Okay, remember what I said. I've marked very clearly what parts are in the AU. It contains some more controversial subjects, but I suppose they aren't any worse than what I've posted before.
-Blaine POV
Blaine sighed as he stared into the black scrying mirror. He knew that spells required concentration, and he was really trying to give this one all of his own. However, he couldn't shake this bad feeling. Not so much about the spell itself, if he truly didn't blame Jacob for the imprint, then what was the harm of doing him one last favor? No, he was more worried about what they would see, what if it was a happy future? What if it gave Jacob hope?
However, he had promised to do the spell and that's just what he was going to do. He would deal with the consequences after the fact.
"The images will be fast at first, they should stabilize after a few moments." Blaine explained as he sprinkled water that had been blessed by Apollo on the mirror.
Jacob nodded, he was sitting across form Blaine on his bed. "What is it going to show us?"
Blaine was going to have to learn to make allowances. Even Emmett was going to ask him questions that, to him, would seem like simple matters.
"I don't know what it will show Jacob, the images are just of a possible future based on certain parameters. Obviously it can't show us everything, that would take too long."
"What kind of parameters?"
Blaine pulled out a sheet of paper. "The spell needs to know when the possible future split off from our current one." Jacob's eyes took on a confused look, so Blaine sighed and continued explaining. "I need to know how much you want things to have changed. Do you want to see what would happen if I had never met Emmett? Or if I had chosen you instead of him?"
"Oh..." Jacob paused. "If...if it's okay, can I see, what would have happened if you...I just want to know what would happen if you had met Emmett and just become friends. If you had been too in love with me to date him."
Blaine didn't respond, he was writing everything down...without the stutters. The truth was, he had loved Jacob, once. However, he was a little surprised at Jacob's request. He figured the wolf would want to see Emmett dead, or a future where Blaine never met the vampire. However, being friends was the last thing he thought that Jacob would want.
When he finished writing down the limits of the possible future, he held the paper over a candle and let it burn over the mirror. Blaine held out his hand and took Jacob's.
"I'm the witch so it will be from my perspective." Blaine said quietly. Jacob nodded and closed his eyes.
Blaine stared into the mirror trying to concentrate until the world around him started to fade away.
-Blaine POV Alternate Future.
The images came fast. Blaine crying in the woods. Emmett meeting him and Blaine simply walking away. Coming back to a crying Jacob and consoling him. A few scenes of abuse, but also a few scenes of genuine love. The first time they mated and Jacob trying to make it as pleasant as possible. A few other scenes that rushed by.
The images finally stopped at a scene in the yard outside of Jacob's house. Blaine was shooting spells at Quil and Embry. At first glance it would appear that there was fight going on, but the grins on all three faces gave the truth away. They were play fighting, training. Jacob had insisted on Blaine learning how to defend himself so that he would be less possessive and protective. As Blaine focused his attack on Quil, Embry managed to sneak around behind Blaine and tackle him.
"Point to us, you may be in the lead but we are catching up. You slowing down?" Embry asked laughing.
Blaine was about to respond when suddenly Embry's weight was pulled off of him. He looked up into the angry eyes of his mate. Jacob looked furious as he threw Embry into a tree. The younger wolf wasn't hurt, but out of respect to his alpha he wasn't getting up either.
"Jacob," Blaine said in a warning voice. "We weren't doing anything. You said yourself that I needed to learn how to fight."
Jacob knelt down next to Blaine and for a moment the latter thought he was about to be hit. However, Jacob just reached out and helped Blaine to his feet. He then pulled Blaine into a tight hug.
"I just worry about...you know." Jacob said as he reached down and caressed Blaine's stomach.
Blaine smiled as looked where Jacob's hand was. He was about ten weeks along and was just beginning to show. He could not think of anything that made him happier than the fact that he and Jacob were going to be fathers. They were expecting a baby boy in a few months. Normal parents couldn't tell the sex of their children, but being a witch had it's advantages. Unfortunately, even magic couldn't tell Blaine what he really wanted to know. He didn't mind having shifter children, but he wanted to know whether his son would inherit Jacob's traits, or his own.
Normally, Jacob was not shy about asserting his authority. Blaine loved Jacob, but he didn't love when he was abusive. It was a flaw in their relationship, but one that the baby remedied. Jacob loved the child almost as much as he loved Blaine, and was not about to let anything jeopardize that. Blaine had tried to prepare Jacob for the worst. Even with magic, male pregnancies had a forty percent miscarriage rate. A man's body just wasn't meant to carry a child.
So ever since Blaine had found out that his pregnancy spell had worked, Jacob had been overly attentive. Secretly, Blaine wished the gestation could last forever, everyday Jacob found new and inventive ways to make himself look amazing.
The scene faded away to black and changed again. This time, it was over two years later. They were at the second birthday party for their son Jaden. Even the Cullens had come to share their love with the child. Everyone was happy, except Blaine. He stood in the kitchen trying not to get his tears on the cake for his son. Once again, Jacob had lost his temper. Earlier that day, Blaine had taken off his wedding ring to get into another training battle with Quil. Jacob had spent a lot of money on the platinum band and Blaine didn't want anything to happen to it. Jacob however, did not seem to think that it was acceptable for a husband to remove one's ring.
All in all, it was one of Jacob's more tame outbursts. In the end, all that Blaine cared about was that Jacob was keeping up with not harming their son. Whenever Jacob lost his temper at Jaden, Blaine would remove the wolf from their son. He doubted that Jacob would ever harm the child, but then again...he doubted that Jacob would ever harm him. Blaine's jaw spoke to the fact that time and time again Jacob failed his expectations.
Said wolf surprised Blaine by coming behind him and kissing his neck.
"Hey baby, why are you hiding in here? The party's not the same without you." It took him a moment to see that Blaine was crying, but when he did, he laid on his sweet tone. "Baby, please don't cry. I just lost my temper. You know I didn't mean it, right?"
Blaine knew that he didn't. Jacob had an anger problem, and Blaine did things that exasperated the situation. One day, with a little work from both of them they would have the perfect life.
-Blaine POV Back to normal.
Blaine pulled himself out of the vision. He couldn't take it anymore. Without thinking or remembering that he was back in a life where he was with Emmett, he punched Jacob as hard as he could. For all the good it did he might as well have hit a refrigerator, but he got his message through.
"You fucking asshole! You never would have changed. Even if I never met Emmett, I would've gone through the same abuse." Blaine felt bad for yelling at Jacob for a future that would never happen. However, for too long he had been silent. He had forgiven Jacob for too long, and imprint or not Jacob would need to learn a lesson.
Not for Blaine's sake, Blaine would be fine, he would be safe. But Jacob would leave his house today with a fresh start. He would be able to fall in love again, and Blaine would be damned if he was going to let someone else go through what he did.
Next chapter, AT LAST will be the spell.
