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Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, If I did the Cullen boys would be in my closet :P
Jasper's POV
24 hours since leaving the Cullens, I was finally pulling into Forks. As I drove past the Welcome to Forks sign a small smile graced my face. I knew it was the right thing to come here - I hadn't felt this good in months. I drove past the small shops of Forks and realized they were all closed, something quite uncommon on a Monday afternoon. I kept driving farther into town and when I passed the parking lot of Forks High empty I knew something was wrong in this small town. The normally quiet town was now eeirly quiet and gloomy. My first instinct was to get to Bella's house; I needed to make sure she was okay. Pushing down harder on the gas pedal I made it to Bella's in 5 minutes, but when I got there Bella's truck and the cruiser weren't there. My only thought was - Where in the hell is everyone?
I decided to drive towards the Cullen house and come back later on foot. I was about 5 minutes from the turn to go to the house when I saw police cars and vehicles lining the roads; looks like I just found everyone. I parked my car at the side and got out, I knew my presence in the town would raise questions but all I cared about was finding Bella in this mass of people. As I got closer I could hear the voices of at least 100 people, I tried to focus on just one that was familiar - Chief Swans'.
"Can I have everyone's attention?" He yelled and everyone became quiet. His emotions were powerful. Sadness, worry and lethargy were prominent. I got closer and saw a good portion of Forks gathered around the Chief who looked broken.
"As most of you know, my daughter Bella is missing." Pain ripped through my body and I had to stop the growl that was threatening to escape my chest.
"She was last seen Sunday morning; we found her truck about half a mile from here. For those who are here to help with the search Isabella is 18 years old, brown hair, brown eyes.." I zoned out as the cheif spoke, Bella was missing, I couldn't wrap my head around it. What was she doing out here in the woods? She knew what creatures lurked, and with her luck even the animals were bound to turn on her.
"You're not welcomed here leech." I heard from behind me I spun around and found four young men standing behind me, but from their horrible stench I could tell they were the wolves. Carlisle had thought their gene had died out, I guess he was wrong.
"I'm not on your land - you have no right to tell me what to do, besides I'm here to help." These wolves were not going to stop me from looking for Bella.
"Now you care? What about when your family of bloodsuckers left Bella alone and broken? Where was this concern four months ago." The one boy spoke. His emotions told me of his love and care for Bella, but how did she know him?
"I've always cared, but it's none of your concern. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to look for Bella."
"You're not going to find her, none of us are." The oldest and obvious Alpha spoke.
"What are you talking about?" I asked getting aggravated with the mutts.
"This isn't the place to speak about this. There are too many people around the searching parties will go soon, we will speak then." I looked around to see a few people looking at our exchange and agreed to wait, but these dogs would tell me what I want to know. A few minutes later people started to group up and head in diffrent directions, I followed the wolves into the woods.
"There's no one around. Now tell me why I shouldn't be looking for Bella?" I demanded
"Because she's dead leech, and it's your families fault!" The one wolve yelled, he was starting to shake and was close to phasing. I had to calm him down.
"Jacob relax!" The alpha commanded, and then I realized who this boy was. It was Bella's friend Jacob, the one who showed up at prom. His anger and feeling of loss made so much more sense now.
"How do you know she's dead?" I asked my grief finally surfacing. The alpha and Jacob's eyes softened feeling my projected emotions.
"She was in a clearing a few miles from here, when she was attacked by one of your kind. We found blood and multiple vampire scents including the ashes of one. We haven't found her body." Jacob spoke his voice cracking with emotion. He truly loved Bella.
"How did a bunch of vampires get past you? and why was no one watching Bella if you knew of her involvement with us?" I wasn't trying to be an asshole, after all, if my family didn't leave we could've protected her.
"We didn't know Bella was in danger. We had been tracking a red headed vampire for months now. She ran us around good, but never made a move for Bella. A few days ago another vampire came onto our land, but their scent dissappeared north, and we focused on the red head. It wasn't until Charlie called my father saying Bella was missing did we find her scent in the clearing." I didn't want to believe what he was saying. Victoria got Bella. It really was our fault, we left her in danger, and now her short life had ended. Pain wracked through my body and the guilt and anger ate away at my thoughts. I didn't know what to say to the wolves, and for once I was completely speechless. Luckily I think they could sense that.
"We'll be staging a scene north of the clearning the blood was in. We're going to make it look like an animal attack. We've grabbed some of her clothes and ripped them hopefully with the blood, they'll believe it and the search will end. Will you be staying?" The alpha asked.
"I'll stay until the funeral then I will leave." I didn't know where I would go, I couldn't stay in Forks and not think of Bella.
"Will your family be coming back?" I hadn't even thought of my family. Do I call and tell them that we killed Bella?
"I'm not sure, I don't even know if I will be speaking to them. I left them a few days ago." The alpha nodded his head.
"We will be leaving now, we must go prepare." I nodded my head and three of them walked off, the only one who stayed was Jacob.
"You know your family destroyed her right?" he asked, his anger rolling off him.
"I know it's our fault she's dead, you don't need to keep reminding me."
"I mean before she died. When your family left, you took a part of Bella with you. She didn't eat, she didn't sleep. Charlie said she had nightmares so bad her screaming would echo in the house. She was a zombie, and it's your family's fault she died inside when you left." Why did she react that way to our departure? Edward said she understood, why we were leaving. Did he lie?
"I didn't know things were so bad Jacob, if I had any idea she took our leaving badly I would've been back here sooner."
"Why do you care about her so much? She was your brothers girlfriend." To be honest I had been pondering the same, but I knew it was because she became family. I always found Bella intriguing and I always found myself wondering and being pulled towards her, it was probably because she was human.
"She was family." I said simply, I could feel his understanding.
"Is there any chance the other vampires..you know...changed her?" I could feel his hope rise a little, vampires and werewolves were mortal enemies, he must've really loved her.
"Not many vampires have the strength to change a human, they usually kill them before they stop. I'm sorry Jacob, I don't think there's a chance. The other vampires probably took her body so no one found her." I hated to admit it but the likelihood she was alive didn't look to great. Jacob nodded in understanding, and took off running into the woods, his pain greater than I have felt in a long time. I quickly left and headed back to my car and reached the old Cullen home within minutes.
I walked into the once happy home and was filled with memories that now couldn't bring a smile to my face. As I walked into the living room, I remembered the night that changed us forever.
Why did this have to happen? Why did Alice insist on this party? Why did she wrap the gift in wrapping paper instead of a bag? Why did Edward push Bella into the glass table? Everything was fine until then. I wasn't going to hurt her, I was just going to leave. There were so many questions that were unanswered and they made me angry. Anger coursed through me, it was our fault Bella was dead and I would never forgive myself or my family for taking away someone like Bella from this world. I cowered into a corner and closed my eyes filling my mind with images of the angel that was taken from the world and ideas of how to destroy my so called brother.
A/N So what do you think? Did you expect this? Next Chapter we find out about Bella. There's one question that was asked by multiple people, and that is, is Alice evil? The answer is NO! Personally I like the character of Alice, but yes she is a little deceitful in my story. Next chapter will be up within a few days.
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-The Newest Cullen Kid aka Jessica-
