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Aro POV

I was very surprised when Gianna came and told me that I had visitors from the states. I couldn't believe it would be any of the Cullen coven. I knew after the last time any of them were here that I wouldn't see them until I chose to go to them or sent someone to check up on them, so I was curious as to whom it was.

"Send them in, dear," I told her.

With a nod, she turned and opened the door to the throne room and in walked a beautiful blond vampire. She had gold-colored eyes, so I knew she followed the alternate lifestyle that some of our kind followed. I knew she looked familiar; it had been ages since I had seen her. I searched my memory, and it hit me then who this woman was.

"Irina Denali, how lovely it is to see you my dear. Tell me, dear one, what brings you all the way to Volterra? There's no trouble; I hope," I asked of her.

I was anxious to touch her, but I waited to see if she would offer her hand first. I could tell she was a bit uncomfortable, but I suppose that would be natural since the last we saw each other was when my brothers and I had to punish her mother for breaking one of our laws.

"Aro thank you for seeing me. I'll be honest and say I do not relish being here, but I feel it is very necessary. As for hoping there is no trouble, I'm afraid that is not the case. It has been brought to my attention that another immortal child has been created; and unfortunately, it is the Cullens who are responsible for it," she explained.

No! This could not be true! Carlisle Cullen would not do this! As much as I loathed his meal choices and his love for humans, I still considered him a very old and cherished friend. He knew the consequences of this and what the price was for it.

"Are you certain, dear one, that you have your information correct?" I asked. "You will forgive me for having doubts about this and asking for your hand, so I may see for myself; won't you?"

She hesitantly stuck out her hand for me to hold. When she did, I saw all that had gone on and was stunned. I knew then a trip to see my old friend was definitely in order.

I dismissed her, but told her to remain in the castle. I then called my brothers and told them of this grave misfortune.

"You cannot allow your affection for Carlisle to get in the way of what must be done, brother," Caius told me. As always, Marcus just looked impassive.

"I know this Caius. We must keep the law, but that doesn't mean we can't have a little mercy on his more talented family members. Alice for instance, it would be a shame to destroy her if she were completely innocent," I said, smiling wryly at Caius.

"True, very true," he replied knowingly.

We then began making plans to arrive in America; I called in the guard. This would take some planning; I was not about to leave the wives in Volterra, not with the Romanians after us. We decided we could leave by the end of next week. Alice would see us coming, and they would have time to prepare; not that they could fight against my precious Jane and Alec. It was a shame I would lose Edward and Isabella, but they did break the law. But Alice Cullen would be mine.

APOV

We were all sitting around the dining room table having a family meeting. Bella received a lovely letter today from her admirer. That earned me a scowl from Edward; he was not happy. Two days ago the mutt showed up at the police station; and now, he was sending creepy love letters to Bella. We did not need this right now. We had enough to worry about with the Volturi, without him showing up and adding to the stress.

"When is he going to get is through his thick skull? I don't want to have anything to do with him," Bella asked as she laid her head on the table.

"I don't know, baby, but he is getting tiresome," Edward replied as he rubbed soothing circles on her back.

I had been about to comment when I was hit with a vision:

Irina stood before Aro in Volterra. She told him about the immortal child she had been led to believe we had created. He wanted to validate her story by touching her hand. That was all he needed; the Volturi were coming sooner than I had first seen. He and the brothers were making plans to arrive Tuesday of next week; that meant we had a week. Even after all of our thinking and strategic planning, we had already been doing; we had not yet come up with anything that guaranteed us a victory.

I was watching Bella; she had gotten quiet when she heard what Irina had done. She was in deep thought when she got a sudden fierce, determined look on her face. Edward looked worried by her thoughts and was about to say something when I was hit with a powerful vision.

We were on the field where we play baseball; we were on one side, and the entire Volturi were on the other. Carlisle and Aro were talking.

"My friend, this is most distressing," Aro said in mock concern.

"What are you talking about Aro? As you can see, we have not created an immortal child. We have done nothing wrong," Carlisle said to him.

"I am afraid we do not know what kind of threat this child will pose to us, Carlisle. For the safety of our secret, I fear we must bring young Bella back to Volterra with us; and of course Edward is welcome, I know he wouldn't want to be separated from her," Aro replied; everyone one of us was glaring at him.

"Dear friends, I can see this displeases you, but this is the only solution I see to resolve this problem. Of course, it will only be temporary until we see that this child will not be a danger to anyone," he said.

"Ahhhhrhg! You are not going to take me away from my family!" Bella screamed, and she raised her hands in the air.

I gasped and started clapping my hands. Edward came and knelt down in front of me.

"Alice, are you sure?" Edward asked in amazement.

"Edward, you saw the vision just like I did. What do you think?" I asked as I rolled my eyes at him.

"It just seems impossible, I have never seen anything like this," he said with amazement still in his voice.

"Well, there has never been anyone like Isabella Cullen either," I said with a wink. I was considerably more light-hearted now that I saw that vision.

"What did you see Alice? And how does it involve me?" Bella asked, sounding frustrated.

"First of all, what were you thinking about just before I had the vision? You had such a determined look on your face," I said to her.

"I was thinking I didn't want him to break up my family, and I was going to do everything in my limited power to make sure that didn't happen," she said passionately.

"Well, that fierce determination triggered my vision," I told her.

"Don't keep us in suspense, little sis obviously did something. What was it?" Emmett asked nearly as frustrated as Bella.

So I launched into the vision. Bella sat beside Edward with her jaw hanging open. Everyone else looked shocked, but proud.

"I did that? Are you sure?" Bella asked, just like Edward.

"Oh, yes, Bella. I am positive. Just ask Edward; he saw it too," I told her smugly.

Bella turned to Edward; He smiled brightly at her and nodded his head.

"I don't know whether to be scared half to death or proud, love," he said kissing her hand.

"But it was completely amazing, I assure you!" he said.

We sat there continuing to talk about what I saw. I didn't know what was happening, but Aro wouldn't be expecting this.

BPOV

I was shocked, but thrilled, when Alice explained her vision. I was shocked about my part in it and thrilled that we now had a plan in place, and it was a damn good one too.

Now, we just had to get everything set up and ready for the upcoming battle. We still had a few days; it was now Saturday, and I was anxious to hear from my dad to see how his date with Cora had gone.

Edward and I finally had gotten a chance to talk, and he told me about Cora coming to the station with a picnic lunch for her and my dad. I really liked Cora; she was good for my dad. Speaking of Edward, he also paid me back for teasing him the other day when he was home.

Flashback

He and the guys had just gotten home from work; and he was getting ready to take a shower, when he called me into the bathroom. I went in to see what he wanted; and in seconds, I was naked.

"You know, love, you may have forgotten, but I haven't that I owe you some back for teasing me yesterday at lunch; I think now is the time," he said as he held me under the spray of water.

"What are you going to do to me?" I asked, hoping he was going to make it delicious.

"Oh, I know you don't think me so foolish that I would tell you now; do you, my love? After all, what would be the fun in that?" he replied, "Besides, I think it would be more interesting if I just showed you."

He ran his fingers through my hair and gently pushed my head back to elongate my neck, giving him free access to it. He kissed and licked, even playfully nipped, at my skin, which made tingles run over my body. My core was burning with desire to feel all of him inside me.

"I assure you, my love; when I am through, you will only be able to think one thing, and that is my name," he told me.

His velvety voice sent chills all over me; and I couldn't help but moan loudly, as he pushed me against the shower wall.

"I'm going to give you your instructions. You can moan and squirm, scream , do anything you want to do, but you will not come until I give you my permission; is that clear, darling?" he asked, then took one of my breasts into his mouth and sucked hard.

Oh shit! How was I going to survive this without coming, when I was already so close? This man was going to make me lose my mind; and before it was all over, the only thing I could think, do, or say was his name.

End Flashback

EPOV

Tuesday was here, and we were in the clearing getting ready to fight for our family and our freedom. The Denali clan had already arrived, or should I say the part that had not betrayed us were here. It wasn't long until the other part showed up along with the Volturi.

Aro looked smug; I could hear his thoughts thinking how this was going to be an easy win for them. Caius couldn't wait to see us brought down to size. Marcus just wanted to get the whole ordeal over with. Tanya and Irina were standing to the side; Tanya looked at me and smirked.

"Don't you wish now that you hadn't rejected me Edward? Look where it's gotten you and your precious little bride. You could have prevented all this by just giving me what I wanted. You could have had your little pet on the side; it wouldn't have bothered me at all," she thought.

I looked at her and growled. She was the one who would wish she had left things alone when I was done with her, I thought.

"That girl must be Bella, the human that Tanya told me about. Only she didn't look completely human, and she looked pregnant! Oh shit, what in hell had I gotten myself into by listening to my spoiled, selfish vindictive sister? I saw now; she was jealous and wanted revenge for being rejected. I had to be stupid and listened to her lies; and now, we were all going to pay. There was no immortal child," Irina thought.

It was a little late for remorse now, I thought to myself as I watched Aro and Carlisle meet in the middle of the field. Carlisle kept his hands clasped behind his back making sure Aro didn't touch him. We didn't want to reveal what our plan was too soon, a plan that was already in progress.

"Carlisle, dear friend, what on earth would cause you to do this?" he asked.

"I have done nothing wrong, Aro; you have been severely misled by a third party, who I must say didn't realize she was misleading you. She was lied to as well, by someone she trusted," Carlisle explained.

"Well then, who is the guilty party that has caused this conflict? They must be punished," he said keeping up the facade.

"It was Tanya Denali who deceived her sister, Irina, into believing we had allowed the creation of an immortal child. As you can see, we have done no such thing. You have come for nothing," Carlisle told him.

"I'd rather you allow me to decide for myself if I have come for nothing," he replied.

"As you wish, Aro," Carlisle told him.

"I'm aware of the bond between Edward and Bella. Marcus informed me when they were in Volterra how strong it was. I have never known of a child being created between a human and a vampire. I can plainly see Bella is with child. How do you explain this occurrence? How do we know this child will not be a threat once it is in the world," Aro asked.

"This is a child created from the love of Edward and Bella. How is any miracle ever truly explained Aro? We can be assured this child will not be a threat because he or she will be raised in our family and will be taught our lifestyle and to keep the secret," Carlisle told him.

It was during this exchange that Bella was rendering the guard incapable of doing anything, but no one knew this but our family. Alice saw that Bella would be capable of entering someone's mind, human or vampire, and paralyzing them; and if it was a vampire that had a special ability, she could cut it off.

"Aro, we have heard enough of this rubbish. We came here to end them; let's do it and be done with it," Caius spoke up.

"Patience, dear brother, we don't need to act in haste; so much of that has gone on already, and look at what it has caused," Aro replied.

He was such a hypocrite as he stood there spouting that garbage when he knew he was guilty of killing his own sister Didyme, Marcus' mate, out of fear and spite; he made me sick to my stomach.

When Bella had finished rendering each guard member useless, she let me know in her thoughts it was time for the next step in our plan. All we had to do was wait for Aro to make his move.

"We have been friends for many years Carlisle; and I have never known you to deceive me, but I believe it would be in everyone's best interest if I took Bella back to Volterra with me until we know for sure that the child will not bring destruction down on our kind," Aro said.

I saw nothing but red then, and it took all my restraint not to attack him and rip him to shreds. He had revealed his hand, and now it was time for us to reveal ours.

"I don't think so, Aro; this is my family, and I won't stand by and watch it be torn apart. I won't lose my son, my new daughter, my grandchild, or any other members of my family," Carlisle told him.

"So you would defy me then and would choose to lose your family to death instead," Aro asked.

"That is where you are sorely mistaken old friend; I will not lose this fight nor any of my family this day, Aro," Carlisle said.

"We shall see who is left standing when it is over!" Caius shouted.

"Yes, we will!" I shouted, and instantly each member of our family had a guard member and was ripping them to pieces before the three brothers knew what was happening.

Aro tried to move and found himself immobile, Caius the same.

"What is this? I can't move; I-I'm paralyzed! How are you doing this?" Aro asked stunned, and Caius was furious.

"Well Aro, it seems that the pregnancy is slowly changing Bella; she is more powerful than the last time you saw her. Her power has manifested itself already; brought on, I might add, by her anger toward you. You shouldn't have tried to separate our family," I told him smugly.

"I trusted you and valued your friendship all these years; and this is how you repay me?" Aro shouted as he watched his precious collection of talents being ripped apart and burned.

Carmen had started a fire and was throwing the parts of the guard in it. We saved all of their heads for last, so they could witness their own destruction. The sky was full of purple smoke, and all that remained now was the three Volturi brothers and a couple of guard members who peacefully surrendered when they saw what was happening.

"How dare you do this to us! You will pay for this blasphemy!" Aro shouted at Carlisle.

"You are a hypocrite of the worst kind, Aro. You spout all of this garbage when you are guilty of betraying one of your own in the worst kind of way," I spoke up.

"Watch your tongue young Edward," Aro told me.

I just laughed in his face before turning to Marcus and looked at him.

"Why don't you tell Marcus here about how it was you and Caius who killed Didyme for your own selfish reasons? How you laughed over the fact that you took away the one thing he loved more than anything, his other half, his soul mate. Laugh now Aro in the face of the one who will decide your own fate," I told him.

His thoughts were a blank as he shook his head in denial while Marcus looked at him with unconcealed hate in his eyes.

"Aro, it was you and Caius that has caused me to live in this miserable pain all these years? You killed your own natural born flesh and blood out of greed and selfishness. You shall die today; and it is I who will have the last laugh, while I watch the rest of your empire come crashing down around you. I will receive great pleasure watching you burn, both of you. You will cause no more trouble for our kind after this day," Marcus told him.

"They are lying to you Marcus; I've thought of you as a brother, and you have ruled at my side for three thousand years," Aro said.

"Ah, but we can prove that we are not lying," I said, taking Bella by the hand and bringing her forward.

"May I show you Marcus that we speak the truth," Bella asked him.

"Yes child, you may," he answered.

Bella held out her hand to him. We had discovered that she could take another vampire's powers and use them to her own benefit. Marcus took her hand; and she transferred Aro's own power to Marcus, then she could show him we were telling him the truth.

"You see for yourself we are being truthful to you, Marcus. You also see we are not looking for anything, but to live in peace," I said after he had seen everything he needed to.

"Yes, you do speak truthfully young Edward. It is Aro and Caius who have been deceitful, and they shall now pay," he said.

Marcus turned to Aro and forced him to the ground on his knees. He ripped his head from his torso, then ripped the rest of him to pieces one segment at a time and watched it burn before moving on to the next one. When he was finished with Aro's body, he set his head aside and moved onto Caius. He did the same thing to him. Then, lastly he threw their screaming heads into the burning pyre; that was most all of the Volturi and the guards.

TPOV

What the hell just happened here? This wasn't supposed to happen! The Volturi were supposed to come and destroy Bella and her damned brat, and I was supposed to get Edward! I can't believe this!

"Believe it Tanya; you brought this on by being selfish and conniving. You couldn't leave well enough alone, so now you have it to answer for; and I promise, you will," Edward told me.

I had never before seen him look like that; his eyes were so full of hate, and it was aimed at me.

"Edward, I just wanted to be close to you; you were so young and handsome and alone, just like me. You came to Denali to get away from her; she doesn't belong in our world," I told him in a pleading tone.

I hoped I was seeing things when his eyes blackened even more. I could now almost feel his hate rolling off of him in waves. I had pushed him too far now. How did I fix it? I asked myself.

"There is no fixing it anymore, Tanya. I asked you how many times to leave me be before I even knew of Bella's existence, and how many times did you ignore me? I tried being nice to you, to be a friend; and yet, you couldn't respect that. You couldn't put aside your own selfish wants and give me that much respect. That's the only thing I ever asked of you because I respected the fact that you are what you are and can't really help it, but yet you pushed anyway," he said to me.

"It was Irina too, she was the one who actually went to the Volturi and told them everything," I said trying to figure a way out of this mess.

"Do not blame your sister for this! You and you alone caused all this; Tanya, because of your pride and your jealousy and because you couldn't take a man saying no to you. What was it, Tanya? I'm just curious. What was it that caused you to turn on the people who have stuck by you? It wasn't because you love me; there's a very slim chance that if that had been the case, I might have been able to overlook it. That is until you endangered my wife and child, hell my whole family and YOURS!" he roared with anger.

Oh shit, I was gonna die if I didn't run, but he was fast, faster than all of them; and then, I had to factor in the damn the human or half vampire or whatever the hell you called her. Forget this; I was making a run for it.

"Oh, I don't think so bitch! You hold it right there," Bella screeched and pointed at me.

I could no longer move. The fight went out of me and the sobs came then.

"Oh why cry now? You were so high and mighty before, when you went to your sister and lied to her; and it was only minutes ago that you stood there smirking while my family was basically put on trial. Were you such a fool to believe that if I had been taken and destroyed that Edward would have been so desperate as to come to you? Please tell me you weren't that dumb or blind," she said getting in my face and making me look at her.

"I-I'm sorry, I just couldn't stand not being wanted by Edward; he's the only male I have never been able to even tempt," I explained.

"You knew he was mine and that he didn't want you, not before and certainly not after he met me; and why would he want some whoring vamp hoochie who would spread her legs for anything with a damn dick between his legs and one that would call his child a brat?" she screamed in my face.

I looked at Edward with pleading eyes and saw only hate; I looked at my own family and saw pity.

"Now that you have seen the hurt you have caused; you're going to pay," Edward said; he was now on one side of me and Bella was on the other.

With a hard pull on each side, I felt my arms detached from my body. I screamed in pain, but it fell on deaf ears. Next were my legs and I found myself on the ground; then, my head was torn from my torso. My body was thrown in the fire; I watched as Edward toted my head by my hair over to the fire.

"Good riddance to you and the trouble you have caused me," he said and tossed my head into the fire.

IPOV

I couldn't believe my own sister had lied, deceived, and tricked me into doing her dirty work, and then threw me to the lions. I couldn't help but wonder what would happen to me after I watched my sister's destruction. I stood silently and waited for my fate.

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