Here's the new chapter... finally! I honestly didn't think I could finish it (writers block on my fanfics), but every time I read a review and/or saw that someone had added the story to their alert list/favourite list I was really happy and felt guilty for not continuing the story.

So everyone who supported this story during my hiatus: THANK YOU SO MUCH! This chapter is for all of you... for not giving up on me ^_^


Jasper POV

Days went by and all I did was go through them without really knowing why. I did all the exercises with the other campers and it wasn't that bad to bunk with a lot of them in a small environment. Now that I was away from other vampires I could control my bloodlust almost as good as Carlisle. Everyone always saw me as the weak link, but they just didn't seem to get that I was handling my own as well as their bloodlust.

After about two weeks I caught myself smiling and even chuckling from time to time. These campers were not like ordinary humans and it was amazing to see them perform tasks that other humans would not be able to. Of course they were still no match for my combat skills, but I didn't have to be so careful with these people as usual. Even their blood wasn't as appealing to me as that of other humans. I guessed it had something to do with the fact that we were technically family in the literal sense of the word.

Contact with Bella was still everything but easy and it seemed to get worse every time I tried to talk to her. She had been a bit talkative that day at the beach, but had become completely closed and hostile again the next time I saw her.

I also hadn't found out who the hell my godly parent was, even though I dropped all my food in the fire every single night, and it was starting to annoy me. Why go through all the trouble of bringing me here only to let me stay in the dark about who the hell was responsible for me being born. Of course I had done a bit of research myself and had already eliminated the big three as a potential parent. The one thing children of the big shots had in common was their eye colour and I was pretty sure I hadn't had sea green, light blue or dark brown eyes before I was changed.

It wasn't like I remembered a lot about my human years, but I was sure that a unique eye colour like that would have been something to remember. I had also cancelled Aphrodite, Dionysus, Hestia and Demeter out as their trades weren't really things I could relate with. My money was still on Ares as I was also known as the god of war in the vampire world.

Between training and pretending to sleep I also had a couple of nice conversations with Chiron. The centaur was old and knowledgeable. It was nice talking to him as he was at least mature and knew about thing that the campers had no knowledge of. I could talk with him for hours about the time I had been a soldier in the civil war and about actual music instead of the stuff the teenagers were listening to nowadays.

I tried to avoid the big house and Mr. D. as much as I possibly could, but the weird god had apparently developed some kind of interest in me. He would pop up out of nowhere and ask me random questions. He didn't even care whether I was alone or not and sometimes I had to be really cryptic in my answers as not to alert any campers of my true nature.

The only place I could get away from all of this was deep in the forest, in the top of a large tree. Of course there were a lot of large trees in the forest, but this one was special as it had one very thick branch almost at the top. It took no effort on my part to climb this tree and it was the only place no one would come looking for me. No campers asking me whether I wanted to train, play a random game or something else and no Mr. D. here to bother me either.

I relaxed and hung back against the tree trunk. Even though this was the weirdest place I had ever been in, it was also the place where I kind of fitted in. My vampire part was still completely out of place, but another part of me felt right at home. It was a part that I hadn't really noticed until I got here. The part that had guided me all these years, but which I had never fully understood. Now that part of me was finally at ease as if it had found its home.

Of course this peaceful feeling didn't last for long as my quiet moment got interrupted by my cell phone. I quickly flipped it open and answered without looking at the caller ID. That was something I shouldn't have done, because the next thing I heard was Alice yelling at me that I was dead or something.

'Alice, calm down! I'm not dead nor will I be dead soon so stop yelling, will you?' I asked annoyed and a little angry. This made the ranting stop and I heard my ex-wife take a deep breath. 'So... where are you? Why can't I see you?' she finally asked. 'Well, first of all, it's nice to hear that you're yourself again,' I told her, 'but, I don't owe you any explanation as to where I am or what I'm doing,' I continued before she could interrupt me. Sadly it didn't have the desired effect of silence.

'What do you mean?' Alice shrieked. 'You disappeared from my visions just like Bella did before you and I demand an explanation.' I heard her foot stomp on the floor in irritation and it actually amused me a little. Alice relied so much on her visions that being let down by them felt like a massive betrayal to her. 'I mean that I said my goodbye to all of you and I have no more responsibility towards you guys. Whether I disappear or die, that's none of your concern.'

I knew it sounded harsh, but I really didn't want my former family to come and find me here. Not that they would be able to get into the camp without a camper, but they would try anyway. Especially when they found out that Bella was here as well. 'Fine, I was just worried... that's all,' Alice said. She sounded peeved, but I didn't get a chance to find out more as someone else took the phone over.

'Jasper, how are you doing? Are you okay? Are you with others? You're not lonely are you?' Esme's voice sounded so concerned that I actually felt kind of guilty for leaving. I knew she saw me as her son and that my leaving would have hurt her even more after she had already lost Bella and Edward. She might also have been blaming me for what had happened, but she was a mother and seeing another child leave couldn't have been easy for her.

'I'm fine, Esme. You don't have to worry about me. I… When I get a chance I'll come over to see you guys,' I told her. This seemed to calm Esme down a bit as her breathing became normal again. The promise I just made her wasn't going to be easy to keep as I didn't want to see all of them any time soon. Then again, time for vampires was different then for humans and I would probably be able to stay away for quite some time before they would start about this promise.

I didn't really mind seeing Esme and Carlisle again, as long as they weren't so depressed as before I left. Who I didn't want to see was Alice and especially Edward who I could now hear in the background. Apparently the idiot got back from his depressing trip. I really couldn't care less.

My phone beeped then, indicating that I had a call waiting. Grabbing the excuse to hang up I quickly said goodbye to Esme and pressed the 'next call' button on my phone. This was something I wished I hadn't done because before I knew it I was being scolded by both Rosalie and Emmett. I listened to their ranting while part of my brain registered that I couldn't hear the other family members in the background. 'Aren't you guys with the rest of the family?' I asked, completely interrupting Rosalie in her rant.

It was quiet for a couple of seconds after my question, but then Emmett answered me. 'No, we kind of went off on our own not long after you left, dude.' That took me a bit by surprise, but not entirely. I had already noticed some distance between Rosalie and Emmett and the rest of the family when I was still there. 'Sorry to hear that, man. So, why are you calling?' I asked. 'Yeah, we're doing fine and right now I'm glad I finally got a hold of you. Rose was worried sick when you're phone became out of service a couple of weeks back.' That was some interesting information. The signal must have stopped when I got to camp, but this high in the tree I had signal again. That would also explain the phone silence since I got here.

'Sorry, been a bit occupied lately. I have a lot going on and I'm not yet sure what to think of it yet,' I said. 'Dude, could you sound any more cryptic? Where the hell are you?' Emmett asked. I sighed and thought about that for a second. 'Sorry, can't tell…'I said a bit guiltily. 'Why not? What's so important that you have to keep it a secret?' Rose asked. 'It's just not my secret to tell okay? There are way more people involved and I can't just make a decision that would influence them badly.'

The moment I finished my sentence I regretted it. Now they knew that it was something big and knowing my brother and sister they wouldn't let it go that easily. 'So… a lot of people… you mean vampires… right?' Emmett speculated. 'Not telling… but, before you're thoughts turn to the south, the answer is no. It has nothing to do with the southern vampire wars.'

I had to put that out there so that no one would go looking for me there. Even though the wars were officially all fought and done it was still very dangerous to go to certain areas. The vampires there still fought on a regular basis, but kept a low profile as to avoid the Volturi. 'Okay okay, but where are you then? Can't you at least tell us which general direction of the world?' 'Sorry, Em. I can't do that.'

At that moment the horn sounded for dinner. The ritual at which I pretended to eat and then threw my entire dinner in the flames. I had kind of lost hope by now that my godly parent would present him or herself, but I had nothing better to do with my food anyway. 'Sorry bro, I've got to go. Rose, take care. You too Em.'

Before they could say anything I shut the phone and put it back in my pocket. I climbed half way down the tree, but jumped the last part. I gently landed on my feet and started walking towards camp again. As an experiment I took my phone out of my pocket and checked the signal. I had expected it to become less and less the closer I got to camp, but it was already gone. "Emergency call only" was written at the bottom of the screen.

I put the phone back in my pocket as I emerged from the forest. The other campers were already walking towards the fire site. I quickly followed them and sat down at the Hermes' table with the other campers. From the corner of my eyes I could see Bella take place at the Poseidon table with Percy. They were talking animatedly about their day of training and I casually listened in as the dinner was served.

As usual I didn't eat anything, but by the end I did once again queue with the rest to dump my "leftovers" aka my entire dinner into the fire. I sighed as I disposed my entire plate into the blaze. The fire lit up a bit brighter as the food hit it, but that always happened. I shrugged and was about to turn away when a glowing light seemed to come from above. Everyone at the camp-site had become quiet and stared at me.

This couldn't be right? Was I finally going to find out who my godly parent was? I actually got excited at the thought, but that emotion stopped abruptly as the anxiety from everyone else hit me. I scanned everyone on less than a second, but no one was happy or positively surprised. Everyone as anxious and even scared. I swallowed loudly, or at least it sounded loud to me, and took a deep breath even though it was useless as usual.

I closed my eyes and turned my head towards the sky. As I did this the glow became brighter as the light went through my eyelids. I took one more breath and opened my eyes to be met by something I had never thought possible and apparently neither had anyone else at the site.


So... hope I didn't disappoint anyone ;) Sorry for the cliffhanger, but I hope you'll forgive me for it. I promise that I'll update much sooner than this time so you'll find out what happens next soon enough ^_^

~Marieke~