HI EVERYONE!

the reason I haven't been updating in the past two weeks, is mainly because exams ( which are now over ) and I have been having some writer's block.

But I managed to crank this extra long side stories chapter out, and in it we get to finally see Rae returned to her normal age.

Plus some funny extra scenes, I loved writing them.

AND If you want, please feel free to check out my new Mulan story called "A Girl Worth Fighting For" I am going to try and update that one soon.

Reviews:

Doglover456: yeah, Muffins are nice. ahahah I am glad you liked that, we couldn't have her spreading plants everywhere this is wicked fans, not the jungle book.

Fae'sFlower: hahahaha yep, I wouldn't say Jealous my Ice powers are way 'Cooler' There is a scene with little Rae again near the end, I hope you enjoy it.

Jewlbunny: I did, they sound really delicious. Hahahaha I worked around that, but there is something you might really get mad about latter in the chapter.

I hope you all enjoy.

The day was slow and uneventful, and Elphaba had taken the still Toddler-fied Rae out for the day, along with Jane, Hope and Julie who insisted on tagging along, and Adam wouldn't be getting back till later that night.

That left only Holly, Elora, Nagisa, Nia, Fiyero and Glinda at home. Shaun and Caine however were busy as they were finishing the potion that would return Rae to her proper age.

"Do we have everything?" Holly said as Nia and Elora finished bringing in several trays filled with food.

"Yeah, though I still don't see why this was your first choice for something to do?" Elora said as she placed the trays down on the coffee table, Fiyero was sitting on one end, and Holly on the opposite end, various foods were scattered across the table.

Holly had a large glass that she had finished filling and set it down, she began to unwrap a large subway sandwich that she had insisted on having for the occasion.

"Oh come on, this will be fun, a belching contest between me and Fiyero" Holly said casually.

"I hope your prepared to lose Holly" Fiyero said smugly.

"Oh you poor ignorant man" Holly said smiling before turning to the others.

"Just to clarify, there is no fully carbonated drinks, that would make it too easy"

"Ok, get ready" Nia said as she turned to Elora who pulled out a small stop watch.

"Get set" Nagisa said as she was lying on the lounge and looking across towards the table.

"GO" all three said as Fiyero and Holly began eating.

( Meanwhile: Shaun's Lair)

"So this should work" Caine said as he dropped a small drop of green liquid into the vial, the vials orange contents glowed before turning a dark blue.

He then placed it on a low heated flame and turned back to Shaun who was leaning back into a large chair.

"So now what?" the younger sorcerer said slightly bored.

Caine sat down at a small stool and reached into his pocket, pulling out a small flask he went to drink from it only to find it empty.

"You drink?" Shaun asked in surprise, he hadn't seen the Ozian sorcerer do so before.

"Occasionally, but I'm all out" he said before turning to the Shaun, his face turned into a small grin.

"I think I know something we can do"

( Upstairs )

Fiyero and Holly where both plowing through their selected food options, with Holly almost finished her sub and Fiyero on to his third hotdog, he smirked at the woman opposite him though she seemed to be too focused on eating to spare him a glance.

"You've got fifteen seconds!" Elora announced as she looked at the stop watch, instantly Holly shoved the final piece of the sub into her mouth and reached for her glass, she began to skull the drink quickly as the time was about to run out.

"Time!" Nia shouted as both competitors leaned back from their seats, both of them puffing slightly.

"And now we wait" Nagisa said as she once again reclined back onto her position on the lounge.

"Hey what do you think Shaun and Caine are doing?" Elora asked as she sat down at the end of the lounge, Nagisa pulled her legs up to allow her to sit down.

"Oh I don't know probably boring sorcerer stuff" Nia said casually.

( The Lair )

Shaun held the small glass bottle steady as the amber liquid flowed into it.

Caine had set up a small distillery involving several sugar cane plants and some extracts that he had used to make rum, which so far had produced several bottles.

"Ok, let's try it out"Shaun said as he raised the bottle to his lips, only to be stopped by Caine.

"Hang on, you're not even twenty one yet" he said taking the bottle from his hands, Shaun rolled his eyes slightly.

"It's eighteen in Australia dearie, and I am almost eighteen"

Caine looked at him for a few seconds contemplating.

"Plus it is technically legal for a person under the age of eighteen to be given alcohol in the privacy of their own home as dictated by several states" Shaun said with a small smirk.

"…..you've researched this haven't you?" Caine said with a deadpan expression.

"One benefit of being forced to study law" Shaun said as he took the bottle back and took a small sip, instantly his face turned sour.

"Uuurgghh, oh man that is horrible!" he said before passing the botte to Caine who took a sip.

"Aaauugh *Cough* terrible!" he said before placing it on the table.

Shaun took another sip.

"It's so disgusting"

Caine took another sip

"Completely horrible"

Shaun sipped once again.

"Yeah, the foulest thing I have ever drank"

( Five minutes later )

"TURN DOWN FOR WHAT!"

Music blasted throughout the room as Caine attempted to do a backflip over a high lounge chair. Shaun was moving around randomly to the music.

( Upstairs )

Holly and Fiyero starred back at each other, neither moving nor making a sound.

Nia and Elora kept glancing back at the stop watch, it had been five minutes and no one had produced so much as a small burp.

Suddenly however Fiyero smirked as he stood up, a small rumbling noise was heard before he released a burp that lasted eight seconds, Nagisa clapped slightly as he turned to Holly.

"Beat that" he challenged.

Holly smirked slightly as she stood up.

Another rumbling noise was heard, louder that Fiyero's before she inhaled slightly and released her opposition.

The resulting burp caught all by surprise, as it lasted for well over ten seconds and seemingly caused the windows to shake.

All eyes were on the woman as she looked over a Fiyero who was also staring back at her with eyes the size of oranges.

"If my hearing doesn't return I'm blaming you Holly!" Nagisa exclaimed loudly.

"H-How did you do that!" Fiyero asked.

I learned how to belch from a friend of mine, when I was a kid" Holly said smirking back at him.

"However" she said holding up a small bottle of Neuro Bliss in her hand.

"Nothing was said about slightly carbonated drinks."

The girls were left with their mouths hanging open as Holly proceeded to walk out of the room . Only to pop her head back in a few seconds later

"Oh and indigestion helps out a lot too." Leaving the room once again, she let loose another belch. "I'm on a role!"

"…..you got your butt handed to you!" Nagisa exclaimed loudly before exiting the room, mumbling about her ears needing to be re-tuned.

(Shaun's Lair)

"Yoooure heeeeere there's nooooothing to feeear" Caine and Shaun simultaneously sung as the music played in the background, Caine however began to sob slightly.

"She said she wouldn't let him go!"

Shaun nodded in agreement.

"There was room on that door dearie!"

(Five minutes later)

"Nooooo onnnnne's dumb as Gaston. No one whine's like Gaston. No one throws a big temper tantrum like Gaston!" Shaun sung before pausing slightly and turned to Caine with a look of realisation.

"I just figured out who the Gaston in this world is!" he exclaimed, Caine looked at him in confusion.

"Who?"

"This guy called Geoffrey, he used to always try and hit on Rose" Shaun said with a scowl.

"We even had a huge fight; he shot me with an arrow!" Shaun exclaimed pointing to his right shoulder.

"S-Seri *hic* seriously" Caine asked.

"If I ever see that puffed up, pea brained ignoramus again he'll be sorry"

(Several Hours Later)

Shaun and Caine had finally decided to stop drinking Rum, and had sobered up. They were now making some more for a later occasion as well as checking over the potion for Rae.

Caine was stirring the small beaker as Shaun looked over the previous brew they had made when they heard a voice from behind the Lair door and at the top of the stairs.

"Boys are you down there?" Came Glinda's voice.

Caine turned to Shaun quickly with wide eyes as the younger boy a matching expression on his face.

"It's Glinda!" Shaun exclaimed.

"WE GOTTA HIDE THE RUM!" both of them cried as they frantically grabbed large bottles and flasks in haste as Shaun ran over to one of the closet doors and quickly threw them in in a rush as they heard the basement door open just in time for him to slam the door shut and fall back against it, his breathing heavy as Caine had also just finished hiding the other bottles.

"I brought some muffins down" Glinda said with a smile as she placed several warm muffins down onto the work table.

"Holly helped me make them; they're Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip"

"Oh...How nice..." Caine said as he tried to regain his breath, Glinda raised an eyebrow but didn't comment as she turned to Shaun who smiled.

"Yeah, muffins are nice"

Glinda gave them both odd looks before shrugging and turning to exit the basement.

Caine looked down at the small tray of muffins, they were still warm.

"You know what would go good with this" Shaun said.

"We're not drinking anymore Rum!"

( Half an Hour Later)

Rae was now sitting on a small stool; her legs dangling about as she looked up at Shaun who was holding her hand; she turned and smiled at him toothily.

"Ok, now this shouldn't take more than a few moments Caine said as he poured the potion on Rae's head from behind, it instantly seemed to seep into her body, and the little girl didn't feel the potion at all but continued to look around at everyone.

"Rae, this will only take a few seconds, ok" Shaun said smiling at her tenderly, looking at her at this age brought back so many memories from his youth.

"Ok?" Rae said, not realising the situation, unbeknownst to her the potion began to take effect; her body began to glow slightly.

"I guess this is goodbye, in a way" Shaun said softly, only for Rae to turn to him quickly, having heard him.

"G-Goodbye?" she asked, before her eyes widened and she ran into his midsection, her arms squeezing into him tightly.

"N-No! No!" she cried as she buried her head into his chest, Shaun looked at her now trembling form in confusion, looking up at the others who were sending confused looks of their own.

"No, P-Please don't l-Leave me!" came her muffled cries, tears soaked into his shirt as Shaun looked at her shaking form in realisation.

She thought he was leaving again, just like when he had left her after the accident.

"No, Rae No that's not it" he tried to say only for her to bury her head deeper into his chest, her grip was extremely strong for a toddler.

"Rae" he said as he managed to move her head away to look at him, her eyes were red and puffy and her lip was trembling.

"Di-Did I d-do something bad!" she cried, Shaun brought a hand up to brush a hair out of her eyes.

"No, it's not like that, I am not leaving you"

"Y-You're not?" she asked softly.

"N-No" he said as his eyes misted over slightly.

"I will never EVER leave you again Rae" he said clutching the younger girls shoulder as he said it.

"P-Promise" she said meekly.

Shaun pulled her into a tight hug.

"I promise" he said closing his eyes, a tear rolled down his cheek as he felt a pulse come from her body, he opened his eyes to see Rae back to her normal age, her eyes were still closed.

"I Promise" he said with a more firm tone, he wiped the tear away as Rae's eyes fluttered open.

"Is she ok?" Julie asked from the side.

"She should be fine, but she might be a little tired" Caine said.

"Uuurggh, what happened" Rae said as she looked around the room, noticing everyone staring at her she shrunk back slightly.

"Okkkkkk, why is everyone staring at me" she said as she glanced around the room, she turned to her brother.

"Please tell me I didn't pass out from a sugar overload…..again?" she asked, Shaun let out a small laugh, which quickly turned infected the others, soon everyone was laughing except Rae who was looking at everyone like they had all lost their minds.

"Oh, it's good to have you back Rae" Jane said slapping the other girl on the shoulder, Rae gave her a grin.

"It's good to be back…from wherever it is you all think I went to…seriously I have no clue what you guys are talking about but whatever" she said as she shrugged.

"Let's go have some dinner, I'm sure you're all starving, and Elphie and I made a huge dessert" Glinda said, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Yay dessert, my favourite meal of the day, and the afternoon…..and the night" Rae said excitedly.

"You would eat dessert for every meal if you could" Holly said with a smile.

"yeeaaah, I would" Rae said before a small bottle sticking out from under a lounge chair caught her attention.

"Hey, what's this?" she said pulling it out and bringing it up to the light.

Everyone looked at it in confusion, save for Shaun and Caine who looked at each other nervously.

Caine hadn't completely covered up that particular Rum bottle.

"Uum, well..you see t-that's.." Caine began awkwardly.

Shaun looked at Caine frantically before turning to Rae.

"You see…." He began slowly before he paused for a few seconds.

"Caine had to pee really badly…..and that bottle.." He said motioning to it.

Rae's eyes widened before she through the bottle across the room.

"EEEEEEWWWW I touched a Pee bottle!" she exclaimed before running up the stairs yelling about needing to boil her hands in bleach.

All eyes turned to Caine who was now looking at Shaun with wide eyes and a gaping mouth.

Glinda was giving him a narrow eyed frown that was making the centuries old sorcerer sweat slightly.

"Disgusting" she growled out before walking past him, several of the others followed.

"Nice Caine….Nice" Holly said blankly before following the others.

Shaun snickered slightly before leaving the room.

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"This is why I hang out in wastelands" Caine deadpanned.

So what did you think ? is it ok? I sure did enjoy writing it though and I hope you enjoyed reading it.

Please Review and let me know what you think, It always make me feel better when I get a review, especially hearing your thoughts and feedback.

Here is a little preview for a future Side Stories chapter:

The smoke had begun to clear in the Lair, and Glinda let out a small cough before looking up, a figure emerged through the smoke and she could see it was Shaun, breathing a sigh of relief she gave him a quick hug, relieved that he was ok.

Shaun seemed slightly dizzy but she turned back and couldn't see yet, even though the haze was lifting.

"Adam" she called out.

"yes Dearie, what is it?" she heard from beside her, she looked at Shaun with a raised eyebrow, his voice had sounded the same except he had spoken in a soft Scottish accent.

"Uum, Shaun? are you ok" she asked placing a hand on his forehead, maybe the explosion had given him a concussion.

"I'm fine" came another voice as the smoke cleared to reveal Adam stepping out dizzily.

Glinda looked in confusion as he had answered her question, and his accent had changed.

"Adam?" she asked once again, only for 'Shaun' to turn to her.

"yes?" he said in confusion.

He followed her eyes which were shifting around to see 'Adam' standing a few feet across from him.

"Ok what is going on!" Glinda exclaimed as the two looked at each other with wide eyes, 'Shaun' turned to look into a nearby mirror and 'Adam' was looking down at his hands before moving over to the mirror as well, both of them than turned to stare at each other in disbelief.

"Oh-" 'Adam' began.

"No-" 'Shaun' continued.

"Dearie" Both of them said before they both fell to the floor passing out.