Oh my god this is the latest I have ever posted! I am extremely sorry. Claudia's point of view would have continued but she has a lot of stuff to do for her "honors" classes for the end of the year. Thanks to everyone that added this story or me as an author to their favorites and subscribed! Please review.

Love, Izzie

Chapter 2- Memory

As soon as I asked the question I realized that my arm was probably broken and I had just almost drowned. Oh yeah.

I started coughing again; just to make sure I was still alive. My mind was reeling. I couldn't comprehend the fact that Nick was here, with me, and surprisingly undead. Also it didn't help that I could see my right arm bone poking out of my skin.

"Ow Holy Frick!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. Wow that REALLY hurt. Tears stung my eyes. Nick jumped at my sudden scream. He then turned to see what was wrong. He looked down and caught a good glimpse of my mangled and gruesome arm.

"Claudia!" He said.

"O my gosh we have to get you to help. Come on" He then picked me up and started to carry me up the pathway and back up the stupid cliff.

I was still screaming, and the world was incomprehensible to me. I didn't care that I was in Nicks arms, a position I never thought I would be in again; or that he SHOULD be dead, and so should I. I didn't have time to muse over the fact that we could both be in heaven, or maybe I was dreaming. All I knew was that my arm hurt, a lot.

"Shh Claudia its okay, were almost there." said Nick.

He carried me up a familiar path. It took me a couple seconds to realize that we were at my house. He kicked open the door with his foot and walked right in.

Crash

My dad had dropped a plate. Everyone was staring at us.

"I really don't have time to explain. Take her, she's hurt." said Nick.

And like so many times before he jumped from his normal "dad mode" and right into his "alpha-of-an-entire-werwolf-pack-whose-sole-purpose-is-to-protect-and-entire-town-from-big-scary-vampires mode".

He grabbed me and sent the few other werewolves who were present into action. I couldn't comprehend words. He laid me down on my bed and began inspecting my arm.

The room spun for what felt like forever. After a while I could feel cold hands on my throbbing arm.

"Claudia? Claudia? Can you hear me?" said a silky sweet voice.

I shivered as I felt a needle go into the nook of my unharmed arm.

"Yeah, yeah I hear you." I said, trying to sound as snotty as usual but for some reason my voice drifted off like I was sleepy.

"Claudia we are going to help you but you're going to have to sleep for a little while we don't want you going into shock." The smooth voice said again.

"Sure." I tried to mumble before the darkness came over my eyes…

Mae POV

"Will someone please tell me what the hell is going on?" I was screaming over so many people that I doubt anyone heard me.

The room suddenly got silent besides a plate crashing. "What is it?" I whispered and tried to jump over the six foot werewolves to see anything.

"I really don't have time to explain. Take her, she's hurt." I heard a familiar voice say. Seth, who was standing in front of me made his way to the front of the crowd. "I'll all the Cullens, go help Claudia." The familiar voice said. Seth nodded woodenly and left the room.

People were starting to disperse and I was kindly asking them to move, not wanting to be rude even when I'm so anxious.

"Yes, it's Nick. A- at least I think. I don't have time to explain; I don't even know if I can. She is hurt I need you over now."I heard a voice say said.

Holy crap.

Nick.

I shoved the rest of the people out of the way.

Nick was there before my very eyes standing in front of the phone that he just hung up. He was running his fingers through his wet hair and sighing deeply. His eyes were puffy and it looked like he was about to cry.

I couldn't find any words to say to him. He was so consumed in his thoughts of Claudia, I guessed, that he didn't even notice I was there. I opened my mouth but nothing came out. Nick threw his head in his hands and cried. I was still walking forward slowly, and was about ten feet away from him. Everyone was gone by now, they all filed into Claudia's room wanting to know what is going on. What could I say? Something cheesy like "Hey, aren't you supposed to be dead? I didn't think so. I sure as hell don't know why he's living right now but I'm also sure it's not the time to ask.

I noticed now that I was crying. My best friend is dying in the other room, and my other best friend that it supposedly dead is standing right before my eyes. Why shouldn't I cry?

I took one more step forward and that crappy floor board creaked. Nick's head shot up.

"Can't everyone just leave my alone!?" he bellowed at me. His voice sounded different

I let out one chocked sob. "Nick." I crackled and sobbed more as I stumbled into him and wrapped my arms around him. He held his arms out as I wrapped my arms around him tightly and sobbed. Eventually his arms rested lightly around my back.

I leaned back to look into his face. "Nick" I sobbed again. "Thank god you're alive." I said smiling through my tears.

"I'm sorry but, who are you" he said looking into my eyes confusedly.

I un-wrapped my arms from around him and stepped away, shocked. "W-what?" I said struggling to see through the tears that filled my eyes.

"I- I don't remember any of this!" he practically shouted. "They screwed with my memory! All I know is that I love her and she's dying." He said and pointed an angry finger toward Claud's room. His voice broke on the word "dying".

I stepped back even further, a little scared of him. "Who's they." I said giving him a puzzled look. He looked lost.

Just then, Carlisle and Edward busted through the door. Alice was behind them with Carlisle's medical gear.

"Mae." She called to me as she walked in. "We are going to need you to give blood."

I backed up, giving Nick one last glance and ran after Alice into the other room.

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"It's okay Claudia." I repeated over and over again. I know she was knocked out and couldn't hear a word I was saying but it helped my get my mind off Nick.

Carlisle had stopped the bleeding and they were all waiting for my blood as well as Emily's and Claire's. I was put in Claudia's room and Nick's parents, mine, Rachel, and Claire were in the living room because we can't fit more than one "blood machine thingies" as Claire called them, in one room.

Claudia's face was a bloody mess and there were needles sticking into her everywhere one pumping in a bag of blood that Carlisle brought, and the other pumping in a small amount of morphine, just enough so that she won't wake up and feel her injuries. I tried to stop myself from looking at her arm. The bone was poking out and bloody make-shift bandages were wrapped around her arm. We know she could get good care at an actual hospital, but Sam decided he didn't want attention drawn to us seeing as how Nick was to shaken up to tell us who "they" are.

Nick.

My eyes almost welled up again. He doesn't even remember me. I don't know who "they" are, but vampire, werewolf, or human "they" are going to get it. Nobody makes my best friend forget who I am. So first he says he'll be fine. Then he goes and "dies", but when he's not "dead" he doesn't even know who the hell I am. I felt angry tears in my eyes again. I looked down and notice I was gripping Claudia's hand, which I was holding. The tears started falling really hard then. I sat there in Claudia's bloody messy room and cried my eyes out. After a while, Alice came in, took the needle out, and told me I should go into the living room with everyone else.

I walked into the living room and was immediately hit with how silent and dismal the room was. The look on everyone's face was universal; confusion.

I sat down next to Claire and grabbed a cookie off the table that Emily obviously made and ate it in silence.

"How's she doing?" Claire whispered, breaking the silence. Everyone looked up.

"She's fine" I mumbled, and everyone looked back down.

I looked around at everyone, and suddenly it was my turn to ask a question. "Where's Kim" I asked.

Rachel looked up and whispered. "She went into labor during all the commotion. She's at the hospital with Jared."

I immediately felt bad. Just because Claudia jumped off the stupid cliff and is in there dying, we all neglect a day that is supposed to be all about Kim and Jared. From the look on everyone's faces they all felt the same.

I leaned my head against the arm rest and closed my eyes. I tried to think of anything that wouldn't make my cry, and automatically thought of Seth. I focused on that and drifted off to sleep.

Seth POV

Jake and Sam carried him into the woods, and we all followed behind in wolf form. For once my head was quiet. Nobody could even find the right words to think.

We were almost high up in the mountain when we shifted back into human form.

"Nick?" Sam approached him softly.

"Apparently!" Nick said, throwing his hands up in the air.

"Nick, do you know who we are?" Jake asked cautiously as well.

"Well, you are obviously wolves. I gathered that much. What else is there to know about you?" he said. We all shook our heads in disbelief.

Sam continued the investigation. "Can you tell us everything you remember."

"Yeah" Nick said eyeing Sam skeptically. "But, first I want to know what my business is to you." He said. All our eyes widened. Nobody would ever dare talk like that to his alpha.

"Okay, I'll give you a couple." Sam said harshly "First of all, you used to be one of us, Secondly; you know that girl you just brought home; I'm her father, and lastly, you do whatever I say. No exceptions." We all winced at how intimidating Sam looked.

"Oh" Nick said scared. "Well, I remember waking up on some sort of clearing" he continued. "Michael and John were there and they said…"

"Wait, who are these people?" Sam cut him off.

"They are the Dublin pack." Nick said as if we should all know what he's talking about.

We all looked at him as if he were crazy. "Dublin?" Jake asked skeptically.

"Yeah, they said I was one of them and that I almost died. They told me that their pack capability was healing and that…"

"What is a pack capability?" Sam said.

"I was getting there, stop cutting me off." Nick said. "A pack capability is a certain ability that everyone in a certain wolf pack has. I believe yours is that you can hear each others thoughts. Anyway, they said that they could heal and that I really belonged to their pack so when I was injured that sent off a sort of homing signal and they came and found me. They told me that I was a weird mixed breed and I also belonged here. They sent me her to tell you guys that I can't be part of your pack anymore." He said simply.

"What!?" Quil bellowed. "You can't leave." He said orderly.

"I was never here; in my mind at least. Michael and John are all I know." He said. "They said that if I don't come back they will find me and kill me. They said that they can take back the gift of life as easily as they gave it and that I belong to them now."

It got very quiet after that. Nick was the first to talk again. "But, when I saw her I know I couldn't leave. I looked into her eyes and I now I know I can't ever leave her side. You guys will protect me right. I can't leave now." He looked up at us with pleading eyes.

Sam answered without hesitation. "Of course we will, you are one of us."

"Do you think I will get my memory back?" he asked. "I mean, when I told them I don't remember what happened they seemed kind of shocked so maybe it is just something to do with dying and then…living again. I don't know." He said looking at the ground and shaking his head.

"Nick" Jake called out suddenly. "Do you know if there are more packs besides us a Dublin?" he asked.

"Michael said that there are packs all around the world, and they each have their own pack capability. Nick answered.

"Well, we will have to talk to this Michael." Sam said nodding and looking off into the distance.

Quil walked over to Nick and pulled him into a hug. "Welcome back buddy." He said as he tucked Nick's head under his arm pit and rubbed his hair.

We all laughed; we had gotten our friend back.

Hah. I love how that title of this chapter really has nothing to do with the actual chapter.

AGAIN, sooo sorry for posting late!

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~Izzie