Author's Note: Hey everyone! Firstly, I want to apologise for not updating sooner, life got in the way for a while and I was unable to update. Also this chapter has been giving me a little bit of trouble. But I hope you all enjoy it and review it! You know I love to hear what you think!

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Chapter Fifteen

"I thought you looked familiar, but I didn't think it was possible…don't I know you?" Jasper said to Simon.

"What? Simon what does Jasper mean?" I asked my best friend, confused as to why they would know each other as Simon had never mentioned that he knew Jasper when I told him about the Cullen's. I looked towards the Cullen's now trying to search for an answer but they all looked just as confused and shocked as me.

"I'm sorry Bella, but you know how much I hate talking about my past – especially the parts involving my creator, and besides I had no way of knowing the Jasper from my past was the Jasper from your stories about the Cullen's".

"There is no need to apologise Simon you have done nothing wrong. Would you tell me the story now? How do you know Jasper?" I stared at him earnestly, longing to know how he knew Jasper.

"Yes how do you know Jasper, Simon? Tell Bella about your past." Edward sneered at Simon. I quickly understood that Edward would already know how they meet having seen the moment replayed in both Jasper's and Simon's minds.

Simon sighed deeply before he began his story.

"As you know Bella I was changed during the American revolution war in 1781. This was how it all started. From the moment I was changed my life or rather my existence took a rather dark turn, even darker than the one you knew. It happened late one night, I had been out drinking with my so called friends again, we were all enjoying our status and power in society which was made for us by our family wealth. I took what I wanted without thought or care for other people, I enjoyed the power mine and my family's money gave me, I lived and breathed arrogance.

I will not lie; I was what you call a bad person. All the prospects and opportunities I had presented to me I wasted. My selfishness and distain for those I perceived where below me made me no better than a petty criminal. I didn't realise this until much later into my vampire life, I had completely wasted my life and some would say (and I would have agreed with them for a time) that I deserved what happened to me.

It was on this night out that I met Katherine. I still remember the exact moment she walked in, as I was struck by her beauty. I remember thinking she was the most beautiful women I had ever seen. I remember it was her skin that captured my attention most, I had never seen such pale skin - it reminded me of porcelain, it made her look so delicate and fragile -just another illusion surrounding Katherine.

Anyway, me being the arrogant and over confident young man I was believed it my right to have her attention to myself and to not let it be wasted on the 'lesser' men around me. So I went to join her and we got to talking, her voice was like a bird song and had me charmed from the moment we introduced ourselves. Hours later, I escorted her home hoping to receive some 'token of her affection' for my generous efforts. Little did I know she had her own idea of a reward…

When we got to her door, I was overjoyed to accept her invitation to join her for a drink before she retired for the evening. I was young and foolish enough to think I was about to get more than a nightcap from this captivating women. Although I suppose I did get more than the nightcap when she bit me, it just wasn't the more I had in mind…

It wasn't until the three days of excruciating pain had passed that she told me what she had done and what I had become. I could feel the agonising burn in my throat and felt the change in my body but I didn't want to believe her. So I ran. I ran away from her and from what I had become. What happened next is one of the biggest regrets of my life.

In my state of denial I stupidly went back home. My father was the only person living there as my mother had died in childbirth and my brother Galen had died in the war at the hands of an English military officer. As soon as I entered my home I changed. I could hear his blood pumping through his body, I could smell the delicious scent of it and my throat throbbed as the need to quench my thirst became unbearable. I became an animal, all instinct and no rational thought. Through my heightened senses I knew exactly where my father was in the house and sought him out…

I was unable to stop myself as I stalked toward my own father as if he was nothing but rabbit and I had become a fox.. It wasn't until along time after and I had finally regained my senses, as my thirst was sated (for the time being at least), that I fully understood what I had done. As I walked through my now empty house, covered in the blood of my father and some of the servants who happened to also be in the house, did I resign myself to what I thought was my fate.

Katherine found me soon after my killings and followed me round my house delighting in the bloody carnage I had created. She was totally oblivious to the fact that I was in emotional turmoil, she convinced me that this was what I was meant to do – part of who I had now become, that there was no other way for me.

She had a particular talent for making people bend to her will. I lost count of the number of times I tried to disengage myself from her in the century that followed. But she always had a way making me change her mind. It wasn't until the wars between our kinds started that I realised it wasn't a talent she had it was a power, a power just like mine. She could control people's minds, make people do things they wouldn't normally do by planting an idea in their minds so they would think it was their own.

That's how she made me stay with her so long. She didn't force me to stay through love for me, she did it because I was deemed as valuable because of my power. I can control vampires thirst, I can make them feel like they have been starved for days, push them to the point of bloodlust even if they have just fed from 10 humans, or I can make it so you never feel the ache in your throat, so you don't even register a drop of blood being spilled.

As you can see it is a powerful gift to have when creating new-born's to fight in an army. I could rid them of their need for blood so they weren't crazed for it, so they would make more level-headed and skilled fighters, which in turn could lead to a victory. In these battles I met Jasper. He was part of an army Katherine wanted to defeat in order to gain control of a particular piece of land. By this time I was more than tired of the life I led. I craved a more peaceful existence, one without the fighting but I didn't hold out for one as Katherine had leaded me to believe that life just wasn't possible for our kind.

I finally got my wish, thanks to Jasper. Our army was set to fight Jasper's and Marie's army but as the fight started I held back and watched from a distance. As I watched the battle, I realised we were going to lose – their army had better fighters. As I realised we were doomed to lose I felt elated that this life I despised would soon come to an end. I stood and watched as the battle continued for three days, until at last Jasper killed Katherine.

It was then, as her lifeless body fell to the ground, that I felt her shackles of control realise me. It was a feeling I will never forget, in that moment when I regained control of my actions I felt euphoric for the first time in both my lives.

I owe my freedom to Jasper and I thank you for that. I owe you a debt for what you did for me and I never got the chance to tell you that, until now. As after the battle, I ran leaving the debris of my old life behind me.

After that my life changed for the better, I kept to forests and places which were barely populated. I had heard rumours that vampires could survive on animal blood and for the most part still retain all our strength. So I tried it. The first time I fed on an animal was a revelation, I realised I didn't have to be a killer in order to sustain my existence. I have continued to feed from animals from that moment onwards.

Another century passed in which I came to terms with my past and buried it to rest having forged a new life. I studied, travelled all over the world all thanks to my new lifestyle and power. I was in the forest somewhere in Washington when I found Bella. She was feeding on a mountain lion, I could tell by the nature of her kill that she was newly turned and lacked the knowledge of a more experienced vampire.

When she realised I was there she didn't appear started, which lead me to believe she had had past experiences with our kind. As she introduced herself she reminded me of my dear brother Galen and I knew I had to take care of her to make amends for my past. So we decided to travel together I told her of my power and helped her gain control of her thirst, although I noticed she had already got a measure of control herself which surprised me.

As time past we became best friends, she told me of her past with your family and I told her of my human and recent new life. I never told her much of the beginning of my new life, simply because I was ashamed, still ashamed of the things that I did. She is such a lovely person, I did not want to taint her with tales from my bloody past.

I'm sorry it was taken Jasper's intervention for me to be able to be totally honest with you. But now you know everything…"

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