Sarah POV
I sat there for what seemed like forever, even though I knew that it had only been three days. The irony, I thought to myself, I've been sitting here for the same amount of time it took me to transform.
I shook off the thought. My transformation had caused me to be where I was now: separated from everyone else by an invisible barrier that I had no control over.
Or did I? I thought. Edward told me he would help me control it when I was ready. Did he see something inside me that I couldn't? But was I ready? I didn't know.
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They came for me soon after that. I heard Emmett's heavy footsteps clomping up the stairs. I stayed where I was.
"Sarah!" Emmett called to me.
"Emmett!" Edward hissed. "Don't be like that. Sarah." He said calmer, "Are you ready?"
I don't know, I thought towards him. I don't feel ready.
"I know that you are." Edward said gently. "The others have gone hunting. It's just us here, so that you can learn to control your powers."
The others had gone hunting just so that I could learn to control my powers? They were willing to leave just so that I wouldn't be under pressure? Wow.
"Please come out." Edward pleaded.
I smiled for the first time in three days. Maybe my powers weren't a curse after all. If Edward thought that I could control my powers, maybe I could use them to help others, in some way.
"You can," Edward said, commenting on my thoughts. He chuckled. "But you have to come out, first."
I left behind the mountain view that I had looked at for the last three days and flitted to the door. I pulled it open to Edward's grinning face. I didn't meet his golden eyes, still afraid of my powers.
"Finally" Emmett sighed. I rolled my eyes at him.
"So," I said, speaking my first words in three days, "When do we start?"
"Right now if you want." Edward said.
"Please." I sighed.
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I followed Edward outside, his "Training Ground", I guess. He turned towards me.
"Ok, so Emmett will stand over there and I will stand behind you. You can try to pull your powers back, and I will help you gauge whether or not your powers aren't, active, I guess you might call it." He smiled down at me while Emmett ran over to the other side of the yard. "I know that you can do this, Sarah. I believe in you."
I turned around to face Emmett. He was standing roughly 20 feet away from me, an easy distance to look him in the eyes.
"Why don't you close your eyes and try to concentrate on reining in control over your powers." Edward suggested from somewhere behind me. I obliged and closed my eyes, concentrating on the edges of my body, which seemed like where my powers ended.
I focused on pulling the edges of my control back. It felt as if I were stretching a rubber band, with every pull the band pulled tighter and tighter.
"That's it, Sarah! You're doing it!" Edward encouraged me. I pulled my control back even farther. "Open your eyes, Sarah! Hurry! Look at Emmett!"
I opened my eyes, still pulling on the rubber band. I looked Emmett dead in the eyes, and he grinned back at me, bouncing from one foot to the other.
I had done it! I couldn't believe it! I didn't freeze Emmett! A burst of laughter escaped me. I felt happier now than I had in a long time. I felt relieved.
That relief only lasted a couple of seconds, though. With my loss of concentration, my control snapped back into place and Emmett froze where he stood. I quickly dropped my gaze, feeling bad that I couldn't keep my control longer.
Edward walked up to me. "Why are you feeling sorry? You did it Sarah, you had control! Just think, a few more tries, and you might be able to have control over your powers without even thinking about it!"
I started to get a little excited, then. What if it was like Edward said and I could control my powers without thinking about it!
"Just think of the possibilities!" Edward exclaimed, murmuring to himself. He turned to me. "What if, you could freeze people without touching them or looking at them?"
"Like, sensing them and freezing them?" I asked.
"Exactly!" Edward said. "Like, feeling where they are with your powers and freezing them."
"That would be neat. Are we going try it today?" I questioned, wondering how far Edward was going to push me today.
"No, not today. We should probably just stick to keeping control over eye-contact for now." Edward said.
I thought for a second before a thought hit me. "What about touch? Could we try that?" I ask Edward.
"Sure, it sounds good. Emmett!" Edward called. Emmett looked up questioningly. "Are you up for one more test?"
"Sure" Said Emmett with a smirk.
Emmett flitted over to where I was standing and held his hand out. Again I closed my eyes and focused on pulling back my control. Inch by inch, my control stretched back. When I felt like I was safe, I quickly opened my eyes and touched Emmett's palm. I cautiously glanced up at him. He was grinning like a fool. I grinned back.
"Now try to keep that control for as long as you can, Sarah." Edward told me.
I kept my control stretched back for longer and longer, and the longer I held it back, the easier it got.
"Sarah, this is amazing!" Edward exclaimed.
I finally released Emmett's hand, and felt my powers glide back into place. It seemed that the more that I practiced my control, the easier it got. Edward was right; that I might not even have to think about having to hold it back someday.
"Just wait until Carlisle finds out!" I exclaim. I knew that this hurt Carlisle the most, me being so separated from everyone else. I knew that he would be the happiest in the family, and I couldn't wait to see his reaction. So together we talked and chatted, waiting for the rest of the family to come home.
