Millie found herself in Jasper's large and muscular arms, flying through the forest in the middle of the night. She was confused, agitated, and angry at what had happened at the birthday party. But this was her mate, and while she was still angry at him and he was on thin ice, she couldn't help but lean into his chest, letting out a soft purr on instinct. Jasper's arms tightened around her and a responding rumble echoed from his chest. It was some time before he came to a stop and he set her down on a shorn but large tree trunk. His eyes scanned over her multiple times and Millie cocked her head at him.

"Was it really necessary to rip your brother's arm off?" She asked, making her disapproval clear. While that idiot Edward had no reason to push Millie like that (the overreactive dumbass made the situation with Bella that much worse), she certainly wouldn't have removed any of his limbs.

"Yes," Jasper answered shortly, his deep voice leaving no room for argument. Millie kicked off her heels absentmindedly and brought her feet up to her.

"You told me that you had left that life behind, what kind of-"

"You know I am not Jasper Hale," he said, and Millie scowled.

"Not Jasper?!" Millie was all out of patience with this man. "Then who are you?"

"Major Jasper Whitlock." He took in her reaction. "Out of all of them, only Alice knows me." He glanced back in the direction of the house.

"What like, split identities or something?" What in the hell?!

"Yes, you could say that. I came into being during his time in the Southern Wars."

"With Maria?" So, if this was true and Millie unfortunately had no reason to believe at that time that Jasper was pulling her leg, then she was dealing with the aspect of him that had gained him the infamous reputation of the Major and the God of War. She leant back, wary once more.

"I would not harm you," Jasper, no the Major growled, displeased at her reaction.

"Your reputation is infamous, you'll have to excuse the caution," she retorted, wrapping her arms around herself.

"You're my mate," he said simply, his expression nigh unreadable.

"You...came out or appeared because Edward pushed me." It wasn't really a question, but it didn't hurt to be sure.

"Yes. And he is a lucky fool, because if not for you I would have killed him."

Millie gasped softly at his words and reached up to touch one of his hands, much larger than her own and squeezed it gently in reassurance that she wasn't in any danger. Damned mating instincts! The Major gave her a look of amusement mixed with desire and ferocity.

"You play a game I'm more than likely to win darlin," he warned, and Millie let out a rare but soft laugh.

"Maybe, but I don't want you ripping your siblings apart on my behalf." She hesitated and then reconsidered. "Unless I am in actual danger of being killed by one of them, which for their sake, I hope not." She glanced over her mate, taking in his eyes which were gold, maybe not as bright as when one was fully fed, but gold nonetheless.

"Did Bella's blood bother you? I knew you were thirsty earlier today but when Edward tossed her into that glass, well I knew that wasn't good, and you're an empath, so you must have felt other's thirst as well."

The Major gave her a look that implied he was impressed. "I have long learned how to close other's emotions off when they are swirling around me," he stated, walking away somewhat to grab a boulder which he sat down i front of her before sitting on it, his back straight and his arms folded across his chest. "It is Jasper who struggles more with this aspect of our gift,"

"Maybe you should help him with that," Millie suggested and the Major snorted, but said nothing.

"Where did you get that thermos of blood?" He swiftly redirected the conversation and Millie gave him halfhearted frown.

"Oh, I went hunting this morning," she responded with a casual shrug. "In the Pacific Ocean really, I tend to like sea creatures the most,"

"You went through Quileute land," he stated and there was a slight tension in his face, which concerned Millie.

"What about them?"

"We have a treaty with them. They are shapeshifting wolves, and we aren't allowed in their territory and they aren't allowed in ours." Shapeshifting wolves?

"And I broke this treaty?"

"Yes."

"What are the consequences?" She asked with a sigh and the Major gave her a look of rebuke. "They could start a war, but rest assured, I wouldn't let any harm come to you. You were obviously unaware of the treaty and you didn't kill anyone."

"One more reason, to never come back here," Millie muttered. A fight with supernatural wolves? She'll pass and she certainly didn't want one on her behalf.

"No one is going to tell the Quileute's anything Millie," The Major vowed, his tone dangerous and foreboding. "That is if they know what is good for them." The threat was more than clear there.

"I'll stay off their lands, which you can tell me more about later," Millie assured him. She didn't want any more trouble.

"Jasper!" Emmett's booming voice rang throughout the voice and Millie looked up to see Emmett crashing into the area with Rosalie following behind.

The Major let out a warning growl, shooting up into a defensive crouch, his golden eyes hard and cold.

"Emmett, Rosalie, this ain't your brother, so if I were y'all, I would calm down," Millie warned, crossing her arms across her chest. Rosalie and Emmett exchanged glances, clearly confused at her words, before relaxing as much as they could under the circumstances.

"Okay Jasper," Rosalie piped up, an utterly pissed off expression on her face. "What the hell was that back there?"

"That boy should have kept his hands to himself," The Major snarled, rising from his couch, though his eyes were still calculating. "The audacity of him to touch my mate like that because of his overreaction,"

"Millie is no worse for the wear!" Rosalie snapped, and the Major's eyes narrowed at her. "Choose your words wisely, Rosalie," he hissed, when Esme came across them with Alice as well. The Major let out a warning growl and Millie focused on Alice who had timidly stepped forward. Jasper paid her no attention and Millie found herself biting back a laugh at that.

"Major," Alice said quietly, and the Major turned his fierce gaze upon her. "If you have come here to begin with that nonsense," he started, and Millie let out a sigh and hopped off the rock she was sitting on to stand next to him. She was mostly indifferent towards Alice, but that didn't mean it would be fair for her to get her ass kicked (or killed) by the Major because she tried to start bullshit.

"I haven't. I came here to talk about Edward,"Alice began, hesitating when the Major growled. Millie rolled her eyes. "What about that jackass?" She interrupted. "He caused the entire situation, though the Major did overreact." She glanced at her mate, who had a stoic expression upon his god like face.

Alice glared at her causing Millie to give her a severe glare of her own.

"What about him?" The Major demanded impatiently.

"He's conflicted," she began quietly. "He's indecisive over whether or not to leave Forks." Protests of outrage arose from Emmett and Rosalie at her words. Millie exchanged a look with the Major.

"Why would I care about what that fool is indecisive over?" The Major questioned. "Unless,..you somehow think I am beholden to his decisions?" There was a warning note in his tone and Millie was sure that Alice heard it too.

"No, no. It's just, it affects the family." There was a note of frustration in Alice's voice.

"He's leaving Bella?" Esme exclaimed, shocked and devastation etched across her lovely face. Millie echoed her sentiments. Wasn't this girl supposed to be Edward's mate?

"If he leaves Forks, then yes," Alice whispered, looking down at the ground. Rosalie let out a hiss in anger. Emmett growled and stepped forward, though a sharp glance from the Major had him cautious enough not to come too close.

"I knew Edward was prone to overreaction, but this?" He scoffed, and Rosalie hummed in agreement. "We shouldn't have to leave because of his fuck up with Bella!" She hissed. "The human girl is fine!"

"Is she?" Millie questioned. Last she saw, Bella was covered in several cuts and bleeding quite a lot.

"Carlisle is stitching her up in the house," Alice snapped. "Bella will be fine, she's already forgiven Edward." Millie bit back a snort. Maybe Bella was just as stupid as Edward, at the very least she should have lit him up for his behavior and pushing her into a table full of glass.

"If he decides to leave, when will he leave?" Emmett asked, and Alice turned towards him. "Us, Emmett," she said sadly. "We will go with him it seems."

"And if he does decide to leave it will be in three days." Rosalie's face looked absolutely thunderous at Alice's words and Millie looked at them in confusion.

"Are you a psychic or something?" She questioned, hoping dearly that she wasn't. Millie didn't like the idea of fortune tellers or whatever the hell you called them.

"Alice can see the future based on decisions people have made, but it's not reliable," The Major answered her.

"Hmm...okay," Millie said, trying but failing to keep the distaste out of her voice. But back to the matter at hand. She was not going to move because of that idiot!

"Where would you go?" She asked doubtfully. Alice glared at her but said nothing and Millie let out a sigh of annoyance. "I suggest you cut the nonsense," She spat out. "You knew the two of you weren't mates, and you know we do not choose our mates, so I suggest you adjust the bitchy attitude." Alice let out a hiss at her and Millie was about to step in front of her when the Major blocked her.

"I suggest you adjust your tone and hissing at my mate, lest you suffer the same fate as that dimwit you call a brother," The Major ordered and Alice took a step back. Millie bared her teeth at her. She was utterly sick of nasty attitude Alice had, and speaking of which, she shot Rosalie a glare as well in warning.

Shaking her head, she was silent for a few moments as she thought. "I don't intend to move, not after I just moved here with Jasper," she said with finality. "Let Edward stew in his decisions and hopefully this won't become an issue, because if it does, then I will simply separate from y'all." The Major let out a growl at her words and she rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Of course, I'm not talking about you, we can stay here, while we sort our issues out. We aren't paying for the mistakes of Edward," she stated, and she saw that Emmett and even Rosalie agreed with her.

"I'll talk to Edward," Emmett said grimly. "We are not leaving Forks and we aren't leaving Bella," he said, and Rosalie nodded with him. "They're right. And if Edward is mated to Bella, all the more reason not to listen to him, because eventually he would come crawling back to her."

"Give Edward some time," Esme said softly. "He's healing from having his arm torn off and needs some time to himself, then you can approach him,"

"Where is he right now?" Rosalie asked impatiently.

"He's upstairs in his room in the house." Esme's face became fiercer. "I mean it, let him have some time to himself."

"Should we head back to the house?" Emmett asked.

"Maybe everyone should hunt just in case," Esme suggested. "We don't want anyone lunging at Bella, though Carlisle should have stitched her up by now. It's better to be safe though than sorry." Millie wasn't particularly thirsty, considering she had hunted earlier that morning, but she would oblige Esme's request.

"Jasper, I've already hunted this morning, perhaps something light?" She suggested. "Since the Pacific Ocean-" She was cut off with Alice bouncing straight into her face, a snarl on her lips. "No!" She had only managed to get out when the Major gave her the most forceful shove Millie had seen and Alice went flying backwards into the air. Millie let out a long sigh and shook her head at the man who was her mate. This was going to be a long night.

...

The Major stalked into the Cullen's home, scanning his surroundings, making sure everything was safe as his mate trailed behind him. The boy, Edward, after healing, had taken the human girl home for the evening, leaving a mostly empty house behind. After that pathetic display of aggression by Alice, and his rebuffing of her, the Major had turned his attention towards his mate, the only one who was of concern to him at the moment.

"I get that you have a treaty with the Quileute's and I will of course abide by it," Millie had huffed in acquiescence at Alice and the rest of the Cullens. The Major made a note to take her to some good hunting spots to satisfy her thirst, besides the Pacific Ocean.

"Do you think Edward is still mad at me or something?" Millie asked, and the Major snapped his heads toward her, his eyes blazing. "For what? It wasn't your fault and he should have never even dared to touch you," he spat out, wondering why he hadn't lit that fool's ass on fire.

"I know it ain't my fault, but it didn't stop him from pushing me." Millie shrugged as they entered the wreck of the main room followed by Alice, Rosalie, Emmett and Esme. Carlisle walked out of his office, and Esme rushed over to him and threw herself into his arms.

"We should clean up," Carlisle said, and the Major watched him curiously, but decided to go along with it. The main room was cleaned in record time and one could not tell there had ever been a vampire fight in there. The Major took a seat on the loveseat and Millie appeared next to him. Everyone took their respective seats and waited.

"Edward!" Esme cried. "Are you alright?" Edward's face was grim, and his eyes were brooding but he gave Esme a rueful nod of his head.

"It's not me you should be concerned with," he muttered, though everyone heard him.

"Alice told us you were deciding whether or not to leave Forks," Rosalie spat. "I won't have it! I like it here, just because you pushed your stupid human into glass doesn't mean we should all suffer for your decisions!

Edward let out a growl at her words and Carlisle shot both of them a glare. "Enough," he said firmly, his voice broking no room for argument.

Edward pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a sigh. "I think it would be best if we left Forks," he decided, and cries of outrage arose from the family. The Major watched him stoically. There was no doubt that this boy was a fool of the highest order.

"Why Edward?" Esme asked, the distress clear in both her face and voice.

"Don't you see? Our world is not good for Bella," Edward exclaimed, waving his arms erratically. "Look at what almost happened tonight! Millie-" The Major let out a growl and Millie sprung to her feet in protest.

"Millie what now?" She snarled at him. "If I recall, I hadn't even touched that girl or made any moves towards her when you pushed me, and then pushed her into a glass table!"

"Your eyes darkened with thirst," Edward retorted and Millie took a step forward. "So did yours, you idiot." Her eyes flashed dangerously. "This entire situation rests on your shoulders and yours alone." She gave him a look of disgust before returning to her seat next to him. Edward growled at her and took a step forward.

"If you're ready to leave this earth," The Major warned, his face impassive and his thoughts calculatingly blocked from the mind reader. "I'll assist you, because otherwise, you'll stay where you are." He should have killed him. Edward was arrogant and clearly hadn't learned his lesson and the Major was not in the habit of dealing out second chances like that.

"Don't fight," Carlisle scolded, and the Major bit back a snort of amusement and derision. As if he could stop him if he so desired. And a fight implied Edward had a chance. He clearly did not.

"Bella has become close to us, she is slowly becoming like a sister to me," Alice said with narrowed eyes.

"Yeah," Emmett agreed. "We don't need to leave, everything turned out alright," he said, but Edward shook his head.

"No," he said, shaking his head. "I've been reckless for prolonging and denying the inevitable. I won't take Bella's soul and I won't endanger her any further by bringing her into our world,"

"Any further?" The Major repeated scornfully, looking at him and sending him a wave of his own repulsion and disgust. He's an imbecile alright. Jasper agreed with him on that point. "You let a human into our world, and she figured out who we are. That is a violation of the rules set down by the Volturi." He gave Edward a disgusted look over. "She is either changed or she dies." Edward stepped forward and the Major smirked at this. You really are this stupid huh? By all means come on! Edward snarled at him and the Major let out harsh laugh in response.

Rosalie hissed in agreement. "You should have never brought her into our world, but you don't get to turn around and endanger not only Bella, but the entire family because you fucked up."

Dead silence permeated the rooms and the Major waited patiently for Edward to say something. Truth be told, he was tired of the school thing, and he longed to set off, maybe see his captain and lieutenant, and introduce his mate to them. Alice shot him a look, which he ignored, keeping his focus on Edward.

"Let me help you with your thinking process," he rumbled. "Aro has the ability to read a person's every thought they have ever had by touch. Aro would only have to see our thoughts to see we are culpable in breaking the law because of you and your human." He let his words sink in before continuing. "Edward, hear me clearly. If that should come to pass, you won't have to worry about the Volturi."

"Your gonna fight them?" Emmett asked dubiously and the Major shot him an agitated look for his interruption.

"I will tear you limb from limb and burn your body and spread your ashes across the face of the earth, and no doubt I will do the same to Bella since she is your mate, and I'm not looking over my shoulder, you sniveling fool." Here he bared his teeth and he could now feel the fear emanating from the room. "And speaking of which, you might want to think about Victoria who was with James and Laurent."

"She wants revenge," Millie said quietly and the Major nodded in acknowledgement.

"We haven't seen the last of her. If I was there, I would have killed her, and Laurent as well," he said, his frown deepening. He probably would have to eventually. Jasper knew better, but he acted otherwise which irritated the Major to no end.

"Laurent has taken sanctuary with the Denali," Carlisle interjected.

"That does not make him loyal to us," The Major retorted, his voice harsh and cold.

"No! No! No!" Edward thundered drawing the attention back to him.

"Edward," Esme admonished with a glare.

"No, Esme," Edward continued through gritted teeth. "We need to leave Forks. I can hunt Victoria." The Major shook his head in disgust and disbelief.

"You are all forgetting that I can't read Bella's mind," he finished with a smug note in his voice. "This whole time I thought Bella was strange, but what if it was a gift?"

"Interesting theory," Carlisle mused, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Yes, and it would mean that Are wouldn't be able to read Bella's mind!" Edward exclaimed eagerly before turning to Alice. "And you could see any decisions the Volturi would make?"

"I could but if more than one person's decision is involved then you know it is harder to see," Alice answered doubtfully.

"You would let that girl die as opposed to changing her and not implicating everyone else?" He could hear the disgust in his mate's voice. Millie rose to her feet, with a scowl on her perfect face.

"I'm not a part of your coven," she began, casting a look at him. "I am only here because my mate is here, and I wanted to get to know him. I'm not here to follow your whims or be implicated in breaking the law." Edward growled and the Major shot him a warning glare, ready to pounce and kill if necessary.

"I will stay," she said simply before turning to the Major. "Did you want to leave with your brother?"

The Major gave her a smirk. "No, but if you don't want to stay here, you could always come with me to meet the rest of my coven," he said, thoroughly enjoying the shocked expression on Millie's face. "Or I could bring them up here."

"Peter and Charlotte are human blood drinkers!"

"Your point?" He retorted with a raised eyebrow to Edward. "I'm well aware of the treaty with the Quileute and wouldn't let Charlotte or Peter hunt in this area. Outside of this area, I am not bound to anything else."

"No, we all need to leave." Edward snapped. "Bella needs a clean break and she can't get that if anyone remains behind."

"If this girl's your real mate, I feel sorry for her," Millie said with a shake of her head.

"Edward are you sure about this?" Carlisle asked, his face grave and saddened.

"I am, and you know we have other places to go!" Edward continued, and the leader of the Cullen Coven nodded.

"We have a house in Ithaca, New York," he mused thoughtfully which caused more protests and complaints.

"You can go there all you want," The Major said simply. "I and my mate aren't going anywhere." It was that simple and should there be any attempts to force them to do otherwise he had no problems with lighting anyone's pyres. Millie gave him a small smile which warmed his undead cold heart.

"Me and Rose are staying as well," Emmett said with a growl as he glared at Edward. Alice pepped up a bit and nodded in agreement. "I see you leaving Edward," she said smugly. "With only Carlisle and Esme,"

"Carlisle, how suspicious would it look for two parents, well-respected parents to go off and leave their adopted children by themselves?' Rosalie demanded.

"That wouldn't be an issue if we all left." Edward was frustrated that the tide had turned against him.

"Sounds like a personal problem," The Major barked. "Leave or not, you do not control what others do," he said, rising to his feet. He had enough of this debate and going back and forth with this dumbass. "Remember the warning I gave you about the Volturi."

Carlisle was silent as he pondered Rosalie's question before he looked at Esme who nodded sadly. "Rosalie's right, Edward," he said gently. "We can't leave at the moment, especially not when others are remaining behind to stay."

"Edward, you should stay with us," Esme pleaded, clasping her hands together as she implored him to remain with the coven.

"No, Esme," Edward refused. "I will not endanger Bella any longer and I will not take her soul," he hissed out, his eyes blazing in anger. "I will leave her, and it will be as I never existed for her, if you can't stay away for my sake, then I can at least ask you all to keep your distance from her and let her be as a human."

"Sure thing son," Carlisle assured and there were cries of outrage and protest coming mainly from Emmett and Alice. "It's the least we can do for Edward," he said, with a warning note in his voice.

"Where will you go Edward?" Esme asked.

"Up North, maybe to the Denali." He shrugged before giving everyone one last look before leaving the house once more.

AN: So here is chapter 4! Thank you everyone who reviewed the last chapter and followed and favorited this story! And look at who was hinted about! (Peter and Charlotte). Edward is clearly stuck in his ignorant ways for now, but at least everyone else will remain behind even if away from Bella (I wonder how she will take that?).