In chapter 3, Jasper's love for Leo is tested when Leo's attacker traps her in her own dream. With Edwards and Ness' help, the Cullens can see the dream, but only one person can save her. Who will it be? Sexual content and language, rated T+. This chapter is long, so please have patience. A warning, Leo's dream sequence is not for young eyes, ears or hearts.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of its original characters. Except for Leo. She is mine.

Thoughts are italicized and point of view changes are shown with Name and POV. Just in case you forgot.

Chapter 3: The Dream

Jasper POV

I'm not sure why I so desperately wanted Leo to stay. I really have no clue. There was something about her… Was it that she was vulnerable? That she was alone? That she had nowhere to go but with us Cullens?

I looked back to the two phone calls following our welcoming Leo into the family.

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Renesmee: "Leo! It's Jacob on the phone!"

I could sense her nervous excitement, but she took the phone.

Leo: "Hello?"

Jacob: "Hey, is this Leo?"

Leo: "Yeah."

Jacob: "I hear you've got some questions about us shape-shifters."

Leo: "Yeah."

Jacob: "Shoot."

Leo: "Jacob, I'm so confused. You see, I… My Troop—I mean, my ex-Troop—we shape-shift into Mountain Lions. Our ancestors equipped us with the materials and skills necessary to hunt vampires.

Even from a good distance away, I could hear an intake of breath.

Leo: "I never liked it, but I did it to please everyone. I have never had to kill one, but I grew up knowing that a fight with one would either be success of death. I was taught how to kill one. I was told constantly that one bite from their venom-laced teeth would kill me. Does this match you legends?"

Jacob: "More or less."

Leo: "Three days ago, I ran away. More like I decided to take a break from the hunting and from the guys."

Jacob: "Let me guess, you're the only female shape-shifter in your Troop?"

Leo: "Is it that obvious?"

Jacob: "No, don't worry about it. I have a Beta in my pack that is also the only female. Maybe you two would get along." He chuckled.

Leo: "I'd like to meet her some time. But I digress. I left because, you know, I was tired of the hunting thing. Well, that day…*sniff* I was attacked by this *sniff* perverted newborn and…and…" She began to cry.

Jacob: "Ohmygod, Leo, I'm so sorry. Wait—are you crying?"

Leo: "Why? *sniff *"

Jacob: "Well, Nessie told me…she said you were turned into a vampire, and vampires can't…cry…"

Leo" "That's why I need your help, Jacob. *sniff * I think I'm still part shape-shifter."

Silence.

Leo: "Jacob, please! Explain how any of this is possible! *sniff *"

Jacob: "Leo… I have no idea… Okay, how 'bout this: I'm gonna talk to the other wolf pack and the Elders. When I have some clue, I'll call you tomorrow morning before I come over, which should be about ten."

Leo: "Okay."

Jacob: "Hey Leo?"

Leo: "Yeah?"

Jacob: "How old are you?"

Leo: "Thirteen years, three months, two weeks and a day."

Jacob: "…You be careful, Leo. I don't know how your phasing will work as a vampire."

Leo: "It hasn't gone too well so far, but I'll keep you posted."

Jacob: "And Leo?"

Leo: "Hm?"

Jacob: "Good luck. I'll call you in the morning."

Leo: "Thanks, Jacob. Talk to you later."

Jacob: "Bye."

_ _ _ _

Her later conversation with her parents didn't last long. After twenty minutes of reassuring chitchat, she finally told them about her vampirism. After a long silence, they hung up. Without any goodbyes, they abandoned their own daughter.

How could they do that? Do they hate vampires so much that they would deny their own child? I could not grasp her parents' view or decision, much less… I mean, it's their kid! They gave up on their own flesh and blood! I really just wanted to scream, but Alice's joyful mood calmed me down.

I could tell Alice had a vision she liked, but what it was she refused to tell me. She just continued smile at me, dancing around the cottage with a mixture of moods that were rare in her heart, reserved for when she married me and when she dolled Bella up for her wedding: pride, joy and sheer happiness.

Alice twirled over to the bed and rested gracefully beside me, curling up against my bare chest. Her icy cold skin felt strangely good against mine, as it has since I have known her.

Tonight was going to be a "calm" night, I could tell. (Her normal mischievous self seemed to be fizzling underneath the giddiness of her vision.)

"Alice," I whispered, stroking her face with the back of my hand, "it's killing me. Please, please just tell me what your last vision was."

She shook her head and "zipped" her smiling lips.

"Please?"

Again, she shook her head in innocence.

I looked from under my eyelashes and flashed her my smile that I knew she loved. "Pretty please?"

She sighed. "The only thing I'm going to tell you is that we will be very happy in the near future."

"Oh yeah, 'cause that stifles my curiosity." I gave a frown and a child-like huff of frustration, but I knew that was all I was getting from her. We both laughed at our stubbornness.

Suddenly, she gasped, blinking hard and opened her eyes wide for me to see her very dazed look.

"What is it, Alice? What do you see?" I held her hands tightly.

"It's Leo. She's in one of the rooms in the Main House. The clock says its one thirty."

I looked over to our own bedside clock. It was one thirty now. What was going on with Leo and Alice's visions?

"Alice, it's another present vision. What's going on with Leo?"

"She's sleeping, no, dreaming. Having a nightmare."

I was stunned to know she could sleep, but not surprised that she was having a nightmare. After all, who knows what the Change could do to the conscious of someone her age?

"She's twitching and moving." A restless sleeper. "She's muttering something… 'No'…I'm entering her dream. Oh, my God…Jasper, it's her attacker. He's holding her hostage in her own dream. He's…oh, God…Leo!"

I grabbed her hands tighter. "Alice, what can I do?" Who knew what was going on in Leo's head? What could that disgusting newborn be doing to her? What was Leo going through?

"Get Edward and Renesmee. Bring them to the Main House. Tell them their new trick will work, they'll know what it means. Tell Bella to get Emmett and Rose and bring them to the House. Carlisle and Esme will already be there. And Jasper," Alice's eyes came back into focus, looking feverishly into my eyes, "be fast."

I kissed her once, and then bolted out the door, running as fast as I could. I prayed silently for a God, if there was one, to give Leo strength.

Edward! Edward! Wake Renesmee and get Bella. Something is wrong with Leo. Tell Bella to get Em and Rose, and then take them to the Main House. I need you and Ness to come with me.

Edward! Edward! Wake Renesmee and get Bella. Something is wrong with Leo. Tell Bella to get Em and Rose, and then take them to the Main House. I need you and Ness to come with me.

Edward! Wake Renesmee…

I repeated it, yelling in my mind so Edward would definitely hear it. When I eventually saw Edward and Bella's house, I pushed myself faster.

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Edward POV

Five seconds ago, it was just Bella and me, both of us listening to Renesmee's steady, sleeping heart. Now, all I could hear were Jasper's terrified thoughts.

Edward! Edward! Wake Renesmee and get Bella. Something is wrong with Leo. Tell Bella to get Em and Rose, and then take them to the Main House. I need you and Ness to come with me.

I could hear the parts about Alice's vision lingering on the sides.

"Bella," I glided my hand over her face. "Bella, my love, we must go."

"Why? What's wrong?"

"Something is wrong with Leo. I need you to go get Em and Rose, and then bring them to the Main House. I'm going to take Renesmee."

"Did Alice have another present-vision?" she went over and woke Renesmee, giving her a kiss on the forehead.

"Yes, but this time, Jasper is her messenger." I took Renesmee and easily swung her limp body onto my back and pulled her legs around me. She instinctively wrapped her arms in a vice grip around my neck. "I'll meet you in the House." I gave her one last kiss and reluctantly left our home to meet Jasper at my door. He ran up to my door, nodded and turned 90 degrees (away from my house), all without breaking stride. I caught up with him easily.

"Do you know what's wrong with her?" I asked.

Jasper shook his head, sending his curly blonde hair everywhere. "No. All Alice told me was that her attacker was holding her hostage in her own dream. Neither of us knows how. Alice just said she kept muttering 'no'."

I think he's finishing what he started, Jasper thought.

A brief flash of what I described in Alice's first vision of Leo almost being raped and attacked was burned in Jasper's mind. It glowed brightly in his thoughts, followed by a growl of disgust.

"Try not to think about it, Jazz. He can't hurt her anymore."

"That's the thing, Ed," he looked at me with fear and pain in his eyes, "I think he still can."

"Daddy?" Renesmee muttered against my back. "What's going on?"

"Leo's having a bad dream, Ness. She needs our help to figure out what's wrong."

"By the way," Jazz said to both of us, "Alice said to tell you that 'your new tick will work'. She said you'd know what it meant. Care to elaborate?"

New trick. The first thing that came to mind was the time Ness and I successfully transferred Carlisle's thoughts to Emmett by me holding hands with Renesmee, and Emmett holding her hand, all while I read Carlisle's thoughts. This is what it boiled down to: I read the thoughts and Renesmee received and transferred them to whoever was holding her hand. Testing the limits, Rosalie held Emmett's hand, and received the thoughts as well. Theoretically, if the whole family was holding hands, the subject's thoughts were heard the entire family. Alice saw that it would work, so I wouldn't doubt her, but I wondered if the situation would be so serious as to have the whole family knowing Leo's thoughts.

"You'll see in a couple minutes," I responded to Jazz's question. "Ness?"

"Hmmm?"

"Do you remember that exercise we tried with Papa?"

"M-hm."

"Well, that's how we can help Leo?"

"Sounds easy enough."

We arrive at the Main House then, quickly hearing the very faint heartbeat of Leo's that perfectly contrasted Renesmee's. It was odd; I would have guessed that Leo, being a half-breed like Renesmee; she would have a matching hummingbird heartbeat. I heard her thoughts earlier, and she thought her heart had stopped around four minutes before she opened her eyes. How could she not sense her own blood sluggishly trudging through her veins?

It was also hard not to notice Leo's familiar screams.

Leo? Oh, God… What could he be doing to her? I swear, as soon as I find out how he's doing this, I'm gonna find that scrawny punk and kick his—

"Jazz," I interrupted his thought. "Just focus on Leo right now."

Two flights of stairs up, a turn to the right, and the seventh door on the left was ajar. The screams were louder there, and I heard Carlisle, Esme and Alice's heavy breathing and confused thoughts, along with Leo's panting.

The three of us bolted into the room to find them huddled around Leo's bed, where Leo lay, violently tossing and turning, with her eyes moving back and forth beneath her eyelids. I "listened" for a summary of the preceding events and gathered this:

Leo's dream started at one thirty, and at the same time, Alice had a present-vision, seeing into Leo's dream. Leo began to scream, at which Carlisle and Esme went to see what was wrong. Jasper left the house immediately following that. My mother tried to wake the girl, but was unsuccessful. Carlisle could not diagnose any conditions other than she was having a nightmare during a deep sleep cycle. Alice arrived, filling them in on what Leo's dream was and what would happen in the near future. They sat in a torture of helplessness until we arrived to join them in their torture.

I braced myself as I engulfed myself in Leo's thoughts.

No, no, no! Please, stop it! Oh, God, please! Let me go! Stop!

Leo's mind's eye was very potent, and I was able to see her attacker. He was somehow still scrawny-looking, even as a strong newborn. Other than that, the most dominant feature on him was his blazing red eyes.

The scene was a reenactment of the night he first attacked Leo, except every time there was a different variable: he was good-looking, he made her wan him, she didn't fight him, she knew and loved him, she was naked, she was completely paralyzed, she did not have the ability to fight him… Repeatedly he didn't let her get away and he completely overpowered her. How fitting that a weaker vampire wanted to have complete control of the situation. The scene always ended with him almost draining Leo, but began again before she died.

The scene replayed itself seven more times before Bella, Em and Rose finally joined us and I forced myself away from the horrifying nightmare.

"What's wrong with her?" Bella asked as she took my hand without a second thought.

"Seriously, I mean, why are we freaking out? Leo's having a bad dream, so?"

"Emmett, this is serious!" Jasper proclaimed.

We all stared at him for an explanation.

"None of you understand what she's going through…except maybe Edward, but even he can't feel the severity of what she's feeling.

"Not only can I feel her fear, I can feel something else. Someone else. This vampire has trapped Leo in a nightmare that most humans would need decades of therapy to get over. She cannot escape until he lets her go, and no one can soothe her suffering. None of you can fathom what that… How he's making her… Why would…"

"Jazz," I placed a hand on his shoulder, desperate to stop his pained thoughts; "I have a way to help everyone understand." He looked back at me with desperation and question in his eyes. "Renesmee and I have been working on something that, in theory, should work if the whole family is holding hands. Please, if everyone would," I knelt down to Ness' level as everyone linked together.

"Ness," I took her hand gently. "Leo's dream is very frightening, and I never wanted you to see the things going through her head. If you don't want to do this—"

"Dad," she took my face in her hands.

I'm stronger than you think. I want to help Leo.

I saw imaginary images of a healthy, honey-eyed Leo in her head. It was an image of young perfection and hope.

"Okay," I muttered reluctantly.

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Esme POV

I watched Edward take Renesmee's hand, and Ness placed her other hand on my Carlisle's cheek. Bella grabbed his hand, and I grabbed Bella's. Rose held my hand and Emmett clutched Rosalie's hand. Alice wrapped her hand around Emmett's, contrasting rather humorously, and Jasper faithfully linked with Alice. Edward then turned to Leo.

"Here we go," he muttered, and braced himself.

Suddenly, I was plunged into the best (and worst) horror movie out there.

Her blood lured me more and more every time. I loved this game: I drew blood from my prey (human or vampire) only once, and from then on, I was able to stay in their dreams… I could taste their blood every night, even the vampires. Although they don't sleep, I put them in a dream-like trance, and none of them could do a thing about it. No one was there to protect them…they were all alone…vulnerable… This human prey was slightly different, because it got up and walked away, but I wouldn't treat her any differently.

I chased her for a bit longer this time around. After all, the quicker her heart raced, the more blood pumped through her.

` I sped up the tiniest bit, just to taunt her. Humans tired easily, breathing raggedly, and even though this one was a vampire, she had not let go of her human habits, and began to breath harder, believing she was out of breath. She appeared to keep the same speed, but I could see her strides shortening. She was slowing down.

Her run was not as graceful as a vampire's usually was, and she somehow still had a heartbeat, slow as it was. She still had blood. She was the perfect prey.

In the quick moment she looked back at me, I slipped to her right, just before she saw, running alongside her. I could feel a strange new pressure being applied to the dream realm I had created. I realized she was trying to grow fur again, which would make her stronger. I quickly placed a lock on her mind, forcing her to stay in "human" form.

She was disoriented with confusion for a quick second, and I was on top of her the next. She let out a loud scream, but I slapped my hand over her mouth and began sliding up her shirt with my other hand. I made sure I was slow and deliberate. I let my teeth lower into her neck, feeling extreme pleasure as her strange blood pooled into my mouth.

"You're mine," I whispered against her skin. It was whispered, but it boomed around us as I let it become the only sound. "You will always be mine… No one can help you…" I made her shirt disappear, leaving her only a lacey black bra of my choosing. I felt her slow in her struggling. "No one cares about you… Do you realize the monster you've become?... You're made to be a murderer… You will kill dozens of innocent people… You're completely alone… Why do you let yourself live?" I caressed her lower chest with my right hand, allowing the fingers on my left hand to slip into the girl's mouth seductively.

I let out a bellowing scream of pain as she bit down hard with razor-sharp teeth. I whipped my head away from her neck to see her smiling wide with the tops of my middle and index finger between her teeth. She spit them into my face with pride.

"You little bitch!" I slapped her hard across the face with my good hand. I straddled her as I dug my nails into her, just below her bust. She let out a painful bell-like scream, but I dragged my nails down, leaving ghastly, ragged lines down her abdomen.

I ripped open and off her jeans, allowing myself to clamp my jaws onto the major artery in her right thigh. I held her wrists down tightly so she couldn't attack me again.

This was my realm…my world. Why, no, how could she defy my will? I applied an invisible brick-like weight onto her shoulders so she was frozen in place.

"You belong to me, little hag… No one will ever love you… You will die alone... Everyone pities you, but no one will love you… No one could care less about you… You're just a hopeless little monster… No one wants you… Only I will ever care for you…how sad… Give up, bitch, no one loves you…"

I began to drain what little blood was left in her. She was still conscious (by my doing), but she would soon be dead…in both worlds.

"No one loves you… No one cares about you—"

"I do!" a restrained-sounding voice came from somewhere around me. Suddenly, my prey disappeared from beneath me, nowhere to be found. Tried as I might, I couldn't drag her back into my realm. Damn! Someone had either fallen in love with her, or now cared about her dearly. Damn, damn, damn…

Suddenly, the scene disappeared. I blinked twice, and finally saw who had broken through the attacker's world.

Jasper was standing against Leo's bed, who was on her knees (matching his height and coiling her arms around his neck in a grip easily compared to an anaconda) I could her Leo crying, but there were other sounds…broken sobs and choking breaths other than Leo's…Was Jasper crying? My son Jasper?

"Jasper…" Leo sobbed, "It was so frightening. He was going to—I was gonna—"

"Shshsh," Jasper consoled between his own sobs. "It's okay now... I have a good feeling he can't hurt you anymore."

Everyone stood in shocked silence, allowing the two a moment. A few seconds later that Leo spoke again.

"Thank you, Jasper."

"Oh, Leo… I would do it a million times over," he muttered, his 'crying' done.

Alice approached the two, a strange look in her eye. Jasper pulled her to his side.

"Alice, is this what you meant by us being happy?" he asked.

"She nodded slightly. "I knew we would be happy with Leo being here, but I never could have guessed that it would be this…strong." I was genuinely happy and joyous that Jasper and Alice had accepted Leo into their hearts. Was it possible that they could be any happier?

We stayed still for a pause longer, until I couldn't stand it. I looked over at my Carlisle who stood in a confused state of joy, parallel to me. I looked around and knew we were all thinking the same thing:

Leo finally found her place in the Cullen family. Who knew that an empath a psychic and a half-vampire, half-shape-shifter would all add up to one happy family?

Renesmee ran over to the trio squealing in joy. She wrapped her preteen-sized arms around them (barely). Bella followed Ness, and naturally Edward proceeded after Bella. Rose, surprisingly, eagerly went next, hugging Bella and Alice. Emmett approached the group and held his arms out wide.

"Group hug!" he proclaimed with a huge smile on his face. He went up right behind Rose and hugged the family.

I calmly embraced my oldest, Edward. Carlisle wrapped his arms around all of our necks like a football huddle.

"Aaand break!" Emmett yelled. We all chuckled, but didn't loosen our arms. All I could think of was our family's imminent happiness. Naturally, by family, I meant everyone. Including Leo. In the next moments, my happiness faded.

Alice gasped. Everyone instinctively backed away, allowing Jasper to sit her down on the bed next to Leo.

"Alice," my son asked, "what is it?"

"The Volturi," she breathed, "they're coming. They're coming for Leo."

Hahaha! As my god sister, sillywritergirl101 says, I left you all with a cliffy! Yes, that is one of the longer ones, but I appreciate you all reading until the end.

I would really appreciate comments and critique. This is my first fanfic, so I need some feedback. By the way, I want to thank FanFiction for going worldwide, because I have one reader from Taiwan and another from New Zealand! I think that is amazing, but I still do not have any comments. If those readers continue to read my story and see this, I would love feedback from them! Thank all of you for being patient with my slow updates. I will put the fourth chapter up as soon as I can. ~maplebird