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BELLA'S POV:

Carlisle opened the door and I could hear him speaking to someone.

"Welcome, please come in." he said.

The steps I heard coming in were like huge booms to my heart.

As they came into the room I could immediately tell who each one was by Edward's previous descriptions.

Aro lead them in, his black hair and red eyes very distinguishable.

Marcus, to Aro's right, looked so sad and empathetic, it gave me a glimmer of hope.

But Caius, to Aro's left, with his hard stone face, cruel red eyes and hair so blonde it was almost white, gave my heart chills.

"Hello, Mrs. Cullen, such a pleasure to meet you." Aro said holding out his hand.

I gave him my hand and allowed him to kiss it. But the look on his face confused me.

"I can't see anything." he spoke back to the others.

I looked at Edward for an explanation.

"Aro can see every thought you've ever had with a simple touch. But you are immune to the Volturi powers, much like you are immune to mine." he explained.

I nodded in understanding.

"Well, we must get to the business at hand." Aro stated, "We will listen to all your testimonials and examine both children before making our final decision." he concluded.

Carlisle spoke up first.

"Well, Aro, I can personally attest that Renesmee is a perfectly normal infant. I perform her checkups and examinations myself and she couldn't be more like any normal infant. The only thing that makes her different is her need for blood to survive as well as her mother's milk. She needs the blood because of her father being one of us. Also, she does have our extremely strong teeth, but no venom. We know this because she has bitten Bella a few times while Bella has been feeding her but Bella is still human. As far as her unborn child goes, the pregnancy is going as normal as it would be if Bella were carrying a completely human child with no vampire family. The children are no danger to us or themselves." Carlisle concluded.

Aro nodded before turning to Edward.

"And you Edward? What do you have to say in your children's defense?" he asked Edward.

"Well sir, I was here for the end of Bella's pregnancy with our daughter Renesmee, and I've been with her ever since then. Now when Renesmee was born it was a perfectly normal birth. I have been in the doctor career before and I was a nurse for a gynecologist once, and my daughter's birth was as normal as the births I overlooked during that time. And Renesmee has been growing at a normal pace like any regular child. The only difference, like Carlisle said, is that she needs blood to sustain herself, but it's not human blood. It's the same blood I drink when I go hunting in the woods. I just bring some extra home and she drinks them at the same times as her mother's milk. We feed her the blood before Bella feeds her and it curbs her thirst perfectly. And our son, Jacob," Edward reached over and rubbed my stomach, soothing both of us, "is perfectly healthy and happy. He is not harming Bella in anyway, he loves her too much to hurt her. Just like Renesmee when Bella was pregnant with her. Please Aro, don't take away my family. It would destroy me and Bella if you did." he concluded.

Aro just nodded before raising his head to speak.

"Well, I appreciate what you both have told me. But I wish to see your thoughts as well. As well as the children. Since Edward can read the children's thoughts I should be able to as well." he concluded.

So he walked around the room, to Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie.

Suddenly I realized I didn't see Alice in the room. This worried me a little.

He then walked over to us and took Edward's hand, then lightly touched Nessie's head.

He walked over to me and reached his hand towards my stomach, but didn't put it on yet.

"May I?" he asked.

I simply nodded giving him permission.

After a few minutes he took his hand off of my stomach.

"I must say, I am shocked and surprised at how much love and admiration you all have for these children. As well as the feelings the children have towards their parents." he said.

This started sounding good.

"However, I am not the only one who needs to be convinced. Marcus?" he stepped aside to let Marcus step forward.

"Marcus has the ability to see the emotional bonds between people. We call it relational empathy." Aro said as Marcus stepped up to us.

This time it was him who touched Edward's hand, Nessie's head and my stomach.

Marcus stood back looking like Aro had just minutes ago.

"The love and compassion in this family is the strongest I have ever seen." he said.

This was starting to look REALLY good.

"However, we are not here to see the relationship connection between these people. We are here to see if these children are a threat to our society. I have seen no evidence that these children are not a threat to us. They could ruin our entire livelihood." Caius said.

And it looked bad again.

Aro sighed before looking at Caius.

"You are right, brother." Aro said before looking to me and Edward.

"I am sorry Edward, but I am afraid we are going to have to destroy them." Aro said.

I felt my entire world start to crush around me.

"WAIT!" I heard Alice scream from the staircase.

Everyone turned to look at her.

"You haven't heard, or seen, my testimony yet." she said walking down the stairs.

"I wasn't going to say anything unless it was essential to my niece and nephew, but if you're going to decide to destroy them, you need to know what I know." she concluded.

She then walked over to Aro and offered him her hand.

After a minute he looked up, shocked, into Alice's eyes.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

To this Alice just nodded.

"But what about their ages?" he asked.

"If you noticed, Renesmee was about 17, and Jacob, 18. They would stop aging when they reach the age Bella was when she had them."

Aro looked even more shocked.

"I am amazed. I never thought it was possible. And you're absolutely certain that this vision will not change?" he asked Alice.

"Absolutely." she responded.

"Give us a minute." he said before turning to Marcus and Caius.

After 5 minutes, which seemed like 5 days to me, they turned around.

"Taking into consideration everything we have seen and heard here today we have made our decision. We...will...NOT destroy the children." he said.

I breathed the biggest sigh of relief and was filled with the biggest amount of ecstasy.

My children were safe! My family would NOT be destroyed!

"However...if anything happens to threaten our way of live, we WILL return." Caius said in his ice cold voice.

Killjoy.

"Now then, about Bella's humanity." Aro spoke up.

Edward stepped in front of me slightly before speaking up.

"As soon as Jacob is born I will be changing her. We were going to change her after our honeymoon, but she got pregnant while we were gone. So for the safety of our baby, we are waiting until she has him. As soon as Jacob is born Bella WILL become a vampire and both worlds will be safe. I swear it." Edward concluded.

"Very well Edward. As long as you change her in the near future, as I saw in Alice's vision, we will have no problems." Aro said.

Edward nodded before replying, "I understand. Thank you."

"Just remember, we don't offer second chances." Caius reminded us.

At that Carlisle walked them all to the door and shook each hand as they left.

As soon as Carlisle closed the door everyone started cheering and hugging each other.

I kissed Nessie on her little cheeks before putting her down to turn into one of the most passionate and love filled kisses I have ever gotten from my husband.

We then embraced each other, reveling in the fact that our children were safe once again.

Suddenly a thought occurred to me.

I pulled away from Edward's hug to go talk to Alice.

She saw me coming and pulled out of Jasper's hug to turn to me.

"Alice, is this what you were so thankful for yesterday, but you wouldn't say?" I asked her.

She smiled her little pixie smile before nodding.

"I didn't want to say anything and get your hopes up in case it changed. I'm sorry." she said.

I just hugged her.

"Don't be, you made my family safe again." I whispered in her ear.

I turned around when I heard Edward come up behind me.

He embraced me once again before we heard Nessie cry.

He took her up to change her while I got her bottles.

I walked in to see them having a conversation.

"Yes, you were very brave. Yes, you did help mommy and daddy. And little brother too yes. Well we love you too, so very much."

He looked up to see me, and smiled.

"Well, mommy is here with your food so we will talk later ok? Yes, I promise." he said kissing her head.

After I fed her Edward took her while I re-situated my shirt.

He stood in the corner singing her our lullaby while I sat there and watched.

LATER THAT EVENING

We were sitting down in front of the fireplace.

Edward had me in his arms with his hand on my belly, and I had Nessie in my arms.

I looked down at Nessie, sleeping so peacefully in my arms.

Then I looked at my belly, that Edward was lightly rubbing.

Finally I looked up at my Edward.

He must have caught me staring because he looked down at me smiling.

"What?" he asked.

I kissed him before replying, "Just counting my blessings."

He smiled before kissing me again.

No long after I started feeling sleepy.

Edward could tell because he helped me stand up before he took Nessie.

I let him take her up and get her ready for bed as I waddled up the stairs slowly behind them.

I got up there just as Edward was zipping up Nessie's sleeper.

I came over and kissed her goodnight before letting them sit in the rocker to have Edward sing her to sleep as I got ready for bed.

After a hot shower I crawled into bed to wait for Edward.

A few minutes later he walked in and walked over to his dresser.

"She asleep?" I asked as Edward pulled out his sleeper pants.

He nodded as he took of his shirt.

"Yeah, took 3 songs and 2 conversations, but she's finally asleep." he said with a smile.

"So you can hear her thoughts too?" I confirmed.

"Yeah," he said with a huge grin, "It's amazing."

I smiled as he crawled in next to me.

"I'm glad." I said as he wrapped his arm around my back.

"Me too." he said kissing the top of my head.

I slept soundly that night, knowing my family was safe once again.

YAY! EVERYONE IS SAFE AGAIN! Curious how many people thought it would go the other way. Review and let me know: Like, love or hated it? Did you see that coming?