This story is for my cat who had to be put to sleep last year.

Tell me what you think!

Tests are over! Woo! (Until next half term, ugh...)

Benjamin now tends to my wounds and tries to put my bones back into place, as well as sneak me food and water. Sometimes, I forget he's a vampire, or think he isn't actually a vampire. But then the silence in his chest reminds me that he's not human, and, commonly, I frown after that.

Suddenly, I growl and try to bite his leg, he'd snapped one of my rear leg bones back into place, an injury from back when he used to torture me, while I was lost in thought. I groan and lie back down, reminding myself weakly that he's just trying to help.

He pats my side and smiles softly. "You'll be able to walk on this again soon. I won't be able to do much for your wrists, other than hope the water keeps the wound clear of infection." While he spoke, he spread a blanket over my body and I focused on phasing human. My still-long fur made it hard to apply treatment to all the wounds from my chains, so it was just easier to phase. I did worry that, from my weakness, I wouldn't be able to phase one day. My strength and mental power had been slowly fading, but now it was leaving me at a dramatic speed. I had daily sessions with the vampire torturer called Jane. Apparently, she'd been a part of the old vampire king's guard. Stories say that she allowed herself to be captured, after watching her twin be set alight alive. Rumours say her twin is still alive somewhere, according to Benjamin, but he's never found the other half of the feared duo. They had once been called the Devil twins, as it was believed that when they worked together with their powers, it was a fate worse than meeting the devil.

Benjamin gently moves some water from the bowl he brought using his powers, and smooths it around my wrist, covering the red-raw skin. I let out a soft sigh as the water cools the pain. Benjamin gets to work on my ankles. Usually, once he finishes treating me, he calls for his mate and we talk for a while about whatever or whoever we want. Benjamin's mate, Tia, sometimes continuously tries to push me to agree to the demands before me. Other times, she stays silent and just listens. However, today he doesn't.

"Mori wants to talk to you again today. She didn't say why, just to say that she wants you in wolf. You'll have to push your thoughts out to Edward, so he can be an interpreter for you.

I nod. "If he changes my thoughts in the slightest, can I bite his head off?" I ask.

Benjamin smiles widely. "If you have the energy, sure, I'm not stopping you!" I smile back softly. "She'll probably be a few hours, get some rest."

He leaves. I phase again, growling at how much it hurts my newly-repaired leg. That's never happened before. I decide to talk to the others, and make my presence known.

Hey Nessie, what's new? Sammy asks, I can sense the presence of Wolfie's now silent mind and two other wolves talking quietly to each other while on patrol. Sammy and Wolfie are still too "young" for that.

I conjure the image of Mori (who I found out to be the ginger female a short while ago) talking and project it without sound to the boys. We'd found that I could talk back, in my weak state, through images. I'd also found that I could choose to not have other wolves hear my thoughts, and also can choose only certain wolves to hear my thoughts. After thinking about this with an 'open mind', Edward had spoken up that he could never read my mother's thoughts, but she seemed to be unaware of that. He thought that, since I was part wolf, and had gained the 'closed mind' from my mother and mother's father, I could control my thought. That was why I first started practising with it, and now, more or less, mastered it.

She wants to talk? What about this time? New torturer? Sammy asks.

I imagine the gesture of a shrug and project it out. I then imagine a wolf with my coat sleeping and project that out.

Night, Nessie. Wolfie.

I find a memory of a picture of myself smiling and send it to him. I then curl up, as much as I can, and sleep.

The sudden loud noise of a light turning on, and the brightness on the other side of my eye lids, wakes me.

"Evening Vanessa, or in your case, good morning." I give a growl in response to Mori.

The vampire softly smiles and places some food in my cage. I look at her curiously then start eating, Benjamin hadn't been able to get me any food today.

I just give off a simple warning growl when Mori slips through into the cage. She is such a small thing, I almost think I could kill her, but then I remember how fast her and Edward can be, one or the other would notice my intentions if I tried to get her. So, I just keep eating.

I don't pay attention to what she's doing, until I feel the chains drop from my ankles. I look at her, still shocked, while watching her untie my wrists too.

I grab the last mouthful of food and by the time I've swallowed, Mori has opened the cage. I look at her suspiciously, then the open cage. I take a step towards the exit, but she pulls a rope tied in a loop out from behind her back. I growl and move to take back my step.

"Please, allow me this, my friend. The rope will snap if you try to escape." I squint my eyes at her, but they nearly pop out when she holds out a part of the rope for me to test. She holds it tight between her two hands.

I approach cautiously, then bite swiftly though the rope. My teeth go straight through. I sniff it again and slowly nod.

Mori smiles and slowly moves the rope over my head. "Time to try out that leg." The pain in my leg suddenly goes from an annoying pain at the back of my mind to a sharp pain at the front of my mind, causing me to wince and take weight off it. "Jasper, help her walk." And he does so, as best he can.

Mori slowly tightens the rope, then leads me out the cage. When the door is re-opened in front of me, I take my first breath of fresh air for what might well be years. Is it weird that I have no idea how old I am?

I have no ability to efficiently record time, even for a few minutes, so I have no idea how long it takes us to finally get outside.

If I was to make an estimation of the times it's taken to get outside from my cell, I'd say about five hours. But, again, I have little to no ability to record time without counting (and losing count) of the seconds, which my brain is in no condition to do.

Turns out, from what I can see, there's a huge underground area beneath the Cullen house, which spreads out much further than the original foundations of the house.

Once my head is out the door, I almost think I feel my heart become lighter. It had been pushed down in my chest like a dead weight, but still brought me pain in every beat it took. However, if my heart did come alive again, it was only a brief moment. I could not walk, let alone run, without the help of a vampire. How could freedom be mine when I'm in such a state?

Mori turns and smiles brightly at me, then several things happen at once.

First, I feel a sudden great wave, like a giant tsunami, of calm surge through me. Also, Mori quickly tightens the rope around my neck. What was most surprising was that, I did not feel pain or anger at all. Simply, calmness.

Mori smiled again, and I found myself smiling back a wolffish grin. I felt something that I hadn't felt in a long while - friendship. I felt I could trust Mori. I'd do anything she asked.

No, she's a vampire. You should not be thinking that! A small voice in my head said. I couldn't tell where from

Mori's smile widened and brightened. The feeling in me grew and the calmness no longer felt forced. The voice in my head faded to silence.

Mori slowly removes the rope from my neck. I fail to remember how it had got to be there in the first place. Then, I remember I was told to keep an open mind (by who though, I don't know). So, I open it and force my thoughts out.

"How did the rope get to be around my neck?" Edward voiced suddenly, seeming to appear out of thin air.

"Don't you remember? Those wolves you thought were your friends tricked you. They tried to capture and force you to join the packs early." I frown. "But we saved you. I'm afraid you're injured, so we'll care for you until you're healed." Both of us smiled. Tentatively, as if I would bite it off, Mori raised her hand up to my head height. "May I?"

I smiled wolffishly again in reply. "Yes." Edward muttered.

Mori smiled and gently placed her hand on my head, so her palm was just touching my long fur. I must remember to cut my hair at some point, soon.

I pushed my head forward in invitation. Mori grinned, and an emotion displayed on her face, only for a second, that I could not place.

Mori ran her hand up and down my head gently. I felt something off twist in my stomach, but paid it no mind. The relaxing motion of Mori's hand calmed my mind for the first time in a long while.

Right now, I only knew two true things.

One, that I was badly injured and needed their help. Though, I didn't truly remember how I became this way.

Second, that I would do anything for my only true friend on this earth; Mori.

I don't think Mori is your only friend, Nessie! Oh well, she won't listen to me! :)

Anything else still confusing?

I think this may be the second or third to last chapter. Just saying. :)