A day at the circus with Emmett

Chapter will explain what happened to be banned from the circus.

There is a method to my madness in sticking this chapter in the middle of the 2 prater.

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Jasper's POV

I heard the approach of two sets of feet and I silently prayed it wasn't the pixie bitch. I'm pissed off enough right now that I just might fry her ass. I opened up my senses and immediately knew it was Emmett and Rose.

"Shit his scent stops here, where is he?"

"Don't worry Rose he probably jumped in the ocean again."

"Why the hell would he jump in the…wait you said again? He's done this before?"

"Well technically he didn't jump the first time."

"Emmett what the hell are you talking about?"

"Okay, well when we first moved here he ate my bear and then I chucked him off the cliff."

I had to place my hand over my mouth to keep from laughing as Emmett explained why he chucked me off a one hundred foot cliff.

"Emmett enough, I don't care why, I just want to find Jasper. It's been seven hours since he left the airport."

"Babe don't worry. Jasper can take care of himself; he probably just needed a break from all the estrogen he had to suffer within New York."

And queue the smack to the back of the head.

"Come on babe I didn't mean it like that. I love your estrogen."

I listened as Emmett ran after Rose apologizing the whole time.

Emmett's POV

Crap Rose was pissed again. I know she's worried about Jazz, hell I'm worried too, but it's not my fault he decided to play Houdini on us. Well I guess I'll just go to my thinking spot until Rose is done being mad.

I love my thinking spot. It's nothing fancy like Edward's meadow, but it is nice. It's just a little clearing with a fallen log and a stream running along, it's nothing fancy, but suits me just fine. It's the one place where I don't have to be a goof ball and can think serious thoughts.

I really am worried about Jazz. Him and Alice have been having problems for years and I'm surprised it's lasted this long. I think it all started with the Baxter State Park screw up. Alice really hated living in Siberia. I loved it, there was always a nice bear to eat and I and Rose spent all our time together doing it. I love it when Rose is bored. I wish there was something I could do to cheer Jazz up. I know he loves those little fucking clown cars. I wish Carlisle would lift the no circus ban. That sure was one fun day.

***Flash Back***

The year was 1962 we were living in Spencer, Iowa, Home of the Bear Cave Massacre. It was fall and it was time for the fall harvest town festivities. There were dances and pie eating contests and all kinds of fun human activates including a circus. We had lived there for four years and Carlisle had made the arrangements for us to leave. Like usual he said me, Rose and Jazz had been excepted to Dartmouth Collage and he wanted to be close to the kids so we were moving in two days.

We had decided to head off to the fair and spend our last night enjoying the town. Esme loved Spencer; she said it reminded her of a picture she once saw in a museum. I hated it because of the stupid bear legend.

Supposedly in 1857 in the middle of three miles of woods is a bear cave next to a huge oak tree. It was once the ancient burial ground of the local Indian Bear tribe. When the settlers came, they dug up the Indians' graves and placed them in mounds throughout the hilltop. In retaliation, the renegade chief Inkpaduta lead 30 Indians against the settlements. The Indians killed the 47 male settlers during a severe unexpected fall winter storm. They looted all the food and weapons they could hold and left the women and children to suffer alone and die from the shortage of food.

The founder of the town was a huge man named Adam Picket and had been out on an extended trip to the next town over when the storm started, so he was 50 miles away when the fight happened. Five days later Adam returned to find the women and children starving and all the men dead, as the leader he decided that they must leave the settlement.

They loaded up what they could carry and headed out of the settlement, but before they could leave the grounds a big black bear stood in their path. Adam took his gun, aiming to kill it, but he missed and the bear took a swipe at his legs effectively breaking them both. No matter what they did, anytime someone tried to leave, the bear would show up. They even tried to trick it once, but the women said the bear showed up on both sides of the settlement. One woman even ran for it, but the bear killed her and dragged her body back to the settlement grounds.

The nearest town was 50 miles away and that town had become worried when two months had passed without word from the settlement. The sheriff and some men from the town headed out to check on them. When they got there they found only Adam alive. He was crippled from the leg attack and half starved himself. He was in the church surrounded by all the bodies of the starved women and children. He explained about the Indians, the bear and how the winter storm kept them trapped.

The town's men thought he was crazy. They explained to him that there were no tracks anywhere around the settlement, that so far it had been the mildest winter to date, and there had not been Indians in the area for over 15 years. Adam kept insisting he was telling the truth, but the sheriff said he must have went crazy and did all the killings himself. They decided that he was to be put to death. They took him up the hill to the big oak tree right next to the bear cave and strung him up till he died. They further punished him by leaving his body there for his imaginary bear to eat. So the reason there are no bears for a 100 miles in every direction of Spencer Iowa, is because Adam Picket still roams the area looking for the big black bear.

Well anyway, I had found out that Jazz had a thing for circus clowns and there little cars. He said when he first saw one he was shocked that they could all fit and it made him smile. Since then, whenever there is a circus nearby, I always make sure Jazz and I go. With his past I knew he suffered and if taking him to the circus gave him even a few hours of freedom from the memories, then I would do it.

When he first told me I wanted to make fun of him, but the look in his eyes reminded me of my kid brother on Christmas and I've never teased him about it. Its kind of our secret, I pretend to drag him with me and the family never questions him about it. I know they all know, but they are like me, we just want him happy.

The fair was walking distance so Jazz and I took off early to the circus tent. He wanted to make sure we had front row seats. The show started and then the clowns came out. Jazz laughed and clapped like a little kid and had a smile plastered on his face the whole time. The show was about three quarters of the way through when the ring master announced the next act. It was Sheldon the dancing bear. He came out riding on the back of a bike and was being paraded around the whole tent. He was wearing a bow tie and had a little top had attached to his head. I was doing fine until they passed us, but when I caught a whiff of the bears scent, I froze.

Never before had I smelled sweeter blood then Sheldon the bear's blood. Venom pooled in my mouth, my fists started clenching and I let out a low growl. Jazz thinking it was the trainer's scent started pulling us out of the tent. Once we were out of the tent and breathing the clean air, my body started to return to normal. Jazz asked if I was okay, I said I was fine, but we went to find Carlisle anyway. Jazz explained to him what had happened and Carlisle thought he might have been my singer. I should have known better, but I asked what that was and Carlisle started in on one of his speeches. After a really long explanation about what singers were and how they affect us, he recommended that Jazz and I go for a hunt and meet them back at the house.

I wanted to explain that it was the bear's blood that sang to me, but Carlisle was so proud that I kept my control; I didn't have the heart to disappoint him. Jazz and I went hunting, but all I could think about was the sweet smell of Sheldon's blood. I needed that blood and I figured since it was an animal's blood it wouldn't count as a slip up. Now all I needed was a plan to get that bear.

When Jazz rejoined me he told me he felt my desire and new I was planning something. He started telling me that he understood and would never look down on me if I needed to kill the human. He told me he would stand by me and not let the family get on my case about it. He reminded me we were leaving the next day and if I was going to slip, now would be the time, but he hoped I'd try to fight it and asked if he could alter my feelings to help. I looked him in the eyes and told him I was in control and would not kill the human. I knew he felt my truthfulness so he just nodded his head. He asked if I was ready to go home, but I told him I needed to be alone for a while. He hesitated for a moment, but after searching my eyes he nodded his head and took off.

As soon as he was out of hearing range I headed back to the circus. It was now 9 p.m. and the fair was just winding down. I wasn't sure what my plan of attack would be so I stuck to the shadows. I found where they kept the animals and stayed far enough away so I wouldn't spook them.

I watched the trainers care for the animals and then head off to their trailers for the night. Once the trainers were gone and the animals had settled down, I crept closer, keeping as quite as possible. My plan was simple. Sneak in, knock the bear our, run like hell, and then eat him.

The sneaking in part went fine, as did the knocking out part. However I was unaware of the fact that Sheldon had a mate and when I hit him his mate let out a loud roar. This effectively caused all the other animals to wake up and when they caught my presence they all went nuts. Because they went nuts the trainers came rushing out to see what the problem was. I had two choices, run or run with the bear. Well me being me, I ripped off the cage door, grabbed Sheldon and ran. Unfortunately some people caught a glimpse of me and started yelling to the trainer which way I ran.

I kept running until I came upon a hill with a huge oak tree and a cave covered by over grown bushes. I put Sheldon down and was going to wait until he woke up. I wanted him to be extra irritable. I'm not sure how long I sat there poking him with a stick, but I did hit him kind of hard. I caught a movement to my left and when I looked I thought I saw a man looking at me. I jumped to my feet, but when I looked again he was gone. What I did see was the head light of at least 6 trucks heading my way. I knew my time was up so I drained Sheldon and figured if I hid him in the cave I could come back and bury him tomorrow. I knew they wouldn't find him because the entrance was so over grown. I put him in the cave covered it up a little more and took off for home. I felt really proud of myself. It may have not been perfect, but I got my singer bears blood and it was fucking awesome.

When I got home I could feel the tension from outside. I realized right then that Alice must have had a vision and I was in deep shit. I hung my head and entered the house. Everyone was in the living room and it was so quiet, you could hear the dust molts hitting the table top. I looked up ready to apologize when Rose started screaming that my eyes were still gold. She threw herself at me and said she knew I wouldn't eat the human. Everyone started to hug me, congratulate me and tell me how proud they were of me. It took me a few seconds to figure out that they thought I was out killing the trainer. I spotted Edward creasing his brow and quickly turned my thoughts over to sex with Rose. He cringed and rolled his eyes before giving me a hug and congratulations.

Rose was so proud of me that she took me to our make out spot, and we spent the whole night just doing it. I love having sex with Rose, but sex with Rose when her ass is all sparkly from the sun is just fucking hot. We did it one more time in the sunrise then headed home to finish getting ready to leave. When we approached the house Carlisle was standing at the backdoor with his arms crossed and he had the 'Boy you really fucked up' look on his face. Rose dropped my hand, looked at me and asked what the hell did I do. I shrugged my shoulders and was about to tell her I didn't do anything when Carlisle said dining room now. I know I had stayed out a little longer with Rose, but I didn't think everyone would be this mad I didn't help pack.

As I took my spot at the table Carlisle slid a newspaper at me. I looked up at him and he told me just read it.

Sheldon the Bear found by the Sheriff dead at

Home of the Bear Cave Massacre.

Shit. Well I guess I know why they were all pissed. Rose grabbed the paper out of my hands and started to read the story out loud. Turns out the circus had dogs incase the animals ever escaped and they lead them to the cave. The witness said I looked like Adam Picket. Half the town believes it was his ghost and the other half thinks it was revenge because Spencer City took state football championship from six time winners, Mankato City. A picture of Adam Picket was posted and he looked kind of like me. Well me being me, I had to make a joke about how he likes to kill bears just as much as me. That pissed off Carlisle and he said that was the last straw we were all now officially banned from the circus, of course that made the room erupt with screaming and shouting.

Apparently I was not the only one that fucked up that day. Esme had entered a hand made quilt in the fair. After the judging of the quilts, they were to be sold to raise money for a new roof on the school. Because hers looked too perfect the Principle of the school disqualified her for cheating, saying she entered a store bought one. Esme was kicked out of the fair by the Principle and Sheriff.

Edward went off to sulk and brood behind the barn. Some kids came running out the backdoor and tossed a bottle at him which he caught, but some of the liquid spilled on him. The liquid turned out to be whisky and when the Preacher of the church ran out the door he caught Edward with the bottle and smelling like whisky. Edward was kicked out of the fair by the Preacher and Sheriff.

Rose was at the car show and looking under the hood of a new sports model coming out when a man told her to go bend over a hot stove and leave the cars to men that knew what they were doing. Well Rose was pissed and slammed the hood. Turns out the car was the Fire Chiefs and was in neutral not park so when she closed the hood it caused the car to roll backwards off the platform and down a hill until it hit a tree. Rose was kicked out of the fair by the Fire Chief and Sheriff.

Alice went to a tent that was selling authentic clothes from Paris France. When she got there she realized that they were all fakes and started accusing the woman of making cheep forgeries. The woman told them that she was lying to cover up the fact that she was the one wearing the cheep forgeries. Alice got pissed and while she was yelling at the woman she was pointing her finger at her. The woman who turned out to be the Mayors little sister took a step backed tripped and knocked a rack of dresses over which caused a domino effect and soon all the racks of clothing were on the dirty ground. Alice was kicked out of the fair by the Mayor and Sheriff.

Jasper had returned to the fair so he could watch the clown during the second circus show. A little boy took the seat next to him and when the show started the little boy would throw popcorn at the clowns and tell them to go away. The clowns would then go to the other side of the tent and perform over there. Jasper asked the little boy to stop scaring the clowns away, but he did it two more times. When he did it the 4th time Jasper started yelling at the little boy to leave if he didn't like the clowns. Well it turns out the little boy was the strong mans son and when the son ran off crying he told his dad. The strong man was not only the little boy's dad, but the brother of the Deputy of the town. The boy showed his dad who had yelled at him and when Jasper noticed the boy pointing at him and the pissed off man next to him he decided it was time to leave. As he was leaving the man took a swing at Jasper. Not wanting the man to break his hand, he moved out of the way. Because the man missed him he fell into the popcorn maker and it tipped over breaking it and dumping all the popcorn on the ground. Jasper was kicked out of the fair by the Deputy and Sheriff.

After Carlisle had helped Emmett the Sheriff found him and said a tractor had turned over on a man and that he was needed at the hospital. Three hours later when Carlisle was returning to the fair the Principle, Preacher, Fire Chief, Mayor, Deputy and the Sheriff stopped him at the entrance and informed him of his family's removals from the fair. They said they couldn't locate his son Emmett anywhere on the fair grounds, but had received a report earlier from the Ring Master that he caused a commotion by growling at the bear. Carlisle was told that with the commotions that his family caused they all felt it would be best for all concerned that they remain out of town until the move and they were definitely not to return to the fair.

Apparently when Carlisle came home he was pissed. He started in on how unbelievable it was that everyone except me, the one who was always in trouble, got kicked out of the fair. He said if I was able to withhold killing my singer how was it that they could not even go to a simple fair without causing problems. I guess he lectured them for four hours, two of which were spent on praising me and my restraint. So finding out that I was the biggest screw up of them all pushed him over the top.

The yelling went on for quite some time, but all I thought about was I got the bear.

***End Flash Back***

I was snapped out of my thoughts by my phone beeping saying I had a text message from Rose. It simply said 'He's Home'. I closed my phone and headed to the house. I didn't know how, but some way I was going to get Jazz to a circus.

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