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Paul and Anna were sitting on the beach in La Push, the pack was a short distance away. Anna had told Sam and Paul the full story about Della Freya which had altered some of their beliefs and affected Paul's hatred for Vampires. It was a concern to all about what would happen if Aro learnt about Anna's connection to the woman he had killed. Anna knew that Aro was always looking for power, she had been told about the Volturi by Jasper; the empathic vampire had been worried about them finding out about Anna's strength and skills that would make her the perfect newborn and now, Anna knew why she was that way.

Anna sighed as she watched Jared shove Embry away from the soccer ball before kicking it to Sam. "Bella tells me that Jacob isn't too happy about Embry joining the cult," Anna told Paul as he watched the pack. "Jacob doesn't believe the stories, the hints or the fact that his time is coming soon. But when that moment comes, his feelings for Bella will backfire on him," Paul replied to her, a slight warning in his tone. "Right, the whole natural enemies with the vampires," Anna teased knowing that Paul was still rocky about the idea of Anna and Jasper, he was glad they left but even he saw how Anna's eyes didn't light up in happiness; no matter how much she puts it on, she won't be happy till Jasper's with her again.

"Jacob is sixteen, Bella is eighteen... Jacob is just gonna have to move on and get the hell over it," Anna said making Paul laugh, the two had agreed that Bella was using Jacob to distract herself and fill the obsessive void that was Edward leaving her behind. Anna loved her sister, there was no mistaking that and she was die to protect her; that was her promise. But to see Bella act like her life wasn't worth living because Edward left her, it was fated mates, it was an obsession. Anna felt a dull ache in her chest everyday but she could live with it based on the promise that one day, she would reunite with Jasper. And with Paul by her side as a brother, she knew she wasn't alone.

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"What were you thinking?!" Anna asked her older sister as she cleaned up the blood on her forehead. Anna had gotten a call from Jacob telling her that Bella had a motorbike incident and the blonde was fuming; she sent Jacob home and was done being gentle. "I saw him, Anna..." Bella whispered. "No," Anna shook her head as Bella tried to convince her. "Bella!" Anna shouted successfully shutting the brunette up. "You didn't see Edward, you saw a hallucination due to this obsession you have developed and its unhealthy. He isn't there, its not real! It's your mind playing games to trick you, you need to move on!" Anna was panting by the time she was done talking.

Bella looked up at her younger sister with watery eyes, the brunette scoffed as she pushed past Anna towards the stairs. "You don't know anything, Annabeth. If it wasn't for Jasper, they'd still be here!" Bella shouted back at Annabeth whose eyes flickered from blue to grey. "How dare you?!" Anna snapped, cracks forming in the walls. "Jasper did nothing wrong! It was Edward who threw you across the room like a damn football when he could've just stopped Colton who went to attack!" Anna continued without realising that the house was shaking slightly. "If it wasn't for your obsession with not growing old and not having Edward by your side, I would have MY MATE by my side," Anna seethed out harshly.

Anna noticed the damage she was causing and took in a deep breath, the shaking slowed to a stop and the cracks within the walls sealed over like nothing had happened. "We aren't kids anymore, Isabella. It's time to move on," Anna told her softly before walking out of the house, she climbed onto her motorbike and took off down the road with no place in mind. Bella dropped onto her bed, her mind reeling at the memory of what had just happened. Deep down, a part of her knew that Annabeth was right but to acknowledge that truth would be to let go of something that made her feel alive.

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Pain. That's what surrounded Annabeth as she tried to move away, she could barely feel the injury on her side as she dragged herself backwards. Her eyes trailed up to the woman standing before her, the sly smirk on her face made anger fill her body. "You thought I'd let you live after your precious mate killed my mate?" Victoria asked but before she could move forward, Anna focused and threw the woman back into a tree. "No one tell you, don't mess with a witch," Anna warned as she stood up, her blue eyes turning grey as she moved to dodge Victoria's next attempt to hit her. The pain was becoming too much for Anna as she tried to stand steadily, but she was still human.

Annabeth dropped to the ground, she was leaning up against a tree and her breathing slowed heavily, she looked up at Victoria who was prowling toward her. "I look forward to seeing their reaction to your death," Victoria told her but before she could do anything further, a red-ish brown wolf jumped at her followed by a black wolf. Anna knew the pack had shown up in time, she turned to see Paul jumped over the fallen tree and pick her up in his arms. "I've got you, Anna," Paul promised as Anna fought to keep her eyes open, she couldn't believe she had been so naive to think that Victoria wouldn't fight back.

Paul was beyond angered when Sam informed him through the pack link that the woman had gotten away, he wanted to tear her apart but knew he couldn't. He hated seeing Anna so pale, she didn't deserve this and yet, it seemed as though life wanted her to have it tough. He made it to Sam's house and headed straight inside where Emily stood instantly. "Lay her down," Emily ordered before grabbing what she needed to fix her up. "Shouldn't you take her to a hospital?" Quil asked with wide eyes as he and Embry walked closer. "Too many questions and due to her connection to Della Freya, we don't know what abilities will show," Jared told them as he and Paul helped Emily.

"How bad is it?" Sam asked his Imprint who frowned as she cleaned the blood, their eyes focused on the wound that seemed to have been caused by a large branch. "Wait, it's healing," Embry said as he looked closer, they all noticed that the wound was indeed closing which eased them. "She needs to rest," Emily told them, Sam nodded. "I can tell Charlie that she's staying with me and dad for the night," Jacob told them as he turned his gaze from the blonde to Sam and Paul. "That'll work," Sam replied with a nod, Jacob made his way out with Embry and Quil following him. Paul took Emily's place next to Anna and brushed her hair out of her face.

"She's gonna be just fine," Emily assured Paul before she made her way out of the space, deciding she would grab some new clothes for Anna when she woke up. "Who was she?" Sam questioned Paul knowing that Annabeth had been opening up about herself. "If I know the story correctly, I think it was Victoria, the tracker's mate," Paul answered, his eyes locked on his Imprint to keep himself calm. "Which means she won't give up until Anna is dead," Sam breathed out, their utmost important law is that Imprints are to be protected. "We won't let that happen," Jared said as he placed his hand on Paul's shoulder. "She may be your Imprint sister, but she's our family too," Jared added.

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Rosemary Speaks

I'm kind of moving quickly through New Moon because I just wanna write Anna and Jasper together again. But at the same time, Victoria was around when the Cullens had left. As shown in the scene with Laurent. I won't have Anna be in the moment as I feel like that's Bella's scene but basically, Laurent will spill that Victoria is going after Annabeth.

Yeah, Victoria wants to kill Annabeth.
The only reason she'll target Bella too is to weakened and hurt Anna.
Giving Anna the spotlight here!

See you next chapter!