Things were going down once Caius had truly gotten angry and lost some of his well kept composure. My mate was not one to speak of the things that he has gone through, let alone in front of everyone. The entire vampire community there to hear his recollection of the times where immortals were hunted just like we used to hunt them, my mate lets out a loud sigh.

"You disgust me," the blonde king gives Edward a saddened look, "I thought that maybe you could show some respect for the people who brought you freedom, but it seems that you would rather have us killed and let the rest of the immortal community be hunted and eradicated."

"Freedom is not what you gave us! You gave us a damn curse, vampirism is a curse! This isn't how things are supposed to be! We are supposed to be free, living and dying just like the natural order of things requires," Edward seethes at the much older immortal, who tutts and takes one more step, finding himself far closer to the enemy than I would like.

"Never quite the way that things are supposed to be. Defying the will and ways of your own leaders and what is best for your daughter is your undoing. The Volturi do give chances to fix behaviors after offenses such as the ones you have committed. One...two...when will you finally give us three? One could say it has already been three, that a strike to not only your laws and your queen is enough to execute you. While you're at it here giving your sordid monologues, do mention that we gave you mercy. Oh, or did you not remember the Seattle Newborn Army? The one that you insisted we not handle," Caius brings up what had brought us so far apart in the first place.

"What would have you done? Bringing in people who just want to kill us and Bree-" Marcus cuts him off.

"Did we not let Bree go? Did my mate not advocate for mercy? Anna gave you mercy, one that I myself would have given if I were there. Showing such malice and disrespect for a woman who gave you a second chance is not only mindless but also shows the world that you do not have what it takes to be an immortal with a gift such as yours."

"I am perfectly worthy of my gift!" He shouts at my mate.

"Telepathy requires control," Aro explains, "It also requires a certain amount of respect for someone's privacy. You can control your gift, you just choose not to learn how to. Edward, you get a high off of berating people and their thoughts and stealing someone's very personal thoughts that they would rather not have someone hear."

"Baseless accusations-"

"All gifts are controllable," Alec pipes up, "Mine had to be shaped, molded into what it is today, but in the end it was able to be useful and does not infringe on the privacy of others. Quite like you, I used to knock people out. You and I both have mental gifts, those can be tamed and bonded to your own will. The way that you use your mental gift is not the way that it should be used."

"What do you know about infringement of privacy? You take away their very senses!" Edward defends himself.

"It is simply a comparison, you simpleton."

"Not a very good one!"

"Opinions on the matter can be discussed later, boy, we have a trial to complete and you are being quite disruptive," Alec turns back to me, "Mom can we finish this? I'm hungry."

"Rose, Jasper," Edward turns to my soul sibling and close covenmate, "You can't be with them. I won't allow it! Turning back to this diet, Jasper? You said that you hated the way hurting and killing humans made you feel! What have they done to you to make you think that it's okay again? Come home, Jasper. You're my brother! I love you and I want what is best for you, even if you don't understand! The Volturi aren't the good guys!"

"You want me back just because you think that I'm reverting back to evil army general in the Volturi. Edward, you have no idea just how bad you made me feel. I was breaking and all you did was push away my emotions and make yourself the hero in my story. Maybe that is the case for you. In your eyes you will always be the hero. For me, you are the man who betrayed me and my trust, the man who used my gift against me to keep me away from what made me happy. Being with Anna and becoming her soul brother brought me back from the brink of insanity, I won't let you lay one hand on her or speak cruelly about the way that she lives her life," Jasper stood his ground against his former covenmate.

"Why can't you see that we're happier here?" Rose questions, "I'm happier than I've ever been with this family! None of us drink from humans!"

"Red eyes," Edward hisses.

"Blood bags, Edward, we drink from blood bags! It makes us stronger and I'm not hungry all the time anymore. Jasper's gift is better controlled and my mate is even stronger now that he's on human blood. I get that you don't want to drink it, but don't shame other people just because they want to eat like a normal vampire," Rose counters.

"The blood is making you all act differently," Bella says, "You never acted this way with us!"

One of the many problems that I had with this girl was that she couldn't accept the fact that some people didn't want to drink from animals. Edward is the same way. Not everyone has such good control as any of them and it makes little to no sense nowadays since vampires have better alternatives.

Change now or be immortally so.

Bella had not changed. She was a vampire and everything that made me hate her was set in stone for the rest of eternity. Reasoning was not something she was good at and now she would never be good at it. Constantly playing the victim when it was her fault was something I had not realized she did until I gained my own immortality.

"Maybe we just act differently because now we don't have to walk on eggshells around you and your fragile ego," Jasper mutters.

"How dare you?"

"Let me guess, she's this bad when she's with her own kid. I can tell that you have no love. All of that love is centered around Edward's beauty and his own grace. God, you fill his ego up when you're with him. I never said anything cause' it wasn't my place but now I see it. Obsession. The emotions that I couldn't handle off of you two were laced in obsession," Jasper realizes.

"I am not obsessed," Bella denies. "I love Edward and he loves me-"

"Toxic. That love you feel is toxic for everyone around you."

"You have no right to bud your head into my relationships when you left your wife to be a guard for maniacs."

Oh god, she had hit low now.

"I don't give a shit what you think about what happened between Alice and I. She ignored me for months to hang out with you. That might not be a lot for a human, but as someone who was going through hell, she should have been there. All you did was complain and complain and complain about how I was ruining the mood. Guess what, you ruined my mood and nobody seemed to care! Mom, Dad, Rose, and Emmett were the only ones who seemed to give a crap about how I felt!"

"Someone like them should not be anywhere near a child," Bella sneers at me. Helios let out a feral snarl as he clung onto me. "You are raising a wild beast!"

"Vampires snarl as a form of communication, Isabella," Aro deadpans. "We make many inhuman noises in order to express our feelings without words. Of course, you wouldn't know that until you make soul sibling and mate connections. Even one soul parent would have brought that out in you."

"Our son is expressing his distaste for you and your vibe," Caius informs.

"Die," Helios says dramatically, "Just go find a child of the moon to bother or something."

Caius lets out a scared whimper at the idea of a child of the moon being anywhere near him at any time. Poor angry baby and the wolves. They sound like terrifying creatures. They are. Scary as hell. Don't mess with them unless you are planning on a fight.

"You're all evil," Edward accuses, "You're evil and you just want us dead. There isn't any good in you anymore, Annalise, you're pure evil."

"Who are you to call my mate and my coven evil?" Marcus questions.

"You're wrong about everything. I can't control my gift. You are in the wrong and I am right."

"Right and wrong. Day and night. Humans or animals. Quite the fickle. The wrong answer got something right, day and night mix during the sunset, and humans are in fact animals. Things are not just black and white, we see in thoughts and memories of what made us do the things we did. It is what makes us different. Our gifts, our way of eating, our control, and our temperament all stem from a diversity in our own experience of the outside world. This was no execution, this was a trial. Armies may be at the ready, but that is to protect ourselves from the misguided vampires you have sweet-talked your way into an alliance," I try and give him some sort of life lesson.

"No, no, you're not right on this one! Nothing about what you do is okay or right!" Edward continues to deny in front of everyone. Many of the members of the crowd started to growl at his words. He was attacking them as well. To attack our diet and our ways of living was to attack all human eating vampires.

Doing so would not be wise. Vampires are quite temperamental.

"Since this is going nowhere," Alexandros starts up again, "How about I make the suggestion that we end the trial here and have some fun."

"Fun?" Some people on the opposing side question, still quite confused on what was going on.

"This is a trial as much as it is a social outing. As Carlisle owns the residence, we will be putting some of the refreshments inside. The place is quite large. Us ancients do like to have fun once and awhile," Aro jokes.

"That is our-"

"It is not your house and you will be kicked out immediately. No, you can't get your stuff right now, Edward, wait until after the party. Renesmee can go, but you, Alice, and Isabella are banned from all Volturi events until further notice," Carlisle says with confidence. He didn't want to see Edward ever again.

"Do you just not care about your own granddaughter?"

"She isn't my granddaughter. I have no granddaughter, I have a grandson who I love very much."

"Your love is conditional then," Edward accuses, "You only love people who agree with you."

"My love has one condition. I give up my love once I see that someone has become too full of themselves to listen to the plain and simple truth. Giving patience and time to a person who does not give the same is not worth it. Even vampires can give that to one another. A second chance was given to you when you left me all those years ago to live alone and on a human diet, another will not be given this time. Pushing the blame on others is a form of lie and attack. To see them together is rare, but for you it has become quite the common occurrence. I ask you to do one last thing. Let me go."

"No, you can't mean that-"

"He means that," Caius hisses, "Now you are free to go. All other people here today besides you, your covenmate, and your wife may come to our party. The hybrids are welcome and are encouraged to try to hang out with my son. It would be good for him to meet some people like him."

"Yes, just make sure to let him have the last cookie, he'll throw a fit otherwise."

"Also, Jane, do take Stefan to another place where Marcus and I can deal with him. He is a convicted criminal and should not be allowed to live. If not for his crimes against children, then for the murder of my little sister."