My pony's keeper

[djlamar2]

Its based off the book not the movie but some parts will be changed. I loved both the book and the movie but to me having the 1 with cancer die is kinda sad. This story will be sad so beware. If you think you can't handle it please stop reading now. We start with the beginning with the main character talking. Its of course a unicorn: (Also I am gonna point out the main characters that are important what they are and their colors. The story by the way takes place in Ponyland. Anna, Kate, Brian, Sara and Jesse are all unicorns. Anna is yellow. Kate is pink. Brian is blue. Jesse is a teal color and Sara is blonde. Campbell is a green earth pony. Juanna *The judge* is a sky blue pegasi. And Judge Campbell's dragon is purple. There now you know what they look like. Ages for Anna and Kate in this story, Anna is 13 and Kate is 16)

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Prologue:

Anna:
Some baby unicorns are made to make couples happy. But I was conceived for 1 purpose. I was conceived to save my sister. See she has leukemia. I was always trying to kill her. Putting pillows over her head, poisoning her cereal, trying to cut her horn off. But in the end she did herself in.

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Chapter 1:

Anna:
It all started when she was 3. My sister was diagnosed with leukemia.

Kate:
So we've been working on an act.

Sara:
Let's see it.

Anna:
Are you a cancer?

Kate: No I'm a Leo.

Anna, Kate and Brian:
But I have cancer.

Anna: Dad you ruined it.

Anna: For years I have been donating things for my sister. Lymphocites, blood, and now they wanted a kidney. But no more.

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Campbell:
I was working at my desk when a little unicorn walked into my door.

Anna: I need your help. *Sees a dragon and starts to pet it*

Campbell: Please don't do that. He's a service dragon.

Anna: You don't look blind.

Campbell: I have heart troubles. He keeps me from magnets. So what can I do for you?

Anna: This. *She hands over the papers*

Campbell: She handed me papers for medical emancipation.

Anna: I wanna sue my mom and dad.

Campbell: I see. Seems to me if you have been through a lot. Now they want you to donate a kidney?

Anna: Yeah. See my sister has leukemia.

Campbell: You do realize that without this surgery your sister will...

Anna: Die I know.

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Thanks. Now for more. By the way it might not have as many chapters as the book and the way that the unicorn dies might be a little different from the book:

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Anna:
You see the reason why I had asked him to get me medically emancipated is because I was tired of being poked and prodded. Bone marrow when I was 3, cord blood when I was just a newborn foal. I was tired of it.

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Sidenote:

I will not have the character reveal why she really is suing them till much later. They did it in the book after all.

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Anna:
"So can you do it?" I ask. Campbell looked at me and said...

Campbell: It'll take awhile but I can see what I can do.

Anna: With that I left.

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Sara:
Having a daughter with leukemia isn't easy. It all started 1 morning. I looked at my son and asked "Where's Kate?" He answered....

Jesse: Still in bed. I tried to get her up but she won't get up.

Sara: Kate's bedroom is right above mine and Brian's. When I got up there I tried to wake her up. "Kate" I said. She just laid there. Then when I rolled her over I saw a parent's worse nightmare. I rushed Kate to the hospital. We had a doctor check her over. I asked him "Its not anemia is it? She's too young for mono."

Doctor: I'll run some tests.

Sara: While he did I called Brian on the phone. The doctor came back later....

Doctor: Her white blood cell count is down.

Sara: I asked him "What's that mean?"

Doctor: Could be an infection."

Sara: He handed me a card. "Cancer research? You think she has cancer?"

Doctor: I'm not quite certain but this will answer all of that.

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This ends chapter 1. Chapter 2 starts tomorrow .

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Chapter 2:

Brian:
When she called me with the news I rushed right over. I was out on a call about a fire. Sara was hysterical. I told her "Calm down" over the phone "What's wrong with Kate?". When she told me I told my men I had to go. I met them at the cancer research. Kate of course was sitting there all sad eyed because they had to draw blood. She looked up at me and said....

Kate: Daddy they poke me with needles.

Brian: Knowing this was tough on a 3 year old I held her in my lap. It looked to me as if she thought that the doctors were monsters. But what would expect from a 3 year old? The doctor walked in with bad news....

Doctor: Your daughter has acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Brian:
Me and my wife looked at each other and said in a whisper "Cancer".

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Sara:
Right then I felt as though my world would collapse. "Cancer?" I asked. The doctor said.....

Doctor: Yes.

Sara:
Right then we asked what could be done. The doctor told us she would need chemo, bone marrow and other things down the road. I asked him "Can we be the donor?". He looked at us and said....

Doctor:
No. Your blood doesn't match with Kate's.

Sara:
What can be done?

Doctor:
We could get it from someone else.

Sara:
I said "I thought that was dangerous."

Doctor:
It is. But I have a question. Have you considered having another baby?

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Anna:
And that's where I came in. I was born en vitro. They used my cord blood to put Kate in remission. But that wasn't all they took. So here I am sitting here getting papers for medical emancipation. That day when I got home I walked up the stairs and there was Kate on the floor with 3 paramedics sitting by her with mom telling them what was happening. Then I saw it. She was throwing up. When she lifted her head she was covered in blood from her nose down to her mouth. They rushed Kate to the hospital and that's when the news hit the roof. The papers were handed to my parents at the hospital. Worse place ever to get papers like that. My mom read the papers and said....

Sara:
*Reading them* Medical emancipation? Anna your suing us?

Anna:
I started to leave the room but she followed.

Sara:
Your suing us? Why?

Anna:
Because mom I don't want to do it anymore.

Sara:
So you want Kate to die? Is that it? Answer me.

Anna:
No mom. I don't.

Sara:
If she doesn't get this kidney she will die.

Anna:
I understand mom. I just don't want to be a donor anymore.

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Jesse:
I was working on my usual things when sis came knocking on my door. I opened the door and over the loud music I said "What?" Anna stood there and said....

Anna:
I need your help.

Jesse:
I opened the door and she handed me the newspaper. On it was a name circled in red "Campbell Alexander". I asked her "What's this for?" She said....

Anna:
I want to sue mom and dad for rights to my body.

Jesse:
I knew she meant business. So I took her there.

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Sara:
I was shocked to hear that my own daughter was suing us. Sure what we did as parents wasn't ideal but we had a dying daughter. But I do remember the first time when Kate had to go back to the hospital. It was 3 years after Anna was born. I told Anna "You be a good girl and let them do what they need to do and I'll get you something nice." That something nice was a pendant. Anna loved it. Being taken away by doctors wasn't....

Anna:
No mama. Please don't go.

Sara:
She begged and pleaded for me not to leave her. But Kate had to have bone marrow. But now sitting here waiting on what the doctors would say I can't believe what my daughter is doing. Suing her own parents for medical emancipation.

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Campbell:
Being a lawyer isn't easy. You get 1 person mad at you and you feel the whole world is mad at you. That same exact week those papers were filed in walks Anna and what I suspect is her mother. She was ranting like a mad woman. She waved those papers in my face and said...

Sara: What is this?

Campbell:
"I assume your her mother?" I ask.

Sara:
Yes. You agreed to getting a young pony a medical emancipation? She can't even drive yet for pete's sake.

Campbell: I'm sorry ms.

Sara:
Sara. Sara Fitzgerald.

Campbell: According to these papers you have asked her to give lymphocytes, blood marrow among other things and now you're asking her to give up a kidney?

Sara:
Her sister is dying.

Campbell: I am aware of that Ms. Fitzgerald. According to her she doesn't wanna do it anymore.

Sara:
Oh we'll just see about this in court.

Campbell:
And so they left.

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Chapter 3 tomorrow.

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Chapter 3:

Kate:
Being the only daughter in the family sick wasn't fun. I was always depressed, sick and my hair fell out when I was 11. My sister was always getting the worse end of the deal. If only they knew what was really going on. It was a few years back during my last relapse. Anna had looked in the room where we both slept.

Anna:
Sister what are you doing?

Kate:
What transpired that day was unimaginable. To Anna anyways. We always had our quarrels. 1 time she took a whole bunch of pillows and stuffed me under them trying to suffocate me. Dad walked in thankfully and stopped it. Anna later that day said dad said "That never happened". And now here I am in the hospital yet again during 1 of my relapses.

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Anna:
Mom and dad kept asking questions that day like "Why are you doing this?" and "Are you really going to go through with this?" I kept telling them "I just don't wanna be a donor to Kate anymore." The next week we met with the judge. She was a beautiful sky blue pegasi. Campbell had told me she lost a daughter in a car accident.

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Juliana:
When I heard the case I couldn't believe my ears. We've had children come in with problems with their parents before but this 1 was a more different case. Anna and her mom met me in my office. I looked at the 2 and said "Come in. Sit down please." The mother looked as pale as pale can be. She said....

Sara:
This is all a mistake.

Juliana:
Knowing that this was going to probably get ugly I asked Anna to leave the room. I told her "I'll have my secretary summon you when we're done. I want to ask you some questions as well." I looked at Ms. Fitzgerald and said "Sara I know this is hard to believe." She said...

Sara:
Hard to believe? She's 13 for goodness sake. You don't know what its like to....

Juliana:
She stopped as soon as she was about to say it.

Sara:
I... I'm sorry. I forgot.

Juliana:
According the papers Ms. Fitzgerald you have asked her to donate quite a few things. Is that correct?

Sara:
Yes. But she never objected to it.

Juliana:
Once when she was a newborn, again when she was 3, later when she was 5. And am I reading this right? A kidney?

Sara:
She needs it.

Juliana: I waited for her explanation on how this was fair to Anna.

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Sara:
The judge looked at me waiting for an explanation I knew. I told her "Look, Anna has never had any problems with being asked to be a donor till now. She's always changing her mind." Then I went on to tell her what had happened over the past years. She listened intently. I told her "1 day Kate just didn't want to get out of bed. She said...."

Kate:
I have no hair. I'm ugly.

Sara:
At that point I was at the brink. She always complained.

Kate:
I'm sick and I'm tired. I just wanna sleep.

Sara:
So to make her feel better I....

Juliana:
You cut your hair?

Sara: Shaved it completely bald. We went on an outing that day and had fun.

Juliana:
Ms. Fitzgerald has Anna ever complained?

Sara:
Not once. Not until now that is. She got up from her seat and said....

Juliana:
Ms. Fitzgerald thanks for taking your time talking to me.

Sara:
I left wondering what Anna would say to her.

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Anna:
My mom came out of the judge's office and the secretary motioned me in. I walked in and the judge looked at me.

Juliana:
Anna. Sit down please.

Anna:
So I did. I looked at all the pictures of what I assumed were of her daughter. I asked, "Is that your daughter?"

Juliana:
Yes. All of them.

Anna:
She's pretty. With that Juliana smiled.

Juliana:
Anna. I want you to be completely honest with me. I'm a friend. I'm here to help. Tell my why you want medical emancipation.

Anna:
I really couldn't tell her the real truth. I told her "You don't know what its like to be a donor. Having needles jabbed into you. Every time she goes into the hospital I go with her."

Juliana:
I see. And have you explained to them this?

Anna:
Yes. But they don't listen. Its always about Kate.

Juliana:
I see. Anna have you ever heard of a guardian at litem?

Anna:
I said "No." She said...

Juliana:
Its someone that helps you out.

Anna:
I thought "Great another adult to tell me what to do."

Juliana:
They will help you through this trial.

Anna:
And that's when it happened. All the weight of Kate's problems were lifted off me. We left her room and she told my parents what was gonna happen. My mom hit the roof. She said.....

Sara:
Fine. She doesn't wanna be around me so be it. She can stay at the firehouse for all I care. Keep her away from me.

Anna: And those words hit like a bullet.

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Tomorrow chapter 4.

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Chapter 4:

Kate:
I remember 1 time during 1 of my relapses that I had met a fine young unicorn. He was blue but most of his hair was gone because of the chemo. I was waiting to get checked over by the doctor when I saw him.

Taylor:
Hi there.

Kate:
Hi. Chemo?

Taylor:
Yes. Name's Taylor.

Kate:
We were always together. 1 day during my chemo therapy he sat there with me and made a bet.

Taylor:
Bet that you can't last 5 minutes without tossing your cookies.

Kate:
Your on. I was 2 minutes into chemo talking to him. "Taylor" I said. "Your about to lose your bet."

Taylor:
Trying to weasel yourself out of a bet huh? You still have 3 minutes....

Kate:
Just then I felt sick to my stomach and threw up. He was so kind holding me there and catching my vomit in the tub he had taken out. He laughed and I kind of giggled. "You won the bet. So what does the loser have to do?"

Taylor:
How about this? The hospital is holding a prom for those who have cancer. Take me to the prom and we're even.

Kate:
Deal.

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Sara:
That day my little girl sparkled. We went to a clothing store to buy her a new dress. That didn't go well.

Store Clerk:
Look at this dress. It will hide cleavage.

Sara:
Kate looked disgusted and said as she pulled out the tubing of the cathader from beneath her dress and said...

Kate:
Will it hide this?

Sara:
We bought the dress and later I asked "Kate what was that about?"

Kate:
Did you see her looking at my scar? How rude?

Sara:
I told her "You weren't very nice either." She said....

Kate:
That's it. I'm not going.

Sara:
I told her "There will be girls who will have them too." She was set on not going but then Anna cheered her up.

Anna:
Come on Kate. Its not that bad.

Sara:
That's finally when she decided to go.

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Kate:
The night went great. We had fun. We even kissed. He looked at me and said...

Taylor:
Tomorrow during your chemo I promise I'll be there.

Kate:
The next day came and no Taylor. My mom went out and asked. When she came back she said nothing. I knew something had happened because I could see the sadness in her eyes. 1 day she decided to sit me down and told me....

Sara:
Kate honey. Remember when you went for chemo that 1 day and Taylor promised he'd be there?

Kate:
I said through tears "Yeah what a jerk. I don't care if I ever see him again." Right then my mom took my hoof and said.....

Sara:
That night after the prom his mom found him on the floor. He wasn't breathing. They took him to the hospital and he was pronounced dead.

Kate:
That's when I ran to mine and Anna's room and cried. And did something that changed mine and Anna's life forever.

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Anna:
The next week I went to court and my mom was still furious with me. The judge asked things while looking at the papers she had in front of her.

Juliana:
Ms. Fitzgerald according to these papers you have asked Anna to give lymphocytes when she was 3, bone marrow and other things. Have you ever wondered what could happen?

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Campbell:
I was next to ask questions. I had asked her about the hospital visits and what was done. She answered....

Sara:
There was no danger.

Campbell:
I said "According to these papers there was. The anesthetic, bruising and possibly death.

Sara:
Those were possibilities.

Campbell:
Ms. Fitzgerald... Suddenly Judge my dragon started to act funny.

Juliana:
Mr. Campbell you know the rules.

Campbell:
I'll keep him quiet. I tried everything till he finally settled again.

Sara:
Anna why are you doing this?

Anna: I just don't wanna do this anymore.

Campbell:
I started to Jesse get out of his seat. He said...

Jesse:
Anna that's not the truth.

Sara:
Anna what is he talking about?

Anna:
No its true. I don't want to do it anymore.

Jesse:
You're lying. Tell mom the truth.

Campbell:
Judge started acting up again.

Juliana:
Calm your pet down Mr. Campbell or I will ask you to take him outside.

Campbell:
"No judge" I say to my dragon. The judge looked at me and said....

Juliana:
What?

Campbell:
"I was talking to my dragon." I tell her. The argument between Anna and her mom continued.

Sara:
Why are you lying to me?

Campbell:
Jesse stood up again and walked up to her and said...

Jesse: BECAUSE MOM KATE DOESN'T WANNA LIVE ANYMORE!

Campbell:
That's when I passed out into a seizure.

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Tomorrow chapter 5. Sorry its short but I wanted to try my hand at this.

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Okay I am starting Chapter 5 tonight. Now we find out what happened that 1 day Kate was talking about

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Kate:
I found out later that my brother spilled the beans. That's right. What my brother had said was true. I didn't wanna live anymore. Reason? Well looked at what has happened. I have a sister suffering because I have to have the stuff that was donated from her. Taylor my lover died. What was there left? Anyway about that day. It was a typical day. My sister Anna had just got back from school and I was home supposedly resting. But what Anna saw was horrific. She saw me ranting like a mad woman. Throwing things around. She looked at me and asked....

Anna:
Kate what are you doing?

Kate:
I just kept going. Anna of course sniffed the air and asked.....

Anna:
What is that smell? Kate have you been drinking?

Kate:
I looked at her and said "Yeah. And what's it to ya?" Then I did something me and her never forgot and apparently neither did Jesse. I took my medicine and opened my mouth tipping the bottle over my mouth. Horrified my sister said....

Anna:
Stop. Your gonna kill yourself.

Kate:
And that's when it dawned on her. She figured it out.

Anna:
That's it isn't it?

Kate:
I told her "Leave me alone." Anna being the good sister sat down and asked....

Anna:
Kate what's wrong with you?

Kate:
I told her "I can't hide it from you. Anna I want you to do me a favor." She said....

Anna:
Anything.

Kate:
I want you to not donate anything else to me.

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Campbell:
After my seizure I suppose I was taken into the judge's chambers where Brian was looking over me. Juliana and Anna were there too. Anna asked....

Anna:
Its a seizure dragon isn't it?

Campbell:
Yes. I had a car accident when I was in high school. I was to meet you Juliana and on the way I wrecked my car but came out with a few bruises I thought. Then 1 day they started. The doctors told me they couldn't find a way to stop them. So Judge my dragon knows when 1 is coming on. That's why he was acting so strangely.

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Anna:
That day has played over and over in my head. I told Kate "I promise but you do know without me being a donor you will die." She said....

Kate:
Yes I know.

Anna:
Before Campbell came to we were given enough time for a recess so we visited Kate in the hospital. Mom of course asked a bunch of questions and Kate gave Jesse a talking to. Afterwards mom came in and sat down. I said "Mom I'm sorry. She asked me to do this" Mom said....

Sara:
Why didn't you tell me before?

Anna:
I told her "Because mom I made a promise not to tell you. And so did Jesse. It was hard on both of us. Are you mad?" I asked her. She said...

Sara:
No. I gotta admit though I'm relieved to know that you don't hate me.

Anna:
Her eyes filled with tears. I told her "Its okay mom. Its alright."

Sara:
I never knew how you felt. I never listened to your feelings. I looked at Kate and didn't ask you how you felt about this. Is this why she wanted this as well?

Anna:
She asked. I answered "Yes." For it was that day years ago when she said....

Kate:
Anna I'm sorry for all they put you through.

Anna:
Then my mom said the 1 thing I wanted to hear....

Sara:
Who am I to say you can't be medically emancipated? Whatever you feel is right you do it.

Anna:
Then we did something we hadn't done in a long time. We hugged. We went back to court and I was emancipated.

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Juliana:
I looked at all of them and asked Campbell "Are you gonna be okay?" He said....

Campbell:
I'm better thank you.

Juliana:
Before I gave the answer my client's mother stood up and said....

Sara:
I have done so many things to this poor girl. And whether she gets medically emancipated or not things are gonna change for her.

Juliana:
With that I took out the papers and said "Anna when it comes to homework, cleaning your room or taking out the trash your parents have the right to tell you what to do. But as far as being a donor you are hereby medically emancipated." We left the courthouse and it was raining. Campbell was with Anna and asked her....

Campbell:
I can drive you home. Give your parents time to see Kate 1 last time.

Juliana: She said "Sure." He turned to Sara and she nodded.

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Tomorrow chapter 6 and Sunday the epilogue.

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I can't wait to see which ending you do.

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Chapter 6:

Anna:
Its still raining and the visibility sucks. I look at Campbell and he looks at me. I tell him "Sorry about what happened in court today." He told me....

Campbell:
Its okay.

Anna:
I put my hands between my thighs thinking "I'm finally free." And I sigh. What happened then was something that no one expected.

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Brian:
My beeper goes off as we are at the hospital. I tell Sara "I'll be back." and she nods. I leave and get to where I had been called. It was a 2 car pileup. A truck and a blue Camero. I think "Blue Camero? Oh dung. That's Campbell's car." I walk over and they are trying to get the ponies out of the car. 1 is still concious. 1 of them say "Stay back. Give her some room." I try to look over his shoulder and he says "Brian, its Anna." I look down at her and she is out. I tell them "Get an ambulance NOW!" and ask 1 of the ponies at the crash site what had happened. He tells me "Campbell is okay." I tell him "That's good but what about my little girl?" The pony told me "She hit her head pretty hard." I think "dung. If she has brain damage she'll never be the same." Suddenly the EKG flatlines. Its Anna's. I think "No don't go dying on me." and an ambulance comes up. "Get her to the hospital and quick." The paramedics nod. Campbell looks up at me and says...

Campbell: Is she gonna be okay?

Brian: I don't know Campbell.

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Sara:
Before the ambulance got here Brian called me. He told me "Anna and Campbell were in a wreck" I think to myself "She's fine. She'll bounce back" just then the paramedics come in with a stretcher with an unconcious Anna. I try to follow them but Brian stops me. I say "But that's Anna." He just hangs his head. Then I see it. She has a tube down her throat. "Brian what happened?" He shakes his head. "BRIAN WHAT HAPPENED DAMMIT?!" He says...

Brian:
She hit the windshield with her head. They've been using stimuli. Now we wait.

Sara:
The doctors come out and frown. I tell her "Please tell me she's just gonna need physical therapy?" I say with tears in my eyes expecting the worse. "Please." The doctor looked at me and said....

Doctor:
We've tried everything but she's brain dead.

Sara:
I think "dung. I have a girl with cancer and now a brain dead daughter." I tell them "Try again please." The doctor just shakes his head and says....

Doctor:
I'm sorry but the only thing keeping her alive is a respirator. It might as well be shut off. She will never awaken. Have you 2 thought.....

Sara:
Just then Campbell rushes into the waiting room with a cast over his foot and says....

Campbell:
Where's Anna?

Sara:
I want to tell him "THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" but I can't. We're as much guilty as him. I tell him what happened and what they said and he says.....

Campbell:
No. There has to be a way.

Sara:
I tell him "The only thing keeping her alive is a respirator." Then turn to the doctor. I ask "What were you gonna say?" He says...

Doctor:
Have you thought about donating her organs?

Sara:
Then Campbell said....

Campbell:
There's a little girl upstairs that needs that kidney.

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By the way I'm gonna do an alternate ending for this as a bonus.

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Sara:
After an hour they bring Anna back down. They left us to say our goodbyes. Jesse came out teary eyed and said....

Jesse:
No. This can't have happened.

Sara:
He tried to go back in but Campbell stopped him. That's when Jesse lost it. Next was Brian he came back out and just stood there sobbing saying.....

Brian:
My little girl is gone.

Sara:
Finally I went in. Seeing all those tubes and wires hooked up to her I fell apart. I went over to her and said "I didn't want this to happen. Not like this." Brian came in and said....

Brian:
She can't hear you. Whatever makes Anna Anna is gone.

Sara:
I looked at him and said "I can't do it. I can't let her go. This wasn't supposed to happen. She was supposed to live a happy life." He looked at me and said...

Brian:
But you have to. She's gone. Remember the doctors said the only thing keeping her alive is the respirator.

Sara:
That's when I said "Okay." And with a shaky hoof Brian switched off the respirator and the EKG flatlined. As this was happening I was sitting there holding Anna's hoof till at long last I couldn't feel her heartbeat. We just stood there hugging. Me crying on his shoulder and him comforting me.

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Kate:
Later that day I woke up after having a dream about Anna. Then I felt it. I felt like my heart broke. They took me out of recovery and when I saw my mom her face was flushed with tears. I looked at her and asked "Mom where's Anna?" Nothing just more sobbing. "Please mom tell me what happened" She looked at me and started crying uncontrollably. Then my dad stood up and said....

Brian:
Kate we have some bad news. Your sister was in a car wreck.

Kate:
Just then I felt my world fall apart. I asked "She's okay right? I mean she probably will need physical therapy right?" Then my mom said...

Sara:
Kate when they got Anna here she wasn't doing well. Honey she became brain dead after smashing her head into the windshield.

Kate:
I burst into tears at that moment. I asked "Where is she?" Mom said....

Sara:
Still in the room where doctors are getting her ready to be taken by us.

Kate:
I told her "Can I at least say goodbye?" In between sobs. Then I felt something. Stitches in my stomach. "You... you had her kidney donated to me didn't you?" Mom nodded. And I sighed sadly and said "She would want it this way. Please let me see her." They agreed and wheeled me to the room where Anna's limp body lay on the hospital bed. I looked at her and softly said "Anna I'm so sorry that this happened. Maybe we'll see each other again. I know you can't hear me because you're already gone but I love you. I always did." Then I turned grabbed a hold of my mom and cried my eyes out. I said "Why did she have to go? I was the 1 who was sick. It should have been me who died." She said....

Sara:
I'm sorry honey. Tell ya what. When we get you home you can have a picture of her to keep.

Kate:
I nodded.

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Tomorrow the epilogue and alternate ending.

[djlamar2]

Okay I decided to do the Epilogue tonight. Alternate ending tomorrow.

Epilogue:

Sara:
It has been 10 years since Anna has passed away. We all still remember her smile, her laughter and how her dying saved our sick daughter.

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Campbell:
It has been 10 years. Do I still blame myself for what happened to Anna? Occasionally but then I remember what Sara had told me 10 years ago after we left the hospital with the limp body of Anna in tote. She said "Campbell you didn't know you 2 would get in a wreck. Its not your fault."

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Juliana:
It has been 10 years since I had medically emancipated a 13 year old girl and since that same girl died that night. Me and Campbell are back together. In fact we're married. I think Anna would be happy for us. Looking at her picture that Sara gave to us we still remember that shining face of hers. Do we still see the Fitzgeralds? Yeah. When they come here for a vacation. Anna would be proud of her big sister.

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Jesse:
"10 years. Anna its been 10 years." I say looking at her grave. We visit every year on her birthday to celebrate her life. And every year I come out to the cemetary where she is buried. Do I still cry? Like a baby. But then I remember that it was her kidney that I believe she would have given freely if she were still alive today that saved Kate's life. I still remember holding her hoof that day and saying to her "Please, please wake up. Please." But no response. I confessed to the FBI that I was the 1 who caused the fires. She'd be proud of me. And as I stand here I am now part of the police force and got a medal from the mayor. I hear a "Jesse let's go" from my car. Its Kate who hasn't had a relapse in 4 years. I take 1 last look at the grave and say "It's all because of you Anna. All because of you."

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Kate:
There should be a law to tell how long you should be sad. Our family has changed over the past 10 years. Mom went back to her job as a lawyer, dad still was the firefighter, Jesse is now a police officer and me, I giggle, I'm a dance instructor. The picture mom gave me was of me and Anna. I didn't frame it I put it in an envelope and if I ever forget Anna I just take it out and look at it. Oh yeah and I have a daughter. I named her after her aunt. Daddy told me not too long ago he named Anna "Andromeda" for the greek goddess of the stars. Anna the second is my little girl's name. I only had 1 relapse in these 10 years and almost died because at first my body rejected the kidney. But then by a miracle I got better. I knew what happened though. Anna was still watching over me. If she hadn't been in that intersection at that time I tell myself from time to time I would be the 1 haunting Anna. The dream I had the night she died she told me she was going away. She didn't explain where but she told me....

Anna:
I left you a gift.

Kate:
The gift was her kidney. When I run my finger down the scar on my stomach I think "Thanks Anna. Love ya sis." Every time I see my students dance or plie I remember the times where me and Anna would dance. And when I see 2 siblings go at it I remember the times where me and Anna fought. So even though she's gone her memory isn't.

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This ends the book ending. Tomorrow the alternate movie ending.