A/N – Sorry for the delay, spent lots of time working on chapters after this so they match what's in this chapter, plus also spent extra time working on the lemony goodness that is Bella and Jasper.
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DISCLAIMER - ALL CHARACTERS BELONG TO STEPHANIE MEYERS.
STORYLINE BELONGS TO ME.
I wake up to the feel of Jaspers arms cradling me to his chest and the babies kicking around a soccer ball, or at least that's what it felt like. As I come more fully awake their last kick prompts a replay of the visions from yesterday during the storm or at least the ones that are in the future.
Jasper and Emmett as they rip the limbs off the red haired woman who killed Charlie while I watch ……Jasper holding the babies in each of his arms as he smiles proudly
Jasper cradling me in arms as we make love for the first time after I give birth…….Biting me at the height of our passionate embrace…..Jasper whispering how much he loves me as I burn in my transformation for one day
Looking into a mirror as a vampire transformed and happy……watching my children playing in the forest as we all hunt….Alice reconciling with the family after her time away
Edward angry at my form of justice……Edward going to the Volturri…… men in white robes....Jacob starring entranced at my baby daughter as she reaches up and pulls on a lock of his hair
Charlie's house being torn down by a tornado……a memorial being held at the newly built park where Charlie's house stood, with a monumental stone in remembrance of Charlie…….. Jacob and my children becoming the best of friends as the pack surround us in the backyard at a barbeque…..Jacob standing at the door in a tuxedo as he watches someone come down the stairs.
I still find it odd that I can't fully control the visions – whether they are past, present or future, although Charlie told me before he died that they come and go without showing me what the time chronicle would be. Charlie….and as I think about him, the concrete stone and metal walls that I erected to keep the majority of the grief at bay collapses as the flood of tears that I have been holding back start running down my face.
Throughout it all Jasper simply holds me gently, rubbing his hand up and down my back soothingly letting me have the time I need to grief for Charlie, for the life that is gone, for him not being able to watch his grandchildren grow up, for not being able to walk me down the aisle when I get married, for not being able to hold his grandchildren in his arms and for everything else that was taken away from him.
I cry for the loss of the last biological parent that I would ever have, for not being able to get a chance to say a proper goodbye, I cry because even though I am not at fault for my inability to control the outcomes of others I was one of the catalysts that caused his death.
And then out of nowhere a sense of peace washes over me before my abdomen is wracked by sharp pains and I scream as I feel my stomach extend some more to accommodate the babies growing inside of me. I look down and watch as my stomach gets bigger and bigger as Jasper watches in fear unable to do anything but hold my hand while the family rushes into the room.
I look up to see Carlisle rushing in with a sonogram machine, working feverishly to get it plugged up and situated before he comes over to the bed and sits on it. I lay back panting as my stomach distends to look like I am at full term and ready to give birth.
I look frantically at Carlisle as I gasp out, "Carlisle what's happening? They've been kicking up a storm since I woke up and the last kick replayed the visions I had yesterday during the thunderstorm."
"Bella, did anything happen during the thunderstorm? Carlisle and I watched you get struck by lightning several times with no outward sign of injury."
Taking a deep breath I gasp quietly, "I invoked Athena, Goddess of War and Chaos; I am a reincarnation of her. My family is descended from her and for generations has worshipped her as their Wiccan Goddess, Charlie and my grandmother told me that I would invoke her after my 18th birthday to fully come into my powers."
Jasper cradles me in his arms as I take several more deep breaths actually feeling the babies growing bigger with ever breathe. My hand tightens in his as I am hit with my first contraction before Carlisle has even done a sonogram; I grit my teeth trying to breathe through the pain of another contraction.
Speaking out loud, "It appears in my grief that I forgot I was pregnant and the powers enveloped all three of us, exposing the babies to Athena's powers as well."
Taking a measuring tape Carlisle measure's my belly coming to the conclusion that I am now full term, considering for another moment before saying, "Maybe the added power boost of invoking Athena caused the babies growth to accelerate increasing your pregnancy exponentially, which explains why you're now almost at nine months."
Before we can talk more Jasper's phone rings and he looks at the caller ID to see Jacob's name.
"Yes, Jacob."
"Where?" he asks glancing at me then at the rest of the family before turning his attention back to the conversation, trying to get as much information as possible.
"I'm sorry…..Alright….no I won't…..yes, I'll going to tell her… because she deserves to know" Jasper snaps before closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose in agitation.
"I realize that…but if….would you…let the pack know…Yes, we're coming out in force…we'll meet you there…..NO!...because there's been a change in her status…..she's closer…..any day now……Fine! Then come here and explain it to her yourself" Jasper snaps again before flipping the phone shut.
He takes a deep breath and says without opening his eyes, "Victoria has returned with reinforcement, James is not with her but she returned to the house after following Bella's scent from the cliff. The wolves were out on patrol when two of the young ones came across her scent close to the reservation; they attempted to chase after her and were killed by several of the newborns that are with her."
As soon as he said Victoria's name I flinched then inhaled sharply as the Goddess power in me shot through my body seeking an outlet for the rage that threatened to engulf me. I tried to hold it back as I asked Jasper in a voice bordering on hysteria and cold fury, "Who was killed?"
Jasper inhales sharply taking in my emotions as he doubles over in pain before looking at me, "Bella?"
"Who?!?!" I roar in fury as I titter on the edge of reason.
"Embry and Marco" Jasper says reaching out as if to touch me arm while trying to send me powerful waves of calmness and serenity.
I vaguely hear Jasper still talking as I blink and appear at the door hearing everyone gasp in surprise as they all look at me shocked. I turn around to face them ignoring Jaspers sharp intake of breath as he feels the black hole of rage coursing through me then he whispers, "Athena."
"Yes, I am Athena, Goddess of War and Chaos" I hear my voice say as I listen from down a long tunnel. "I am here to help with the attack that is coming; Bella is safe as are your children Jasper. Come we must prepare ourselves, Bella does not wish harm to come to any more of her loved ones."
Athena claps her hands shooting light envelops the room as it disappears to be replaced by the field where the Cullens play baseball.
Jasper POV
One minute we are in the guest bedroom of the Cullen house and the next minute we are all standing in the field where we play baseball. Bella, still under the power of Athena, bends down and places her hands on the ground with her eyes closed as she murmurs something then white light shoots from her hands in all directions for 100 feet.
Just then the wolves come into the clearing growling and snarling, but somehow sense the power being contained in Bella and lower their heads submissively at the sight of her.
"Come forth Alphas" she commands rubbing her hands together, while I watch as a smoke billows from her hands before she places them on Sam and Jacob. I watch as she closes her eyes murmuring to them then gasp in shock as they both disappear as well as the rest of the pack. I look at her in shock before stepping back as something large brushes up against me and I turn to see nothing there.
Right then Victoria and 50 newborns walk into the clearing spreading out to try and outflank us as we do the same. I stand to the right side of Bella as Emmett takes her left with the rest of the family flanking us and backing us up.
Athena steps forward and offers, "Step forth Victoria and surrender to face justice for the lives of Charlie, Embry and Marco. The others you've created need not be destroyed for your mistaken vengeance. Bella is not the mate of Edward but the mate of Jasper, if you attack neither you nor the ones that you travel with will be shown any mercy."
I watch as Victoria considers the information the snarls, "Pregnant are you. ATTACK! But leave her for me, you will taste delicious with the babies blood as an added bonus."
I growl ferociously as Emmett and the rest of the family snarls and snap their teeth.
"Unfortunately for you Victoria, yours and your army will be the only deaths here tonight."
The vampires spread out, some springing at us while others stalk towards us on the ground as Athena says ignite taking out 20 of the newborns, smiling when they light up like Christmas trees.
Victoria hesitates when she hears their shrieks of pain and watches them go up in flames, wondering why she is not aflame since she is still on the ground. Victoria glances back at Athena to see her smiling wickedly at her, Victoria snarls before charging her then shrieks when she hits something hard and flies back landing hard on the ground.
Just then she roars in rage seeing the newborns being taken down one, two at a time by the family and nothing but air, she looks around frantically trying to figure out what happening. Standing up she rushes at Athena but stops upon seeing Edward standing at the edge of the field, his appearance distracts her enough for Emmett and I flank her and hold her still.
Edward looks at Bella in anger before disappearing into the woods without another glance at Victoria. Victoria continues to struggle against the hold that Emmett and Jasper have on her as she watches the vampires that killed Embry and Marco are corralled into a circles by an invisible force.
It's not until Athena whispers some words that the werewolves appear again surrounding the vampires who killed their two friends. Before Victoria or the family could blink the werewolves are ripping them to shreds, glorying in the carnage and vengeances they were enacting for their fallen pack mates. By this time the family had taken care of the rest and were setting fires to burn the left over's.
Victoria screams her rage as she sees her army destroyed and Bella still standing, but what also enrages her is Edward's abandonment since that was what really started her on the warpath.
"Your army is destroyed as will you be" Athena says as Victoria looks around frantically realizing that this is indeed her end right before Emmett and I rip her to shreds and toss her on the bonfire.
Just as we finish with Victoria the family goes around collecting the remains of the rest with the wolves, then Bella gasps in pain and shock as Athena releases her and her water breaks. I catch her just in time before she crumbles to the ground feeling the contraction ripple through her stomach as Carlisle rushes to us, "We need to get her back to the house, RIGHT NOW!"
Emmett and Rose offer to stay behind and finish up as Bella receives a vision.
Edward is going to the Volturri to seek help in breaking the spell. They'll be surprised to see him in the state he's in, more so because they've never come across a vampire with his soul intact and they will want to know the story about what happened.
They'll be disappointed in his threat to kill Charlie, but more concerned about a witch who is able to place such a spell on a vampire. They find it disturbing and unconventional and will coming to see Bella, Edward also tells them about her being pregnant and they want the babies to see what kind of power they might have.
They'll come under the façade of friendship because of Carlisle but when Bella refuses to join them as well as protecting her babies; they don't take the news very well
Bella gasps, "Alice have you had any visions? Have you seen any of what I saw?"
Alice replies softly, "I only saw the part about Edward going to the Volturri. But my vision included them allowing him to stay so their people can look over him, they won't send anyone for awhile, I believe we at least have until the end of the school year. I'll have to postpone my trip so I can help in the confrontation with them."
Bella POV
"NO!" I growl out, "That is exactly what Edward would want, as well as the Volturri. There will be no confrontation because as soon as the babies are born we will be leaving as well. I will blanket Forks and not even Edward will be able to find his way back."
"Edward does not want you getting better because then you will be able to see everything. Your power is just beginning Alice and once you transition through your pain, you will understand what I am talking about."
"Bella what…" Alice starts to ask but another painful contraction rips through my body as blood gushes down my legs.
"Jasper" I whisper, "something's wrong with the babies" as I wrap my arms around my abdomen and double over in pain.
"Bella" Jasper gasps out but before anyone can say anything else he has scooped me up into his arms and starting running as fast as he can to the house. I have lost so much blood that by the time we get back to the house the babies are in extreme distress, I am fully dilated and Jasper is frantically trying to keep me awake. The rest of the family has been kept from the house as I give birth to my two children.
"NO! Please don't leave me, Darlin'. Don't leave me and the children" Jasper begs as Carlisle works frantically to deliver the babies as Jasper holds me up so I can use all my strength to push. Carlisle calls Rose and Esme to help with taking care of the babies while he and Jasper work to keep me alive.
I hear the first cry of my son as Carlisle hands him off Rosalie and then I push again slumping back in exhaustion as I hear the first cry of my daughter. I have lost so much blood and I am so tired that I close my eyes not realizing that the blackness has sucked me in.
I hear Carlisle and Jasper talking from a distance as Carlisle tells him that he can't stop the flow of blood and that I am hemorrhaging badly. All I'm thinking is this was not how it's supposed to happen, we were supposed to be making love when he changes me.
Jasper does the only thing he can think of to keep me with him and I feel a slight pain as he bites me deep on my neck sucking a little blood before flooding my system with as much venom as possible. He bites me again on my wrists, my ankles and the inside of my thighs wincing as I start screaming in pain as my body starts burning from the venom.
Jasper and Carlisle gasp and I feel the bed lift when my skin literally starts burning with fire and I levitate in the air as I am engulfed in a ball of fire. Luckily for them, the flames are contained to solely me as I open my eyes to see the love of my life from the fog of flames dancing in front of my eyes.
Jasper sits on the floor in shock as he watches me burn for the first couple of hours until Esme and Rosalie bring our children back so that he can hold them and get to know his children.
Jasper cradles a child in each of his arms, his face a mixture of joy, awe and love as he realizes that he actually has gotten to do something that he never thought would be possible – to be a father.
Jasper I call mentally; he will bear your name proudly – Jasper Charles Whitlock, Jr. and our daughter Airic Athena Whitlock. I wanted you to be able to have your name continue on with your son, I hope you don't mind.
Jasper looks up from the babies and says, "I am proud of his name and honored that you want our son to have it."
"What are you naming them?" asks Rose as the rest of the family comes into the room while Esme quickly changes the bedding on the bed listening to us talk.
Jasper stands up and turns to the family formally introducing his children, "I would like you guys to meet my son Jasper Charles Whitlock, Jr. and my daughter Airic Athena Whitlock."
Junior is an exact mini me of Jasper right down to his tuffs of blond hair, the only thing he got from me is my cheek bones and my eyes, while Airic looks exactly like the Goddess Athena, with Jasper's hair and my eyes.
Carlisle and Esme look on proudly as Rose and Emmett look back with a look of sorrow on their faces as they wonder about the vision that I told them about.
Turning my head to them I tell them, "Have you prepared yourselves to welcome your new one. She will be coming sooner than you think."
Rosalie gasps in happiness as she realizes that her becoming a mother is still going to happen.
"When?" she asks excitedly, trying to refrain from jumping up and down.
"Two days" I say as I close my eyes and project the image of her and Emmett for the room to see.
It's the midnight shift and Carlisle is walking into work when he discovers her. She's newly born and still has her umbilical cord attached and knowing how much you wanted a child before you were turned, he brings her home to you.
Rose is cradling a baby in a pink bundle as Emmett grins with his arm around her shoulder and the baby cooing at him as she grips one of his fingers. Catarina Rose McCarty Emmett whispers as Rosalie looks up at him eyes brimming with unshed tears.
I burn for another 18 hours with my eyes closed as I listen to everything in the house and outside for a 50 mile radius.
Just then Jasper gasps as he looks at the babies; I open my eyes to see Junior and Airic have grown to look like 1 year olds, and they are slowly walking up to the ball of fire that I am levitating in. Just as Jasper reaches out to grab them back I look at him and mentally tell him Jasper its okay, they are fine and will help me with the final stage of my transformation.
At this he steps back to watch as Junior and Airic place their hands into the fire which then turns orange yellow before going out as I close my eyes and hiss tilting my head back as the power is shared between the three of us. The babies pull their hands back as Junior goes to sit down in Jaspers lap and Airic walks through the bubble of power and floats up to me where I cradle her in my arms.
Immediately upon contact with her my whole appearance changes, I am dressed in a simple red colored frock and it does not look like I have given birth to two children not does it look like I hemorrhaged lots of blood. I float down to lay in the bed with Airic cradled in my arms, both of our eyes closed, smiling as I hear Junior say his first words, "Come on Daddy" as he stands up and pulls Jasper towards the bed where he climbs up the side and lays down next to me with his head on my leg as Jasper lays down next to him in shocked silence.
At seeing the quietness of the moment and also realizing that my transformation is complete, the family leaves the room quietly heading downstairs to the living room while Carlisle and Esme head towards his study so Carlisle can make a few phone calls.
"I'll explain everything later Jasper," I tell him as I grab his hand and squeeze it cocooning us in a quiet family bubble devoid of sound as I shield the room in quietness so my babies can sleep.
Several hours later I wake up to complete brightness as I listen to the deep breathing of my two cherished ones, I feel my beloved Jasper looking at me as I lay there cradling Airic and running my hand through Juniors hair. While they were sleeping they grew to look like 18 month olds and blue light seems to radiate from them as they continue to sleep. I motion for Jasper as I silently lay Airic down next to her brother gasping in shock, along with Jasper, as they curl up next to each other holding hands while the light changes to a deeper blue with streaks of white.
I sense Jaspers emotions right now…..a sense of completeness ….love…a wave of awe...lust…desire…loneliness… desire…frustration…anger. Jasper wraps his arms around me and I turn to look at him whispering, "I feel what you're feeling, but why the loneliness?"
"Because we haven't been alone for a while now, before our children were born we usually had time to give to one another, then the battle with Victoria pushed any thought of spending time with you out the window. I need you, Bella; I need to feel myself inside you again, I'm angry with Edward for bringing this fight to us when he should have just accepted that you are mine."
I lean down kissing him and effectively silencing him with a passionate kiss. "How about some alone time now just the two of us, and then we can come back and talk to Carlisle about everything?"
As I release his lips I whisper, "Rose and Esme can you watch the children?" as I snap my fingers and teleport Jasper and I to his house, straight to his bedroom.
Before I can strip out of my clothes he halts me and asks, "You're not thirsty?"
Smiling seductively up at him I respond, "Not for blood, Mr. Sexy."
He smiles wide as I ask, "Would you like to join me in the shower, Mr. Sexy?"
Jaspers eyes darken with lust as his eyelids lower and he growls deep in his chest before ripping off his clothes and stalking towards me. I stand stunned as I finally see Jasper with my enhanced vampire vision in all his manly glory. His body is marked by lots of crescent shaped scars which only enhance his male physique. The muscles of his upper torso ripple with fluidness as he stalks towards me like a lion to its prey. His legs are muscled as well as athletic and it looks like he worked out while he was human. GODDESS! HOW I LOVE THIS MAN as waves of lust flow from my body as I watch him come to me from across the room.
My body tightens as if I am truly on fire as pleasure ripples through me just from the look in his eyes. I open myself to him and my knees almost buckle from the amount of lust and desire flowing from him. My eyes roll back in my head as I tilt my head back hissing in pleasure and my skin tingles before I feel Jasper fill me with so much ecstasy and bliss that my walls tighten and I orgasm.
Jasper chuckles seductively as he pulls me into his arms then leans down kissing me passionately, groaning as I open my mouth to let him in without him asking. I tilt my head deepening the kiss while he strips me out of the rest of my clothes, ripping them in his haste to get me naked. For a moment there is a frenzy of love, mad fanatical love that consumes us both as we struggle to get as close as two people in love can get.
Then for some reason he pulls back and I growl in anger as he turns me around and walks me to a mirror to look at myself. I gaze at myself in the mirror marveling at the whiteness of my skin without the heavy sparkle that Jasper and the rest Cullens seem to have. I wonder vaguely if there was something that I can do about Jasper's sparkle and as I think it his sparkle become subdued.
Starting from my head down I watch as Jasper runs his hand through my auburn hair with black highlights draping it over my shoulders which allows him to run his hands down the side of my body, cupping my ample breasts that will not need to breast feed. He starts massaging them gently then slightly rougher tweaking the nipples with his fingers. I moan deep in my throat as he smiles seductively into the mirror and ignores the sounds I am making before lowering his hands to run across my hips. Grasping onto them he thrusts his hips against my ass, grinding his hard erection between my ass cheeks as a hand slips down between my legs to drown in the essence that is dripping down my thighs.
He growls deep in his chest and I whimper feeling it vibrate all the way through me to my core and his fingers dip down further and flick my clit, almost as if he's tuning me for the night. I vibrate throughout my body sending the same feelings back through him which makes him growl in pleasure as he thrusts two fingers deep inside me, sliding in easily from all the wetness between my thighs. He sends me waves upon waves of lust, desire and passion and as I feel what he's feeling I double it and return in to him ten-fold. We open ourselves to the pleasure running rampant through our bodies.
He matches his thrusts against my ass with the thrusts of his fingers as he grinds his palm against my clit and my hands reach behind me to grasp his ass cheeks to grind closer to him.
"Yes, Jasper, oh yes, I've missed you" I gasp out panting and moaning his name as a mantra over and over again.
"Bella, you're so wet for me. I need to feel you, baby. I need…." Jasper grunts as he trails off incoherently.
I shift ever so slightly grinning as he groans when his thick cock slides smoothly deeply inside me and his head falls to lean down on my shoulder as I thrust back hard against him.
"So fucking tight….Bella….my love" he grunts as his pace picks up and he starts slamming deep into me hitting that spot deep inside that makes my world explode as I see stars. His grunting and my moans are all that fills the house around us as I beg him, "Please Jasper….deeper baby…fill me…."
I lean over and place my hands on either side of the mirror causing Jasper to hiss in pleasure as he's able to thrust in deeper and harder without hurting me like he would have had I still been human. His hands find their way to my hips as he continues to grunt in pleasure feeling my walls tremble and clench around him as he commands, "Come for me, Bella, come for me. Please I need to feel you come all over me."
I open myself completely to the pleasure that is coursing through my body and send it to him along with the bliss I feel from having him thrusting inside me once again. The pleasure feels so much better and much more intense than what it felt the first time we fucked on my motorcycle, that I can't wait to feel what it's like to make love to him.
Just then he slams into me and I scream his name as my entire body trembles in ecstasy then tightens, my walls clench around his cock as I come hard, so hard my body explodes from all the pleasure that is coursing through me. Jasper follows soon after, his hands gripping my hips tightly as his body jerks and shudders in pleasure.
My legs tremble as aftershocks zip through my body and I orgasm again as he pulls out, chuckling as we both collapse to our knees no longer able to keep standing.
"I love you, Jasper" I whisper as I raise my arm to run fingers through his sweat drenched hair.
"I love you too, Bella" Jasper whispers kissing my neck as we both struggle to slow our breathing down.
Finally we are able to stand and head towards the shower where we christen it, wash, and then christen it again before I feel the pull of my children waking up.
As he dry's off I stand in front of the mirror gazing at my new body, looking into the mirror admiring my new body transformed into a vampire and I am extremely happy that I have come this far.
It's morning now, around 7:390 am and the children are going to be waking up some time soon, we need to get back so I can fix them something to eat. Jasper dresses in about the same thing, and I smile because we are going to be in matching outfits. I get dressed in jeans and a t-shirt with some black ballet slippers I snap my fingers and we are back in the room we've been given by Esme. I gaze down at our children sleeping, amazed at how much they've grown in just a few hours.
The next thing I hear is Jacob at the door asking if I am awake and for some reason Airic wakes instantly calling out Jacob's name. Jacob is instantly at the door wondering how he got there and what happened, but before he can say anything else he sees Airic sitting up in bed starring at him. He walks slowly forward to sit on the side of the bed and stares entranced at my baby daughter as she reaches up pulling on a lock of his hair.
I gasp as another of my visions comes to fruition, replying to Jasper mentally How do you feel about having a werewolf as a son-in-law because they've just imprinted on each other.
Jasper replies aloud as I figured he would, "I think Jacob has earned our trust enough to be trusted with our daughter."