Author's Note: Here's the last chapter and yes, it's still from Bella's perspective! I know some of you might think this is a little abrupt but, to me, this story was all about showing how much more awesome Bella would be if she had allowed for a little self discovery. In this chapter she discovers who her real family is, how crazy powerful she is, and there's even a hint of romance.

I hope you enjoy it!

Later that Night

Hours later her senses told her that someone was finally coming after her but she hesitated when she heard the knock on her door. Her visitor was the last person she had expected.

Bella swung the door open and leaned against the door jamb. "Did Alice send you?"

Jasper shook his head. "Alice and I don't really talk much anymore," he admitted.

Bella was so surprised she ushered him into her room so she could sit on the settee in her sitting room. "I guess I'm not the only one with a story to tell. You may as well tell me yours if you want." She gestured for him to sit down across from her.

He accepted the invitation graciously but Bella could tell he was surprised which made sense. They'd never been close when she was a human and, in a way, his attack on her birthday had put everything into motion.

"I wanted to come to you because I knew you were upset and because I'm curious about your life as a newborn. It's so different from what I've experienced."

That really piqued Bella's interest and she couldn't help but wonder what he'd gotten into before he'd joined the Cullens.

Jasper, sensing her curiosity, launched into a story about his own turning and his life as a general in an army of newborns. "So when Alice found me and told me there was another way I was so happy even though I struggled. And we fell in love. It wasn't until much later that I realized my feelings were more to do with the hope she represented and less to do with her," he admitted.

Bella's mouth dropped open. "You and Alice aren't together anymore?"

"Haven't been for awhile now. After we left Forks the family split up for years. Edward was a mess, wanted to go off alone but Alice didn't want to leave him by himself. She followed him across the country for awhile and I went with her but then he switched continents and I knew I couldn't handle a commercial flight. We could have gotten a private jet but I said no."

"What did you do while she was gone?" Bella couldn't help but ask.

"Visited with old friends. Spent time with the rest of the family who were glad to have me around even once they found out that Alice and I were over." Jasper's smile was wistful. "That was my worst fear. That Esme, Carlisle, and the others wouldn't want me around."

"I understand." Bella sighed and stretched out on her chair. "I was crushed when I thought you all didn't want me."

Several seconds of awkward silence passed before Bella finally asked the question that had been weighing on her mind. "So are Alice and Edward…"

"You picked up on that?" Jasper winced. "They haven't really admitted that there's anything going on but we all know there is. Plus Alice called me a few years ago and told me something that makes me wonder if she knew about you."

"What did she say?" Bella could feel her temper flare. If Alice had known she was a vampire why hadn't she found her to tell her that Edward had been wrong?

"Something about her visions being wrong. How you were Edward's singer but not his soul mate and how her and I had belonged together once but were meant for other people now. She said it all had to fall apart in order to be put back together again."

After Jasper left Bella couldn't help but think about Alice's visions and what her proclamation could have meant.

Bella was curled up in her window seat with a book she'd barely touched all night when Jane barged through the door. "Aro requests your presence at breakfast," she announced and then stalked away, clearly annoyed that she'd become nothing more than a deliverer of messages.

By the time Bella made it to the dining hall everyone else was already gathered and Aro was smiling across the table at Alice. "Your old friend was just telling me the most fascinating story of my future! Her gift is marvelous!"

When Bella, who was now staring at Alice in surprise, didn't respond Aro turned his gaze on her instead. "You siphoned and used their abilities last night," he said as he gestured towards Edward and Jasper, "but you said nothing about hers."

Bella paused and stared at Alice in surprise and then concentrated hard. "Can you usually force a vision?" she finally asked.

Alice nodded. "Sometimes the visions just come to me but I can usually focus on a specific person and pick up something about them."

Bella turned to Aro, not liking where the conversation was surely about to go but unable to lie about it. "I can't use her power."

"Interesting," Aro grinned at Alice. "So interesting in fact that I feel as though you should extend your stay." He flicked his fingers and Jane, Alec and Felix appeared from the shadows.

The Cullens stiffened and Bella knew they wouldn't let Alice be taken. "What if I don't want to stay here?" Alice asked.

The rest of the Volturi members gathered nearby hissed at her audacity but Aro merely smiled and turned to Bella. "Do you understand why I wish for Alice to join the guard, my sweetling? And her continued presence would give you a chance to question why she spent last night in Edward's chamber and not her own."

He had clearly expected to get a rise out of her and he did, just not in the way he'd expected. "Alice will not be kept against her will," Bella growled.

"And you plan on stopping us?" Jane asked. Apparently she wasn't as smart as Aro who, as Bella and Jasper had discussed the night before, was already looking hesitant about the decision he'd made.

"Alice, look into their futures and tell them what will happen to them if they continue down this path," Bella instructed.

Alice closed her eyes and focused for a few minutes and then held out her hand so that Aro could hold it and see her prediction for himself. Minutes later he pulled away, clearly shaken to his core.

"We will not touch their coven, not ever," Aro commanded. When Alec and Caius tried to complain he interrupted them. "You know the power which Isabella commands. If we go against her all our heads will roll and they will walk away unscathed."

Then he directed his gaze towards Bella. "I assume this means you will be leaving us?"

Bella nodded. "I belong with my family."

Because even after everything the Cullens were still family, just not in the way she'd originally expected them to be.

Seattle, Washington 2225

Bella smirked when she heard the whispers when she entered the cafeteria of the high school with her family. There was a new student in their midst and the new girl was very curious. That it was a dull dreary day in Washington State made the situation all the more ironic.

"That's Doctor Cullen's family but most of them are adopted or else it would be super weird because they're all dating," one of the other students explained to the new arrival. "The big one Emmett is with the pretty blonde named Rosalie. The tiny girl with the pixie cut is Alice and she's dating the super hot guy whose name is Edward and the brunette girl is Bella, she's dating Jasper. He's Rosalie's twin."

Bella tuned out the conversation. Sure the situation was odd but this time, even though there was nothing natural about any of them, her relationship had been able to grow naturally without all the worry of mortal danger as there had been in her last one. It had taken years for her to realize that Jasper was more than just a friend and confidante and another year after her realization to take the risk and kiss him. He'd gladly kissed her back, Alice smiling all the while and whispering that she'd known for ages while Edward had rolled his eyes.

Life was good and she had nothing to complain about.