Freedom of Choice 20

As the wind blew in her hair, Amelia closed her eyes as she had her arms wrapped around Jasper's waist. It was the first time she was on the back of a motorcycle, it was amazing. She hoped that once she leveled out during her newborn phase, Jasper would teach her. But until then, she would enjoy holding onto his body. Enjoying the peace that came with being on the back of a bike, it gave Amelia time to think back on the last 24 hours.

*MEMORY*

The sounds of things breaking startled Amelia awake, as she sat up in the bed and tried to get her brain to calibrate with the noise, she quickly got up and wrapped the sheets around her, not knowing where Jasper was, she pulled her gift forward and descended the stairs, moving as quietly she could, not knowing what or who was in the house, as she hit the bottom floor, she hugged the wall, stepping as quietly as she could, taking slow deep breath, she entered towards the living room. Not given the opportunity to get a clear view before a piano came flying towards her. Jumping out of the way, she used her gift to deflect it, once she rolled past the debris she threw her power out to knock whatever was in the next room.

Hearing a loud shriek, Amelia gripped her sheets and pushed herself forward, she jumped over the chunks of piano, and found a very pissed off looking blonde vampire. Not even giving the vampire a second, Amelia surrounded her with the bubble, constricting it, she heard the sound of her vampire flesh cracking under the pressure, her loud cry of pain helped Amelia focus herself, squeezing a little harder she could see the fracture lines on the vampire's face. "I'll only ask you this once, who the fuck are you, and why are you here?"

For a millisecond she half expected the vampire to not say a word, but as she increased the pressure on the bubble, the woman spoke, fearfully. GOOD!

"I'm Irina Denali, I'm here because Esme is trying to take Edward to the Volturi, and I wasn't going to allow it, but he's gone, she's gone." she broke down.

Not letting up, Amelia searched her mind for the name. Vaguely remembering Peter talking about the other veggie vamps. "Why does it matter what Esme does with her coven mate? He violated several vampire laws, and I know that he doesn't have a mate, so why are you destroying a friend's home for a boy?"

Irina stared at the human in front of her, she didn't expect this, first the wolves killed Laurant protecting that human girl, now Edward is being punished because of her. She hated that human. She could smell her all over this house, and she was enraged. "Too many vampires have suffered because of that human slut of his. My Laurant was killed here because of her, now Edward is being given away for her. She deserves to die."

Looking over at her, "Are you fucking serious? Your boyfriend died because he was spying on her for his coven mate Victoria, he was lying to you, you dumb bitch. Secondly Edward is a self serving piece of shit, he had no interest in you, only her, she was his singer, his obsession. You are pathetic."

Screaming out in rage, Irina made a move but no matter how much she tried she was held down. How could a human have such power? It wasn't fair.

Amelia knew she couldn't keep her in the bubble forever, she didn't want to kill her yet, she needed Jasper, or Esme. Anyone that could reach her coven. But her phone was in her room, so doing the only thing she could think of, walking backwards she dragged Irina with her, using her gift to get her to float a couple feet above the floor so that she wouldn't damage the house any further. It took some time to get up the stairs to her room, but it was what was needed. Finally reaching her room, she quickly moved towards the night stand and grabbed the phone. Quickly finding Jasper's number she dialed. 2 rings, and he answered.

"Jasper, I have a problem, Irina Denali is here and she was attempting to destroy the house. I have her contained, but I'd really like to kill her. Can you get home soon, because I'm really tempted."

"I'll be right there." With that she hung up.

Irina was beyond pissed, but she knew that Jasper wouldn't hurt her. "You've made a mistake human, Jasper Hale would never hurt me. He's a family friend." she said tauntingly.

Amelia shrugged, "Perhaps he is, but he's my mate bitch, and if I really wanted him to he would. So I'd watch your mouth."

Her golden eyes were huge, Jasper had a mate? What happened to Alice? Getting lost in thoughts, it didn't take long for the sound of roaring to be heard in the house, it was inherently feminie.

That wasn't what either woman expected. After a second, "WHO WRECKED MY HOUSE!?"

Amelia smirked at the vampire in front of her, "ESME, I'm in my room with Irina Denali. She was mad that you're giving Edward away."

Esme zipped in the room in a flash, her eyes were black with rage. "YOU DARE COME TO MY HOME, AND BREAK THINGS? FOR EDWARD?"

You didn't need to be an empath to feel the rage coming off of Esme. If she didn't know that her rage was directed towards this vampire in front of her, Amelia would have been terrified. Nothing is more dangerous than a vampire on the verge of snapping.

Irina was shaking, in the many years she's known Esme, not once has she ever heard her raise her voice. All she could do was stare in fear at the woman in front of her.

Esme watched as Irina shook in fear. "I asked you a question, you succubus whore. You'd risk your life for him?"

Looking up from the floor, her voice shook, "I…. " taking a breath, "He's being punished for a human. That isn't fair. I thought you'd left, and when I got here, all I could smell was her."

"So you thought it prudent to destroy my home?" Esme asked. Shaking her head she grabbed her phone, and made a call. After a couple rings a male voice answered.

"Good afternoon Esme, how are you on this fine day?" he asked.

Irina's eyes bulged. This was not going as well as she thought.

Esme stared at the blonde bitch, "Eleazar, not well. Your coven mate is here, she attempted to destroy my home. I am well within my rights to kill her. I should kill her."

He couldn't help but gasp in fear, "Esme, please. I don't think it would be necessary to kill her. Please. We are family. I'll be down within the day to resolve this issue. Tell Carlisle to expect me."

She laughed darkly, "Carlisle is dead Eleazar, he was going to betray us against the newborns, he wasn't my mate so no big loss there. I'm going to give you and your coven until tomorrow to get here, if you are not here for her, she'll be killed. I will not have a rogue vampire threatening me or my allies." With that Esme hung up.

Looking down at the blonde in front of her. "Don't think because I'm willing to hear your coven out, you will not be killed." Looking over at Amelia, "Where is Jasper?"

"He's on his way, I believe he and Garrett are taking care of Bella's life here in Forks." She answered.

Esme nodded. "And Bella? Garrett?" she asked.

"If they completed their task of ending her life, they will be on the move, and headed towards Peter and Char." Not wanting to give any further details in front of the Denali bitch.

Before anything further could be discussed, Jasper entered the house, "Amelia, where are you?"

"In my room with Esme" she retorted.

He quickly entered the room, he immediately went to his mate, carefully checking her over, once he was satisfied that she wasn't harmed. His eyes turned towards the blonde. While he was watching her, he was speaking with Amelia. "Why?"

Keeping her hands in his, "She's upset that her boyfriend died because he tried to eat Bella, now she's upset that Esme is giving Edward to the Volturi. She's a threat to Bella. Esme called her leader, they will be here by tomorrow, if not, Esme said to kill her. Which I will more than happily do."

His eyes found Esme. "Good, I'll put her in the cellar with her beloved Edward." Turning towards his mate, "Please release her."

Nodding her understanding, she released Irina, Jasper quickly incapicated her and tore her into pieces, as he finished he brought her body down into the cellar.

Amelia looked over at Esme as Jasper left, "I'm sorry about your home Esme, I was sleeping when I heard the banging, I did what I could to stop her."

Walking over to her friend. "Do not be sorry my dear, if you weren't here or as gifted as you are it could have been much worse. So go get dressed, I'll make you breakfast." With that Esme zipped out of the room.

Looking over at her suitcase, she quickly grabbed a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, once done she put on her boots. Heading down the stairs she walked to the kitchen and found Esme making some waffles and Jasper sitting at the counter. "Everything good?" she asked him.

"It's fine my dove, she's secure in several metal boxes." Reaching for her, he gave her a deep kiss. "I'm glad that you're safe, you dear are very impressive."

"I concur, you'll make an exceptional vampire my dear." Esme said. Putting down the food in front of her. She took her leave, she needed to pack her things, tonight she would be taking Edward to Volterra. She was excited, in all her years, Carlisle would never take her to the vampire capital, she never understood his reasoning for it, but it no longer mattered, because in this new life she was going to find herself as a vampire. Entering her old room she once shared with Carlisle she stripped the bed, and packed all her clothes, she already had her most prized possessions put away, anything that was his, she already donated. Once her room was cleaned and prepped, she headed back downstairs with her bags and quickly got her things into the trunk of her car. Heading back inside she could see that Amelia was finishing up her dish and washing it.

Amelia looked up and could see that she was watching. "What's up Esme?" she asked her friend

"Oh nothing dear, I'm almost done shutting down the house, about to drive to the airfield and make my way to Italy. Unless of course you can Jasper need my assistance with the Denali clan?"

"There's no need Esme," Jasper said, "It's time for you to find yourself, enjoy your new found freedom. Amelia and I will handle the Denali's." Giving her a big hug, "I've taken care of Edward he's secured, it should be enough to get him to Italy without much fuss." Jasper stepped back.

"I hope while you're there you have some time with Marcus, and point you towards your mate. You've been a wonderful person, I look forward to seeing you again." Amelia hugged her. "We'll call you once the Denali shit is handled, and once we are secure in our new home for our change."

If the tears could fall, Esme would be balling. She loved how things definitely changed in her life, but was grateful that she wasn't going to be alone in this world. She'd always have her family. With another quick hug, Esme took off towards Seattle. Hopefully that the next chapter of her life will be amazing.

Watching Esme leave the house, Amelia looked towards Jasper. "She'll be OK in Volterra, right?"

Pulling her towards his chest, "Of course my love, she'll be fine." Walking hand in hand towards the couch, he settled down and pulled into his lap. "Bella is on her way towards Maine, everything went well, we just finished up when you called."

"Oh that's great, I'm glad that she's on her way. Is she going to be changed right away?" Amelia was curious.

Chuckling into her ear, "No, '' she said and I quote, "If I have to suffer through this burn, I want Amelia with me too."

Amelia couldn't help but laugh, "Well, I don't know how to feel about that, I guess I'll go with flattery." Honestly she was flattered, having someone actually go through the change with you inherently made the horrible process seem better. "Peter explained that the pain was almost unbearable, I would be lying if I didn't admit I was a little scared of the process."

Purring into her ear, he understood, he didn't remember much from his change, but he did remember the burn. "It's 100% natural to be terrified, and I'll do everything in my power to make it as quick as possible." That was the only part about the change that he was nervous about, he didn't want to hurt his mate, but it was the only way.

Looking down at her mate, "Don't do that Jasper, it's the only way for the change. All I ask is that when we start my change, I wanna be very much in the middle of a great orgasm. You do that, I'll tolerate the 3 days."

Jasper couldn't help but laugh at his mate. "For you my darlin' dove, anything."

For the rest of the day they spent their time either wrapped up in each other or watching some movies. Amelia enjoyed her alone time with Jasper, she knew that in the coming year, she would have Bella and Garrett around, Peter and Char would stick around for a while, but they loved traveling.

By the time the sun rose the next day, Jasper had already cleaned up the remainder of the house. While the Forks home would be shut down for at least 50 plus years, he didn't want Esme to have more than the basic maintenance to deal with. As he finished boarding up the upstairs rooms, he could hear the running of feet, turning his attention towards the sound, he smiled. I guess the Denali's took Esme's threat seriously. Zipping upstairs he could see that Amelia had already packed everything she owned fit in her backpack. "The Denali's are almost here. Let's go meet them and finish this. By the time we meet up again, Bella won't be so breakable." Tossing her over his shoulder, he zipped downstairs to meet Eleazar as he and his family entered the house.

Placing Amelia down, Jasper stood at his full 6'3 height. "I'm glad you took Esme's word."

Amelia stood behind Jasper bringing her gift forward, she knew that one of these women had a gift of shock, she needed to make sure that she wasn't able to touch Jasper or herself. Having the bubble surrounding the two of them, she felt a bit safer, but it never made her lose focus. She could see that they were trying to figure out the situation they were in.

"Jasper, I expected Esme to be here. Where is she?" Eleazar asked.

This made Amelia bristle. For too long those around Jasper assumed that he was this push over. I guess it was true, Alice did a very good job of keeping him compliant. But that old Jaspe was dead.

Feeling his mate's emotions, he was slightly amused that her underlying emotion was an insult. It made him grateful that there was someone that would always be on his side. Turning his attention towards the Denali clans. They were a mix of anger, distrust, fear. "Esme left with Edward, they should be in Volterra now. I'm here to determine if I should release your sister. She's a danger to my coven mate, Bella. I will not handle anyone threatening my coven."

The two other blondes screamed and demanded their sister. Eleazar attempted to calm them down, even Carmen tried. Jasper smirked and sent his power out, causing them all to yell out in pain. "SILENCE!" he yelled.

Staring at the clan in front of him, he looked directly at the two blondes, "YOU DO NOT DEMAND ANYTHING FROM ME, I AM MAJOR JASPER WHITLOCK." Turning his attention towards the leader. "You control your coven Eleazar, or I will. You are not in your territory, you know the rules, and I am surprised you have not explained that."

Eleazar was surprised that while he knew that Jasper was a powerful empath, he never experienced the raw power. Nodding his understanding, he and his coven carefully stood. "We are sorry Jasper, we did not know that Bella was part of your coven. Irina has been devastated at the loss of Laurant, she has not been thinking clearly." Taking a look at the young woman behind Jasper, he could tell that she was a very powerful Telekinetic. He's never felt such raw power. "I promise that we will bring her home, and keep her there until well after Bella's change." Turning towards her sisters, "You girls know the law, are you willing to fight because your sister can't handle herself?"

Kate stared down at Jasper, then at Eleazar, while she would do a lot for her sisters, she wouldn't fight a powerful coven for no reason. "No, I will not. I will personally guard her until we get confirmation that your humans have been changed, after that, if she continues to cross the line she is at the mercy of your coven."

Tanya gasped. "Kate? Are you serious? She's our sister."

"Yes, our sister, but I am not dying for her bad decisions. Laurant betrayed her by coming to this area without her knowledge. He wasn't her mate. She came here because she didn't like Edward being sent to the Volturi, that wasn't her place, she was throwing a temper tantrum." Kate growled towards her sister.

Tanya took a moment to think, sighing, "You're correct, the wolves were just protecting a human, it wouldn't have mattered if it was the Swan girl or another, a red eyed vampire was about to hunt a human." She turned towards Jasper, "I will watch over her until the change is completed, like Kate, if anything happens after that, while I love my sister, we try to respect the laws of our kind."

Jasper could feel the truth in their words. His eyes turned briefly to his mate, silently asking her opinion. She sent him her acceptance of his decision. "Fine. We are leaving now, her body is in the cellar, she'll need to hunt," stepping towards Eleazar, "I trust you at your word. Do not cross me. I will not be so merciful next time." With that Jasper backed away from the clan in front of him, when they zipped towards the cellar, he turned and grabbed Amelia and headed towards the garage. Opening the garage door he took Amelia to the Ducati, as he mounted it he turned to his mate and indicated to get on. Once he felt her wrap her hands around his waist he took off. It was time to make it to the airfield and head to Maine.

*END MEMORY*

Amelia stretched her body as she dismounted the bike, while Jasper hauled ass down to Seattle, it didn't take the normal 3 hours to get here, but sitting in that position for 2 hours made her body stiff. Looking at the jet in front of her, she turned to her mate, "Do you need to hunt before we leave?"

Jasper finished loading their things into the plane, "No my love. I'm still good." Taking her by the hand he walked them into the plane. Sitting down on the leather seats, it wasn't long before the jet was taxiing down the runway. It didn't take long for the plane to reach altitude and level out. Picking her up from her seat Jasper whisked her into the back cabin.

She looked around, and smiled, "Am I about to join the mile high club?" She teased.

With a feral growl, he pounced on her, pinning her to the mattress. "Why yes, my dear, I do believe so."

For the remainder of the flight, Jasper and Amelia focused solely on the other, it was going to be the last time in probably a year before they would be able to do such things again. Neither one was willing to miss the opportunity, because in the next couple days, Amelia and Bella would be starting their journey as vampires.