Chapter Seven, Fearsome Finale

Avary and Bella made plans for quite some time, and were finally on a plane to Italy, Bella found herself unable to sit still, and kept moving around in her seat. While Avary stared calm and thoughtfully out the window of the plane.

It was almost torture for Bella to sit there on that long flight, but before too terribly long the trip was over. And they were at the Airport in Italy, Bella was eager to get out of their, and get to her family. But she had to be patient. After what seemed like ages, they were there. It was surprising because the Volturi just let them in, no questions asked. Apparently Aro had been hoping they would come.

They were led into a large beautiful room, it would have been quite magnificent if Bella wasn't so worried. Soon Aro entered the room and pretended to be pleased to see them. "Bella! Avary! How funny it is to see you too together!"

Avary's recently composed face turned to one of pure hatred. "Skip the greetings Aro. We're not falling for it."

Aro's composed face did not falter one bit. He put on a smile and said, with a wide grin. "I suppose you'd like to see your family." He motioned to a vampire standing nearby who left the room for a moment, before coming back with all of the Cullens behind him.

Bella couldn't help but gasp when she saw their cold, empty red eyes. There was something disturbing about the way they looked blank and unthinking.

Aro saw her shocked expression and merely looked amused. "Oh, yes, " He said with a short laugh. "That. Well you see, when Thor does what he's doing to their minds...After a while there's not much left in there if you know what I mean."

Bella wanted to jump at him and attack him then and there. but a touch on the arm from Avary reminded her of the plan, and she nodded restraining herself. Though it was difficult.

After a long silence, Thor walked into the room, his chin was lifted high in his confidence, and when he saw Avary and Bella, he looked merely amused. Not interested in the slightest at why they were there.

That's when Avary nodded at Bella, and launched herself at Thor. While Avary was attacking Thor, Bella expanded her shield to incase her family, suddenly their gaze cleared, and they stared around them, like they didn't know what was going on. Bella still didn't know how they'd make it out alive....The plan may not work, picking a fight with the Volturi....It was a bad idea.

Thats when something surprising happened. Aro didn't move. Neither did any of those serving him. They just watched as Avary and Thor battled it out. Bella was tempted to help Avary, but knew that this was Avary's fight, and she'd hate it if Bella got in the way. Edward was staring at Aro, and Aro was looking right back. Edward shook his head and mumbled softly to Bella as they watched the two Vampires battling before them. "He's just going to let them fight until----"

"Until he kills her." Alice interrupted. Staring at the fighting vampires. The sight of the way they wanted to kill each other was shocked. "He's going to kill her." Alice said, looking at Carlisle. "We have to stop them!"

Carlisle hesitated, then nodded, and they all moved in to separate the two. Aro looked a bit disappointed they hadn't finished the fight. Avary looked furious, and Thor looked merely amused.

As it turned out, the Cullen's couldn't remember anything that had happened while they were under Thor's control. Which was a relief. Because Bella didn't really want Edward to be trapped in guilt for leaving her and Nessie behind.....Nessie! Bella thought suddenly that it had been quite some time since she'd called her father to see how her little girl was doing. So, when they were at the airport on the way home, she called him up. He was worried. But she assured him everything was fine. And he told her Nessie was doing just fine too.

Aro had just let the Cullens leave, he seemed to have come to the conclusion he'd have to win them over, and he still thought he had a chance of doing so. No matter how much he wanted the Cullens to join the Coven, it wasn't nearly worth all the trouble to him anymore.

Thor was still highly respected among the Volturi, and Avary left them at the air port. It was surprising to Bella how hard it was to say goodbye. They barely knew each other, and yet, it was almost like they were sisters. Avary promised she would visit again, and that was that.

They flew back to Forks, where they were reunited with Nessie, and boy was it good for the family to be back together! Maybe, just maybe, that afternoon they'd watch Nessie beat Jacob in chess once more.....

The End.

Authors Note: Well guys, this is it! Though I"m sort of relieved to have it done, it's sad too! I plan to write more Fanfics, and am planning a sequel to this, but it might be a while before I get around to working on a sequel, because I want to write some other things.....I hope you enjoyed the story! And I hope the ending was satisfying! I love you all! Thanks for supporting my first ever FF on ! I"m so excited!

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WillowEchoRiver