A.N.: Again, not such a long wait this time; um…thanks for the great reviews. Unfortunately, we have now reached the end of our journey. This is the long-awaited epilogue; an epilogue to end all beginnings. =]

Disclaimer: I do not own the Twilight saga; but I do own little Jeremy Jacob and the plot. =]

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The Epilogue: An End to all Beginnings…A beginning to all ends

"Aro, what do you want?"

"Isabella," he sneered, "I merely wanted to see how you were doing…"

"Aha…We're doing just fine thank you. What is it that brings the Volturi to Forks?"

"Interesting you should ask me that question…I was just about to ask you," he said before he was rudely interrupted by his brother.

"News has reached us of the existence of a hybrid. Where is the thing?" Caius asked.

Bella's golden eyes were blazing with fury. How dare they call her child a thing? She snarled at him and bared her teeth.

"No rules were broken," Jasper intervened, "We are now vampires and he will grow into a full vampire in fifteen years' time. No harm done there. He is of no danger to his fellow human beings, Caius." Jasper scrunched up his nose in disgust on the pronunciation of the culprit's name. He placed a protective arm around Bella's waist. Carlisle chose this as the moment to intervene.

"Caius," Carlisle said, his soft eyes shining with kindness and plea, "Please…they didn't do any harm. The child has been in the family for three years and we have never had any sort of trouble with him. We have only fed him human food so that he would not be in danger of exposing us. Do not think that he is some sort of incubus or succubus or anything of the sort. He is merely a hybrid between Jasper and Bella, who are now both vampires."

"And so much has changed," Aro remarked, "I thought Bella wanted to become a vampire to be with Edward, but it seems she was only fascinated with the world of vampires and could indulge in romantic activities with anyone she pleased."

"Hey!" Jasper said, "Things changed, and besides…she already knew too much to just let her go without changing her. And she was already a part of our family. Stop this. You are being unjust, as usual."

"No we are not," Marcus stated with a look of utter boredom upon his ever static features, "We are simply here to carry out a task." That was when Jane emerged from the shadows, accompanied by her brother Alec. Felix had his hand upon her shoulder and Dimitri lingered behind them. These were quite a curious four – always stuck together; working like a team. One should wonder; did they possess some sort of affection towards one another? Or was it merely the fact that they felt strong with their powers combined? They were the assets of the Volturi; Jane was simply their best asset apart from Aro of course.

"And what task is that?" Rosalie snapped. Her features were as cold and stern as ever. Rosalie was often angry, but she had never been this cold. "Rose," Emmett said as he put his arm around her waist, "Sshh…" It was understandable of course; Emmett loved his family, but Rosalie was his everything and he didn't want to risk losing her to the Volturi.

"Do you have a problem with the Volturi carrying out their tasks, Miss Rosalie?" Caius snapped. Emmett squeezed her close to him and she merely glared at Caius, who turned his head to look at Bella and Jasper once more. His features changed from a scowl into the most evil smirk anyone had ever beheld prior to this moment. Aro stepped forward and his whole entourage copied his step. Jane was smiling in a mock-innocent evil manner.

"Don't you even dare step towards my son!" Bella snapped. Jane attempted to step forward and that was the last straw for Bella. She let nobody hold her back. She sprang forwards and lunged at the tiny imp-like vampire who had attempted to go against her word. Jane knew that although her power was strong, it would have no effects against this impenetrable shield. Bella and Jane were quarreling badly. They were baring and snapping their teeth at each other's faces like wild animals. Alec had started to panic and was trying to stop Bella from fighting with his twin sister by trying to paralyze the rest of the Cullen clan. Bella noticed this change in atmosphere immediately, and lunged at Alec to stop his effects. Once she had him pinned down to the floor, she tore off his right arm and threw it across the yard. Alec's eyes widened and he screeched in fear. Jane couldn't hold it in. She screamed and lunged at Bella, climbing on top of her back and trying to disassemble her head from her body. Edward just couldn't hold it in anymore. He rushed forward, before anybody else and pulled Jane away from Bella. Jane was caught off guard and hadn't had time to produce any sort of effect on Edward. Before she knew it, both of her arms had joined her brother's. Bella had torn off Alec's head and it was now resting underneath the horse-chestnut tree near the back door of the house. Jane was screaming. Felix grabbed Edward by the neck and lifted him upwards. Edward knew exactly what Felix was about to do, and he did not allow him to do so. He monitored his every thought and acted before Felix had a chance to perform anything. Alice was quick on her legs and knocked him down. Dimitri simply fled; he couldn't take it anymore – he had never wanted this. He had never wanted to be a part of this; he had been forced into it and this was his chance to escape from his suffocating clan. With Alec dismantled and Jane partly disassembled, Aro started feeling alarmed.

"Alice!" Carlisle shouted, "Come here." Alice rushed to her makeshift father's side.

"What?" she asked.

"Stop this. We shouldn't be fighting or killing the Volturi! They will make us all pay! We have to stop." Edward had read Carlisle's mind and had backed off as well.

"Jasper! Don't you even think about going in," Alice said, "You have to hold on to Jeremy."

"I won't let go of him Alice," he replied, "But what about Bella? I can't leave her on her own. And she won't back off. You know how protective she gets when Jeremy's safety is in question."

"I know Jazz," she replied as she walked over to him, "I'm sorry. We'll try to reason things out with them. But with Alec dead, they will want their revenge."

"If we don't burn him, he will come back together and no harm will have been done; no crime will have been committed."

"Isabella," Aro said. She lifted up her eyes to look at the kindest out of these evil brothers. Bella stood up and smoothened down her dirty and ragged wedding dress to face Aro. "Isabella," he repeated, "All we want is the boy. We will not destroy him; we will merely keep him with us. He would be a great asset and a first; and with such talented parents, he might also prove to be an important part of our clan. That is all we want."

"You will not get your hands on him, you filthy Italian bastard!" Bella shouted. The rest of the Volturi gasped. How dare she offend their master in such a way? This one had some nerve!

"Aro," Carlisle said, "Please understand…he is their son; they love him and they want to raise him themselves…you should understand this. Don't you remember when Jane and Alec first joined and how you wouldn't let anybody near them?"

Aro nodded.

"However," Caius said, "We cannot let this slide. Not this time. She has committed multiple offences; apart from the destruction of Alec's body, she has committed assault towards the Volturi and it was not in self-defence; she initiated the whole fight, and Jane and Felix are injured because of her. She has also offended our leader in an irreconcilable manner. This cannot be forgiven."

"We can let it slide this time, can we not?" Aro asked his brother.

"No, Aro. The Volturi don't give second chances."

Aro's red eyes were suddenly filled with sorrow for this clan that belonged to his long-lost best friend Carlisle Cullen. He didn't want to commit any sort of harm towards them. He had been against this trip from the start, but duty had made him follow and now he was here and had no choice.

"I am sorry, Isabella…" Aro said, "But I have to do it." Bella's face was filled with fear. Caius and Marcus pushed her down onto the floor and held her arms. They turned her around to see her family for one last time. Jasper knelt down to the floor. Carlisle and Emmett had to hold him back, lest he should jump towards Bella to attempt saving her. Edward had turned his face and his eyes were burning with the tears he couldn't shed. Alice, Rosalie and Esme were all huddled in a corner, sobbing in all of their dryness. Jacob and the Quileutes were phasing, one by one, but Carlisle shook his head; he knew that this was a lost battle – he knew that they couldn't change their minds, and whatever they did could only results in more deaths on the Cullens' part. He wanted to save Bella but it was an impossible task. This blonde vampire's heart was shattering to pieces at the creeping death of his latest daughter.

Forgotten by all, I looked straight into my mother's eyes and watched as they tore her to pieces and burned her to ash and heard my father screaming as he sobbed, "I'm Right Here Darling, I'm right here…"

Fin

A.N: I hope you enjoyed that. I know it is a sad ending to the story, but I hope you enjoyed the twists. Please review. :) Thank you everyone who has ever supported me in writing this fanfic.

Until the next time,

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