AN – Ok, so we have had the joy of meeting all of the original cast. Bella is still her normal silent self to Edward, but she is also not easy for our boy to read. I will keep this short so you can get right to reading…Enjoy!

Chapter 3

JPOV

Over the next few months, everything went a little crazy for us. Alice and I told the family about our split and amazingly everyone took it quite well. It seems they had seen it coming and even Esme was happy that we finally told everyone about it. So Edward was no longer the only single vamp in the house and Alice wouldn't tell anyone what she saw in our futures. School passed in a daze as usual for me, I tended to zone out so that I didn't have to feel the raging emotions of a couple hundred teenagers.

Edward started sneaking off to go do things on his own and Alice was cozying up to Isabella. I zoned out so much over this time frame that I was completely blind-sided when Edward finally told us all what had been going on and this was just minutes before this mystery girl of his was supposed to be arriving. Apparently he had brought her out here before while the rest of us were hunting and they hung out with Alice. It was shocking to me as the rest of the family seemed to know about it.

"Jasper?"

I looked up at Edward. "Yeah?"

"Are you going to be ok with this?"

"Color me confused, but what is it that I need to be ok with?" Unless he was going to tell me that Alice was secretly this new person, I didn't see how this was going to affect me at all.

"She's human."

"Oh." I sighed. She's human and he automatically assumes that I'm going to have control problems. Did he somehow forget that I spent five days a week locked up in a high school with hormonal teenagers? The worst kind of humans to be around and yet I have never once had any urge to chomp on one of them. "Thanks for the faith, brother. I'll be fine or I can leave if that makes you feel better."

"I didn't mean it like that, Jasper." Edward pinched the bridge of his nose. "You don't have to leave; I just don't want you to be uncomfortable."

"I have yet to run into a human that makes me uncomfortable, but to make it easier for you I will go hunt." He opened his mouth to respond, but I put my hand up. "I will stay and let you introduce us, but I don't have the patience for new love right now."

"If that is what you want to do, Jasper, then alright." Edward turned to the front door. "She's here."

We could all hear the crunch of the tires on our driveway and I could hear a steady heartbeat as she drew closer to the house. "Question, what does she know, Edward?"

His shoulders slumped. "Everything."

"Everything?" I snapped. "How could you put her in danger like that? Us?"

"I didn't tell her anything. She already knew what I was."

"You aren't making any sense. If you didn't tell her then who did? How does she know about us? Has she told anyone?" I was just seconds away from slipping into Major mode to fix this situation. None of us needed a human knowing about us and the problems that could arise from it.

Edward turned to glare at me; apparently he could hear those thoughts. "She figured it out on her own after doing some research. And no, before you start growling at me, she hasn't told anyone."

"How?" I paused. "You know what? Don't answer that. I don't need to know."

Just then the doorbell rang. We all watched as Edward left the room to answer the door. He greeted her and she spoke so softly that we couldn't hear anything but the sound of her voice. I leaned against the wall next to the sliding door as I honestly planned on leaving after my time of required socialness was over. I was looking out the door when he brought her in.

Edward took a deep breath. "Bella, this is my family. You know Emmett, Rose, Alice and Jasper from seeing them at school. These are my parents, Carlisle and Esme."

I looked over as he spoke and nodded, not honestly too shocked to find out that he was sniffing around the chief's daughter. I read his emotions and the most I could feel from him was curiosity and annoyance, which both had to stem from him being unable to hear her thoughts. I turned my focus onto Isabella, or Bella I guess, and paid close attention as she interacted with everyone else.

Bella had her head down, in a meek manor, as she nodded her greeting, but I could feel that she was anything but meek. The emotions rolling off her slammed into me and I was glad that I was already leaning against the wall. She was determined and irritated, yet I could feel joy underlining all of her emotions. She lifted her head for a moment to scan the room and her emotions cut off as soon as she saw me.

I raised my eyebrow at her as she became silent to me too. I stood there watching her for a moment more and decided it was time to leave. She wasn't inciting me into being thirsty; I just didn't want to be around Edward as he tried to fool the family into believing he loved the poor girl. I felt bad for her being stuck with the fool, but it wasn't up to me who she chose to be with. Stepping away from the wall, I was about to speak when she opened her emotions to me again. Closing my mouth I felt her annoyance double as she aimed it at me, but was quickly replaced by acceptance and sadness. After that dose of confusion, I really needed to get out of there.

"Bella, it was a pleasure to meet you." I tipped my head in her direction; mama raised me to be a gentleman after all. I turned to address Carlisle with a smirk. "I am heading out now, don't wait up for me."

"Be safe, Jasper." Esme said as I pulled the sliding door open.

I turned and gave her a smile. "Aren't I always, mom?"

She shook her head with a sigh. "Don't stay gone long."

Everyone turned back to the human curiosity in our living room and I ducked out the door. Running, I relished in the cool air flowing passed me as I ran at my top speed. I didn't have anywhere that I was trying to go to; I just let my feet take me where they wanted. Thirty minutes later I finally stopped and realized that I had run all the way into Canada. Oops.

Jumping up into a nearby tree I relaxed on the top branch with my back against the trunk. Staring out into the sky, I pulled a feather out of my back pocket. This was the second one that I had been given and it still smelled of jasmine. I still had no idea what was going on, but I needed to find out. Who was that in the forest thirty years ago? Why do I feel like they had been following me my whole life? And why not show themselves? What were they waiting for?

I don't know how long I sat there with those same thoughts swirling through my head when I started thinking about Edward and Bella. I knew that he didn't really care for her; she was merely going to be another pet to him, a curiosity for him to study. It had never bothered me in the past as they usually never knew what we were and they were never seen again by us once we moved. But Bella was different somehow, other than the fact that she already knew about us. How did she know? Should I really believe my brother when he says that he didn't tell her?

My phone buzzed in my pocket, pulling me from my thoughts. Pulling it out, I saw I received a text.

'The human is gone, come home brother –R'

I smiled, we may not be actual twins but Rose got me more than the rest of the family did.

'Heading home now –J'

I jumped from the tree and I set a leisurely pace back towards the house, not really wanting to rush back into a house full of people. The closer I got, the more confused I became over everything that had transpired in my life. Veering to the side, I felt drawn to the same cliff that Edward and I had gone to for our talk. As I neared the edge of the trees, I sensed that I was not alone. It was dark out, but my enhanced vision allowed me to see better than any animal with night vision.

Stopping just by the edge of the trees, I saw a lone figure standing at the edge of the cliff. I scented the air, but was unable to pick up anything, which was highly unusual as not only could I smell everything around me for at least a mile, I was also standing downwind from the figure. Not a single scent came to me that could place whoever that was on the edge. I heard a heartbeat; it was faint though, so I thought I may have intruded on someone's last moments. Not one to meddle in anyone's business, especially in my current state of mind, I took a step back to leave.

"Stay as you are vampire."

As with the last time I heard that command, my body straightened to its full height and I waited in silence. This time I was able to see who was giving the command, but she still had her back turned to me. The scent of jasmine hit me as well as a wave of sorrow.

"Who are you?" I asked.

The figure slumped forward. "Someone who has been waiting a long time for you, but I don't think you are ready yet."

I sensed her frustration and could hear it in her soft voice. The more she talked the more at peace I felt.

"Ready for what?" I wanted, no needed to keep her talking. "Why are you waiting for me?"

She sighed and the frustration doubled in strength. "As you are not ready, I cannot answer your questions. I just really wish you would hurry the hell up, Major."

She was still talking quietly, but the fierceness of her words was made quite clear.

"I am doing the best that I can, ma'am, under the circumstances." I figured a little bit of my southern charm might help alleviate some of her frustration. I was rewarded with a chuckle.

"Major, you cannot charm me." She sighed. "I can turn the tables on you though, cowboy."

A chill ran down my spine as the southern accent rolled off of her tongue. I never knew before how much I missed hearing it until just then. "Who are you?"

"Once you are ready, cowboy, you will know who I am. Until then, I must leave you again. I am never far from you as I can no longer stay away. I may be forced to do things you will not like to be close to you, but I can only hope you will forgive me." She took a step closer to the edge of the cliff and raised her face to the sky just as the moon slipped out from behind a cloud.

I gasped. What I had taken for a small girl was shown to me by the moonlight to be a tall woman with midnight black hair. Even with her back to me I could tell that she would be the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. "Are you leaving me?"

She turned her head enough to peek at me out of the corner of her eye, her face still hidden by her hair. "For a short while. I will be back after I gather my energy again."

I was saddened that she had to leave, I couldn't explain it, but I didn't want her to go. I had a feeling that if I wasn't being held in whatever power she had, I would be on my knees begging. That was not something that I did, but I didn't want her to leave me again. "Please don't go."

"Oh, Major, I can feel your emotions as if they were my own. I want to be able to do as you ask, but alas, I cannot. You are not ready." She took a deep breath and let it out. "I can do one thing and that is only if you promise to do as you are told."

I nodded even though I knew she wasn't looking at me. "Anything."

I watched her straighten her shoulders and a sense of resolve floated over to me. "Alright, if you deviate from what I tell you, then it will be decades before I can come back. Will you promise to do exactly as you are told?"

"If it is within my power to do so, then yes, I am yours to command."

"Ever the good soldier." She chuckled. "Alright, I need you to be still, do not move a muscle and above all else, you must keep your eyes closed."

I didn't understand the request, but I would do anything to keep her here. Taking one last moment to memorize what I could see, I closed my eyes. "As you command."

I listened for her to move, but was unable to hear anything other than the sounds of nature. I would have thought she had left if I wasn't able to still smell the jasmine of her scent. I felt a soft breeze on my face and fought the urge to turn into it.

"Maybe this will help to spur you on to be ready faster. I can tell how hard it is for you to be still and yet you have no idea how hard it is for me not to touch you." She spoke softly and another accent was making itself known, it was an older accent, one that wasn't heard any longer and I couldn't easily place it. "I must go before I do something I know I will regret. Remember, I am never far from you."

I stood still as another breeze coated my face. Taking a deep breath, I relished in the smell of jasmine and the spice that I had yet to place.

"I am leaving now. Go back to your coven. You will be ready for me soon." She sighed and sent a wave of sorrow and acceptance my way. "I release you from my hold."

I stood there, in a relaxed stance, waiting, hoping that she would speak again. I wasn't quite sure, but I needed to hear her voice again, I needed her to be near me. After waiting and not hearing anything, I cautiously opened my eyes to find her gone. Looking around I couldn't see her anywhere and I couldn't sense her either. With a sigh I made to turn around when movement caught my eye. I watched as a feather floated down and landed on the ground in front of me. Leaning over, I smiled as I brought the feather to my nose and took in the sweet smell of jasmine and some other spice that I still couldn't place.

Twirling the feather in my fingers, I headed back towards the house knowing that I had a lot of thinking to do. Not knowing what I needed to do to be ready for whatever this nameless woman needed from me was very aggravating, almost as much as not having a name to put with the voice. Looking down at the feather as I added it to its two mates, I decided that I was going to give her a name as I refused to keep thinking of her as the nameless woman. Closing the book, I slid it back into its place as I sighed, "Raven."

AN – What did you guys think? Bella is with Edward and Jasper had another run in with his mystery stalker/friend. What do you think this Raven chick wants with Jasper? As always, reviews are my friend and your thoughts are always helpful.

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