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Chapter 7

Unknown time/place

I walked into the area with Peter and Charlotte, having just spoken to them. I had told them that their priority was to get Jasper to safety, that I wasn't to be protected if it came down to a fight. They knew that there was a big possibility that I wouldn't survive freeing him. They also knew that I cared about him enough that I would risk my life for him. They had come across me before, when I had risked myself to just speak with Jasper for a few moments.

"What are we to tell him?" Peter had asked.

"Tell him that I had to return to where I belong. He will understand."

Just then, Jasper came across our path. He had been taking a walk in the moonlight and was obviously not surprised to find us. We had discussed this before, he knew that they were going to take him to safety. He had not been told that I could be killed, but he had never asked before. He had assumed that we were immortal, except for extreme cases.

"Mist," he whispered, wrapping me in a hug. "Peter. Charlotte."

At that moment, the alerts were sounded. We knew that we had been caught, it was what we had been expecting. I watched as Maria came out with her army of newborns. Jasper shoved me behind him as he turned to face Maria. She was a witch if I ever saw one. Her evil nature was worse than any human I had ever come across before.

"Jasper," I quietly said, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Go with Peter and Charlotte. They will get you to safety."

"Mist..."

"Go," I ordered. "I will catch up."

His hand held mine, only letting go when we were too far away to touch anymore. I could see the pleading look in Charlotte's eyes as I glanced back, seeing that she wanted me to just run with them. However, there was no escaping. I had to make a statement, if not for me, than for Jasper.

"Who do we have here?" Maria's cold voice asked as she drew closer to me. "You are not a vampire nor a human." She smirked. "You must be a Valkyrie. Yes, I have heard of your kind. The only question is, why are you helping a vampire?"

I stared at her in anger. "That is none of your concern." She motioned and two of her newborns had me in their grips. "Let me go."

"I think that we should teach you a lesson." She stepped towards me. "What do you get out of helping Jasper?"

"He's free," I whispered as she grasped my neck tightly. "He can live a life without being abused for your conquest." Her grasp tightened so I could barely breathe, even if it wasn't necessary. "You will never find him."

Maria smirked. "Maybe not, but neither will you."

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Cullen House, present

"Mist. Mist, wake up."

I gasped, taking in deep breaths as I tried to remember where I was. I saw Jasper's worried face and sighed deeply, glad that it was only a dream. I had been haunted by that memory for a long time, always knowing that what I did was for Jasper. I had protected him from Maria's clutches.

"What happened?" Alice asked. "You were having a hard time breathing and you were whispering things." My eyes widened as I realized what they had heard. "It wasn't anything big."

"What did I say?" I questioned.

"You said Jasper's name," Rosalie answered. "You also were saying 'where I belong' 'go with Peter' 'safety' 'free' 'life without being abused' 'conquest' 'never find him'..."

I stared at Jasper, who stared back. Once Rosalie mentioned about me saying to go with Peter, he realized that it was the last time I had seen him. It wasn't as though he didn't know that I had been reborn and it had something to do with Maria, but he didn't know exactly what happened. It wasn't something that he needed to worry about, it was in the past.

"Jasper?" Alice asked. "What's wrong?"

Nothing was heard from Jasper as he continued to stare at me.

"You sacrificed yourself," he finally said after what felt like forever. "I told you not to do anything like that, Stupid."

I didn't know what to say, but I felt tears build up in my eyes. I stood up and walked into the bathroom, ignoring the calls of my name. When I was in there, I blocked everyone as I stared at myself in the mirror. I didn't understand how Jasper had so much power over me. I had been called so many things in this life and none of them had phased me. At least not until now.

Why did everything that Jasper said mean so much to me? All this talk about love, I had never truly understood it and I knew that I didn't. I believed that all the Valkyries that I had been around were all infatuated with Lust. Love was something that none of us could comprehend.

"Mist?" I didn't say anything as Jasper knocked on the door. "Mist, come out."

"Go away," I quietly said as tears began to slide down my cheeks. "Jasper, just leave me alone."

"No. What happened with Maria?"

I wiped my tears away as I tried to calm myself down. I opened the door and stared up at him, not backing down at his annoyed look. If I wasn't so upset, I would be proud. It was the annoyed look I had given whenever something was bothering me. I had used it so many times around him, he was bound to pick it up. If he was just using the look because he knew that it was my same look, I didn't know.

"It has nothing to do with Maria," I coldly stated. "Just leave me alone."

He looked taken aback as I walked to where everyone else was. I pulled my knees up to my chest as I stared at the wall. I could tell from Alice and Rosalie's looks that they knew that something was going on.

"Go hunting," Alice's voice quietly reached my ears. "We'll talk to her."

As soon as the door closed, Alice and Rosalie both sat down next to me. "What's going on?" Rosalie asked. "I know that's not normal from the expression on Jasper's face."

"I don't know," I sighed as I closed my eyes. "I don't even understand it. I mean, I've never reacted like that to anyone."

I felt someone get up and the door close, causing me to open my eyes again. I saw that it was Alice, who left and Rosalie was the only one left on the couch.

"Why did you protect Jasper? Why did you sacrifice yourself to allow him to escape."

I gave a small smile as I remembered my reasons clearly. "Because I didn't want to see him suffer anymore. Because he deserves more out of life than just fighting for all eternity."

"How do you feel when you see Jasper?"

"Light headed, a pain in my chest. But that could just be from the fact that this body is faulty."

Rosalie laughed at that. "I don't think so."

"I mean, I feel that way with someone else too." That was the biggest lie I could ever make, but she didn't know that. "It's not just Jasper."

"Well, either you are in love with Jasper, your your body is faulty. Although, I would put my money on the first one."

"You won't tell him, will you?"

She shook her head. "No. You're going to tell him." I opened my mouth. "When you're ready."

I nodded and we sat there in silence. I was grateful to actually have someone there who I could count on.

Sorry it's so short. Like I said before, anything that could go wrong has gone wrong lately!

PS: I'm moving these fics to another profile soon. I know I said I was going to take them down, but I got bitched out by people so I'll move them probably this weekend!