Chapter 14

(I am still really sick but, I am still writing this story. Due to a message by redhead09 (P.S you rock!) I am to say that the story will hopefully be ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND WORDS even though I don't know how many chapters. Remember to read and review!)

I screamed once again as I finally woke up from that terrible nightmare to a room bathed in red. I blinked and for a second the red light was gone before coming back again. So my eyes must be red again from my mother. After I realized that I felt something holding me from behind. "Sh calm down Leslie everything is all right." I heard a voice say and then I finally stopped screaming and the red light was gone. I glanced behind me and saw Jasper as he tried to give me some calmness which I gladly took.

"Man I will never sleep again." I groaned and lay back in his arms. "Wait why are you in here?" I asked looking up at him. "Well I came in here to check on you because you were screaming again but, thankfully no one else came in because they are getting used to you screaming. So was your mom controlling your dreams again?" he asked. "Ugh yeah but, I am okay but, I really am considering not sleeping any more and since I'm a half vampire how much sleep can I need?" I asked and he shrugged.

"What time is it?" I asked trying to move from his arms but, he just tightened them. "It's five in the morning so you don't even need to be up for another four hours." He said. "What are you talking about? I need to get to training." I said trying to move but, Jasper looked down at me confused. "You don't remember yesterday after you fell off the wall?" he asked. "What wall? Okay I am really confused." I said and tried to look back on yesterday but, I couldn't remember a thing. "Well when you went off to do some training after screaming from the dream your mom gave you Demetri made an obstacle course where you started to climb but, you fell off from exhaustion. Now I am your trainer." Jasper said happily.

"Okay now I remember though I am glad you are my trainer and everything but, I can't do it Jasper. You heard what Demetri called me, unteachable. Well then you won't be able to train me while I keep thinking that everyone out there is laughing at me for being weak and a wimp. Their laughter would echo through my ears so much that I won't be able to concentrate. I have to accomplish something that I started no matter what and I have to show them that I am strong and not weak. I have to show them I'm not a weak little Halfling but, the strongest and most brave Halfling there ever was (even though there might not have ever been any) and I have to prove my worth. I was told to join the guard and that is what I intend to do no matter what. I will be strong for you and for everyone and I won't stop until my mother is finally dead." I said and Jasper hugged me.

"Is that what you really want?" he asked through my hair and I nodded. "Then hurry on and get down there. But first when was the last time you ate something?" Jasper asked. I looked down and shrugged before saying sheepishly "when we had breakfast that first day." "Then eat en apple or something." Jasper said after throwing me something which turned out to be an apple which I gulped down. "Thank you Jasper for everything." I said and quickly walked out of the room. From now on I am not weak but, a strong Halfling forevermore even if pain and sadness engulf me.

I walked outside and into the training clearing and saw that everyone was already practicing some moves and when they saw me they burst out laughing all except Jane and Demetri. "Well hello little Halfling are you here for another beating? Or are you too weak to walk over here?" Demetri asked and sudden rage filled me. I never felt this kind of rage before only to my mother and father. And then my eyes glowed red as I glared at him. "I will show you and I will show you all what a little Halfling can do." I said and my voice broke off into a growl. A dull ache entered the back of my throat and it only increased as my rage grew.

I let out a battle cry and leaped at Demetri who stood there stock still surprised from my actions. I pinned him down and kicked him so hard in the stomach that I didn't even feel the pain it caused me. I put my teeth onto his arm and bit down and quickly jumped back when Demetri started to struggle and I spit out the piece of skin that was in my mouth. I grinned evilly at him and suddenly I had no control of my mouth. "Is little weak Demetri scared of a weak Halfling? Do you want to snuggle up to your blanket? Well you should be because I am your worst nightmare. I don't care what you do to my daughter but, I want to face her myself and I can't if you won't teach her. I will kill you to prove my point and I don't care if that stupid Leslie is weak or puny but, she will join your guard. You all should be glad that the only thing I control right now is her mouth or you will all be dead. You best be prepared for the future because I will be there with my army. Good bye and good luck because you will need it." I said.

Suddenly it felt like a huge weight lifted from my chest but, the rage didn't leave as I glared and growled at Demetri. "What just happened?" he asked looking confused at his arm. "My mother visited you idiot and I attacked you not her so you will pay for what you have done. You will meet her soon pretty boy so you better be well prepared." I said and spat at his feet. The rage was still there waiting and waiting to burst out of me again. "Why you little brat." He said and rushed at me. Finally I let the rage out but, made sure my mother didn't enter my body.

Even with his super lightning fast speed I dodged him and kicked the back of his legs where he fell over straight into some mud. I landed on top of him and pinned his arms and legs down and reached down to his neck. I bit deep into it and felt Demetri shudder and gasp. "Jane get her off of me." He gasped out and Jane walked up to me. She concentrated and I felt a tickling sensation fill me until the all of the horrible rage left me and I burst out laughing. I rolled off of Demetri and fell onto my side laughing ever so harder as Jane picked Demetri off the ground and finally she stopped using her powers on me and I brushed myself off as I slowly got up.

I looked at the bite on his neck and arm and my eyes widened as they returned to their ordinary and mundane gray color. "I did that? How did I even do that?" I asked and even my voice sounded shocked. "Yes you did that. Man your bite is much more better than your bark because that actually hurt pretty badly. Though you caught me off guard so it won't happen again. So why don't we fight again?" he asked and I was surprised once again. I thought he was going to yell at me and hit me again. "No thank you I don't feel like it." I said and held my breath as I anticipated the punch to the face.

Instead a hand slapped my back and I almost fell to the ground gasping for breath. "Nice job Halfling because most of these vampires can't even get a bite on me. You are now back on the guard and you will begin your training once again. Why don't you try that wall again?" he asked and instead of cringing in fear of the Wall I nodded my head eagerly so I could finally prove myself once again. I ran up to the wall and started climbing so fast I could barely believe it. I actually finished the wall and I climbed down carefully when a knife was thrown right beside me. Instead of squeaking and cowering into the wall I pressed down even faster when I suddenly felt danger hit my chest full force and I pushed my legs off the wall and let go as I jumped off the Wall and a knife passed by me and hit the spot where I just was.

I started falling to the ground and I flicked my wrist where I landed safely on the ground when I just kept on going jumping right on time away from the many knifes and did the rest of the obstacles of courses before I found myself standing in front of Demetri not even panting though my chest was beating pretty hard. "Well nice work Leslie but, you need to do better. Keep doing that Wall until I tell you to stop even if we end up well into the night." He said. Instead of complaining and whining I ran off and did the whole course again and again never once getting tired.

Jasper stood off to the side of where the obstacle course was being held standing safely in the shadows so Leslie couldn't see him. Most of the guards and even Aro was watching Leslie do the course with so much vigor and she was so fast she looked like a regular vampire. None of the vampires here could barely believe that the little Halfling actually hurt Demetri but, Jasper barely concentrated on that because he was worried that Leslie's mother entered her body. Was it perhaps because of her rage which allowed Clair'e to enter her body? Jasper suddenly felt a hand go onto his shoulder and turned to look at Edward who was looking at him.

"I don't know if that is the case Jasper but, you might want to listen to this piece of news. Leslie isn't feeling the least bit tired even though she has been doing that course for over an hour. Also Demetri said when he was close to her her scent didn't smell like a human as much even though it was mouthwatering. I think her vampire skills are finally blooming out of her when she was so mad. The rage triggered it and now she has the strength and speed of a real vampire." Edward said and Jasper nodded. "I am rather worried about her mother entering her body though. What if Leslie gets mad again and her mother controls her mouth so she can make someone bite her?" Jasper asked. "Then make sure she doesn't get mad." Edward said just when Aro came up to them.

"Hello you two isn't Leslie improving nicely? Especially when she fell off that wall and when her mother controlled her body. She looks like a real vampire right now so why don't we let her attack a real vampire? Someone who is trained at fighting new borns and like how she looks right now? S Jasper I hope you know who I'm talking about so go out there and fight her? Make sure she doesn't bleed or we won't be able to control ourselves." Aro said to Jasper and he nodded. Jasper looked at Leslie who was running out in a field and raced towards her as fast as he could.

I felt danger hit me again as I was sprinting as fast as I could across a field and thinking it was another knife I flicked my wrist and I was suddenly up in the air. I looked below and saw Jasper staring at me and I instantly went back to the ground. "Hello Jasper were you watching me?" I asked. "Not now Leslie because Aro said we are to fight so don't go easy on me and I won't go easy on you okay?" he asked and I looked out into the shadows and saw that other vampires stood there watching me. "Okay Jasper let's fight." I said and we took fighting stances. He made the first move at me which was rushing up at me which I quickly dodged but, I didn't fight him. I can't hurt Jasper and I never will but, I must or I might end up getting hurt too and those vampires couldn't stand it.

"Kill him and enjoy his life flooding from his body." Said a voice. I glanced around quickly and I soon figured out that the voice was coming from the head and it was actually my mother. No I will never kill Jasper. "You know you want to so do it. No one will care and all you want is to live through the hunt and relish in the glory." It said and I shook my head roughly. No I am not doing this for the glory because I am doing this to save everyone's lives from you. "Give in to the blood lust because you know you want to." She said and the dull ache at the back of my throat increased. I stared at Jasper's neck and licked my lips. My eyes glowed red and Jasper looked at me confused. "Are you okay Leslie?" he asked reaching out towards me. Suddenly unimaginable rage filled me and I spoke but, once again the words weren't mine but, my mother's.

"Shut up you piece of scum. You know that you don't even deserve my daughter's love even though she is so pitiful. She doesn't even deserve to live but, neither do you. Instead of killing you like I wanted I will let Leslie do it no matter how much it kills her. So Leslie give in to the blood lust. You know you want to kill him. What does it matter if you think you love him? Let the rage consume you and explode right out of you." I or my mother said. The ache increased and I could barely stand it. "No I will not kill Jasper!" I yelled out loud and then pain raised up inside of me as the ache burned me. "I will kill you Jasper. I need to kill you." I said with such a cold voice that Jasper stood there froe. I didn't think once as I started to leap at him and I was consumed by rage and the blood lust. "Jasper watch out!" Edward yelled but, it was too late.

Before he could leap out of the way I pinned him down and grabbed his throat in my hands. He tried to struggle but, I pinned his arms and legs down so he couldn't move. "You will die Jasper." I said and I put my teeth against his neck. "Go in and attack her!" yelled Aro and the guards started to run at me. "Stop or he will not live. One more step and he will die." I said my voice threatening and it seemed like the guards were still thinking about moving in and killing me. "Leslie you got to stop. This isn't who you are! Your mother is controlling you! Think about those you love." Edward said and against the bloodlust's will I thought about Jasper and how much I loved him.

"I will not kill the one I love. I will never ever hurt Jasper!" I yelled and before the blood lust could control me and bite Jasper which would kill him I bit myself. I instantly recoiled from my blood entering into my mouth but, the damage was done as a powerful breeze hit us and the scent of my blood hit the vampires standing at the edge of the clearing. They were all starting to run towards me but, the vampire's who were actually controlling themselves like the Cullen's, Jane, and Aro were fighting them back. Suddenly a drop of my blood entered Jasper's open mouth and to me everything went still and I didn't hear anything. I stared into Jasper's eyes looking to see if they would turn red and he would jump out at me but, he didn't do anything. He just lay there staring back at me.

Finally he said something and he didn't seem at all like he would kill me. "Your blood tastes just like I thought it would but, it isn't enough for me to kill you over it. So let me up please." He said and I stood shakily up and I was really confused but, happy. "Um Leslie I think you should help wrap up that wound because it seems like everyone is pretty much lusting over it." Jasper said and ripped a part of his shirt to cover up the wound. Once it was securely fastened on to my finger all of the vampires relaxed a little bit and Jasper led me inside the castle place where I sat down on my bed. Right before he could join me I burst out crying feeling overwhelmed by sadness.

"What's wrong darling?" he asked sitting down beside me. "What's wrong? Like you don't even know what's wrong. You were right there and you still don't know. I almost killed you Jasper and I actually wanted to. I didn't feel any guilt or regret or anything else besides the murderous rage. I couldn't live with myself if you were killed or even hurt by me. I felt the burning and the ache in my throat and you act like it was nothing. Well it isn't nothing okay!" I said and sobbed even louder. "I know it isn't nothing Leslie and I know it isn't okay. But now you actually understand what I feel every second that I am around you. You felt the thirst that all of us vampires feel and you beat it. You didn't kill me and you didn't let your mother control you." He said. "Yes but, I ended up hurting myself and I made you drink some of my blood. And that isn't even fair to me or you. Why didn't you freak out and kill me?" I asked.

"Because I know that I wouldn't live with myself even if I killed you. I loved you so much that even when I tasted your blood finally on my lips I didn't lose control and kill you. I held on to the love we hold together and it saved me as it did to you." Jasper said and hugged me tightly. I sniffled again right when a knock hit the door. "Am I allowed to come in?" asked Carlisle's voice and before we could say anything he opened the door and walked over to me. "Now let me see that wound on your finger." He said and unwrapped the bandage. The bite had finally stopped bleeding but, it did require about five stitches and those hurt a lot. I stood up and I felt suddenly very light headed and I landed back on the bed.

"I suggest that because of blood loss and lack of sleep that you eat and go to bed." Carlisle said. "Well I don't really want to go to sleep because of my mom and the nightmares so what do you suggest to keep me up?" I asked. "Well there is coffee but, that is downstairs. The vampires have calmed down from smelling your blood so it's okay to go down there." Carlisle said and I nodded. Jasper following me closely I entered the cafeteria where every vampire stared up at me. Most of them flared their nostrils trying to smell the blood on me but, Carlisle thankfully washed away all of the scent. None of them rushed out at me so I was good.

I grabbed a tray of chicken and what I think was a jug of coffee and I reached the table where the rest of the Cullen's were sitting at. "Nice job out there Leslie except for well you know when you wanted to kill Jasper and stuff. Maybe I should challenge you to an arm wrestle because no one has been able to resist the temptation of losing." Emmett said and I rolled my eyes as Rosalie smacked him. I drank some of my coffee and I almost spat it out because it was so disgusting. "Didn't you put any sugar and milk in it?" Edward asked and I stared blankly at him. "Let me guess you never have once in your life drank coffee before?" he asked and I nodded.

Suddenly I felt the danger hit me again and I turned to see Demetri standing there and it seemed like my bite didn't even give him a scar. "You are to meet with Aro and the rest of them right now and that goes along with you Cullen's." He said and we cautiously followed him into the room with the thrones and such. "Ah there you are and I am glad to see Leslie well and mostly unhurt. Your blood made quite a commotion on the vampires here and it even made me want to drink it but, thankfully some of us here had control. So surprising from you Jasper that you were able to resist her blood even when you tasted it." Aro said and Jasper nodded.

"I was able to control myself sir." He said and Aro nodded. "Well we have in fact proof of Immortal Children that the army made because the newspaper showed a picture of one. It was about five murdered men lying in a clearing and a little boy stood over then with a mouth filled with blood. They were unable to catch the little boy so he ran off still alive." Aro said and suddenly I remembered that horrible dream I had. Fear filled me as I remembered my mother's voice ringing in my head just like it was doing now. It was your entire fault, your fault, your fault. I almost groaned aloud as I felt an immense headache build up and I felt guilt fill me even though it was just a dream.

Jasper must have felt my emotions because he put his arm around my waist and gave out some comforting feelings which I gladly took. "We were also able to send a vampire or two to watch the vampires around the area. They did happen across a little trouble along the way and they were unable to resist trying to kill one f the vampires. He was rather stupid and his fighting moves were terrible but, they didn't kill him because they wanted to question him. So here he is in one piece more or less and I want you guys to question him and don't be afraid to hurt him but, don't kill him just yet." Aro said and he motioned to the guards. His words now hung in my head like how he was so stupid and his moves were so wrong and he reminded me so much of a vampire that I hated.

Suddenly the guards moved and there stood Vincent though he was missing a few fingers and he was tied up pretty roughly but, when he saw me he let out a large evil grin that sent shudders up my spine. "Well hello there Leslie I hope you are doing terribly along with your little friends. You have no idea how many times your mother keeps saying how much she wants to um." He said. "Maim, kill, hurt, destroy, and suck the blood out of, maybe all of the above? Well I actually thought you were dead Vincent but, I guess I was wrong." I said my voice mocking. "Well I guess I'm stronger than I look." He said and before I could taunt him about his looks I heard a loud cough. I looked over at Aro who asked "do you two know each other?" "Yes well I am basically Leslie's new daddy." Vincent said and I glared at him. Why is he even here and not dead?