Madison fell beside her father. Tears poured from her face.

"Why, papa? Why?" She cradled his cold hand.

Her mother moved to sit by her. "Madison. I'm sorry." Stella took her daughter's hand. "There is nothing any of us could have done. She spoke the spell so quickly."

"I know." Madison turned to her mother. "How is everyone else?"

"I don't know. Musa came and said that they would take care of everything. I don't know who else is hurt. I don't even know about your siblings...I just." Stella choked up. "I didn't want to leave him alone."

"MOM!" Christina's rant came from behind them. Madison could here her trying to run, but she knew it was hard in her dress. "Where is dad? Musa came and she...she...no!" Christina fell on her knees beside Madison, ripping the dress.

Musa was frowning as she held the list in her hands.

Riven walked up in front. "Damage?"

"Seven dead. Over 100 people wounded. Almost 40 of those are critically wounded. Madison is there now getting checked out, along with Blake. Its just a mess. A huge mess."

"It was them. I hope you know that." Riven crossed his arms as he leaned against the wall.

"Yes. And Brandon told no one. Why was he always trying to be a hero his whole life." Musa cursed and put her head into her hands. "This is just not a good day."

Riven moved and took her into his arms. "Musa, I know everything seems to be over at this point in time. But things will get better. We will stop them."

"It wont be better, Riven." She pushed out of his embrace and walked away to stare out the window. "First Layla and now Brandon. When will they strike next? Who else will die? Life won't get better with the loss of people we care about. It will only be different."

"It will get better then right now." Riven scowled as he moved to stand by her. "I'm sorry I'm not good with words and you know that, don't hold it against me."

"I'm not." she sighed. "I'm getting out of this annoying dress and into some normal clothes. I'll be back. Check on Madison, will yah? Stella is not going to leave her room until the sky freezes over at this point."

He nodded but she couldn't tell because she was already out the door.

Jake found Christina sitting outside. She had ripped off the bottom part of her dress that had ripped when she had fallen to the ground. Her face was facing away from him, but he could see the tears as they fell down her face. He really didn't know how to handle this type of thing. But he cared for her and she knew how much he cared know, and he couldn't leave her to grieve alone.

"Christina.."

"Not now, Jake." She moved slightly away from him.

"Ch..."

"Really. One of the first things to learn about me is to just leave me alone at times. This is one of those times. When I am ready, I'll come. But not now. I need to be alone."

He sat down next to her. "If we want this relationship to grow we need to learn to lean on each other in times of need. Like now. Let me help."

"You can't." She stood up. "You don't know what I am going through and I don't want you to." Her shoulders were shaking. "If you stay all I will do is be pissed that your father is still alive and mine is dead. I need to get my feelings out and I can't do that with you here." She stood still and quiet for a moment.

He waited.

She turned and walked to stand in front of him. Her eyes were extremely red and puffy. Her hair messy and out of place. "Its not that I don't not want you to be here. I just cant handle anyone right now. I wouldn't even want my father if he was alive. When I grieve or get really angry, I need the whole entire world to leave. I'll need you, just not now. Trust me."

He stood up. "Alright. But you promise?"

"I promise. I'll even have a fresh set of tears for you."

He could tell she tried to smile and gave her a quick hug before he walked off.

She sat back down on the bench again.

Riven found Madison sitting up in her hospital bed.

"How ya doing?"

"In shock." Her voice was eerily calm. "That could have been me."

"What?"

"I heard them." She turned to face him, her face blank. "He knew what they had. He his shield around them to save everyone else. 90% of the people in that ballroom where meant to die. Instead less then 1 % died."

"Sounds like Brandon."

"They wanted me."

Riven swore he felt his heart stopped. "You know they wanted you?"

She turned and looked at him, her face blank. "The're in my head."

Jake had barely closed the door of his room in the castle when someone started banging on it.

He opened the door to see Christina, who he had left roughly three minutes ago.

However, he could tell that something was very wrong.

"Its Madison." Her eyes were wide. " Something is very, very wrong." She grabbed his hand and pulled him toward the hospital wing.

The wing was in a great mess. Stuff was everywhere.

A doctor opened a closed door. His white coat was wet and red. His face white. "Oh, good. Your highness. We don't know what happened." He walked to them. "One minute she was talking to Riven like nothing and then she went crazy. She started throwing everything from room to room and then somehow got a scalpel...and then it just went downhill from there."

The door he had come from opened. He turned whiter...if possible..and all but fled from the scene.

They turned their eyes to the figure standing by the now opened door.

It was Madison. Her hair was everywhere. Her eyes wide. In her right hand she held the scalpel and on it was blood.

"Madison, whats wrong?" Christina looked worried as she surveyed the site of her sister before her.

Madison made no move or sound.

Jake held Christina back when she started to move forward. "Let's not get any closer to her. In fact." He noticed Madison start to move, raising her right arm.

But Christina pushed his hand away and moved closer to her sister, holding out her arms. She moved a bit so that the scalpel grazed her side and went into her hand, wincing she used it to help get an iron grip of her sister. Once she had she pulled the struggling girl close, her mouth next to Madison's ear. "Listen whoever you are." She whispered. "You already took my father from me. There is no way in hell I am letting you also take my sister. So get out of her body or I am going to hunt you down and kill you. Not some nice killing, either, mark my words but slow, extremely slow and torturous. I am gonna make it hurt like hell. So let go of my sister."

Suddenly Madison went limp.

Christina turned to Jake. "Not that surprised face, please help me get her onto a bed. She's gonna ruin my hair and I will never let her down for it. Seeing as it took me almost three hours to get it like this."

He gave a slight grin as he moved over to her. "Let me take her." He picked her up with ease and moved through the open door.

Christina gave a small sign. He was so strong, just like his father.

Once she was laying down, peacefully did Jake really take a look around the room. It literally looked like hell had hit. Stuff was broken and everywhere. Blood splatters everywhere. Beds and a desk were overturned. The window broken. He looked at his girlfriends younger sister, his friend, his best friends crush, his sisters friend. What had taken over her for her to do this. She was the quiet peaceful one. She was the relaxed one. This was the exact opposite of her.

The door was thrown open and Blake rushed in, his eyes wide and his cheeks red. "What happened? I heard something was wrong with Madison. Riven barely made it out without being killed by her."

Christina looked horrified. "Killed? Please don't tell me it was that bad..."

Riven was there. "I am afraid so. She is going to wake up with two men dead by her hands and another critically injured." Riven was holding his arm. "The last thing I remember her logically saying was "They're in my head"."

Christina sat down with a huge sigh. "Alright. Let...let...I need to be...let it just be me when she wakes up."

Riven nodded. "I thought you would say that. When do you think..."

Already Madison was moving.

"Let's go guys. The sister needs some time."

Riven, Jake, and Blake went outside and closed the door behind them. Riven left, but the other two stayed behind.

In about ten minutes the only sound to reach their ears were cries of great sorrow.

Jake and Blake did not know how long that they stood outside that door after the cries stopped. But it seemed forever, especially for Blake.

Christina came out and shut the door quietly behind her. "She needs to be alone right now, but Blake, I feel that in about ten to twenty minutes she will need someone, but I can't be that right now. And I have no idea where Ace is and who knows what state he is even in. And I need Jake." She grabbed Jakes hand and pulled him down the hallway.

Blake waited another 15 minutes before he ventured into the hospital room. "Madison?" He walked to the bed.

She was laying on her side, curled up in a ball, facing the broken window. The lights were off.

"Madison?" He moved so that he could face her.

Her face was tear-stained, the only thing he could see that she was awake was the fact that her eyes were open and blinking.

He moved to sit in the chair, but she grabbed his arm and tugged him towards the bed. She pushed herself father back on the bed.

Noticing the hint he sat on the bed and then laid down on his back. It was a bit awkward for him to be so close to her in a fashion other than standing. She on the other hand didn't seem to have a problem. She pulled herself into his arms and laid her head on his chest.

"Thank you." She finally spoke but it was so quiet he could barely hear it.

Not really knowing what to do he sort of stroked her hair and back. He hated any situation with women- especially sad ones. Plus this was his crush and she was basically cuddling with him. He was completely out of his comfort zone and he could swear she could hear his heart racing. But whatever he was doing it must have helped because she seemed to fall asleep.

He closed his eyes as well. The bed was comfy, the body next to him was warm and he had calmed her down and helped her to sleep, he soon also fell asleep.

He woke with a start with the sound of screaming and sobbing reached into his dream and he had realized in his head that it was really happening.

Madison was curled in a ball beside the window sobbing, screaming, pulling her hair, and rocking in a ball.

He rushed to her. "Madison, relax it wasn't your fault."

She stopped her screaming.

"I'm so sorry." She broke out.

"What?" he was confused.

About three minutes later she got her thought out. "For having to deal with this."

His heart was breaking. the only worse thing that could happen to his heart would be her hurting it herself.

He pulled her into his arms. "I am so sorry, honey, that all this had to happen to you. It's not fair. I wish I could take it all on me, but I can't but don't feel sorry for me. I'm glad you will let my be here for you." He didn't know what he was saying, it was just coming out. "It will become ok. Its not your fault that those men are dead. It was whoever was taking over you. We are going to find them and get rid of them and they will never do such a horrible thing to you or make you do something so horrible. I promise. I am going to take care of you know."

Her screaming started again. Again, it also took her forever to get her thought out. "If I close my eyes I see everything. I see what I did. I see there faces. Oh god." She started rocking in his hold. "Oh god." Suddenly she went quiet.

"I see them so vividly. Their faces. Their anguish. Their blood."

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