Jane's POV

"Don't touch that, brother!" I called out to Helios, who was trying to grab all of the leaves in the park. Thankfully the park was neither full or very small, so finding another place to take him to would not be an issue. No humans came to the parks during the winter months for some reason. Just works to our advantage.

"But it looks so pretty, Jane," Helios whined, grabbing another leaf and putting it in his pocket. The amber leaf did not look like it belonged in the park, as winter had already come, but it sure did have some beautiful colors. What kind of tree it had come from remained unknown, but if it made my brother happy for a few more minutes I would let him have it.

"Make sure that you don't eat another leaf, Heelie, or mom will be pissed," Afton reminded our younger brother, who nodded and skipped along the side of the park with Alec, having the time of his life in the snow.

The winter months had always been my favorite time of year, and now I would be able to spend them with more family than I had ever had in my life. Our family had grown in size and we had enough cheer to go around during the winter. Christmas had been a joy, with all of the colorful lights Afton and Santiago had put up with Felix's help. Those few nights had been the best nights of my life. There was no other year that we had all been so happy. With Marcus finally out of his depression, everyone else could feel happy at the same time.

Before I could walk over to the rest of the group I snarled, smelling a wolf in the area. Whether or not they smelled bad didn't matter, they didn't like us, called us leeches. I would not stoop so low to calling them mutts, but they seemed inclined to use their own form of derogatory slurs towards our species, meaning that they had already gone lower than us, or at least me.

Jacob Black made his way into the park, his young hybrid mate clinging to his side. I could sense her upset from where I stood, her heart beating even faster than normal, which was already extremely fast.

"Didn't think we would be running into you," I admit, trying to stop myself from saying anything negative. The wolves had been nothing but rude to us. Even if they were supposed to protect humans from vampires, if we weren't going to kill in their territory they had no need to be so hostile all the time. "Nice day for the hybrids."

"Look, we need your help," The young hybrid spoke up, "My mom is being a brat and I don't want to be near her anymore. She's done nothing but crap on you all and I would rather be near others of my kind than drink that filthy animal blood and listen to her rants. Dad is doing the same and they always want me to eat blueberry yogurt, which I hate."

"Blueberry yogurt seems to be a dislike among hybrids," I laugh, remembering the first time we fed the food to Helios. He had sworn it was the worst thing he ever tasted and claimed he would never eat it again. "Well, you don't have to stay with her. You have a mate to take care of you until you reach maturity."

"Aro and Anna said that, but I think that Bella and Edward are going to come after us." Typical of that bitch. Or better yet, she'll break down and try to guilt them into coming back. Those two are the worst parents I have ever seen. I thought some of the village parents were bad, but they're saints compared to Edward and Bella.

"If that little bitch," Alec tries to stop Helios from saying anything more, but fails miserably, "Tries to take away your mate, what you do is tell me and I'll destroy her myself. What is she going to do? I'm a prince and I have big brothers and sisters who can help protect a fair maiden like yourself."

"Heelie-" My twin wraps his hand around his mouth to make him stop. "Sorry about his mouth, it seems we have had a bad influence on it."

"No worries," Jacob laughs it off, picking up Renesmee, "How are we supposed to get rid of them if they do come for her. Charlie can't really do anything since he's human, but it could become a risk of exposure. Plus, if I was to leave with her, it could make them lash out at you. None of you deserve to pick up my mess."

It was a good question. I was surprised that he even thought to think of us when making such a decision. Maybe this one wolf is better than the other pack. Lord, they were so annoying. I think I would rather die than hang around them for another day.

"If for whatever reason they do attack us or you, they will be promptly executed. Likely by Caius, he will not allow Edward in his presence any longer after what he said," I sighed, remembering all of the stories he used to tell about the dark times vampires had gone through.

"Just give the Volturi a call," Alec says, "We're here to help."

"Come on back to the house," Afton spoke up, "They can't get you back there. Plus, You may want to come to the hunt. You and the Cullens can do some animal hunting instead of human hunting. I bet they would like to have some company."

"That would be great," Jacob's face lit up and Nessie smiled from his side, clinging on to her mate like he was her lifeline. "We can come back after I get Nessie some food. Stupid blueberry yogurt."

"Disgusting," Heelie and Nessie said at the same time.

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Anna's POV

The hours leading up to our hunt were mostly spent making sure that the areas would be 'closed' to the public, which just meant that some stupid teenagers would be going missing instead of entire families of people. That would not only be amoral, but a risk of exposure. The Volturi would not be breaking their own laws.

Jane had already informed me that Jacob and Renesmee would be joining us. I was glad that the two of them finally stood up to Bella. Neglect is a serious issue that I knew too well, and from the way that my daughter described the looks on their faces what had occurred had upset the two of them quite a bit.

While it would be an issue if Bella tried to forcefully take back her daughter, I tried to not think about it too much. If she tried, she would fail and we would take her out with ease. Alice and Bella would be working together, of course, since Alice's gift of foresight could be unblocked by Maeve.

Edward knows, but he doesn't know where you are. His gift hasn't been working well thanks to yours truly, so he won't be able to find your minds anywhere. His tracking ability may mean that you need to cover Nessie's scent, but beyond that he's useless. Thanks, Maeve.

Maeve's information had been coming in less readily, with myself often needing to ask her before she gave me that precious info that could save some time. It didn't bother me much, at least I knew she was giving me some privacy. Her sometimes invasive nature had settled down. Even if she was only a voice in my head, I considered her to be a good friend. She was there for me just like any good friend would, so why should she not get the title?

"Do we have everyone?" Caius asks from behind me, looking out among the crowd of vampires. "Is anyone absent from this damn field trip?!"

"Leave the stragglers," Demetri suggests, "Afton you better be around here somewhere or we're leaving you behind."

"I'm literally right next to you," Afton rolls his eyes and hits his friend over the head with a newspaper, "You dumb bimbo."

"Useless tool-"

"Sniffy wiffy-"

"At least I have a nose, Voldemort looking ass-"

"That is enough!" Caius closes the pissing match between his covenmates, "Lord you two would be dead if it weren't for this damn coven. Grow a pair and settle yourselves outside, during the hunt, where nobody can see or hear you."

"Can I kill him?" Afton shoots him a glare, hissing slowly.

"No, Demetri, you can't kill your coven mate and fellow guard, now go cry about it or eat your feelings once we get to the forests," Demetri sighed and slapped Afton on the arm before walking over to his soul-brother, playing some sort of hand game with him that nobody else could understand. This is what happens when you've been friends with someone for like a thousand years. You just play with each other's hands and laugh about it.

"Takes maybe a century but yeah," I laugh at Aro's comment and kiss his cheek, hopping over the bench and calling everyone to the door.

"Get off of me, you buffoon!" Jane hissed at her twin, the two of them going at it while the rest of the guards tried to get around them, not willing to piss off Jane. "Alec, I'll fucking rip your arm off you damn child!"

"We're the same age!" He combatted, grabbing her arm and stopping her from hurting him, tackling her to the door. I watched as my two children went after each other. With Helios in my arms, my mouth drops. "Bitch get the fuck off of me!"

"You're the bitch!" She grabbed his hair, "Immortally a 14 year old bitch!"

"We are literally twins!" He points out again, flipping her on her back.

"That is enough! Lord first it's Demetri and Afton and now you two are acting like the children you are! Alec, let your sister go. Jane, stop harassing Alec and get your blonde ass out of the door this instant!" Caius commanded, done with their fighting for the day.

Believe it or not, the two of them had some nasty fights. Even if they are soul siblings, they're also twins, which means fights are bound to break out over various things. Who gets which human to eat, since they have the same tastes, or which one gets to lead training for the day. Most of the time one of them will win and the other will give up, but we had somewhere to be and we didn't have time for them to battle it out in the living room.

"What is it with everyone fighting today?" Marcus ponders.

"I have no idea," Aro whispers, walking out of the house to see the rest of the coven and company.

I simply sighed and turned around, walking to the outside of the house. It was our last day here. After this, we would be heading back to Volterra, our home. This would hopefully be the last time I saw Forks. The place held too many bad memories for me to consider coming back for a vacation. Once I had seen the place as a home, but now I was immortal and had a new home. Volterra would always be my home. There was nowhere I would rather be.

Jacob and Nessie were standing quite far away from the rest of the group, but that was because the young girl was playing with some sticks on the ground. It was sad to think that her mother had not given her the time to be a child, which was what she was. A sweet child.

Never in my time had I met a child with her temperament. Not exactly shy around the people she cared about but still not as extroverted as Helios, Renesmee Masen had her own way to communicate what she wanted to the people around her. With her gift, it must have been much easier.

Her gifts were interesting as well. To have two different gifts was unknown in the vampire world. Yes, Helios technically had two gifts as well, a form of happiness through his bonds (although he could not see the bonds between people like Marcus could) and a type of light that could cut through anything, but he did not have any gifts relating to his parents. In a way that made him even rarer, but I would say the two of them were equally matched in rarity, both in different respects.

This hunt would be one to remember. Helios had never hunted and neither had I. From the sound of it, our coven had not held a recreational hunt in quite some time.

"Well, Volturi and everyone else, let's go hunt."