Hello everyone. I'm sorry it took me so long. I just lost the motivation to keep writing recently. It's been busy with coming to the end of my school year. I hope you can all forgive me. I love you all and appreciate all my followers. Now, true to tradition, I'd like to give a special thank you to those who reviewed: Matthias Stormcrow and…..Someone (you were anonymous). But thank you anyway. Enjoy the final chapter to this story. I love you all.

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It has been a century since Izzy and Jasper arrived in Volterra. They had invited every vampire in the world to the castle where Izzy had been tormented in and held a grand gala in preparation of the announcement to come. While they waited for everyone to show up, Izzy and Jasper waited in their room while they got ready and put the finishing touches on their outfits. Izzy wore a floor-length crimson gown that hugged her curves in the most delicious fashion. She topped it off with a pair of black patent-leather pumps and twisted her hair into a French twist. Her mate wore a sharp black tuxedo with a crimson tie so he could match Izzy. They waited until a guard came in to tell them the guests had all arrived before they finally entered the ballroom where the three marble thrones still sat, untouched.

As they entered, whispering could be heard about where the three kings were and why they were not sitting in their thrones, lording their power over everyone. Jasper and Izzy stepped onto the podium in front of the thrones. Jasper wrapped his arm around Izzy's waist and kissed her cheek for good luck. She smiled and called the attention of the room. Over a hundred sets of eyes ranging in color from black to red to gold turned to meet her gaze. Silence fell over the crowd as they waited for whatever announcement she had for them.

"Thank you for coming," she stated loudly. "I have invited you all here to share some tragic news." She bowed her head and clasped her hands in front of her in a show of grief. "Our three wise and fair rulers have been murdered in cold blood." Gasps echoed around the room followed by mumbling from the vampires. They looked at each other, wondering who could have so much power as to take out the most powerful men in the vampire world.

"How could this have happened?" one voice shouted from the crowd.

Izzy slowly raised her head to grin at the vampires before her, a slow smile across her ruby red lips. "I killed them." Silence fell over the vampires around the room. They all stared at her in shock and awe. Some were angry as they actually supported the Volturi's ideals and methods. Some were unable to understand what they were supposed to feel. But most felt scared of the vampire in front of them who held such power.

"This must be a hoax plotted by the Volturi to test our loyalty!" Izzy snapped her head in the direction of the voice and narrowed her eyes at the man.

"Come forward," she commanded, making eye contact with him. His black eyes met her ruby ones in fear before he shyly stepped forward to stand before her. "Why do you think I have lied to you today?"

"There is no vampire on this planet powerful enough to take them down. Even if they could get past the hundreds of guards. So it has to be some kind of trick. If there was a vampire so strong, they would have taken them out a long time ago." This man spoke with such confidence and finality, Izzy would have agreed with him had she not known the truth.

A lazy smile crawled across her face as she stared down this man. As her stare grew more intense, the man started squirming. He tried to hold her steady gaze but found it impossible. The way she looked at him unnerved him; it was as if she was looking into his soul and trying to rip it apart from the inside out.

Finally a small chuckle bubbled from her lips. It turned into a full-out laugh within seconds. The rest of the vampires didn't really know how to react so they joined in the laughter. Jasper only smirked at his beloved, knowing what was to come. He stood unmoving at her side.

When her laughter finally died down, she looked back at the man standing before her. "My name is Isabella. I am known to all as Izzy. I have the power to shield myself and others from any attacks whether mental or phsyical. I can also transform my appearance into anything I choose. And I can absorb the powers of any vampire I touch and choose to absorb from. I am one of the most powerful vampires I have come across thus far. I have already absorbed many powers. I used those powers to kill the Volturi and take out their guards."

All the vampires in the room fell silent once more listening to her speech. They all simply stared at her in disbelief. It was quiet for a long time. And then the man in front of her broke out into a fit of laughter. Jasper's smirk dropped for only a moment at his disrespect before he saw Izzy's face harden to contain her rage. His smirk only grew at that realization and shook his head at the man in pity.

Izzy raised a brow at the man. "You do not believe me?" Her red lips tightened into a line as she glared at the vampire that dared to accuse her of trickery.

"It is impossible for a vampire to have two powers, let alone three. So how am I supposed to believe such nonsense? How are any of us supposed to believe this?" The rest of the vampires behind him nodded.

She looked at them all in disdain. "You doubt me?" She sighed and shook her head. "Alright. Then I suppose I have no other choice other than to show you." She turned to Jasper. "Let us demonstrate my shield first, Jasper." He nodded and backed away as she got into a defensive crouch the best she could in her tight dress.

"Physical Shield," she said to let everyone know what she was doing. She pushed her shield around her body as Jasper raced toward her, only to hit an invisible barrier and go flying to the other end of the room. There were gasps that followed. "To demonstrate my Mental Shield, I will have one of you take a shot at me. Who here can use their mental abilities to attack a person?"

A vampire woman took a step forward with a sadistic smile. "I can influence your thoughts."

"Good. Now influence me somehow. I don't care how; just give it your all. And while you're at it, force it on all these lovely vampires around you. I will protect them." The woman smiled and turned to the uneasy faces of those around her. She closed her eyes and concentrated on pushing her power out to everyone.

Izzy pushed her shield out around the vampires, leaving the man who disrespected her out of her barrier. She watched everyone brace themselves for the woman's attack and then watched in amusement as the man started screaming like a girl and running around the room. The group laughed before the woman's eyes snapped open with a scowl gracing her thin lips. The man stopped running around and looked at the vampires who watched him. Then he looked at Izzy who was grinning triumphantly.

"I will create an illusion of being human," Izzy announced before shifting her form. Within seconds, gasps could be heard around the room. She had transformed to her usual human form. The vampires could even smell and hear her blood pumping through her veins. They stared at her in awe. She returned to her vampire self and looked around once more.

"I have also absorbed Jane's power before I incinerated her using Benjamin's power," Izzy announced. She then laid her eyes on the man still staring at her and pushed the feeling of pain into his mind. She watched him fall to the floor in sick amusement and laughed when he screamed loudly. She pushed one final shock of pain before releasing him. He lay there panting on the floor, trying to recover from the onslaught of pain that she brought to him.

She turned to the vampires again with a glare and her arms crossed under her chest. "Do you still doubt my power? Or my accomplishment?" All the vampires shook their heads vigorously at her. She smiled. "Good. Now that we have that out of the way, we can continue. The rule is that whoever killed the rulers will rule the vampires from then on. However, I am allowing you all to choose for yourselves. Do you want me as ruler, or would you prefer someone else?"

The room of vampires was suddenly engulfed in noise as everyone started murmuring about this change in events. They hadn't expected a democracy. They all started discussing amongst themselves what they should do. Izzy and Jasper just stood in front of the thrones, watching them all carefully. They stayed silent while everyone talked.

Izzy felt a weight on her shoulder and nearly jumped out of her skin. She turned to see Jasper smirking at her, his golden eyes conveying all the love he held. She closed her eyes and sighed when his love escaped his pores and enveloped her in its warmth. Unconsciously, she made her way into Jasper's arms and simply embraced him, taking in his scent. She smiled slightly. She loved the way he smelled. Jasper's arms wrapped around her in return and dropped his face into her hair to get a good whiff of her scent. A soft sigh passed his lips at the smell of his mate.

A throat being cleared forced the two apart with sheepish smiles. Izzy quickly composed herself and looked on at her guests. They all watched her with amused eyes. If she were human she would be blushing madly right about now. She was glad that vampires don't blush and composed her face into a mask of authority and serenity.

"Have you come to a decision?" she asked everyone.

They all nodded before turning to the man she had been toying with earlier. He gave her an apologetic smile before speaking. "We choose to make you the ruler of our society."

Izzy's eyes widened only slightly before she smiled gracefully at the vampires who watched her with awe. She was happy they chose her to rule over them so that she could make some very important changes in this world. She was tired of seeing so much hatred among these people and how much they looked down upon humans. She was glad she got to make the changes necessary to help the vampire race survive. Her red eyes danced with hope while everyone cheered for their new Queen.

Izzy motioned for Jasper to come closer and clasped his hand. "As your Queen, I swear I will rule with a fair hand so that no one ever has to suffer unnecessarily. I promise I will act only to help my people instead of myself. You shall never again feel the wrath of the Volturi. From now on, the vampire kingdom is ruled by Isabella Whitlock! And as your Queen, I name Jasper Whitlock as my mate and my king." Without another word, she turned to the love of her life and kissed him with all she had in front of her subjects.

Cheering and celebration could be heard around the castle of Volterra for the rest of the night. Every vampire in the world felt a great weight lifted off their shoulders now that the three Volturi brothers could no longer breathe down their backs or torture them to their heart's content. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief now that they were free from servitude. They knew they would be well-taken care of with Izzy as their ruler. No one regretted their choice.

Izzy sat at her throne with her mate beside her and her family behind her, watching the vampires celebrate. A soft smile crossed her features before a slow waltz filled the room. Everyone grouped up with their partners immediately and started dancing to the soft music. Izzy's smile grew with an idea. She grabbed Jasper's hand and dragged him to the center of the room where she pushed herself into his arms and started swaying to the beat of the music. Jasper smiled at his mate's antics before immersing himself into the music as well. He held her small hands in his as he led her around the dance floor.

They both looked into each other's eyes, the world falling away around them. Their eyes filled with passion and love as they looked to their mate. They whispered their love before meeting their lips in a kiss. In the kiss was their hope and future. They were happy they had the opportunity to be together forever and to change the world in such a huge way. They would do it together. They decided that no matter what happened, they would brave it together. When they finally pulled away from each other, they gazed into the other's eyes with smiles working their way across their faces.

"I never imagined it would come to this when I first met you," Jasper whispered. "From the moment I saw you, I thought you were just this intriguing human with a lack of self-preservation. I never thought that you were a vampire as old as I am or that you would be my mate."

Izzy stood on her tip-toes to lean to his ear. She let her breath fan against his cheek, causing him to shudder and her to smirk. She brought her lips against his ear and whispered, "Jasper, you should know better than anyone that no one is as they seem." She pecked his cheek with a giggle and ran off to disappear into the crowd, leaving a smiling vampire behind her. She truly was crazy, but all his. And he couldn't be happier. With a deep breath he didn't need, he ran off to find her just as he always will if she is lost. He smiled, happy that their lives worked out.

The End

Sorry my lovelies, but I have lost inspiration for this story, and the drive to continue it. I managed enough creativity for this last chapter. I hope you all enjoyed the ending to this romance. If you want to check out some more of my writing, just look to my profile. But if you continue to read my work, you will hear from me again. Until next time. I bid you all adieu. And thank you for sticking with me.