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Growls echoed from each member of the Olympic Coven once they registered the king's words, but no growls were louder than those that came from Bree and Alice Cullen.

"Don't you dare talk about my sister like that!" Alice snapped at the king.

Her immediate defence caught Pearl by surprise. As she too had once said something similar about the hybrid. Even though the pixie had previously apologised for her words, the jab still occasionally took refuge at the back of Pearl's mind.

"Learn some respect!" Cauis admonished the pixie.

Bree glared at the blonde king with fury in her gaze, and using her gift, she forced the guards away from Jasper and Alice and levitated her siblings, bringing them over to the Cullen's side.

Now fully separating the Volturi from the Olympic Coven.

Her interference startled both Alice and Jasper, as well as the Volturi members.

Aro then turned his attention to the small teenager that stood by Pearl. "Who are you?" He asked in a venomous tone.

Usually, Bree would shy away from such hostility, but feeling protective of her mate and family, she replied with confidence. "I'm Bree Cullen. And the fact you just insulted my MATE, pisses me the fuck off!" She snapped.

Pearl turned her head to admire her imprint as she stood up for her. The confidence Bree was radiating reminded Pearl of herself when she gets angry and protective over those she cares about.

Aro's eyes widened at her words, and he clenched his fists at his side.

In a quiet voice, Marcus spoke up to ask, "Brother, what did you learn?

" As Aro still hadn't divulged to his followers what Pearl was, the rest of the Volturi were left in the dark about why he was suddenly being so aggressive towards the female vampire.

"She's a hybrid." He bluntly answered his brother.

"Like the child?!" Cauis questioned in surprise and growing rage.

"No." Aro corrected him calmly. "This creature, is both a vampire, and a shifter." He announced in a disgusted tone.

Cauis snapped his head towards where Pearl stood and snarled dangerously at her. Pearl stepped forwards and growled back, intending to meet his challenge.

Carlisle spoke up to try and calm everyone down to avoid a fight, but his voice went completely unheard.

"This being, must be disposed of." Aro uttered quietly to the witch twins and his brothers.

Marcus looked to Aro is disbelief but didn't say anything against him, while Cauis and the twins nodded in agreement. Without warning, Cauis charged towards Pearl with the twins flanking him. The blonde king's sudden advance caught the rest of the Volturi by surprise.

Pearl growled deeply and ran forwards to meet them and engage in combat. At her movements, Emmet, Leah and Seth leapt forwards to join her side.

The hybrid struck Cauis in the face and forced him backwards, while Emmet and Seth both charged at Jane consecutively.

Alec's fog emerged from his hands towards Leah, so Pearl turned on her heels and bashed the male witch twin in the head.

Beheading him in one blow, before his gift could reach Leah's wolf.

Leah advanced and finished Alec's body off, whilst Pearl refocused on the blonde king, who was returning for more.

Jane used her ability to inflict great pain onto the youngest Clearwater, so Emmet tried to grab her while her gift was already occupied.

Much to his surprise and horror, with her gift still active on Seth, Jane turned it to attack Emmet as well.

Collapsing to the ground, Jane managed to render both Seth and Emmet incapacitated at the same time.

Leah rushed to the others' aid, since Pearl was busy engaging in a fight with Cauis.

The she wolf managed to latch onto Jane's arm and tare it off while the female vampire was busy expanding her gift to attack the two body's at once.

In Jane's shock and because of her pain, she accidentally released her gift's hold on the two boys.

Who quickly rose to their feet and attacked Jane together with Leah.

With both witch twins destroyed, everyone's attention fell onto Pearl and Cauis. They were both exchanging hits on each other and neither were showing any signs of backing down. Just as Leah was about to join Pearl's side to assist, Pearl sent a commanding growl her way to not interfere.

The hybrid's message was clear to all of the vampires and shifters who were present. The blonde king, was her's to kill.

Leah backed down and instead faced the rest of the Volturi with Seth and Emmet, daring them to try and intrude. Whilst they did so, Bree came up behind them with a lighter in her hand, curtesy of Alistair, and threw it onto the remains of the witch twins. Successfully lighting them both ablaze.

At seeing two of his precious creations destroyed, Aro advanced forwards towards Bree.

Members of the guard went to follow him, but Marcus' voice that came out in the form of an order, halted their advance.

"Do not approach them. This is their fight.

" He commanded the members of his coven.

The voice of their extremely quiet leader, shocked the coven, and they instinctively obeyed him.

Before Aro could reach the small group, Pearl managed to get ahold of Cauis' blonde locks with her left hand. Cauis reached forwards to grasp onto Pearl's shoulder to free himself, but he was too slow. In a blink of an eye, Pearl's right hand grabbed his jaw and she forced his head apart with ease.

Pearl tossed Cauis' body into the fire that Bree had created with the twins remains, and jumped forwards to tackle Aro to the ground.

Aro raised his fist to hit Pearl but Pearl used her gift and turned intangible, flying straight through the hostile leader. Spinning on his feet, he faced the hybrid once more. Not being too surprised with her actions, as he had already seen her do such a thing during Alice's vision.

Seeing that she hadn't caught him off guard, Pearl made herself invisible and began to circle the king. Much like how she did when she was training with Jasper, only this time, she was in her vampire form, not her wolf form, an attest to how much stronger she has become.

The king glanced around warily, trying to anticipate where the hybrid would attack him from, but all he could hear was the growls coming from the nearby shifters and vampires that surrounded the area.

He was completely oblivious to the undetectable hybrid that now stood directly in front him and was glaring at his very soul.

"Fuck you king Aro." Pearl mocked the king, just before she used her hand to separate the king's head from his body.

Making herself visible once again, Pearl grabbed the Volturi king's head and held it up for his former coven to see.

Displaying it like a trophy, Pearl loudly announced to the opposing coven, "I am not a threat to you, unless you become a threat to me and my family!

Leave us in peace, and I won't hunt you down! "

Finishing her statement, she then tossed Aro's head towards the open flames that had already disintegrated Cauis, Jane and Alec's broken bodies.

Bree came up behind her and dragged what remained of Aro towards the fire, Emmet came to Bree's side, and together, they ripped Aro's torso in half and threw it into the small bonfire.

With two of the Volturi kings and their most powerful weapons now destroyed, the Volturi looked to Marcus with uneasy expressions on their faces. Marcus appeared mainly unbothered by the events and just gazed at Pearl with curious eyes.

Reading the last king's thoughts, Edward then stepped forwards from his wife's side. "If we can assure you that Renesmee can remain concealed from the human world, will you and your guard leave in peace?" He asked.

Marcus turned his attention to Edward and nodded in confirmation.

Edward lightly smiled at him in response, and two strangers emerged onto the field.

Walking through the Cullen clan and their witnesses, the strangers headed to the middle of the field to stand next to Pearl and her small group.

Alice walked away from Jasper to join their side.

"I've been searching for witnesses of my own, among the Ticuna tribes of Brazil." Alice announced calmly to the last remaining Volturi king.

Marcus looked toward the strangers and nodded to them, signalling them to start talking.

The male stranger then spoke up, "My name is Nahuel.

I am half human, half vampire. Like the child.

A vampire seduced my mother, who died giving birth to me.

My aunt Huilen... raised me as her own. I made her immortal. " He revealed.

Bella stepped forwards, desperation and hope filled her tone as she asked, "How old are you?"

The male hybrid turned to look at the newborn vampire. "150 years." He answered.

Relief flooded through the Cullen family like a shockwave. Renesmee will have many, many more years by their side. More than they initially thought.

Marcus examined the male hybrid and asked in a kind voice, surprising what remained of his guard, "At what age did you reach maturity?"

"I became full-grown seven years after my birth. I have not changed since then." Nahuel responded.

"What about your diet, young one?" Marcus questioned him again.

"Blood, human food. I can survive on either." The male hybrid answered the king with ease.

The field fell into silence, as Marcus took in this new information.

Members of the Volturi shifted uncomfortably when Pearl focused her gaze onto them.

The presence of the hybrid that had just killed two of their kings, was unnerving them greatly.

With a curious, yet gentle expression on his face, Marcus directed his focus onto Pearl.

"May I ask what your plans are, young one?" The king asked, his voice was nothing but polite and respectful towards her.

Pearl became slightly confused at the sudden question, but she did answer him. The hybrid's voice was still cold, but it wasn't hostile anymore. "I'll be staying with my family and my imprint. My place is with them."

A kind smile slipped onto Marcus' face and he turned to face his coven. "It is time to leave everyone. We have no business here." He announced.

At their king's order, all members of the Volturi coven departed quickly.

Marcus looked at Pearl one last time, and in a warm voice he spoke, "I hope that you and your family will come by and visit in the future.

I'd quite like to hear about how you all live your lives.

" After he finished his invite, Marcus followed after his coven, leaving the Olympic Coven and all of their witnesses in peace.

With the Volturi completely out of sight, Vladimir and Stefan ran forwards. Upon noticing that no one was following them, Vladimir yelled at the group, "What are you doing?! Now is the time to attack!"

Carlisle went to speak, but Pearl's movements completely cut him off. Without delay, Pearl tore both of the vampires' heads from their bodies. "I did tell you that I didn't like you." She remarked in an overly sweet tone towards the two severed heads.

Whilst Pearl was still holding the decapitated heads of the two vampires, Bree jumped onto her back with a smile on her face. Taken by surprise, Pearl dropped the heads to the ground and looked towards Bree. From her shoulder, Bree grabbed Pearl's chin and slammed her lips onto her mate's.

When Bree pulled away, Pearl smirked at her playfully and manoeuvred herself so that Bree was now clinging onto her front instead of her back.

With mischief in her eyes, the hybrid let herself fall forwards, so that Bree was trapped beneath her, and laying on the snow covered ground.

Bree giggled and quickly grabbed the back of Pearl's head, pulling the hybrid towards her for another kiss.

Pearl gladly reciprocated and locked their lips together.

Whilst the couple had their tender moment, Stefan and Vladimir's heads watched on helplessly, as they could no longer move or command their bodies. With a grin on his face, Emmet walked over and picked up the two heads. "Aww, do you two want to join in on the action?" He asked in a teasing tone.

Much to everyones surprise, Emmet then forced the two vampires' heads together, and made their lips touch. Just like a child would, when making their dolls kiss.

Pearl and Bree pulled away from each other and stood back up, to stare at Emmet in disbelief.

In the background, Rosalie was face palming herself at her husbands antics.

Many of the witnesses and members of the Cullen clan were trying to stop themselves from laughing.

Carlisle had an amused grin on his face, while Esme looked at her son with mild disapproval.

Renesmee was full on giggling at her uncle's actions, alongside Jacob who was snorting as a wolf.

I stared at my brother in complete disbelief. Why on earth would making those two arseholes kiss, come to his mind after I had just decapitated them?

Some of the things he does, is beyond me.

The fact Emmet has lived this long, is both surprising, disappointing and terrifying.

Thankfully, Rosalie stepped in to stop my brother before he could put Vladimir and Stefan's tongues in their mouths. I don't think anyone really wanted to see that. My blonde sister slapped Emmet upside the head, and in his shock, Emmet dropped the severed heads to the ground.

"Ow! Babe!" The man child shouted, as he got smacked once again.

"You know better than this! Either burn them, or put their heads back!" She scolded him.

"But it was a perfect opportunity! Ow!" He complained as she hit him again.

A chuckle slipped from my lips as I watched my blonde sister beat up my brother. Looking back down to the heads of the two irritating vampires, I spoke up. "I'm all for burning them."

"Okay! That's enough you two!" Dad shouted and sped up to our group. "I think enough death has happened for one day." He said, while gesturing to the fire my beautiful imprint had set.

I shrugged my shoulders in response and Emmet smirked at him. Dad rolled his eyes at us, and picked up the severed heads then took them back to their discarded bodies.

I watched dad begin to reattach the heads to their bodies for a while, but when a light tugging sensation on my sleeve made itself known, I directed my attention back onto Bree. She was looking at me with wide eyes that were full of love and hope.

"What is it?" I asked curiously.

Bree just smiled shyly at me, and whispered, "I love you."

A bright smile made its way onto my face, but before I could say it back, she continued in a hopeful tone.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" Bree asked me.

The question took me by surprise. I hadn't been expecting it. I was going to ask her that on our next date, when all of this was over. But I guess she beat me to it.

Not being able to help myself, I made a teasing comment. "Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?"

Bree huffed and quickly remarked, "You took too long."

Letting out a chuckle at her retort, I replied to her in a soft tone. "I would be honoured to be your girlfriend, Bree Cullen."

Bree's angelic voice, then made its way to my ears. "As would I, Pearl McCarty."

I placed my hand on Bree's waist and pulled her towards me. Using my other hand, I held her cheek and leaned in to kiss her lips. Bree met me half way and our lips connected. Warmth, love and acceptance flooded through our bond, and right now, I've never felt more complete.

All of us returned home soon after me and Bree became girlfriends.

Dad had fixed Stefan and Vladimir on the field, and the two nomads fled as soon as they were both in tact.

As they ran away, I saw both of them frantically rubbing their tongues and mouths, obviously trying to erase what Emmet had made the two of them do in their helpless state.

When we got home, the other nomads were the first to depart.

Alistair gave me a nod of respect before leaving, but otherwise, we didn't interact.

Jasper said goodbye to his friends Peter and Charlotte, whilst Rosalie and Emmet said their farewells to the Irish Coven.

Mary and Randall left without a goodbye, much like Alistair did.

They knew that we were grateful for their help, so I guess they saw no need to stick around.

As the other Covens started leaving, me and Bree started speaking with Leah and Seth.

It surprised me how quickly they jumped in to help me when I went to fight the kings and the witch twins.

Emmet's involvement was more or less expected, but having my biological siblings immediately rush to my side was not something I was counting on.

I guess, they really do intend to try and fix what they broke...

Whilst we were talking, the Denali Coven approached us. Tanya had just made it official, so that Garret was now a part of the Denali Coven to be with Kate. Which meant that he was by their side when they came up to us.

I wasn't expecting them to talk to me, so it was a bit of a surprise when they did. It was especially surprising when it was Irina who spoke up and addressed me.

"I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for how I treated you at Edward and Bella's wedding. You didn't deserve that. And you just, saved my life, so..." Irina trailed off, seemingly lost in thought. I couldn't help but notice that her eyes weren't on me, no. They were on Leah.

The sudden silence of the blonde vampire drew everyone's attention. Leah looked at her to meet her gaze, obviously quite confused about the vampire's behaviour. As soon as she made eye contact with Irina, Leah froze in place.

With the look of adoration and love that took over Leah's face, it didn't take a genius to figure out what had just taken place. Leah had imprinted, and Irina had found her true mate!

Naturally, Jacob was the first to voice his opinion, as the rest of us just stared at the two of them in complete shock and silence.

"What the fuck?!"