A/N: Thanks everyone, 'Follow Where The Music Takes You' passed 90,000 hits and They Could Hardly Believe Their Eyes passed 30,000 hits as well xx This is the end of this one, I was starting to struggle with it and that's never a good sign xx Alexis

Demetri

I am so disenfranchised with the Volturi, after all of these years, to find it was a forced servitude and not of my own volition has sickened me. Both Master's Marcus and Caius have assured me if I wished to stay, my place and position are secure. But do I? In a way, my life is in Kalloni's hands, whether she wants it or not. Because I go where she goes. I think now is the time to sit down and talk, we've been skirting this issue for days, well since she was changed and now it's time for me to speak my piece. Most definitely it is passed the time to discuss our problems and find a way forward for both of us, a joint decision as it were.

I follow her scent trail to a small garden, one that we all know well. It was once Didyme's and now Master Marcus tends it in her memory. Sitting quietly amongst the flowerbeds, her face raised to the sun, Isavéla makes a beautiful picture, if not for the clothes, it would be a renaissance pose for a painting. How I dismissed her as a human still irks me, a she's a classically perfect beauty. With small delicate features, but full lips which pout forward enticingly. Yes, vampirism has done her proud. All flaws were eradicated, only leaving behind a pair of luminous red eyes set in a face of palest alabaster skin.

But for all that here she sits, still clinging to a life that is gone forever. She finds it hard to relinquish her humanity and I seem to struggle to understand her reasons why we are not human anymore and I refuse to act like one. Even if it will gain me her forgiveness, but in reality, I did nothing wrong. Yes, I was uncommonly cruel and unfeeling, like most of my kind, because I'm sorry humans are not and never will be my equals! That's like saying a baby has as many rights as a grown man and should be his equal. Maybe it's the difference in our ages, I look twenty, but I've been around much longer than that.

She is exactly the age she is, seventeen. What can you learn of the world in that short space of time, nothing that's what and she's known of the supernatural world for what? Less than a year! We need to find a compromise and she must accept her change of status and move on. What ifs are exactly the problem, her change is undoable so why rant and rail against it. She needs to grasp this between both hands and enjoy what immortality can bring her. I'm anything but poor; we can go anywhere, do anything and live life in luxury or as nomads.

Because neither will be a burden or a sacrifice for a vampire, we are impervious to weather, too harsh climates or beyond temperate ones. Meaning we can go to the tops of the coldest mountains or the bottom of the warmest sea naked without any recourse. If that doesn't prove our superiority over humankind, nothing will. Hell, we are the ultimate explorers, because nothing but volcanoes stand in our way.

"Isavéla, I've been looking for you," I say and she raises an eyebrow waiting for me to continue, expecting the long-awaited apology no doubt,

"I'm not here to apologise or beg your forgiveness and I never will be! It had crossed my mind, but it was an errant thought forgotten quickly. In my eyes I did nothing wrong, yes, I was heartless and rude, but that's not unusual for the Volturi, or vampires in general, boredom plays a large part in that. The fault lay with Chelsea, because of her messing with my mating bonds.

I would still have been surprised and even slightly reluctant, to be mated to human, which you wouldn't have been for long. But honestly, I have been around for hundred's of years, nineteen roughly, give or take a decade or two and you learnt only about vampires only in the last year.

So please have the decency to accept what I say is the truth and my attitude was normal behaviour for an older vampire towards a human. We are possessive, aggressive and territorial usually. We dislike humans more and more as each century passes, they are weak, greedy and selfish for the most part.

My behaviour towards you would have never happened if not for Chelsea and Aro. I would have seen you, mated with you and changed you within the hour of your arrival, so what happened is moot. Your refusal to look at this through your vampire eyes is annoying and immature at best, human and irrelevant at worst.

I'll be ready to discuss our future when you get over this perceived insult. I would die for you Kalloni, but I will never grovel at your feet. I'm not Edward Cullen, I'm a real vampire!" I say and she is stunned and before she can reply. I turn and leave her to her contemplations.

Bella

I...! What the...? Shit! Well, that was not what I expected to happen at all when he eventually spoke to me properly. He's right I did expect grovelling and apologies and not what he said in the least. Am I still harbouring my human anger and indignation for what I saw as an insult to my ego? Yes, yes I suppose I am. Is it my age and the time I was born in that makes it so hard to let go? Or is it more of a case that I don't feel much different and still wished I was human? It's all been a bit surreal and I'm sure I haven't just been thrown in the deep end as it were.

Maybe that would have been better, not giving me time to dwell and think what if! I can't go back and now I'm mated I shouldn't want too. I set off in search of Rose and Charlotte I needed their take on all this, no I need Heidi's she's been around for a long time too. Well, more than Carlisle, but nowhere near as much as Demetri and then I need to sit down and actually talk to Him. He's obviously been fighting his own battle and decided to be himself and not someone I'd eventually hate in time or feel wasn't strong enough to protect me, not that I technically need to be protected.

Well, no matter the species, relationships are a minefield and no mistake. Looking at this whole thing from his point of view is totally different from mine, but no less valid. I've rocked his world as much as he has mine and not in a good way! After talking to all three women and then even Renata joined us I could see how young and naive I was being in the face of my new immortality.

"Bella honey, none of us are as old as him, not even adding our ages together. It will be hard for both of you to start with. But you have the mate bond to hold you together, while you learn to live with each other" Heidi said,

"Don't always agree with him suga', stretch his perceptions too!" Char told me,

"It alright to lean on him if you're not sure or afraid, that's what mates are for," Rose told me,

"Make sure he meets all your needs. Don't be afraid to take charge in the bedroom occasionally" Renata mused,

"Renata!" we all exclaimed, hell I hadn't even thought that far yet!

I will have to make a determined effort to stop thinking in human terms and see the bigger picture all the time. As much as I don't want a yes man, I assume Demetri would hate a yes woman too. So we make decisions together and see where it takes in the long term. I don't want to live here permanently, but would be happy to come back and forward. I really like Marcus and Caius; they have been nothing but kind to me and put up with my human way of thinking when they didn't have too. I'd love to travel the world and see places I've only dreamt of.

"Maybe Demetri will show me Greece first and then the rest of the world? Well, I better find him and have that long overdue talk and this time I'll actually listen to him" I said smiling at them all, and then I headed towards his room, as I knew that's where he was.

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Bella

"Kalloni, come back to bed. What are you doing so far away over there?" Demetri asked with a lazy grin on his face,

"Do you know what today is Demetri?" I quiz him,

"Indeed I do, it's one hundred years today since you crashed into my life and stood it on its head!" he replied smiling at me.

"I can't believe it's been that long and yet it feels like no time at all Erastís, thank you," I said wholeheartedly,

"You agápi mou, are very welcome. No, come back to bed and I'll show you how much I love you" he growled heatedly at me,

Even after all this time, we can't get enough of each other and I had been so worried in the beginning. I walked slowly back to the bed and before I could get in, he scooped me up in his arms and kissed me like it was the first time in years, not hours.

" Se agapó perissótero káthe chróno, eísai o aéras pou anapnéo" Demetri murmured in my ear, before nipping it with his teeth and laying me down on the bed.

I know that I have no-one to compare it to, as Demetri is and always will be my only lover. But he makes my knees turn to jelly on a regular basis and no woman could be as happy and as satisfied as me. I smile happily up at him and he winks before sliding down my naked body. We've been naked since we arrived here on our private island in the Aegean Sea*. Demetri bought it for me fifty years ago as an anniversary present and I happily let him. It's the most beautiful place, I've ever seen and I've seen most of the world, more than once.

"Se agapó, Se agapó, Se agapó," he said, punctuating it with kisses, nips and licks to my skin,

I giggle as his breath tickled my navel and smile at the memory of learning Greek, just to know what he was saying to me. They say Italian is the language of love, but I disagree, it's Greek! He knows my body like he knows his own and has me writhing in ecstasy in no time at all. I once thought Edward Cullen was like a Greek God, how wrong I was. The man looking up at me now from between my thighs is my own personal Greek God and I love him more than I can say. Making love with Demetri is a deliciously slow process, he never rushes or puts himself first.

He can be rough and he can be tender, but no matter which, he makes sure I'm always right there in the moment with him. Even when I supposed to be in charge he gives me all that I need and I couldn't be happier. In fact, it's the premise our whole life works on. We always put each other first. We rarely argue or even disagree, it's so strange that we perfectly complement each other, yet were born so many years apart. I'm floating on a cloud of pure gossamer when I feel him crawling back up my body and as he sinks into me its pure heaven.

I love to watch his muscles ripple with that controlled energy he has and to see his face as he comes always gives me that surge of power. That I did that, I made him look like that, me and no one else. The first time he told me, making love to me was so different from any other, I didn't believe him. But slowly over the years I know it's true and it would have been the same for me. We are two halves of the perfect whole and no other would fit as well. We are like a lock and key, one was made for the other.

We are returning to Italy soon, Marcus and Caius want to throw me a birthday celebration for my one hundredth. Everyone will be there, all the others are flying in from America, Rose and Emmett moved to Texas to be near Jasper and Renata, as well as Charlotte and Peter. Heidi and Felix were in charge of organising the whole thing. It will be fun to be back and I've found some amazing stuff for Marcus' archives. He still diligently keeps abreast of the old and the new. I really am looking forward to seeing them all again, it's been a few years this time.

We missed our flight as my mate couldn't keep his hands to himself. Luckily I'd sent everything ahead, well I know him! We decided to swim to Italy, the water was pleasant and calm. Demetri enjoys making love at the bottom of any sea, ocean or lake. It's one of the few times pressure is exerted on us, and we have to exert ourselves more and do feel more breathless and tired. I think he likes to feel spent, satisfied and well-loved. Being underwater is one of the few things that put a strain on my shield too.

In the last one hundred years, I've learned that immortal does not mean invincible or undefeatable. It's a balancing act, just staying alive and ahead of the game. It's the random rogue vampires and their unruly newborns that make life on the outside dangerous. The new Volturi clamped down on a lot of things Aro let slide and life has been much better this century. Ah, here we are Santa Maria di Leuca, now to run the rest of the way and be in Volterra by morning. I enjoy this journey and never really complain when Demetri makes me miss our flight to Pisa.

Marcus

Isabella and Demetri will be here soon and we can celebrate her birth in style. It's not the only reason we wanted them here, Caius and I would like to take a back seat nowadays. We've been running our world for so long, with Aro and since his demise. So while they are here we need to convince them to step into our shoes, so to speak. We don't expect them to take over immediately or alone. Felix and Heidi will be part of the new council which Caius and I will be here to advise. We just want to pursue our own hobbies now, my archives and his armoury and artefact collections. Over the years Isabella has become a specialist in the field of Vampire Law and is perfect for the job.

Between them all they have the skills and the knowledge to take over, we're not going anywhere, but no longer wish to deal with the day to day running of our world. Maybe the young ones will be able to make some changes we never thought about I'm sure Isabella will not think herself worthy, but with her gift and his, they are two of the most important vampires in our world and respected. I'm sure they will all have the backing of other vampires and over time we will faze out of the limelight altogether. This should have happened long ago if it had then I could have left with Didyme like we wanted to do. But we'll get through her birthday first and then sit down with them all and discuss the future.

Demetri

Felix knows something, he keeps smiling at us and nodding. It's something to do with the Master's because they have similar grins on their faces too. No doubt we'll find out in due course because vampires are notorious for being unable to keep a secret. Kalloni and I have been travelling and it will be nice to settle her for a while, Italy holds a special place in my heart. But nothing will ever top Greece for me, it's my homeland and holds fond memories for me.

"Kalloni? Do you ever miss America? You never wanted to return there or speak much about it" I asked my beloved,

"Honestly no. I moved around so much with my mother, not one place meant more to me than any of the others. Forks, could have been a great place, but the wolves and the Cullens ruined it for me" she said sighing, "If anything here and our Island are home for me now"

"I feel the same, no matter where we go. I'm always happy to return to Greece or Italy" I said smiling at her,

"So any idea's about the big secret? They are going to grin themselves into a coma at this rate!" Kalloni asked and I laughed,

"I know, but so far no one has broken, but Felix knows. He knows everything that goes on around here, he's not head of security for nothing" I reply and she nods back at me,

"They'll tell us when they're ready" she commented before we set off to find Felix and Heidi.

Caius

"Ladies and gentlemen thank you all for coming to Isabella's One Hundredth birthday celebration. Our world changed dramatically with her arrival. It changed for the better and all of us who know her have also benefitted from her friendship. Please raise your glasses to Isabella" I said smiling at the crowd in front of me,

So much has changed in one short century, whereas we had stagnated under Aro's heel and became less than we were capable of. In his quest to be supreme leader, he had to hold us all down and back from what we could be and that's sad. He made so many mistakes, but with the advent of Isabella, we have all become so much more and are happier for it. But now I am ready to have some freedom with Dora, we want to see the world and spend time with each other outside of Volterra. I hope the four are agreeable to our plans and in the future, they to can hand it off to someone else.

But for tonight I'm going to dance, drink and make love to my wife, tomorrow can wait for now. The Whitlocks are all happy to see young Bella and are enjoying themselves. Things were a bit hairy for them forty years ago when we asked them to warden the America's for us. The Southern Warlords had gone too far as usual and it was up to the Major to take them down. But with his gift and Renata's they managed admirably, it was the clean up that took so long. But the six of them just hunkered down and got on with it all.

Bella

I'm stunned! We knew they had something up their sleeve, but this! I would never have thought it was this. At first, I was ready to say no right off the bat, but Demetri stopped me with a hand on my arm,

"Master's this is most unexpected, to us anyway. Felix, I'm sure was already aware and has had time to come to terms with it. So I ask you to give us a couple of days to talk it over together and then with Felix and Heidi. It's a large undertaking after all?" Demetri says and I nod in agreement, thank goodness he was here.

"Yes, yes, please give it your consideration and we will talk again in a few days," Marcus said smiling warmly at us all.

"What do you think Erastís? Can we do this? Do you want to do this? I don't know what to think, it's such a shock!" I say in a stunned voice.

"I'm taken aback, but I think if we agree we are more than capable and qualified to do it. Plus they aren't leaving so both brothers will be here to guide us" he replies hugging me and I calm down in his embrace,

"Let's do something fun, forget all about it for tonight and decide tomorrow," I tell him and he laughs,

"Okay Kallori, whatever you wish" was his reply before he bent his head to kiss me soundly.

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Rose

Another one hundred years have passed since the unheard-of announcement that the brothers were retiring and Bella, Dem, Felix and Heidi were taking over. The vampire world held their breath and of course, nothing happened. They were perfect rulers, just, fair and prepared to listen. Now Felix and Heidi are ready to move on to pastures new and they asked Emmett and me to take their places. I'm beyond thrilled, it is proof that we are seen as more than just two vampires from the old Cullen coven and then two members of the Whitlocks one.

I am looking forward to working alongside of Bella closely, this time she has much to teach me. Charlotte has promised to keep an eye on the charity Emmett set up in my name. It runs several orphanages in Texas and beyond. Em could never give me a child of my own, so he decided to give me hundreds of unloved and sometimes unwanted ones and I love him for it. One day we will return I'm sure of it and then we can take charge once again. I'm guessing the next two to retire will be Bella and Demetri, but Greece is not that far away so we will still see them often.

Erastís (Εραστής)(Greek) - Lover

agápi mou (αγάπη μου)(Greek) - my love

Se agapó perissótero káthe chróno, eísai o aéras pou anapnéo (Σε αγαπώ περισσότερο κάθε χρόνο, είσαι ο αέρας που αναπνέω)(Greek) - I love you more every year, you are the air that I breathe

Se agapó (Σε αγαπώ)(Greek) - I love you

*The Aegean Sea - a part of the Mediterranean Sea that lies between Greece and Turkey, bounded on the south by Crete and Rhodes and linked to the Black Sea by the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus.