounded alarmed now.

"Come."

Caius looked at them then left with Aro.

"Wonder what that was about?" Edward asked as Jasper began to pull on fresh clothes.

"No idea. I still can't see anything," Alice said with a shrug. "It's dead. Dark. Nothing."

"What?" It was Jasper's turn to look alarmed.

"You're telling me that you getting hurt wasn't the block?" Edward demanded.

"Yep. I'm still powerless."

"So there's another wave or something?"

"I don't know," Alice said, gingerly sitting up. "I wish Carlisle would—"

The door opened and Caius looked shocked beyond anything they'd ever seen before. He was pale and flushed at the same time, and tears were in his eyes.

"Caius? Whatsa matter?" Jasper asked.

He ignored the question and picked up Alice. "Follow. Now."

Edward and Jasper obeyed. They stopped outside of what they knew was Aro's room. Jasper looked to Caius, who nodded, so he opened the door. Alice screamed in surprise.

"No! It isn't possible!"

Jasper and Edward pushed Caius forward and went in to see what the commotion was. They froze. Carlisle was convulsing violently on the bed. He wasn't screaming, but he should have been. The halfling change was terribly painful.

"We gots ta get the venom out!" Jasper gasped, taking a step forward.

"It's too late," Caius said numbly. "It's been in his system for over two hours. Thirty minutes is the turning point. He's going to be a halfling, whether we like it or not."

"Who bit him?" Alice asked.

"We don't know," Aro said, staring at his long-time friend.

"Where was he bit?" Edward asked, staring at his father's clothing on the floor.

"We searched his neck first, obviously, then went to the rest of him. We almost missed it. It looks old already. Caius found it with ease. He knows what to look for."

"Where is it?" Edward repeated.

Caius reached over and grabbed Carlisle's left wrist. He held it up and outlined a bite around his thumb joint. "Right here. This was not a purposeful bite; they weren't trying to turn anybody, just deter. It is not torn, signifying that it wasn't received during a fight, as the biter immediately released him and didn't try to tear his hand off. Beyond that, I can't tell anything."

Jasper stared at the wound and frowned. He saw that hand reaching out to calm him when Alice screamed, and he'd…he'd snapped at it with his teeth. But he hadn't made contact with anything, right? It was just a warning snap. Nothing major, right?

"Well there's nothing more we can do for him," Aro said, shaking his head.

"Edward we've got to go get Mama," Alice said.

"Oh, no. You're not going anywhere but back to bed. Aro and Marcus will help heal you," Caius said sternly.

"Jasper wait here," Edward ordered. "I'll be back with the family."

They were suddenly all gone. Jasper stared at the closed door for a moment then trepidatiously walked over to the vampire he called Papa. He lifted the hand and studied the bite mark. Shaking hard, he lowered his teeth into the markings and put no pressure. They were a perfect fit. Jasper set Carlisle's arm down and sank onto the bed.

There was a strangled noise from behind him and he turned to see desperate golden eyes looking at him. He flinched, but curled his hand around Carlisle's and sent calming waves into him. The vampire, yes for he was still just a vampire, stilled and relaxed a little. But only a little. That was the way the rest of the family found him. Jasper immediately stood and let Esme through to see her mate. She leaned down and kissed him. He made another strangled noise, writhing a little less.

"We're here, love. We're here," she whispered.

"Hey, Jazz, send some of that calm stuff into him," Emmett said, turning to him.

He let the wave burst out, and Carlisle actually stilled again, making even Caius, who stood in the doorway, yelp in shock.

"How did you do that?!"

"What?" Rosalie asked as they turned.

"You tried that with Edward and it didn't work! Why did it work with Carlisle?"

"Ah don't know," Jasper replied blankly.

There was a pause.

"Jazz, you okay?" Emmett asked, scrutinizing his brother's face.

"Ah need some air," Jasper said hoarsely.

"Come on, Jazzy-purr," Caius said, holding out his hand.

Jasper walked out and they stood on a balcony over looking the village.

"He'll be alright, Jasper," Caius said, patting his shoulder.

"Don't try ta make meh feel betta, Caius."

"Why not?"

"Cuz the only one who could make meh feel betta is lyin' in there changing inta a halflin."

"Think positive, Jasper."

"How?"

Caius smiled and turned to walk away. "Because the son of a bitch bastard that did it is dead!"

Jasper flinched, but Caius was already walking away. There was a fox that trotted up in the garden in the back yard. He flicked his tongue as the light glimmered off his fur.

"Heya, little fella," Jasper said. The fox looked up, but Jasper's power kept the animal near him. "Can I trust you with mah problems?"

The fox blinked and flicked his tongue again. Jasper jumped down and held the fox in his lap. He talked quietly about what had happened.

"Ah didn't mean ta do it, first of all. Ya's got ta believe that," he begged quietly. The fox flicked its tongue a third time. Jasper chuckled. "Yous cute. Anyways, Ah was just tryin' ta protect mah sister. That's all. Just tryin' ta protect her, 'cuz she screamed, see. But…but Papa, he tried to calm me down. I…I didn't mean it! Ah'd neva do it on purpose! Ah love him! Ah do! Ah might not know lots bout school, but Ah love mah life with him. Don't Ah?" He paused to think.

"'S'okay, Ah guess," he mused. "Ah don't lahke the schoolwork. Ah'd rather get a job, but who hires ranch hands up in the North? 'Sides, Ah'm almost done with it fer the summer. Ah'm glad. Ah still feel so stupid. Theys all so smart. Ah don't know what ta do, Flicker."

The fox stared at him, offering no advice. It simply flicked its tongue. Aro, on the other hand, had plenty to say.

"You're the one who bit him?"

Jasper jumped and the fox growled at the influx of emotion, which Jasper had been controlling up to that point, and lunged into a bush. Jasper blushed and looked away, shame overwhelming him. Aro shuddered at the sensation as he approached and sat down beside the distraught boy, putting an arm around him.

"Talk to me, lupo bambino."

Jasper looked at him. "Why is you callin' me 'wolf child', Aro?"

"Because you protect your pack fiercely," Aro replied with a smile. The smile disappeared. "Talk to me. What happened?"

Jasper began to cry, but Aro's emotions stayed calm and steady despite the torrent of pain hitting him. Aro pulled him in close, cooing at him.

"Ah'm sorry," Jasper whispered. "Ah didn't mean ta do it!"

"What happened?"

"Alice screamed, and Ah think Papa was tryin' ta calm me down. I snapped at him, but Ah don't 'member bitin' him."

"Are you sure it was you?"

Jasper thought about it. "Ninety-eight percent."

"Then there is a chance, admittedly very slim, that it wasn't you that bit him."

"It's possible, but it ain't very probable. Mah teeth fit the bite mark."

"Oh…Oh, Jasper," he whispered. "I'm sorry."

"Papa's gonna be so mad at meh…"

"If I know Carlisle, he will not be angry," Aro said firmly. "Now come here, lupo bambino. Come to me and feel all you want."

Jasper lay against Aro and poured his misery out in wave after wave of pain. Aro sat there and rocked him, hushing him. Jasper was almost as comfortable with the Volturi leader as he was with Carlisle, and Aro was enjoying being there for him, as he did when one of his own little vampires needed comfort. They were both glad, in that moment, that they had linked covens. When Jasper was dozing tiredly, Aro picked him up and carried him to his own room, laying him down by Carlisle. The rest of the family watched in interest as Jasper curled up against the changing vampire and Carlisle stopped squirming. He grunted, but it wasn't a sound of pain, more like a sound of contentment.

Aro smiled as they gathered around, which faded as he thought about what Jasper had said. He wouldn't tell them. It would either come out of Jasper's mouth or Carlisle's. He didn't know which was best, but he was worried about how they would react. They'd talked gleefully of the death of the halfling who had bitten him. What would they do to Jasper when they found out? He just did not know.