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The Chronicles of the Fallen

A/N: Guess what?! My Co Author, dramaqueen1917, is back and will be continuing this story with me! Yay!

This story is written as a collaboration by both Xo BellaItalia oX and dramaqueen1917. If you have any questions or comments, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note. We hope that you enjoy the story and look forward to reading your reviews. – Bella'Xo

Chapter 16
(Jasper's POV)

"Do you remember the story that I told you about my mate that God called Ares?" asks Isabella, her eyes trained firmly on her lap. I growl under my breath. How could I have forgotten that Isabella already has a mate?

I nodded curtly in recognition of her words, but I could feel myself grow tense in anticipation of what she'll say next. However, I didn't think that I would have been able to predict what she had said next.

"He was you."

Had I been human, I think my heart would have stopped beating. The Major rattled the bars of his cage as I tried to comprehend what Isabella had just said.

"I'm… Ares…? I'm Mated… to… you?"

I could feel my head pounding as a distant memory tries to make itself known. But I focused and concentrated solely on the beauty before me who was avoiding eye contact with me and looked down at her hands, which were folded on top of her lap. Her emotions were going crazy and worry was the most dominant.

However, there has to be some kind of mistake… none of this can't be right. There is no way that I used to be an angel. I had a family and a life! Maria told me that she had found me after evacuating the women and children from the town of Galveston during the Civil War. I remember everything about the war and… wait a minute. Now that I think about it, I don't remember anything about my human family. I don't remember anything about my personal life from when I was human or what it was like growing up. I guess it could be possible that Maria had made everything that she had told me about my human life up. And this could explain all of the flashbacks that I have been having of Isabella.

But this… this is just crazy. How could I, a monster, be mated to an angel like Isabella?

Subconsciously, my hand reached out to Isabella's and I felt my fingers weave through hers in a familiar manner. I can't help, but to notice how both of our hands seem to interlock like two puzzle pieces that have finally been placed back in the right place. Our hands looked as though they were made to fit each other.

"J-Jasper… I know that you're… that you're a vampire now… and that you still love Alice, regardless of if you are her mate or not, and… I don't want to be the reason y-you and her d-don't work things out and get back together." Isabella whispers, her whole body shaking and sagging in defeat once she had finished talking as if she was holding back her tears. Her emotions were a wreck and I felt horrible knowing that I was the reason for that.

I know that Alice and I have just finally separated ways and I guess in a way, I still loved Alice… but… I can't help but to think that maybe, just maybe I should at least give Isabella and our love a try. The emotions are there and I know that she isn't lying, because I have been feeling an undeniable pull to her all along.

I don't want to hurt Alice, by moving on too fast, but I don't want to let Isabella go just yet. Fifty years from now, I don't want to regret my decision. I don't want to push Isabella away and then regret doing so in seventy five, maybe a hundred or one thousand years. After all, eternity is a long time.

"Isabella…" I whispered her name as if it is a prayer – a dying man's last words. My voice was raspy and dry, even to my own ears as I pull Isabella into a loving embrace. "I want to try. I know that Alice and I just separated and are no longer together, but I don't see us ever getting back together, because we were never mates… and… I want to try this. I don't want to look back and regret not giving this a try, especially if we are really meant to be together. Will you let me?"

It's like those words are a switch. Isabella's eyes light up so brightly, her smile was contagious. Her little arms tighten around me as she lays her head on my shoulder. She gave a small nod as she held me tighter, as though she was afraid to lose me.

Smiling to myself, I couldn't help but to wonder at how Isabella's tiny frame compliments my own and in that moment; I think I fell in love with Isabella Swan.

(Jacob's POV)

"Isabella's different. Upon meeting her, my instant thought was 'Leech.' Isabella had the alluring beauty and the paleness of a vampire… but at the same time, she wasn't like a cold one. She didn't smell like one of those bloodsuckers. She didn't smell sickly sweet like a normal vampire. Instead, Isabella smelt like apples and cinnamon and freesias… she smelt nice.

"At first, I thought that maybe she was one of those gifted leeches. That maybe she could disguise her scent or something? But then, she ate the human food right in front of us, just like everyone else did in the room, which was even more confusing, because I'd been told that human food smelt and tasted disgusting to bloodsuckers.

"So, I reached the conclusion that Isabella wasn't a cold one, but that did not mean that Isabella was human either. I thought that maybe she was some hybrid… or a new breed of vampire…?" I informed the pack. "I never suspected her to be an Angel."

After meeting Isabella, I'd informed Sam, who had then gone on to call a pack meeting. To be frank, everyone was scratching their heads when it came to do with what to do in regards to Isabella. She wasn't like any normal bloodsucker… but she wasn't human either. The pack's reaction was rather… predictable. We have never come across someone like her before.

"Let's burn her!" yelled Paul, who was already itching for a fight. Leah, being just as temperamental as Paul nodded in agreement. She too was itching for a fight.

"We can't kill her!" I growl in response. She was after all Charlie's new adoptive daughter and it was obvious that they cared greatly for one another.

"We need to think rationally. What if she's dangerous? What if more of her are coming?" asked Quil, always being the voice of reason.

"But she's an Angel," Seth argued on her behalf. "What kind of Angel could be dangerous to us or the humans in the area?"

"The kind who associate with vampires, that's who!" Jared snarled.

"How do we know that she's telling the truth? Jake said that she smelled of leech and something else, so what if it's just all bull shit?!" Leah pressed.

The pack erupted in anger as everyone began yelling, trying to be heard above the voices of the others.

"SILENCE!" commanded Sam. The weight of the Alpha order kept the entire pack silent as Sam continued to speak. "Jacob has already set up a meeting with the girl. If push comes to shove, we shall defeat her without mercy, but first, we must learn more about what she is and why she's here and whether she is lying or not and is really just some kind of new super breed of vampire."

So be it. I can only hope that it does not come to a point where our only option is to kill Isabella. I know, without a doubt that Charlie would be crushed to have his newest daughter die, especially since they have come so close in such a short period of time and he hasn't had his blood daughter with him in a long time. Also, I know that despite whatever 'the tribe before friends and family' mumbo-jumbo that my dad spits out, even my dad has a soft spot for Charlie's new daughter.

Leah could be right, as well. What if Isabella was lying about what she was? The pieces didn't make any sense. Like, if she's an Angel, than what is she doing here? How did she end up with Charlie, mascaraing as his daughter and hanging around Forks while going to school and hanging out with a bunch of bloodsuckers, animal drinkers or not. Could she really just be some new breed of bloodsucker that we haven't encountered yet?

Though, I don't vocalize my inner ramblings, I find myself rather suspicious of Isabella. She isn't as I had pictured an Angel to be and I haven't seen any proof to disbar her claims. I only know what I see and sense. Why isn't she in heaven? What does she want with the resident bloodsuckers?

But the biggest question or all, that despite my like or dislike of the girl, would I kill her if it came down to it?

A/N: Uh Oh! The wolves are having their own disagreements and thoughts about Isabella. Will she be able to prove to them that she was telling the truth and that she's not a threat? As for her and Jasper, what will he think when he hears that he can get his memories back? Will he decide to take the risk? Review!

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