Emily's Nightmare3
Emily's POV
As I climbed my tree in front of the lake, I thought I heard the bushes rustle behind me. I turned but nothing was there. I shrugged; it was probably just and animal. I was climbing the tree, when I sensed something under me, it was the same sensation I had when I ran over the boy. I looked, but there was nothing there. I climbed higher, but slower, more cautious, when suddenly something grabbed my leg. It pulled hard down on my leg, making me yell and I let go of the branch I was holding on to. Before I could hit the ground, (I was pretty high up in the tree, before I fell) I was tackled into the lake by the thing. I didn't know if it was human or not, but it was strong. I grabbed on tightly to my attacker, and we both fell into the lake with a hard splash.
I remembered what Jasper taught me, basic fighting moves, incase I ever had to defend my self. My attacker kicked me with its knee, making me let go of it, but not before I punched it in the face. It recovered quickly and hit me too, but I couldn't tell if I got hit, because I was numb from falling into the ice cold water. Suddenly I was pinned to the ground. I was so surprised that I opened my mouth in awe. As soon as I opened my mouth, I swallowed water. Now, being half-vampire, I could hold my breath for a really long time, not forever, but for a couple of hours, but as soon as I opened my mouth, you could say I became human. Within the seconds I could feel the lack of air starting to overcome my calmness. The harder I struggled to get free, the harder the thing would hold me to the lake ground. I managed to kick it a couple times, but that wasn't very helpful. As I struggled to get loose, each attempt weaker than the other, one thought passed through my mind. Great, I'm going to die at 14 in the middle of the lake. I hope that my family doesn't blame themselves for this.
Suddenly, the pressure of the thing was off me. A pair of hands grabbed me by the waist and started to pull me upwards. I closed my eyes to stop them from stinging, because we were going at a fast speed. As my head broke through the water's surface, I sensed the presence of four other people, one whom was still holding me. "Breathe Emily, breathe," Edward whispered in my ear. In all the confusion, I had forgotten to breathe. I tried taking in a deep breath, but ended up coughing up water. Edward told me to get on his back and I did. As he swam back to shore, I leaned my head against his back. Awkwardly, the coldness of his body was comforting. I had been held so many times, through out my life, by him and my family, that that feeling made me feel safe.
"Emily, you can get off now," said Edward while breaking through my thoughts. "Thanks," I mumbled to him as I got off his back. I saw Alice there, next to us holding out a towel. I took it from her and told her thanks, but not before she gave me a hug. I turned away from her and looked at Edward who was staring at the path that leads into the woods; suddenly both Jasper and Emmett appeared, looking mad. Well Jasper looked mad, Emmett looked furious.
"Did you get her?" asked Edward as they got nearer. So my attacker was a girl. Jasper just shook his head as he tried getting his emotions under control. Emmett on the other hand started yelling.
"Of course we caught her Edward; we just let her go because she said it was an accident. Gosh! Did you really think we would come back if we had let her go? And your supposed to be the mind reader!" he yelled. We all looked surprised at Emmett, for he hardly ever got that mad. You could feel Jasper trying to calm things down.
"We lost her when she got to the pine trees" explained Jasper. "She must of have know that the scent of the pines would hide her scent. All you could smell was wet pine everywhere." He said. There was an awkward silence. I started to think that maybe I should go home and let them talk when suddenly I sneezed three times consecutively. Everyone looked at me surprised at first then worried. Jasper and Emmett both looked relived. Then before I could even blink, I was in Emmett's arms. He gave me a really tight bear-hug. I gasped at first, of surprise and of hurt, but forgot about that because I hugged him back. Edward must have heard my gasp because he told Emmett not to hug so hard. Emmett just sighed and put me down. Jasper chuckled and I just smiled at him, he smiled back at me. While Emmett is more physical than Jasper, Jasper was more emotional. Maybe it had to do with his ability to feel everyone's feelings. I sneezed again and groaned I really hope I wasn't getting sick.