A/N: This is my first story and I would really appreciate a little feedback. But, please NO FLAMES!! Lolz, thanks. And BTW…..I don't own naruto…

POD

'Where am I? What's happening?' She thought as she opened her eyes and examined the area around her. At first, all she could see was a bright white light, distantly; she could hear her heart beating in her chest and coming in time with the beats was an annoying beep. She blinked a few times to clear her vision and the room around her became clear. The white paneled walls, the bland curtains, the bed with rails on the sides, the smell of disinfectants. It was a hospital. She sat up slowly and winced slightly as she felt the tape tugging at her skin. She reached down and pulled off the tape gently and pulled the needles out of her body, she them proceeded to pull of all the pads monitoring her vitals, as she pulled off the last one, the machine beside her let out a steady note. She sighed in annoyance and rubbed the skin on the inside of her elbow, wiping away a small drop of blood.

"I hate hospitals." She muttered under her breath as she brushed a few strands of crimson hair out of her face. She looked up at the door as she heard people rushing down the hall and the door banging open. Two nurses burst into the room, only to stop short when they saw her sitting up on the bed, alive and awake.

"Yo-you-you're awake!" The younger of the two stammered out, she was surprised to say the least. The girl rolled her eyes and gave her a look that said 'Thank you captain obvious'. The nurse glared at her and the girl just glared right back. She smirked smugly as the nurse promptly looked away. She fixed her sapphire-blue eyes on the older nurse and tilted her head, rubbing her flat stomach gently.

"I'm hungry; can I have something to eat?" She asked softly, her voice lilting and melodic. The older nurse nodded and smiled at her. 'I hate this kid, she isn't natural.' The younger nurse thought, the girl gave her a look that could melt diamonds and scowled at her. "Oh and don't let her back into my room," She said gesturing at the younger woman. "I won't be held responsible for my actions if she pisses me off."

"Of course, I'm going to call your parents and then I'll have someone bring you something to eat." The elder woman smiled at her softly and grabbed the younger nurse's arm and dragged her into the hall. The girl on the bed sighed softly and sat back, closing her eyes. 'What happened, how did I get here?'

Flashback

A sigh escaped her lips ass she looked over her shoulder at her siblings. They had stopped to say goodbye to one of their friends and his younger brother. The Triplets were five years older and they never let her forget that fact. "Hurry up!" She yelled back at them as she tucked her hair behind her ears. The triplets rolled their eyes and looked over that their little sister. She was the odd-ball in the family; everyone else had ebony hair and grey eyes while she had brilliant crimson hair and sapphire blue eyes. You would think that she was adopted at first glance but if you looked a little closer, you could see that, besides coloring, they looked alike.

"Relax, Anora! We'll be there in a second!" Emily, Trevor and Jared yelled back at her. The two standing with them rolled their eyes and chuckled softly; the older of the two smiled at Emily and shook his head slightly.

"Sorry guys, I have to get home, see you tomorrow." He said, Emily nodded and smiled back. Unknown to them, Anora had started off again, muttering under her breath about 'stupid siblings'.

"Bye Itachi, Sasuke." She said softly before kissing him on the cheek, causing him to turn as red as a tomato. The boys burst out laughing and patted him on the back.

End Flashback

Anora remembered that she had turned the corner and that she could see her house at the end of the street. Then she remembered someone grabbing her around the waist and clamping a foul smelling cloth over her mouth and nose. Then all she could remember was darkness.

"Miss, are you awake? I have your food." Anora opened her eyes and looked over at the elderly man carrying a tray of hospital food. She scrunched up her nose and glared at it. 'I hate hospital food, but at least its better then nothing.' She looked at the man and smiled brightly.

"Thank you." She said softly as he placed the food in front of her. She sat up and smoothed out the sheets slightly. The man smiled at her and the wrinkled skin around his eyes creased slightly.

"You're welcome miss." He said before stepping out into the hall. Anora bit her lip for a moment before shrugging and digging into the food.

Emily rolled her eyes and grumbled under her breath as she got up off the couch and out her hand on the phone. She glared at Trevor and he just looked up from his sketch pad and glared right back. "It's not a sin to pick up the phone ya' know." She snapped at him.

"Yes it is." He shot back. She stuck out her tongue and picked up the phone.

"Hello, Deveraux residence. May I ask who is calling?" She jumped up onto the counter and rested one hand on the marble.

"Hello, my name is Martha; may I speak with your mother please?" The voice on the other end asked.

"She is busy at the moment, can I take a message?" Emily pulled the pencil out of her brother's hand and grabbed a pad of paper off the counter.

"Tell her it's Martha Stevens calling from the hospital, it's about Anora." Emily perked up at that, Trevor and Jared, who had just walked into the room, saw the hopeful expression on her face and grew curious.

"What about Anora?" She asked quickly.

"She's awake." Was the simple answer, Emily's eyes widened and the phone slipped out of her numb fingers, it dropped to the counter and the boys winced when it struck the marble.

"What's wrong, Em?" Trevor asked as he picked up the phone and hung it back up.

"It's Anora, the hospital called and…and." Emily trailed off; Jared sighed and grabbed her by the shoulders.

"And what sis, what is it?" He asked softly

"They said she was awake." She finished slowly.

"What!?" The boys shouted at the top of their lungs just as their parents walked into the kitchen.

"What are you two yelling at, and why does your sister look like she just got punched in the gut?" Their father, Simon, asked in his deep, rich voice. Even in their late thirties, the two still had their looks, but they had a little more grey in their hair ever since Anora was put in the hospital. Simon was a very hansom man with his broad shoulders and trim figure; he made it hard for the ladies at his work to concentrate. Their mother, Silvia, looked like a model in a simple pair of jeans and a white tee-shirt; she still had an hourglass figure even after four kids. Her skin was lightly tanned for hours of working in her gardens. She had her long black hair pulled up into a high ponytail and she hardly ever wore make-up.

"Are you going to tell us or what?" She asked as she put the bag of groceries on the counter and began to put things away.

"Anora is awake!" the triplets shouted at the same time. Silvia's eyes widened and she dropped the loaf of bread that she had been holding.

Flashback

"It's alright baby, mommy's here. Please be ok, please." Silvia whispered as she gently held her youngest child's hand. Her face was streaked with tears and her eyes were red and puffy from crying. It was heartbreaking seeing a five-year-old girl lying on a hospital bed, barely holding onto life. Anora had been missing for close to a week when she was found in a field not too far from her home, she was beaten and bruised. Both her arms had been broken and she had a few fractured ribs, but what really took the cake was her back, it was cut in many places and where the skin was still intact, it was black and blue from the bruises. It seemed that she had been tortured while she had been missing.

"What kind of person would do that kind of thing to a little girl?" Silvia looked at the door for a moment when this was said.

"I don't know, but I hope that they find the sick bastard and make him pay." Another voice said.

"Poor girl, I really hope she makes it. Last I heard, she was in a pretty serious condition." The first voice said as a pair of nurses walked by the open door and down the hall.

"She is going to be just fine, love, you'll see."Simon said softly as he put his hands on her shoulders. Silvia nodded slightly and leaned back into his embrace, wiping away a few stray tears.

"I hope you're right." She whispered under her breath as she looked at her daughter.

End Flashback

Emily closed her hand over the pendant around her neck, absently running her fingers over the ebony gem set in the silver. She gently traced the carving of a panther around the gem and closed her eyes. 'This was Anora's favorite necklace' She thought 'I got her to let me borrow it on the day she disapeared, I haven't taken it off since. Even though it has been almost two years.'

A/N: Sooo? How was it? Please R&R! If you do I will give you a cookie!! A really, really big cookie. Anywho, laterz. I'll update as soon as I can.