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Chapter Three

Alice P.O.V.

"Awesome!" Emmett shouted putting his hand up for a high five.

Rosalie slapped him over the back of the head as she had done earlier.

"How old are you Emmett?" She growled.

"I don't know, I lost count," he admitted sheepishly.

I giggled and everybody looked at me surprised. I quickly regained my composure. Emmett continued to rub the back of his head, looking like a kid about five years of age.

"How could you use it so quickly? It took me ages to be able to put my shield over somebody else's mind," Bella looked at me, her golden eyes wide with interest.

"I don't know, it just kind of happened, probably because I got it from you and you already knew how to use it," I casually.

"Interesting," Carlisle mused out loud.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket and flipped it open. There were a few missed calls from Aro. I quickly snapped it shut; I really didn't want to talk to him right now.

"How did you come to be with the Volturi?" Jasper asked from beside me, I jumped not realising he had been there. "Sorry," he mumbled apologetically.

"That's ok. Not long after I woke up, the Volturi came to clean up a mess; I think it was a newborn army that somebody had created in Texas. Anyway, I was part of it, they were about to destroy me when Eleazar said that I had a great gift. Aro decided to spare me and take me in. That was about thirty years ago now," I said cautiously, making sure not to mention my mother. I don't know what happened to her, she left when I was about fourteen, three years before I became a vampire.

"Do you know who the creator was?" Jasper asked looking at me intensely.

"I think her name was Maria, apparently she'd been doing it for quite some time. I'm surprised she hadn't been caught before."

Jasper growled, before standing up and leaving the room. From a room upstairs I heard something smash. He was really mad! What did I say?

"You didn't do anything sweetie," Esme said, noticing my look of dismay.

Jasper P.O.V.

I looked at Alice. "Do you know who your creator was?" I questioned, looking at her intensely.

"I think her name was Maria, apparently she'd been doing it for quite some time. I'm surprised she hadn't been caught before."

I growled at the mention of Maria. So she was still condemning others to a life of fighting for survival, only to be killed when they were past their year mark. I ran from the dining room and up to my room. I slammed the door, making it fall off of its hinges. How could she still be doing this? And to someone as sweet as Alice. She didn't deserve a life like that! I grabbed my books throwing them to the floor. Whatever I could grab I did.

Alice P.O.V.

I nodded my head weakly as the smashing continued. Edward and Emmett ran upstairs, probably to stop Jasper from breaking everything in the house.

"Let me go!" Jasper shouted as I heard the sound of teeth snapping and furious growls.

"Maybe I should leave," I suggested as I got up to go.

"No, it's not your fault. It's just, Jasper has some things in his past that he needs to deal with," Esme murmured as she came to my side and pulled me into a tight hug.

Esme was sobbing tearlessly, I sat down again and Carlisle pulled Esme into a hug. We all went into the lounge room and sat down quietly. About five minutes later Edward and Emmet came downstairs, holding Jasper at both sides.

Jasper P.O.V.

Emmett and Edward ran in and grabbed my arms. I kicked at them and tried to get out of their grip.

"Let me go!" I shouted as I snapped at them and growled.

They continued to hold me, eventually forcing me to the ground.

"Maybe I should leave," Alice suggested from downstairs.

"No, it's not your fault. It's just, Jasper has some things in his past that he needs to deal with," Esme murmured, as she started sobbing tearlessly.

I knew that I was hurting them, but I was furious that Maria would do this.

About five minutes later I had finally calmed down enough for Edward and Emmett to let me up. We made our way downstairs, both of them still holding my arms.

"I'm sorry Esme," I whispered as I fell at her feet.

Alice P.O.V.

"I'm sorry Esme," he whispered as he fell at her feet.

"It's ok honey," she whispered back.

I sat in the armchair feeling more on the outside than ever.

"Alice? Can I talk to you?" Jasper asked warily.

"Ok," I answered.

I followed Jasper out of the house and into the surrounding forest. After a while Jasper stopped abruptly and I halted to a stop beside him.

"Sorry about before," Jasper started.

"It doesn't matter," I cut him off.

"It does matter," he shot back.

I took an involuntary step back at his words. He hung his head in shame.

"What happened?" I questioned carefully.

"Maria happened," he spat out. "She changed me into a vampire and I helped her control her newborn armies."

I stared at him, my eyes wide with shock. "Oh," was all I could manage to come up with.

Jasper turned to me, his eyes full of regret.

"I really shouldn't have acted the way I did. It's just, I know what happens in a place like that."

I glanced at him curiously and my eyes opened even wider as I noticed the crescent-shaped bite marks all over his visible body. He just smiled half-heartedly.

"What happened," I asked.

"I'm sorry, but I don't really feel like talking about it at the moment. I just wanted to let you know how sorry I am. Maybe some other day," Jasper shrugged.

"Ok," I whispered quietly.

"We should really be getting back now," Jasper suggested.

We made it back to the house in no time. The whole way back I couldn't help but wonder what had happened to Jasper. What was his story?

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