Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

The Differences Between Us Make Us Special

By Midnight Dreamer

Chapter 31: I can see clearly now.

Edward was surprised when Isabella spoke to him through their link days ago. He was in the middle of his shift when he heard her scream of frustration. After talking to and getting her to laugh he felt a renewed sense of hope flow through him. His sister forgave him, they could work on rebuilding their relationship and everything would be better. It would never go back to the way it was but it would get better.

After his shift was over he ran to the Cullen’s to give them an update on Isabella. He no more then made it to the door and Esmé opened it asking him to enter.

“Esmé.”

“Edward, what brings you here?”

“I have news about Isabella.”

“Oh. Let me just call the others.”

Esmé called up the stairs and soon they were all seated in the living room.

“So Edward you said you have news about Isabella.”

“Yes. She contacted me today.”

“She’s awake?” Rose asked.

“Sorta. She contacted me through our link. She was worried that Jasper was upset that she was his mate. That she thought he believed her to be to weak and broken. I told her that was not the case. That he was upset that she was in the state that she is in and he has no way to magically make her better. That it looked like I killed him when I told him our story. She was better after that. Then I apologized and so did she. Then she told me to call Vicky and have her help her get a bath cause she was sure she looked dreadful. I told her that that was the Bella I knew and loved. Of course I also told her I could smell her from here, to which she called me an ass and then laughed.”

“So she is getting better?” Emmett asked.

“Slowly. She said she feels trapped inside herself.”

“That may be how her body and mind protect itself from harm or a way for the body to recover or save energy.” Carlisle added.

“That is all I know for sure. That and Jasper is there with her.”

“So are Peter and Charlotte.” Alice added.

Everyone turned to look at her with shocked expressions. Edward took in the thoughts around the room.

Peter and Charlotte? ~ Alec

OH boy what are those two doing there? ~Rose

I hope Peter don’t eat her? ~Emmett

Why wouldn’t he call us if he needed help? ~ Esme

Well this can’t be good. If Peter and Charlotte are there it must mean that the Major will appear! Would could happen that would make him come out? ~Carlisle

What is that idiot thinking inviting those two to come along with all those kids being there? ~Alice.

“Whoa there slow down all of you. First off I must ask what Alec is thinking. Who are Peter and Charlotte?”

“Peter and Charlotte are Jasper’s brother and his wife. Jasper changed Peter back in the day and Charlotte also. So technically they are Jasper’s coven or family if you will.” Carlisle answered.

“Okay now Rose?”

“I was just wondering what those two would be doing there?”

“Well that I wouldn’t know unless we ask Jasper. Unless Esme would have an idea?”

“I just thought that if he needed help that he would call here first knowing that we feel strongly for Isabella.”

“Why would he need help? Carlisle what are your thoughts on this?”

“The only reason I can think of that Peter and Charlotte would be there to help would be if they thought that the Major would make an appearance. Which could be good or bad.”

“Alice, Emmett, why are you too imagining blood baths and massacres?”

“Peter and Charlotte aren’t like us. They drink from humans.”

“You don’t think they would hurt Isabella do you? I mean Jasper wouldn’t let them hurt her, would he?”

“NO! Edward I don’t believe Jasper would have had them come along if they meant any harm to his mate. He couldn’t!” Esmé reassured.

“Okay since you don’t believe they are there to hurt her, I have one other question. Who is the Major?”

“Well I’m not sure if I should answer that as it’s not our place to tell someone else’s story.” Carlisle said.

Suddenly the house phone rings. Esmé went to answer it and came back into the room holding the phone. It was apparently on speaker. A man’s voice came over the phone.

“Carlisle ya won’t have ta feel outta place. I’m goin to tell young Edward what he wants ta know. He is family after all.”

“Go ahead Peter.” Esmé said.

“Edward?”

“Yes Peter.”

“I’m goin to tell ya a story. It’s not a nice pretty story but it does have a happy endin.”

“Okay.”

“Once there was a young Major in the Texas Calvary. He was the youngest Major in history. One night while helping to relocate woman and children outta the war zone this young Major stumbled across three very beautiful women. Unbeknownst to the Major these women were not human. They were vampire. The leader Maria decided to keep the Major. She sensed something was special about him and changed him. When the Major woke he was angry and hungry. Maria sent the young Major into a nearby town where he proceeded to slaughter the entire town. When he was sated enough to be almost normal he realized what he had done and it almost destroyed him. So his inner beast took over.

“It was around this time that his ability became apparent. He was an empath he could control the emotions of those around him as well as feel them. Maria used him to control her armies. He became ruthless and vile. He didn’t care who he killed whether it was human or vampire. He took what he wanted when he wanted it and no one could stop him. One day he turned a delightfully charming and handsome vampire. This vampire saw how the Major was and decided that he would help to bring back some humanity to this monster. It took him several years but he eventually broke through to the Major. He became the Major’s second in command, his Lieutenant. They fought battles together and never lost. They have gotten many scars from these battles, and not just ones that can be seen by the naked eye.

“It was during a battle that the Major once again changed a person. This time it was a woman. She was gorgeous! What the Major had not known was that this vampiress would be his s.i.c.’s soul mate. So when it came time for them to destroy the young newborn vampires that were no longer useful to them in battle the s.i.c waited till it was his mate’s turn and then told her to run. The Major told them to go and never come back. That Maria would force him to kill them for being deserters. He did not wish to kill either of them. So they left him there to face the wrath of the evil war whore. They didn’t know what was to happen to him but they swore to come back for him one day.

“It wasn’t until he was with her almost 100 yrs before they returned for him. They had only been gone 6 years but that was enough for the Major to become so emotionally destroyed that he was planning on letting himself get killed in the next battle just so he didn’t have to be with her anymore. When his brother and sister came back for him, he killed Maria and the rest of the newborns, so they wouldn’t have to worry about her ever coming after them. Then they took off to a better world. However the Major’s depression only got worse.

“Then he meet this annoying little pixie who told him that there was yet another way to live. Free of the crippling emotions he was feeling every time he fed, so he went off to find his happily ever after. And he was happy. Or at least as happy as one can be before they meet their soul mate.”

“Wow that’s a messed up story. But it still doesn’t tell me who the Major is?”

“The Major is none other than Major Jasper W. Whitlock.”

“You mean the happy, goofy empath that I have heard so much about and have seen completely shattered over my sister is that ruthless, vile monster from the story?”

“A part of him yes. When he left with Alice to become a fuzzy critter muncher, he pushed that side of him deep down and refused to let him surface unless he was needed. But the emotional upheaval of his soul mate has brought the Major back out to protect her. It is how Jasper could keep his humanity while serving under Maria. The Major took over and protected the Jasper we all know and love. But now his mate is in danger and needs him so they have merged. Both needing to protect her and love her.”

“Peter are you saying that Jasper has become one with his inner beast?” Carlisle asked.

“Yeah doc that is what I’m saying to ya. Major Jasper Whitlock is now complete.” Peter chuckled.

“So what are you two doing there?” Alice asked.

“Oh I knew the Major would be needin my help so Char and I caught up with him outside Illinois.”

“And what would he need you for?” Alice again asked.

“I little miss pixie princess am the only one fully capable of handling the Major other then his mate and seeing as she is not up to it at the moment, I had to drag his ass out and calm him down.”

“Why would he need calmed down?” Edward asked.

“When sweet pea let go of their link to rest because she couldn’t hold it he thought he lost her. It tore him up. But I knew she would be okay she just needed sleep. So I drug his ass out into the woods and got him some fuzzies to eat while she recouped…it earned me a new bite mark and a picture of me in my boxers tied to a tree for my troubles.”

“Dude…he really stripped you to your boxers and tied you to a tree? I would have killed to see that.” Emmett boasted loudly.

“Don’t let him hear that. He took a picture and sent it to Char. I think it is motivation for sweet pea to open her eyes. Which she has been tryin to do as of late. I think she got them open for the Major, but everything is still fuzzy for the moment. At least until her strength is built back up.”

“That is great news Peter. I’m glad she is coming around. What do you think brought it on?” Carlisle asked. Forever in doctor mode.

“I believe your young Edward is to blame. What ever happened when he spoke to her it pushed her just enough to get her past what was blockin her in her head. That and she is anxious to finally meet the major after all that time talking and writing. To have him there next to her and not being able to see what he looks like is damn near drivin her bonkers. So I expect she will have her eyes open and be on the fast track back from zombie-ville within the next week or so.”

“That is great.” Edward said.

“Yes Edward it is. Well I have to get back to Char and Vicky. We are playing poker and I know they will try to cheat if I stay away too long. It’s bad enough Vicky is whippin my ass.”

Everyone laughed.

“Well Vicky was state poker champ 4 years running.”

“She never said anything about that…i have been swindled. That card shark…I’ll talk to ya’s later okay…Hey you two stop lookin at my cards…ya cheats…and Vicky you said you never played before…you were champ 4 years in a row…”

They all laughed as Peter ranted at the girls for cheatin him, as the phone disconnected. Everyone seemed to be relieved that Isabella was getting better. Everyone except Alice. She seemed more upset about the fact that Peter and Charlotte were there with Jasper.

(E&B)

The Major sat with Isabella while she slept. He knew he would have to tell her all about himself when she woke up. Her curiosity about him was astounding. He never thought that anyone would be that interested in him; but of course he also never thought he would find his soul mate. Peter knocked on the door and asked if he could regale young Edward with their tale because he was asking all kinds of questions at the Cullen house that no one would be able to answer. The Major told him to give him the abridged version for now. With a nod Peter left them alone once again.

It wasn’t long before Isabella was stirring. The Major reached over and took her hand in his. Thinking in his head.

“Mornin Darlin.”

“EMMM Morning.”

“Are you hungry?”

“Yes please. I feel like I could eat a horse.”

“Nah they aren’t very tasty.”

“Ewe that is so wrong on so many levels.”

The Major just chuckled. Isabella slowly rolled over to face him and opened her eyes slowly, expecting them to put up a fight like the last time. Only this time they opened easily, and what she saw when she opened them caused her to gasp. If this was her Jasper she had died and gone to heaven. He was gorgeous; scars and all. The Major’s eyes snapped to hers quickly. They were still gray. Nothing like the electric blue of Edwards, so he knew they still had a long way to go before she was well again. A knock on the door brought them out of their staring contest.

“I have warm cinnamon oatmeal here for you Isabella.”

Isabella licked her lips while the Major chuckled again. He took the bowl from Vicky much like he did with the soup the night before. With a nod Vicky left the room again. They were several spoons in when they both heard Peter scream like a girl. They could hear him yelling that he was cheated and that Vicky lied to him about knowing how to play cards. Isabella and the Major laughed.

“What is all that about?” The Major asked Isabella.

“I’m guessing they are playing poker?” Isabella asked through their link.

“Yeah that is the only card game Peter will play. Apparently Vicky is cheating?”

“Well if she said she didn’t know how to play Poker then she is indeed cheating. Vicky was state poker champ 4 years running. I believe the tournament is coming up again soon and she is entered already as reigning champ. I don’t know if she will go but you never know.”

“Why wouldn’t she go?”

“She has to run the orphanage alone since Edward is gone and I’m pretty much out of commission. I don’t see her leaving to go play cards with no one here to look after the children.”

“I see. What if I told ya that she could go because there would be people here to look after the kids.”

“I would ask who those people are and why would they do something like that for us?”

“Those people would be me, Peter and Charlotte. The reason for doin it is that I’m not leaving here until ya are better and even then I won’t be gone long. Peter and Charlotte wanna get to know ya so they won’t be leavin anytime soon, so I don’t see why we shouldn’t make ourselves useful while we’re taken up space here.”

“Then I would have to say thank you and I’m glad none of you are leaving for a while. But why would you leave and then come back?”

“I have things that I would want here with me and no one but me knows where those items are.”

“I see so you would be gone what a day or so?”

“Two days tops.”

“Okay.”

Isabella had finished eating her oatmeal and was sitting up in bed. Major could feel that the time was coming where she would start her questioning about who he is and why the change in his persona. It took her only a couple of minutes to get her thoughts together before the first question came to him.

“You said you were Jasper but you’re not? Care to explain that?”

“It’s a long story Darlin’”

“I’m not goin anywhere.”

“Okay where should I start?”

“The beginning is always the best place.”

“Okay. Ya remember anything we spoke about in my letters to ya?”

“Yes. You were a Major in the Civil war.”

“Then I will start there. I had just turned 20 when I was made Major. It is recorded in history books that I was the youngest Major ever in the war. I was in the process of evacuating woman and children from the war zone when I saw three very beautiful women. I stopped to help them, only it was I who would be needing the help. The three women were vampires. Sisters if you will. The leader of the three Maria is the one that changed me. She wanted me to lead her armies. She believed I would have great power. She was right of course. My empathic abilities allowed me to control her armies and fight to win. It was then that I shoved Jasper to the back of our mind to save him from the horrors that we would see, I became the Major, Jaspers inner beast if you will.

“Many years had passed, battle after battle fought with us coming out victorious. It was after one of these battles that I found and changed Peter. Peter was a pain in my ass from the very beginning. Always followin me around and constantly tryin to get me to talk about shit with him. He helped to bring Jasper back out sometimes. Eventually the fucker grew on me. We became brothers and he became my second in command, my lieutenant. We fought many more years side by side. His gift and mine working together to get us out with little to no damage to ourselves.

“Maria was evil in many ways. If we lost we got tortured in the worse way possible. She would starve us, or tear off limbs. When it came to her soldiers she only wanted the strongest and the best. So she only kept newborns or yearlings. Once their year was up and their strength gone she had me and Peter kill them. It was on one of these yearly house cleanings, as she would call them, that a newborn that I had created was being destroyed. When it came time Peter told the newborn to run. I could feel the love and protectiveness flowing off of Peter. I knew that this newborn was his mate. So I told him to run with her. Take her and go, never come back or Maria would have them killed. He vowed to come back for me one day. When Maria heard that Peter and this newborn were allowed to escape, I was punished. She removed my limbs and starved me for months. I have never told Peter this and I don’t want ya to either.

“So anyway it was just past the 100 year mark when Peter and Charlotte returned for me. His gift must have been telling him that I was at my wits end because I was planning on letting myself be killed in the next battle. But Peter once again came to my rescue. After traveling with them for a while and my depression not going away I went off on my own. That was when I met Alice. She saved me and brought me to this life in which I was much happier.  Now it seems I have much more to thank her for.”

“Wow. You have been through so much. I’m so proud that you left with Peter. Do you ever think Maria will come looking for you? And what more could you thank Alice for?”

“Maria will never come looking for me. What I didn’t mention was the fact that I killed Maria and her army of newborns before I left with Peter. I didn’t want to have to spend eternity looking over my shoulder to see if she was there or not. As for Alice I will have to thank her for bringing me to ya. If she wouldn’t have brought me to the Cullen’s I would have never been able to write to ya and find out that ya are my soul mate. Now I can thank her for makin me complete.”

“Remind me to kiss her when I finally get to meet her. Which reminds me could you call Peter in here please.”

“Peter” The Major called out, curiosity pouring off of him.

“Major?”

“Isabella would like a moment of your time.”

“Isabella. Glad to see ya awake sweet pea. How ya feelin?” Peter asked.

“Good now that I can see properly. I believe I owe you something Peter.” Isabella projected.

“Beg ya pardon Miss Isabella but I do not think it wise to do that in front of the Major.” Peter bowed his head slightly.

“Oh Peter get over here. He won’t say or do anything.”

“If ya say so Miss.”

Peter inched his way over. A growl was slowly building in the Major chest with each step Peter took toward his mate. Once Peter was settled next to Isabella on the bed, a steady growl was rumbling in the Major’s throat. Isabella leaned up slightly and kissed Peter on the cheek, causing the growl to fall from the Major’s lips. Charlotte was suddenly at the door watching intently to make sure her mate would leave unharmed.

“Oh Jasper keep it down would you. He earned it for taken such good care of you until you could meet me.”

The Major’s growl stopped and Peter and Charlotte looked at Isabella as if she lost her mind. The Major just sat there looking at her. He couldn’t believe that she, a mere child could control him. Peter was stunned and Charlotte was afraid to even breathe. She was sure that if she did that the magic would be broken and the Major would kill them both. But it seemed it was for not.

The Major relaxed and once again took Isabella’s hand. When she started stroking it lightly he purred. Peter took this moment to slowly back out of the room so as to not startle the Major and provoke an attack. Once completely out of the room they closed the door and Charlotte immediately began to question Peter.

“What the hell happened in there?”

“Well Major called me in there. Isabella wanted to speak to me. She called me over to the bed saying that she owed me something. I knew what she was talking about and got nervous that the Major would kill me for being so close to his mate. He was growlin up a storm but she simple told him to stop I guess, which you saw, and he stopped. It was like he had to listen to her. Then he touched her and she started soothing him and he started purrin.”

“so you have no idea either?”

“Not a fuckin clue sweetness.”

They sat around puzzling over what had just happened. None of the vampires knew what to think. Never had anyone been able to control the Major. Not even Jasper and they were part of the same person, and yet this broken and beautiful girl only had to tell him to stop and he did. Then she sooths him and he purrs. The god of war, Ares, the devil, purrs? What was this girl doing to him? First he cries, then plays pranks, then purrs. She must be a very special girl to control the most feared vampire in the world.