AN: Wow, thank you to everyone who reviewed on the last chapte. I was a little afraid that you would all of hated me because of the way that I protrayed Edward. This chapter will unravel some more mysteries for you and why the Volturi are so important to this story.

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Chapter 37: Confessions

Alice POV:

My family and I were on our way back to home where I knew that all the moms had a huge feast waiting for the ones who could actually eat. As we were running through the trees I was planning a huge shopping trip this weekend with Bella to get her more maternity clothes and to shop for my three little nieces. I was so excited that they were all girls because it will be like having three little dolls to shop; and buy for and since they come from a line of werewolves I am sure they will outgrow their clothes quickly. That just meant I got to go shopping more. Yay!

It has been a long and emotional day, but I am so happy that Bella seems to have developed her powers. I worry about her because I just don't want to see her get hurt, especially not after everything that Edward has done to her. However, after bearing witness to everything that she just did first hand I know that she is more than capable of surviving the upcoming battle.

I am still upset that I cannot see anything related to Edward. He is keeping me guessing. Some days he is hell bent on going to join Victoria and Maria, others he is thinking of wandering the globe alone for the rest of eternity, or breaking the golden rule and exposing himself as what we are to get himself killed. However, those are the ones I am fairly certain that are false because there are times that I get shots of him doing things with an evil little vampire named Jane that I never thought that I would see, or ever wanted to see. Him and moral codes, what a bunch of bull that was. I truly believed that someone I once saw as my closest brother has turned traitor on us. He doesn't care whether we live or die.

This Jane is a member of the Volturi and while I don't know what Edward or any of them have planned I have a sinking suspicion that it is nothing good. So far I have kept all of these thoughts to myself because I do not want to worry anyone until I know for sure. I think that my Jazzy has picked up some conflicting emotions coming from me, but he too has kept quiet; knowing that when I want to tell everyone I will.

We were almost to the river that borders our back yard when a serious horrific vision took over my body. I knew I was shaking with each second that I was kept in this future that Edward had caused.

I was in the field that we had just left, but now the moon in the sky was directly over all the remains of the vicious battle that just took place. The leaves had fallen off the trees and there was a slight dusting of snow on the ground. I knew that the first snowfall for the area would happen in around twelve days; so it had to be around that.

I could make out the body pieces of dozens of vampires littered across the wet white ground, but the two that stood out to me were Victoria and Maria. Somehow we had been victorious in killing them, and I was relieved at that, especially when I looked around and saw that everyone one our side had made it through the battle relatively unharmed. There were a few broken bones and abrasions, but no deaths. However, my relief was short lived when through the trees I saw the worst thing I possible the entire Volturi guard advancing on us, Edward included.

He must have gone to them and now they were after us. If I had any hope that Bella's shield, which had worked so well with the newborn army, would save us; I couldn't have been more wrong. A vampire stepped ahead of the line of black cloaks and raised his hand against the bubble that Bella had surrounding us. Within seconds it disappeared and we were all vulnerable to them now.

I saw the cruel smiles cross all of there faces, knowing now that our advantage against them was gone. Loud growls had erupted all around the field; and we all resumed our defensive positions once more, however, this time it was likely that most, if not all would not survive their attack.

There was no talking, only the slow rhythmic movement of their guard's formation as it crept closer and closer to where we were positioned. All of a sudden they stopped around two hundred yards away and a grey mists slowly started across the field. I knew, from Carlisle talking about the guard in the past, that it was one of the 'witch twins' using their power on us. Alec, if the mist reached us we would all be blind and drained of all senses until they could get around to burning our bodies.

It crept closer and closer and then when it reached our line everything went black and I could no longer see anyone, including my own, futures anymore. I gasped back into reality, shaking with panic and pure dread. I was vaguely aware of Jasper asking me what my vision was about, but I could not speak for a long time. We were all going to die; and it was all Edward's fault.

"Ed...Edward" I was finally able to whisper through my clenched teeth.

"What about Edward?" Jasper asked me, slipping into his authoritative voice.

"He…He went to…to the…the," I was trying to get it out, but I just broke down sobbing.

"The Volturi." Bella finished in a fairly calm voice, and we all just turned to look at her in shock because how could she have known what he did.

BPOV

When Alice had the vision, I knew that it was time to tell the family the rest of the vision that Selene saw. I knew I had to wait for the right time because I had to make sure certain decision were made because this is the way things had to play out for everything to go as planed. No matter how painful and scary the future she saw might seem, it is nothing compared to what could have happened if Edward had not betrayed us. I knew now a part of what Selene was saying about Edward playing a role in the final battle. It was time for the reign of the Volturi to come to an end; and I was going to be the one to do it.

"The Volturi." I answered for Alice, when I saw that she was having trouble speaking; and the attention was shifted off of her and totally onto me. Paul pulled me into his arms again and I knew that it was just his way of trying to protect me, but I loved being in his arms because it gave me the strength to get through what I was about to explain.

"What? How did you Bella?" Carlisle asked with a concerned face, if there was anyone who knew how dangerous the Volturi were it was him and Eleazar because of the time that they had served with the guard in Italy.

"I saw it, in the vision Selene had. The entire Volturi guard and Edward were there, but I couldn't tell you anything until the decision to come had been made because it is essential that we allow them to come as planned." I answered his question with a firm confident voice.

"No. No, Bella what I saw, how is that any good for us?" Alice yelled at me still huddled in Jasper's protective arms.

"I know what you saw Alice, how before now we thought the true battle lied with Victoria and Maria, but they are just the cause of it. It will be good for them to leave this Earth because they are truly vile creatures who deserve to die by our hands. However, in the end they will be easily defeated. The true battle will lie with fighting the Volturi because they have ruled the mythical world with tyranny and oppression to all creatures except ones that will bend to their commands for millennia; and I will see to it that when the dust settles from the fight their time of ruling is ended forever." I answered and there were gasps from everyone, except Alice who broke down again into tearless sobs. After a moment I continued.

"Unfortunately this battle is not one that any of you will be privileged to participate in. It is one that can only be fought and won by me because every one of you will be rendered paralyzed almost from the very moment they arrive. They believe that one amongst them can get through my shield and I will play into that. Once my shield has been removed they will take you all down by removing your senses, however, it will not work on me and only I will be left standing to fight against them. My powers will still be fully functional though, but I just need to lull them into a false sense of victory that they will feel, especially when you all are rendered powerless. I know it might seem impossible for only one to win against dozens; and it will be challenging, but I still have a few tricks up my sleeve. " I announced, but was jerked back by a visibly angry Paul.

"Absolutely, no fucking way are you going against any of those vile things alone and that is including that leech Edward? How can you be so stupid to risk yourself when we could all help you, Isabella?" Paul roared at me, beginning to shake violently like he was about to phase.

"Calm down honey. I never said it wasn't dangerous, I only said that this was the only way to win. The Volturi have been ruling the vampire world for thousands of years with their barbaric form of thinking; and this is the only opportunity for anyone to defeat them. If I let you all fight many of you would loose your lives and I can not have that. I will be protected at all times by my shield and they will not touch any of you, I promise. We will all survive this in one piece, but only if we let everything happen the way I have seen it in Selene's vision. However, if we try to fight against them the ones that do survive; and that would be only gifted vampires and I, we will be enslaved within their guard for all of time. Forced to do their bidding and I refuse to damn myself to that existence. I know that this will be hard for you to let your pregnant wife do all the fighting against the big bad scary vampires, but it has to be this way and you will just have to trust me. I love you so much; and I want us to live in that peaceful safe world that can only come about if there is no more Volturi hanging over our heads." I explained and got Paul to stop shaking by kissing him chastely on the lips.

"Why can't I see anything after the battle, there are no futures for anyone? It is all just a black void." Alice wailed out.

"Alice there is no future because while you are under the influence of Alec's powers it cuts off all of your senses, and that includes your gift of premonition. It will come back once he is killed and releases everyone from his hold, but until then you and everyone else will only have me as your eyes and ears.

"Bella, dear, why if that one vampire's power is to neutralize others gifts how come it will not work on you?" Carlisle broke the silence first.

"The powers that I have were given to me by a being that has no connections to vampires or humans. As I told you Selene was around long before humans or vampires came into existence and because of that her powers are a million times stronger than any vampires could ever be. I know that I may seem like the same old Bella to you, but just with some new tricks that I can do with the weather and stuff, but everything is completely different to me than it was before I met with Selene. I feel every molecule and every atom in the Earth, sky, and water I am connected to it all and it is to me. We are one and will always be one. I am literally Mother Nature in human form and one vampire cannot destroy all the power that nature has. I am from the Earth itself, a creation that no mortal or immortal can ever destroy." I told him with a serene smile on my face.

"I am having a hard time following you Bells. Why exactly do we all need to be left out of the fight with the Volturi? Why does it only have to be you?" Jake asked next and the others all nodded their heads as well. I took a deep breath and tried to explain my reasoning.

"Jake, think about how everyone will be when we fight the newborns. Yes, they will be stronger then us, but they are just newborns and the ones that do have powers will have no control over them, but the Volturi spend all of their time training and perfecting their powers. No one in history has ever been able to kill a single one of them because they are so gifted, if everyone was to fight I would not be able to keep my shield on everyone; and take down the guard. I need total focus and the only way I can do that is if I know that all of you are safe, even if that means I have to let one of them take away all of your senses. Selene and the other immortals like her were only able to watch the death and destruction that vampires caused since they came into existence, but they had no way of destroying any of them. See what the legends of the tribe left out is that while Selene was visible for anyone to see she had to corporeal form. She had no substance to her body, imagine a ghost but one that you can see all the time in complete form, but if you tried to touch her your hand would go straight through. She needed a strong body that she could endow with her powers for her to be able to destroy any 'cold one'. It is time for the reign of the Volturi to end and that is only possible through both my new powers and my werewolf side working together. Does that help clear that up a little?" I asked after I explained, but they were all still looking at me like I had three heads.

"A little dear, but I am sure that I will have more questions after I sift through all of this information. Alice, however, I was wondering if you know when this battle is to take place?" Carlisle turned to a now calmer Alice.

"Two weeks, I didn't see that Victoria was going to attack because they must have made a decision just recently, but it was being blocked by Edward somehow. Edward has really gone crazy Carlisle; and he will do anything to get Bella back. Even kill all of us without a second thought." Alice said with a tired, almost exhausted face. Paul pulled me tighter against his chest with each word that Alice said.

"Well, there is nothing we can do about that now. Edward has chosen his side and now we must do what we can to prepare for the battle. It helps a little now that we have a time line to go by. Lets get home and rest a little, I am sure Esme and the others are getting worried." Carlisle kissed Alice on the forehead and gave her a little smile.

We all took off running back to the house. Esme, Carmen, and Sue had a table full of that looked like an entire Thanksgiving and Christmas feast ready. When they saw us their faces all turned from smiles to concerned frowns. We all sat down at the table and began to eat, while Carlisle and Eleazar filled them in on everything that happened today. I tried to listen, but I was paying more attention to Collin. He was barely eating his dinner and was just staring at his plate. I could tell something was bothering my son; and when he suddenly stood up from his chair and left the room I was really worried.

I got up to follow him and Paul tried to follow, but I told him that I would see what was wrong. I followed Collin's scent upstairs into the bedroom that was built for when we stay over at their house. I knocked on the door, hearing his heartbeat from inside, but got no answer. After a few moments I opened the door and looked inside. At first I could not see my son, but then I located him on the floor behind the bed with his legs pulled tight against his chest. He had tears running down his face and he looked so small huddled in that position. I rushed over to his side and pulled him into my arms. He flung his arms around me and held onto my body for dear life.

"Oh' baby what's wrong?" I whispered in his ears as more sobs erupted from his chest.

"I can't…lose…you…momma." He cried out and I had tears flowing down my own cheeks seeing my son so scared.

"Sweetheart, I am not going anywhere, I promise." I cooed to him as I rubbed his lower back.

"You can't know that. Brady and mines birth mom left us and our dad gave us up without a second look. What is to stop you from being taken away from us too?" He pulled back a little a looked into my eyes as he asked his question.

"Collin, this battle is going to be dangerous. I am not going to lie and say that it is not, but if everything goes the way it is suppose to then I will never leave you or Brady ever. However, if something should happen to me you always have me in here." I told him pointing to heart.

"My love for you will always exist whether I am physically here or not. You and Brady are so important not only to Paul and me, but to your Grandpa Charlie and Uncle Billy. But it does not even stop there because every single wolf and vampire down there in that dinning room right now love you both so much that if neither Paul or I were here to take care of you, they would make sure that you were never alone. We are a family and we will always be a family. I know that you are scared, I am too; and that's okay. That being said we need to stay strong and enjoy each day that comes together and fill it with love and good memories; and before you know it this battle and all the drama that comes with it will be behind us; and then we get to welcome your three little sisters into this world. I love you so much and I want you to never forget that, Okay?" I kissed his forehead.

"I love you too Momma, and I will try to stay strong for you and everyone, but I am just so afraid of being alone again. When Brady and I were kids and our Dad used to beat us or scream at us for something that we did I always wished that one day we would be able to find someone to love us unconditionally like a real parent should; and then you came along and all our prayers were answered. I just don't want it to end; I can't loose you now that I just found you and this family." My little boy cried into my shoulder and I just rocked him back and forth in my arms whispering my love for him over and over again.

I do not know how long we were up here in our little emotional bubble, but soon I felt four more warm arms surround us and looked up to see both Paul and Brady staring at us with tears in their own eyes. This led me to believe that they both heard what Collin and I were talking about. They just joined in our embrace and we just held each close, knowing that in the next two weeks our family was going to be put through some real struggles, but we were strong and we would survive because we were a family and nothing, not even death, was going to break us apart.

***Poor Collin, I love his sensitive side. I hope that it was clear on why the Volturi are important to the future.

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