AN: Okay, here's another chapter, which I'm sure you've all been just dying to read. Just kidding. But please let me know how you like it by reviewing.

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Chapter 10

A maid knocked on Mia's door.

"Princess?" She said quietly "It's time for dinner. The queen wants you dressed and down there in ten minutes."

Mia nodded even though she couldn't see her. Soon, Mia heard the footsteps walk away, and Mia got off her bed.

From her window, Mia could see the garden blooming, and the warm deewy grass and the sun going down. It was warmer her then in New York. Mia told herself that after dinner she would go down to the garden with her flashlight and write in her journal. She had a lot to write about since she didn't have time before..

Mia shook her head. No, she thought, she didn't want to think about that.

She opened her wardrobe and put on a green velvet dress without thinking.

When she looked in the mirror, she realized that it was the same dress she wore to the dance. The one to show Michael she was more then his little sister's best friend.

But it doesn't matter now because she was here, and he was back in New York.

Mia kept the dress on. It still smelled like Michael. And when he was holding her. When her life was finally normal and actually perfect for a change.

Even if it was only one night.

When she arrived in the Dinner Hall, Grandmere was already there, buttering bread.

"There's a note here from your father." She said not looking up.

Mia looked down at her spot, and noticed a folded piece of paper. She picked it up, opened it, and read,

Mia, Hopefully you got my package. I will be arriving tomorrow. But please, before I come, try and remember what happened during your kidnapping. We have to discuss this privatly, my mother wants to forget about it, but I must know. I will explain more when I get there. Try and remember, even though I know you don't want to. Your Father

The nasty images of her kidnapping spilled back into Mia's head. She had been trying for so long to keep them out, and now she had to remember again. She remembered her kidnapper-

"What does your father want Amelia?" Her thoughts were stopped from Grandmere's question.

"What?" Mia asked

Grandmere's eyes narrowed.

"I mean, I beg your pardon?" Mia asked again

"What does your father want?" Grandmere repeated

"Oh," Mia said, trying to cover up, "He, um, just wanted to let me know that he's coming tomorrow."

Grandmere scoffed. "Well, that was foolish of him. I already knew that." She said, and dropped the subject.

Back in her room, Mia felt tired, and drifted into sleep, and a painful memory.

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"Grandmere, I'm going downstairs for a minute, I'll be back soon." Mia called

"Princess, " Her bodyguard, Lars said, "I'll come with you."

"No, I'll be fine Lars." Mia said smiling, "I'm just going to be down stairs getting some last minute things. What's the worst that could happened?" She laughed, aand headed out the door.

She started humming a song that had been stuck in her head as she walked downstairs.

Mia dropped her purse on the floor, and bent to pick in up..then everything went dark.

She woke up, and her head hurt like hell.

"Oh, god," She said, rubbing her head, "What happened?"

She opened her eyes. She was in small concrete room. Newspapers scattered the floor, and there was no light except from a crack in the wall.

She picked up some newspapers and gasped in horror. On the paper was a picture of Mia trying on dresses, but someone had whited out everything else, and circled Mia with a fat red pen.

She looked around and noticed the same thing; whited out pictures of just Mia, and herself circled.

Then she saw what she figured was today's paper. In big, bold letters, read-

Mia is MIA

She gasped, 'Who would do something like this?'

"Good morning my sweet." Came a voice, and Mia became cold as she turned to see who it was.

Her mouth dropped open and her eyes got wide as she saw...

AN: Ha, Ha, cliffy!! Review and tell me if you have any guesses of who it is.