Yugioh! Zexal: Eternal Chosen
Chapter 4- Sibling Love

Here we are again. Enjoy!


Keenan was walking through the streets while snow was falling. He was young and walking with his mother. "Mommy, why is it so cold?"

"Well sweetie. That's because it's snowing. It happens rarely here, but when it does, it's so beautiful. Look." Keenan's mother held out her hand and a couple of snowflakes fell into her hand. "And snow is basically water, so you can drink it. Look." She ate the flakes, surprising Keenan. The two continued walking until they arrived at their house. "Looks like we're here."

"Hey, mommy. Can we build a snowman?"

Keenan's mother smiled. "Of course baby." The two started packing snow into different sized balls.


Deep in you(The scene opens up to Keenan Serpentine, who's waking up and heading outside)

How to find the strength inside? (A shadowed figure, revealed the be Kalka, appears before the walking Keenan and Keenan activates his Duel Disk)

It challenges you

Taking all that you can find(Keenan is losing, but a silhouetted figure with a silhouetted warrior, revealed to be Xavier with his appears in front of Keenan and puts its hand on Keenan's shoulder, giving him strength)

It's alright, trust in yourself

So come on, it's because you've come this far (The silhouetted opponent disappears and Keenan and the silhouetted friend run forward)

It's waiting for you (A whirlwind strikes the ground in front of them, stopping them. Keenan looks behind him and sees a silhouetted girl, revealed to be Harper and a silhouetted monster with wings, revealed to be Harpie Lady, behind her)

You must raise yourself above and touch the sky (Five shadowy figures then appear, stopping Keenan and his friends)

The dreams we see so far (Keenan imagines dueling a silhouetted woman and smiles)

Together makes us who we are (The silhouetted girl and boy stand behind Keenan in support)

So don't let go, you know we're almost there(It begins to rain and Keenan, dueling the five figures, with an silhouetted beast-warrior in front of him, reaches for his Life Point counter, trying to give up. But another silhouetted appears, smiles, and points to the sky where a gigantic silhouetted machine appears and shot at the figures with its gun-like weapon)

I see you, endless gazing up to the sky, wondering why (Something causes Keenan to look up to the sky and an image of a woman smiling appears. A hand touches his shoulder and he looks back to see just a glimpse of a spirit of a woman before she disappears)

And you feel you can't go on, but you know this isn't the end (Keenan smiles and with his friends' support, he causes the five figures to disappear and the three continue to run)

So come on, it's a lie when shaking in fear(As they're running, a silhouette of a little kid with a small silhouetted monster flying with her and a silhouetted boy with a silhouetted armored warrior joins them, but the ground in front of them then rumbles and from it emerges a humongous silhouetted dragon with a shadowy figure standing on top of it)

You're fooling yourself(Keenan gets knocked back, but his friends encourage him to get back up. A silhouetted figure with a large silhouetted dragon appears and begins fighting the silhouetted opponent. Keenan yells, and with the silhouetted figure's dragon's support, the silhouetted figure disappears)

It is true you'll never run away from here(The six friends continue to run and the sun comes out and they stop. Keenan draws the top card of his deck and raises it to the sky as a shadowed beast-warrior appears and he and his friends' monsters stand behind their respective owners)


Keenan woke up from his dream and saw a face inches from his. He wiped his eyes and the figure grew clear. "Xavier?"

"You're not awake yet? We have school today."

"We do? Oh yeah." Keenan got up and got ready. 10 minutes later, Keenan and Xavier, wearing standard school uniforms for boys, headed over to Harper's house to get her. She opened the door and the boys' mouth dropped. She wore a school outfit for girls and a pink skirt. The boys blushed. "Maybe it's a good idea that the girls wear uniforms." Xavier said quietly to Keenan. He giggled, but Harper heard them. "I heard that!" The next thing the boys experienced was a knock to the hand and them collapsing. "Ow! That hurt Harper!"

"Your stupidities were getting out of hand, so I had to stop it. But stop playing around and let's get to school." Harper took the lead to school while the boys were behind her. On the way there, they were talking. "Man, this school year's going to suck." Xavier said.

"Tell me about it." Keenan replied.

"What are you two talking about!? This school year's going to be great!" Harper cheered.

"No it won't! We'll have homework and the mean teachers and…"

"Bullies…" Xavier finished.

"Well, if anyone bothers you guys, I'll knock them dead!"

"Harper! We don't need you protecting us!"

"Yeah, yeah. We'll see about that. Come on, let's get to school." The trio ran towards school.


The trio arrived at school and all took a deep breath. "Well you guys…let's go." Keenan said. Xavier shook his head. "Isn't that a little dramatic?"

"I know you agree with me Xavier."

"True. Maybe we should skip."

"Come on you scaredy-cats! It'll be alright." Harper said.

"If you say so." Xavier looked over at Keenan and he was staring at his deck. "Keenan? Keenan! Are you alright?!"

"Huh!? Oh, um…yeah...Harper's right Xavier. And besides, if anyone gives us trouble…" Keenan held his deck high in the sky with a smile. "I'll sock it to them!" Keenan joyfully ran into the school building. Xavier and Harper smiled. "That kid is special." Harper said. "Heh. But he's a good friend. Come on, let's get to class." The two headed into the building.

The two met up with Keenan on the third floor of the building in front of a door. The number on it was 308. Keenan smiled. "Alright!" Keenan opened the door loudly, getting the attention of the ten people already in there. "What's going on classmates!?" Some of the students looked at Keenan funny while the others didn't pay him any mind. "Hey, any of you want to duel?!" But again, most of them didn't pay attention. "I do." A voice said. The trio turned to the source and gasped in surprise. Blake walked up to them with a smile on his face. "How about we duel again?"

"Blake, what are you doing here?"

"What else? To learn."

"But you look too old to…"

"Well, I….I failed this class, so I…have to take it again. But it doesn't matter. You still want to duel?"

"Um…I'm not-"

"You can take him!" Xavier cheered.

"I'm not sure about that. He pummeled me before!"

"That's right! I don't want to duel you. Maybe another time." Blake gestured goodbye and went back to his seat. Harper found three seats together and the trio sat down. "Don't let Blake get to you, Keenan. You'll get him next time!" Xavier said.

"Yeah…maybe." Suddenly, the teacher walked in and wrote her name on the board. She had blonde hair, tied into a bun. She wore a cherry work dress with cherry heels. She had a voluptuous body, which Xavier noticed. "Hey Harper. Maybe Mrs. Monroe is really your mom. She's even got a bigger rack than you." Xavier suddenly found himself on the floor with a big bump forming. "Ow, ow, ow, ow! You know, that's REALLY getting annoying Harper!" Harper crossed her arms in anger. "Well, maybe you shouldn't act so stupid!" Xavier recovered and took his seat. "Hello class, my name is Mrs. Monroe and I will be your homeroom teacher and some of your 1st period teacher." Mrs. Monroe started to explain. "If you noticed, there is a piece of paper on every desk with your name on it. If the piece of paper on the desk you are sitting at does not have your name on it, find the one with your name on it and sit there. Not only will that piece have your name and schedule on it, but that will also be where you will remain until further notice." Some of the students groaned about having to move, but the rest, including Keenan, Harper and Xavier, just found the piece of paper with their names are them and sat down. Luckily, the other three-seat desk in the room had the trio's names on them, so they still got to sit with each other. Once everyone found their seats, Mrs. Monroe started to speak again. She went into one of her draws and pulled out something. It was a Duel Monsters deck, surprising a lot of people. "Now I'm guessing some or all of you are players of Duel Monsters, and I am too, so sometimes, including today, since it's everyone's first day, I will allow you to just work on your decks or even duel. So, have fun! But tomorrow, we will get to work!"

Some of the students immediately took out their Duel Disks and started a duel. Others took out their decks, while others went to sleep. Keenan had his head down. "Hey, you okay Keenan?" Xavier asked. Keenan didn't respond for a second. Then, he sprung up. "I'm going to challenge Blake again!"

"You-you are!?"

"Yeah! And this time, I'm going to win!"

"Are you sure Keenan?" Harper asked.

"Of course!" Keenan was about to walk over to Blake, but the intercom came on. "Attention new students! Will all students please report to the auditorium? There will be an assembly. Thank you." The intercom turned off and Mrs. Monroe led the way to the auditorium.


The trio entered the auditorium and gasped in awe of the size of it. "Wow! Look at this place!" Xavier said.

"I know…I never knew auditoriums could be this big!" Keenan said. Harper found some seats and pointed to them. Many of the seats were already filled. "Come on guys! I found some seats." The trio went and sat down and waited for everyone else to arrive. When the rest of the students and staff arrived, a man, about 30, wearing a black suit and pants, with a red tie, walked up to the microphone. "Hello everyone! Welcome to the new school year! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Principal Jacobs. And I will be your principal for the next 4 years….hopefully." Some of the students laughed at what was supposed to be a joke. They settled down and Principal Jacobs continued. "This school strives for duelists to become the best! After all, Duel Monsters is a big part of everyone's lives!" Students immediately cheered but were quickly settled down. "So, to have some news, this Friday, there will be a home Basketball game, so I hope everyone will be here. Now I know we just started the school year, but it is a Senior game, so we have the best team! There will be another assembly Wednesday to introduce the players to all the freshmen. For now everyone, return to Homeroom!" The students started making their way back to their homerooms, including Keenan, Xavier and Harper.


Later that say, the trio had 4th period together and Harper was by the window while Xavier was next to her and Keenan was a couple of seats away from them. The teacher was talking and Harper was daydreaming, constantly looking out the window. The window was open and a breeze would occasionally slip in. "Hey Harper, are you okay?" Xavier asked. But she didn't respond. "Harper?"

"Huh? Huh? You say something Xavier?"

"Yeah, I said are you okay?"

"Oh, yeah. I was just wondering how my little brother was doing at school. I'm worried about him." Xavier smiled. "Don't worry. Toby's probably having tons of fun!"

"Yeah." She said with a smile. "You're probably right."

"Of course!" Harper looked out the window. But she squinted to get a better look. "W-who's there?" She asked herself. There was a guy there looking up at Harper. He was smiling. Harper wiped her eyes to see better but when she looked, that guy was gone. "Was there someone there?"

"Harper, are you still worried?"

"No, I-I thought I saw someone standing out there."

"Someone there? Are you sure?"

"Yeah. I'm…pretty sure."

"I'm sure it was nothing."

"Maybe…" Harper looked back outside and there was the guy again. "Xavier, look!" Xavier quickly made his way to the window, but when he looked, there was no one there. "Harper, are you sure you saw someone?"

"I'm sure!" She yelled. But it got the attention of everyone in the classroom, including the teacher. "Ahem! May I ask what you two are doing?" The teacher asked.

"Sorry sir!" Xavier said. He went and sat back down and everyone turned back to the lesson. "Sorry for getting you in trouble." Harper said.

"No worries. I believe you. Do you know the guy standing out there?"

"I'm not sure." Suddenly, a paper airplane flew through the window and hit Harper in the head. "Ow!" Harper opened the airplane and read it. She gasped. "Oh no…"

"Harper? What's wrong?" Xavier asked. She gave him the piece of paper and he read it.

Harper Valentine, if you want to see your little brother again, meet me by the river after school. And don't be late, or your brother will be swimming with the fishes and we both know he cannot swim.

-Yours Truly

"Harper, do you know who wrote this?"

"I'm not sure. Many people know Justin can't swim. I'm going to save him!"

"Harper, you can't!"

"Why not?!"

"Because…it said after school. If you don't follow the instructions, Toby will be in trouble."

"I…fine."

"Don't worry. After school, Keenan, you and I will go save your brother."

"Okay…thanks."

"Yep."


After school, Xavier explained what happened in class and Keenan became riled up. "What!? Come on! Let's go find this jerk!"

"Keenan, relax. We need to go about this calmly." Xavier said.

"Why!? Someone took Toby!"

"Look, come on you guys. We can't be late. The note said to go to the river." With Harper and Keenan leading the way, the trio made their way to the river.

They arrived at the trio and were shocked when they saw Toby tied up in a boat on the river. "Toby!" Harper yelled. She tried to go rescue him, but three people stopped her and blocked her way. "Nuh uh. You're not getting past. Someone wants to meet you." One of them said.

"Uh? Was he the one who wrote that note?"

"You have a lot of nerve showing your face around me," A voice said. Everyone turned to the source and a male walked forward. He was wearing glasses, with a messy-bowl cut haircut, wearing a school uniform. Harper gasped when she saw him. "It's you!"

"You know this guy Harper?" Xavier asked.

"…Yeah. That's….that's David. He's my…ex-boyfriend."

"Ex-boyfriend!?" Xavier and Keenan cried out.

"Yeah. It was 3 years ago, before I started playing Duel Monsters. I ended it though."

"And I told you I'd get you back for that!" The guy cried out.

"You were cheating on me!"

"Whatever! I don't want to hear it. Instead, speaking of Duel Monsters, I challenge you to a duel!"

"A duel?"

"No Harper, let me take him!" Keenan said.

"No, I want to duel Harper, little boy."

"What did you say?!"

"It's okay Keenan. I'll duel him. You ready?" The guy nodded and the two took their spots and activated their Duel Disks. They, along with Keenan and Xavier, and the guy's friends, put on their Duel Gazers and the Augmented Reality was set. "Augmented Reality Vision Link Established."

"DUEL!" The two yelled.

Guy: 4000
Harper: 4000

"I would let you go first, but you left me. So, I draw!" The guy drew a card.

"I left you because you were cheating on me, Davey," Harper said with a smile.

"It's David! Besides, I don't want to hear it. I summon Abare Ushioni(LV 4) in Attack Position." A red bull with white outlines on its body appeared. (ATK: 1200/DEF: 1200)

"Next, I'll use its effect and flip a coin." A holographic coin appeared and was flipped. "Heads." It stayed in the air for a couple of minutes, making David nervous. "Come on stupid coin!" The coin finally landed and it landed on heads. "Yes! Now you lose 1000 Life Points." Abare readied itself for a charge and head-butted Harper. "Ahh!"

Harper: 3000

"I think a face-down will end my turn." A card appeared.

"You can win Harper!" Xavier cheered. Harper winked at her friend and drew a card. "I summon Harpie Lady(LV 4) in Attack Position." A purple-clothed harpy with red hair and blue wings appeared. (ATK: 1300/DEF: 1400)

"Harpie Lady, attack Abare Ushioni!" Harpie Lady flew into the sky and created a whirlwind with her wings and blew the latter away.

David: 3900

"I end my turn." David scoffed. "That can't be it! That's all?"

"What's your point?"

"You lost your touch in all these years. You would have pummeled me in your first turn years ago."

"Say whatever you want, but you kidnapped my little brother and that's not going to fly with me. Make your move!"

"I will win and get you back. I draw!" David drew a card and smiled. "Nice. I'll save this one for next turn." David threw his drawn card into his hand and grabbed another one. "I summon Gene-Warped Warwolf(LV 4) in Attack Position." A genetically warped werewolf with four hands appeared. (ATK: 2000/DEF: 100)

"Warwolf, attack Harpie Lady!" Warwolf pounced on Harper Lady and tore her apart, destroying her.

Harper: 2300

"I set 1 card and end my turn." 1 card appeared. Harper took her turn and drew a card. "I summon Birdface(LV 4) in Defense Position." A blue armored bird appeared and shielded itself with its wings. (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1600)

"I set 2 cards and end my turn." 2 cards appeared.

David smiled as he drew a card. "I can't wait until I defeat you! I love you Harper! And I know exactly where to go on our date!" Harper shuddered as she imagined herself on a date with David. She shook it off though. "I don't think so. I want nothing to do with you. You made a mistake cheating on me."

"Why can't you forgive me?"

"Because I don't want to." David growled. "Fine! If that's how it is, I'll just have to beat you. I summon Battle Ox(LV 4) in Attack Position." An armored Ox carrying an axe appeared. (ATK: 1700/DEF: 1000)

"Battle Ox, attack Birdface!" Battle Ox charged towards the defending armored bird. But one of Harper's Trap rose. "I'll activate Icarus Attack. I can tribute Birdface and destroy your two monsters."

"Hahaha!" David laughed. "This is too easy. I activate Trap Jammer. Just as its name suggests, I can negate your Trap card, so my beasts are sticking around. Battle Ox, attack!" A seal appeared on Harper's Trap and shattered it. Battle Ox chopped and skewered Birdface. Harper fanned her deck. "Since Birdface was destroyed, I can add Harpie Lady to my hand."

"That won't matter. I activate Horn of the Phantom Beast. I'll equip it to Gene-Warped Warwolf, giving it 800 ATK."

"Uh-oh! With that ATK boost, Harper will lose!" Xavier yelled.

"No way! Harper'll figure something out!"

"Gene-Warped Warwolf, attack Harper directly!" The said monster ran towards Harper with its fist ready. David smiled. "So Harper, where do you want to go on our date? I was thinking the movies."

"You can go by yourself. I'm winning this! I activate Call of the Haunted, to bring back Birdface." David's jaw dropped as the Harper's armored bird reappeared and took the hit instead. Harper added another Harpie Lady to her hand.

Harper: 1100

"You won't defeat me David. You kidnapped my little brother just to get back at me. I love my little brother and no one hurts my family!" Xavier smiled. "He did it now."

"Yep." Keenan said, nodding his head in agreement.

"I just wanted to get you back." David said.

"I can't take anyone back who cheats on me and who kidnaps my little brother! That's like hurting me and I don't like that." David reached into his pocket and pulled out a promise ring. He threw it and it landed near Harper. "What is this?"

"A promise ring! I was going to give it to you! But now I'm not! Instead, I'm going to defeat you and embarrass you!"

"You're going to what?"

"Enough talking! Because Gene-Warped destroyed your monster, I draw 1 card." David drew a card and a portal appeared. "Now, I build the Overlay Network and Overlay Gene-Warped Warwolf and Battle Ox. I Xyz Summon…Diamond Dire Wolf(Rank 4)! Appear my beast!" David's two monsters disappeared into the portal and an armored ice wolf with two orbs of earth floating around it appeared. (ATK: 2000/DEF: 1200)(OLU: 2)

"My beast will tear you apart! I set 2 cards and end my turn." 2 cards appeared behind the ice beast.

Harper drew a card. "I summon Cyber Harpie Lady(LV 4) in Attack Position." An armored Harpie Lady appeared. (ATK: 1800/DEF: 1300)

"Only 1800 ATK!? My beast has more ATK than your bird-brain friend."

"I know. I wasn't done. I equip her with Cyber Shield. This shiny garment gives her 500 ATK." A full set of silver armor appeared and armed herself with it. (ATK: 2300)

"Cyber Harpie Lady, attack Diamond Dire Wolf!" Harpie Lady flew over to the ice beast, clawed it and destroyed it. But a Trap rose. "Thanks, 'cause I activate Xyz Soul. Not only can I bring back Diamond Dire Wolf, but my Trap can act as an Overlay Unit." The ice beast reappeared through a portal and Xyz Soul turned into an orb of earth and began floating around Dire Wolf. (OLU: 1)

"I set 1 card and end my turn." David drew a card and smiled. "I have the cards to win." David turned to Xavier and Keenan. "I hope you come to our wedding someday."

"'Our wedding?!" Harper yelped.

"Your wedding?" Xavier and Keenan said.

"Once I win, Harper and I will be together forever! Forever! Haha! Hahaha!"

"This kid is weird." Xavier said in a sing-song voice.

"You said it." Keenan replied.

"I banish Battle Ox and Gene-Warped Warwolf to Special Summon Akz, the Pumer(LV 6)!" David pocketed two cards and a beast-warrior puma wearing a cherry cloak and carrying an axe appeared. (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1000)

"Next, I send a Beast-Warrior from my hand to the grave to double Akz's ATK." (ATK: 3000)(3)

"Then I Normal Summon Beaver Warrior(LV 4) in Attack Position." An armored beaver soldier appeared. (ATK: 1200/DEF: 1500)

"And that's not all. I use Dire Wolf's effect. I detach an Overlay Unit, my Xyz Soul Trap to destroy my Beaver Warrior and that Cyber Harpie Lady of yours." The unit floating around Dire Wolf disappeared and Dire Wolf struck and destroyed Beaver Warrior and Harper's Harpie with his ice. "And to finish you off, I activate my face-down, Beast Rising. I banish Akz to give Dire Wolf 1500 ATK." Harper looked up in shock as Diamond Dire Wolf grew bigger. (ATK: 3500)

"Oh no! If Harper gets attacked, she'll lose the duel!" Xaiver said.

"You're right. And she doesn't have that monster to protect her anymore. Well, I guess I'll need to prepare for their wedding." Keenan said nonchalantly. Xavier looked at Keenan with great surprise. "What are you saying!? Keenan!"

"Well, what do you want me to say?"

"She's supposed to be your friend!"

"Then what do you suggest she do!?" Xavier sighed and looked back at the duel. Xavier noticed something about Harper that was different than Keenan and himself: she was smiling. "Hey Keenan. You see that? She's smiling."

"Really? Hey, she is."

"Why are you smiling? You're going to lose." David said.

"Then attack me."

"Fine. Diamond Dire Wolf, attack Harper!" Diamond Dire Wolf struck the latter with ice and knocked her down, causing an explosion. "Harper!" Keenan yelled.

"I can't…believe it. Harper lost…" Xavier said. David chuckled. "Yes! I've waited for this moment for such a long time! So, the movies Harper?"

"We're not going to the movies David. At least, not together." Harper's voice said.

"Huh?" The smoke dissipated and David was surprised, while Keenan and Xavier were happy, to see Harper standing, Life Points intact and still at 1100.

"What?! You still have Life Points?!"

Xavier was shaking Keenan wildly like he was angry because he didn't get the thing he wanted back so badly. "Dude! Dude! Harper's still in this! Do you see it!? Do you!?"

"Y-yeah! I-I se-see i-it-it!"

"Oh, sorry."

"Tell me how you survived!" David yelled. Harper grabbed a card from her graveyard and showed it to David. "I used Kuriboh. If I discard him, I take zero damage from a battle." Harper returned the card to her graveyard and David gave the turn to her. She drew a card. (3). "First, I activate Graceful Charity to draw 3 cards but discard 2 Harpie Ladies." Harper did and played another one. "I summon Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon(LV 4) in Attack Position." A red baby dragon appeared. (ATK: 1200/DEF: 600)

"You're kidding? That thing only has 1200 ATK." Harper ignored the insult and raised her Trap. "This is Hysteric Party. I discard 1 card and I can Special Summon every Harpie Ladies from my graveyard. I have three!" Three Harpie Ladies appeared. (ATK: 1300/DEF: 1400)x3

"When I have three Harpie Ladies, Pet Dragon can destroy your Diamond Dire Dragon." Pet Dragon flew to Diamond Dire Wolf and clawed him, destroying it. David fell to his knees. "No…I lost…I failed in my mission."

"Harpies, Pet Dragon, attack!" The Harpie Ladies and Pet Dragon all struck David and knocked him back. "Achhhk!"

David: 0
Harper: Winner

The Augmented Reality disappeared and Harper took off her gazer as she walked up to David. She held out her hand, much to David's surprise. "You're…you're helping me? After I…kidnapped your little brother?" Harper smiled. "I forgive you. Now untie my little brother!"

"Right, right." David ran over to Toby and untied him. Toby and Harper instantly embraced. "Sister!" Toby cried.

"Toby! Oh, Toby, I'm so glad you're okay! I was so worried!" David walked up to Toby. "Hey Toby…I'm…sorry for kidnapping you." Toby smiled. "It's okay."

"Well….bye." David waved and he took off with his friends. Xavier and Keenan walked up to the siblings. "That was awesome Harper!" Keenan cheered.

"Yeah." Xavier added.

"I heard what you said Keenan! And you too Xavier!"

"Huh? Wh-what do you mean?"

"You two didn't think I could win!"

"Wha…!? N-no! We thought you could win!"

"Oh really? Does this sound familiar Keenan? 'Well, I guess I'll need to go prepare for the wedding'."

"Well…I mean…..uh, I can explain…"

"Well…explain!"

"I….okay, I can't explain. I'm sorry."

"I'm just disappointed that you don't believe in me." She said. She began to fake-cry. The boys looked at each other worried. "It's okay Harper! I'm sorry! We should've believed in you! Please forgive us!" Harper quickly changed her expression to happy. "Okay! Let's go!" She dashed off with her brother, leaving the boys to look at each other in disbelief.


Author's Note: Nothing to say. Please R&R.

A Pro duelist comes to Heartland City to revisit his old high school, Heartland High. While there, he witnesses Keenan's dueling and challenges him a little later on. During the duel, the Pro duelist offers Keenan an invitation to the Pro League for when he graduates. But there a condition: Keenan has to win against the Pro duelist Next Time: An Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity

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