Everyone was in our room at that point trying to figure out what was going on. I guess they heard all my screaming and came running.

"Mom?" a teenager I assumed to be Hayden asked. He looked just like Jasper but he had my purple eyes.

"Hayden." I said wrapping my arms around him. "Renesme, why don't you guys go for a drive?"

"Okay." she agreed looking clearly confused but went along with it anyway. When I was sure they were far enough away I turned to the others with a grim look on my face.

"Rory what's going on?" Carlisle asked me.

"The Volturi, they're going to come for Hayden, and they're going to kill him. I'm afraid there's no talking our way out of this one."

"How do you know?"

I held up the worn leather bound book in explaination. "My mother was also a protectress. She had a gift for prophecies and kept a detailed journal of all of them. When Jasper told me he had named our son Hayden, one particular prophecy came to mind. It reads:

"When the son of the protectress emerges in the world he shall be named Hayden. He shall be the first full vapire to be beared from the womb, and the defender of the human race. The old ones will see him as their greatest threat and try to eliminate him before he can fight for his destiny. The sacrifice of a stragner, Honesty, shall be his only savior."

I stood there while they all stared at me horrified. I wasn't feeling too great about it either but it couldn't be avoided. I held the book out to Carlisle and he took it.

"Why is Honesty capitalized?" he asked.

"It has to be a person or something, I'm not sure."

"We'll get everyone we can, we'll fight." Emmett suggested.

"It's too late for that. We have less than an hour." Alice jumped in.

Just then we heard the front door slam. Renesme and Hayden were back. We filled them in on what was happening, leaving out the part about our certain doom and started making our way to the clearing Alice saw in her vision.

"Hayden." I said pulling him in for a tight hug. "Whatever happens stay behind us. We love you."

"I love you guys too."

"It's time." Alice yelled as the Volturi broke into the clearing, Aro leading them as always.

"Carlisle, old friend, I do wish our visit was a more pleasant one. However, you have broken our rules." he stated .

"What rules have we broken!" Carlisle yelled back at him.

"Why the child of course."

"What of him?"

"He is an abomination, a disgrace to us all."

"What is it he is guilty of?" Carlisle pressed.

"That is not important, what is is that he must die."

"He is innocent! You're just so afraid of something different you would kill him before he can tell you that he means you no harm."

"Enough!" Aro demanded.

And with that the battle began. Aro himself lunged straight for Hayden's throat but was stopped in his tracks. Standing between them was a human girl, of no more than sixteen.

"No!" she screamed and threw her arms into the air, the amulet around her neck glowing brightly. All of a sudden the Volturi were gone, all that remained was a pile of ash as the girl fell to the ground.

We all ran to her. She had no heartbeat but her amulet was still glowing. That's when I realized what it was. It was the amulet of a protectress. Running on pure instinct I took it from around her neck and placed it on mine. The amulet took over, draining my energy quickly. Once it stopped glowing I placed it back around her neck and her heart started beating again. We made our way back to the house, the unknown girl stil unconcious. I sat by her bed for days, waiting for her to wake.

After nine days she finally opened her eyes, startling me. She was frightened, not knowing who I was. She sat up ubruptly and scooted as far away from me as she could without ending up on the floor.

"Do not be afraid." I said softly.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Aurora Hale, but you can call me Rory."

"H - How long have I been out?"

"Nine days. What is your name?"

"Aminah Jackson." she answered quietly.

"Aminah, that means honesty in Arabic."

I told her everything. How we were all vampires, the prophecy, how she had saved all of our lives, and how I had saved hers.

"You risked your life to save me?" she asked disbelieving.

"It was the least I could do after you did the same for my son. Just out of curiosity, why did you?"

"Well my amulet brought me here and I saw all of you, how that man was going to kill him. I couldn't let him do it, I mean hurt your family like that. I've never had a family before and I just followed my instincts." she explained.

"Well Aminah, like it or not you have a family now. You will always be welcomed and accepted here."

"Thank you."

(Epilogue)

It has been three years since the battle with the Volturi and still none of us could explain how Aminah had saved us all. She chose to stay with us and became a part of family, fitting in perfectly.

Today was Hayden and Aminah's wedding day. They fell hard and fast the moment that they officially met. Everyone knew they were destined to be together. I couldn't be happier and neither could Jasper or the rest of our family.

Hayden had stopped aging when he looked around twenty one and because Aminah was a protectress her amulet stopped her from aging as well. Despite the fact that she looked sixteen she was really nineteen.

I know it's pretty cheesy to say that we all lived happily ever after, but it sure seemed to be that way to me. I had my husband, my son, the loving family I had always dreamed of and now a daughter as well. Life couldn't have gotten any better.