Second Chances

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Thanks for the kind reviews. Here is the new chappie. Enjoy and review. The next one will be posted at ten in the night, tonight.

You Left Me

I felt like I was flying, soaring high in the infinite sky. I could feel the wind rushing through my face and hair, as I glided into the darkness of oblivion. The coldness slowly encircled me, until I was numb with pain.

"Embry," I moaned, hoping that he would wrap his tender arms around my body to keep me safe from harm. My life felt like a horror film. I was dreaming and I couldn't wake up. "Please, I want Embry." I cried, my eyelids felt like lead, as I tried to open my eyes.

"Hush, baby girl. You are safe." I heard a soft, melodious voice say to me. "You'll be safe in my arms." It said in a low sweet lullaby.

I couldn't move, I was mesmerized by the sound of the voice. It carried me back to the times of my childhood. I felt like I was in my mother's tender arms. I didn't fear anything. The monsters of darkness were dissipated with her mellifluous voice.

"Why?" I whispered, trying to hear the sweet voice that was slowly bringing me close to the edge of sanity. I was going crazy. I shouldn't be thinking about my mother. I needed to wake up and face the reality. I needed Embry.

"Hush, Madison." she said, as I opened my eyes, trying hard to adapt to the darkness of the night. I blinked hard and found a pallid face staring down at me. I jumped, startled by the surprise of finding my mother's face.

"Let me go!" I shouted. I tried to move, but her arms tightened around me.

"I can't. I have to speak to you." she said sweetly, unshaken by my struggling. "We need to speak, baby."

I shook my head and mumbled things that I didn't understand myself. I was scared. I was dreaming and scared. I didn't want to be with her. She was a vampire. She wanted to kill me and probably turn me into one of them. I couldn't! I wanted to be Embry's friend, his soul mate and not his enemy. I wanted to be with him!

"I can't and won't speak to you. Please take me back. You've already done enough damage." I yelled, looking behind us, hoping that the werewolves were catching up with us.

"They are busy trying to catch the others." she managed to say. She was running hastily and swiftly, as the trees shadows turned into dark blurs that made me nauseous. I felt lightheaded and everything started to spin. I placed my hands on each side of my face and closed my eyes.

"Why are you doing this to me?" I asked scared. She didn't answer and continue to run. She wasn't exhausted or showed signs of getting tired. "Mom! Why?" I yelled, clawing at her face angrily. My nails bent backwards and I yelped in pain.

"Madison, please," she paused, placing one hand under my chin. "I don't want to unintentionally hurt you. I'm not human anymore. My skin is stronger than marble, baby." she said sadly.

"Ouch," I whimpered, clutching at my hand, shutting my eyes tightly. Why me? Why couldn't I just have a boring life, like normal teenagers? "What the fuck are you made of?" I asked angrily.

She was silent. I felt her gaze on me, but I did not want to look at her. I didn't want to feel her cold arms around me. I felt the pain of her abandonment. I still couldn't erase the pain that I felt when she was gone. I lost my happiness, my smile and the person that I thought would never hurt me, did exactly that.

"Why did you leave me? Why come back, Mom?" I asked confused.

"I will clear all your doubt, angel." she said and that was the last we spoke, until we reached a clearing and I heard voices.

She slowed down and kept on holding me closed to her chest. "Be calm, sweetie. My friends will not hurt you." she said gently, placing a tender kiss on my forehead. I disgustedly wiped the area where she had kissed me.

"Don't ever do that to me!" I said curtly, wiping briskly the area again. I felt dirty and remorseful. I was betraying Embry.

We got closer to where the voices were and I couldn't see anything, only the darkness that engulfed us. I was scared and my heart was beating hastily. I wanted to run, but I knew that the moment I started to dash, she would be in front of me, preventing me from escaping. She was determined to speak to me, nothing could stop her. I needed to think about Embry. He would be devastated if anything happened to me or to the baby. I couldn't jeopardize his baby.

"You made it!" a deep voice said. I didn't recognize it and I definitely, didn't want to know who it was.

"Yes, Theo, we made it." my mother said, placing her cold lips on my forehead again. I wanted to smack her, but stopped. I was going to play the meek daughter. After this, if I survived, I was going to stay in La Push. I was never leaving the sight of one of those werewolves. Except, Seth! I didn't trust him!

"So," he paused, resting his cold and heavy hand on my shoulder. I stiffened at his touch and shrieked. I was scared. I didn't want to become a vampire! "So this is the famous Madison Love. You have grown a lot, darling!" he said kindly.

My mother moved and I believe that she was nodding. "Where is Mercy?" she asked.

I froze when I heard my brother's nickname. What were they going to do to us? Oh, no, I didn't want to know.

"Mercy is in the house with Cheyenne and Elisha." the Theo guy said, his voice was raspy and deep. "He gave us a little bit of problem, but we managed to subdue him and his friend. That's a strong kid, even though he is skinny." he said teasingly, removing his hand off my shoulder.

Before I had a chance to protest they were running towards an unknown direction. I was tired and exhausted from everything. A few minutes later, we were approaching a large white house. The light from the inside of the house flooded the surroundings. I could see people moving about and I panicked with feared. I didn't want to know what was going to happen to us. Thank you, Lady Luck, for keep on fucking with me!

"We're here," my mother said, placing me on the floor. I stumbled and she quickly caught me. "This is your new home, Madison." she said happily.

I rolled my eyes at her and averted them to the house. It was beautiful on the outside, but I bet that the inside was dirty. The walls would be covered with blood and the smell of decaying flesh would probably inundate every corner.

"C'mon." Theo said, taking my hand and slowly guided me to the front entrance. I winced, afraid to see the blood on the floor and Mercury's body lying on the floor. "Welcome to our humble home." Theo said, standing behind me and gently pushing me in. I looked around and found the house immaculate clean. OK, so I exaggerated!

"Come in, sweetie." my mother said, appearing from behind me.

I stopped walking and stared at her. She looked as beautiful as I remembered. Her face looked the same. Her blond hair was the same length as it did, that night when I last saw her. What was different was her eyes. They weren't green anymore, but a dark yellow in them.. Just like Dr. Cullen. Embry mentioned something about their eye colors. If they were crimson...

"Let me go!" a male voice screamed. It was Mercury! They were hurting him!

"Mom! They are hurting him!" I cried, as I ran passed her and ran up the flight of stairs. I saw a young girl, holding my brother's hand. He was struggling to get remove his hand from the girl's hold.

"Cheyenne, let Mercy go." my mother said softly, as she appeared beside me. I was startled. She moved so much faster. I feared her.

"But Mom," Cheyenne said, letting go of Mercury's hand. He hurriedly ran towards me and placed his arms around me. I clutched at him and began to cry. He was still Merc, he was still human. His skin was warm and I could hear his erratic heart beat.

"Calm down, sweetie." my mother told the little girl. "You have to be nice to your brother and sister."

"They aren't my brother and sister." Cheyenne retorted and stood beside Theo, who had followed us. "I'm leaving. I don't need to hear the same story over and over." she said bored.

"Chey, you have to be kind to Ashleigh's children. They are her biological children and you deserve to respect them." Theo said in a booming voice.

Cheyenne shrugged and walked passed me. "Whatever, Theo." she snapped, standing in front of Mercury and smiling at him. "I like him. He's my age. I could use a new playmate."

"I don't like you." Mercury snarled. "I don't want to be here. Why the fuck do we have to be here?" he bellowed, grasping my hand and pulled me closer to him.

"Geez," Cheyenne laughed. "Humans can be so dramatic." she said, walking to where I stood. She eyed me, scrutinizing me, until she rolled her eyes. "You smell like dog." she grumbled.

"And you are a fucking bitch." I gritted. Boy, if she was human! I would kill her. No one talks bad about my wolf!

"I know." she laughed. Bitch! Why was our mother associated with this people?

"Cheyenne, you can leave." Theo said, standing in front of us. "If you hurt either of them. I will end your life." he said menacingly.

"Why do you protect those stupid humans?" she asked nonchalantly, running her pale finger across my brother's chest. He stared at her in disgust and spit on her face. "See, they aren't grateful that we united them with their mother." she said curtly, as she wiped her face.

Mercury was feisty! Go, bro! Too bad that she could easily snap us in two like a twig.

"Eli, let's go." she said, turning around to face the quiet vampire that stood near the steps. "Let's give them some alone time." she said, raising her eyebrow at me. "You are lucky she's here..." she muttered. I fell a chill run down my back. She just said that she would've killed me if my mother wasn't here to protect me!

Elisha stood motionlessly for a while, his eyes on Mercury and me. They were all beautiful, but the coldness that surrounded us was annoying. I was used to the heat of Embry's body.

"I'm sorry." Elisha said sheepishly. "My sister can be a pain at times, but she is sweet." he said, smiling at me. I felt myself relaxed a bit. "She's just jealous that our Mom, wanted you two to join us." he explained, and then turned around and sauntered down the steps.

"Oh," I said startled, when I felt my mother's cold arm on my shoulder. She smiled sweetly at us and got in between us. Mercury smiled down at her and kissed her cheeks.

"I knew that you come back!" he exclaimed.

"Whatever." I grumbled, jerking her hand off me. "She's a vampire." I said dryly.

My brother stared at me and shook his head. "Freaking imagination." he grunted.

"Look at her, Merc." I ordered, he rolled his eyes and looked at our mother. She was smiling at him, their hands entwined. "She looks the same as she did eleven years ago. Her hair is blond, her skin is paler than ever. Her eyes used to be green and now they are a weird yellow. She has not aged!" I explained, but he just ignored me.

"That's due to her good genes, right?" he said, staring at our mom.

"Mercury, sweetie, she is right. I am no longer a human." she said softly. Mercury laughed and shook his head.

"It would be funny a funny story if it was October of April Fool's Day, but it's November, scary stories are so yesterday." he said arrogantly.

"Whatever, idiot! She is not human. She doesn't have a heart beat anymore. There's no blood in her body, only the one she fucking sucks from humans or animals." I said crossly.

Mercury smacked me across the head. "Ouch, retard!" I whined, punching him in the stomach.

"Idiot! She is still my mother." he said, staring lovingly at her. "So respect her."

"Not mine!" I said quietly, as I rubbed the place where he had hit me. "My mother is dead."

"Damn, Mad. You fucking cried at night because she was gone and now that she is here..." he trailed off and took a step closer to her.

"I did cried at night! And where the fuck was she?" I yelled, afraid to blink and let my tears fall. "I waited by that damn window hoping that she would be coming back and she never did."

Mercury stared at me and didn't say a word. "You abandoned me too, Merc." I wept, letting the tears fall down my face.

"I was there." he whispered, staring at me. "I was there for you!" he said sadly, a single tear falling down his face.

"No!" I shouted. "You were never there for me. You became a shadow of what you used to be. You shun me when I needed you the most. I had to fucking fend on my fucking own! No one ever cared about the girl that sat silently in a corner, staring every afternoon out the window, hoping and begging the Lord that her mother would return!" I said forwardly.

"I'm sorry! I never thought that you needed me that much. You were always so strong, Mad." he said quietly.

"It's all your fault." I said, turning to face my mother. Her face was covered by her blond hair as she stared down at the floor.

"I know." she whispered, lifting her face and offering me a sad smile. "I couldn't stay." she said, leaning against the wall.

"Bullshit!" I hissed.

"We should seat in the living room." Theo suggested.

"Yes, we have to talk. I will tell you everything that transpired that fateful night" she said softly, as she ambled towards the living room.