Author's Note: Yep, that's right, my longest chapter ever (7.5 pages on microsoft word, almost 8) and it has another POV in it. I was planning this chapter for a really long time, but needed to wait until the right time. Also, I pretty much made it up as I went along because I only had certain things I knew...so *SHH!!* Tanya gets a POV because it's important to know what happened w/ her instead of just Jane seeing her for the first time, not understanding what the hell was going on.

Chapter 6 – Visitor

Tanya POV

Maybe I should call him one more time. Try one more time…

"The number you are trying to reach is not available," an automated voice said on the other side. Damn. This was not good. I had been trying to call Carlisle for over a week. Everyone else's phones were also disconnected. Something wasn't right. Kate said I didn't have to worry; there must be a good reason they disconnected their cell phones. Still, I was anxious.

Calling each of the numbers one last time, I realized one was different. After hanging up, I dialed again. And the female voice said something different than the others. "The number you are trying to reach is not available at the moment. Please leave a message after the tone." That meant that his phone was only off, not disconnected!

"Jasper! Jasper! What the hell is going on?! Please turn your phone on! Please get this message!" I screamed into the mouthpiece, getting strange looks from those around me. Not the smartest idea to yell when you are surrounded by a bunch of humans who have no idea what is going on. I ran out of the shopping mall as quickly as I could without looking suspicious.

After that, I called Kate. She would be worried if I went missing. And I was about to go missing all right.

"Hey, Tanya! You coming home finally?" Kate asked as soon as she picked up her cell.

I breathed in a long breath before saying, "No. Something's wrong with the Cullens and I need to check it out. I will be back in a few days." With that, I hung up. There was no use telling her. She'd just worry. She was happy now and I didn't want to ruin that. She's my family, but so is Carlisle.

Once I was free from prying eyes, I ran as fast as possible to where the Cullens lived now. It was not near Forks, but out in the country.

They lived a life of solitude so Nessie could grow up privately without humans getting freaked out. Jacob, the werewolf, had gone with them. Seth often came, and Leah came every so often. Kate, Garrett, and I visited when we could. It was nice, their home. There were forests and fields all around, so much game to prey on. And it was lovely to run through the grass instead of snow and ice.

But now something in their little piece of heaven was wrong. I had called Carlisle to check up on him and his family, nothing more. But his phone was disconnected. I didn't understand. I tried each of their cells in turn. I was really worried by then.

And now I found something weird. Why was Jasper's cell the only phone that wasn't disconnected? Thoughts of what could've happened ran through my head, none of them pretty. Each one more gruesome than the next.

By the time I reached their home, I was losing my mind. But I had reason to: I smelled ash and burnt things in the air. Not. Good. At. All.

Then I saw their house, or what was their house. It was burnt to a crisp, barely standing in its frame. I smelled them in the air. Running, I could see small piles of ashes that I knew were them.

I wished I could cry. My family was dead, destroyed, gone. They were vanished from this earth, never to come back. It was as if the earth had opened up and swallowed up all my happiness and hope, flushing it down to the core, where it melted to the ash that was now blinding my sight.

They were the most powerful people I knew; and they were somehow overpowered.

Trying to find some clue, even though I knew exactly who did this, I wandered around the rubble. Little glints of silver told me that their phones were melted. That explained a lot.

The ashes were piled in pairs, each Cullen with his or her mate. Jacob and Nessie, Bella and Edward, Rose and Emmett, Carlisle and Esme, Alice and—NO JASPER! Where was he? He wasn't a pile of ash with his family. He had escaped! And I knew exactly where he had gone. There was no time to waste, he could already be dead and I needed to avenge his and his family's deaths.

My chest constricted as I took one last look at what used to be my extended family. I might only have one member left from them, and I needed him.

I pulled out my cell phone, dialed Kate. She picked up before the first ring even finished. "What's up with them? Tell me. Now." Worry was plain in her voice. She hadn't been letting on how worried she really was before.

"They're gone. Dead. You know who did this," I gasped out, barely able to speak from emotion. My vision was blurring red, but I needed more time before I lost myself to my instincts. "Listen to me: stay where you are. I promise I will be back. I promise." I pressed end. I promised her I would return, so I will.

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I ran across land and over sea, needing to get to Volterra.

And I got there, was actually welcomed by several guards. They said something like, "I've had enough of these Americans. This one is going straight to Caius, not Aro." What the hell was he talking about? The two big guys had each grabbed one of my arms. I was not comfortable and I couldn't get out of their grip.

Luckily for me, Caius—who I knew to be far less fair than Aro—was with his brothers when I was dragged to him. A smirk lit up his face when he took in my golden eyes. Aro and Marcus both smiled as well. Was there a joke I was not a part of?

Aro was the one that spoke first. "My dear Tanya, correct?" I nodded slightly. "You must have come across our little…surprise…for the Cullens. And now you are here to avenge them, correct?" Once again, I nodded, this time vigorously. "Well, and you also must have realized Jasper wasn't with them…" He trailed off.

"What have you done to him?" I spat out. My words received mischievous grins from the three brothers, and glares from everyone else. Alec, the little brat, looked like he wanted to bite my head off at the mention of the other man.

Just then, laughter broke through our silence. Through the open doors of the chamber I was in, I saw a tall, blond man smiling and laughing as he gave a giggling black haired angelic girl a piggy back ride. A small amount of blood was on his shirt, meaning he had just been hunting.

"JASPER!" I screeched and ran to him. The girl immediately got off his back as I lunged into him, ferociously hugging him. His body relaxed as he got over the initial shock. But that's when I went into shock.

The girl he had been carrying on his back was none other than Jane, the sadistic little monster than inflicted fiery pain with just her mind.

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Jane POV

After that night, I thought things would get so awkward between Jasper and me. I had realized my true feelings and Jasper had almost taken away my innocence. And it was all because we didn't want Alec to think we were faking our relationship. Why was he watching for so long anyway?

But we had somehow become closer. He held my hand even when there were no others around. I smiled at him for no reason at times. We laughed and read and ran together. It was as if we never were enemies.

Soon, he had to hunt again. I, obviously, accompanied him. For once, things were silent. We listened to the sounds of the woods, the plants, the creatures. No sound came from either of us. I liked it.

Of course, I wouldn't actually hunt myself. I still drank human blood; I would only have enough satiate me, however.

When he was done, Jasper stood and looked at me, his golden eyes smiling with his mouth. We started to walk back to my home, hand in hand. He started to tell me stories of his past. It was weird, but it seemed like he really did like me now. We were somehow more than accomplices, but friends. And that, too, I liked.

We took turns telling stories until we were at the front doors once more. I took a deep breath and then jumped onto his back. He let out a startled cry that turned into a howl of laughter. I laughed too, giggled. That's how we entered the castle. That's how everyone saw us. And that's how Tanya and Alec saw us.

We had passed a chamber that I knew was holding my masters at the time, the doors wide open for once, when a woman cried out, "JASPER!" I had never heard her voice before, or if I did, I sure as hell didn't care to remember it.

Whatever the case, she came sprinting out of the chamber and flung herself at us. I hopped off Jasper's back and the woman clung to him. He relaxed into her arms, hugging back. Something tugged in the back of my mind. A feeling I just couldn't put my finger on. But then she saw me.

She immediately backed away from Jasper and crouched down into a fighting position, ready to pounce at me. Like she could win! Slowly, she questioned, "Jasper…what was…this thing doing on your back...?"

I smirked. Jasper cautiously stepped forward and placed his hands firmly on the woman's shoulders. She stood up under his grip and turned her body to him, her eyes never leaving mine. Who was she? How come she seemed familiar? How'd she know Jasper?

"Tanya," Jasper sighed. A spark lit in my mind. She was one of those who stood against us last time we faced the Cullens. We destroyed her sister for giving us false information. "Jane is…well…" he struggled to find words for our relationship. Of course he would; he had just lost his mate and now he had another girl. And he couldn't tell her the truth, for Alec was right through those open doors, listening to every word coming forth from our mouths.

I had to step in, to save him. I sauntered towards him and placed my arm delicately but possessively around his waist. I felt like Alec, but it had to be done. "I'm his rebound girl," I explained. "The only one to understand his pain at the time..." I held back a flinch from the memories of his misery he had inflicted on me. "So now it seems that we are dating." I smiled sweetly, if not with malice.

Tanya gasped. Again and again with each sentence I put into her mind. She could not find her voice. Words escaped her. Finally, she choked out, "B-but Jas-Jasper, what-what about Alice?" She just couldn't wrap her mind around this. Hell, I barely could.

He smiled solemnly. "Is it possible to fall in love twice, Tanya?" he asked gently. What he said seemed so real; I almost believed it. What if he really did love me? Could we both be happy with each other? I mean, I realized I was falling in love with him. I had considered him my enemy for so long, and vice versa, and now….It really did seem that hate was closest to love.

The woman looked away, back into the room where everyone was waiting. We had definitely convinced Alec. He was sulking in the corner, detached from everyone else.

Marcus was actually the one who spoke up first. "You seem to make our other guest happy. Why don't you stay as our guest for a while as well?" So unlike himself. Was my messed up relationship with Jasper truly doing this to him?

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Tanya had accepted the invitation and Jasper and I lead her to her bedchamber. She kept her distance from me—understandable. After all, we both still considered each other enemies even if we had a common…friend I guess you would say.

When we reached the enclosed space of her room, all hell let loose.

"JASPER! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT SADISTIC LITTLE MONSTER?!" Tanya screamed into Jasper's face. He stood his ground, not looking away from her eyes. However, he wouldn't defend me. Instead he just let the woman rant on and on. "And after you just lost Alice! Don't tell me you aren't grieving! It hasn't been that long, has it? And why her of all the Volturi?! And why from the Volturi in the first place? Is she really a rebound girl? Tell me, Jasper. Stop letting me walk all over you, you pushover, and tell me right now!"

He remained silent. Couldn't he feel my worry? Just tell her, I pleaded. Explain something. She's a friend, isn't she? Just tell her. She can be trusted, right? Whoa. Yeah, I just said I could trust somebody. Jasper really was changing me. I already felt I could trust him after all.

Finally, yes finally, Jasper spoke. But it wasn't anything I was planning on saying if he wouldn't talk. "I grieve differently from you, Tanya. You should know that. And maybe I needed a distraction instead of just sitting in my room all day. Maybe I did need someone who actually let me show them my pain. Someone who actually took my mind off of everything. Yes, I still miss Alice, of course I do. Why wouldn't I? She completed me. But now my other half is gone, so can I not have someone else to temporarily replace that half, even if it's just a third? There'll always be that piece missing, you know that. But Jane…get to know her, and she's not that bad, really." Wow. Just wow. I would've never have thought to keep up the act. Of course, this woman couldn't be trusted.

No one really could in the long run. In fact, I bet I couldn't even trust Jasper completely. He could be leading me on with all this talk that I almost complete him. He didn't know my true feelings, so this could all just be false. Life lesson (okay, un-life lesson): don't trust a soul. Maybe not the best choice for words…there was a chance that Edward Cullen was right.

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Somehow, Jasper's speech convinced Tanya. Apparently, she did trust him, even if he didn't trust her.

And apparently, she was taking us up on our offer of staying a few days. But only a few days, she warned. A week at the most. That was good. We didn't have to keep the charade up around every corner for too long; just until she left. Then we could go back to just acting our best around Alec.

However, it seemed that we didn't need to act. We naturally did exactly what we did before. Meaning: we acted just like a real couple, minus the make-out sessions…and sleeping together—for obvious reasons. But we still held hands, and hugged, and laughed, and smiled. But we just had an audience for most of it. Tanya just wouldn't leave us alone. Maybe it was because she had no one else here. That was one of the reasons Jasper stayed with me so often.

So it was odd when, three days after Tanya came, I was called to an audience with my masters. The three of them needed their guard, for they were facing some stupid law-breakers. Well, some vampires that were threatening to expose us. Jasper was of course welcome, and Tanya was curious. They followed me to another chamber on the floor above the dungeons.

I had the oddest feeling that it was possible for me to mess up whatever my job was while these two were watching. Was it worry? Embarrassment? Anxiousness? I accidentally brushed against Aro. Bad idea.

"That's stage fright, dear Jane," he whispered as quietly as possible in my ear as I walked pass. Shit. Stage fright? For me? Is that even possible?

I barely paid attention to what was going on. Whatever they were saying wasn't important to me. I just wandered in my own little world. It was a world I frequently visited lately, when I was separated from Jasper, or Alec was around. It kept me sane for the rest of the time. In the world, I relived that one night I had with Jasper—minus Alec of course.

Someone called my name and shocked me out of my daze. Shaking my head to clear it, Caius repeated, "Maybe you need some persuading…Jane…"

I gave my head one last shake and thought, Oh, yeah, right.

The man Caius indicated feel to his knees, pain distorting his facial features. The fire in his mind relaxed my own. Stress from the time I first saw Tanya holding Jasper disappeared, burned to ash along with this guys hopes. I sighed, content, not taking my eyes from the tortured man. He was the reason I couldn't be happy. He was the reason Alec needed me so much, in ways I didn't want. He was the eyes of those around me. He was my own pure torture. Imagining him as this made it so much easier to destroy him from the inside out.

I felt stares from around me. I never tortured people this long. But I needed it. I really needed it. That's why Aro hadn't stopped me yet. I felt the stares from Jasper and Tanya. The woman couldn't believe what I was doing. Ha, I'd show her. But I didn't.

The one glance I risked towards Jasper caused me to stop, immediately. I remembered him in pain, and I didn't want to see that again. I just couldn't. I really was turning into a pushover.

The man fell flat on his face, mentally exhausted. I still felt relieved, but at a weird cost. I felt like a disappointed someone. I knew it wasn't me, but someone.

Looking into his eyes, I saw it. I saw disappointment in Jasper's deep eyes. Tanya's eyes held the hate I knew I deserved from her, and my masters' eyes were either emotionless or gleeful. Alec's of course would never show his true feelings. But Jasper's…they stood out to me. I turned away, not wanting to continue. Until I was allowed to leave, I drifted between worlds.

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It was a whole week after Tanya came that we had to go hunting again. Jasper said he usually could last two weeks without blood. But now, because of the constant human blood perfume, he had to hunt twice as often. Tanya came along, too, for it was even longer since she last hunted.

Jasper and I lead her through the streets, to the woods we had started to grow to love. The woman understood we wanted silence during our run. She kept silent the whole time.

However, it felt weird having her there, following us. I couldn't shake off the feeling that there was someone else behind us. I often looked back, behind me, not fully enjoying the run.

Oh, shit. I finally realized Tanya was with us. Meaning I had to hunt animals for real. And drink their blood. That way it seemed like I really did love Jasper—which I did!—and would even change my ways for him—which I think I would. After all, why else would I go hunting with him unless I was hunting myself?

Once we were safely inside the forest's boundaries, Jasper and Tanya let their senses take over. I blinked, not knowing what to do. I followed their scent and found them in a clearing, both devouring their bloody meals. Next to Jasper was another dead boar. It looked okay…

Jasper glanced up which he was done, saying with a smile, "I know you still have trouble catching your meal…" He indicated the extra animal. Aww, how sweet! Alice really was lucky! Except for the whole burning and dying thing of course.

I walked to the boar and leaned over it. The smell was intoxicating up close. I breathed it in, and then leaned down, pressing my cold lips and teeth to the soft, still warm neck. My razor-sharp teeth punctured the flesh easily. Blood flowed into my mouth. I kept drinking the crimson liquid, filling my body with its warmth.

Barely recognizable was the thought that human blood was still better. This was still pretty damn close. After all, it was still blood.

Finally, I straightened up, grinning. Jasper and Tanya had been watching me the whole time. Oddly, I was okay with that.

Jasper walked forward and took my hand, pulling me up from the kneeling position I was still in. I felt energized, ready for anything. Well almost anything. He was still holding my hand as he leaned in closer.

Was he going to kiss me? In front of Tanya? But no. Instead, he whispered, "You have some blood on your cheek." Then he leaned in even closer, so I could smell his sweet scent, feel his cool breath against my skin.

He licked my cheek sexily, taking the blood with his tongue. It sent tingles throughout my body. Feelings I hadn't felt since that one night. It was romantic, sweet, caring. I actually loved it. I wanted to turn my head just ever so slightly so his lips would press into mine. I wanted that feeling, needed it.

But the moment was ruined. Jasper was knocked backwards by a rush of wind. Okay, not a wind. Alec.

Alec tackled Jasper to the ground. He actually tackled Jasper to the ground. What the hell? He wasn't even using his powers! They were rolling around in the grass, Alec's small hands trying to wrap around Jasper's wrists, both fighting for dominance.

I grabbed for Alec and Tanya for Jasper. We pulled the guys apart, Jasper easily relaxing, my brother still clawing at the guy.

"AAAH!" He fell to the ground in pain.

When I finally lifted the fire, I screamed at him, "What the hell is wrong with you?!"

He just kneeled, panting still. I had never done that to him before, in all these years. The shock on his face stung me. But…he deserved it…but still…

We left him there, panting, staring off into space. The run back was as silent as the run to the forest, but this silence was eerie.

I didn't see Alec for the rest of the night, nor the next day. Apparently, soon after the hunt, Tanya approached Aro, saying she was going home. She then went to Jasper to say a solemn good-bye, hoping he would leave with her. He wanted to stay.

Author's note: SWEET!! YEAH!! You likey? Please review! Also, if you are wondering why the writing seems a bit...different for the hunt scene is because of the length of this chapter and my lack of time at during the day (going to bed at a normal hour 'cause of standardized testing every morning this week), this was the...third...sitting it took to write this chapter. Yeah. And actually, the hunt scene was written at school. So, yeah.

Anyways: EVERYONE'S HERE THIS CHAPTER!! Review and Aro will help bake a cake w/ you. Or two...Caius decided to read to you (you in his lap of course), and Marcus wanted to go for a moonlit stroll tonight. Felix and such will continue with the messages. Jasper will serenade you (I've heard he's a very good singer...and I like the southern drawl *he'll add it if you want it*). Alec will offer a kissing booth...tent...(complete with bed). *Don't ask. It's his idea.* And if there are any boys reading this: Jane and Tanya are ready for some strip teases! (Their idea, not mine. I swear. *Idea taken from fanfic "A Night to Remember" (Though Eddie was the one doing the strip tease in that...)*)