Oh goodness, I'm sorry I haven't updated in awhile. Thanks to anyone still reading this. You all rock my socks. Anyways, a lot of drama in this chapter so I hope you'll like it :) I apologize for any mistakes in grammar or spelling.

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Mia's POV

I woke to a burning sensation in my arm, and voices all around me. "Do you think she's okay?"

"I'm fine, now back away. I need my personal space." Lissa, Rose, Eddie, Adrian, Tyler, and Christian all looked up at me in shock. "You all are acting like you've never heard me talk before, calm down."

Eddie ran over to me and instantly cupped my face in his hands. "You scared the heck out of me." His eyes looked at me with concern.

The others stood behind Eddie, looking nervous. "Mia, are you okay?" Lissa looked at me, worried.

"You guys need to all calm down. I'm not a doll, I'm not going to break into a million pieces if you touch me," I complained.

"Could've fooled me," Tyler murmured under his breath. I glared at him and attempted to get off of the couch.

As I attempted to get off of the couch, my arm killed. I must've grimaced at the pain because everyone immediately came rushing to my side.

"Just stay here Mia, Lissa is going to take a look at your arm," Eddie whispered.

"Thanks Liss, it feels like it's going to come off or something," I joked.

Lissa immediately began healing my arm and instantly, it felt a thousand times better. "So what happened?" Rose asked curiously.

"Well, let's just start out with the fact that Emilie is one crazy bitch. I personally cannot believe I was able to escape." I told them my story and Charlie came in and told his part and by the time I was finished, everyone was boiling.

Christian had pure rage in his eyes, which I thought was odd because I wasn't aware he even cared about me. I told him this and he looked at me in surprise. "Mia, you're like a little sister to me, I can't believe someone would do this."

But Eddie, Rose, and especially Tyler looked the angriest. I was half afraid that Tyler would go into one of his crazy rants again, so I tried my best to calm them down. "You guys, it's okay, I'm here now, I managed to escape and I'm fine. My arm feels much better by the way, thank you Lissa." Lissa nodded her head and went to go take a seat by Christian. "So anyways guys, let's just leave it alone."

I expected Tyler to explode, but instead it was Eddie. "What? She tried to kill you Mia! This could happen again! There's no way I will let it be!" He stormed out of the house and I immediately followed after him.

"Eddie, I don't need you protecting me all the time. I'm not some damsel in distress you need to rescue. If I remember correctly, I was the one who escaped from Emilie. I can handle things on my own." I turned to look at his face. He looked like a little boy, shaken with fright.

"I can't lose you Mia," he whispered. I wrapped him into a hug and looked into his sad eyes.

"You won't lose me Eddie, don't worry." We stood there, just hugging for awhile. Finally, Eddie backed away, kissed my head and looked up at me.

"Thank you. I'm sorry for being so upset about this," he murmured.

"I'm pretty sure I'd be the same way if something happened to you."

As we walked inside, I spotted Tyler, Lissa, and Adrian all sitting together in a circle with their eyes closed while everyone else looked on. I wasn't quite sure what they were doing, but I knew what it had to do with. Spirit.

My voice cut through their trance, "What are you guys doing?" They all looked up at me.

"Well Tyler can kind of locate people if he has enough power." I glared at them all and started walking out of the room until a thought struck me.

"Wait, why weren't you able to locate me then when I was captured by Emilie?"

Tyler looked slightly ashamed as he replied, "I didn't have enough power. Adrian was drunk and I was just recovering from going crazy. I'm sorry."

"I told you guys that I didn't want you to find her and what do you do? You attempt to find her. I can't believe you all." With that, I walked quickly out the door and waited in the car they all had arrived in. I stubbornly waited there until Tyler approached me.

"Mia, I'm sorr…," he started to say but I payed him no attention.

"Just go away Tyler, you're not helping." I turned away from him and his hand swept onto my shoulder and turned me around so he was facing me.

"Mia I'm sorry, but you would have done the same for any of your friends and you know it, what's the real problem?" He had caught me.

"I just don't want any of them to get hurt," I whispered. Tyler looked at me in understanding.

"It's her and her lame bodyguard against all of us, we can take her, don't worry."

I nodded my head reluctantly and Tyler shot me a light smile. I looked into his eyes and could not believe this was the guy that originally had hurt me. He seemed so calm and kind now. He continued to stare at me and I started to imagine, what would life be like if I were to date Tyler? We inched closer and closer to each other without even realizing it.

Suddenly, I heard a tap on the door and looked up to see Eddie outside. I quickly backed away, opened the door, and smiled at him. "Everything's okay now. Thanks you guys."

Eddie took my hand and led me into the house. "What was that about?" he asked, slightly confused.

"He was just explaining why they decided to track down Emilie; I think I get it now," I replied slowly.

As I entered the house, Rose smiled. "Okay everyone! Miss I-disappear-at-every-moment is back. Let's get out of this place!" I laughed and hugged her and we all headed out. Apparently my romance plans for Tasha and Charlie failed because when I went to go get Charlie, he and Tasha were screaming at each other.

"YOU ARE THE MOST RIDICULOUS MAN I HAVE EVER MET!" Tasha screamed at Charlie as she through something that resembled a cookbook at him.

"Uhh," I started to speak when they both looked up at me in surprise. "Charlie, we are leaving, are you coming?" Charlie's face flushed with embarrassment.

"Yes, of course! I'm sorry you had to hear that!"

We quickly linked arms as he whispered, "She is insane!" in my ear. I chuckled and we headed to the car.

When we got back to the academy, Lissa, Adrian, and Tyler got back to trying to find Emilie. I still had my doubts about the whole thing, but I allowed them to do it.

They tried and tried, but couldn't find her. I told them that it was fine, but they didn't pay me any attention. Finally, they all gave up and promised to try again the next day.

They tried again the next day. Then they tried the day after that and the day after that. It didn't work. Finally, after about a week, they still couldn't track her down.

I could see they were all exhausted, especially Tyler. Adrian headed towards the bar, with Rose and Charlie in tow and soon after, Christian and Lissa departed also.

After everyone but Eddie, Tyler and I had left, Tyler approached me with a creepy look on his face. I knew at that moment that the effects of spirit were making him crazy once again. I shot Eddie a warning look. He seemed to understand it because he immediately took action.

"Tyler, I think it's time for some rest," Eddie stated as he grabbed Tyler's arm to keep him from coming any closer.

"No, first I have to see my little doll," he shot me an eerie grin.

"Tyler, I'll see you later. I think it's time for you to go. Your Spirit magic really wiped you out," I told him.

"No! I can't leave you unsupervised. This goon," he spat at Eddie, "Will only take advantage of you while I'm gone. Get off of me!" He shook away from Eddie's grip and ran up to me.

He grabbed both of my bare arms and shook me. "You are mine! MINE! Understood Miss Rinaldi?"

"Stop Tyler; you're hurting my arms," I gasped out.

"I won't stop until you realize that you are mine!" Eddie started to come towards Tyler and I, but Tyler turned toward him with his eyes blazing.

With heavy compulsion in his voice, he shouted at Eddie, "Stay there, don't move. Don't talk either!" Eddie tried to move, but it was as if his feet were glued to the floor. He looked at me with his eyes worried and scared for me.

I tried my best to reassure him with my eyes, and then turned back to Tyler. I gazed into his eyes. "What has Spirit done to you?" I asked, truly worried for Tyler.

For a second, Tyler fought off the side effects of Spirit making him crazy. He looked sadly at me. He looked like one of those stray puppies you find abandoned on the street. He collapsed into my arms, silently crying. I rubbed his back delicately while I sang softly to him.

He looked like he felt so guilty. "I'm sorry," he stated softly as silent tears ran down his cheeks.

"It's okay, you're okay now," I reassured him.

He continued to weep until suddenly the effects of Spirit took him over again. He slapped my cheek fiercely. "It's your fault I'm weak, it's all your fault."

I rubbed my stinging cheek. "Tyler, stop you're not like this!"

He pushed me onto the ground. "I'm like this! This is me! What do you have to say to that bitch?"

As he kicked me harshly on the ground, I looked up at the frozen Eddie. He looked at me in terror. I gave him a half smile as Tyler kept kicking me. I tried my hardest to fight off Tyler but he was too strong.

I could hear faint screaming and I later realized that it was my own. I kept shrieking, "This isn't you! This is the effects of Spirit and your magic!"

Finally Tyler stopped and looked down at my figure, curled into a ball. His face turned to horror. I knew Tyler was back, I knew he fought off the side effects of spirit. "What did I do?" he asked, completely and utterly horrified.

I was surprised I could, but I spoke up. "Tyler, Lissa has some medicine she uses to handle her magic/spirit so she doesn't go crazy. I want you to go to her room, where she and Christian are and I want you to then take some of it. But first, can you let Eddie move and talk again?"

"Of course, I'm so sorry!" he looked at Eddie. "I'm sorry Eddie. You can move and talk again.

The moment Eddie could move, he pounced on Tyler. "You son of a bitch! What the heck? Just leave and never come back!"

"Eddie stop!" he stopped when he heard my voice.

"Why should I? Did he stop when you told him to?"

"Eddie that was his spirit affecting him. It wasn't his fault. Right now, he needs to use Lissa's medicine so the spirit won't make him crazy again."

Eddie let go of Tyler, but continued to look angry at him. "Go, before I decide to ignore Mia and beat the crap out of you," Eddie snapped. Tyler, looking sad, ran off.

"Mia! Are you okay?" Eddie quickly ran up to me.

"I'm fine Eddie, just a few bruises here and there," I said as I struggled to get up.

Eddie scooped me up into his arms. "I'm bringing you to the infirmary."

"Why do I get hurt so much? You guys really have to stop hanging around me, I think I'm a jinx," I joked. Eddie didn't find my joke very humorous.

"We will never stop hanging around you. None of this is your fault," he stated firmly.

I sighed. "Eddie, really I'm fine. Could you just take me to my room instead?"

It took a lot of persuasion on my part, but I finally convinced Eddie to bring me to my room.

He watched me like a hawk for about a half an hour. I couldn't fall asleep so I watched him. He seemed nervous and stiff. "Eddie, I'm fine. Calm down."He shoulders relaxed a bit and he gave me a half smile.

I decided he needed to walk a bit. "Eddie, could you go get Rose for me please?"

He looked reluctant to leave, but he nodded and headed out the door. A few minutes later, I heard the door opening slowly.

"Eddie, are you back already?"

A feminine voice answered back. "Sorry sweetie, I don't think you will be seeing your little boy-toy for awhile now. What a shame. You guys did make a good couple. You were both so, stupid. Eddie was especially stupid just now for leaving you here all beat up like that and alone. Oh well, makes it that much easier to take you then, I guess."

I looked at the speaker and saw that a creature stood in front of me. A strigoi. But, it wasn't just any strigoi. It was the face of a person who had been Moroi just about a week ago.

It was Emilie.

Sorry for the cliffhanger! I'll update soonish! Anyways, review and tell me what I did wrong or right in this chapter! Criticism helps so much and so do reviews. They help me write faster :)