~~~~(Aurora's POV)~~~~
Sniveling. That's all I hear. My eyes are heavy, as if they are made of stone. The weeping continues and I have to open my eyes to know why. I open my eyes to see everything so clear, and I notice that I'm still in the hospital room at the Cullen's.

I look to my right to see mom and dad standing there. Mom has her face buried in her hands, my dad has his arms wrapped around her. His eyes are red and puffy. Sniffling to my left brought my attention to them.

Liam was on the ground kneeling at the bed side. Lilly and Ember are crying, but trying to be strong and failing. Flora, poor Flora is being strong. Silent tears are slipping down her cheeks, and she made no sound.

Why are they crying? I'm right here and feel better.

"Mom, dad, why are you crying?" I was surprised at the sound of my voice. I haven't heard it since the night of torture. I sit up with ease and go to hold my moms hand, but my hand passes right through her.

I gasp not believing what I'm seeing.

"She's gone...my baby girl is gone..." My mom's croaky voice gushes out. What does she mean I'm gone? I turn around and I jump out of my skin. I'm staring at my own body, just lying there, lifeless.

I'm dead? I can't be dead, I'm right here! I get off the bed to slowly walk away from my body. This can't be happening. I turn to get Flora's attention.

"Flora, I'm right here see I'm not dead. Flora!"

"She can't hear you, none of them can." I freeze upon hearing that familiar voice. I turn around and come face to face with no one but grandpa John.

"Grandpa John? What are you doing here, more importantly where is here?" I ask on the verge of a panic attack. Suddenly Liam stands up and jogs out of the room, followed by Lilly and Ember.

"Come sweetheart, we have much to discuss." He says, then walks out and disappears.

"Wait, grandpa!"
~~~~(Flora's POV)~~~~
Three hours. That's how long it's been since Aurora died. The whole house is silent, you could even drop a pin and hear it crash to the ground. You would think that when you lose someone, you would be grieving for a long while; months even.

I however am the exact opposite. I grieved for an hour, then after that...anger. I can still hear the sobs and sniffles from all the imprints, the guys trying to comfort them. The boys were even crying silent tears, I'm sure the Cullens would cry if they could.

My senses tells me that someone's approaching the house. I look to the trees to see my lovely older brother and his two followers walk out. Oh no, they've done enough damage to our family. I storm out to the back and stop them from coming closer.

"That's far enough." I state. They stop in their tracks, looking at me confused.

"Flora what are you doing?" Lilly questions snobbishly.

"You don't deserve to be here."

"Flora, our family is inside and grieving. Of course we deserve to be here!" Ember shouts.

"You ruined that when the truth came out. Now leave." I stated hastily with a bit of alpha command. My anger isn't helping the situation, and I've been really agitated today. My body shaking in tremors and a growl erupts deep within my throat.

"Flora, this isn't the best time. Calm down and let's tal-" I cut Liam off on the verge of phasing.

"Talk? Hell no. I'm done talking, it's nothing but a waste of time!" I leap off the back porch and phase midair. The dirt crumbles underneath me as my paws make contact with the ground. I look just like dad's wolf, but where he has black spots I have white and a white underbelly and snout.

Liam quickly phased into his wolf that was just like dad's but more ashy and no light color for his underbelly. I growl and bare my teeth, as Liam just growls. Our scene caused the attention of everyone from inside to witness. The pack and Cullens are outside, while the imprints stay inside for protection.

'Stand down Flora.' Liam mind-links.

'Why, so you won't hurt me like you did to Aurora?' I snap back, and I could see his body cringe. I pull back, getting myself ready to lunge for an attack. When my paws left the ground Liam jumps in the air meeting me head on.

We collide and drop to the ground. We begin to roll around, leaving the backyard. My mind isn't thinking properly as my anger takes control. The pounding of feet and rush of leaves in the wind tell me that we're being followed.

'It's not like that. There was a reason.' Liam growls as he tries snapping at shoulder.

'And what reason was there to beat your own sister!' I yell, as we part. He just stood there, his eyes glued to the ground. 'That's what I thought. You didn't care, you never did!' I lunge at him again sinking my teeth into his shoulder. Liam cries out, and we roll again.

"We need to stop them, before one hurts the other." I hear Esme's sweet motherly voice say.

"Sam," Edward warns but Bella speaks up.

"Let 'em fight it out." For once, I couldn't agree more with that leech. I raise my right paw to throw Liam off, before trying to snap at him again.

'In my opinion, I would banish you three from the pack! Something like this shouldn't go unpunished.' My voice was beyond loud. I go to bite Liam's neck, but am pushed to the ground and held there.

I look up to see that uncle Emmett, Jasper, Paul, and Jake are the ones holding me down. I look over to see that uncle Edward, Jared, Sam, and Carlisle are containing Liam.

"Enough!" My moms voice booms making me and Liam stop. "No more fighting. I can't take it anymore! I can't loose anymore of my children. Fighting won't solve anything, and your sister wouldn't want this." Mom whispers the last five words. "Come, I need to speak with you four."

With that mom walks away, with dad in tow. Lily and Ember follow mom and dad, while Liam and I get to a standing position. We both look at each other and I growl at him. Uncle Emmett and Jasper walk between us to prevent any more damage.

Sam walks over next to my side. "What's gotten into you Flora?" She whispers. I huff and hang my head low.

'To be honest...I truly don't know.' I see concern in her eyes. I was close to all my cousins even though we aren't blood related; but I'm especially close to Sammy. As we all were walking back to the house when the wind picked up.

"Flora..." I hear a voice whisper. I came to a halt, my body growing stiff. The others keep walking except Sammy, Emmett, Jasper, and Stephen.

"What's wrong Flora?" Stephen asks worriedly. My ears twitch upon hearing the voice again.

"Flora..." My head snaps to look directly behind me. Nothing there but trees and sun peeking through the tree tops. Am I hearing things? I could have sworn I heard a voice just now.

"Flora?" Sammy says placing her hand on my neck. My eyes keep searching for the source of the voice. Coming up empty handed I began walking again. I could feel their eyes on me, but soon hear their footsteps trailing behind me.

~~~~(Aurora's POV)~~~~
"Flora..." I call out to her, watching her and the others leave. She stops almost immediately and her ears are twitching. "Flora..." I call again and she looks directly at me. Sam walks over and puts her hand on Flora's neck, pulling her from her thoughts.

Flora turns to leave, the others are gawking at her but follow shortly after. I feel like my whole world is falling apart.

"Hurts doesn't it? They can't hear a word you say or feel your touch." I turn around to stare into his eyes, with tears of my own.

"But I don't understand grandpa John. Why am I still here if I'm dead?" My voice quivering, and hands trembling slightly. "This doesn't make sense!"

His facial expression turns to one of sorrow. He walks over and wraps his arms around my small frame as I finally break down. "Hush Auri," grandpa coos trying to calm me down. He takes a deep breath before he explains,

"This happens to certain people Auri. When people die, some pass on and others....tend to stay."

I sniffle and wipe my nose. "What do you mean?"

"Those who stay have a reason. Something's holding them back from moving on, and so they wander the earth in search of that reason." He finishes.

"Then...what's holding you back?" I ask, wiping my eyes. I look up to see him staring down at me.

"Because a person I love was going through so much pain. Watching her suffer made my heart break and I couldn't pass on knowing it that she blamed herself for it." I listened to his words and lied.

"But grandma's doing alright. She has everyone there for her to help her grieve."

"That's not who I'm talking about Aurora. It's you." He states flatly.

"But it was me." I jump to my feet and walk a few steps rambling. "If I was paying attention to the road, you wouldn't have died! You could still be with us and everyone would be happy." My hands moving around as I talk.

"Aurora it wasn't your fault, it was an accident." Why is he so calm right now?!

"I didn't have control of the car! I flipped the car loosing you instantly. Since the accident, all I could see was the pain everyone was in. I couldn't bare being around them knowing I was the cause! My siblings were right, I'm a murder!"

"Auri!" Grandpa yells and I stop in shock, his face is one of pain. "It was an accident. In the car, I was having a heart attack. There's nothing you could've done. I watched you since that day and it pained me doing so. You blamed yourself for something you couldn't control, and that's why I stayed. To try and make you see that it was an accident and not your fault."

Silent tears were falling down my cheeks, my knees buckle underneath me and I fall to the ground. My body shaking as the sobs leave my lips. I feel his arms wrap around me and I just cry.

"I'm so sorry!" I sob out as I hold onto his shirt. Afraid he will leave me at any given moment.

"Shh," he smooths my hair as he holds me. "I will always love you. I will watch over you as I move on. My time here has come to an end." As he finishes his statement, a bright light appears behind him.

Grandpa John stands up and breaks the hug. He kisses the top of my forehead and one last hug before turning towards the tunnel of light.

"Thank you grandpa....I love you.." I say as I watch his figure disappear into the never ending light. Once his figure is gone, the tunnel of light fades away. Leaving me in the forest, with the noises of the woodland creatures filling the air. Now it's time for me to find out why I'm still here, and I think I have a pretty good idea as to why.
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