Dan

I was recovering from another mental breakdown/existential crisis when my phone buzzed with a text.

Lily - <picture> Dan, it's Lily. We're alive, but much in pain from whippings. We were kidnapped by the father of a former orphan that has always bullied us for watching you and Phil and hates the Phandom. Eliza and I have no idea where we are, but we know who our kidnappers are.
Love, Lily x
BTW the former orphan's name is Jasmine, though she likes to go by Jaz.

I gasped when I saw the picture. Lily and Eliza were both horribly bruised, like they had been whipped.

"PHIL!!!" I yelled.

He rushed in, tear stains evident on his face. "What's up, Dan?"

"Lily sent me a text with a picture."

"Can I see?" I handed him my phone, and his eyes widened. "What in the world?! What happened?!"

"Read the text, you spork."

"Oh." He paused, reading it. "Wait, I remember Jaz! She was that nasty redhead at the orphanage!"

I gasped. "You're right! How come I didn't notice that?!"

"I don't know, but we need to tell our viewers since we deleted the recording, so none of our viewers know right now."

"We do. I'll tweet about it and get Taylor over here while you get Emma and set up the equipment."

He dashed out. "On it!"

I opened Twitter and sent a tweet out.

@danisnotonfire
won't be uploading often explanatory video coming
@AmazingPhil @taylorswift13 @iamphilswife

I then quickly texted Taylor.

Me - can you join us for a vlog?

Taylor - already on my way :)

I put my phone away and went to check to see if the equipment was set up, which it was. Emma was crying hysterically, and Phil was trying to calm her down. Just as she started to calm down, the door unlocked, and Taylor came in (I gave her a key recently). She hugged Phil and Emma and kissed me before Phil started recording. We started talking about the whole situation, shedding tears often.

Eventually, Emma left the room, unable to keep it together and not wanting to sob on camera. Taylor went after her, leaving us to go more in-depth about what's going on. By the time we ended the vlog, we could hear Emma sobbing loud and clear. Phil went to comfort her, leaving me to upload the vlog. After that was done, I aimlessly scrolled through Twitter, eventually coming across two new hashtags: #savethephamily and #helpthephamily.

I smiled as I scrolled through all of the encouraging tweets from the Phandom. Everyone was so understanding and encouraging that I just had to tweet about it.

@danisnotonfire
thank you guys so much for the support don't know what I'd do without you guys :) #savethephamily #helpthephamily

Taylor came downstairs, softly singing How You Get The Girl.

"You're beautiful," I blurted out randomly.

"Thank you, Dan," she said before kissing me softly. I just went with it, but it soon became a proper make-out session.