Dear Viewers,

Well, it looks like updating has gone back to normal, no more errors as far as I'm concerned, so we should all be celebrating!

This isn't really a chapter where the action takes place, just finding out somewhat who has grabbed Sophie and other things, but I promise the next couple of chapters are amazing!

Also, I want to reply to a few reviews I've gotten:

RealLifeWolfGirl—Don't worry about the treaty being broken or the Cullen's kidnapping her, while I can't give all the details away let's just say surprises and shocking discoveries are involved with who is grabbing her. And his diary probably will save him...no matter how much Sophie might laugh...

Air29—Imprints always do seem like targets for Vampires, don't they? It's because they mean a lot to the wolves and there are some pretty sadistic Vamps who like to wield the wolves into doing what they want or just simply getting revenge. And don't worry about reviews, you're twice the author I am and I'm sure you'll get plenty of reviews in a matter of time! ;D

Insane Zula—Yes, Sophie is a hard head and very stubborn, but would she be Sophie if she wasn't? And she needs to be like that to keep Paul under control, what's a hot-headed boy without his stubborn girl? And the cliff-hanger...I knew people would just be dying of suspense when I put that in there, but I'm not sorry I put that there!

Vampir3.S3duction—I agree with you, Kim and Emily should be getting some of Sophie's anger too, but Sophie can forgive them more easily since they are her best friends...And when they mentioned Sky, they had thought he had been giving her hints about it anyway, that's why they told her that she should have asked him. Guys always assume too much.

And thank you to all my other reviewers! You all hold a special place in my heart!

Anyways, I should get on with the chapter. I hope you enjoy it!

Michelle

So a day when you've lost yourself completely
Could be a night when your life ends
Such a heart that will lead you to deceiving
All the pain held in your
Hands are shaking cold
Your hands are mine to hold
Speak to me

When all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know ya do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
Move along
Move along

Move Along—All-American Rejects

Chapter 23
Sophie's POV

I started screaming louder and thrashed around. "Get off of me! Get off of me!"

"No!" Embry and Quil shouted. "Let her go!" Embry snarled.

"Why should I?" It was a guy who grabbed me, and I knew exactly what he was, and the answer terrified me half to death. He was a vampire, and he was stronger than I thought; he was also a foot taller than me.

"Just let her go, now." Quil growled out.

"Hmmm, no." He said.

"Please, let me go." I sobbed.

"Stop it sweetheart, before I do something I'm not supposed to do." He said as one of his hands went under my shirt to touch my bare side.

I whimpered as he squeezed it, I knew there would be a bruise there, just when I thought I was done getting hurt like that.

I heard a growl then the shredding of clothing. I looked up and Embry was gone, replaced by a huge wolf.

"Let her go Rodney." I heard a voice behind me say.

The guy holding me, Rodney I guessed, kept one arm around my arms with his hand still up my shirt; he put his other hand around my throat. Breathing was now hard to do. He turned us around and I saw eight people there, it was the Cullen's.

And I should have known they were vampires. Damn it I feel like an idiot.

"I've got orders Edward, and don't try poking around in my head; I've got a shield around my thoughts." Rodney said.

I saw Dr. Cullen try to take a step forward, but Rodney tightened his hold on my neck.

"Come any closer and I kill her, with or without instruction." Rodney snarled.

"Don't go any closer, please." I heard Quil say.

"Listen to him Carlisle, or she's the one who pays for it." Rodney said.

Dr. Cullen looked at me, my eyes were filled with tears, I couldn't breathe, not hardly anyway and I was scared to death. Scratch 'to death'; don't want to think about that, I was scared shitless.

He squeezed once and I whimpered.

We turned back to where Quil and Embry were, but there were more people—and wolves—there.

Sam, Jacob and Paul were in human form and I guessed Castor, Jared, Seth, Brady, Collin and Quil had joined Embry in being wolves.

As soon as I caught eyes with Paul, I caught how upset he was, and how much pain he was in because of me. He was also angry, but not at me, at Rodney.

If I ever got out of this alive, remind me to listen to Paul and let him explain.

"If any of you try to come closer, I will snap her neck and you won't have anything to save. Now, let me go and she will live." I wanted to scream at the vampire behind me to get his hand out from underneath my shirt. His hand was slowly going higher.

I heard Paul growl and I knew he noticed. He tried to step forward but Sam held him back.

Okay, can someone just get this guy off of me and fuck the chance that I might die? I'd rather not be in the hands of a vampire with his hand up my shirt!

"Don't worry Sophie; we'll get him off of you." Edward said as calmly as he could, as if he were answering my thoughts. Maybe he was.

"Don't count on it." He said. "Let me take her now and I promise she won't die."

I could hear Sam and Paul arguing across the river, about what I didn't know, I couldn't hear it that well.

"So, what's it going to be?"

Please, please, please just take him down now.

"I need an answer." That was it!

"Just fucking get him off of me!" I yelled at the two groups of supernatural.

Big mistake. He squeezed my throat tighter and I couldn't breathe at all. I started choking and gasping for some air but I couldn't get any.

"Okay, okay, just don't hurt her anymore!" Sam shouted. Paul looked torn between coming closer and helping me, and not coming over here to me in fear that I would die.

Rodney let me breathe and I started coughing. There would be a bruise on my neck.

"Thank-you for understanding, and just so you won't follow me, I have a friend for you to play with."

Someone came out of the forest, it was a girl. I didn't recognize her so I knew it couldn't have been anyone I knew.

"Get them." Rodney said. As he ran away with me, the girl duplicated herself until there were at least 15 copies.

What the fuck?

Rodney put a hand over my mouth as I had started to scream. Then, Rodney did something and I was unconscious.

Paul's POV

I looked into Sophie's eyes, they were filled with tears and I could tell she was trying to tell me something.

I wanted to rip that filthy bloodsucker's hands right off of my Sophie, especially the one that was inching its way up her shirt.

"I need an answer." As this Rodney guy said it, I could see Sophie finally snap.

"Just fucking get him off of me!" She yelled at us and the Cullen's, I wish I could have told her to be quiet.

At that moment, he squeezed her neck till she couldn't breathe. She was choking and gasping. It pained me to know I couldn't do anything to help her or she would die.

I was also furious, I wanted to rip that leech apart slowly and let him feel the pain that he was making Sophie go through.

"Okay, okay, just don't hurt her anymore!" Sam shouted. I was torn between staying where I was and going over the river to help Sophie.

Rodney let her breathe and she started coughing. I growled lowly at Rodney.

"Thank-you for understanding, and just so you won't follow me, I have a friend for you to play with."

A girl vampire came out of the forest. As soon as Sophie was out of sight the vampire girl turned into 15 or so copies of herself.

We didn't know which one was the original so the rest of us phased and we helped the Cullen's beat all the girl-copies.

All of the vampires that had been a clone turned to dust instantly until there was no one left. The original girl must have escaped.

We phased back and got our extra clothes.

"We'll start tracking the scent, you go back and start making plans, once we find the scent and where it goes we'll contact you." The lead Cullen said.

"Can I send Jacob with you? I need to have someone there so it'll be easier for us to know." Sam said, his voice breaking a bit.

I was so upset I couldn't even speak. How could I have let that vampire take Sophie like that? How could I have not protected her right?

God, now I was even more of an idiot.

"That'll be fine." Carlisle said.

"Okay, Jacob, you can go with them, please." Sam whispered.

"Of course Sam, I'll help in any way to get Sophie back." Jacob said patting his back and giving me a sad look. Sophie was his best friend and he was feeling the same as me. That's why Jacob and I got along greatly.

After they left the rest of us went back to Emily's house. Leah, Kim and Claire whom Emily was holding were at the house.

"Where's Sophie?" Kim asked with tears in her eyes.

"Gone, a vampire took her before we could get there." I said, I could feel my eyes stinging but I refused to let them fall in front of everybody.

Kim's eyes overflowed with tears and she started sobbing. Jared went over to her and brought her to the couch with him.

Leah looked really sad, I think her and Sophie had started becoming good friends. Leah had taken Claire form Emily because Emily started tearing up. Sam went over to Emily and held her close. I could see Sam's eyes clearly, his eyes were glassy, he looked like he wanted to cry as well.

"I just can't seem to protect her Emily; I always fail at it, always." He said and he sounded so dead and depressed, just like how I felt.

I looked at Embry and he was the same as Sam.

Castor was with Leah trying to cheer her up while helping her keep Claire asleep. Quil was trying to keep Embry from exploding into a wolf in the house, Seth, Collin and Brady had sat on the couch doing nothing but staring out the window, Kim was sobbing into Jared's chest and I was just standing by the door.

All of this reminded me of the time when we found out Sophie was being abused and had to take her to the hospital before her condition got worse. Everyone in this room loved Sophie to pieces; I'm not sure what it was about her...Her unending kindness, her everlasting love for everyone in this room or the way she was with everybody, caring about each and every one of us probably more than even Emily did...something about Sophie made everyone here love her and appreciate having her in their lives.

"You can all stay here tonight, we've got enough rooms." Sam said.

Everyone agreed to stay except for me and Embry.

"I've got to get back to my Mom and tell her what's happened." Embry said.

"I have to get back to Mom and Piper." I said with no emotion.

"Okay, keep in tough for anything new." Sam said as he took Emily upstairs.

"I will." Embry and I said.

We left the house together and started walking down the path to our homes; the sun was just rising up from the horizon.

"How are you holding up?" Embry asked in a whisper.

"Not very well." I whispered back.

"You're probably doing better than me." He said. I looked over at him and I could tell that he wasn't doing well at all.

"We'll get her back, we just have to, I'll die if I don't get her back to me." I said.

"We will get her back, I know we will Paul."

I nodded. He turned off to the road to left and I was left to walk back to my house by myself.

I got inside and went to the living room immediately.

"So what happened Paul? Did you tell Sophie?" Piper asked.

"No, and the worst has happened. When she ran away from me, she got captured and taken by a vampire." I said and sounded worse than I felt.

The three of them gasped.

"Did you guys find her? Anything that could lead us to her?" Sky asked.

"The Cullen's, along with Jacob, have gone in search of the scent and they're gonna get back to us when they find something."

My Mom got up and took my hand and lead me to the kitchen.

"Paul, are you alright? Really alright?" She asked in the most worried tone she'd ever used.

I looked at her and decided to tell her the truth. "No."

She put her arms around me, though she was almost a foot shorter than me, and started to comfort me as I let a few tears escape my eyes.

I needed to get Sophie back, even if it was the last thing I ever did.

So there you have it, Sophie's been kidnapped, everyone's upset and Paul's going to be a total mess until he gets her back.

Now, like I've told you before, the next chapter and the one after that are going to be very shocking so those who fainthearted, it's probably best if you don't read them...just kidding! They may be shocking, but not that shocking!

I hope you loved the chapter so much that you'll review right after I stop talking?

Well, I'll stop now. See you guys next Thursday! (Not literally 'see you', but you get what I mean...)