"Your psychic says Anna will not survive." Sam stated bluntly and everyone in the room froze as smoke began to pour out of my injury. Edward shook his head and growled.
"Do not lie to me, us, wolf. She's going to live…" He looked down at me and his eyes widened as he saw the liveliness leaving my eyes.
"Get it out now! Now damn it!" He roared and Billy nodded before plunging his hand into the hole. He frowned as he went deeper and deeper before he pulled back his hand with a frown. He then looked up at Edward as Edward looked at him expectantly. He shook his head and Edward froze. Carlisle stepped forward and instructed Paul and Edward to release me. He then turned me over and all of them gasped. I couldn't feel any pain anymore so I just assumed I had healed but when Quill and Jared left the room to get Jacob and when I saw his face, I knew. I knew that I hadn't healed, I'd just gotten immune to the pain from the sheer destruction the silver had done to my body. I suddenly found air harder and harder to come by as my body recognized the damage. I gasped for air and Jacob was by my side in a second as tears poured down his cheeks. Edward clenched his fists at his side as Carlisle exited the room along with Billy, and the others. Jacob clung to my hand, hoping it would keep me alive. Darkness burned at my consciousness, threatening to overcome my last moments but I fought it. If I was going to die, I was going to die wide awake. Edward bent down on my other side and clung to my other hand, cooling it while Jacob's heated my other hand. I clung to my last minutes, trying to speak to them with my eyes since I didn't have enough air to even breathe much less talk. Jacob kissed my lips and Edward kissed my forehead before I smiled and let the darkness of the eternal sleep consume me. Edward and Jacob both refused to move as they saw the breath leave my body and tears continued to pour down Jacob's cheeks. Carlisle had sensed it and joined the two boys in the room. He smiled sadly at my motionless body as he stood at the foot of the bed and none of them said anything. Jacob suddenly collapsed fully to his knees, sobbing and his father rolled into the room, tears too stained his cheeks. Carlisle approached Edward's frozen figure and placed his hand upon his shoulder.
"Come, Edward. It's doing us no good to stand here and do nothing." He stated calmly, hiding his true emotions as he watched Jacob continue to sob. Edward looked up suddenly and fled out of the room.
"Edward?" Carlisle started before his eyes widened and he too fled the room, following his son. Jacob pounded his fists on the ground in rage as tears continued to pour down his cheeks.
"I should've gone with her! Someone should've been with her!" He screamed and Billy looked down.
I fell and fell and fell and then I was floating. I looked around and saw nothing but darkness as I gently floated through the air. Suddenly I was blinded by a bright light as I landed softly on the ground. I used my hands to protect my eyes from the intense light and as my eyes grew accustomed to it, I lowered my hands. My eyes widened as I watched what was happening outside of my body and tears sprang to my eyes as I saw Jacob's devastated figure on his knees.
"You were very lucky Annaliese. It seems a lot of people cared deeply for you." A soft voice spoke lovingly and I turned suddenly. My eyes widened as I saw a women wrapped in a warm heavenly light. She had long raven hair and warm chocolate brown eyes, her skin was russet like Jacob's. Her step was graceful as she walked toward me with a smile upon her beautiful face. As she got closer, I saw the wound on her neck. Two puncture marks were fully visible when she stopped directly in front of me.
"Do you know who I am, Anna?" She asked and I shook my head as she smiled warmly at me.
"I am your mother." I froze as she said this and memories suddenly flooded my mind. My memory which had long eluded me was now throwing itself upon me full force. I suddenly sank to my knees, tears pouring down my face and she bent down in front of me, smoothing my hair.
"Mother…" I sobbed and I threw myself into her chest. She laughed as she held me to her and I cried into her white dress.
"It's alright now, Anna. You're home." She said quietly and I shook my head. This wasn't my home. My home was in Forks with Jacob and Edward.
"I want to go home Mother! I want Jacob and Edward! I want my family!" I cried and she smiled.
"I know you do, baby girl." She said soothingly as I continued to cry into her chest. I could still hear Jacob and the others from behind me and that just fueled my sorrow. She smiled as she put me out at arm's length. I sniffled as she placed her hand on my cheek. She then tilted her head, showcasing her neck and I shivered.
"All you have to do is drink my blood and your life may be returned to you." She stated and I gasped. She moved her hand from my cheek to the back of my head, pulling me toward the base of her neck. My fangs lengthened and I suddenly felt the pull of the hunger that had for so long been dormant within me. I was suddenly ravenous as I plunged my fangs into her neck and allowed the wondrous liquid to cascade down my throat. I tore away from her and blood dribbled down from my fangs, down the side of my mouth and she smiled at me.
"You have marvelous restraint, just like your father. You may go home now, Annaliese. Remember who you are and where you come from. And always remember I loved you." She then slowly began to disappear as I was thrust back into my body. I took a huge gasp of air, causing everyone in the room to freeze. My injury slowly healed itself as the silver was thrown upwards and I caught it in the palm of my hand when I sat up. I smiled as I eyed the metal before crushing it into powder. I then turned to the frozen men in the room and smiled.
"What's with all this crying? Did someone die?" I asked jokingly before Jared and Quill jumped on top of me, choking me with their hugs.
"Anna!" They screamed as Sam smiled from the doorway. Jacob was still frozen as I managed to push Jared and Quill off of me enough to climb to my feet. I smiled as I stretched out my arms showing my newly healed chest before he tackled me. He buried his face into my neck and I wrapped my arms around his neck as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
"Anna!" He sobbed and I smiled before pressing my lips to his. He pulled me in deeper as we were soon buried beneath Jared, Embry, Quill, and Paul.
Edward looked up and his eyes were wide as Bella sobbed into his chest. Charlie shook his head and kept his head bowed.
"Poor girl. She was so young!" He stated before Edward quickly climbed to his feet. They heard knocking from the front door and Charlie answered it with a gasp.
"Anna? Jacob?" He asked in shock as Edward pushed past him to look at his baby sister. I smiled and he pulled me into a hug.
"Annaliese Cullen, I'm going to kill you! Kill you, you hear me? You shouldn't have gone out by yourself into the woods!" Edward said threateningly as Jacob smirked from beside me.
"Seems the body they found out in the woods wasn't Anna's. It was another hunter. A woman who was attacked so viciously she was unrecognizable." Jacob said as Bella wrapped her arms around my neck while Charlie patted our heads.
"Good news then in a way." He said off hand as Bella smiled at me.
"Oh Anna! When Edward told me, I almost…" She didn't finish because I put my finger to her lips and smiled.
"I'm fine. Healthy as a horse. Besides what would the people around here do without me around to shake things up?" I asked jokingly as Bella pulled me back into a hug, laughing.
"Give me one good reason I shouldn't possibly kill you!" Edward threatened as we stood in the front foyer of the Cullen house. I shrugged my shoulders and frowned.
"I found out who I am."