A/N: Just to let you all know the vampires in this story have fangs. They can retract them back in, but they come out when a vampire is angry or…turned on/ aroused...haha If anyone has seen True Blood they know what I'm talking about! Lol.

Previously…

He chortled at my attempt to avoid his question, but didn't push me away. Instead, he wrapped an arm around my back and laid his head on top of mine.

I closed my eyes and pretended for a second that I could sleep. I had a feeling that Jasper was doing the same.

"That's one of the things I miss most about being human." Jasper said quietly after some quiet. "Being able to lie down, close my eyes, and go to sleep. Being a vampire is like living one continuous day. We are called 'creatures of the night' yet I hate the moon because it reminds me of something I can't have."

"You have to admit that this is pretty close to sleeping though." I muttered, reluctantly opening my eyes.

"It's still not the same." He insisted, moving his own head so I could sit up.

"Well since you're technically my maker I guess I should listen to you." I responded airily.

"Damn straight."

Not a Second to Waste- A Rocket to the Moon

BPOV

"So you can't feel my emotions at all?" I asked, feeling giddy at the idea of having an ability and some privacy.

"Not a single one." Jasper confirmed, sounding disappointed.

I felt a huge grin overcome my face. I have a power!

I wiggled away from the vampire next to me and stood up next to the bed where he remained sitting.

"Where are you going darlin'?"

"To see if Carlisle knows anything about my gift." I replied as I walked back into the living room.

I need to find out as much about my power as possible. I want to be able to protect myself and my family and not cower behind others anymore. The last thing that needs to happen is a repeat of the Victoria issue. My helplessness endangered everyone more than I could have ever imagined it would.

"Looking for me?" Carlisle asked, appearing in front of me.

I nodded and asked him if he had any ideas about what my gift exactly was.

"Sorry Bella, but all I can really guess is that your unique gift as a human was magnified during your change."

"Do you know any way to find out more?" I asked pleadingly.

"Well…" He started hesitantly.

"What? Seriously, I'll take any advice now."

"I figure that the surest way to learn more about your power is to talk to my friend Eleazar." Carlisle said, cautiously.

"Okay." I said excited at the prospect of figuring out my gift. "Where can we find him?"

"He's part of the Denali clan."

"Oh hell no! I do not want any of those three over here!" I hissed, my eyes flashing.

I had just managed to pry Irina's claws off Jasper and I was not going to let her shove herself back between us so easily. And now that I'm a vampire that bitch has no chance. Before when I was human I couldn't do anything about her but now I'm not going to stand by and let her walk all over me.

"Do you want to learn about your gift?"

I nodded resignedly.

"Well then I guess you'll have to put up with them for a little longer." Carlisle said finally as he pulled out his cell phone.

Jasper emerged from the room and came to stand with us, a pensive look on his face.

"Can you handle being around everyone?" Jasper questioned.

I knew what he was really asking. Could I handle being around Edward.

"For the sake of learning more about myself, yes I can."

A small, proud smile appeared on his face before he told Carlisle to call Esme and inform her of our plans.

Looks like the rest of the Denali clan are going to be in Forks in a matter of hours.

Please let me have the strength to be around all the chaos and maintain my self-control. I really want this all to go as smoothly as possible and to not have anyone regret me becoming a vampire.

I slipped on a pair of flats, figuring that I should probably wear some shoes to run back to the house.

"Ready to head to the house? Eleazar should be there in a couple of hours since he's flying here."

"Ready as I'll ever be."

"Why don't you go ahead Carlisle? Bella and I will be a few minutes behind you so that you can prepare everyone." Jasper requested.

Carlisle agreed and disappeared through the door.

"That's unnecessary." I stated. "I'm completely in control of myself."

"I know. It's them I'm worried about. I can already guess how Edward's going to act. And god knows what lies Alice has been feeding the Denali clan."

"Great. All I need is another excuse for them to hate me." I grimaced.

"Well, you can handle yourself now." Jasper said with a smirk. "Besides, they'll be upset whether Alice lied or not."

"What are you talking about?"

I felt his eyes rove over me as he cocked a blonde eyebrow. "Why do you think? You already intimidated them before the change. I can only imagine their reactions towards you now."

I gaped at him in shock before slapping his shoulder.

"Jasper Whitlock! Did you just check me out?"

"Maybe…" He said with a wink before walking towards the front door.

I followed him, shaking my head as I did so. Men.

And how could I intimidate anyone? Especially three perfect vampires who could probably have anyone they wanted…until that person actually got to know them. In fact, if I remember correctly Carmen is the only female in their coven that is married.

I did a victory dance as I broke through the tree line into the backyard.

"Geez Jas, and I used to think you were fast." I said mockingly, after I beat Jasper back to the house.

"Oh you have no idea Angel."

I swallowed at his response, my throat suddenly dry.

He walked past me to the back porch and I shakily followed after him.

As we approached the door I sped up and grabbed his hand in one of my own.

I needed all the support I could get right now. Everyone is on the other side of this door waiting for me.

I opened the door at a human pace and immediately felt all eyes on me.

A few tense moments passed where no one spoke.

"Guys, it's still me. The same old Bella." I finally said, unable to take the silence anymore.

"You'll never be the same Bella." Edward responded quietly, sounding resigned.

I looked at him and felt a frown overcome my face. I really did feel sorry for him. He had this false idea of me that I had forced myself to pretend I was…but I couldn't do that anymore.

"I don't ever think I was the person you thought I was." I whispered as he refused to meet my eyes.

Jasper squeezed my hand, reminding me that we had an audience.

Emmett approached me slowly, looking like he was waiting for me to lose it at any second.

"I don't bite." I teased my brother, rolling my eyes.

Instantly, I was pulled into a bone crushing hug.

I returned his embrace before he set me down.

"Your eyes scare me a little." He commented, ruffling my hair.

I swatted his hand away as I told him to shove it.

"Ohhh, this little thing has a mouth on her. You've been spending too much time with Jazz." Emmett crowed with a laugh.

"Probably." I confirmed with a shrug and small smile at Jasper.

"Bella you look so beautiful!" Esme said coming to give me a much softer hug than the previous one.

"Thanks Esme."

"And you will be happy to hear that I transformed the guest room into a bedroom for you." She continued, patting my arm affectionately.

"Really? If it's as nice as the other house then I'm sure I'll love it."

She beamed at me in response and went to stand with Carlisle.

"Hey Rose." I greeted my sister, wondering why she hadn't acknowledged me.

"Hey Bella." She said faintly, making no other move to talk to me.

Okay then. That makes no sense whatsoever. She claimed that she supported my change so she should be happy for me. I guess that's one less person I can count on.

I felt surprise emitting from Jasper. I guess he wasn't expecting her cold response either.

"I'm glad you're back." Irina said looking straight as Jasper.

Somehow I feel that greeting wasn't aimed towards me at all.

"Yeah well we're both ecstatic to be back." Jasper responded, a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

I laughed slightly, earning myself two sets of glaring eyes. Alice and Irina.

You know what? I really don't give a shit about what they think. Whoa, I am spending too much time around Jasper. Or maybe it's just that I don't have Edward correcting me every time I curse anymore.

I smirked and lifted an eyebrow at the two of them, daring them to say anything.

"Well it looks like you survived the change. You must be happy." Alice said finally, not sounding too happy herself.

"Oh I am." I replied, an edge to my voice. "I knew Jasper could handle it."

If she says one more degrading thing about Jasper I swear she's going to regret it.

As if sensing my anger Jasper sent out a dose of calm around the room. Of course, it didn't affect me but I could physically see everyone else relax their stances.

All of the sudden I saw Alice stiffen before letting out a loud hiss.

Her gold eyes met mine before she took an offensive stance.

Immediately I copied her position, feeling a rumble start in my chest.

"Alice…" Jasper said warningly, his eyes flashing.

"You don't know what she's brought down on our family! This is your entire fault!" She shrieked wildly at me.

I stared at her in incredulity. Has she completely lost it? Or was she always this dramatic and completely obnoxious?

"Alice. Explain yourself immediately." Carlisle interrupted his voice anxious.

"And for gods sake Alice, quit screaming like a fucking newborn before I get pissed." Jasper threatened with a snarl on his face, fangs and all.

She glared at her ex before listening to him and loosening up her stance.

"The wolves are coming for Bella. They found out she was bitten." The black haired vampire answered spitefully.

"When?"

"I don't know." She growled frustrated. "I can't see anything!"

I froze. Was I doing that?

"What?" Edward thundered angrily, his gold eyes on Carlisle. "Why didn't you tell anyone Bella can block our powers?"

"Holy shit." Emmett muttered to himself.

Then all hell broke loose.

"So you're preventing Alice from seeing anything? Do you want us all to get killed?" Irina said loudly.

Nope. Just you.

"We shouldn't have come here." Tanya said to herself, shaking her head in disbelief.

Jasper growled and pulled me behind him, shooting out a wave of overwhelming lethargy.

Unaffected, I remained standing with him as everyone else fell immobile to the floor.

"Nothing is going to get figured out unless everyone calms down, which you all apparently couldn't do without my influence." The blonde next to me growled.

I stayed still behind Jasper with my eyes shut, trying to hold on to the shred of control over myself I still had. I was this close to ripping off someone's head. Probably either Irina or Alice…maybe both.

"Now. As far as I know Bella's power only shields herself so there is no way that she is able to totally take away your power." He said addressing Alice with a look I can only describe as distaste.

"And Tanya if you want to leave than you're free to walk out that door right now as long as Eleazar is still going to come here." Jasper continued, making it obvious that there was no reason for the Denali clan to still be here.

I was amazed at everyone's silence. They all really were afraid of Jasper. And they should be! He really can pull out the major that he was, and still is, when the situation calls for it. I'm actually surprised that he knocked everyone down; even Carlisle. But I guess he's upset with him for not keeping his guests and family under better control.

"What's going on here?"

My head whipped to the front door. There was a man who looked to be in his late thirties with black hair and gold eyes. He was built like Emmett, which made him easily tower over the dark haired female next to him.

"Eleazar and Carmen meet vampire Bella." Jasper said with a nod towards me, immediately letting everyone out of his emotional control.

"Hi again."

"Hello dear. You've changed a lot since I last saw you." Carmen said warmly, a smile on her face.

I smiled at her in return.

"Why is this newborn around so many vampires? It that why you had them all on the floor Jasper?" Eleazar spoke up, a frown on his face.

"You guessed it." Jasper responded, keeping a wary eye on Alice and Edward.

Carmen shot a disapproving look towards her sisters.

"Well I have good news and bad news." The older vampire announced, changing the subject.

I returned my attention to him eagerly.

"Firstly, Bella congratulations one being a vampire. You look absolutely stunning. And to answer your question, your gift is a shield. It looks like an extremely powerful shield too, probably more than Renata- the shield Aro keeps by his side all the time. Do you know the extent of your gift?"

I shook my head regretfully.

"Well I guess we'll just have to discover that later then. Secondly, I fear this gift you possess is something the Volturi have been interested in for a long time."

Oh. So the wolves are after me and apparently so are the Volturi. Well if any of them threaten my family I can help this time instead of hiding out in a tent in the middle of winter. Yeah that was real smart.

A/N: Okay my right eye is in pain from staring at the computer screen for so long so I'm going to end this chapter here. Lol. Reviews are appreciated by me and by the lovely characters in this story.

Next Chapter…

I ran through the forest, the trees flashing by me.

I was almost to the boundary. If I just get there fast enough I'm sure the wolves won't have time to get to me.

Besides, they wouldn't kill me. That's why I made it clear to everyone back at the house that I had to do this alone. There was no way I would let anyone else endanger their life by coming with me. And I had to do this. I got everyone in this mess, and it's up to me to fix it.

There, I can see the field where the boundary is from here. Just a little farther…

Wait, what is that awful sme-?

Then I was tackled from behind and went sailing through the air and into a tree.

Damn.