Summery: Jasper Whitlock is trying to find his way home to his family, but first he must help an unlikely friend, a werewolf he calls Bella, with the help of his spirit guide, a fox named Sly. Can Jasper not only help Bella return to her human form and find out the mystery behind her and why vampires and werewolves strayed from their old brotherhood? Can he return home to Alice and the Cullen? Will he want to in the end? Not a Jasper/Bella pairing.
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight unfortunately…
Fox in the Forest
I guess never had the time to contemplate the unnatural or higher being theories humans always did. I've never believed in ghosts. I don't exactly believe in God either, but that's because I've been taught that I'm going to hell if I do—for some reason—die. I mean I guess it's alright to believe in Hell and God as well, right? I find myself wondering how Carlisle believes in God when everyone one says our kind are going straight to Hell with the devil.
You know what forget the whole God Heaven and Hell Devil thing. It's not the point I'm trying to make here. The point is that I'm just not a superstition person. I know ironic, I'm a vampire who isn't superstition. But as far as vampires and werewolves go I just don't believe in all that ghost and spirit crap. Well at lest I didn't before Sly found his way into my already messed up life. My name is Jasper Whitlock Hale and this is a story about how I made my way back home with the help of some very unlikely friends.
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I was outnumbered 6 to 1, now how fair is that! They had me cornered, I was toast.
"What the soldier vampire feel trapped." The huge guy, the obvious leader, with all the muscles said. When I said this guy was big, I mean huge, like bigger then Emmett huge. His crimson eyes shined with hunger, hunger to kill me. There where two women as well, one dirty blond human blood stained all over her shirt, the other a red head with a wicked grin that put James to shame. The other three men weren't as big as their leader but could easily take me without too much trouble. All of them but the leader crouched ready to leap and rip me to shreds. The leader apparently didn't like to get his hands dirty. I was so far beyond fu—
Before I could finish my train of thought I growl ripped through the forest and a huge white wolf snapped the two female's heads off. With only a second's delay I jumped for the weakest looking of the males and ripped him to bits I jumped quickly at the leader as the wolf danced with the other male. I had to admit the wolf had skills; she'd slipped out of the way within a millisecond and took a body piece or chunk off the guy with her.
It took a lot of work and help from the she wolf to take the leader out then I lit a few matches and watched the purple smoke.
When I finally turned from the vamp-a-roast the white wolf was curled up next to a pine tree licking a small already healing wound on her paw.
"Thank you" I couldn't believe I had said that to a werewolf but she did save my life. She lifted her huge head to me her deep chocolate brown eyes held so much intelligence. She gave what could pass as a nod and went back to licking her paw.
I felt inclined to say something but didn't exactly know what to say. This was getting weird.
"Doesn't the smell bother you?" I asked indicating behind me at the fire and then to myself.
She lifted her head again and shook it then bobbed it side to side as if to say "no, well a little."
It fell silent again and the faint light blue of dawn could be seen in the starry night sky. Despite the smell of wet dog, some weird pull keep me sitting there as the wolf slept for hours.
The sun was barely peeking out from its hiding place when a sound of a twig snapping alerted me and my companion to our right. There staring at us with dark intelligent eyes was a little red fox. The wolf just cocked her head to the side and gave out a whimper that sounded like a "huh". The fox dropped to its back and rolled round watching us the whole time. The wolf crawled over slowly and the touched noses for a quick second. She looked at me next and nodded in approval of the fox's non-threat.
"Hi little, guy" I said not sure what else to say. Why did I say that? I'm going insane.
"You said it because you wished to." The fox said in a deep voice, at least I think the fox said it. The wolf whined playfully and wagged its tail before shaking its head and pawing its face gently as if to say "why didn't you say something before."
"Yes I can talk you silly vampire. I am your spirit guide and I'm here to help you get back home." The same voice said as the wolf looked up to see my reaction. I was stunned to say the least.
"Spirit guide?" I said unsure before turning to the wolf "And what are you like the sidekick?"
The wolf snorted while shaking her head. "No, Silly"
"This is starting to get weird." I said more to myself then the two animals. I fell back to the forest floor when I realized I was standing.
"Do you want to get home to your family and your wife, Jasper?" the fox asked sitting as well his bushy tail curling around him. The wolf just went back to lying down against the pine tree.
"Yes" I said if there was anything I wanted more it was to go home. I'd been gone so long, three years to be exact, and I missed Alice. I missed Esme's love, Carlisle's trust and understanding, Emmett's stupid jokes, and Rosalie's annoyingness. I even missed depressed old Edward, who had been the reason I'd left in the first place.
"Well first you must complete a very important task."
"What kind of task?"
"The wolf that you have made friends with can not change back into a human. She needs to see a very powerful witch in Baton Rouge so she can be changed back. If you do this for the wolf she will help you in return by helping you fight an impending war that's making its way into play as we speak. Once you have helped the wolf you may go home."
My face must have registered shock because the fox perked its ears, and asked if I was okay.
"Uh no, you do realize what you just asked me right?"
"Uh yes, I realize what I just asked you. Is there a problem Jasper?"
"Um, just the fact that I'm a vampire and she's a werewolf, mortal enemies for ever."
He laughed, "That's the crap your kind has been loading into your minds but Werewolves and Vampires were once brothers under the same banner. They both protected each other form humans who where out for the death of "witches"."
The wolf lifted her head and nodded in agreement.
I contemplated it for a few minutes then sighed in defeat.
"Okay I'll help her, it's the least I could do after she saved my life."
We all sat in a comfortable silence for hours before a loud grumble erupted from the white wolf. She whimpered and stood up shaking off the pine needles then trotted off into the forest. I followed silently behind her listening to the forest around us. We both stopped at the same time. I picked up the smell of a large herd of deer in the distance. Sniff, about five miles north northeast. We both took off at a dead run side by side a blur and stopped just short of a small clearing where four does, two babies, and a large buck. We both crouched calculating it carefully. Almost simultaneously we uncoiled like a snake striking its prey and pounced on our meal. I took out a doe quickly then struck the buck as the wolf took down another doe. Both does with babies got away successfully. I drained my catches dry as the wolf tore hers apart and gobbled it blood and all, leaving only bone.
"Good hunt, huh?" I chuckled to her. She pranced happily around the carcass with a wolfish grin, her tongue hanging out of her red stained muzzle. I laughed at the scene as she rolled over on her back on the ground laughing it seemed as well. After our laughter died down she got up and trotted over to the small creek at the edge of the clearing. She started to drink form it before sticking one paw in with a satisfied nod of the head she backed up a few paces then ran and jumped into the water. She washed herself with carelessness not quite caring about being dirty. I looked down at my ripped shirt and sniffed myself.
"A bath is actually not a bad idea." I just ripped off my shirt; it was already doomed, and slid of my jeans and stood in nothing but boxers before jumping into the creek as well. It was nice and cold and felt really good. I washed out my hair and laughed as a shook it out next getting the wolf wet, well wetter. She laughed as well then got a sly grin and shook her body hard getting me wet as well. We went into an all out splash war that lasted for a good five minutes before we got off and dried off under the sun.
I hadn't felt at peace in so long, it felt really good to just relax and kick back without a care or worry in the world. I looked over to find the wolf staring intently at me with sorrow. She dropped her muzzle to the floor and scooted slowly to me. She gives a little whimper before I got the hint and reached out to touch her muzzle.
I wasn't expecting her to feel so hot, it felt good actually. I continued up her head and back behind her ears and give one a scratch right at base. She sighed and leaned into the touch a look of ecstasy crossed over her face. It was kind of cute, really.
We sat contently in the sun for hours, my fingers tangled in her silky white fur, her huge head on my lap. The sun was high in the sky before she huffed and stood up, her head turned to the forest to our right just before the fox appeared and trotted over to us.
"Are you both ready to get this whole thing under way?" He asked
"Sure why not it's about noon according to the sun, we should get moving Baton Rouge is a long way from here." I saw the wolf nod in agreement in my peripheral vision.
We moved south silently in a fast but not rushed run. Until we came to the out skirts of the town I had rented a room in a hotel at. I went down the back roads, staying in the shadows all the way to the hotel and slipped in unnoticed. I grabbed my duffle bag of clothes and snuck right back out; I already paid for the room. I quickly found my way back to where my companions waited and we keep south until the sun began to set. I could have keep going but the wolf looked beat from running so long, so we stopped and made camp.
"So what's our name, its weird just calling you "the fox"?" I asked the fox as he curled up between the fire and the wolf's warm body.
"What ever you choose Jasper I have no official name." The fox shrugged and the wolf whined with a saddened face as if saying, "poor you, everyone deserves a name", and he did.
I thought for a minute a name that would suit a fox then I had it, "Sly, that's your name, Sly."
The wolf barked merrily in agreement.
"And you wolf how about Angel?" She snorted at this.
"Okay, no Angel, how about … Snowflake?" She laughed at this then shook her head. I looked into her deep chocolate eyes then found the perfect name for the wolf.
"How about Bella?" I asked in a whisper. She looked sad when I finally looked at her then nodded her head. Bella it would be.
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