I finished it!! Finally. Sorry it took so long, i took a break from all my stories, not just this one. Anyway, not much to say, just this is the last chapter!

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The Last Chapter

It was time. I swallowed hard. The soft footsteps slowed slightly, then stopped. I clutched Edward's arms— wrapped securely around my waist— closer to my body.

They stepped out of the sinister looking ferns draped over the branches. Aro came first, flanked by Jane and Alec; the malevolent twins. The rest of the guard came up behind, the almost-silent brushes of their footsteps announcing their arrival. Aro moved slightly, and my eyes flashed back to him. I tensed.

"Aro," Carlisle said calmly. My eyes never moved from Aro's figure.

He looked away from Edward and I to look at Carlisle, who had stepped forward. He cocked his head to the side, and raised one eyebrow.

"Carlisle," Aro said. The sound of his voice sent shivers down my spine. Light, friendly, calm; it somehow made it sound strangely more threatening—though it wasn't a threat he murmured now.

"How are you, Carlisle? Been keeping"— He glanced at me—"busy?"

"I'm fine, thank you." Carlisle said, still calm. He ignored the question. "How have you been?"

"Fine." His blood red eyes tightened, and I tensed. "Now, enough pleasantries. Edward, I assume you know to what I am referring to?" His gaze moved to Edward.

Suddenly, I was overcome with such hatred, so much it washed all the fear out of my body. I wanted to hurt him, to rip his head off, not caring whether or not I lived after. The urge surprised me; I wasn't expecting it in the least. I bit down on my bottom teeth, trying to keep in control. Edward's arms tightened around me, and I realized I was moving forward. I unclenched my fingers slowly.

"Yes, Aro, and the answer is no." Edward said in a soft voice. I shivered, realizing what he meant.

Aro wanted Edward for what he could do, for reading minds. The last time I had seen him, he wanted Alice and Edward to join him, you could say. I saw the picture in my mind again, one that had haunted me for nearly a year. Edward and Alice; glowing red eyes, long black cloaks. I shivered again.

"Alice?" Aro said, turning to my tiny sister.

"No." She said simply. I tried to understand the expression on Aro's face, but it was unreadable.

"And. . . Bella." I tensed. He fixed his gaze on me.

"Obviously, you must have some . . . talent. A shield, perhaps?" He held out his hand, and I immediately understood what he wanted. Unexpectedly, Edward released his hands from around my waist, and stepping in front of me. I touched his shoulder.

"Edward, No." He turned to me.

"I'm not letting him anywhere near you. I'll be fine. It will be worse if I don't." He kissed my forehead, and stepped forward again, towards Aro.

I clenched my jaw, I hated seeing Edward step away from us, from me, toward the Voulturi. I watched the guard, seeing their reaction.

Jane tensed. I moved my gaze to her small figure. She was staring at Edward with her bright eyes, a sinister smile on her face.

The look on the little face— her deadly face of an angel— sent a shock through me. In that moment, everything changed. I felt an overpowering surge of energy surrounding me. Experimenting, I stretched it out toward the line of black cloaks across from us. It moved as I wished, forming a bubble of energy. I pulled it along the line, surrounding the Voulturi guard. The single second it took changed everything, the Voulturi were powerless, and no one had even noticed. I smiled. Unwillingly, I pulled it away from Aro the closer Edward got.

Aro smiled. Edward reached out, and slowly Aro touched his hand. At that moment, I knew he could see everything. Everything from Edward's mind, his memories, thoughts.

"Hmm. Interesting." Aro said, his eyes closed. I could only see him out of the corner of my eyes, my gaze never moved from Edward.

He opened his eyes. Edward stepped away, and moved back to my side.

"So. . . Bella. I understand what you can do. And with human's blood? Interesting. Would you like to become part of my guard?" The question surprised me, though I knew he wanted me to, he wanted me to when I was human.

I shook my head.

"That's too bad. I was really hoping you would. And Edward and Alice." He shook his head. "Such a waste."

I swallowed hard. I knew this was coming. The bubble of energy started to slip, I refocused and concentrated. It kept becoming harder, like trying to pull a rubber band. I tried to only focus on it; I knew what would happen next.

I saw Edward look toward Jane and Alec. Jane was staring at us, her expression shocked. She knew what I was doing. I looked at Alec. He closed his eyes.

"What is he doing?" I only vaguely knew what he could do. Before, Carlisle had said he could block out all sense or emotion in us. Everything would go black, and we wouldn't be able to smell, hear and so on. I shivered. The bubble started to slip again, I stopped thinking about it to concentrate.

"It's not working, is it?" I said to Edward.

"No. . . " He said sounding confused. He looked at me. "Your doing that, aren't you?"

I nodded.

"Jane, Alec, stop." Aro said. I was so shocked, the bubble snapped back. I flinched, and pulled it back.

"I've decided not to harm Carlisle's family. Carlisle has been my friend for many years. We have no business here anymore." Jane stared at him, and so did I. The energy faded out completely.

Abruptly, he turned and walked through his guard, every cloak he passed turned and followed him. When they were all gone—Jane and Alec unwillingly leaving last— I turned to Edward.

"What just happened?"

"He changed his mind. I told you, the Voulturi aren't evil. They are just supposed to keep our secret. They don't like us, but Aro realized we aren't doing harm, and decided to leave. It was a hard decision, he argued with himself for several minutes. I think he mostly did it because of Carlisle. I was surprised though, he was extremely disappointed that we didn't want to join his guard." I stared at him in shock. Changed his mind? "I just hope he doesn't change his mind back."

So that's it. I was safe. Edward was safe. I could go on with my life for now. I was so happy; I reached up and kissed Edward.

We all made our way back home, and Edward took me up to our room.

"It's over. Edward, it's over." I couldn't understand why, but somehow I had always known it would end like this. "Now we don't have to worry. We have . . ."

"Forever."

THE END

Okay, UGH! i hate this chapter. IF you think its stupid i totally don't blame you. Worst ending ever! haha i only really did it because i didn't even want to finish this story, but i hate when people do that, so i decided to finish it, even if it ended stupidly. I might delete this whole story... sorry, but only maybe

Anyway, go ahead review. SOrry, but i pretty much gave up on this story. If you liked it, thats great, but you can review and tell me its stupid too!

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