This was it. The moment she'd feared the most for the last week. Everyone was wearing black, everyone had a solemn face. Jasper Hale's funeral. Everyone was there, all the Cullens, the clan from Denali and some other vampires who had been at Alice's party.

The service was short but intense, and it spoke mainly about Jasper's strength and dedication to others. Nobody made a sound or said anything, the only thing that could be heard was the ocasional soft whimper. There were flowers everywhere, specially white ones. Peter and Charlotte, Jasper's nomad friends were also there, visibly affected. Time seemed to pass slower than usual, and minutes seemed like an eternity to the Cullens.

The sadness was almost unbearable to Alice. Memories of her and Jasper flashed through her mind, making it all worse. Remembering her of all the times she'd neglected him, of all the things she never told him, of all the times she hadn't been there. She wished everything to be over.

After the ceremony, people started leaving. Alice and Rosalie left, too, uncapable of staying there longer. It was a couple hours later when an unknown guy walked up to the tombstone. It was not a vampire but a human of approximately 50 years, who wore an old suit. He seemed sad at first, but then a grin filled his face. He looked at Jasper's name with disdain and muttered in barely above a wishper:

"I win! I win!"

Without leaving the man time to react, Edward and Emmett appeared and took him by the arms. David, the canadian vampire, and Carlisle appeared in front of the man, hoping to be doing the correct thing.

"What are you doing! You filthy vamp! I'll kill you too! Let go of me, let go of me...". Yes, this was definitely the man they were looking for.

"Shut up!" said Carlisle's grave voice. "We know that it was you who poisoned my son! Why did you do it? And how? Answer!"

"And why would I tell you anything? You don't deserve to know anything! And now let go of me! You bag of filth! Monsteeers!"

It was certainly a difficult situation, since the man seemed to have a very strong will, but the vampires weren't going to let him go so easily. That was Jasper's attacker, the one who had inflicted so much pain to the family, and the vampires had a secret weapon prepared for him.

"David, please, it's your turn now." said Carlisle's voice.

"What is your name?" asked the vampire softly.

"Jack Thompson, sir."

Everyone looked at the guy, amazed. Even the attacker himself looked confused: not only he had answered that filthy vampire, he had treated him with respect! What the hell was he doing? Why was he doing it?

"Were you the responsible for Jasper Hale's poisoning, Mr. Thompson?"

"Yes, I was." And after a puse, the man continued "Damm you, freak! Lift your spell off of me!" The guy continued to move and revolve, but Edward and Emmett's grip was strong.

"That's it, then, he has mind control." Wishpered Edward, "that man has no escape now."

"Tell me now: How did you manage to get the poison in that vampire's system? And are you responsible the other attacks to vampires in Delaware, Toronto and Alberta?"

"Yes, I was" started saying Mr. Thompson despite himself. "I always do the same. Search the families, choose a member, follow them and put the poison in high concentration in things that they use like keys, socks or things like those. I got an scent-neutralizer from other vampire-hunter friends, so I don't leave any trace, and then I stay to watch how the family falls apart."

"Why do you do such a thing? Why do you enjoy destroying these families?" Asked David, wanting to understand why someone would do so much work just to destroy.

"They don't deserve to be happy! None of you do! Most of my hunter friends only go after vampires who feed on humans, but I know better... You're the same shit, or even worse, maybe!"

"Where is all this hate coming from?" asked Emmett, while mantaining his grip on the furious man.

"My... my daughter... said she was tired of leaving with so much violence at home, and left me, abandoned me to go with a freaking family of vampires. She became the enemy, and I hate you all for taking her away from me! It's not fair! You are monsters, all of you, and you don't deserve to be happy! I sould be the happy one! You should be rotting in hell, monters!"

"Well, this ends tonight." said Esme, who had been watching everything "this last family has been your end. It's been the failure that's gotten you out of business. You'll never hurt anyone again."

Mr. Thompson smiled mischievously, unaware of the three people who had appeared behind him.

"Well, it hasn't been a complete failure. I managed to kill him, didn't I?"

"Actually, you didn't." Said a deep voice behind him. There he was, Jasper Hale, the vampire who was supposed to be dead standing in front of him. He was leaning on Alice, and Rose was on his other side in case he lost his precarious balance. He was still pale as death, and there parts of his face and hands that had strange purplish patches, but the fact that he could stand was more than enough to make every Cullen happy. Esme went inmediately to hug him and everyone smiled. Everyone except Mr. Thompson, who used this moment to try to escape.

No such luck.

"Stop!" ordered David, and the man stopped."What do you want to do with this man, dear Carlisle?"

"Nothing too harsh." he said, aware of David's power.

"OK. Mr. Thompson, are you a fugitive of justice?" the man nodded "What are your charges?

"Three charges of aggression, armed robbery and a kidnapping with violence."

"Sounds good. What do you think, Mr. Hale, is this man going to turn himself in?"

Jasper looked gretufully at David, then at the rest of his family and nodded.

"I think he is."

"Mr. Thompson, I command you to turn yourself in to the police. You will go to the police and confess everything but avoid anything related to the Cullens or me. You are going to the police because you just couldn't live with that burden. Is it understood?" Another nod. "Well now, comply."

And Mr. Thompson took out his cell phone.

"Police...?"

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The family was complete again. No more pain, no more despair. That Thompson man would spend a nice time in jail. Davis and his silent comanion had left, but were invited to return anytime they wanted. While Nessie was having dinner at the mansion, happy that his uncle was "fixed" again, the whole set of Cullens spoke about the ordeal they'd been through, and decided only to take the good things that came out of it.

They all felt they were stronger.

Carlisle felt he could still protect his family.

Emmett and Rosalie learned that they loved his brother way more than they thought they did.

Nessie learned that adults were not invulnerable, a lesson that would prove helpful in her future.

Alice learned to never his husband for granted.

And Jasper learned that, despite everything, he was an important part of that family, and that they all loved him and cared about him.

He also decided to tell someone if his head started to hurt again.

The End!

A/N: Well, this is it! I finally ended the story! What did you think about the ending? Good, bad? And about the story in general? Please, tell his feedback-hungry writer! Hoped you enjoyed it! Thanks fro reading the story until the end! You know you want to review!