I'm back! I was really excited for this chapter because there is a little surprise that's unexpected, so enjoy!

Meeting the Volturi

They arrived through the fireplace right into the Volturi's chamber where the tree head vampires, Aro, Caius, and Marcus, were sitting at their thrones. Around the room stood the guards. The vampires immediately recognized the most powerful guards Jade, Alec, and Chelsea along with Felix and Demetri. They all grew into defense positions at the unfamiliar faces, but were also shocked at the fact that they just came out of a fireplace.

Aro looked at the group that just made a strange entrance in curiosity. He recognized the Cullens straight away and noted, with pleasure, that Bella was turned. The others were a mystery to him. He knew that they were not regular humans by their scents. His eyes trained on a little girl he could barely see since she was being covered by Edward and Bella. Peculiar. Her scent was . . . no it couldn't be. Aro thought to himself.

"Cullens." He spoke softly. "It's been a while." He stood slowly and made his way to Bella who took a step closer to Edward to cover her daughter. "And Bella." He cooed. "How nice to see you again. I see the transformation was successful?" he said.

Bella looked around at her family before turning back to Aro. "Yes it did, but there was a little . . . problem." Aro raised an eyebrow. "You see, before I was turned into a vampire Edward and I got married, as you know. Well, after the honeymoon we found out some surprising news." She glanced at Edward and slowly they moved away to show Renesmee.

Horrified gasps echoed from the Volturi.

"A turned child!" Caius exclaimed angrily.

"Those are illegal!" Jane added.

"She must be destroyed, Aro." Caius said, rising from his seat.

"No!" Bella yelled and the chamber fell quiet. "She is not a turned vampire. She's a born vampire that I gave birth to when I was still human."

"Impossible." Caius spat.

Edward glared at the man. "We can prove it." He said. He looked at Renesmee and nodded gently.

The little girl slowly walked forward. "Hello, Aro." She said as she reached him. Reaching up she placed her hand on his cheek and his eyes went out of focus as she took him through the memories. The rest waited with berated breath.

Finally he slipped out of the memories and stared at the little girl in wonder. He slowly turned to face his family. "It is true." He whispered. "This child is a born half-vampire, half-human child. How it is so, I do not know. But it is." He said, looking down at the girl.

Caius' face twisted in anger. "Be that as it may, how do we know that this girl is not a threat to our world? How do we know that she will not spill our secrets to the humans? What's stopping her from doing so?" he tried to argue.

"The fact of where she comes from." Hermione spoke up for the first time, drawing all attention to her, but she was not unnerved. "Come on, this is the Cullen family you're talking about. They've always been faithful to you, have they not? When have they ever done you any wrong? When Bella found out about your kind she didn't go running off to her friends. She stood by the Cullens and promised on her life that she would never tell a soul. Has she defied that yet?" she looked around the room and immediately had her answer. "Exactly. This is Bella and Edward's child we have here. Do you seriously think that they would even let her spread your secret? They will raise her better than that because not only would it put your life in danger if she let it get out, but it would also danger her family's life and hers and I bet you that's the last thing she'll want. Renesmee is a good girl, and the last thing she'll do is betray her family and her kind." Hermione finished and smiled proudly.

"Nice speech, sis." Dean whispered in her ear.

"Thanks, I'm pretty proud of myself."

Aro looked at the girl in mild curiosity. He approached Hermione who stood confidently in her place. "What is your name, dear child?" he asked tenderly.

Hermione smiled sweetly. "Hermione Granger." She said. Aro's eyes grew wide in shock and slight excitement.

He held out his hand. "May I?" she gave him a confused look, but placed her hand in his. Suddenly the memories of her life flashed before her eyes. Quickly realizing what he was doing, she shut her mind using Occlumency. Luckily he only got through her first year at Hogwarts before he could see any personal memories. His eyes widened before he gave an almost hysterical laugh. "Hermione Granger, the smartest witch of her age, the brains behind the Golden Trio, Harry Potter's best friend. Oh, I've heard all about you and your kind." Aro said the last part in slight distaste.

Hermione narrowed her eyes, not missing his tone. "Is there something you wish to say?" she asked calmly and her brothers came to stand behind her.

Aro merely laughed. "Oh, excuse my tone. I mean no disrespect against your kind, none at all. My distaste goes towards your leader, Albus Dumbledore." He said and the wizards visibly relaxed. "He's been trying to find a way to rid our kind for ages. Says we're dangerous to the world." He spat.

"But that's wrong!" Neville exploded. "In ways you're no different than us. You're only dangerous if you choose to use your powers the wrong way." He said and the wizards nodded.

Aro looked at them for a moment. "Well, not all people think the way you do. Most are on Albus' side when it comes to the subject of our kind." He said gently.

"Well, join the club. We hate old Dumbles too." Seamus said cheerfully. "We actually have a club."

"No we don't." Dean said.

"Well, it would be awesome if we did."

"No it wouldn't be."

"We totally should start a club."

"No we shouldn't, Seamus." Seamus pouted and even Jane's lips twitched at the antics of the two boys.

"So," Aro said stepping forward. "How did you block my power?" he asked excitedly.

"It's this magic called Occlumency. It allows one to block their mind from anyone trying to see inside. By the way, that was rude." She said, placing her hand on her hip.

Aro chuckled. "Excuse my manners, but I had to see if you were the Hermione Granger I had heard of. You're quite the girl." He complimented. She smiled and he suddenly got a glint in his eye. "I wonder . . . if your mind works like dear Bella's." he said more to himself.

Edward growled as he read Aro's mind. "Don't even think about it, Aro." He said and Aro just stared at him.

"What?" Hermione asked.

"Aro was thinking of using Jane's power to see if you could withstand it like Bella." He explained.

"What's her power?" Remus asked.

"Who's Jane?" Seamus asked, looking at the two female guards.

The blonde one stepped forward. "I am." She said in an almost monotone voice.

Seamus looked her up and down before smiling charmingly. "Well, aren't you a cutie. I'm Seamus." He winked at her and she narrowed her eyes.

"Excuse him, he has raging boy-mones." Dean joked, but Seamus paid him no attention. He kept his attention on the blonde beauty in front of him who seemed to be a little unnerved by his stare.

"So, what's your power?" Hermione asked.

"She can cause a crippling, searing pain in your mind, eloping your body. Bella has the power of a shield so she can't feel it." Edward answered for her.

"I'll try it out." Seamus stepped forward.

"Seamus." Remus said in a warning voice.

"No, I want to see if it'll work through my Occlumency walls." He told his old professor. He then turned back to Jane. "Hit me with your best shot." He challenged and put as much power as possible on his walls.

She stepped closer and smirked. She hit him full force and watched as his eyes squinted slightly as he fought to keep his walls up. Her smirk slipped off her face as minutes passed and he still fought her power. He stared right at her eyes in determination and challenge. She suddenly felt very drawn to his strong character, but refused to give up. Just as she was about to turn it up full force Aro's happy laugh broke their connection.

"Amazing." He said. "Absolutely amazing. Ten full minutes and her pain didn't break through your walls. Truly . . . magical." He gushed. Ten minutes? Jane thought, shocked. She looked at Seamus in wonder and he shot her a charming smile, causing her to look away. What was wrong with her?

"Nice job, Shay." Neville praised.

"Thanks, but now I've got a raging headache." He moaned, rubbing his temples.

Remus laughed. "With that said, we should get going. The others will be worried." He said and the others nodded.

Aro looked saddened, but nodded. "You will be back though, right?" he asked.

Bella nodded slowly. "So, this means we're good? Renesmee can live?" she asked cautiously.

Aro looked at them all, thinking for a moment. He then smiled. "Renesmee may live."

Well there you go folks! I actually like the Volturi, I just think they're misunderstood and immediately seen as the bad guys. Well, not in this story! How'd you like my Seamus/Jane surprise? I've never seen that pairing done before, so I thought I'd give it a try. Since they're so different I'd thought they'd be cute together. Maybe they can calm each other down, haha.

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-Olivia Rose