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Also, I believe this story is coming to an end soon. Most likely in the next chapter or two.

Elena stood on a stand surrounded by fire on the bottom, there was no way she could escape without burning herself. She looked around and see darkness around her. The flames being the only light that allowed her to see the jury off to her left, demons and warlocks and witches a like all sat silently staring. Judging. She squinted out in front of her and saw Richard standing with his cane in front of him. She gasped when she saw the person beside him.

Her mother.

Her mother, the spitting image of her, stood next to Richard trying not to make eye contact with Elena. Velma Hurly stood with her long wild black hair tied neatly as it could be up on her head and had a simple long black dress on. Her face had not aged since the last time Elena had seen her but she could tell that her soul had based on the wrinkles around her eyes. Her mother had been through things, horrible things. Elena couldn't believe what she was seeing, why was her mother there?

"Elena Hurly, you are called upon council today to testify whether you are guilty for exposing who you are!" Richard called out and when the flames heard him speak they rose, Elena stood deathly still. The jury shouted insults before quieting down she turned her eyes towards them.

"Do you have anything to say for yourself?" Richard spoke again as the flames rose once more, this time Elena could feel the heat through her combat boots.

"How are you going to just burn me without hearing whether or not I'm innocent? You just said I had to prove myself innocent and I can," Elena held her head up high, not wanting to show how nervous she was. She was trying not to think about Paul and how he must be freaking out. She knew everyone had unfrozen when they disappeared so all the wolves must be on high alert right now.

"So? Are you?" Richard squinted his eyes trying to get a read on the girl but couldn't. One thing she learned before the battle against the Volturi was how to become a better shield thanks to the vampires.

"I am innocent!" Elena called out bravely getting more yells from the jury. They just wanted to watch someone burn but today was not that day. She had survived too much to just be killed by these assholes.

"How so? Do you not have a magic shop? Potions? Candles? Advice? Tarot readings? Do people in that town know you're a witch? Does your...lover...know?" Richard wasn't sure what to call Paul. He was unaware thankfully that Paul and the men she hung around with were wolves. All Richard knew was that Elena was in love with a man.

"I do have a shop," she was cut off by more insults. The flames that had died down rose again, this time brushing the bottom of her long skirt. She ignored the fact that it might catch fire. She could show no weakness. They all were counting on it.

"So, you are guilty?" Richard had a smile on his face, he knew he would win this battle.

"I wasn't allowed to finish! Yes, I have a shop! Yes, I sell potions and spells and candles. Yes, I do readings! But as for the townsfolk, they are all simple minded. They believe their town is protected by spiritual shapeshifters and that vampires aren't allowed on their land! They think what I do is just another lie they want to buy into to give themselves a sense of security!" Elena knew if she could convince them that the town was just stupid and full of human faith then she might be let go. She wasn't sure where she was. She wasn't sure how much time was passing by because the pocketwatch that was clipped inside of her vest wasn't ticking.

"So, they just think it's all fake magic? They just want a little bit of faith?" Richard looked unconvinced when he begun tapping his cane and walking forward.

"Yes, humans just want something to believe in. So I give humans a love potion and tell them the person they want to love them will do just that then so be it! They don't think anything of it! They just want that hope. That faith! Humans are silly who just want love and acceptance and hope," Elena was trying to rush this council but also make a good enough argument to where they see her as innocent.

"Aren't you in love? Are you human too?" Richard cocked his head to the side. Velma finally made eye contact with her daughter, terrified about her daughter loving a man. Love was not a thing for witches. It put them in dangerous positions. Elena kept her emotions at bay though, she could not be thrown off now.

"I am. I do love him, more than anything," Elena looked Richard dead in the eye. She did love Paul. She wanted kids with him and to marry him. She knew that Paul must be freaking out at this very moment and all she wanted was for this to end.

"Then, Miss Elena! I have two options for you," Richard had a gleam in his eyes. Elena felt her stomach drop but she held herself together. She waited as the jury yelled at Richard to just burn her but he held his hand up shushing them.

"Option A, burn at this stake for your crimes of exposing yourself," Richard has the flames rise again. This time to where they blocked her vision of seeing out. She held her ground though, waiting for option B. He was prolonging this so after a few minutes once the sweatbeads formed she finally caved.

"And what is the other?" She refused to be killed by such a pig like him.

"Option B, give up your powers, your birthright as a witch and just become a simple human. Since you love them so much," Richard tapped his cane twice. The flames were gone and the room was silent. No witch had ever been asked to give up her powers. Elena knew her old self would pick option A. She would rather die then give up her powers. She would rather go to hell then to give up her powers. She closed her eyes and all she saw was Paul. His smile when Elena was sipping her coffee in the morning. His laugh when she put a spell on Embry or Seth as a joke for everyone. His passion that burned in his eyes everytime they made love. His soft hands that would travel every inch of her body. His concern for her when she was tired. His eyes when he was dying on the battlefield.

"I choose...option B," Elena opened her eyes and held her head up high and shoulders back. She knew what she was choosing but she was also smart enough to know she could still make potions even without magic. A simple practicing human could do so and she knew damn well she was capable of it. She watched her mothers face fall, sadness and horror written all over it. Richard on the other hand had amusement written on his, he believed she made a foolish choice but Elena knew she hadn't. She had trusted her heart.

"Then so be it! Elena Hurly, third generation witch, I hear by denounce your birthright and declare you...human!" Richard stabbed his cane into the blackness underneath of him and Elena was catapulted back to the woods of La Push. She could barely make out the trees between the rain and the darkness around her. She quickly pulled out her pocketwatch and tried to see the time, eventually she made out the numbers, 2:05am. She had been gone all day. But then she noticed something, it was warm. Not just any warm but summer time in La Push warm. Where you can smell the trees growing and the dirt under your feet and the rain all around you. It was humid and muggy even at 2 in the morning. How long had she been gone? She wasn't sure what way was to her house but she headed west, she was bound to come upon someone's house or the beach or even the road itself. After walking for twenty minutes Elena stopped. She was still in the thickest of the woods it seemed. She was so use to transporting or having Paul drive her or even having Paul carry her through the woods. Then an idea popped in her head.

"PAUL!" Elena screamed at the top of her lungs into the night. She brushed the rain water on her face away from her eyes. Summer time meant heavy rain, it was beautiful but inconvenient at this time. She held her breath and listened to everything around her. She heard the rain. She heard the leave shaking from the drops. She heard frogs in the trees and crickets.

"PAUL! HELP!" Elena screamed again, this time throwing her entire body into it. She needed him or one of the other wolves to come or she would not be making it out until the morning. She froze again, listening to the world around her. She knew she could hear the wolves feet even through the rain it after five minutes still nothing. She threw her head back to scream again when she heard it.

Paws.

A group of paws running at full force.

"I'm over here!" Elena yelled out while stomping her feet int the mud trying to make as much noise as possible. She knew the would feel her vibrations and follow. Soon enough two wolves popped through the bushes and stopped in their tracks. Elena made eye contact with a huge black wolf and a small silver wolf.

"Sam and Seth, not who I was expecting but I'll take it," Elena couldn't help but let out a sob that was in her throat. She could feel the tears filling up her eyes but she was trying to keep those from falling for the moment. Seth and Sam both phased out and stood naked in front of the girl.

"Elena!" They both shouted before running over and taking her in their arms as her knees started wobbling. They took in her apperence and saw how skinny she had gotten, how pale she was, how her skirt was burned and how she had soot on her clothing. Her hair even had some burnt ends.

"We need to get her to Emily's. Seth phase in and tell the others to get there," Sam ordered the young pup as he lifted Elena into her arms and begun carrying her north. A howl ripped through the air as Elena closed her eyes and knew she was safe.

"Sam, what's today?" Elena asked while trying to stay awake. She was exhausted but she wanted to stay awake until she saw Paul. She needed to see Paul.

"June 12th," Sam whispered as he hurried through the woods. He needed to get her under a dry roof and looked at. Seth needed to get Paul back to Emily's now.

"I've been gone five months?" Elena knew time magic that Richard possessed was insane but she didn't know it could do this. She missed the last five months.

"And we haven't missed a day looking for you since," were the last words Elena head Sam say before she officially passed out from weakness.

A POV From The Wolves

Seth, Sam and Embry were patrolling tonight while giving the others a break. It had been nonstop shifts ever since Elena went missing but it also had been nonstop babysitting the other imprints and making sure Paul didn't go off the deep end. Paul would run nonstop for days before Sam had to alpha command him to stop. Seth and Sam were running opposite borders. Embry had the middle ground of the town to himself. It was two in the morning when they all felt time slow for a moment before speeding back up.

Wow, what was that? -Seth

I don't know man. Just keep moving. The rain is gonna wash out any scent of hers but if she's around tonight she'll make noise. -Embry

They all knew that it had been so long that all scent she had ever left in the woods were gone. That the scent she left in the town was gone. They tried to track her scent the day she went missing but it didn't leave past the shop, it's like she just disappeared out of thin air. Paul had shown up at the shop as soon as Quil and Embry called him to tell him what happened and he has been bouncing back and forth between the house and the shop since. They continued running in silence when Seth picked up on something.

Guys! Stop! Listen! -Seth

They all froze in their tracks listening for what the kid was talking about and all they heard was the tail end of the scream.

Seth! You and me take that. Embry start heading towards Paul, don't alert him yet though just in case -Sam

They all headed to where the scream had trailed off. They knew that voice though. It was hers. Elena. Embry took off full speed to the house thinking maybe he would be there sitting on the couch waiting for Elena to just walk in the door, he knew if he wasn't there then he was in the shop doing the same thing. Seth and Sam sped off towards the sound when it went off again, they were close and didn't even realize. The rain had completely washed her scent out. They then felt her stumping the earth as hard as she could, she was definitely a smart girl.

I see her! -Seth

Seth shouted with glee before both him and Sam stepped through the bushes to see Elena turn and smirk.

"Sam and Seth, not who I was expecting but I'll take it," Elena let out a sob. They phased out and went to go catch her before she fell. She looked in the worst shape of her life. They both made eye contact before Sam told his orders and took the girl away. Seth phased in and bowled the longest and loudest howl he could manage. It seemed like the night stood still.

Embry! Sam is taking her back to his house. She's in rough shape. Get Paul over there now! I'm going to alert the others. - Seth

Seth took off towards the town where the other guys were either with their imprints or with one another hanging out. As he passed the town he let out another howl and then another.

Yo, what's happening? -Quil

Dude, seriously? 2am? -Jared

A leech? -Collin

Oh please be a vampire! I need a good ripping apart session! -Brady

Shut up! Elena is back! Emily's house now! -Seth

They all ran through the woods as quick as they can to welcome home the lost imprint.

Paul is about to phase in so contain your thoughts! -Embry

They all felt Paul phase in and all went silent as they let his memories tear through their minds.

Paul walking into the shop the day Elena disappeared. Paul walking into her house trying to see if she had been there. Paul running shifts days in a row hunting her like a mad man. Paul sleeping with her jacket to feel her around him. Paul crying and Paul screaming. Paul losing hope but refusing to give up. Paul avoiding the pack. Paul going back and forth between the shop and her house, in hopes that she'll show up. Paul watching the security cameras at the shop to see one minute she was there and the next gone. Paul sitting at her kitchen table tonight in the dark, knowing he should sleep while he has the chance but he couldn't. Paul hearing the bowls and knowing something was up. Paul seeing Embry bust through the front door telling him the news.

Now it all leads up to this moment, they all phase out and slipped on pants that were left on the porch for them. Paul led them all up the steps, he inhaled the air around him catching her rose scent that was always on her. He twisted the doorknob knowing the love of his life was safe inside.