AN: The vamps and wolves you recognize from The Twilight Series belong to S. Meyer.

The rest of the wolf pack, imprints, wolf kids, and pretty much every other character in this story belong to the talented yay4shanghai!

Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed!

I am trying to get these chapters out as fast as I can because I know a lot of you are just dying to see what happens with Amber and Solace after reading the last chapter of "Once the Earth Settled".

Some of you have asked me if the story is going to centralize around a depressed Amber, my answers is no, Amber will get better, she doesn't spend five years locked in her room crying for Solace to come back, it's just not Amber.

And so the rain begins ....

I couldn't sleep; this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach just irked me all night. I was completely restless. Something was wrong, I could feel it. I held on to my stuffed wolf, the one Ethan gave me, it was the only thing that I could turn to when I wanted to snuggle in my bed, and my mom wouldn't let Solace stay. My fingers traced my lips, it was silly but I could still feel the heat from Solace's kiss. Maybe I was blowing it out of proportion, it was just an innocent kiss right? There was nothing romantic about it… but still when I thought about it I felt like I was soaring; it was the most amazing thing that had ever happened to me. I kept replaying it in my head over and over again, the memory momentarily relaxing the strange sensation in the pit of my stomach.

The night passed by like a blur, one minute I was gazing at the stars wondering if Ethan was looking at them with me and then the rare morning sun was beaming through my window, my eyes fluttering as they tried to adjust to the new light. It was a normal morning, there didn't seem to be anything different, but something didn't feel right.

"Amber! Amber! Amber!" My little sister Annabelle came running into my room, diving straight into my bed and hiding under the covers, "He's looking for me Amber, you have to be quiet!" she instructed me from under the covers.

"Annie, where are you?" Brady sang as he walked down the hallway stopping right outside my door. He peeped his head in with a smile, "Hey, Amber have you seen my Cupcake?" Brady asked theatrically winking at me. I smiled at him, I love Brady. He's my sister's imprint, but really he's like another brother in my eyes.

"Nope haven't seen her, hmm I wonder where she could be?" I played along, Brady took light steps towards my bed and looked down at the small lump under my sheets with a smirk. "One, two, three," he mouthed as we readied our hands and began a tickle attack the likes of which my little sister has never seen.

Annabelle squealed in happiness as Brady picked her up from the bed and cradled her in his strong arms, "Yes, I found my Cupcake!" he cheered as he kissed the tip of her nose.

"Yup, you got me," Annie sighed happily as she wrapped her little arms around Brady's neck, resting her head contentedly on his shoulder.

"Hey kiddo, you coming down for breakfast? Your mom and dad had to go run some errands so I made pancakes, if you want." I nodded rolling out of bed and following Brady and Annabelle down to the kitchen. Annabelle at six years old already claims Brady as hers and only hers, she does not share. Whenever they are both in the same room it's hard to keep them apart, so it comes as no surprise to me seeing Annabelle sitting on Brady's lap as she munches down her pancakes, her favorites because Brady made them and anything involving Brady is her favorite. When my mother wasn't here she could always push the limits. She could kiss his cheek sweetly and hold onto him tight, he had no reason to let her go if no one was making him.

"Brady, where's Taylor?" I asked, I don't remember him saying that he had patrol the night before and he's usually here for breakfast. Brady stares at me, blinking quickly before he starts to fidget, Annabelle looks up at him worriedly.

"What's wrong Brady?" she asks him, turning and placing her little hand on his cheek. Brady relaxes instantly and smiles at us again, she has that affect on him.

"Nothing is wrong, I don't know where Taylor is," he answered quickly. He's lying; I can tell because Brady's nose always twitches when he is lying and it definitely just twitched. I think Brady fails to realize that I probably know him as well as Annabelle. Before Solace moved back to La Push I didn't know him and Brady was my fascination. I liked him, a lot. He was always in my house so it was easy to follow him around and find out his quirks and such. Once I found out he was destined for my sister I gave up, that was also right about the same time that Solace returned to La Push and stole my heart.

"Amber, where's Solace?" Annabelle asked as she took a sip of her milk. When she says his name the feeling in my stomach returns, I look at the clock on the oven it's eleven in the morning. That's weird, it's Saturday, eleven in the morning and Solace isn't here. He is always here early on Saturday morning's, it's the only day of the week that we can spend entirely together. He likes being with me as much as I like being with him and we can't be together on Sundays because that's the day mom dedicates as family time, no Brady or Solace allowed. Sundays suck.

"I don't know," I answer her before I excuse myself going straight to my nightstand where my purple cell phone was charging. I flip it open and scroll down until I find Solace's number. I wrap my arm around my waist, this sinking feeling is really irritating me.

The phone rings three times before it goes to voicemail, I wait for the voicemail machine lady to finish talking before leaving my message. "Solace, where are you? It's Saturday, did you forget? I don't feel too good, my stomach hurts … um, well CALL ME BACK! I love you … bye."

It's really early but my sleepless night finally catches up to me and before I know it I am asleep and dreaming of white dresses, red roses, my family around me; my wedding to Solace whose waiting for me at the altar. I can't see myself so I have no idea what the older version of me looks like, but I must be beautiful because Solace looks only at me. It's time for Solace to kiss me and he smiles scooping me up, I close my eyes as I feel his lips getting closer and closer ….

"Amber! Wake up! Wake up!"

"Go away Annie!" I yell as I bury my face in my pillow willing myself to go back to sleep, so I could finish my dream. Annabelle isn't giving up, she keeps shaking me with her hands, I hear Brady chuckle in the background.

"Might as well wake up, you know how persistent she can be" Brady teases, I glare at him, he should be taking the little rug-rat away so I could sleep in peace, not going along with her string of terror.

"Can't you entertain her or something?! I was trying to sleep!" Brady rolls his eyes but makes no effort to stop Annabelle.

"Amber, I talked to Ethan!" she says excitedly, I stop and look at her, my eyes blinking rapidly.

"You what?" I gasped.

She smiles as she points to herself and talks slowly, "I talked to Ethan … he says hi and that he misses you and he wanted to know if you liked your present," she frowns. "I told him that you haven't opened it yet." She glares at me, "You have to open it! He was sad because you didn't! Don't be mean Amber, he's our brother"

"Annie-"

"Cupcake how about you and I go and make some s'mores?" and it is times like these that I thank fate for giving my sister Brady as an imprint, he has such a big heart that he has space to love Annabelle and I, in different ways of course, but it's love nonetheless.

Annabelle pouts but follows Brady anyway; she will never refuse his smores. My eyes travel to the two unwrapped gifts sitting on the edge of my bed, was I strong enough to do it? Could I open them without bursting into tears? Probably not. There was only one way I would open those presents, Solace had to be here. I grabbed my phone again, no calls back, where the hell was he?!

I pressed the dial button and redialed his number, my stomach felt like it was getting ripped apart as I heard the call go straight to voicemail, since when does Solace turn his phone off?

"Solace … where are you? Ethan called, Annie talked to him. I didn't. But I decided that I want to open the presents he and Elena sent, I want you here though, I won't open them unless you're here. Please call me back, I need to talk to you … my stomach still hurts … I love you … bye."

It was four o'clock in the afternoon and I was really getting worried, it was so unlike Solace to not call me, sure he didn't have an obligation to me but still he would always call me to at least ask me how I was doing, so not hearing from him was freaking me out and worse yet my stomach still hurt! Brady had tried to give me some Pepto-Bismol, but it didn't work if anything it made me feel worse. My parents were god knows where, doing god knows what so I couldn't really ask Mommy what to take. Taylor was still M.I.A. and I didn't want to bother Auntie Leah she was probably running around Seattle planning her wedding.

"Ugh where is he?! I have already left him like ten messages!" I scream in frustration as I flopped down on the sofa next to Brady, who kept stealing glances towards Annabelle's room. My little sister fell victim to the post-sugar high syndrome, after jumping around all morning the sugar left her system, and she collapse in exhaustion.

"Brady, do you know where he is?" I asked him, hoping that he could give me some answers. Brady didn't look at me, he narrowed his eyes at the T.V.

"No, I don't." he said through gritted teeth, what was his problem?

"I'm worried about him, what if something happened to him?" I whispered as I stared at the picture of Solace and I on my cell phone. Brady's eyes softened as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me towards him.

"Don't worry about him Amber, I am sure that he is just fine," his statement finished with a bitter edge and before I could ask him about it he hopped up. "Hey your parents are finally back," Brady announced as I heard my dad's engine pull into the driveway.

I stood and watched my parents get out of the car, dad was grinning at mom, she was blushing as he whispered in her ear; EW I definitely did not want to know what they had been doing. Taylor came running into the driveway intercepting my parents before they got closer to the house, his back was facing me but I knew that he was talking to them because my parents kept nodding at him. Suddenly my mom gasped, her hand clasping her mouth as her eyes widened in shock, Daddy looked furious, his fist and jaw clenched. Taylor must have told them some bad news, but what it could be?

They all turned towards the house, their heads down as they entered the house. "What's going on?" I asked. All three of them turned to look at me when their eyes reached me they looked sad.

"Amber I have something to tell you," Taylor said sadly as he grabbed my hand and sat me down on the sofa.

"What's going on?" I asked again, my heart was racing, I had a feeling that I wasn't going to like where this conversation was headed.

Taylor took a deep breath "Amber, it's about Solace," I jumped and looked around.

"What happened? Where is he? Is he hurt?" my nerves were on end, I hadn't heard from him all day.

"Amber, please calm down" Taylor urged but I was having none of that, I wanted answers and I wanted them now.

"I will not calm down, tell me what's going on!" Taylor stood up, he was much taller than me, but I wasn't weak, I refused to be weak.

"Amber, he's gone," he said, his shoulders sagging.

"What?" What kind of gone? He wouldn't leave and he couldn't die, no this couldn't be happening.

"Amber he left, he's gone to Italy to visit Ethan, but I am going to be honest with you … I don't know if he's coming back..." I gasped, I felt like I had been punched in the stomach. I wrapped my arms around my stomach trying to keep myself in one piece, I felt that if I let go, I would split into two.

"No… no, no, NO! You're lying! Solace – Solace would never leave me!" I cried as I glared at Taylor. I screamed "You're a liar! A liar! Solace-" I shook my head, the tears streaming down my cheek. "-Solace, he wouldn't … he can't …" I turned to my mom begging her with my eyes to tell me that Taylor was lying. "Mommy, please tell Taylor to stop!" I begged "Tell him to stop lying!"

"Oh, baby," my mom cried as she pulled me in for a hug. "I am so sorry" she whispered. I screamed pushing her away, crashing my body against the wall.

"Don't say sorry … he isn't gone, he wouldn't leave me! He promised me … he said he wouldn't ever leave me! I don't believe you!"

"Princess," my dad tried, but I couldn't handle it. I couldn't hear him use the nickname Solace had for me.

"Don't call me that!" my dad stepped back as if I had slapped him.

"Baby, please," he opened his arms for me but I shook my head, I didn't want or need there sympathy, because Solace wasn't gone, this was a joke, a sick fucking joke.

I ran to Taylor and started punching him with my tight fist, "I hate you! I hate you! Tell me the truth! Stop lying!" Taylor clenched his jaw, he refused to look at me as I used him as a punching bag. "Why are you lying?! Answer me!" I screamed. Taylor wrapped his arms around me, I punched his back as my tears ran down his chest. "Please … don't lie to me" I pleaded as my fist gave up and I fell limp in his arms. Taylor held onto me not letting me fall to the ground.

"It's okay going to be okay, Amber I promise."

I pulled away glaring, "Don't make me any fucking promises!" I yelled as I pushed past everyone and ran towards my room locking the door behind me. My arms were still wrapped around my torso as I slid down against my wall; I pulled my knees to my chest and let the sobs rake my body.

Why? Why was it always me? Why did this shit always happen to me? Was I so fucking horrible that everyone I fucking cared about just had to leave me?

I clutched my chest, it hurt, I thought that heartache was just a phrase but I felt like my heart had been taken out of my chest and stepped on over and over again. When my eyes landed on my phone, I grabbed it, I called him, I needed him to tell me that it was all a lie, and that he was on his way here.

It went straight to voicemail, "Solace? Solace, where are you? Taylor says you're gone, he's lying, right? You wouldn't leave me, you promised me, and I know you would never break a promise." I took a deep breath trying to calm my erratic breaths, "Please Solace, you need to come see me, I need you Solace, please I need you so much right now."

I clutched the phone in my hand, waiting for him to call me back, I rocked back and forth as the tears continued to flow out of my eyes. I waited and waited but he never called. I was breaking, I could feel myself tearing into pieces, I had given Solace everything I had left after Ethan went away and now he had taken that part with him.

I climbed into my bed and curled into a ball, I was empty and lost, just like I had been when Ethan left, the only difference being that this time I had no one to pick up the pieces.

My Prince was gone, my heart along with him.

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