Chapter 16
"Carlisle, do something. Please," I beg.
"I've been trying. I'm doing everything I can."
Emma past out ten minutes ago, was moved to a bigger room, and hooked up to an IV.
I growl. Nothing's working. I pace the room, holding my head in my hands.
Carlisle sighs and pulls out his phone.
"Come get Nanu," he says and hangs up.
"No! I'm not going anywhere until my daughter is conscious."
Carlisle ignores me and keeps looking through the medicines.
Jasper walks in and grabs my hand.
"Come on. Let's go hunt," he says, I detect a slight tone of demand.
I snatch my hand away.
"I'm not going anywhere."
"Oh yes you are."
Jasper hooks his arms under my armpits and drags me out.
"I will make a scene," I threaten.
"You won't hurt me."
"I don't have to hurt you to make a scene."
"Nanu, please, don't do this."
He lets me go and pins me against the wall.
"I just want my daughter."
"I know. You can have her after you calm down."
I'm too on edge to calm down.
"I can't."
"Neither can I."
Jasper scoops me up and carries me into the woods.
When he sets me down, I crumble to the ground.
"I can't. I can't do anything."
"You have to try."
I pull my legs up to my chest and Jasper sits down beside me.
I try to calm down but I only get worse.
"Alright. Let's go home," Jasper sighs. He picks me up again and runs home.
When we get home, Jasper runs into Carlisle's office and sets me down in the chair. He opens the mini fridge and pulls out a water bottle. Only it's not full of water.
"Drink," Jasper demands.
I take the water bottle and drink it dry.
"That wasn't animal," I gasp.
"I know, but you're calmer."
Jasper's phone rings.
"What up?"
Whoever is on the other line talks so fast even I can't understand.
"Alice. Calm down. It's going to be ok."
Jasper hangs up.
"Do you want to do it?" he asks.
"Do what?"
"Change Emma. She doesn't get over whatever this is, goes into a coma, and doesn't make it."
"Carlisle should."
Jasper calls Carlisle.
When he hangs up, he says, "Carlisle is going to convince the other doctors to let him bring Emma home. He'll change her tonight."
"Will the Volturi think she's an Immortal Child?"
"I don't think so. They don't seem to care about us right now."
"Now what do we do?"
"We wait."
We sit around for an hour, get bored, and start pacing.
Just after eight, Carlisle walks in with Emma.
"Jasper, get the morphine," he demands.
"Where's everyone else?" I ask.
"Hunting. Emma wakes up three days and we need to be at our strongest. Just in case."
Carlisle goes into his office and lays Emma down on the table. Jasper comes in with the morphine.
"Thank you. Go feed, both of you. Meet up with the others. They know when to come back."
I kiss Emma's forehead and murmur, "I love you."
Jasper waits for me in the doorway.
"Ready?" he asks.
I look back to where I left my daughter. Carlisle closes the door.
"He's waiting on us," Jasper says.
"I don't want to leave my daughter."
"The longer we wait, the worse she gets."
My daughter. I'll never see her human again.
"I'm ready."
"Let's go. Emma wakes up in an hour," Alice says.
By the time we get back home, we still have ten minutes.
I start pacing again.
"Was that a human habit?" Esme asks.
"What?"
I was focusing all my attention on listen for Emma.
"The pacing? Was it a habit when you were human?"
"Oh. Yeah. It was. Stress induced."
Alice gasps.
"What? What is it?" Jasper asks.
"Emma. Her power," she whispers.
"What is it?" I ask.
"She can change forms. Into any person, animal, thing. Everything."
~Emma's pov~
When I wake up, at first, I don't know where I am. Then I realize I'm home in Carlisle's office.
I see dust particles floating around me.
I feel every stitch in my clothes.
I hear momma and Alice talking.
I smell… is that… blood? From the mini fridge?
I taste whatever it is in the mini fridge.
I sit up, meaning to be slow, but move in a blur.
Someone cracks the door open, but Carlisle closes it.
"Not yet," he whispers.
The pain in my throat comes back, only it's 100 times worse.
"Why does my throat still hurt?"
Wasn't changing supposed to heal me?
"It hurts for a different reason, love."
Carlisle opens the mini fridge and pulls out a bottle… is that blood?
"What's that?" I ask hesitantly.
"Blood. Don't worry. It's not human."
I take the bottle and drink it dry. I turn on bed and let my legs dangle off the edge.
"My throat still burns."
And I really want more.
Carlisle hands me a half sized bottle.
"This is human."
I take the bottle and chug it down. The burning goes away.
Someone knocks on the door.
"May I come in now?" they ask.
It's momma.
Carlisle opens the door. Momma walks in. I get off the bed and run to her and hug her.
"I missed you momma."
"I was so worried."
"Emma, would you like to know what your power is?" Alice asks.
"I have a power?"
"Jasper?"
"Come on. I'll teach you," he says.
We walk outside.
"What is it?"
"You can change forms, like Seth, but into anything, or anyone, you can think of."
"That is so cool! How do I do it?"
"Just think of it."
I think of a lioness. I change into a lioness.
But there's a catch, my clothes tear to shreds and fall to the ground.
"That might be a problem," Jasper says.
If I'm stuck as a lioness, I may as well enjoy it. I start prowling around.
I go to the glass wall and growl. Momma looks at me and smiles.
She comes out side and pets me.
"And now my daughter is a lion," she laughs.
With my paw I write 'Seth?' in the dirt.
"We'll call him tonight."
"You can't talk?" Jasper asks.
I shake my head.
"Let's see if we can get you into a smaller animal," momma says.
We walk deeper into the woods and I think of a blue jay. I change straight from a lioness to a blue jay. I start flying around and chirping.
I fly back to Jasper and land on his head.
"What the-?"
When he tries to catch me, I fly just out of reach. The higher I fly away, the higher he jumps.
I fly down to the ground and change into a horse.
I change into different animals, Jasper said we could try people tomorrow, until the sun sets. Momma says we can call Seth. I change into a sparrow and fly into the house.
I fly into my closet and change back into me. I get a blue sundress and slip it on. I look for my phone, but I can't find it.
"Momma, where's my phone?" I say.
"I have it," Carlisle answers.
I run downstairs and get my phone from him.
I run back upstairs, sit on my bed, and call Seth he answers on the first ring.
"What up?" he answers.
"Can you come up here tomorrow?"
"I'll see if I can slip out. Why? Is everything ok?"
"Sorta."
There a knock on my door and momma walks in. She asks for my phone. I hand it to her and she explains everything to Seth. She hands me my phone back.
"You still there?" I ask.
"I can't believe it."
"You aren't gonna leave me, are you?"
"I can't leave. I imprinted."
"Are you mad?"
"No. I'm on my way now. I'll be there in the morning."
"Don't drive through the night. You'll get hurt."
"I'll be fine. If I get too tired, I'll pull over. See you in the morning.
"Bye."
We hang up.
Mid-morning, Seth pulls up. Momma was right, they do stink.
I run out to his car. He pulls me into a hug and kisses me.
"The stench I'll have to get used to," he chuckles.
"You're not the only one."
"Whose home?"
"Everyone. Esme is going to homeschool me, but until I'm 'under-control' everyone is gonna stay."
"Can you control yourself?"
"Don't worry. I won't attack you. Not with your stench."
We go inside and Renesmee asks, "Is Jacob coming?"
"I think he said he's coming this weekend," Seth says.
Renesmee is either satisfied with his answer or pissed that I get to see my boyfriend and she doesn't. Either way, she goes upstairs to her room.
"Momma, may I show Seth my power?"
"Sure. Just be careful," she says. She goes into the hall closet and gets a towel." Use this. And change into some older clothes."
I change into too small shorts and a t-shirt that I wore when we were painting in art.
I go downstairs and Seth and I walk outside.
As we walk, I tear the towel how Alice and Rosalie taught to make it a dress.
"How's everything in Forks?"
"It's been rainy for two weeks straight."
"So nothing's changed?"
"Not much. So, what's this power of yours?"
I lay my towel dress on the ground and change into a lion. I like this form the best.
"And my girlfriend is a lion," Seth gawks.
I change into a sparrow, then a butterfly, then a dragonfly.
"You change into anything?"
On the ground I write 'Including people. Jasper won't let me do that just yet.'
"So why did Nanu send you with a towel?"
I change into a lion and paw at the scraps of clothing.
"Just like the pack."
Jasper hadn't said anything about the size of animal, but I imagine a giant wolf. It works. I'm a blonde wolf; I'm eye to eye with Seth.
"Phase back. I don't like this one way communication."
I go behind a bush, change, and put on the towel.
"Do you remember moving up here and riding in the car with me?" Seth asks.
"I remember not liking you."
"Why'd you have a meltdown when I went to leave?"
"I guess I didn't know what I had until it almost left."
Seth pulls me close and kisses me. He picks me up and puts my legs around his waist. The towel rides up to my waist.
"Seth, I love you, I really do, but I don't think I'm ready. I'm sorry," I whisper.
"Don't apologize. It's my fault."
I put my feet back on the ground and pull the towel down.
"Wanna go to the waterfall?" I ask.
Seth agrees and we run home to change.
We stay at the waterfall until midnight.
Seth crashes in my bed, wet self and all. I strip and change into a lioness. I curl up on the floor and listen to the noises of woods.