A/N- Hey guys thanks for being patient! This isn't going to be exactly the "final" chapter, but its pretty much the ending, besides the epilogue. Enjoy!

BPOV

For the first time in a long time, I felt safe. Wrapped in the arms of the one I loved, I smiled. I felt brave enough to look up, and when I did, I found his warm topaz eyes gazing into mine. How could I have been so wrong to doubt him?

One thing was for sure, I never stopped loving him. All that time I thought he didn't love me, but now even I could see it in his eyes that he did. I missed him so much. And suddenly, nothing mattered anymore. Not the Volturi, not the whole mess awaiting us. None of it mattered. I was with him. He made it clear that he would risk his life to save mine. Better late than never. I closed my eyes blissfully.

But it did matter. All of it mattered. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him, I wanted to have a life. I could spend the rest of my days with him and his loving family. Since when did I deserve all this love? Where did all of it come from? All of those days of confinement, now to be swooshed away by love. I love him. I am in love.

I wished this moment would forever last, but I was bound to have some form of bad luck. And there was. The gate.

The gate: it could hold my forever freedom, or confine my life like it had done before. This gate was not to be trusted. I kept telling myself that as he leaped over it. But oh the rush. The adrenaline. Maybe it was to be trusted, maybe me and that gate held a special secret that I would find out in time to come.

What am I talking about? It's a gate. I am fantasizing about a gate while I have my gorgeous vampire lover around me. No sane person does that.

I realized I had opened my eyes when I saw his family waiting for us. Emmett with his big bear self had his arms around the most beautiful woman in the universe, Rosalie. Jasper was slightly smiling with little Alice holding his hand. Finally, Carlisle and Esme. The two most lovely and loving people (vampires) on the earth. No one could top their compassionate ways and actions.

I thought it wasn't possible for me love more, but I was way wrong. I had people who cared about me, who loved me. Not to mention the people back home too.

I felt the corners of my mouth turn into a smile. There didn't have to be any hugs or kisses, just a smile would do. They would understand. I saved the best for last.

I tilted my head up to Edward, I found his eyes glued to mine. Although a smile was nice for the family, something more needed to be done with Edward. I leaned up and he crushed his lips with mine. Our kiss become slow at first, but became more passionate as the seconds ticked by.

Then a dark look crossed his face, and he stopped kissing me. I knew what it was.

They were coming.

I pressed my lips to his one more time before jumping from his arms and to the ground. I had forgotten that he was taller than I.

It got silent.

Suddenly I could hear footsteps, and my heart started to pound in my chest. Edward had his arms locked around me, so I felt somewhat safe. I gazed over all the Cullen's one last time, and noticed that none of them looked scared. I was trembling and my palms were sweaty, meanwhile they stood proud and confident. I would be like that one day.

But why wouldn't they be scared? Death was about to face them head-on. The footsteps became more clearer. There were a lot of vampires. At least twenty, I guessed. I put my head on Edwards chest. My final moments of life. My final moments with Edward.

This would be my final chapter.

End of story.

Last page.

Last words.

"I love you." I whispered softly. I knew he would hear it.

Then they came into sight. I was right, around thirty vampire guards surrounded three vampires in the middle.

Demetri

Felix

Aro

They had on those fake smiles I had come to be familiar with. Yet it still made my heart skip a beat. They took a step closer. I realized that Edward and I had moved and were standing next to his family. They still looked fearless.

Aro began slowly walking towards us.

" Rule after rule you've broken, and not once have you been punished. Well, I guess all those mistakes piled up, and it seems as though you have a mess on your hands. Oh well, not my problem. They are my rules. Bella is my slave. This is my territory."

I had never seen Aro like this before. Angry, defensive, pissed off.

" You think you have a big family, well ours is bigger. I'm afraid it has come to an end for the Cullen family. Game over. You might as well quit, because the odds are stacked against you. You will fail."

I heard Emmett chuckle slightly beside me. Why? None of this made sense. My mind began to whirl. How much drama could a human take without breaking? Aro continued.

" I have known you for many years, dear Carlisle. You have been a good friend, and now you will be a good enemy. I do wish it would not have turned out this way, but it is my intent that I only protect what is mine, I do not want a rebellion on my hands, do I not? The reasons I have these rules are to protect who we are, what we are, and what we do. You sharing any bit of information about us, no matter to whom, shall be noticed. And it has. I must say I am sorry, but you can blame only yourself."

Nobody said a word.

Silence.

Nobody moved an inch.

More silence.

The wind began to pick up.

Still silence.

Aro took in a deep breath, and spoke again,

" I am truly sorry. But what's done is done. You must face the consequences. Bella-"

He turned to me.

"- It has been a pleasure knowing you. You are unlike any human I have met. Keep the strength you have, keep it until the end. I am again sorry that the end has to be today. Right here. Right now."

Even I, a weak human, could see the lie behind his eyes. Lying straight through his teeth. That must take tons of talent. I nodded, not knowing what else to do.

"Is there any last words?"

None of us said anything. Something was up. I could feel it pulsing through my veins, every instinct telling me to not be afraid. That everything was going to be okay. I had no idea how that was going to pull through.

"Okay then. Guards."

This was it.

The guards took a step forward.

I took my last breath.

The wind started swirling, making my hair fly around my face. All the vampire guards focused their gaze on me.

They could smell me.

Oh how lovely my scent probably tasted to them. It lulled them in, and they slowly crept to me first. I closed my eyes, not wanting to see anything.

All of a sudden, a wolf howled.

I felt Edward tense up.

More wolves started howling. Surely there couldn't be that many.

Three things happened at once:

The guards paused, looking with horrified faces to the woods where the howls were coming from.

Edward threw himself in front of me.

And lastly, eight gigantic wolves flew from the woods. They were as big as horses, if not taller, and each were a different color. One wolf in particular, the one in front, was taller than the others, and dark gray, almost black. He must have been the leader.

I only had about five seconds to register those facts before the wolves came onto the vampire guards. The guards looked terrified. But why? Surely they could easily kill the wolves with one swift blow. But as the horror in front of me continued I knew that they would not.

The big one , the leader, jumped onto one of the guards and ripped his head off, followed by his arms and legs. It was horrifying. I stood there in shock. Another one of them plummeted two guards at one time into the ground, where there the wolf detached all the limbs. It continued like this, each wolf taking at least one guards at a time, and there were limbs and heads and body parts flying everywhere.

No scary movie would ever capture this horror. It was more than just gore, it was the fierceness these wolves showed. At one point I caught one of them staring at me, with big familiar brown eyes that made something snap in place in my head. I wasn't quite sure what it was yet.

Finally, it was over. The growling stopped. The screaming stopped. My screaming stopped.

And I fell to my knees and blacked out.

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Okay this wont be the final chapter, probably bout two more. Enjoy!

~Angel~