Please note that whatever happens in this chapter does not affect who Emily is going to end up with. I haven't decided what pairing I'm shipping for this story. I'm just planning on seeing where it goes. In fact, I'm not sure if Emily ends up with anyone in this story because who would want to be with someone while they're under a spell? I'm not really sure what's going to happen yet but I am more than open to suggestions if you PM me. So without further ado…

Emily had a throbbing headache when she woke up.

"What happened?" She muttered to herself, trying to sit up. Suddenly, the whole room began spinning.

"Whoa." She said feeling her forehead. "I must have hit my head when I feel or something."

She took a few deep breaths until she was satisfied that the room was as it should be, right-side up, again. She let out all of her air in a steady exhale, the way that Serena taught her how to so she wouldn't pass out.

After she had gotten to her feet again, using Mia's bedpost to steady herself she caught a glance at her watch and gasped.

"Oh no! I'm going to be late! I can't keep the boys waiting!" She exclaimed. She quickly rushed out of the room as fast as she could feeling the necklace bounce against her chest with the steady pulse of a beating hears as she walked.

She entered the living room and saw Jayden sitting down watching television with his legs stretched out on the coffee table. Evidently, he had been waiting for her.

Emily felt a pang of guilt as she entered the room. Well I guess the only thing that she could do now was apologize.

"I'm sorry Jayden. Have I kept you waiting long?" she asked him.

At the sound of Emily's voice Jayden turned around to address her and his eyes went wide. He opened his mouth to speak and nothing came out.

"Emily…" He gasped. "Gosh. I never noticed before. You look…"

Emily bit her lip and twirled a curl in the way that she did when she was nervous. "What? Is it too much? I borrowed some of Mia's stuff." Emily's face grew red. Stupid! She should have known that she was not stylish enough to pull off Mia's clothes.

"No." Jayden assured her moving closer. "God Emily, you look beautiful. You look… perfect."

Emily narrowed her eyes at him in confusion. Did he just call her beautiful? Who was this boy and what had he done with Jayden? And why did he keep moving closer to her like that? It was starting to make her feel uncomfortable. Emily was so caught up in Jayden's strange behavior that she hardly saw Kevin as he came into the room and did a double take as she saw her.

"Emily? What? Is that you?" He asked her with his mouth hanging open. She was surprised that he didn't start drooling.

Emily blushed. "Of course it's me Kev. Sheesh. The one time I wear jewelry you guys are acting like I went on Extreme Makeover: Unstylish Country Girl Edition."

To her surprise both boys started laughing loudly as if she had just told the funniest joke in the world. Emily raised an eyebrow at them. They never thought that her jokes were funny. What was going on with these two?

"Hey everyone! We going to see a movie or what?" Mike loudly declared as he walked into the room. "And Em, I don't care how many times you bat those eyes at me, it's not working. We are going to see Zombie Slashers 11 and that's final!

Emily smiled in relief. Finally, someone who wasn't acting weird. She turned around to tease her fellow ranger and this time she definitely saw it. The moment he laid his eyes on her something in his face changed. His face ot softer as if something in him melted. He stood staring at her with glassy eyes and a dopey smile.

"Then again… I'm up for a chick flick. Whatever you want Em."

Jayden glared at Mike menacingly and then smiled at Emily adoringly. "Yeah Emily. Whatever keeps that beautiful smile on your face," he said rumpling her hair affectionately. Emily stared at him as if he had grown a second head. Jayden never touched her. Jayden never touched ANYONE. What was his deal? "And as long as I get to sit next you." He whispered in her ear. Emily blushed.

"I want to sit next to Emily!" Kevin whined. Emily gave him a curious look. Kevin was usually so mature. Since when did he become a bratty child who cried when he didn't get his way?

Mike made his way across the room to Emily, that dopey yet somehow adorable smile still pasted on his face. "Hey Em. Know any scary chick flicks? I know I can protect you from the monsters if you need me too." Emily tried to back away, slightly frightened at how close he was getting. How close they were all getting in fact. Emily felt as if she were a baby deer being closed in on by three mountain lions.

In her retreat, she nearly collided with Jayden who looped an arm around her protectively. There he went again with the physical contact. Since when did he get so touchy-feely?

"We are watching whatever Emily wants to watch." He smiled at her again in that weird way that hade her feel all uncomfortable. Emily was starting to feel really strange. There was a strange feeling that kept surging through her like electricity. It didn't necessarily feel unpleasant just… different.

"Yeah." Mike agreed looping his other arm around her and shooting Jayden a What are you going to do about it? look. "Isn't that right babe?"

Babe? Emily thought to herself. She shook her head uncomprehendingly. Something was most definitely wrong. What was going on?

Kevin shot Mike an icy glare. If looks could kill Mike would have been dead twenty times over. "Who said she was your babe?" he snarled shoving him off of Emily. Mike got all up in his face in response.

"Well she certainly isn't yours," he remarked in response.

"Guys. Guys. Guys." Jayden held up his hands making a calming motion to the other rangers. Emily exhaled and let out a breath that she wasn't aware that she had been holding. She was just happy that Jayden would finally knock some sense into these boys. Maybe she was just relieved that Jayden had finally stopped groping her.

"We all know that the prettiest girl in every team always ends up with the leader. Therefore, Emily is mine. End of story."

WHAT?! Emily thought to herself. Apparently the other boys were thinking the same thing.

"WHAT!?" They both shouted.

"You can't do that!" Kevin started to protest.

"Yeah man. She's not your property. Why don't you let Emily decide?" Mike retorted

Decide what? Emily thought to herself. Are they being serious right now?

"Fine." Jayden huffed. "We'll decide this the old-fashioned way. Whoever kisses her first gets her. One two three GO!" he shouted. And before Emily could input a word of protest Jayden slammed his lips against hers.

The moment Jayden's lips made contact with hers, Emily felt a painful jolt of electricity. She literally couldn't think about anything besides the word WHAT? It wasn't like the kiss was bad. In a different setting, she might have actually enjoyed it. But it was too swift, too sudden. Not to mention the other rangers were glaring at the two of them like they wanted to rip Jayden's head off.

Jayden certainly seemed to be enjoying himself. He kissed Emily with a passion that she wasn't aware that he was capable of. Emily on the other hand felt like she was on fire. Every vein in her body tingled with electricity. And yet it felt… She felt… Good.

And all at once, Emily realized what that electric feeling running through her was. Power. She felt powerful. For once in her life she had complete and total control over Jayden… all the male rangers… maybe all males in general.

Emily giggled against Jayden's lips. She felt amazing. Better than she had felt in a long time. She was loving this. She yanked Jayden deeper into the kiss and he didn't protest. It anything, he kissed her with renewed enthusiasm.

Emily nearly laughed out loud. Somewhere deep inside of her a tiny voice was screaming that this was wrong. There was something horribly… deliciously… evil about this. But Emily didn't care. This unknown feeling ran through her with an intense fiery heat. She felt as though she could take out an army of Nighlock all on her own.

She was feeding off of their love, a distant part of her observed. It was actually making her stronger. And yet… Emily felt herself falling… falling…falling. Though the rest of her body was burning, her chest felt remarkably cold. The necklace… she thought to herself before she let herself give into the dark powers consuming her.

And then, all hell broke loose.