DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS FROM THE BOOK SERIES (as much as I would love to at least own Jasper).
Pixies Note: Oh dear! Reading back the last chapter, it seemed to be confusing more than I imaged! So expect me to be editing that chapter in the next few days or so. I'm considering making it into two separate chapters but we'll see.
I wrote this chapter a week ago, same time as when I wrote the final chapter of this story. Somehow they go hand in hand with each other and I had a brilliant idea for the end! It's such a twist you would never see it coming!
Tehee. The end is actually my favorite chapter. It's very soft and rather comforting. I also started writing the story a little backwards since I wrote the second to the last chapter today too.
Oh and I did manage to write in a sneak peek for the Sequel but you will have to wait till the final chapter to see what I have for the end of this story.
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Anyhow, without further ado: The Next Chapter for Everything Changes!
Dedicated to: Kaya,Jenine,TheLovingMotherEms, TheCrayonKid, EdwardsBellaXOX22.
UPDATE: I have split the last chapter into two! I have edited them so it works out better for the next few chapters. :] So have a look back at the past chapters and be sure to review it and this chapter too!
OH! And SORRY IF YOU GOT TONS OF UPDATES ON THIS STORY!!! I swear I didn't mean to!
Everything Changes
Chapter 4: Peace is our Parting.
Jacen POV
It had been more than a few weeks since we had encountered the vampire clan, the Cullens. Amethyst had warned me to keep my temper in check, and be sure not to feed on the younger humans that lived in the area. However, that didn't stop us from missing more than a few days.
Amethyst and I had taken a week off class, after an incident in my own chemistry class proved to be a danger, she thought it would be best I feed and also stay away from the Cullen's in fear of a war. So we took a week off, calling it a family vacation to Australia to visit our godmother.
I never thought, the sight of another student stapling their finger would cause enough temptation for me that I was ready to attack the idiotic human. Amethyst knew it would be coming; she and the small pixie like girl in my class came to my rescue that day. Holding me back and whisking me away, before I could move. The pixie like girl and the others of her so called family, watched as Amethyst took me away for my own sake.
The pixie girl had been attempting to befriend me; it however was not quite working to her liking as I don't associate with others of our kind. She has even approached Amethyst, who could only smile faintly as a gesture of peace. I knew Amethyst had dreams of the Cullen's. What they were of, she refused to tell me until she further examined it clearly herself.
I let out a soft sigh; the Cullen's expected us to meet with them today. In the woods halfway from their location and halfway from ours, it was an agreement made by my sister and the mind reader. The message was passed on for their leader and a response was quickly given as the green light for the meeting was set. However, my sister lay asleep. She has been asleep since day before yesterday.
It was a sunny day yesterday, leaving us in hiding. She requested that she be allowed to dream for a day or two, Just to be assured of the future and re-examine the past. I stayed by her side as she slept that day and yesterday. She mumbled words of happiness for me; the event she mentioned was still confusing as she only made a few words audible. However, she whimpered as she saw something frightening. I felt incapable as I watched her, unable to provide her assistance as she feared her own dream.
I never left her side, her hand holding mine as I sat on the chair beside the bed reading a novel. My eyes had grown dark and I was beginning o grow far too hungry to contain my own need. However, I would not want to leave my sister especially at a vulnerable time. I watched her stir lightly, a soft smile breaking on her lips. Seeing her calm and serene in her sleep reassured me of so many things. It was always a good sign.
"Jacen."She called out to me in her soft sweet voice.
"Yes, my sister."I answered as I immediately moved to the bed side. I kneeled by her semi-sleeping figure.
"It's time. We need to hunt before we meet with them."My sister spoke as her head turned to face mine. Her eyes were dark but she still held her soft features strong, never once showing weakness to her hunger.
"As you wish." Was the only thing I said to her. I knew she wouldn't tell me a thing of her dream until later. We have much more important business on our hands and I understood that. If ever, I knew Amethyst was the leader and I was her follower. Without my sister, I would be a lost sheep. She has led us since the beginning of our fall from grace.
"Jacen, how about we race? We haven't in a while." She offered as she rose from the bed, full of enthusiasm and energy. Her raven hair flowed behind her, the dim light of the room made her pale white skin glow. It was no wonder why human's fell for my sister. She was beautiful beyond words and far more extraordinary than many of our kind. She was gentle and soft like angels, but yet she had mischief hidden beneath those eyes. A smirk tugged on her lips as she intended to race whether or not I agree to it.
"Ready to eat my dust, dear Amethyst?" I teased as I let my own competitive side take over. It was mere sibling rivalry one that only played a playful role in our relationship. It was never more than teasing and jokes, competitions among other things but never something that can tear us apart. We have been with each other, guiding and supporting the other far too long to let the smallest things spark fire.
"Oh, did you forget I saw the future?" Amethyst recoiled with a wide smirk on her lips as she knew she would triumph over me. Regardless of the outcomes, I treasured the small moments such as these.
"You are never fair."I retorted as I took my position by the balcony overlooking the vast forest that surrounded us. "May the best one win."
"Oh and we both know, that is I." She responded as she took her position next to me. The dress she wore was casual; however it was mostly what she wore during feedings. She feared her favorite clothing would be ruined by blood stains and would prefer not to be reminded of the murderer beast within us. She was keeping me human; it was her and her humanity keeping both of us from letting that beast take over us.
I glanced at her, watching her smile and brighten our cold world, beaming brightly at her foreseen victory. "We shall see, Amethyst."
And with that, I saw something white flew by me like a bird. Any human would think it was an angel or a goddess, blessing them a visit. Amethyst could pass for any of those, after all she was close to being one.
A smirk tugged on my lips as I soon darted after her. I ran behind her, and sometimes beside her before she would increase her speed way beyond mine. She had spent time running frequently months before we moved to Astoria; she called it her training for the coming. What she meant, was beyond me. I didn't push it further nor did I question her of her actions. I trusted her.
The smell of a human came to me as I sped through a different direction. My intentions were to confuse my sister and pull first. But the smell caught my attention first; it smelled like strawberries, blended in with the finest champagne. It smelled inviting, beckoning me to take a taste of its glorious sweet blood.
I stopped, taking in the scent before I charged at that direction. I stopped a few feet away as I hid behind a tree. The sweet scent was intoxicating, and as if on cue the owner of the scent came to view. A young woman, mid thirties was preparing her big move out. I assumed by the tear stains she was parting from a husband. The wedding band being thrown at my direction confirmed that.
"Jacen. She's young."I heard my sister call to me as she stood beside me, the ring in her palm.
"Her blood calls for me. She wants to be relieved of her pain Amethyst. We can give her that freedom." I responded as I kept my eyes locked on my victim. Watching her as she mourned and cried out for her end, it was when she screamed for whatever God there was to take her and kill her that I came out of my hiding.
"Jacen!"I heard Amethyst call out to me but I ignored her. I approached the woman, smiling at her as I offered my hand. She was speechless by my flawless looks and she took my hand with no question, even regardless of its icy temperature. She kept her eyes locked on mine as I moved further back towards the forest.
I saw Amethyst sitting on a branch high above me watching in disapproval. I disregarded her as I pulled the woman close to me. I whispered words of comfort in her ear before murmuring a "Let peace wash over you. May your soul be free."
With those words of parting I sunk my teeth on her neck, filling my needs. As I drank her blood I felt my sister join me. She was drinking from the woman's wrist while I quenched my thirst from her neck. The sweet taste of blood filling me, it was however not good enough to last more than a day or so. I would have to hunt tomorrow again not that I minded such schedule.
It wasn't long until we had finished feeding. We found a tree to hide her by. I dug a hole far deeper and wider than necessary before we placed the corpse of the woman in there. From the corner of my eye, Amethyst mourned. The ring still in her hand before she clenched her fist in anger, soon enough she began to walk away from the site. These things often created a saddened effect on her. Something I cannot do anything about but comfort her.
I began to finish covering the body with the dirt it once had, leaving a slight uneven mark on the ground that I had managed to cover with a few leaves from a nearby tree.
"La paix soit sur vous." I whispered as a parting word to the grave we had made for her. It was those same exact words that freed us from the death we cause others, letting them find freedom in peace away from the burdens of the living. As I continued to say remember the many times I have whispered it to a grave I saw my sister beside me, kneeling in front of the grave as she placed the ring on top of it.
"May you be forever free."She spoke softly before rising. I offered her a comforting smile as I embraced her. She never favored killing younger victims; much more those she knew had more to life than simple death. However, she knew in order for our survival we must make a sacrifice and often we sacrificed the life of someone who sought death for our own.
We abide by the laws we have placed ourselves upon us. It was our way to keep humanity alive within the cold shell we are in. Amethyst abided by these laws more than I, but she was a conscience in my mind. If she did not approve, I could not pull through with it. However, sometimes we break and bend these laws. Like at this moment for example.
However, things are subject to change. We have altered our laws since we made them year ago. That is one of the many examples I can give about how everything can change within the blink of an eye. But out of the several rules and laws we have, we honor one rule especially.
"Accept what fate has done. It is not in our hands to control what is to come but it is in fate. Everything changes for a reason. It is for those reasons we are here today. And often within those changes lie victories, hardships and a sacrifice. It is one we must honor and accept for the rest of our lives, no matter the turn of events. La paix soit avec vous tous"
With that thought trapped in my mind, I began to lead Amethyst in the direction of our meeting place.
PIXIES NOTE: Eeps! I foreshadowed a lot. I keep doing that in the past couple of chapters. You wont understand the foreshadowing until later, I repeat the Everything Changes thing to be repetitive and get a message through to everyone in the end. Now I'm foreshadowing something. Anyhow, I made sure the foreshadowing won't be much of importance until later on in the story.
Also, sorry for the horrible mistakes I probably made on here. I will be editing it as soon as I finish editing the last chapter. Which I will do before Sunday! I also started working on the next chapter. :] So it'll be a faster update! Sorry to have kept everyone waiting.
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