Long time no see

So update about myself. My chickens are growing and I named them all, (Ava, Blair, Cali, Dixie "chick", Sky, Salt, Pepper, Grace, Athena, Iris, and Bell.) I also got my meat chicks, and let me tell you, they have bottomless tummies. THEY EAT SOOO MUCH. Thursday I have a busy day, with an FFA Banquet and an AP world history test. So wish me luck. Also volleyball tryouts are coming up and I'm really hoping to make the varsity team.

You might have notice I took down guest reviews. I get getting mean reviews about how no one would keep reading if I updated slowly, but I know my true loving readers will always be waiting like I wait for my favorite stories.

So warning this chapter is not Beta'ed. I sent it to my awesome beta but for some reason she is MIA. So I couldn't wait any longer to post this new chapter.

Question time

Q) Why did you change it to Marie? In chapter 8 you had it as Mary Alice and not Marie Alice?

A) From the books it is Marie Alice, it was a fluke of the hand or auto correct that messed it up. If it's spelled the wrong way I'm sorry but just ignore it.

Q) What is cow tongue football?

A) It's the same as normal flag football but instead of throwing a football, we use a cow tongue. I know it might sound gross but Ag kids get down and dirty.

Chapter 11

Marie/Alice POV

The soft glow of the sun thought the window panes warmed my fair skin. Fresh air flowed into the carriage from open vents on either side of me; the movement of the carriage pushing the air in.

Across from me sat one of my oldest guards, Leo. His hair was a darker, duller blond then that of my Jasper's, but close to the same style. His nose was small, but with a bump adoring the tip and his jaw was sharp. His eyes have stayed closed since boarding the cabin and if I didn't know any better, his stillness would presume he was a heavy sleeper or dead.

Whenever Leo sat in the carriage with me, he was always silent and still. Years back I asked him the reason behind his stillness and he told me it was for my protection. Leo's ability was memory control. He could tamper with, destroy, or replace memories on both humans and vampires. With one sense gone, it was easier for him to focus on the minds around him, therefor spotting danger before it came into the line of sight.

I remember him explaining to me how he wasn't a mind reader even thought he could dive into the mental. Leo explained that he could search through and tamper with memories but not the constant thought or parts of the person's life they themselves might not remember.

The bumps in the road were the only sound moving throughout the room. With me being a talkative person by nature, his silence was sometimes unbearable. From time to time Leo and I would conversant, but more than less of our rides were without disturbance.

I rested my temple on the cool siding and sighed. Already the distance between Jasper and I brought a deep ach in my chest.

The reason for my hasty visit to my mother's home in the country was brought on by sightings at the Northern boarders. The North was a forbidden place for all but the exiled. A thick fog covered the area for mile and very little grew. The fogs effected humans in weird and different ways. Some busted into hives, others became blind or deaf, and some even died of respiratory problems. Vampires could service, but some who have ventured too far were never seen again. But The Northern Guards watched over the border, not to keep people out, but to keep things in.

There were a small group of vampires exiled to the North but the main fear was of the Trader King, Aro. The crown believed that Aro and his followers resigned in the North, the only place safe from the wolves that ran them off so many years ago, and were planning on making an appearance once they were strong enough.

A few days ago, it was reported that a group of vampires ran across the border, north to south. The guards were close enough to see them but not to catch them. But this proved that some kind of colony resigned in the North and they planned to do something in the kingdom.

In the royal family, I was the weakest link. If these were Aro's men and they planned to bring us down, I would be the likely target. For my protection it was decided to send me to my mother's with my guards. The point that Jasper was needed at the palace angered him and he tried to device any way of staying with me but it was inevitable. With wary eyes my Jasper hugged me close and whispered his love for me before my departure. Right as I was stepping into the carriage, and no one was watching, he spun me around and lightly touched his lips to mine. I was so shocked by the contact that I froze, but a moment later my lips moved with his, caressing one another. It was my first kiss and I could still taste his essence on my lips.

Because I was only of 14 summers, Jasper and I haven't moved our relationship to anything psychical until the events of this morning. Even though in some places girls were married off by my age, both Jasper and my mother wished to wait until I developed fully into a woman, not just my first bleed. I already had affections for Jasper as a woman had for a man, and I knew he loved me in every way possible, but the kiss was the very first display for physical affection. The simple kiss made me giddy with goy. When I returned home we could kiss again, and again, and someday when I was fully a women we would become wed and I would be Jasper's wife and he my husband. I almost quelled in excitement, but I contained myself. This dream was so close I could taste it and I would be counting the day until I could see my Jasper again.

I turned my head and glanced at Leo and noticed something wrong. The inch between his eyes was scrunched in concentration and his jaw was locked. A moment later his yellow eyes snapped open. He jumped out of the carriage and called for the others to stop and the cart came to a gripping halt. I almost fell from the unexpected movement.

From inside I could hear the vibration from the vampires' accelerated speech, humanly impossible for me to interpret. Before I could move Leo was back, and for the first time in 10 year, I saw panic in his eyes.

"We need to go Marie, I need to carry you." Without question I allowed him to pick me up like a bride and lift me out of the carriage.

The sight I can upon confused me even further. The six other guards, in groups of two stood in a semi-circle. Four of the six held an item from my wardrobe in their arms and all had a look of determination carved into their face.

The second in command, Cigo, stepped forward. "It had been an honor to serve you, Princesses Marie." The other nodded in unison and I wanted to cry. I didn't know what, but something was deadly wrong.

I mouthed thank you before Leo ran with me in his arms. The trees were a burr and if I didn't have experience running with Jasper, I would probably be sick.

"What's happening?" I cried out to him.

"They're here," he announced as he glanced behind him.

"Who?"

"The coven that crossed the border; Thirty of them, too many for us to fight off. From the brief look I got, they work for Aro, and they're after you. They were told to capture you alive so they could get inside information about the crown."

My whole body shook and tears started streaming down my face. Not only were my guards and I in danger but the entire kingdom if Aro's vampires were about to torture insight from me. I was strong mentally, but not psychically, so it would not take very long to reach my breaking point.

"But…but can't we outrun them?" I asked panicked.

He closed his eyes in concentration as he ran, but I was not afraid of him hitting anything. "A female, fire red hair, she has the ability of super speed, even faster than an average vampire. We can't outrun her." He paused, "But there's a village I might be able to hide you, but I wouldn't be able to stay, or else my scent will reveal your hiding place."

"But what if they find me? I cannot risk my peoples safety if the secretes of the crown are known by Aro." For a minute, silence was shared between us as we tried to develop a plan. An idea nagged from the back of my mind, and thinking of no other possibilities, it was the only option. "Leo, take away my memory." I said with newly found determination.

His eyes were wide with shook, "Princess Marie, if I am to die, your memory could be gone forever."

"Is there anything that you could do so my memory will come back later?"

"I've only done it three times," he said, stumbling over his words. "One time it didn't works but…but I just don't know…"

"What, what are you mumbling about." I demanded, because truth be told, I was scared out of my mind.

"I call it a trigger. I take a part of your memory away and install a trigger.it could be a person, or a book or building, really anything. So when you see the trigger, your memory comes back. With one person, it came back instantly, another it took a few months, the last I had to restore manually, but I wouldn't be able to do the latter for you. It's a great risk princess."

It sounded like a good solution. If, heaven forbid, something happened to Leo, if I could find the trigger after I lost our tail, then my memory would be restored and everything would go back to normal. But even as I thought it, I knew nothing would be normal again.

"Ok let's do it."

We ran for another few minutes before we strode at the tree line behind a stone house. "The woman who lives here has a sister who is an imprint. Give her one of these," he said as he handed me a 5 gold coin, "and asked for protection and a bed for the night. After that, travel west until you reach the capital. Use the other coins for food." I nodded and slipped them into my pocket. "Once you know for sure your safe, chop your hair so people can see your Mark. Now what do you want your trigger to be?"

I knew instantly, "Jasper."

He smiled sadly, "I'm so sorry we have failed you, and Alice," he whispered, using my preferred name, "I always cared for you since you were that little 4-year-old girl who I protected from scraping her knees. You are growing into such an amazing women and I'm proud to have served you, please forgive me for not protecting you."

I was balling now, and I couldn't control myself from hugging Leo. He hugged me back and kissed my forehead. He cupped my face and asked if I was ready. I remembered Jaspers smiling face once more before nodding my head and everything went dark.

My first conscience thought was of the unbearable pressure building under my skull. Too many images, too many memories, too many to process at once and it became an untranslatable mess. I tried to ignore it all so I could focus on the riches voice speaking to me, calling my name.

With difficulty, I opened my eyes. My sight was blurred for a moment but when it focused again I was met with a glowing angel. His eyes and hairs where a bright gold and his smile shined with profound happiness, lighting the dark room. I could remember my childhood self, running, playing, and laughing with him until bedtime.

My best friends.

My girlhood crush.

My protector.

My Jasper.

I through my body into him, and he caught me in his trusting, strong arms, and for the first time in so many years, I was able to cry in the arms of my vampire. His hiccups and shorts breaths told me that if he was also human, he would be cried right with me. Even though I was beyond confused, my memories still scattered in a confetti-like mess, all I could concentrate on was him. And in each other's arms, we expressed our sorrow, our hurt, own deep wounds, and our love.

REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD!1

THERE YOU HAVE IT. This chapter was very hard to write, one reason because I've never been good at writing a normal Alice POV, her attitude so hard to capture. I made her more of a mild personality but hopefully you like my Alice/Marie.

So did anyone predict that Leo was the cause of Marie's memory loss? I placed that foreshadowing in an earlier chapter, were any of my smart reader able to detect it?

See you later when the next chapter is fin.