Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

The Major And His Demon

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 16:

Family Reunion In Italy

Hell

Jasper led his children through the fires of Hell. The fire did not burn them. It felt comfortable. Like a warm blanket. The streets were paved in what appeared to be brimstone. It was very Biblical. Someone in the Book had given it an apt description Jasper thought. It was short walk to Italy. It was a short walk to everywhere in Hell. A walk most souls never get to finish.

The majority of his children had never been here, the same as him. Only Abaddon had made the trip. But they were not afraid. Many were giddy with excitement, their demons rejoicing in being home. Jasper smiled as he heard the ohs and ahs of the twelve. He admitted he was impressed too. Hell was an eternal city. It seemed to stretch on as far as the eye could see. And it did. Demons and tortured souls inhabited Hell. All around souls of the evil were being tortured and would remain so for eternity. The wind was blowing hard. Screams could be heard all around. They blended together to form a single piercing noise that was somehow pleasing to the ear.

They walked through the streets of hell in the shadows of the towers above them. The towers were surprisingly typical looking skyscrapers like you might find in New York or LA. They came up on a large hole in the ground. The hole was large enough to pass a bus through.

“Jasper what is this?” Sara asked in wonder.

“This is the hole that leads to the underground portion of Hell. Up here is where the evil souls dwell and the demons that monitor the earth and deliver torture for eternity. Down there is reserved for the worst of the worst. Rapists, those who harm children, serial killers, mass murderers on a grand scale. Dictators, Kings, who put themselves above their subjects, people who talk during movies. This is where the Volturi will go.”

The group stood and stared for a moment.

“Have you ever been there, Master?” Michael asked.

“No, I but I believe my demon has. Perhaps one day I may take a stroll. But our mission is on Earth. Let us not forget, we are not agents of evil. We are justice. We are vengeance. And our job is to send the souls who belong in this pit, home.”

Jasper began moving. He was impatient. He did not fear this world. Indeed his demon felt at home here. But he wanted his Isabella. He was ready to take her to the Waterpark but this time during the day. And those corndogs looked really good. He wanted to give them a try. He wanted to sleep with her and wake up with his arms around her. He had things to do. This Volturi thing was sort of a nuisance. Up ahead he saw the portal.

“Peter, Charlotte and Alice could not follow us here. Only demons are allowed to come and go through Hell. Mortal souls who come here never return.”

“Jasper, what are those small demons over there doing? They are watching us. They have such large teeth.”

Jasper chuckled. “Jane liked to tear the flesh off of her victims as a human with her teeth. They are waiting for her.”

No one said a word as they followed Jasper to the portal.

Jasper turned to the twelve. “The time is now. Bella is waiting for me. Lillith is waiting for her Husband and Master. Are we ready?”

Twelve heads nodded in his direction.

“Then let’s go have some fun.” Jasper grinned.

Italy

The assembled vampires were standing in the back of the throne room. Hundreds had gathered. While this was by no means the entirety of the vampire race, the major covens were present and the oldest nomads. The Cullens were at the front of the line, standing between two of the Volturi Guard. The entire assemblage turned when the door behind the thrones opened.

The Cullens gasped. Jane and Alec were bringing Bella out of the dungeon. What was left of her.

Jane ripped her dress off and their stood an emaciated girl with her hands behind her back. Burns covered her body and face. Deep slashes with dried blood covered the skin that was not burned. Her eyes were swollen shut.

“What is the meaning of this?” Eleazer shouted. “Why have you done this?”

Aro rose and spoke. “Brothers and sisters. What you see before you is a human who learned our secret. She was told by the Cullens and not changed. Had this been the end of it the Cullens and the girl would have been simply killed according to our agreed law. However this girl is different. She discovered the key to killing vampires. She is a witch.”

A murmuring went up in the crowd. Garrett prepared himself to spring but a glance at Carlisle Cullen told him to wait. To let this play out. Carlisle knew Bella wanted this. He wasn’t sure why, but he knew that. Esme was sobbing as was Rose. Emmett was fuming.

“This is ridiculous. A witch cannot kill a vampire. It has not even been proven witches really exist!” Amun spoke from the back.

“I assure you they do and she can kill vampires. She has already killed Felix Voturi.”

The crowd became quiet. Vampires looked around and noted that Felix was not with the guard.

“She has also claimed to have killed Edward and Alice Cullen.”

The assemblage’s eyes darted to the Cullens, noting the absence of two of their most powerful vampires.

“Isabella Swan is a witch. She has survived the torture inflicted on her for the past four days. And yet she lives. We have discovered her one weakness however. Fire.”

Aro stretched his hands to the pyre in the middle of the room that had been set up. Above the pyre were fans that had just turned on, designed to suck the smoke out of the chamber. This had been useful when vampires were burned before Aro. It would come in handy now.

“The Cullens are as responsible for these deaths as she is. They will follow her in the fire. Jane, if you would.”

Jane nodded and walked Bella up the stacks of wood to the top where a pole rose. She uncuffed Bella’s hand and recuffed them to the back of the pole. Taking her head she pressed it against the wood and tied rope around the pole and her forehead holding her head in place. She did the same with her legs, tying a rope around her thighs and calves. With a smile and a kiss she left Bella and walked to the bottom.

Aro walked forward. “Let all witness the protection the Volturi provides you. You have nothing to fear. No witch nor vampire breaking the law will harm any of you.”

Aro nodded to Alec who walked forward with a lit torch. As he was about to lite the pyre the doors to the throne room burst open.

And in walked Jasper Whitlock. Followed by six guys in jeans, boots and cowboy hats. And six girls wearing the shortest cutoff shorts imaginable. Jasper looked at his love, tied to the stake.

“Well look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. Whaddya suppose that makes us?”

“Big damn heroes sir.” Abe replied.

“Ain’t we just!” Jasper replied smiling.

Bella rolled her eyes. “Jasper love, stop fucking around. It’s time to get this show in the road and go home.”

The assemblage looked at Bella Swan tied to the pyre. Only she wasn’t tied anymore. The ropes burned from her body. The metal cuffs fell from her wrists. And she was healed. Not a scratch on her. The vampires turned in a panic only to see five demons standing behind them. Demonic beings straight from hell. They were so hot the vampires could not approach.

The Cullens stared at Jasper Whitlock in amazement.

Rose walked towards him.

“Jasper?”

“Yeah Rosie. It’s me.”

“You’re… human.”

“Mostly. Some… half of me at least. But yes I am human.”

“How is this possible?”

“You don’t want to know what I went through, Rosie. Trust me.” Jasper winked at her. But Rose did want to know. She wanted to know more than anything on earth.

“What is the meaning of this?” Aro shouted standing up. Marcus rose as well but his eyes were on Bella Swan who was making her way down the wood pile. Unfortunately Aro caught Jasper’s attention.

“Jasper Cullen? How is this possible?” Aro whispered.

“Would you like me to show you?” Jasper asked, reaching out his hand to touch Aro. Aro hesitantly raised his hand and touched Jasper’s.

Aro screamed as the thoughts of one of the oldest demons filled his head. Knowledge of Heaven, knowledge of Hell, knowledge and memories of the pain of over a billion tortured souls screaming in his head. He opened his eyes and saw a man who had been there a second ago was now a shiny black skinned smiling skull with horns. The hand he was touching was large with Talons extending. It was cold. Ice cold. Colder than Aro’s skin. A chill had entered the entire room. Aro opened his mouth to speak and found he was unable to, the screams still reverberating in his head.

Aro looked at Bella who nodded. She had remained in her human form. She was now dressed in a sleeveless black dress that curved to her body and looked as if it was made of darkness. All others were allowing their demons to burst free. They were smiling. Horrible smiles that struck fear in the hearts of the gathered vampires.

Bella looked toward the other brother standing. Only Caius remained sitting, cowering in fear and shaking.

“Marcus. It is time.”

Aro looked at Marcus in fear. He knew. Marcus knew. Aro prepared himself for the battle. Jane stepped forward to defend her master. Bella looked at her.

“Jane?”

Jane’s head turned toward Bella.

“Pain.” Bella whispered with a smile.

Jane’s head exploded in agony. She fell to the ground clutching her face, trying to rip her brain out of her own head. Bella turned to Alec. Marcus attacked Aro. The guard stared at each other. Caius was in a fetal position on his throne.

Alec stared at Bella.

“Be careful Alec. Would you want your power turned on you? Without end? To live in a world with no senses. I promise if this happens I won’t let anyone kill you.” Bella smiled and walked up to Alec and touched his cheek. Her hand was fire.

“What did you do to her?”

“She is stuck in her own mind. She will feel the pain she caused other’s for eternity. You can save her.”

“How? I will do anything!”

“Kill her.”

Alec was silent.

“But…”

“Kill her or I will leave her like this, forever. In pain. You will be doing her a kindness.” Bella told him softly. She looked at the pyre and with a wave of her hand it lit. Within seconds it was a roaring inferno reaching the top of the chamber. The assembled vampires could not believe their eyes. Jasper had walked up to Caius and was speaking to him quietly. The twelve had gathered in a circle at various points in the throne room and had begun chanting. Bella heard the sound of marble breaking and saw a torso that had once been Aro Volturi.

Marcus turned to Bella. “Will the fire consume me as well?”

“Yes.”

Marcus nodded and began the walk into the flames carrying Aro by the hair as he screamed in fear of the flames. Bella saw them both walk in and they were gone. In different directions to be sure but both were gone.

“Please. Give me another option.” Alec shouted to Bella.

Bella looked him in the eyes.

“No.”

She turned around and saw the Guard was standing still. Caught in the circle of the twelve.

Caius screamed. He tried to run from Jasper, who had just finished a conversation describing the tortures he would endure.

Bella jumped in front of him and reached into his chest.

Caius looked down in horror to see her hand had melted into his chest cavity and he could not move. She looked at Jasper who nodded.

Bella kissed Caius on the cheek. And he felt himself burning. He was turning to ash around Bella Swan’s small hand. It took five minute of agony as Caius slowly felt himself smoldering. Finally he was ash and his torso dropped to the floor. Jasper looked at Bella.

“A bit theatrical darlin?”

“Aro wanted this to be a show of power. I would hate to disappoint the dead.” She smiled.

Jasper looked at Abe. The twelve were still chanting.

“Finish them Abe.”

Abe nodded and the chanting grew louder. The Volturi guard who had been standing, watching their masters die in fear felt themselves warming. Soon the fire was unbearable. They were piles of ashes within a minute.

Bella turned to Alec.

“Alec, last chance. Kill her or you die and she stays like this in the dungeon forever.”

Alec nodded. He leaned over to try to kiss his sister but he could not peel her hands from her face long enough to do so. He twisted her head and quickly ran her body to the fire.

“Poetic, no?” Bella asked, looking at Jasper.

Alec turned. “What now?”

“Now you join her.” Bella moved faster than a vampire. Her fist struck Alec in the chest and he flew into the fire. He stood in the fire and tried to walk out. Jane rose from the flames and pulled him in. Even in death she wouldn’t leave her twin.

The chanting stopped. The kings and guard were dead. The gathered vampires stared on in fear. All except the Cullens who stared in wonder and Garrett who stood there with his mouth hanging open. He looked towards Bella.

“That was the coolest damn thing I have ever seen.”

Bella smiled. He was a cute one. She wondered briefly if Alice might like him. No, Alice was hers.

Jasper, who had reappeared in his human form, turned to the silent crowd. He took Bella’s hand and pulled her to him. They kissed deeply, holding each other as closely as possible, almost as if they melted into each other. The vampires saw dark shadows surrounding them. The shadows seemed to merge into one being surrounding them.

Jasper and Bella walked to the thrones and sat. Jasper addressed the crowd.

“Howdy ya’ll. My name is Jasper Whitlock and this is my wife Bella. Ya’ll are probably wondering what happened here. And I am going to let my lovely wife explain since she has done most of the work.”

Bella looked out over the assemblage. She was tired and hungry. She wanted a cheeseburger. She wondered if there was a good cheeseburger in Italy. Then she remembered she was supposed to address the hundreds of vampires currently staring at her. Focus Swan.

“Hello. As you have just seen the Volturi are no more. However this will not be a free for all. We will be policing the vampire world. I am the demon Lillith and Isabella Swan. This is the Master. You don’t need to know his real name. He is also Jasper Whitlock and I am sure you have heard of him. All of us here are human. We understand you must feed, no different than the lions of Africa. However we are going to be civilized. There will be new rules. And if you break them, we will send you to Hell. Nod if you understand.”

The vampires nodded slowly, still in shock over this turn of events.

“Good, because Hell is what will now be judging you. First rule. No children. Of any kind. Ever. If you kill a child I will personally come and visit you myself. And you cannot hide from me.” Bella’s eyes blazed red as she said this.

“Rule number two. No sadism. You kill and be done with it. If we discover that you have tortured a victim, and we will know, we come for you.”

“Rule number 3. None of you are ever allowed in the State Of Washington again. Ever. If you see newborns or other nomads that aren’t here pass the word. No one goes near Washington. If you do I visit you as well.”

Bella looked at Jasper who nodded and stood.

“That is all. You are not to reveal yourselves to humans. If a human so happens to find out let us know and we will discuss how to best deal with it. We will not kill the human. Memories can be changed. My wife has had a lot of practice at it lately. We will not kill you for the slip up. Now if you go on Daytona Beach at noon we may have a problem.” Jasper finished with a smile.

Bella budged Jasper.

“Oh yeah. This castle is off limits. We won’t be here. If anyone needs us come see us in Sonora Texas. Do not kill our neighbors. That will piss us off more than you can imagine. Any questions?”

“How did you become human?” Rose asked immediately.

Jasper looked down at her and smiled. “We will discuss that later Rose.”

Rose nodded, happy for now. The first hope she had in over a century. She knew it could be done now.

“Any others?”

No one said a word. You could hear a pin drop in the large room.

“Okay, ya’ll can head on back home now. We won’t be summoning you the way the Volturi did. We will find you if needed. We have no interest in gifted vampires. Just behave yourselves and everything will be okay. Have a safe trip home.”

Soon the only vampires remaining were the Cullens and Garrett.

Esme rushed the throne and pulled Bella into her arms. No matter what she may have seen Bella turn into, she would always be her Bella.

Carlisle walked to Jasper and stared in wonder.

“How did you do it?”

“I had to become human to become a host for the demon. It was the only way I could have her.” Jasper nodded towards Bella who was currently being held by Esme.

“Did we miss the party?”

Everyone turned to see Peter, Charlotte and Alice walk in.

“Yep. They’re deader than shit. I plan to go check on them later.” Jasper replied.

“Good. So what now?” Peter asked.

“Go on with your lives. Enjoy yourselves. Live without fear.” Jasper responded. Peter nodded his head.

“But Jasper…”

“Rose, five years. Taken five years to really think about if you want to give up an eternity with Emmett. If you do I will turn you both. It will be more painful than you can imagine. More painful than the change. If you want this, come see me in 5 years. We will talk then.”

Rose nodded her head. Emmett wrapped her in his arms.

“Bella, Jasper…” Alice said quietly walking up to the two.

“You are staying with us Alice.” Bella told her immediately.

Alice squealed and jumped towards Bella holding her. Bella laughed. “As if I could ever turn you away.” Bella told her rolling her eyes. “Who would do my shopping?”

“Listen everybody. It’s time to go home. Michael and Matthew are going through the Volturi’s computers now. We will have their funds soon enough. I need to talk with Bella.”

The vampires, besides Alice nodded and began to walk away.

“You will come see us soon?” Esme asked turning one last time.

“Absolutely.” Bella replied. “And you can come see us. Jasper will rent a theme park.”

Carlilse gave Bella a hug, followed by Emmett and Rose. Garrett turned around to leave before he was stopped by Bella.

“Thank you.”

Garrett smirked. “For what? You didn’t even need me.”

“You tore up a Volturi guard and risked your life to help a girl you didn’t even know try to escape. You’re a good man Garrett. That will not be forgotten.”

“You just give me a call if you need to be rescued again. I like watching you work. You’re one bad bitch, you know that?”

“I do my best.” Bella winked at him.

Jasper grabbed Bella’s hand and walked her to a deserted hallway. They walked into a deserted room.

“Guest room.” Jasper responded to Bella’s unasked question.

Jasper turned and saw Bella’s black dress was gone.

“We uh, didn’t bring you any clothes because of the trip through Hell to get here and everything.”

“You don’t mind me like this do you?”

“No, Jasper whispered, “I don’t mind at all.” He responded staring at Bella’s nude body.

“So we need to talk first.”

Bella pouted. “I haven’t seen you in days and you want to talk. How about you talk while my mouth becomes acquainted with your cock?”

“No. This won’t take long.” Jasper smiled.

“Let me guess. This is the part where you go all dominate and tell me I belong to you and no one else can touch me, right?”

“Yeah something like that.” Jasper smiled.

“I need my girls, Jasper.” Bella told him sternly.

“Pick two.”

“Alice and Cindi.”

“They are yours. You are mine. No one else’s.”

“Fine.” Bella smiled. “Pick two guys.”

“I’m good with just you, thanks.” He winked and then pulled her naked body to his.

“Do I have to call you Master?” Bella asked breathlessly.

“You bet your ass you do.”