The Shadow and The Seer (Jasper x Alice fanfic)

2. New Girls

Hi!
So this took me a second because I rewrote the first chapter a little!
Enjoy!
-rednight73

Chapter song- Waving Through a Window- Dear Evan Hansen
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New York City 1958

"Jesus, Jasper. You need to eat something." Peter exclaimed as he watched the starving vampire trudge into the abandoned house that was serving as their temporary base of operations. Little Charlotte snorted derisively in the corner.

"Shut up." Jasper slurred at the both of them. His pitch black eyes emphasized the dark circles beneath.

Twenty years of wandering had passed since the day that Jasper had left Texas. His conscience had cleared for about the first five years as the constant killing of war had disappeared. But only momentarily.

Killing for food, while a low toll compared to the number of newborn murders that he had committed, still bothered the empath. So he eventually found a solution to his pain.

He would just quit eating until Peter ripped his head off.

A strong hand clasped his shoulder. "It really bothers you, doesn't it?" Peter asked with a sad frown on his face.

Carefully, Jasper nodded. He'd been trying his best to antagonize his friend into ending him. Perhaps sympathy would work?

"Why are you still here?!" Charlotte broke out in a frustrated yell. Her scarlet eyes burned holes into the starving vampire.

Hmm. Jasper considered the question, but also the little vampire's ability to kill him. Maybe if Peter was distracted and he did his best to stay still? Who knew jealousy would help him out so much?

Amusement temporarily won over as he decided to test this theory out. He laid his hand on top of Peter's hand that was already on his shoulder. "What the hell?" His friend skirted away from him as Charlotte charged at him with a rage-filled cry.

"How DARE you?" She shrieked as Peter held his lover back with one arm.

"The crazy ass is just trying to get a rise out of you." His friend comforted. Peter then shook his head at the obviously disappointed look on Jasper's face.

An exasperated Jasper left the house then. Perhaps it was time to go rogue. At least then he could leave the city that taunted him with so many smells.

It didn't take long for him to slip from his self-imposed fast.

In fact, it took all of his willpower to sprint to a bad side of the city before the bloodlust won. Charlotte and Peter preferred to stick to the criminally-inclined food. Rapists and murderers were the optimal food and were more than enough to assuage any guilt on his friends' part.

Hunger overtook Jasper just as he snatched a man who stood over another human's body. The murderer's death hit his psyche in a great avalanche. Personally, he didn't understand why it made a difference if the human was good or not. He had no right to judge them.

Sanity returned to Jasper in great gulps before he realized that another vampire stood in front of him. The boy appeared slightly younger than him with tall, bronze hair. The boy's ruby eyes looked into his own without fear. Instinct overtook him at the sight of the strange vampire near his hunting ground. His legs tensed.

"Don't." The vampire spoke quickly as if realizing just the amount of danger he was in. Jasper couldn't feel any indication of caution, however. "I'm gifted like you are." He held his hands in the air in surrender.