A/N I am back at Uni so my updates for stories will be a bit all over the place. I will try to at least update two of them once a month.

I DON'T OWN TWILIGHT BUT I DO PLAY WITH JASPER AND BELLA ALOT

How is that those words could cause me to shut down again? It's not like he was planning on leaving me like Edward and Jake did. All he had to do was go back to ignoring me. Yet my subconscious allowed the darkness to take a hold of me once again. I started to feel running water over my face as the darkness again slid back into its hiding place. I started to shake and then fight against the strong force that was holding me under a waterfall.

"Isabella, stop fighting you'll only get hurt. Now I am going to take us somewhere safe where we can get dried off and talk. There are things that we need to discuss, and if you have another relapse I DON'T want to get into another argument with Marcus about what I should do about it. You're my responsibility not his, now I suggest you close your eyes. I don't know about you but the faster I get into dry clothing, the happier I will be."

I nodded my head still not being able to answer due to the cascade of water that was pelting against my upper body. I yet again wondered if I could communicate with him the same way he could with me.

I felt his laughter fill my head as he pulled me upright so I was pulled flush against his hard body causing me to shudder with want. This was the first time I had been this close to him and it was making me think of all the naughty things he could do to me. I blinked and tried to refocus my mind. Why was I having these thoughts about him? I mean up until he re-entered my life last night, the only real connection we had was when he tried to eat me on my birthday and here I was in his arms as he took me to who knows where having naughty thoughts about him.

"Isabella, I will explain everything. Stop worrying your pretty little head about things you can't control."

Without warning I felt Jasper's muscle tense as we suddenly went up into the air before landing with a solid thud as he gracefully landed on what turned out to be a wooden ledge. Looking around I saw that we were nowhere near Volturi but high up in what I could only assume where the Italian Alps, but then again, I wasn't sure due to the waterfall and the fact I couldn't see the sky. Jasper looked down and smirked before he walked across a small bridge and into a cavern. My heart skipped a beat when I saw that it wasn't a cavern but a bedroom complete with bathroom. Everything in it was in rich dark colours, which contrasted with the stone walls. Jasper kept a hold of me as he took me into the bathroom that was attached to the bedroom.

"Isabella, these are my rooms. We are deep under Volturi, the door Demetri showed you is the entrance to the underground. These rooms are older than the castle that they stand on and have been my home for as long as I can remember. Now why don't you go and clean up, and then we can talk."

I nodded my head as he carefully placed me on the floor before vanishing and reappearing with one of his shirts and nothing else. He handed it to me and disappeared just as quick. I quickly showered and slipped into his shirt noticing that it fell to just above my knees. Looking around for my underwear I noticed that, like the rest of my clothes, they were missing. Something told me Jasper had plans on keeping me here for a while.

I suddenly stopped remembering the reason that, in fact, brought me here. Jasper was going to answer all my questions and part of me was wondering if I was really ready for the answers. I could feel the darkness slowly start to slip back before Jasper suddenly appeared in front of me growling.

"Isabella don't you dare. I know you have been through a lot and that you find the darkness to be a safe place to hide, but it's changing you every time it happens. Now come, we must talk, as there is much I must tell you."

I allowed Jasper to pull me through to the bedroom and place me on the bed before joining me. We sat there in silence for a while, with Jasper staring at me waiting for me to start to ask my questions. I took a deep breath before turning my head to look at him.

"Why don't you start at the beginning. I mean the very beginning when you were first born."

Jasper nodded and motioned for me to lay down before he began to speak.

"Before words were spoken or written there were five people, four boys and a girl. They were the very spirits of what was to come. One was a vampire, one a werewolf, one a shape shifter and one a witch. The female of the group was a mixture of all of them. She was pure and held the key to humanity in her hands. As you can guess I was the vampire, Michael was the werewolf, Seth was the shape shifter, and Peter was the witch. Our sister and my mate was you Bella. We were known as the ancient ones. We were powerful and beautiful. As you could guess though from the relationship between vampires and the werewolves and shape shifters, we didn't get along all that well. Peter chose to keep you safe while we fought between ourselves. Then one day, you got in the way during one of our many fights and were killed. Peter lost his temper and put a curse on all of us. Every time you died, I would as well only to be reborn human and then turned again when I reached the age of 20, when I would remember everything. As time went on the curse lost some of it strength and I didn't always die with you. Michael and Seth's children had the oddest part of the curse, they had to feel what our mateship was like and so the act of imprinting was pushed onto them. Somehow you become a part of the curse. Every life you lead was full of pain and suffering and nothing I could do would stop it from happening. Though you would always find your way to me and I would heal you the best I could, as of yet though, you always end up dying because I can't fully heal you in time."

I closed my eyes as I let his words work their way through my head.

"So I was both your sister and your mate?"

"Isabella it's slightly more complicated but in a way, yes you were my sister. I wasn't explaining it right. Okay how can I say this so you understand?"

I watched as Jasper suddenly sprang up and started to pace back and forth looking more like a caged panther.

"Okay, no one knows who our parents were or where we came from. We all just appeared one night and the clan we were adopted by claimed us to be related. When we grew up our connection become clear and the clan wasn't too sure how to react. However, back then it wasn't wrong per se for us to be mated so they allowed it."

I nodded my head in response before asking my next question.

"Can you tell me about what happened to the others? I mean are they alive?"

"Peter is very much alive today, in fact, Sally has just been to see him and his mate. He asked me to change him when I was turned this time around. Something about this being it. Michael is alive somewhere, god only knows where though. Seth is in the same boat as Michael, I know he is alive, but I can't tell you where he is. Once you are ready for your gifts to appear again you'll feel the link that is between all of us. You can feel our link because of what we are to each other."

"What about the Cullen's and Alice?"

I jumped as I watched Jasper's face become feral as his eyes went to a pitch black colour as a growl left his mouth. I suddenly found myself being pulled so I was pressed against his hard chest as he looked me in the eyes before hissing out.

"Those names are never to leave your lips again Isabella. Do I make myself clear?"

I nodded my head not being able to speak due to fear. Jasper must have felt my fear because all he did was nod and kiss my forehead but not before letting out a sharp, "Good".

I quickly thought of another question, but I was uncertain whether I should ask it. Jasper sighed and kissed the top of my head before speaking again, this time in more control of his anger.

"You can ask any questions that don't involve them Isabella."

I nodded again and swallowed before I noticed how dry my mouth had become. I looked around and saw that Jasper had a bottle of water next to the bed. I guessed that it was meant for me. I tried to pull away only to be stopped by Jasper's hold.

"Um Jasper, I need a drink. I was just going to get the bottle of water."

Jasper looked down at me and then at the bottle of water before pulling me back over to the bed and pushed me, so I was sat on the edge before handing me the bottle. I drank half the bottle not realising how thirsty I really was.

"Sally said that you were her uncle. How does that work since vampires can't have children?"

Jasper smirked before he crouched down so we were once again at the same eye level.

"Isabella vampire women can't have children, the males can. It has a lot to do with the anatomy and the fact that in order to have a baby a women's body has to go through certain actions. I am sure I don't have to give you a biology lesson. As for how Sally can be my niece, it is the same way she is yours. Sally was a shape shifter and one of Seth's children, she was turned by Aro just after you had died for the third time. Hence her power to be able to change what she looks like."

I blinked as I went back over the part of the conversation of male vampires still being able to have children. I wasn't ready to jump into any kind of romantic relationship with Jasper, in fact, at this moment in time I was starting to question my sanity once again. After all, the darkness did screw me up pretty badly maybe this was just another one of my screwed up nightmares. I tried to pinch myself only to be stopped by Jasper.

"This is real Isabella. I know this is very hard for you to take in considering that you lived in the 'darkness' as you call it for as long as you did. Before you ask, no you didn't say anything out aloud. I can hear you."

I rolled my eyes at him before sliding back off the bed and moving to the opening so I could avoid looking at him. I couldn't believe my eyes, spread out in front of me, it looked like the Elvan city from the Lord of the Rings complete with waterfall. I felt him standing behind me, wrapping his presences around me reminding me who he was.

"You said we were mates..."

I felt his cold breath on my neck causing me to close my eyes and shiver.

"Yes Isabella, we were and still are. You can feel our link, I know that you can. You even showed it earlier. Retta had very little to do with me my dear. That was all you."

I gasped and tried not to pass out as I worked out what he said. I was the one who set Retta on fire, not Jasper.

"Shhhhhhhhhhh Isabella. You need to calm down and let me explain. Our connection allows us to share powers. Your shield was always a large part of yours. It keeps your other powers in control. I told you earlier that you were a mixture of all of us as well as humanity. The humans name for you is Mother Nature. Your gift is tied in with your emotions and your shield, that can keep out all but me, is there to make sure you don't hurt someone if you become upset. Earlier with Retta you became that scared that your shield lowered itself enough that it allowed your power to work through me."

I sank to the floor as the darkness wrapped itself around my mind again. Everything was becoming too much for me to handle.

"Jasper, I can't take anymore. Please let me rest, let me work out where I stand in the world."

I heard him hiss as the darkness spoke through me before I collapsed.

"... Peter you are NOT helping matters. Isabella may be your little sister but threatening to take her away from him AGAIN is a very stupid thing for you to do."

I heard a snort as a cold unfamiliar hand brushed my hair away from my forehead.

"Char, I didn't threaten him. All I said was that if he kept going the way he was going with her, I would take her away for her own health. Look at her Char, you can count every single one of her ribs without even trying. The amount of information he was giving her was too much, too soon. By the way, where did he go?"

"The Cullens' are here. They know that she is here and they are demanding to see her. Jasper went to explain that it will be snowing in hell before he let most of them see her again."

"Most? Come on Peter, what haven't you told me? You know that I hate it when you don't tell me everything."

"Emmett and Rose are the only two he will allow near her again. Emmett because he was the one to inform Jasper of Isabella's state and Rose, well let's just say she comes with Emmett."

I rolled over and went back to sleep mentally shaking my head over these two peoples conversation.

I awoke to find myself wedged between Jasper and a very pissed off Demetri. Jasper looked down at me and smiled before pulling me up, so I was sat in between them and instantly wished he hadn't. It took me only a second to notice I was back in my own room, but it was the four vampires looking at me from the end of my bed that had me wanting to vanish into thin air. I turned and buried my face into Jasper's neck as Demetri took my hand running his thumb over the back of it in what was supposed to be a soothing manner. Jasper turned his head, so I was still hidden, but he could look me in the eyes.

"It's okay Isabella. Emmett finally managed to get away without Alice and Edward stopping him. He didn't want to leave in the first place and has tried to get back here ever since. It was him that informed me of what kind of state you were in. Rose, well I'll explain that one to you later after you are healed. Now the tall guy who is grinning at us like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland is Peter, the women standing next to him is his mate Charlotte."

I nodded my head just enough for him to know I had heard him. Jasper suddenly started to growl causing me to bury my head into his neck.

"Rosie, I suggest that you don't get too close to her. His majesty is not in the mood."

I didn't know what happened because in less than a second I was flat on my back with Jasper crouched over the top of me growling, while Demetri was standing in front of us insisting that they all leave. Jasper didn't calm down until even Demetri had left the room and then I found myself being pulled into his lap as he nuzzled my hair muttering something along the lines of 'mine'.

I allowed him to have his moment before I carefully disentangled myself from him.

"Jasper, I kind of understand what you were saying earlier, but you have to understand I am not ready. When you all left the way you did my heart broke, then after Jacob well... I am not ready to let myself fall in love again so soon. I am not saying never, just please give me time."

Jasper nodded and stood up and moved towards the door stopping just before he left.

"Isabella, I'll give you a little more time, but I am NOT losing you again. You are mine, make sure that you remember that."

I started to cry as he slammed the door behind him.