Thanks to RubyVulpix, The Star Swordsman, Inspector Brown, and Shaded-Sky for reviewing! And I apologize not only for this chapter's length, but for how boring it is. It's kind of a filler chapter...sorry about that.

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Violet and Mia waited all week for the night of the dance to come. Finally it arrived. Mia came over to Vi's house so they could get ready together.

"How should I wear my hair? Up? Down? Both? There are too many possibilities!" Violet was so nervous she was getting hysterical.

"Violet! Calm down! We've been through this before. And wear your hair down."

Looking sheepish, Violet nodded. "Thanks, Mia. I don't know what I'd do without you."

"Anytime." Mia smiled and ran a brush through her hair a final time. "Okay, they'll probably be here any minute..." Ding dong! "C'mon!"

The two girls ran downstairs and opened the door. Tony and Sam were there, dressed in dark slacks and nice shirts. "You guys look great!" said Vi.

"Thanks." Tony grinned. "So do you." Violet had on dark blue slacks and a lavender shirt, and Mia was wearing a sky blue shirt and black pants.

Violet blushed and said, "Hey, we'd better go."

They started off toward the school, chatting casually. It didn't take long for them to arrive there, and they began to dance.

"Sorry!" mumbled Vi as she stepped on Tony's foot - again. "I'm not a very good dancer..."

"It's okay, you're just fine," answered Tony, grinning good-naturedly.

As the song ended, Sam asked, "You guys want something to drink?"

Nodding, Violet and Mia moved off toward a nearby table, and the two boys headed for the punch bowl. Since they were so far away, neither Tony nor Sam saw what happened next.

Out of nowhere hands were thrust over the girl's mouths and a voice hissed menacingly in their ears, "Start walking. Don't say a word or you're dead."

The girls were so petrified it was all they could do to walk out of the building. Their captors shoved them behind bushes, tied their hands behind their backs, and blindfolded and gagged them. Violet managed to catch a glimpse of blonde hair before her blindfold was put on.

Neither of them could see anything, and all they could hear were rustling leaves around them. After a moment they felt themselves being picked up and tossed roughly into something. Then they heard an engine start. At first Violet and Mia couldn't smell anything, but they caught a whiff of something sweet. The last thing she heard before everything went black was an evil cackle and someone hissing "Good work, boys!

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