Jasper and Melody POV, enjoy ^_^

Jasper POV

She was gone… my girl was gone… my soulmate… gone. Those were the words that kept repeating itself in my head. Everything that had happened after the fight had been a blur to me. Edward had apparently defeated Victoria with the help of Seth and Jacob. Victoria had taken one of her older newborns with her but Edward had convinced him that surrendering was a better idea than trying to fight.

The newborn had introduced himself as Riley and had come back home with us. Edward had taken Bella home and had stayed there to be sure she would be alright. You see, even though I was in a horrible place right now I could still hear and see what was going on. The blessed and the cursed part of being a vampire was that I had to endure everything that going on around me even though I couldn't care less at the moment.

I clutched Melody's feather closer and a tearless sob escaped my mouth as I once again tried to contact her through our link. Just as before the only thing I could feel was peace and her thoughts were quiet. She didn't react to my thoughts at all either and the only thing that kept me going was the fact that I knew she was alive. Our link was still there and I could sense her but that was it. No thoughts or feelings from her came through the link and I just didn't know what to do.

Over the past few days everyone of my family had entered my room at least once to try and talk to me but I had refused to say anything back. The only thing they accomplished was bringing their pain of losing Melody with them to strengthen mine. Today no one had come up yet and I was glad. The pain coming from downstairs together with mine was more than enough already.

As the days continued several of my family went out to hunt, including Riley and Anna who had taken a liking to each other. I just sat in the corner of my room, ignoring the calls from Carlisle to come hunting with them and later ignoring Rosalie who asked whether I would want to come down. Luckily she was already expecting for me to disappoint her and I did just that. None of them had any idea what I was going through and so talking wouldn't help me anyway. That had been two days ago and since then no one had tried to approach me.

I breathed in deeply and the scent of Melody intoxicated me. It only came from the one feather I was holding but it was all I had left along with a drawing she had made about a week ago. It was a drawing of us together in the living room. I was sitting on the loveseat and Melody was sitting on my lap. We were looking at each other lovingly and I could almost feel the love we had for each other come out of the drawing. Another dry-sob wrecked through my body and I curled up even more though I was careful not to crumple the drawing.

At that exact moment, when I was feeling worse than ever, my dear phoenix brother burst through the door… literally. Pieces of wood flew around me and I looked up from my position in the corner in shock. Everyone had come by at some point over the past few days but they always stood on the other side of the door and only asked me to come down. I had refused them every time and they would just go downstairs with feelings of defeat and worry radiating from them.

'Stop moping over there and come downstairs to help us make a plan on how to get my sister back.' Zackary growled and before I could say or do anything he had lifted me up, thrown me over his shoulder and started walking downstairs as if he was carrying a bag of potatoes. I could feel Zackary's determination over this so I knew that trying to fight him so that I could get back to my room was futile. I was also kind of curious as to what this plan might be.

Zackary had not come home with us after the fight and instead he had flown off saying that he needed to look into something or another. Well, he was back now and apparently not going to sit by and feel sorry for himself.

My brother dumped me, yes dumped, on the couch next to Rosalie and sat himself down on the other side. I glared at him for putting me through this but remained seated as he glared back with a "don't even think about running back up there" look. Everyone else was in the room as well and they were all looking expectantly at Zack who was feeling cockier by the second.

'As you all know I've been doing some searching as to what happened to Melody, since it's not in the nature of a phoenix to wallow in self pity, and I think I know.' Zackary stated. This caught my attention and for the first time since Melody had disappeared I felt hope of finding her. 'What? 'What have you found out?' I asked, grabbing Zackary's shirt and shaking him. 'Easy, bro. You don't have to shake it out of me by force.' Zack chuckled. I released him and took a deep, unnecessary breath, and sat myself down again. 'Anyway, I think that my dear uncle has something to do with my sister's disappearance. She used her fire power for the first time during the battle and it had come abruptly. Normally it takes a couple of phases before the fire actually appears but my guess is that the adrenaline from the battle caused it all to go in fast forward.'

Well that at least explained why the story Zack had told before was wrong. 'As the Master, my uncle can sense every phoenix who comes into their fire power. As he has wanted Melody home from the moment she was taken away from it he would have been monitoring her.' 'But what does that have to do with the fact that she teleported away from me… from us!' I cried. 'The Master has the ability to take control of the power of others as well as the power to teleport someone who uses their fire power for the first time. He must have sensed Melody's fire power and used it to teleport her to him.'

I was shocked. Melody had been taken away by the one who ruled all phoenixes. If we were to get her we would be walking into a death trap for sure. How could we ever fight creatures that were equally strong as us and could burn us to a crisp in less than a second? I let my head fall in my hands and sighed in defeat. As much as I wanted to get Melody out of there I knew it would be impossible to do so. That was the plus side of having been in armies. I knew how to plan and strategise and I knew when some things just weren't going to work at all. If I was going to go there, where ever "there" was, I would need a good strategic plan so that I wouldn't get killed before I could get my mate out of there. Whatever happened to me after she was saved wasn't something I thought about. As long as my girl was safe… that's all that matters.

'I know what you must be thinking and you're wrong.' Zackary said and my head snapped towards him in awe. 'How did you…' I started to ask but trailed off at the end. 'You vampires are all the same in this. The whole "as long as my mate is safe then it doesn't matter what happens to me thing" is something you guys all have in common.' Zack growled. 'Don't you ever think about how your mate will feel if you die in an attempt to keep him or her safe?' This shut all of us up and I could feel the shame of every vampire in this room increasing dramatically. I glanced at the others and saw Esme and Carlisle shooting glances at each other as did Rosalie and Emmett. They would sacrifice themselves in the blink of an eye if that would safe their mate.

'Anyway, you don't even think about sacrificing yourself for Melody because the moment you are gone she will die too. When phoenixes make a bond like you have with Melody the death of the one they love will result in the death of themselves. The only one who has ever been able to survive this is my father and no one knows how he did it.' Zackary's words were met by more silence which made his annoyance increase. 'You can all stop with the silent treatment now.' 'Sorry.' I muttered. 'I just never thought of it that way… I don't think any of us have.' I looked around at my family and all of them nodded.

'How do you propose we safe my daughter?' Esme asked after some more silence. 'That might be a problem as I kind of betrayed the Master by choosing you guys over him. Melody is probably being watched all the time now and to get into the castle and find her is going to be tricky. We shouldn't be going in a large group either… maybe two or three and I have to be one of them as I will be doing the transporting part of it all. So, who's coming wi― 'I'm coming.' I said before Zackary could finish his sentence. Zackary smiled smugly and clapped me on my shoulder. 'I knew you would say that.'

Zackary looked around to the rest of my family and they were all looking at each other. I felt they all wanted to come but somehow didn't know if they should. 'I want to go but I don't think I'll be of much use.' Anna said and I could tell that she was feeling horrible about the fact that she couldn't do anything. 'Rose will go.' Alice said and I turned to her to see that she was having a vision. She came out of it and gave Zackary a small smile before turning to me. 'Everyone will say why they should and shouldn't go but in the end Rose will kind of yell that she wants to go. She really wants to safe her sister and best friend.' She explained, ending with a smug smile towards Rose.

'Well I guess we don't have to search any further, Rosalie's our girl.' Zackary stated. Rose took my hand and squeezed it in a comforting gesture. 'We'll find her, Jasper. I won't let anything happen to you or my sister.' She said. 'Or to myself.' She quickly added as Zackary scowled at her.

We started planning after this and practicing. Well, Zackary started practicing. Carlisle had thought about his whole "changing your appearance" thing and he was sure that, with a bit of practice, Zackary should be able to change the appearance of others as well. I wasn't a hundred percent confident that this was going to work but it had to. I didn't want to lose Melody and this was the only way we were going to get her back.

A week after we began planning we were ready. Zackary had drawn several maps of the castle we were going to infiltrate and Rosalie had studied them until we knew them by heart, so to speak. Zackary had mastered how to change others which had been interesting to see when he did it to several of us in the past week. We were standing in the backyard and Zackary was concentrating hard. I watched as Rosalie's changed right in front of my eyes. Her skin became a bit tanned, her eyes turned from gold to an aqua blue and her hair became a bit darker blond than her original vampire colour.

I was next and I could feel the tingling feeling that the change brought with it. I knew what I would look like now as he had done this before when he had told me to look in a mirror to see what he had done then. I had bright blue eyes, a normal human skin colour and my hair had a few streaks of brown in it. The most brilliant thing about the whole transformation was that whatever Zackary turned himself or in this case somebody else into was always complete. In this case both Rosalie and I had been turned into phoenixes which meant we had wings. Mine were a light brown with two rows of brown feather which were in the middle from top to bottom on both wings. Rosalie's were a red brown colour which matched perfectly with her hair. We wouldn't be able to fly as it was just an illusion but they sure looked amazing. I could feel Rosalie's pride at the wings on her back and chuckled lightly at this.

'Ready?' Zackary asked. We both nodded and each grabbed one of Zackary's hands. Even though we looked like phoenixes, wings and all, we didn't have the fire power a real phoenix had. Rosalie and I both linked our free hands so that we were standing in a small circle. 'Here we go.' Zackary said happily and before I could even say goodbye to our family a green fire erupted around us and everything disappeared.

Melody POV

The burning was strange but not painful. It was a sort of tingling feeling but that was it. When the fire finally disappeared I gasped as I took in the sight before me. I was standing in a very large, beautiful garden. It looked wonderful and I felt at ease in less than a second. I let myself fall backwards and closed my eyes, letting all the stress from the fight flow out of me.

'Are you enjoying yourself, young one?' My eyes snapped open and I jumped up and crouched down in the same second. A guy with wings was standing in front of me with a wry smile on his face. 'You cannot be here.' He said and he didn't leave any room for discussion. 'I'm sorry, I didn't know that. I was transported here and I couldn't do anything about it.' I told him. I might have sounded a bit too smug but I didn't care. The first bliss about the beautiful garden had left me by now and the fact that someone had transported me here against my will began to sink in.

Jasper? Where are you? I asked while keeping my eyes focussed on the guy before me. When Jasper didn't answer I tried again while sending him a bit of my frustration. Again I didn't get an answer and that's when I noticed I couldn't feel his emotions either. The only thing I could feel was peace and I was sure that where ever he was, he wasn't at peace. I had left him standing on the battlefield and as I couldn't contact him or he me, probably, he would be freaking out by now. 'You will have to leave, now.' The man in front of me stated and made to grab me. I quickly put my hand forward and used my power to stop him halfway. 'What the…' The man said but before he could do or say anything more I ran.

I had no idea whether the guy was following me or not but I didn't care. I had to get out of here as soon as possible and find a way back home. The first exit I saw was the one I took. I had no idea where this would lead me but it was at least something beyond that garden. After another few turns and twists I stopped and listened. I could hear people walking around and talking but none of them were running or sounding like they were searching for something… or someone in this case.

One lucky thing about this place was that I didn't have to hide my wings as everyone here seemed to be phoenixes. I continued on my way but at a normal pace this time so that I wouldn't draw any attention to myself. As I headed further into what seemed to be a castle I had to admit I kind of lost my way. I had taken too many turns when I was running and I had no idea how to get back outside again. 'Found you!' a familiar voice I didn't want to hear called from behind me.

Without turning to look around I raced off again down what seemed to be an endless corridor. Just my luck to get stuck in a place with no way to turn while someone was chasing me. When there finally was a door to go through I took my chance and ran through it. I quickly closed the door behind me and leaned against it while sighing loudly.

'Welcome, young one.' I jumped up and looked around to see where the new voice had come from. My eyes fell on a thrown on the other side of the room. On the thrown sat someone with jet black half long hair, piercing blue eyes, a crown on his head and jet black wings on his back. 'The Master.' I whispered but I knew he could hear me as his hearing was probably as good as mine. 'I see you've heard d of me.' The Master said as he slowly rose from his seat. 'Yes I've heard of you, but nothing good I assure you.' I spat as the Master came closer.

It was hard to think that this man was my uncle but Zackary had said he was. 'It took you a while to make your way home, didn't it?' my uncle asked as he walked closer. I took a step back and grabbed the door handle. As I tried to turn it I came to another realisation: The door had been locked from the outside. 'You don't have to be scared of me, my niece.' The Master continued. 'And here I thought that being locked in with a crazy man was something to be scared of.' I drawled sarcastically. To my surprise the Master just shook his head and chuckled lightly. 'My dear, I am not a crazy man. I'm your uncle and would therefore never hurt you. I would just like to meet you personally if that is alright with you of course.' He said all this as if this was all very normal and I couldn't help but question his sanity again.

I stood completely still as the Master came closer and shuddered slightly as he gave me a quick hug. 'I know this is all very sudden for you but don't worry, this is where you're supposed to be.' The Master told me sincerely as he pulled back and looked at me fondly. I could almost see the face of an uncle before me but his smile didn't reach his eyes which made me cautious. 'It will take some time for you to get used to your new home and family but I'm sure you'll be able to adjust nicely.' The Master continued. This statement shocked me and I stared at the phoenix in front of me as if he had grown an extra head.

'You're talking like you think I'm staying here a minute longer.' I snapped as I once again tried to open the door, using more of my strength this time. To my delight the handle moved a little bit and while keeping my eyes on my dear uncle I used all of my strength at once. The handle snapped in my hand but I wasn't discouraged by this. 'Now look what you did. I'll have to buy a new handle for my door.' The Master said while still smiling that creepy smile. 'I'm afraid you're going to have to buy more than just a handle Master.' I sneered his title at the same time as I pushed my hand backwards. The door creaked and flew backwards before crashing into the corridor wall with a satisfying crash.

I didn't wait for the Master to say anything more and just bolted right through the doorway and into the corridor. I didn't get far though, when I had taken about ten steps I stopped midstride and wasn't able to move a muscle. 'I was about to tell you about my powers but I guess you'll have to find out this way.' The Master said from behind me. I let out a hiss and tried with all my strength to free myself but to no avail. When the Master came walking around me from the right I followed him with my eyes and for once wished looks really could kill.

'My power is to copy the powers of other phoenixes to an extent. If you had run too far from me I wouldn't have been able to use your power against you but now, as you can see, I can. I can also summon a phoenix who has just come to use his or her fire power so that I can see who he or she is and what other power they have. ' I glared at the Master but didn't say anything. If he was going to get me to surrender this way he was mistaken. 'My other power is the power to read minds at will. I do so regularly with my subjects as I like to know that they are still loyal to me.' He chuckled at his own little joke but I couldn't see the humour in it. Edward had no choice but to hear the thoughts of others and apologized regularly for the intrusion but this idiot loved the fact that he could monitor the thoughts of others.

I just glared at him as he concentrated on something I couldn't see. A second later I knew what was happening and I prayed to whatever god would listen that my shielding power worked against the Master as well. The Master kept concentrating but after a few seconds his features turned into an angry grimace and finally he opened his eyes. 'It seems my power doesn't work on you… fascinating.' He mumbled, more to himself then to me. 'Serena!' He called then and before I could ask who that was a female phoenix appeared behind the Master. 'Yes Master.' She said in an extremely humble way while bowing her head low. 'Take the young one here to her room.' He told this Serena who just bowed and came to stand next to me. She grabbed my arm lightly and less than a second later I got control of my body again.

'Follow me, my lady.' Serena said and she tucked on my arm lightly as a sign that I should follow her. I gave my dear uncle another death glare before letting Serena pull me away. We walked down the corridor in silence and took a few turns along the way. After a few minutes we walked into a garden but this one was different from the one I had been in before. In this garden there were a lot more people just walking or sitting or having a conversation with each other. It all looked so normal that I was taken aback by it a little. 'My lady, we should keep moving.' Serena said a bit urgently. I snapped out of my daze and nodded. 'We'll have to fly for a bit, are you ready for that?' I snorted. 'Of course I'm ready to fly. I'm always ready to fly.' I told her without looking at her.

I spread my wings and launched myself into the air without waiting for Serena to catch up. The air was speeding past me and it felt amazing as the air was extremely clean here. I breathed in deeply as I heard Serena catch up with me. 'This way, my lady.' She said and flew off towards the north. I rolled my eyes at her constant humbleness and sped after her.

Serena didn't say a word the entire way and only glanced back once as if she was afraid I wouldn't be there anymore. We arrived at a tower on the north side of the castle a few minutes later, we had been flying at a slow pace, and Serena motioned for me to fly through a large window. I landed on a soft carpet and folded my wings on my back as Serena landed beside me and did the same. 'This will be your room from now on, my lady.' Serena said with a bow.

I nodded and looked around my prison. It had a fluffy looking bed, a wardrobe and a door which probably let to a bathroom. 'That door leads to the bathroom.' Serena said, confirming my thoughts. 'Please don't try to run away, my lady. The Master will not be pleased when you do so.' Serena explained and with one last bow she was gone. I sighed and sat down on the edge of the bed. This wasn't good at all. I was stuck in the world where my brother had come from and had been caught by my uncle who had apparently brought me here.

I tried contacting Jasper again but was once again met by silence and that same peaceful feeling as before. I figured that this probably had to do with the fact that I was in another world all together and so our link was useless. I could feel his presence somehow which gave me some comfort but it wasn't the same at all. A sigh escaped my lips as I let myself fall backwards on the bed, retracting my wings as I fell. 'What is troubling you, my lady?' My eyes snapped open and I sat up again to see Serena standing in my window. I took this opportunity to look at Serena properly for a moment. She had light blue eyes, platinum blond hair and her wings were snowy white. In short; she looked like an actual angel.

Serena cleared her throat then and I snapped out of my trance. 'What's troubling me is that I'm stuck here with no way out any time soon and the fact that I can't reach my mate through our link.' I was snapping at the end of my rant and could see that Serena was leaning back a bit. I calmed myself down a bit and gave Serena a small smile. It wasn't her fault I was here but the Master's fault. 'My lady… can I come in?' Serena asked hesitantly. I nodded and motioned for her to sit down beside me. She looked shocked by this but recovered quickly and sat down next to me.

I couldn't understand why Zackary hadn't liked Serena. She was a nice woman who was only being humble because of the status I apparently had here. 'My lady I―' I held up my hand to silence her and her eyes grew big with fear. I quickly put my hand down and gave her a reassuring smile. 'I just wanted to say you can call me Melody instead of "my lady" all the time.' I told her lightly. To my surprise Serena started shaking her head violently. 'I can't… he won't let me.' She whispered. I took her head lightly between my hands to stop her from shaking it and looked her in her eyes. 'You have my permission to call me by my given name.' I told her.

'But― 'No buts. It's an order.' I said smugly. 'My la… Melody, we aren't allowed to call you by the name the vampires have given you.' Serena said in a whisper. 'What?' I shrieked as I jumped up and started pacing in front of the bed, my anger from before having returned full force. 'What the hell is that all about? I have a name so why can't anyone use it? Is it because a vampire gave me my name? Well, I've got news for my dear uncle, my mate gave me my name and I sure as hell am not going to change it.' I was breathing heavily at the end of my rant by the anger which was now raging through my body. I had to get out of here and fast but I wasn't able to do this alone.

I turned to Serena again when an idea came to me. 'I have no idea how to teleport myself out of here but you do.' I stated. 'You can transport me, can't you?' I asked hopefully. Serena shook her head sadly, 'I'm sorry. I'm not powerful enough to transport anyone with me.' She told me. I thought about that for a moment before another idea came to me. 'You could teach me how to teleport!' I exclaimed happily. 'No… I couldn't… the Master…' Serena trailed off as I waved my hand dismissively at her. 'We'll do it in secret. Don't ask me why but I think my dear uncle can't read my mind. I'll talk to him about you becoming my personal assistant to help me adjust here which would mean you won't have to go near him again. He won't be able to read your mind and you'll be safe from his wrath when you call me by my name as he won't hear it to begin with.' I was rambling by now but I didn't care. I had thought of a plan to help me get back to my Jasper and a way to help Serena get away from the Master for at least a little bit. I had no idea whether she wanted to come with me the moment I would be able to go back but I'd find out soon enough.

I went to see the Master soon after I had convinced Serena to go along with my plan. He had welcomed me and seemed pleased that I wanted to do my best to fit in and that I had become friends with Serena already. He kept calling me "young one" and "my dear niece" and even said he would think of a proper name to call me by. I gritted my teeth as he said he would call me once he thought of a suitable name but I didn't say anything. Any resistance could mean more security which I really didn't need. He did tell me one thing I was very pleased with. It appeared that the garden I had been transported to before was the north garden which was only for those of the royal family. As I was one of those royals I was allowed to go there and because Serena was to help me with everything she was allowed as well as long as she was with me.

We spend most of our time in the secluded garden and only got into trouble the first time we were there. The guy who had chased me before saw us landing in the garden and ran to meet us. He had wanted to kick us out again but this time I stood my ground. I told him my name to which he responded with a snort. He told me he didn't know who I was so I had rolled my eyes at him and told him I was the nameless niece of the Master. He had wanted to verify this and had flown off only to return ten minutes later with a face the colour of a ripe tomato. He was stammering an apology before hurrying off again to stand guard at the entrance of the garden while Serena and I went to the other side so that we wouldn't be overheard by the sensitive phoenix hearing of the friendly guard.

Serena and I practised several things during our time in the garden and we soon became good friends. Serena told me all about her life and how her mother had also been a seer but had died about three-hundred years ago. She also explained that she and Zackary, or master Zackary as she called him, had once been good friends, but that it had all changed when she had predicted his Mother's death. He had blamed her for it even though he knew that it wasn't Serena's fault. Serena had to laugh a bit when I told her he was mated to a vampire seer now.

'Talk about ironic.' Serena giggled as she threw rocks at me from a great distance. 'I know, but he and Alice are really happy so I guess he got over the whole "someone who sees the future is a pain in the ass" thing.' I replied while shooting small fireballs at the rocks which destroyed them before they were halfway towards me. 'Maybe, but Alice didn't predict his mother's death.' Serena said and she sounded a bit sad. I blasted the last rocks out of the air and ran to her side. 'I'll talk to Zack about it the moment we get out of here.' I promised her. She gave me a small smile and I hugged her tight.

Yesterday Serena had told me she wanted to come with me once I could teleport and it made me unbelievably happy. I had been afraid to leave her behind once I learned how to teleport as the Master would surely find out she had helped me. I let go of Serena and let myself fall down on the grass. The sky was its usual blue though the evening clouds were making their appearance on the horizon.

A thing I had learned from my stay here was that there was a weather controlling phoenix here. He made sure that the days were filled with sunshine and that the rain would only come at night. The phoenix who was responsible for this was called Damian but I had only met him once. Serena had taken me to him after she had explained his power to me. I had taken pity on Damian the moment I saw him. He was sitting in a small tower chamber with glass walls and had to concentrate all the time. The moment he lost focus he lost control of his gift which meant the clouds would arrive too early. Damian had strict orders from the Master to keep the clouds away during the day which made me hate my uncle even more. I had vowed then and there to myself that I would take Damian away from here as soon as I could.

'We should head back, Mel.' Serena said, breaking through my stroll down memory lane. 'Just a few more minutes.' I mumbled while keeping my eyes closed. Serena sighed but didn't argue with me. I felt myself doze off a bit when a voice pierced through my thoughts. Melody! I bolted upright, my eyes wide and hope filling my heart. 'Jasper.' I whispered.

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