Here's my new story! :)

It's the same set up as Alice's Story and Carlisle and Esme's Story, both of which are on my profile. Please feel free to go and read them and let me know what you think of them.

There's around 12 chapters.

Thank you for reading.

I hope you enjoy it.

Sorry for any mistakes.

Chapter 1

It was too much. It was all too much. Too loud. Too crowded. Too... too... everything. He wanted everyone to be quiet. To stop moving so much. To stop making so much noise. Too much noise. Why was everything so loud? So bright? He just wanted it all to go away. He wanted everybody to just calm down.

And as fast as he could snap his fingers, that's exactly what happened. The volume fell to murmurs, the movement stopped as the room settled. The others around him stopped their fighting. They leant against walls, taking seats on the floor as they found themselves engaged in conversations with one another.

He frowned slightly at their suddenly strange behaviour. Too confused to be thankful for the peace. It was as though he had willed them to comply with his whims. The idea was laughable. He couldn't do anything like that.

Could he?

He shook his head, trying to dislodge the notion. He couldn't have done that, surely.

But the idea remained niggling and so he tried something a little different. He turned his attention to a pair seated nearby. Sad, he thought and watched as the person nearest began to cry, her sadness tainted with confusion as she shrugged her shoulders at the questions her acquaintance was asking her.

His chest tightened and he had to fight to keep himself under control as realisation dawned on him. He could make people feel things? And feel what they were feeling? His furrowed brow deepened as his confusion grew stronger and he was about to test his theory again when a presence became known beside him.

He recognised her face from somewhere. He couldn't place where. Her features were clearly Mexican. She was petite, but he could tell she was strong regardless. Her long black hair was hanging by her face as she looked down on him where he was seated on the floor.

"That," She said, crouching so that they were at eye level, "will prove itself useful."

He could feel an odd sensation in his stomach and had to fight back a smile. Amusement, he realised as he caught the twinkle in her uncomfortably red eyes. She was amused.

"Come with me, Major Whitlock." He blinked in surprise at the use of his title before automatically correcting her. It was Jasper. Just Jasper. Only his soldiers called him Major Whitlock. "Jasper, then." She amended easily. "Please, follow me."

He rose to his feet, wondering if the commotion would resume if he left the barn.

It did. The second he had turned his attention away from them the ruckus began again. He rolled his eyes as he followed her. He couldn't, for the... uh... death of him (he hadn't missed his lacking heartbeat), recall her name.

He followed her outside of the barn, noting the two girls following them. He could feel the uncertainty they were feeling as they followed a few steps behind.

"I don't know how much you remember," She began as they entered another, smaller barn next door, "so I'll reintroduce myself. I'm Maria. This is Nettie, and this is Lucy." She gestured to the brunette and the blonde respectively. "I'm going to tell you something now, Jasper. It's going to be difficult for you to believe so I need you to be open minded -,"

Maria was correct. It was hard to believe. And he wouldn't have believed it at all if he hadn't been so sure that he had been the cause of the mood change in the other barn. Which is exactly what he told Maria, Nettie and Lucy.

"Some vampires develop gifts after the change." Maria explained. "Take Walter for example - you'll meet him later. When he was changed he found that he could control the elements. He can make them do whatever he wants, whenever he wants. It seems you have a similar talent but with emotions. I believe that you're an empath, Jasper. One of the strongest I've seen."

Jasper simply nodded in response to Maria's words, a little overwhelmed at everything he had been told. He had been about to say so when Maria gestured towards Lucy.

"Try it." She instructed. "Use your talent to manipulate Lucy."

He did as he was told, following instructions until he had put Lucy through a rigorous emotional workout.

"I've not yet met somebody as in control of their talent while still so young." She noted and he could feel how awed she seemed to be by him.

It was a vaguely familiar feeling. Jasper figured it was related to his time as a soldier, but his memories seemed to be floating just out of his reach and he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"If you're this capable as a newborn, imagine how strong you'll be with experience. For now, though, you're going to join Nettie and Lucy, they'll show you how to hunt. Don't be worried," Jasper frowned slightly, wondering if he could make people feel what he was feeling the same way he could feel their emotions and... control them, apparently, "it'll come to you naturally."

Thank you for reading.

I hope you enjoyed it.

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