Rosalie

It was all so strange. Our friends and family were screaming for our help and yet, we couldn't move. Eleazer had died moments ago and Carmen was in a mindless rage, destroying Latisha easily. There were a few Volturi left. One Volturi left. Then there were no left. It was over, but not for Leah and not those of us who had lost a family member, for them the constant battle of moving on would never be over. Bits of people were being tossed into the fire, the dead being collected, and those still mindless with fury being calmed. And through it all I just sat there, Emmett's arms around me as I stared at the girl that I had come to know as my best friend, my sister even, fight for her life. Jacob was screaming, still begging Leah to stay with him and Stephanie Rose just sat there quietly, tears streaming down her innocent face as she held her mother's hand. I couldn't move. Even when I heard May's screams when she saw her mother and father to-be dead. Nikki, sobbing on the ground next to the body of her best friend, Tempe clinging to Seth desperately, Carmen screaming as Tanya and Kate held her back when she attempted to jump into the fire, weather to save Eleazer or join him in his death. Garrett, Bella and all the others sobbing, even the men, as they searched the bodies and cleaned up the mess. Through all of it sat there, unable to comprehend what was going on. Until Edward lowered his mouth to the wound on Leah. Then I lost it.

"What the hell are you doing? Our venom will kill her! What, no you can't! Get off of her!" I kicked and scratched and bit furiously at anything within reach, desperate to save Leah.

"Rose, Rosie please calm down! He's not hurting her, he's saving her." Emmett said, his strong arms the only thing that had stopped me from murdering Edward. I stopped biting to look up at him.

"Saving her?" I asked, confused.

"Yes. He's sucking the venom out." Emmett told me, I felt so stupid. Then it dawned on me that all around me, all the things I was seeing were real. It wasn't some crazy hallucination anymore, I wasn't watching a movie. I was living this agony and I needed to help.

Without a word, I got up and walked over to May. She was sitting in Alice's lap screaming for her mother. Alice was sobbing into May's hair, but she handed her to me and went to help the others.

"May, honey you have to calm down, it's going to be okay." I whispered to her, knowing that it was a lie. How could this ever be okay?

"He-e wa-as 'upposed to b-be m-my daddy!"She cried, jumping out of my arms and dropping to her knees in front of Embry. "He was g-gonna marry mama! He sh-show m-me the riiiing!" She wailed, reaching into the pocket of the shorts someone had placed on him and pulling out a small box. She opened it up and pulled out a small ring with a modest diamond. Clearly an engagement ring. May went to throw the ring put I caught her arm gently, "No baby, keep it. You'll want it someday." She sniffled gently, but snuggled up to me and fell asleep in the midst of all the chaos.

Leah

Everything was a haze. I could hear muted voices, but it like I was at the bottom of a frozen pond, and I couldn't seem to break through the ice. I felt nothing, no pain, no sadness, just emptiness. And I couldn't escape it.

Two hours later

I was moving, being carried gently. Down a hill, left, right, straight for a while, up a hill, by a river, through a river though it must have been shallow because I felt no water, but it could have been from the numbness. I was numb, unfeeling. Laying in the blackness only able to hear the way my carrier was walking. Soft thuds, stairs I'm guessing, a short walk, and then more stairs. But still, no feelings. Even emotions were absent.

20 minutes later

It started slowly, a small tingling in my fingertips, the feeling of someone holding my hand. They were shaking. Snatches of the conversation could be heard.

"Didn't know… Three….litter of…. Can't believe… advance quickly…"

Then like magic I could feel and I was wishing for the blackness again. I was sore everywhere and I could barely breathe. But I was alive and I was getting closer and closer to opening my eyes.

"Leah?" a voice spoke in my head.

"That you, mind rapist?"

"Yes, thank god, we thought we'd lost you and the babies for a while there. Jacob is beside himself."

"Whoa, what babies? " I asked, was Stephenie or one of the girls hurt too?

"No, no their both fine." Damn mind rapist. Even when we're having a mind conversation he rapes my poor, innocent mind. "I don't know how hard you hit you head but you mind is not innocent!" this made me laugh, or whatever it is people do to show amusement in their minds. "As for the babies, your well, you're pregnant and as far as we can tell, having three babies."

"What the hell? I need to wake up, like now. Isn't there something you can give me that will make me wake up?" I asked desperately.

"No, your body will wake when its ready, for now it needs to heal." Said Edward.

"I don't give a shit about healing! I need to wake up; I need to know what's going on."

"I can't Leah, I'm sorry." And then he was gone, I tried reaching his thoughts but they were shielded from me. Which meant Bella was in the same room as me.

"Edward god damn it! Get back here!" I shrieked at him endlessly calling him every bad name I could thinks of but he was gone.

A lot of people might find it ironic that Edward had been the Cullen that I disliked the most because of what he was doing to Jacob but then I ended up getting a power similar, if not better, than his. It was so cruel of him to come into my mind and then just leave, while I am left to wonder just how bad my injuries are, how my family is doing and oh let's not forget that I'm giving birth to a litter of puppies! And the most irritating part was that he could still read my thoughts and I could hear laughing at me. So I just played a scene of how my puppies were made and he shut up.

And then I was back in the land of the living. A few people were in my room. I could hear Carlisle telling Jacob the extent of my injuries and decided that the world should know I was awake.

"So Dr. Mac Sparkles, what the verdict?" you'd think because they were vampires they would have heard some kind of change in my breathing when I woke up, but nope they all jumped and gasped. Well except for Kate, who I had no idea why she was here.

"Now that is how you wake up from almost dying!" Kate said, laughing uncontrollably. "Always scare the shit out of everyone who was worried, it's priceless."

Jacob glared at her, but rushed to my side.

"Leah, thank god you're awake!" he kissed my forehead gently, "How are you feeling?"

"You know, I feel a lot better than I have in a long time. Better than I have since Sam left me and my dad died. Strange isn't it?"

"In a way, it is," Carlisle said, "But from what I can tell you're going to be just fine." And then everyone was there, smiling and talking. There was definitely sadness in everyone's eyes but we were all so relieved that was over that we couldn't being happy. And in our hearts, we all knew that those who had died would want us to be happy.

Okay, go ahead and yell at me, I know this took forever. And this is NOT the end; there are 3 or 4 more chapters still. Thanks for reading, I love reviews!-

Selene.