A/N: I'm sorry I haven't updated for awhile. I've actually been in the hospital for a week from having surgery. But I live so now I can finish this story :) I just wanted to apologize to you guys, my faithful readers. I haven't been very considerate of your feelings and for that I'm very sorry. I hate when an author leaves their story for a month and then comes back to it but sadly that's how my ideas come to me sometimes.

Just a big thank you!

Chapter Sixteen: The Weight of Us

"I know where they are." I said.

I'd been standing the entire time, just staring into the distance. Rosalie was also staring at me but not with the worry of the other Cullen's. This was a pure evil stare. If there was an alarm in my head it would be flashing: Danger Jacob Black, Danger! Edward must have heard or felt Rosalie's intentions because I heard him hiss at her.

'That's not Rosalie.'

As this horrible realization hit me I knew what I had to do. The thing standing beside Emmett was not Rosalie Hale. Or at least not the Rosalie I knew. Edward lunged at her but she bolted. All the Cullen's looked shocked; Rosalie running from something was so out of character.

'Don't let her get away.' Damon urged.

"I got her!" I yelled, taking off into the woods.

This was a stupid idea; I kept thinking that as I felt my body shift into my wolf form. I could see the trees Rosalie had brushed against when she was running. It wasn't like a vampire to run into things. Even when they were scared they were poised to perfection. This copycat was sloppy. I guess they figured bark like a dog smell like a dog; but they didn't do their homework too well. My paws hit the earth and every thud resonated in my ears. Time seemed to pass in increments of when I could see Rosalie's slim figure ahead of me and hear her hardened skin scrape against tree bark. Edward and Emmett were following me. I couldn't even imagine feeling what Emmett must've been feeling.

Rosalie stopped abruptly. I also stopped and cautiously ventured closer to her. Emmett and Edward skidded to a halt behind me. I let a snarl ripple through my teeth.

'Who are you?'

Rosalie's neck turned from side to side like she didn't understand me.

"Oh Damon I'm so glad I've found you." She said, her voice sounded forced and strangled. She reached out to me.

'Stay away from the boy, witch!' Damon growled. I flinched away for once listening to my wolf.

The expression on her pale face didn't change, "Don't be like that my love."

I kneaded my claws into the damp earth in an attempt to calm myself. It wasn't working. My fear was palpable and my heart was thudding in my chest faster than normal. Rosalie and I stood, bathed in radiant indigo moonlight, staring at one another with a mixture of confusion and angst floating in the air like an impermeable mist.

"Your fight's not with Jacob." Edward finally said, "Or Rosalie, release her from the spell."

Rosalie looked like he'd made some absurd request, "No."

"You son of a-"

Edward held Emmett back as Rosalie started to walk. She just circled us, her caramel eyes were controlled like a raptors.

"I like this body…"she said seductively tracing the curve of her hips, "but you don't like it, do you Damon?"

Edward and I both growled as she drew closer to us; warning her to keep her distance. She jumped back lazily but glared at Edward accusingly.

"No…Damon, you like that body."

'This isn't about him!' I shouted, 'So leave Rosalie, Edward, and Damon out of this.'

Rosalie's face contorted into something I could only describe as pure evil; I'd never seen such a look of hatred on a living thing. It made the hackles on my back rise. With the inhuman speed only a vampire could possess Rosalie had lunged at Edward. Emmett had tried to intercept her but inconceivably she'd grabbed him by the shoulders and slammed him into the ground creating a gigantic crater. This all happened within a matter of seconds and in the next Rosalie had Edward pinned on the ground.

She had him in a chokehold. Edward's eyes were wide and I thought I saw a glimmer of fear in them. The veins in his neck strained under his pale skin as his hands clawed at Rosalie's arms for release.

'Wait,' Damon said, 'I can help.'

A gust of foreign air streamed out of my lungs and I felt a part of me was missing. I felt weakened and had to sit. My body felt like it had been put through the ringer, which it had, but I'd never felt so tired and winded in my life. Great, now I was totally useless. But as Emmett leapt out of the crater swearing like now tomorrow, I was still focused on Rosalie. She'd let go of Edward and was staring at me. Her eyes were blank. Her ruby red lips mouthed something unintelligible before she collapsed face first on the ground. Emmett's face was pure horror and he rushed over to her, turning her lifeless body over in his arms. He looked completely heartbroken.

"Rosalie…" he whispered, "Rose…"

Edward sat next to me and I nuzzled his arm sluggishly.

'Is she dead?'

"I don't know." Edward said sadly.

I looked at the full moon; it was drifting so close you might think you could touch it, floating in the sky like a spherical cut of marble soaked in glow in the dark paint. Watching the moon made it harder to hear Emmett's dry sobs. Slowly, my strength returned, ebbing from seemingly nowhere.

'She's not dead.' I heard Damon's voice. He sounded exhausted. 'She's in a coma.'

'A coma? Vampire's can't sleep.'

Damon heaved a large sighed, 'I got rid of that spirit, it could've killed her but I put her in a trance. I can get rid of it but the other shaman's dark magic weakened me.'

'So is she stuck that way?'

'Until we rest up, yes.'

'Edward,' I said, licking my imprint's hand, 'she's not dead.'

"Jacob how do you-"

'Damon exercised her spirit.' I explained, 'He can bring her out of it but not now. We're both too weak.'

"Understandable." Edward said, "You just keep surprising me, my wolf."

'I can do that.' I chuckled, 'You should tell Emmett before he does something stupid.'

Edward approached Emmett cautiously and told him the news. He surprised me when he immediately hugged me. Regaling me with thanks you upon thank you. I chuffed in response.

"We should get back." Edward said.

Emmett carefully picked up Rosalie's limp body, cradling her head softly. I walked behind Edward at a slow pace. Damon's exorcism had taken it out of him, subsequently tiring me out too. At the moment all I could think of was taking a nap for a thousand years.

I smelled Alice before I could see her. Her scent was frantic and full of worry. I braced for the worst, already knowing what would follow.

"Edward! Emmett!" she yelled, running up to them.

Edward looked equally worried, "What's wrong?"

"It's Jasper," she said.

I tensed. No, tell me I'm dreaming. Please, I would do anything to be nestled safe in my bed beside Edward. That this whole thing was some sick joke of a dream.

Alice shattered my thoughts, "He's gone!"

Another cliff-hanger. I'm a fucking evil author, I know. Just remember, review and I'll be sure to have Edward and Jacob make an appearance on your doorstep. See, doesn't that make things better?

XOXO -Ellie Cullen