Always there, unforgettable.

Chapter 5

Anna's POV

There was this light, bright and warm. I wanted to reach it, touch it. What was I doing here? How did I even come here? The last thing I remember is that I was on my way back home with Mom, Dad, Holly and Zoey...
"Anna!", a sing-song voice sounds from far away, from behind the light.
"Mom?", it was her voice, I was sure. I never heard it so pure, so young, yet I was positive it was her.
"Yes, it's me little one", she said, stepping out of the light in a white, shimmering dress. She was so beautiful. Like an angel. My Dad and Holly followed her.
"Mom what happened? Where are we?", I was scared, but the peace of this place calmed me a little.
"We had an accident, but here you are safe", she said, an hint of a warm smile on her lips.
"Are we dead?", I asked. I don't know why I asked this, it just came out.
"We are, you aren't", my dad said.
"Wait... what? Then why am I here?", I was confused, also there was a strange feeling, something like when you need to throw up, in my gut. My parents and my little sister were dead. It took me a moment to realize that Zoey wasn't with them. Was she alive? She needed to be!
A single tear was running down my cheek.

"You are in a state between dead and alive, you are very badly injured", my father told me. I looked down to my feet. There was nothing wrong with my body. There was nothing that hurt. And that was it. I felt nothing. A simple numbness. But soon there was something changing. The body I haven't even felt a minute before started pounding, almost falling apart. A pain, so hard I can't even describe how much it hurt, paralyzed me. I looked up to my mother.

"Just let go, then the pain will go away. Come with us", she said reaching out with her hand for me to take it. I was about to grab it as a thought hit me. Zoey. I couldn't leave her.

"Mom, Dad, what about Zo?", I asked, scared of their answer.

"I know it's hard, but you should let go. What is a life in pain?", my dad said. Normally I would have gotten angry, I mean how could my father tell me to let go and die, leaving my big sister, their daughter behind? Tears were now running down my cheeks, comparable to waterfalls. The pain shooting through my body was incredible. I couldn't do it anymore, yet I needed to. I tried to open my eyes, tried to wake up, but I couldn't. With every time I tried it, it got harder. I was sliding away from the life I once had, getting closer to that warm light that symbolized death. The warm light transformed into a burning black hole that would swallow me, kill me. I didn't want to. I didn't want to die. What were ten years on earth? Ten wonderful, short years? I wanted to grow up, go to college, get a job, have a family. As much as I wanted to live, my injuries were about to win. I would loose this battle.

There was something wild in my eyes. I was crying, shouting for my mother. I was too young. Why was there this thing to pull me in the direction of the light? I desperately tried to escape the bonds that were holding me. I was scared, scared to die. Better described as terrified. A horrible cry came over my lips and that was it.

I was falling, deeper and deeper. The black burning hole ate me alive. I would never come back, leaving everything behind.

Silently I closed my eyes.

The only thing left of me was a lifeless, gray body on a table in the OR.

Pale.

Dead.

*(A/N) I know, crappy little chapter. It didn't turn out the way I imagined it at all. I was almost crying writing this. Even though this Story hasn't many chapters yet, the characters grew to my heart and I didn't want to let her die. Tell me what you think about this so far, it would make me really happy. Ok, sorry... I'll shut up now. Bye*