A/N: Okay, this is the last chapter, besides the epilogue. Yes I know, sad. Maybe…just maybe, there might be another one in the works…if you think this is a good idea, say so. I need to know if I should even bother ;)

Disclaimer: Twilight and all its characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. But Daniela is my own creation.

It was my first glimpse of the Volturi that wasn't a vision and I'd be lying if I said I was scared shitless. But, I kept a straight face as the dark cloaks headed toward us as one. There were three at the front, then a few more behind them. After them, the cloaks started lightening up to gray.

When they came to a stop a fair distance from us, as one, they dropped their hoods.

"Aro," Jasper greeted, nodding once at the vampire at the very center of it all. He had long black hair and a creepishly friendly smile.

"Jasper! It's been years. What? Since the 1800s?" Aro asked pleasantly.

Jasper nodded. "Yes."

"This is your wife?" Aro's red eyes landed on me.

"Indeed. This is Alice Whitlock, and our daughter Daniela Whitlock."

Aro's smile soured into a frown. "Daughter? You know the immortal children are against the rules."

"She's not an immortal," Jasper said, shaking his head. "She's a half human, half vampire. Alice carried her as a human and birthed her as a human. It was only after that she was changed. Daniela has a beating heart and blood."

Aro's eyes were wide. "Is what you say true?"

The white-haired one named Caius turned to look back into the mass of black and grey. "Were you lying to us?"

I gasped as Maria emerged from the group. I hadn't seen that.

"No. It isn't possible for a human and vampire to have child and have the human survive," Maria hissed.

Jasper's eyes were narrowed. "I should have known."

Aro's hands steepled his hands under his chin. "If there was some way for you to prove it…"

I heard Jasper sigh and his hand dropped mine. I looked up desperately as he walked forward to meet Aro halfway. A female vampire was behind Aro, her hand on his back. Jasper held out his hand and Aro took it, his eyes closing.

I bit my lip anxiously as Aro's eyebrows came together on his forehead. Edward muttered something behind me, but I wasn't paying attention.

Finally, Aro's eyes opened and he dropped Jasper's hand. "Your wife sees the future?"

There was a collective gasp from the black and grey behind him. Everyone's eyes turned to me and as much as I wanted to look away, I held my ground, meeting all of their eyes. Jasper had since come back to my side and taken my hand again.

"Yes, I do. Every since I was a little girl," I told him, managing to keep my voice steady.

Aro clapped his hands. "Amazing! Your talent would be greatly welcomed into the Volturi guard."

Beside me Jasper growled lowly, his hand possessively clutching mine. "No thank you. I'm fine where I am."

Aro frowned. His eyes turned towards Bella and Edward. "Edward? Your mind reading would be most greatly appreciated."

Edward shook his head. "I'll have to say no."

"Bella dear?"

"No thank you," Bella responded confidently. I wanted to look back at her, but that might be suspicious. I had a feeling that maybe her confidence had to do with her shielding.

Aro turned back to Jasper and I. "Your daughter is an unknown though. How are we going to know what the future holds for her? There could be problems in that. We have no way of knowing."

"I know," I told him. "I've seen it."

Aro held out his hand silently. I nodded and handed Daniela to Jasper. He shot me a look that told me to be careful. I assured him with a look of my own.

I met Aro in the same place Jasper had. Aro's hand took mine and his eyes closed, bending over it and furrowing his eyebrows in concentration.

It was a long while before Aro's eyes reopened. "Amazing," he whispered. "To see the things that have not happened yet."

"Well Aro?" Caius asked from behind Aro.

Aro didn't look at Caius when speaking. "The child will grow to the physical age of seventeen, then stop growing. It shall be only a few years from now. She grows at an incredible rate."

I couldn't go back to where my family waited because my hand was still in Aro's. It made me uneasy.

The familiar sensation of a vision took over. Suddenly it wasn't Aro I saw. It was a vast expanse of field. In the middle, Jasper and I were sitting in the sun.

"I was worried," Jasper admitted, looking up at me and cupping my face in his hand.

"So was I," I confessed. "And I'm the one that sees the future."

Jasper chuckled. "Well I just glad everything worked out okay."

"You're telling me. I was so afraid that maybe it would turn out like my first vision. I can't…" I took a deep breath. "I can't lose you Jazz. Not now, not ever."

Jasper pulled me into his lap. I pressed my face to his shoulder and held him. "I know. I'd die if I lost you. I can't even think about it."

"I love you," I whispered against the fabric of his shirt.

"And I love you," Jasper murmured. I pulled back to press my lips to his. Jasper carefully laid me on my back, hovering over me and kissing me deeper.

The present came back and I was extremely embarrassed Aro had seen that, but also extremely pissed. He had no right.

"Looks as though it has been decided for us," Aro said with something close to a smirk.

I fought the urge to glare at him. "Looks like it."

Aro sighed somewhat dramatically and released my hand. I went back to Jasper and took his hand again. He squeezed mine. Aro went back to where Caius and Marcus waited.

"What shall be done about this one?" Marcus asked in a rather bored tone, nodding at Maria.

"She lied to us, and without proper evidence," Caius stated.

"She must be destroyed," Aro replied. He nodded at a large vampire. "Felix, take care of that."

Felix went over to Maria. She hissed at him, but he grabbed her head and pulled it off in one fell swoop. Her limbs followed. Felix lit the pieces on fire with a lighter from his pocket.

I glanced up at Jasper, but his face was smooth. I knew he must have some thoughts on Maria's destruction, but he most definitely wouldn't show them.

"Do we have any further business here?" Caius asked Aro, know seemingly bored.

Aro smiled. "What about the wolves?"

Caius smiled also. "The wolves, yes. The Children of the Moon were all supposed to have been destroyed."

"They aren't Children of the Moon," Edward said, causing everyone to look towards him. "They naturally turn. They weren't bitten by a creature that is inhuman. It is in their blood that they change from human to wolf. Their tribe has been turning into wolves for a long while."

Caius's smiled disappeared. Aro's didn't. "That is a good thing! If you please, we shall leave peacefully. But of course," he turned to me, "I must ask again; would you consider joining the Volturi guard?"

"No thank you Aro," I repeated, shaking my head.

"Bella? Edward? Jasper?"

I gasped as Jasper's name came from Aro's lips. He had never shown interest in Jasper before. Why would he want him?

Bella and Edward politely declined again. Aro cocked his head at Jasper.

"I'll have to say no thank you, Aro," Jasper responded.

Aro sighed. "Well then, I guess that's that. We've done what we came here to do. We're no longer needed. It was good to see you again Jasper. And good to meet you, Alice. Hopefully we'll see each other soon." I don't know if he intended it to be, but I took that as a threat and a warning.

And like they entered, the Volturi left as one, their hoods pulled back up.

When they were finally out of sight, I let out a sigh of relief and turned to look up at Jasper. He gave me a hesitant smile. Daniela's arms were wrapped around his neck, but her eyes were over his shoulder, watching Seth.

"It's over," I whispered.

"For now," Jasper added grimly. "They won't give up. The Volturi never gives up."

Edward and Bella approached us. "Because Aro wants Alice," Edward stated. My eyes shot to Edward's face. Me? Why Me? "You see the future, Alice. It's something he's never seen before."

"Well I won't let him take her," Jasper said confidently.

"I know. I fear it might end in a fight some other day." Edward looked off into the distance. "And there will be no way to avoid it then." Bella nudged him and gave him a panicked look.

Jasper was silent a moment, but then he spoke. "I think you may be right, but there's no way to know for sure. Right now, we should just focus on the present and the fact that we dodged the bullet for now."

Edward nodded, smiling slightly. He and Bella headed out of the clearing, Jacob following with Renesmee on his back.

The vampires that had been here to help started to take off, briefly coming over to Jasper to say goodbye. The wolves were also leaving. Seth came over, in human form, and my sight went, but I didn't complain this time.

"If you guys want, I can take her so you can…talk…" Seth blushed and looked at his feet.

"We'd appreciate that very much Seth," I told him, hiding a grin. Jasper handed Daniela to Seth.

Jasper turned to me. "Come on, I know where we should go."