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Help Me

"What?!" Patricia screeched. "What do you mean?! Why didn't you ever tell me you witch?!"

"Because you little rat, we knew we'd get so much more out of you if you didn't know."

"What the hell are you talking about?! All I am is adopted, it's not like you would get anything out that!"

"You're so stupid! The only reason we came after you was because we're going to get money out of you! I'm guessing Roddenmarr never told you."

"What does Victor have to do with this?!" Patricia excliamed.

"He took you away. Why, you may ask. To protect you of course. And that's only because you're the missing princess."

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Eddie didn't know where to go or who to turn to. He was completely alone without Patricia. She completes him.

And now she was gone, but it was up to him to save her. He wished he had a clue to where she could be.

Eddie searched through his memories, seeing if Patricia had ever left a clue behind. It didn't seem as if she did. 'Yacker, why'd you have to be so secretive?' Eddie thought to himself. That girl had her walls built up high, and now he understood why. It took him forever to tear them down. But she really should have told him. He would've protected her, and this would never had happened.

Then something else occured to him. That phone call...Patricia had said it was her mother, but of course Eddie could tell from his vision that when Patricia's father beat her-Eddie's fists clenched- she would have only left if her mother had done the same, or hadn't tried to keep her safe.

That wasn't her mother. He should have known. How could he have been so stupid? Patricia hated talking about family. That had to be someone who could help him.

And as quick as he could, he ran back to the house, jacket still in hand. He pushed open the door and quickly slipped over to the phone. He picked it up and dialed the number that had called not to long ago.

"Patricia this is getting dangerous. If you keep calling someone is going to find out!" the man on the other end exclaimed.

"This isn't Patricia. My name's Eddie, I'm Patricia's boyfriend." Eddie answered quickly. "I need your help!"

"Why? What happened?!"

"It's Patricia. I can't find her anywhere. She's missing and I know she's in danger."

"I guess I'll be getting here faster than tomorrow morning. Listen I'll be there in around two hours. But make sure nothing happens until then. Don't go out looking for her, wait for me."

"I got it. Bye." Eddie mumbled quickly before hanging up.

"Uh something happening?" Eddie jumped. He hadn't expected someone to come up behind him. Eddie turned around and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Nothing Fabian. You scared the life out of me!"

"Sorry. Are you sure nothing's wrong Eddie? You sounded pretty worried." So Fabian had eavesdropped? But Eddie knew not to get all defensive, Fabian's intentions were good.

"Yeah I'm sure." Eddie answered. Fabian eyed Eddie questioningly, but decided not to push. All the Sacred One business with Patricia, and the evil Cleopatra had just ended. Eddie could still be on end.

"Well come on then mate, let's go eat dinner."

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As Eddie and Fabian sat down at the dining table, Eddie only grew more nervous. Patricia was gone, and he wouldn't be able to hide it any longer. His eyes flashed over to Patricia's usual seat, and it just upset him. To know he hadn't done his job, not just as her Osirian, but as her boyfriend too. He let her slip right out of his fingers.

"Alright lovelies." Eddie heard Trudy say faintly. He was oddly distant. Something was going to happen, Eddie knew it. He didn't hear the rest of Trudy's sentence, his presence had disappeared and his mind began to wander elsewhere.

He could tell. This had something to do with Patricia. As his eyes strained closed, he could see a blurry image struggling. This was no vision, this was something else.

"Eddie! I need your help!" he heard Patricia's voice echo throughout his mind.

'Patricia?' he thought silently, hoping his answer was going back to her. 'What's wrong? Where are you! I need to find you!'

"They have me Eddie! I know I never told you this, but I will while I can. My parents are abusive. They found me and they took me back. The thing is they're not actually my parents, Eddie! They're trying to either sell me away or kill me!"

'Patricia, where are you! I need to know if I'll ever be able to help you!'

"I'm at this old abandoned building. I don't know where it is, but it can't be far from Anubis. It took us only five to ten minutes to get here. Eddie please help me! I'm scared. They're going to do something to me. Please."

'Of course Patricia. I'm coming to get you. I love you and I'm not letting anything happen to you.'

"Eddie, I love you too. Just hurry! I'm really, really scared. I'm living my nightmare."

'I'm coming. I'm leaving right now!'

"Okay. Thank you so much Eddie. I owe you everything."

'Relax Yacker. I'd do anything for you.'

"Eddie they're coming! I have to go. I love you." he heard Patricia say once again.

'I love you too.'

That was when his mind jumped back into the normal world, and he got up from his chair. "I'm going for a walk." he mumbled. The Anubis House residents looked at him curiously, before going back to their own conversations.

Eddie walked out of the dining room, when he heard the door open and then quietly close.

It was just who he had been waiting for.

"I'm guessing you're Eddie. We need to find Patricia quickly. She's in grave danger."

"I know. And I think I know where she is!" Eddie replied, already heading out the door. The man followed right behind. "Who are you?"

"I am Patricia's uncle. Her actual uncle. Just call me James." Eddie did honestly believe him. He looked like he could be related to Patricia. Dark auburn hair, closely shaded green eyes. Eddie nodded. "Where do you think she is?"

"There's this abandoned building a bit from Anubis. I liked stopping there and I used to go there a lot. I think she's there."

"You're her Osirian, aren't you?" blunt and straight to the point. Eddie stopped in shock.

"What?" Eddie stuttered.

"I know you're her Osirian. There's no need to hide it." Eddie nodded, still confused about how he'd known.

"She sort of called me thorugh my head." Eddie mumbled, realizing just how oddly he had found out where Patricia was. "I'm guessing you already know who she is." James nodded. "Patricia told me she was with her abusive parents, but that they weren't really her parents."

"She's with them! I should have known. Not anyone would just take her away. No one's supposed to know, not even her."

"Care to explain?"

"You my boy, are dating a princess."

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Yeah I had no idea what to write. I tried and I failed. But I'll keep trying. I'll update when I can, I'm really busy this month.

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