I was pulled out of the van in a jolt and walked along the forest path. Paul was holding my arm tightly as Quil was on my left side, staying a bit behind me, but still close. Jared was behind us while Sam was in front of us, walking and stopping at the edge of a clearing about 300 feet all around. He held out his hand to stop us and I looked around to see if I knew the place around me, but it wasn't familiar to me. Quil looked at me and I saw concern in his eyes.

"Do I really look that bad?" I asked in a joking tone, but he stayed serious.

"You're getting bags under your eyes, you really don't look good." And boy was he right. My stomach was in knots, my head was heavy and my fever was getting worse. I felt like hot jello and I wanted to scream, but my voice was so thrashed.

"Keep her here until I tell you to come out with her." Sam reported to Paul in a snort as he looked at me one more time and eyed me. He then turned away and walked off down the path into the clearing, being closely followed by Jared. The three of us, myself Paul and Quil, stayed behind as we waited. I hoped my family was alright, if they weren't too wound up and worried about me. I wanted to see their faces again, feel their cool skin and hear their voices. But I mostly wanted to see Oz, it ached knowing I couldn't be near him at the moment.

Minutes went by, and they seems like hourglasses to me. I wanted to break away from them and run to my family, but I was way too weak to even stand. I could hear my heart beating in my ears and the sweat going down my cheeks and neck as I wanted to curl up in a ball. Paul kept his eye forward, with a tough glare and stance as Quil looked forward but also at me every once in awhile.

We then heard a whistle and Paul pulled me forward, I almost fell over a rock as we walked fast, me being pulled like a rag doll whereas Quil was right next to me. We walked about fifty feet and then there was a large clearing in front of us. It was a large circle of nothing but green grass and the borders were the high mountain trees. I was yanked in front of Paul and I looked in front of me. I saw my whole family standing at the opposite end of the clearing, all huddled together in a tight flank. As soon as I saw them I felt tears going down my pale fever cheeks as Paul pushed me down to my knees, placing his hand roughly on my shoulder. I looked at my parents and siblings, then lastly my lover.

Carlisle stayed calm, but I could see he was shocked to see me like this, his eyes told it all. Esme gasped and clung unto Carlisle's arm for support, her mouth and eyes wide. Rosalie was glaring, her hands forming fists by her sides. Emmett and Jasper together were shocked and had pain in their eyes as they saw me, I could see Jasper was visibly shaking. Edward looked furious when he saw me, having a small gasp and horror in his eyes. Alice had her hand over her mouth, her eyes in pain and sadness as they went to my eyes.

Lastly I saw Oz who was next to Esme in the back of the pack. He had the worse pain in his eyes, I saw how sad they were though they were so gold and bright. He took a hesitant step forward and stopped, as if he was going to step eve more forward and I was going to disappear, I wanted to reach out and grab him, but Paul's grip on me made it hard to move.

"You son of a bitch!" Jasper said in a growl and was about to take a step forward when Carlisle had his hand out to block Jasper.

"Now now, no need to be all temperamental with us, she is after all alive." I heard Sam sneer at them in front of me.

"Yea, barely. You almost killed her!" Rosalie barked at him and felt Paul's fingers dig into my shoulder. Sam smiled and chuckled lightly.

"She was on our territory, so we found this to be a perfect opportunity to discuss.....a exchange." Sam explained as Carlisle's face went from calm to confusion.

"Exchange? I don't know what you mean..." Carlisle trailed off.

"I'll give you your daughter, in return for one of your own." Sam informed in as I heard a gasp from Esme.

"Whom would you want?" Carlisle asked in a soft tone, keeping his appearance as calm and collective. Sam's smile went bigger as he walked over to me. I cringed as he touched my wild red hair and I saw Oz take in a sharp breath and his eyes went to rage.

"I want your newest member." Sam replied, paying with my hair as my eyes went big. Oh no, not Oz, please not him! I yanked on the hold Paul had on me, but he yanked me back in force as my family looked over to Oz. Oz stepped out in front of my family and kept his eyes on me, seeing sadness in his eyes. I pleaded with my eyes, I didn't want him to come over, I knew it would be over. He then started to walk to the middle of the field as Paul yanked me to my feet and gave me a shove forward. I walked slowly, feeling nothing in my knees. I started to shiver as I met with Oz in the middle of the field, already in tears as he reached for my cheek.

"Please don't do this Oz, I can't...." but I broke down in tears, feeling his cool arms wrap around me. God did I miss his embrace as he kissed my forehead, hair, eyelids in a fast pace but all kisses were soft and loving.

"I thought I lost you." he murmured in my hair and I sobbed, holding him closer and digging my head into his cold neck.

"But I won't loose you, never again." He replied in a stern tone as he kissed my lips. I held it for a long time, feeling his hold on me tighten. I thought it would be the last kiss I would ever get from him, but as he pulled away completely from my hold, he held my hand a little bit longer before turning to the pack. He was about to walk to them when there was a loud roar. We all looked to the right where it was coming from and then something large leaped out of the trees, it was a wolf! It landed in between Oz and myself and Sam. The wolf growled at Sam, crouching low as Oz went back to me and shielded me from the wolf. Sam looked shocked but he then took a step forward to the wolf. What was he doing? Was he crazy?

"Easy Jacob." He said aloud to the wolf, who in return snapped at him and he back off in a instant. Paul, Jared and Quil took two steps back and left Sam alone. The wolf growled one last time before walked over to him in his crouched stance, looking like he was about to kill him.

"Fine, let us talk in the forest." Sam muttered, eyeing me and Oz one more time before going into the forest with the wolf behind them. They both disappeared in the forest as Paul and Jared followed. But Quil looked and rushed over to us with a frantic look in his eyes.

"You guys need to leave, like now! Billy found out about this and he is pissed, so he sent Jacob over to talk to Sam." Quil explained as I walked around Oz to face him. I smiled at him and gave him a short hug.

"Thank you." I replied in a croak as I pulled away. He shrugged. We then heard another growl from where Sam and the wolf disappeared.

"Go! Now!" Quil said in a rush tone. Oz nodded next to me and I was then hoisted into his arms. It felt to be held by him again, I missed it so much as I rest my head on his chest and wrapped my arms around his neck. He turned with me in his arms and walked back to my family, who all rushed to me with concern in their eyes. I felt many touches and heard many whispered from my family, saying I looked like I was on the verge on death.

"Come, we must get her in a bed and in dry clothes." Carlisle ordered as we all broke into a run through the forest, leaving Quil alone in the clearing looking after us.

"And you must shower too." I heard Oz say aloud. I poked my head up from his chest and gave him a puzzled look.

"Do I smell that bad?" I asked in a joking tone. He smirked.

"No, but you smell of wet dog."