A/N:First off, I'd like to apologize for the really,really short chapter. But I actually wrote a slightly longer one which got erased accidentally. But anyway, this chapter is just going to focus on what she was dreaming while she was in a coma. Yes, a coma. How and why she's in a coma will be revealed later. Okay...happy reading and reviewing! - MissMei92

THE TALE OF ELIZABETH CULLEN

You can sleep...sleep and forget everything...sleep until you're ready...ready to fulfill your true purpose.

They'd said that I could sleep. Sleep and forget everything.

Just step into the chamber. Step inside and you can sleep forever.

I had done that. I wasn't afraid. It seemed like I should just sleep forever.

Nobody wants a would-be murderer around them. This is your fate. Accept that.

The necklace was still around my neck. And as the machine took it's effects, and my eyes started to close, I held it in my fingers.

Sleep is coming now. Just relax. You'll be safe...safe...safe.

My eyes fluttered open. I was in a beautiful garden, a garden with flowers blooming everywhere. A garden which seemed so familiar. The garden which was behind Colin's home in Wilde Heights. The birds were singing. The sun was shining and I saw him. Standing clear beneath the sunlight. His skin was luminescent and shining, as dazzling as ever. He hadn't changed one bit. He still looked stunningly beautiful. And I felt so...so...peaceful. His gaze was fixated on the ground but then, he looked up and saw me. His eyes were still the color of gold. His eyes were sad and lost, but when he saw me, his eyes became hopeful.

"Elizabeth..." I heard him say softly. I couldn't contain myself anymore.

"Colin!" I squealed, as I ran towards him. The tears of joy which had been forming in my eyes poured out.

"Elizabeth..." I hugged him as he said it.

"Colin, oh...Colin." I buried my face in his shoulder. He laid his head on mine.

"Elizabeth, please. Forgive me. I shouldn't have left you. And now..." He sounded despairing.

"Colin, don't. Please don't. I don't care about the past. We're together now. That's all that matters." I whispered.

We stayed in each other's embrace for a long time. The sun shined down on us, it's rays of light beaming endlessly. The birds kept up their cheerful chirping. I felt so whole, and my heart was healed. I wanted to stay like that. Forever.

Colin shifted. He pulled away, and I looked up at him. He had a torn look on his face. "Elizabeth, you can't stay with me. You don't belong here."

My hope crumbled away. It was happening again. "Why? Why, Colin? Why?" My voice was quivering.

He sighed sadly. "Because...you still have a duty. You're the only hope. The only one." His answer was so cryptic.

"What? What hope?" I asked him, pleadingly.

"You can do it. I believe in you..." His voice faded away, and suddenly he'd vanished.

"No...Colin!" I screamed desperately.

Some invisible force was pulling me away from the garden. I resisted but it still won.

I saw my mother. She was standing in my old bedroom. Packing my things away. Her expression was so sad and mournful. She stopped and stared into space every now and then, and then, she suddenly collapsed to the floor, shaking violently.

My father ran inside. He held my mother in his embrace, and I could see that he was sad too. They stayed that way until the vision faded into oblivion.

And then, a bright light flooded my surroundings and I heard someone say: "She's waking up."