Chapter Four

After Jasper had his run in with Alice, he sat down and talked to Carlisle about everything she had said up in his room and what Alice had said about her being his mate. "Could she really be the reincarnation of my Hermione? Could I be the reason why she keeps coming back and dying so young? How can I even try to get close to knowing that she is just going to die next year because of the promise I broke? Do I just tell her that I am the very same Jasper from before and risk her hating me?" he said.

His adopted father just looked at him and sighed "To be honest this is all new to me as well, what I do know is that this time around she was born magical and went to a special school that dealt with her kind of magic. In fact I ran into her guardian this morning, it seems he was brought up in a community that dealt with her kind and he was trying to cook breakfast by himself for the first time. From what he was saying even when he was living on his own with his twin, they would still have dinner at their parents home. Which meant his cooking skills are very limited, he was telling me that Hermione does all the cooking. I have know the existence of these people for a very long time, in fact I stayed with some of their kind during my early years of my existence. Now I say we just take it a day at a time or at least until she is ready to talk about her past more." he said.

After a few minutes of silence Alice came busting in, "She needs our help, she just disappeared and she doesn't have any way to protect herself. Carlisle you should be getting a call in a couple of minutes asking to send one of the boys out to keep an eye on her, I suggest you send all three. She is going to need every single one of them including you Jasper." she said before walking out the room. Just then Carlisle's desk phone rang "Yes this is Dr. Cullen, of course I remember you Mr. Weasley I was just talking about you and your ward Miss Granger. Of course I can someone to go and keep an eye on her, you say she is prone to finding trouble without really trying. Yes, yes, it won't be a problem, I will go ahead and send all three of my boys now. If you wish I can ask my daughter Rose to come and grab you in case your needed here at the house, I am sure my wife can find something for you to eat. No it's no problem at all, yes I will see you shortly."

Before Carlisle was even off the phone, Rose was on her way to pick up Hermione's guardian. When Jasper exited the office he found Edward, and Emmett waiting for him; then they took off in the last known direction she was heading. It didn't take long for him to pick up her scent, to him it smelled like freshly picked strawberries. That was something the first Hermione loved as a summer treat, it was her favorite along with fresh sunflowers. He wondered if she still loved those things or did that change when she was reborn again and again, it was something he would need to talk to her about if she doesn't run away from him. He lost her once before due to his stupidity, he would be damned if he lost her again because of what he was now.

As they started getting closer, Edward could pick up on some of the thoughts that he was hearing. From what he was picking up, she ran into a pack of giant wolves and was currently trying not to freak out. He could hear her thoughts, she was thinking that if what her friend George was saying was true then her and Jasper had a lot to talk about. Edward could tell that she was confused and hurting about something but before he could get a read on it, he was pushed out of her mind. Suddenly there was a scream that pierced the quiet night air, before Edward had a chance to say anything Jasper took off running at full speed. By the time Edward had arrived, Hermione was pinned to the ground by one of the wolves, who was snarling at her with full force and Jasper was close to stepping over the line that separated the Reservation and Forks.

Jasper was torn in two, on one hand his mate, his whole meaning of existence needed him and on the other he knew if he stepped one foot over the line he would be breaking a treaty set forth years before he came to live with the Cullen's. He could feel the pain coming from Hermione, he could also feel her fear. Luckily Edward showed up and started to calm things down, "Sam please release her, she is no threat to you or your pack. Her name is Hermione and she is under our protection, she didn't mean to wander so far on to your land. I can promise you that she will not stray this far again, if you let her go now I can assure you no one will break the treaty." Edward said as he kept eye contact with black wolf currently holding Hermione down.

With a sharp fierce bark, Sam released Hermione who quickly stood up and ran straight into Jasper's arms. Before Jasper could leave with Hermione, Sam went into the woods only to return a couple of minutes later. "Her kind is not welcome, make sure that her and any other's like her do not enter our land again. Next time you will not make it in time to stop us, she and her kind our dangerous to us. Her kind has found ways to chain us in our wolf form, they do not care for our kind and believe we are beneath them. This is your only warning blood sucker, we would not care if this one would become a meal for one of your family members." Sam said before he returned to the woods behind him.

Upon hearing what the dog had to say Jasper quickly scooped up and ran carrying her back to Carlisle, hoping that the dogs didn't do any more to her then scaring her. Once he reached home, he quickly handed her off to Carlisle while he went back outside to calm himself down. He knew that he would only scare her more if he went to her with his current emotion without it being in check. He had only been outside about five minutes when the strange red head came walking out, Jasper wasn't sure what the emotions were coming from him. But he knew that he cared for Hermione like a brother and was torn up over losing someone close to him. "So your the one she was talking about, name's George Gideon Weasley. I have to admit when she told her two best friends and I about you, I thought she was going crazy. But now that I have seen you, I can see why she is conflicted at the moment; you see she didn't have the greatest of lives back in England.

"My baby brother and her other best friend used to drag her around getting her in all kinds of trouble in school. And when it came time for her needing his help with something he took off and left her, then after a while he just showed back up thinking that she would forgive him. He wasn't really in love with her, he just figured he could gain more glory by marrying the only muggle born witch to help defeat the most darkest wizard of our generation. When he asked her to marry him, she flat out told him that she didn't love him and couldn't learn to love him; it wasn't until today that we found out the truth. Like an idiot he stormed off before talking to her and her other best friend just went after him without a word. They left her standing in our living room in tears, that's how she ended up in the wrong place." George explained.

Just as Jasper was about to ask him why he had the feeling he was missing half of himself, his adopted mother Esme came to the door "Hermione wants to see you Jasper, I had Rose take her up to your room so you can talk in quiet. I hope you don't mind?" she said softly. Jasper just nodded and walked silently into the house, he headed straight to his room where she was standing in front of the picture that started it all. "I know who and what you are Jasper, it wasn't until I saw this picture and I spoke with George that I put two and two together. I have bits and pieces of my first life, what was I like?" she asked with her back to him.

"You were the most beautiful girl in our town, even at the age of ten when we first met. You had this brightness about you that drew everyone to you, it was what caught my attention. Even before I was brought into this life, I could feel other people's emotions and yours was always full of joy and happiness. From the moment I first saw you that day at the County Fair, I knew that I just had to have to for myself and as we grew up that feeling just grew stronger. I also knew that I couldn't take care of you the way your deserved if I followed in my father's footsteps, so I joined the Army. It was the only way I was going to be able to give you everything you ever wanted and more. Right after I joined the Army I went and spoke to your father and he agreed to let me marry you upon my return, I had only planned on being gone long enough to save up for a home in town.

"I knew that with my service record, I could get any job I wanted and then we would be married. But I made a mistake and went back to one of the small villages we have evacuated to make sure we had gotten everyone out, that's when I came across Maria and her two sisters. They were so enchanting and I was just doing my duty as the youngest Major in history. It was Maria who changed me and turned me into her own personal weapon in creating her newborn Army. It wasn't until after my transformation that I realized I had broken my promise to you and it wasn't until I snuck back home that I found out that you had died not long after my family found out about my death. It was your sister Jasmine, who told me about what happened; she said that you just shut yourself up inside and never came out again." he said as he placed his cold hand on her shoulder.

Hermione wasn't sure if she wanted to hit him or continue to cry, "Did you ever love again? I mean it has been 135 years since we died the first time, was there anyone besides me that held a place in your heart?" she asked.

"Honestly nobody has ever come close to taking your place in my heart. I still visit your grave, every time I am in Houston I place some sunflowers on your grave. I also make sure that your distant relatives are taken care of, as well as mine. What happened to make you be reborn over and over again?" he asked quietly.

"I honestly can't tell you because I don't really know, all I know is that everytime I die I am reborn with the memories of the life before and the knowledge that I am going to die sometime after I turn nineteen. Maybe now that I have found you again I won't die next year, maybe I can finally make it to twenty. Even if I still have a year left, I want to spend it getting to know you again Jasper. This time I want that chance that was stolen from us both, who knows maybe this time we will get it right." Hermione said as she turned to face him.

Hermione could feel the same sparks she felt just that morning when he touched her the first time as he ran his cold hand over face and leaned in to kiss her. Just as he was about to kiss her George came running "Hermione, we have a problem. Alice said she just saw Draco coming for you, I think Ronald told him how to find you. It's not good, he was a Rogue coven of vampires with him and he is out for vengeance. She says we have till the new year before he gets here, it seems he is bringing the Death Eaters who weren't thrown in jail or killed this past June." It was with those words that Hermione grew as pale as Jasper. Looking him straight in the eyes she says "Maybe we won't get that second chance." and with that she walks out of Jasper's room and his house.