AN: I won't be too many other point of views, as it can be confusing and I would much rather not get confused. There just needed to be a few things sorted out. Anyways on with the show.
BTW we are in the car heading off the Scarlets place.
As we hit the main road, we sit in silence so we could both think of things. myself, I was trying to figure out the who the people my gran mentioned for me to seek out. To be completely honest, I had no idea at this moment. The only people I could think of are Peter and Charlotte, and the only reason I could think of them is because years ago I, personally, sought them out for help. Going on the guidance of my witch 'family' or The Coven.
"That's who she is." I mused aloud. "The Coven."
"What do you mean, Scar? Who is this 'she' you speak of?" Jasper asks me, "and The Coven, who or what is that?"
"Remember my grandmother's letter?" He nods. "Well, when she spoke of the 'high priestess, she meant my witch Coven leader and elders. I have not been in contact with them since before my second change. They told me not to come back until I found what I was looking for. I guess I figured out what I was looking for." I softly laugh, " anyways they sent me to find someone who could guide me."
"Who did they send you to find?"
"That is a story for another day my dear. Truthfully, I would like to know more about you. Could you tell me your story?"
He looks at me as if he is trying to figure out if a have an ulterior motive behind finding out more about him.
"How about if in exchange for your history, I'll explain my powers and how I came to find out about my family heritage, and some small details about my past. Don't fret I have every intention at later times to explain everything to you. For right now though I would like to take this one step at a time. Sound good?"
His eyes lit up, and I see a large grin sweep across his face.
"Well, then where would you like me to start?"
"Well I know of your times with the newborns. How about with some of your human years."
"Well I was a soldier in both lives. I was the youngest Major in the civil war, no even considering I lied to get become a soldier." I smiles proudly, bit it soon fades. "But shortly after I was promoted I was making my trip back into town as I was evacuating and ran into three of the most beautiful I'd met in my human life. Their names were Maria, Lucy and Nettie. Maria was the one to turn me. She had a good feeling about me and she was right. My charisma form my past life came over to me in this life as you know. So, they wanted me for their wars. To gain power, and I was good at it, so I never thought any thing of it. After a decade or two I changed Peter and became my right hand man. Eventually Charlotte became one of the fighters in our armies and after about a year when her strength started to wain we were ordered by Maria to dispose of them but when it came time for Charlotte I noticed Peter hesitate and I felt their love and at that moment I turned my back and when back to what I was instructed to do." I sat in silence and nodded at him to continue, "Well, I was becoming more depressed with the cycle of killing the emotions I felt from my victims so I would go longer and longer without feeding and I was becoming more and more depressed. Maria knew this. I could tell she feared rebellion from me, but I just wanted out. About five years after Peter left, he came back for me. He told me of a better life in the north. Living peacefully, so I left with him. I travelled with them for a few years and then I took off on my own for a while. On my travels I stopped in Philly at a diner and found Alice there. Waiting for me, and the rest is history."
"Wow." Was all I could think to say, maybe I could trust him with my history. "I have heard of the wars in the South."
"My life was much different than the ones the Cullen's lived." He looks at me.
"Jasper, I'm touched that you would share your story with me. I'm sorry you faced so much turmoil in your life." We pulled up to the entrance to my apartments parking garage. I point at the glove box and he hands me the card. I slowly pull the car towards the opening door. "But you know what, it's made you who you are today."
We are quiet for a moment but I continue questioning. "Do you still keep in contact with Peter and Charlotte?"
"From time to time, the last time I saw them was after Alice and I finalized out divorce," he remarks sadly. I pull into my spot and look at him. I see the sadness swimming in his eyes. He looks so broken.
"I know it hurts, Jazz. Believe me I know." I sigh, and turn off the car. "When Eddie there first left me in the forest-" But before I could continue Jasper growls. "That's enough Jasper. I spent too much time worrying over him. It's done and over with. He has to live with his choices and I have to live with the ones he made for me but I can see now that it might turn out for the better. Anyways, when he left me there I was so broken, for months I was nothing more than a walking shell of a person. A friend of mine helped me climb out of the pit of despair I was falling ever more deeper into. Yet again, I was broken when he was forced, well commanded into not seeing me anymore as he had changed." I take a deep unnecessary breath and stare forward.
"What do you mean commanded and how did he change?" Jasper was looking at me intently.
"Well, you remember the Treaty Carlisle made with the wolves?"
"Yeah.."
"They came back." He gasps. "Anyways, I see right threw the act Ed's putting up. He was so cold and heartless towards me when he broke my heart. Yet, there is nothing I can do to change than nor would I want to. If I had of changed when I was eighteen well, I would have never found out about my lineage. Strange things would happen when I was angry,after I had my nineteenth birthday. One time my dad was badgering me about going to college, I threw his beer at his head. He was shocked to say the least. Then he laughed and said;
'Well I guess mum was right,' and then he laughed at me again! I had no idea what the hell was going on. He told me he would explain in a few days, he just had to get somethings out of the storage unit for me. So a few days passed and he came home one night with, what was my grandmothers trunk," I look into the back seat, "her grimores, Book of Shadows, a few of her tools for rituals, also there were three letters. Now the first letter was for me to be opened upon receiving this trunk. The second we read tonight, and the third is hidden and some how I must find it. She explained my gifts, how there are other supernaturals around us. Half demons, necromancers, witches, sorcerers, werewolves, shape-shifters and more." His jaw went slack and his eyes were trained on mine in disbelief. "Jasper, maybe we should he upstairs and continue this where we have some privacy?"
He does not answer just nods and goes to get out of the car. I leave my trunk in the car and lock the doors. Not that it would stop anyone, so I mumble a lock spell to at least give myself a heads up if someone tries to gain access to my car. I follow Jasper over to the elevators and we wait for the car to arrive. I look at him. He is deep in thought, I guess I have dropped a lot on him this evening.
"Jazz, if this becomes to much tell me I'll stop." I say softly. we enter the waiting car and a select my floor.
"No, no. It's just... wow. I never thought. Well maybe I did wonder but there was never much truth. You can not always believe legends and such. I should know." He smiles and I slip my hand in his, and feel the spark. I smile at him. The doors open and we head into the hallway making the short trip to my front door. I open it and gesture for him to go in first.
"If you'd like take a look around I would like to have a quick shower and change I won't be long." I head towards my bedroom. I quickly grab some clothes and take them with me into the bathroom. I shut the door and cast my strongest locking spell. I head in to the shower. I let the hot water cascade off my back and after a few minutes of absorbing the heat, I wash my hair and finish up quickly in the shower. I rush to get dressed, throwing a towel over my head to try and dry my hair a bit. Heading out of the bathroom into my room I can see Jasper looking at the collection of books in the living room and I head over to him.
"See anything you like?" I whisper into his ear. He turns around, shock evident in his expression.
"What are these books? some of the languages are so old I do not even know them,"
"Well some of them are in Gaelic, some very old Latin. These are some of my grimores, some of these spells don't work, or they do and I'm missing something, but I know how to do a fireball spell. That one has proved to be very handy, especially when I still breakable." I softly giggle, pulling Jasper away from the bookshelves. "So what else would you like to know?" I ask him locking our eyes.
He thinks for a minute and replies, "I would like to know more about how witches came to be, well maybe not like that because you may not have any idea, but," he pauses trying to find the right words for his question, "how do you gain your powers?"
"The witch gene is passed down only to female heirs, but yet she has Charlie, I know. Well she is an exception, but generally the gene is passed down from mother to daughter. Anyways, if said girl is trained by her mother from birth her power develop at a slower progression and the fledgling witch gains her full powers at eighteen, by performing a ritual to ensure these powers. But if not then, around the time she turns nineteen she will start to have strange things happen to them; if given the knowledge she will be able to gain her full powers by the ripe old age of twenty." I laugh dryly. "I was lucky enough that my father knew of all my grandmothers teachings. It was only ever her and Charlie, when he was growing up. Before Gran passed, she taught my dad how to perform the ritual and he taught it to me. and on the day of my twentieth birthday we performed it. Charlie and I started to get close. Wow, sorry I didn't mean to go off topic."
He smirks, "I'm glad to hear about whatever your willing to tell me thing I would like to know is why I don't know about more of the super naturals that you know of."
"Well, most of these supernaturals do not associate with vampires for obvious reason. They tend not to trust those who would eat them, as they do age. Half demons are a product of a full demon coming here and sleeping with a human woman and getting her pregnant. They grow like humans, as do witches and necromancers and they also all have beating hearts. Yet again I must say I have never really had any sense of self preservation, now have?"
He laughs softly. "No, I guess you never really did. You know, it's nice to actually talk to you. Having an actual conversation. I would love to hear more about you. I was wondering how you came to meet you Coven."
"Well, I met Raven shortly after I was given the trunk. She helped me with training in a sense, she's the current Coven leader, though I might be wrong as it has been years since I have spoken to anyone within the group." I glance at the grandfather clock in my living room and realise the time. "Shit, Jazz, I have to run, I have to be at the theater in about half an hour to get ready for the final night. Would you like to stay here or are you going to head home?"
He thinks for a moment, "I think I should head home and see how everyone is doing."He pauses. "I would like to come back though."
"Your more than welcome to come back, here. I would like to know what makes Jasper Whitlock tick. Maybe afterwards I could show some some of my spells."
"I just want you to know I'm going to help you with this journey, I do not know what it is but I am drawn to you, darlin'." His southern accent prominent. Taking my hand in his own he lightly kisses my wrist. I giggle.
"Your a weirdo,"
"Says the girl who talks to herself," he laughs as he closes the door. I look outside and see the over cast just forming I head off to my final night in the spot light.
Short AN: On Monday I'm going away for like 5 days or something like that so I won't be able to update, but I will have hand written notes so hopefully I'll have two chapters for you. Cheers.