Ok... I have been gone for a while... and I am so sorry about that!
I know it sounds lame... but I have been really busy and just didn't have much time to write.

The thing that kept me busy the most was writing my own, 100% original, story. It is the first of at least two 'books' (not published anywhere so technically not an actual book XD), anyway, it took a lot of my writing time away from the fanfiction.
It was actually due to a review I received yesterday (June 13th 2016) from pinkus-pyon that I was reminded that I still had this on going story. So, special thanks to you, pinkus-pyon, for reminding me of this and this chapter was finished because of you ^_^

I cannot promise a weekly or even monthly update on the story as I have a full time job, reviewing my original story (gotta get all the mistakes out I can find) and gaming (yeah, I'm gamer... don't know if I ever told you that). So, I will write new chapters, but I am not going to promise a certain pattern in publishing them :)

[Disclaimer (for this chapter and those to come until this story is complete): I do not own Twilight OR Percy Jackson and the Olympians!]

Jasper POV

The only sound around me was the breathing of the campers and the swishing of Chiron's tail. Everyone had the same two emotions coming from them. Anxiety and fear and I now understood why as I was watching what was suspended above my head. There, clear as day, were not one, but two different signs of two different gods. One was the owl of Athena while the other was the Boar of Ares.

'It can't be...' Chiron whispered as he flicked his tail a bit more swiftly. The other campers remained quiet though their emotions shifted a tiny bit. As Chiron was emitting confusion, so was everyone else. I was wondering why this was, but a second later I realized I was emitting a huge amount of said emotion. I quickly reigned it in which allowed the anxiety to become the dominant feeling in the mix.

'You! Come with me!' As the words reached me so did a wave of anger. I also recognized the voice as it belonged to someone who I had been trying to avoid for the last couple of days. 'NOW!' Mr. D. said in such a demanding way that not even I dared to say no. I might be a vampire and much less breakable than these demi-gods, but that probably wouldn't matter against an actual god.

I started moving one foot in front of the other as if it was the most difficult thing in the world. I didn't want to find out what Mr. D was going to do to me now. What if I was a danger or what if I broke the system somehow? Would he shred me to pieces and throw me into the fire? Would my parents come and save me? And the bigger question... how was it possible that I had two parents? I was pretty sure that I had had a human parent once.

Mr. D led me to the big house as I was contemplating all of this. My brain was racing and I was once again glad that even though all of this was going through my mind I still had room to think of other things. The down side to all this was that I could remember the look on Bella's face perfectly. She had been scared like everyone else which made me feel even worse.

Mr. D shuddered in front of me and I could feel the same feelings coming from him that were already coming from me. I was pretty sure that it was me emitting these emotions that caused the shuddering in the first place but I didn't care as I pretty much disliked this god. 'Reign in that emotion stuff of yours!' the wine god spat and I felt a wave of pure power crush over me. This guy was serious, but he was also completely insane if he thought I could and wanted to reign in my emotions at this point.

'Let him be,' a familiar voice said behind me while a wave of calm washed over me for a change. Chiron had followed us and somehow he knew how to concentrate his calm on me. 'How did you do that?' I asked without looking back. 'I'm old, Jasper, so I have learned a trick or two during my long life on earth,' the centaur answered. 'Well, thanks. I kind of needed that,' I said and send a bit of gratitude his way. I couldn't risk too much as that might also reach Mr. D in my current state and I didn't want him to feel any gratitude from me.

'Chiron, what do you think will happen now? Is it even possible for me to have two godly parents?' I asked once it became clear no one was going to address the elephant in the room. 'I don't know son, but we will all find out soon.' I just nodded and walked through the door that had just been opened by Mr. D. 'Sit,' the cranky god commanded. I did as I was told as it would be the fastest way, hopefully, to get some answers.

Sadly Mr. D. just shook his head and walked out of the room the moment I had sat down. I sighed and closed my eyes. This was so not how I had wanted to spent the evening. Why couldn't I have gone back to Peter and Charlotte? Why did I have to get on that stupid flying horse.

'Jasper, reign it in will you?' I opened my eyes to see the hair on Chiron's back stand on end as a sign of frustration. 'Sorry,' I mumbled and took control of the emotions that were emitting from me. Chiron relaxed visibly and gave me a nod of appreciation. 'Don't worry. We'll figure this out,' the centaur reassured me.

'That's not even what I'm worried about. I had been planning on going hunting after dinner, but that's not going to happen any time soon,' I grumbled the last part and was pretty sure the old horse wouldn't be able to hear. 'Well, probably sooner than you think.' I looked up just in time to see the old man wink at me. Note to self: Centaurs apparently have amazing hearing.

We waited in silence while I monitored all the emotions in and around the house. Mr. D. was in another room, mumbling to someone. I had to admit I was impressed by the extremely low volume he was using. I wasn't able to understand anything and the same was for whoever was on the other end of this conversation.

Chiron was calm on the outside, but inside he was anxious and a little agitated. He didn't show any of this on the outside and any other camper would just assume nothing was wrong. Speaking of the outside, there were a lot of campers who had gathered around the Big House. All of their emotions were about the same though a lot of them had also added curiosity to the mix.

To get rid of the anxiety that was spreading like wildfire I send a wave of calm towards them all. I could feel it's affect a second later and calmed down myself because of it. As everyone calmed down a bit I began to search for familiar people among the crowd. It didn't take me long to spot Percy and Grover's emotions and soon I spotted Annabeth as well. I had hoped Bella would be there too, but her emotions were either very well hidden or she just wasn't there.

I pulled myself back from the emotions outside as Mr. D.'s emotions got closer again. Apparently his conversation with whoever it was had ended which hopefully meant some answers. My animal side also added quietly that it would be time to hunt then, but I pushed that back for now. I first wanted to know what was going on after which I would let the animal out and hunt.

To my surprise however Mr. D. didn't come in here, but proceeded to go upstairs. 'That's where the Oracle it,' Chiron explained. 'The Oracle? As in someone who predicts stuff that's going to happen in a fancy way?' I asked with a smirk. I had never believed in oracles and wasn't about to start now. I knew that predicting the future was possible as I had seen it with my own eyes when I lived with Alice. But an Oracle worked differently and could only talk in weird rime which didn't really give you a clear clue as to what would happen.

'We need the water kids, the goat and the Athena girl!' Mr. D. yelled from upstairs. I sighed at the annoyance that hit me from upstairs. 'I'll go get them. Jasper, stay here please,' Chiron instructed and left the house. I just rolled my eyes and sat back. This was really becoming a drag and I secretly wished my parents hadn't come forward and claimed me as their own. Or at least, just one of them would have been plenty.

I stopped my internal ranting as the door opened again and Chiron returned with Percy, Grover, Annabeth, and, to my surprise, Bella. I had heard Mr. D. say "the water kids" which would include Bella, but I had half expected her to not show up as this was something that had to do with me and she had made it very clear so far that she didn't want anything to do with me.

'Upstairs! Now!' Mr. D. yelled and everyone quickly obeyed. Chiron motioned for me to follow as well and I reluctantly complied. Couldn't they just tell me what was going to happen next? Why all the evasiveness. I mean, I still didn't want to go back to my old family, but at least when Alice had a vision we knew what was going to happen and when so we could do something about it.

I followed the others while enduring their emotions which washed over me. I tried to filter them out as much as possible, but wished they would just stop emitting so much negativity. It wasn't as if the world was going to end or anything. 'Good luck,' Mr. D. said sincerely, but his emotions told me a whole different story. He was sending off waves of guilty pleasure feelings and it seemed he was really enjoying the current situation. Whatever this oracle had told him, had made him happy which was a scary thing, because the entire time I had been here this god hadn't been happy about anything.

We all walked into the room and to my surprise there was a small girl waiting for us. The girl smiled and waved at everyone but me while sending off waves of happiness. She was obviously happy to see this particular group of people, but when she looked at me her emotions changed. Her face turned into a scowl and she was throwing hostility in my direction as if I was her worst enemy.

'Percy, I have to give you guys this prophecy, but just know that I really don't want to,' the girl said to Percy and the others. She didn't meet my eyes and tried to exclude me from whatever she wanted to say. 'It's okay, Rachel. This is Jasper and you can trust him,' Grover said with a small smile. 'No, I can't. He is the worst kind of creature and I really don't get why he should be allowed in this camp. Demi-god or not, his kind should have no place here,' Rachel said while, for the first time since entering the room, looking at me. Here words were accompanied by a lot of anger, sadness and a little bit of fear. There were two things I knew for certain now. One: this girl had seen vampires before, and two: She hadn't met them under any good circumstances.

'Rachel, I can completely understand why you're so hostile towards Jasper, but we have to figure that out later. Mr. D send us up here for a prophecy so will you please let us hear it?' Bella asked the young girl. 'Fine…' Rachel said with a sigh. She looked away from me and instead focused on something behind Bella. I could barely see her eyes, but the part I did see had turned completely white.

The day a double sign appears,
You will go on a journey to face your fears.
South will be the way to go,
To the place only you know.
Friends old and new will aid you,
But you will need your family too.
Don't despair when one is lost,
War never comes without a cost.

When the last sentence had left her lips Rachel's eyes turned back to their normal colour. She took a few deep breaths and I could feel her emotions calming down again. During the prophecy her emotions had gone wild. They had ranged from worry to sadness to anger and back to worrying again. Nowhere during her trancelike state had she felt a positive emotion.

Normally I would send some calming and soothing emotions towards the girl, but I was too confused myself to manage that. The prophecy hadn't told me anything useful about what had happened tonight. It had only given me more questions and no answer.

'Guess you'll be going south,' Grover commented when it became apparent no one else was going to say anything. 'You'll all be going,' Rachel correct the satyr. That comment made everyone look at the girl. 'The prophecy said nothing about us going along,' Bella commented in a matter-of-fact way. 'That is true, but it did say "friends old and new",' Percy pointed out. 'At least, I like Jasper and I guess I could be counted as his "new friend",' the sea god's son said with a shrug. 'And I can't not go along,' Annabeth stated. 'He is a member of my cabin, or at least half of him is. If this journey can give us understanding as to why he would be a son of both Athena and Ares, I want to come along.'

'Well, wherever Percy goes, I go,' Grover piped in as he put his arm around his friend. Now, automatically, all eyes turned to Bella. 'What? I am neither a new friend nor an old one. I do not feel obligated to go at all. Besides, the prophecy said that family would be involved and I have no intention to meet up with his family.' Her short statement was met by a long pause which was finally broken by Rachel.

'Bella, you have to… whether you admit it or not, you are part of "old friends" as well as family in some form… You cannot deny that, at least not to me. I know all,' she said the last part with a wink. 'Ugh… fine! I'll come along, but only to make sure that my friends and brother will be okay through this whole ordeal and only if you promise me one thing, Whitlock.' She used my last name instead of my first which made me cringe a bit. 'What?' I asked, when she didn't continue. 'When this is all over and done you will never, ever, return to Camp Half-Blood. You will leave us alone and never do anything that has anything to do with us, or the gods or any of that. Agreed?'

I didn't really know what to reply to this as I wasn't sure about my emotions regarding this issue. Admittedly I had wanted to leave this camp as soon as possible at first, but I wasn't so sure about this desire anymore. The most important reason to stay right now was to get Bella to be happy again so if I could accomplish this during this mission it should be fine. With this thought in mind I nodded, 'Yes, I agree to that.'

This wasn't entirely what I had in mind before, but it was better than nothing. I was, hopefully, going to get some answers to what had happened tonight, and in the mean time I would do my best to make what happened at her birthday up to Bella. There had to be a way to combine these two things and I was going to find it no matter what.

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So, that was the new chapter. Even though it took waaaaaaaaaaaaay to long to publish, I hope you guys still like it :)
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