This is the last chapter to Moonlit Path.
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Chapter 28
The End
Nessie's POV
I froze when I heard the words come out of my father's mouth.
"They're coming from the south."
At top speed we raced towards the meadow, the wolves following us. Jacob and Sam were in the lead. Then the Volturi arrived. Aro, Marcus and Caius entered the small clearing followed by Jane and Alec and the rest of the guard. Dozens of beady red eyes were staring at us. My mother held me close.
"Nice to see you again," Carlisle said. His voice was firm and didn't have any fear. It sounded more like he was greeting an old friend.
"It's nice to see you too, Carlisle." Aro said. I stared up at his blood red eyes and chalky white features and swallowed hard.
"What are you doing here?" Carlisle's voice still had a friendly ring to it.
"Good question. We were just checking up on little Renesmee." Marcus said. Edward took a protective stance in front of Bella and me.
"No need poor Edward. We mean none of your family harm." Aro said, slightly stepping away from where we stood.
"Tell me exactly why you are here." Edward growled.
The vampire's expression turned dark.
"That's what I thought." Edward straightened up, but still stood in front of us.
"As Edward just heard, we are not only here to look upon Renesmee, but we are also here to make a very important offer." Aro explained, but then continued, "Even though as of now we know that Renesmee is no harm to the secrecy of our existence, we have no control over what she will grow up to be. So we have offered to take her in. Keeping a close watch on her untill we have an idea of what she can do."
Carlisle cut him off, "With the right guidance in our family we will keep Renesmee under careful watch until she is fully grown. I swear to keep our existence in secret." Esme nodded in agreement.
"So you don't think we could keep a close eye on her?" Aro was in shock. "I'm very surprised that you're doubting me, Carlisle." His guard took a step forward, on the edge of attacking. All of us flinched at this action. I could feel Bella's sheild guarding us as Aro spoke.
"I guess I am." He replied. Any friendliness in his voice was gone. I just knew that something was gonna go wrong now.
"You better be careful Carlisle." Marcus muttered.
I glanced at Jane and Alec who took a threating stance. Our side did the same. Suddenly, a group of figures appeared in the distance. Taking a closer look, you could see Alice and Jasper leading a few others towards us.
"What do we have here?" Aro asked suspiciously.
"Alice?" Bella exclaimed. Alice's face was still expressionless but I saw her wink at us before addressing the Volturi.
"Good evening, Aro, Marcus and Caius." She said. "As you remeber from your last visit to Forks, we had many witnesses with us. Some of them have returned to make sure Renesmee stays here." Alice gestured to the group behind her and Jasper. I scanned the crowd of vampires and remembered a few of them. From the Denali Coven I saw Tanya, Carmen, Eleazar, and Kate. From the Irish Coven I saw Maggie, Siobhan and Liam. From the Egypt Coven I saw Amun, Kebi, Benjamin, and Tia. Towards the back of group I even saw a few of the Nomadic vampires like; Peter, Charlotte, Mary, Randall, and Garrett. It was pleasing to me how many had returned to support me. A bit of relief washed over or side of the argument but there was still tension in the meadow.
"I hope that from all these other vampires here that still believe that Renesmee is no harm to our society changes your input on the situation." And with that the throng of immortals tooks their places among us.
"That does change the prospective on things, doesn't it?" Aro said. "I believe this has to be discussed." And he turned towards the rest of the Volturi. There was an awkward silence and the tension still held.
At last Aro looked at us. Infront of him, Jane snarled and dropped to a crouch, Alec muttered something to her under his breath. She calmed a bit and straigtened.
"It has come to our decision, that Renesmee Cullen isn't a threat to the secrecy of our existence. But we'll still keep an eye on her." At this, I heard the wolves snarl and Aro took a step back.
"Thank you for understanding." Edward and Carlisle said.
Jacob's POV
I just stood there in shock. That was it. No fighting, no gore, nobody was lost. Alice came back. Man, this was a great day. Well except for the fact the blonde is still here and more bloodsuckers are around, but... I stood in front of the pack. They were just as surprised as I was. I turned to look at Nessie, she appeared relieved. I signaled for my pack to go to the woods.
We'll meet you back at the house. I thought and hoped that Edward heard me.
I quickly glanced at him and he nodded. I entered the foggy grove of trees. Looking up I saw a full moon. I transformed. I found my clothes and headed for Cullen House. I followed the moonlit path with my pack. When we arrived at the house the lights were on inside. I started to head in when I saw Leah. She was back in human form, she was also clutching her nose.
"That place stinks." She made a face.
"You'll get over it," I mused.
"As if." She answered.
"Can you atleast try to get along?" I begged. I saw her roll her eyes.
"I'll try." She said mockingly.
"Good," And I led her inside, along with Seth.
When I came in, they seemed to be celebrating. Before I could even come in the door, Nessie tackled me to the ground.
"I did it!" She cried.
"Yeah you did, Ness." I smiled. She was so happy. I looked around and saw that most of the leeches had gone home. The only that stayed were Tanya, Kate, Garrett, Mary and Randal. All of them were talking with Carlisle. The sun was going to rise soon, so the remaining ones would be leaving later on today at night fall. After hearing of this I told Sam and the wolves scattered. Edward and Bella would be registering Nessie for school that started in a few weeks. So Nessie got her wish afterall. I gave Nessie a goodnight kiss and left, heading home. While lying in my bed that night, I thought about everything that happened this summer: Nessie, the pack, Florida, the Volturi... This just keeps getting better and better.
For the people who read this before I updated it, you should know that a few parts were edited after a change in thought.
