A/N: LOVED your reactions to the last chapter! LOL! So, now, I have to make this story rated M due to certain themes in the rest of the chapters. What that means for the story's content:
Sexual content – heavily implicit, but nothing graphic. Mainly kissing and cuddling and some characters in their underwear.
Violence – much more descriptive in battles.
Foul language – slight increase of actual curse words as opposed to troll-censored words.
I'm trusting you all to read at your own risk. The rating change was to make sure Fanfiction didn't delete the story because I rated it wrong.
Cupcake – Poppy's little project will be revealed soon!
Chapter Twenty – Love and War
Rosie and Creek stared, their jaws nearly on the floor and their eyes so wide their eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets. Icestorm stood in front of Erika almost protectively, pinning her to the tree behind them.
"It's not what it looks like!" Icestorm and Erika yelped at once.
"Oh really?" Creek scoffed. "Because it looks like you two decided tonight was a great night for a garden dalliance!"
Erika and Icestorm exchanged a sheepish look. Icestorm was dressed in only his boxers. Erika wore the slip she normally wore under her fancy dress, and the sheer fabric easily allowed everyone to see her underwear.
"Well we just thought…I mean….." Icestorm rubbed the back of his head.
"It was my idea." Erika said.
"Great." Rosie droned. "But Icestorm still went along with it, so you're both at fault. Do you two have any idea how bad this is?"
"You never exactly disapproved before! Why is our relationship bad all of a sudden?" Icestorm demanded.
"I don't think you realize just how bad your timing is!" Rosie snapped. "We finally reached some form of neutrality between your kingdoms, and you two just threw a monkey wrench into the plan!"
"No, it's okay." Creek said. "I mean, I'm all about honesty, but not in this instance. If we can just get you two back into the castle before—"
Icestorm suddenly disappeared. The teens heard him grunt in pain and were horrified to see Cobalt beating the poor mountain troll prince to a pulp and spitting insults and curses.
"Grandfather!" Erika gasped.
"Cobalt, stop it!" Rosie shouted. Cobalt didn't listen, still punching and kicking Icestorm and even throwing magical blasts after tossing the prince aside. Icestorm didn't fight back, either because he was still in shock or because he didn't want to fight with Cobalt. To make matters worse, Yuki suddenly came out of nowhere and tackled Cobalt.
"You dare strike my family?!" Yuki snarled, punching Cobalt squarely in the jaw.
"I defended my grandchild from your monstrous spawn!" Cobalt pressed his palm to Yuki's stomach and let loose a powerful magical blast that sent Yuki flying. The mountain troll king wasn't done yet. He charged right back into battle. They only stopped when Rosie put a force field around each king.
"That's enough!" Rosie ordered. Creek gestured for Erika to stay back while he went to Icestorm's aid.
"Stay out of this." Cobalt growled. "I'll kill that boy for what he did!"
"If you harm my grandson again, I'll tear you limb from limb!" Yuki roared.
"Both of you stop it!" Creek snapped.
"You traitorous little wretch!" Cobalt shouted at Creek. "You were supposed to protect my granddaughter! Now look what's happened!"
"King Cobalt, you will stop this—" Rosie didn't get to finish her command. Cobalt used his own magic to shatter the shield around him. With Rosie distracted, Yuki could literally punch through his shield. The two kings resumed their vicious fight.
"Great. Now what do we do?" Rosie groaned.
"Should we fetch one of the guards?" Erika suggested timidly. "Or maybe—"
"Branch." Creek gulped.
"No! We are not getting my dad. He'll blow his top." Rosie said.
"Too late." Creek tapped Rosie's shoulder, alerting her to the fact that Branch stomped towards them at that very moment. He was followed by a very worried-looking quartet of trolls: Snowstar, Peppy, Rosiepuff, and Ariana. Rosie and Creek stepped aside, tending to Icestorm. Ariana ran to her sister. Branch summoned his magic and levitated Cobalt and Yuki into the air, forcing them to separate. Then he smashed the two kings together and practically threw them to the ground. The kings groaned painfully, finally stunned.
"WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS TROLL-Y IS GOING ON HERE?!" Branch's volume was either magic-fueled or born of pure fury. Either way, it got everyone's attention.
"I found that heathen—" Cobalt pointed at Icestorm. "—assaulting my granddaughter!"
"My grandson did no such thing!" Yuki snarled. "You were the one attacking him!" The two kings tried to lunge at each other again; but, this time, Branch was able to push Yuki back while Peppy held Cobalt at bay.
"I swear I'll have that sorry excuse of a prince executed for what he's done!" Cobalt shouted.
"Then I'll ensure your wings are sliced right off for attacking the royal family!" Yuki yelled back. "This is war, Fairy Boy!"
"Finally!" Cobalt scoffed. "I always knew you mountain trolls were brutes! But if it's a war you want, you've got it!"
"Gentlemen, please!" Rosiepuff snapped. "We just signed a treaty to prevent this very thing."
"Damn the treaty!" Yuki growled. "He's already broken it!"
"Your pathetic prince broke it first!" Cobalt snapped.
"You will not insult my son again, King Cobalt." Snowstar warned. "I have heard enough."
"You'd do well to get a legitimate heir next time!" Cobalt shouted at her. "That boy is nothing more than someone else's bastard! I should've expected he'd do something so vile to an innocent young lady!"
Rosiepuff had to hold Snowstar back to prevent her from attacking Cobalt. "I've heard enough!" Branch yelled. "Here is what we're going to do: we're going to go back to the castle, get you all patched up, and then every wing and mountain troll will be placed under guard until the morning when we can discuss this."
"There is nothing to discuss." Yuki said. "Per mountain troll law, King Cobalt, you will be punished for attempting to murder the prince."
"Fine. But your 'prince' will pay a hefty price for assaulting the princess." Cobalt said.
"Grandfather, listen to me." Erika said.
"Come, Erika." Cobalt said. "We will heal you back at the castle."
"Rosie will take care of Erika's healing." Branch corrected. "You, Cobalt, will go back to your room and be guarded. Same to you, Yuki. Rosie, you will guard Erika tonight. Creek, you are in charge of Icestorm." Before Cobalt or Yuki could argue, Branch spoke again. "This is not up for discussion. I have had it up to here with you all. I will talk to all four of you—" He looked to Cobalt, Yuki, Icestorm, and Erika individually. "—to get an understanding of what exactly happened here. You are all in my kingdom. Ergo, the punishments will be for me to decide and deliver."
Nobody dared to argue. It was a silent trip back to the castle. Once each of the offending parties were back in their rooms and under guard, Branch began his rounds to find out what happened. Cobalt stuck with his story: that he went to investigate a strange shadow in the gardens and found Icestorm assaulting Erika. Yuki's story: that he heard a strange noise and went to check it out, and he saw Cobalt pummeling Icestorm.
Branch went to Erika next. Rosie, Bliss, Ariana, and Moxie sat with the eldest wing troll princess. They all looked equal parts concerned and irritated at Erika.
"Okay, Erika. I heard a very serious accusation from your grandfather." Branch said. "And I need to know up front: did Icestorm touch you in any way that you didn't want him to?"
"I swear, Emperor Branch, everything we did was consensual." Erika said. "I even initiated it. Icestorm and I are in love. We thought this would be our last night together."
"So you decided hooking up in the garden was a good idea?" Ariana demanded.
"Who else knew about your relationship?" Branch asked. He glanced to Rosie as a guess.
Erika quickly spoke up. "No one. No one else knew. Rosie and Creek were very surprised to find us."
Branch stared at his daughter. "Is that true?"
Rosie looked down. "Well, we were very surprised—"
"All right." Branch had a look in his eyes that said he understood, and Rosie did not need to say anything more. "Erika, do you realize what you have done was immensely stupid?"
Erika glared a little. "Icestorm and I are—"
"In love. Yes. And that's great." Branch said. "But your one act together has ruined weeks' worth of negotiations and arguments and deliberations! All those headaches we all went through, everything we worked for, finally leading up to something of a peace treaty, and you two managed to completely destroy it! Do you understand?"
Erika stared at the floor. "Yes, sir."
Branch stood up straight, still glaring at Erika. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to give Icestorm this same lecture. You had better pray that I can quell Cobalt and Yuki's anger long enough to get some sleep tonight." Branch turned on his heel and marched from the room.
Ariana spoke up, stopping Branch. "Emperor Branch? What sort of punishment do you have in mind, and for whom?"
Branch glanced back at the young princess. "I haven't decided." He slammed the door shut behind him.
Rosie glared at Erika. "Nice going."
"You never stopped Icestorm and I before. Why are you angry now?" Erika demanded.
"Erika, this isn't about you and Icestorm being in a relationship." Moxie said.
"Yeah, it's about the fact that you and he did something at the worst possible time." Bliss added. "Why didn't you tell your grandpa about this sooner?"
"Because I knew he'd never accept it." Erika said. She wouldn't look any of her friends in the eye.
"Even so, telling him and being up front might have resulted in only a small explosion, not this cataclysmic disaster." Ariana said. "And if you needed help, we would've been there for you. I thought you at least trusted us to do that."
"Exactly when were you two planning on telling your families?" Moxie demanded.
Erika twiddled her thumbs and tried to hide behind her wings. "We hadn't exactly thought that far ahead."
"That's plain to see." Bliss said. The girls paused when they heard shouting next door. Branch really let Icestorm have it. Then the girls heard a door slam, and Branch's stomping footsteps passing them. He was no doubt going to ensure Crimson, Tyto, and the other guards would keep a close eye on Yuki and Cobalt. A few minutes later, the door to the girls' room opened. Rosiepuff stepped in first, followed by Snowstar, Icestorm, Creek, and Aka. The latter two worked together to keep an eye on Icestorm, both of them equally as ticked off at him.
Rosiepuff looked back and forth between Icestorm and Erika. Icestorm tried to walk to Erika, but Creek and Aka shoved him into a nearby chair across the room. "Snowstar?" Rosiepuff said. "Would you mind if I spoke with them alone?"
"Of course not." Snowstar said. "They'll listen to you. They know better than to not listen when you speak." She stared at her son in disappointment. Then she walked up to Erika. The wing troll princess did not meet the queen's gaze. Snowstar's eyes turned gentle. "I approve of you as a mate for my son. But I wish you had gathered your courage to tell me about this instead of letting me find out on my own."
Erika looked surprised, but said nothing. Snowstar turned and walked out of the room. Rosiepuff glared at Icestorm. He did not look up at her. Rosiepuff approached Erika and looked her over. The wing troll princess had bruises on her arms, shoulders, and neck.
"I can see why your grandfather thought this was forced." Rosiepuff mused. "But you like it rough, don't you?" Erika didn't answer, but her blush of embarrassment turned her whole face a different color.
"Come here, Erika." Creek pulled off the Phoenix Tear Crystal and began using it to heal Erika's bruises. "Perhaps seeing you in less of a disheveled state will ease your grandfather's anger."
"I can't believe you two didn't consider telling Cobalt and Yuki." Aka huffed. "We finally get some semblance of peace and you two went and ruined it for everyone."
"Our grandfathers wouldn't have approved of us anyway!" Icestorm snapped. "So what does it matter whether we told them or they found out themselves?"
"Do you two not realize what you've done?" Creek demanded. "You've started a war."
"You are overexaggerating." Erika insisted. "There's nothing wrong with our relationship and our love did not start anything."
"Yes and no." Rosiepuff spoke in a firm yet compassionate tone. "Erika, Icestorm, I don't think you two fully understand what happened. Look, no one here cares that you're in love. We're not against it. You clearly told your friends and they all supported you two in your secret relationship. But it was your responsibility to tell Cobalt and Yuki. No one else was going to do that. To do so would've been a betrayal of your trust. Instead, you two kept the entire thing a secret, and then you slipped up and you were caught. You're right. Cobalt and Yuki will never approve; and they especially will not approve now when they each think something different happened tonight."
"You guys have to tell them the truth." Rosie insisted.
"They won't listen to us." Icestorm protested.
"Then what are you going to do about this?" Rosiepuff demanded. "Because like it or not, what you did tonight was poorly timed and not thought out. You have started a war between your kingdoms. It is very possible that Branch won't be able to dissuade Yuki and Cobalt from fighting. The treaty is null. Fighting is going to happen, and it's all your fault. Inadvertently, yes, but your fault nonetheless." Rosiepuff looked back and forth between Icestorm and Erika. "You two need to come to terms with the fact that you will never see each other again after tonight." That was the last word, and Rosiepuff exited the room.
Icestorm stood from his spot and ran to Erika, pulling her into a hug. Nobody stopped them this time.
It took another half an hour for everyone to settle down and go back to sleep. The guards were on a rotating watch to make sure Yuki and Cobalt would not break out into fighting again during the night. Rosie, Moxie, Ariana, and Bliss rotated amongst themselves for watching Erika while Aka and Creek alternated watching Icestorm.
Creek took his nap, and then woke so Aka could get some sleep. Icestorm seemingly slept himself. Thanks to Creek's aura-reading, he could tell the mountain troll prince was still awake. Intentionally or not, that was unclear. Creek walked to the window and stuck his head out to get an inhale of fresh air. There was no need to worry about keeping the window closed. After all, Cobalt's window was magically locked from the outside, and Icestorm couldn't jump or climb down from such a height.
Someone knocked softly yet hurriedly on the door. Creek tiptoed to the door and opened it. Ariana and Rosie stood outside, looking panicked.
"Erika's gone!" Rosie whispered frantically.
"What?" Creek gasped. "How?"
"We took her to the bathroom and she tricked us into going inside!" Ariana said. "We went in, she came out from her hiding spot, she shut the door, and by the time we got out, she was already out the window!"
Creek went to Aka and shook her awake. "Watch over Icestorm. Erika just went AWOL."
"Got it." Aka nodded, shaking herself awake. Creek joined Rosie and Ariana as they sprinted down the halls and out the front door of the castle. Ariana and Rosie scanned the skies while Creek used his aura sensing.
"Where would she go?" Rosie asked.
"Maybe she's just panicking." Ariana said. "Give her a few. She'll come back."
"A few what?" Rosie scoffed. "Hours? Months?"
"Heads up!" Creek warned right before a large bird landed before them.
"Symphony?" Rosie approached the phoenix and petted the bird's beak to calm her. "What's going on?" Symphony and Rosie hadn't quite figured out how to communicate yet, so Symphony simply herded the teens towards the phoenix stables.
"Why would she lead us here?" Creek asked.
"One of the phoenixes is missing." Rosie realized. "I think it was….Icestorm's…"
"But why would Frosty be gone unless…" Creek's eyes widened.
"They wouldn't." Ariana gawked.
"Oh yes they would!" Rosie and Creek hopped onto Shadow, spurring him into flight. Ariana followed them as they shot into the sky. Unfortunately for Frosty, he was pure white in a dark forest in the middle of the night. It took minutes for Rosie, Ariana, Creek, and Shadow to find the escapees.
"Icestorm! Erika!" Rosie shouted. "Stop!" But, if anything, Rosie's shout scared Icestorm and Erika into flying faster. Icestorm spurred Frosty into speeding up, and Erika kept right alongside him. Rosie wouldn't be deterred. "Ariana, can you catch up with your sister?"
"Please." Ariana scoffed. "She's older, but she's not faster." Ariana zoomed away.
"Shadow, hunt!" Rosie commanded. Shadow understood at once. The dark phoenix climbed higher into the air. Creek had seen this technique before. Like Rosie, he tightened his grip on Shadow's feathers. Once he was high enough and at the right angle, Shadow tucked in his wings for a perfect stoop dive, right towards Frosty. At the most precise moment, Shadow swung his talons forward and grabbed Frosty's neck with one foot and his wing with the other. Not hard enough to hurt Frosty, but with a firm enough grip that Shadow could pull Frosty and Icestorm to the ground. Ariana managed to wrangle her sister and pull her to the forest floor.
Icestorm slid off Frosty and drew his knife when Rosie jumped off Shadow to approach him. "Princess Rosie, I love and respect you; but if you do not back off, I will strike you down where you stand!"
Rosie stared at him with a bored expression. "There are two problems with that plan. A: I have magic. B: I have a protective boyfriend."
Before Icestorm could react, Creek had slapped the knife from his hands and knocked the mountain troll prince off his feet. Icestorm and Erika were dressed for travel: pants, shirts, and coats, light and flexible. Frosty didn't dare leave without his master, and Shadow kept a close eye on the snow phoenix to ensure he didn't try to fly away with Icestorm and Erika.
"Just talk it out with us, guys." Ariana said. "We want to help you."
"Running away won't solve this problem." Creek said.
"What other choice do we have?" Erika demanded.
"It's our fault a war is about to start. We can't bear watching our kinsmen kill each other because of us." Icestorm said. "So we'll leave. Maybe that will stop the fighting if we just disappear."
"You really believe that?" Rosie asked.
"Our grandfathers will never let us be together." Erika said. "We know that and accept that. But we will not let their feud get in the way of us."
"Have you thought this through?" Creek asked.
"Not really. But we can't stop to think right now." Icestorm said. "In the morning, we'll be separated. This is our only option."
Ariana took her sister's hands in her own. "But I'll miss you too much."
Erika hugged her little sister. "Don't you understand? Icestorm and I will finally be free. We can be married and start a life together. Something we can't do here."
"So you'll do it on the run?" Creek asked. "Constantly moving? Always worried someone from your kingdoms might find you?"
"We're prepared to live this life." Icestorm said. "If we must run, we will do it together."
"There's not a thing we can say to convince you to abandon this plan." Rosie guessed. "Even if we put you in chains and drag you back, you'll just find another way to leave."
"That's right." Erika confirmed.
Creek and Ariana stared at Rosie. The Moonlight Kingdom princess called the shots now. Rosie analyzed Erika and Icestorm with a detail-catching gaze she inherited from her father. Shadow stood stoic. Like his mother, Shadow chose a rider and could connect with Rosie on an empathetic level. He would react the moment he felt a change in Rosie's emotions.
"All right." Rosie said. "I want you to know that I do not approve of this plan. You should not be running from your problems. But if that's what you want to do, go ahead. You will be judged for it. You'll be called brave and romantic by some and cowardly traitors by others. I, for example, think you are equal parts romantic and cowardly. As long as you accept whatever consequences that come, make your own decisions."
Icestorm and Erika looked relieved. They bowed. "Thank you, Your Majesty." Erika said.
"Just don't let me catch you making trouble anywhere." Rosie said.
Ariana hurried to her sister, and the two shared a strong embrace. "Take care out there." Ariana sighed.
"I'm sorry to force the crown onto you, my sister." Erika said. "But you will be just as good a queen as I would have been. Perhaps even better."
Creek approached Icestorm with a small smile. "Take care of her. Don't let anything happen to her."
"I won't." Icestorm said. "I'll guard her with my life."
"See that you do." Creek said. "Or else Ariana might hunt you down."
"You better believe it." Ariana said.
"Good luck. Both of you." Rosie said. "Now see that you're out of the Western Woods before daybreak."
Icestorm and Erika nodded in understanding. The two of them climbed onto Frosty, and Icestorm kicked the snow phoenix into flying. The bird flew off.
"Was this a good idea?" Ariana asked.
"Maybe not, but it was going to happen either way." Rosie said. "Tomorrow, I'll tell Cobalt and Yuki what happened."
"I'll join you." Creek said. "You were watching Erika. I was watching Icestorm. We turned our backs and they ran off. I'll tell Aka to stay quiet."
"Ariana, you play dumb." Rosie said.
"But—" Ariana protested.
"You're not going to destroy your relationship with your grandfather over this." Rosie said in a firm tone. "So just stay quiet." She sighed, staring in the direction Erika and Icestorm left. "Come on. Let's get some sleep before the storm tomorrow."
Icestorm and Erika did not look back. Erika did a few barrel rolls and whooped in excitement. "We did it! We're actually doing it!"
Icestorm shushed her, despite his own laughter getting in the way of that. "Just think. In mere hours, we'll be free!"
"At last." Erika sighed with pure gaiety.
Icestorm looked up. Clear, star-filled skies, with a full moon. "Care for a romantic evening flight?"
Erika grinned. Her wings practically shimmered in the moonlight. "It would be a pleasure."
The two of them sped up. They twisted and turned in the air, as though braiding invisible strings. Erika ducked under Frosty and swooped up again to pass above Icestorm. She hovered next to him and kissed his cheek. Icestorm's adoring gaze hardly left Erika as she fluttered around him. Frosty did all the flying himself. There wasn't exactly a destination they had in mind. They would go anywhere.
Anywhere, as long as it was away from there. Anywhere, as long as they could be free.
Guards flanked Yuki and Cobalt and escorted them to breakfast separately. The guards sat the two kings on opposite ends of the table, and continued to stand behind the kings until Branch ordered otherwise. The rest of the castle guests and occupants came down to breakfast, with the exception of Creek and Rosie.
"I trust you two will behave yourselves this morning." Rosiepuff said.
"Must you speak with such disrespect?" Cobalt snapped.
"Please forgive her." Peppy said. "It is in her nature to be firm in a motherly sort of way."
"You call it motherly, I call it insubordination." Cobalt scoffed. "Did you know she hit me once?"
"You deserved it." Yuki muttered.
"If you two start arguing again, I'll put a silence spell on the both of you." Branch snapped. "We are going to figure this out and I'm not going to listen to any more shouting. Am I clear?"
"Uh, Dad?" Rosie spoke as she and Creek entered the dining room. "There might be a problem with that."
Everyone looked to the two teens and realized they wore looks of dread. "Rosie? Creek?" Moxie asked. "What's going on?"
"Erika and Icestorm are gone." Rosie announced.
"WHAT?!" Cobalt and Yuki shouted simultaneously.
"We lost track of them last night." Creek said. "They've disappeared."
"Then what are we doing just sitting here?" Yuki jumped to his feet. "We must go out and find them! They couldn't have gotten far!"
"I checked the stables early this morning." Rosie said. "Frosty is gone, too. They are all long gone."
"And it's your fault!" Cobalt snapped. "Go out on your phoenix and look for them!"
"You will do no such thing." Branch said. Everyone stared at him in shock.
"Branch?" Rosiepuff questioned in confusion.
"Everyone out." Branch ordered. "I'll have the staff take breakfast to the conservatory. Yuki and Cobalt, you stay here." The look in Branch's eye sent a clear message: do not dare argue. Everyone stood to leave except for King Yuki and King Cobalt. Branch even dismissed the guards.
"Branch, we need to move quickly." Yuki urged. "If we leave now, we can—"
"We?" Branch repeated. "No. Not this time."
Cobalt stared at Branch in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"If you want to scour the land for your grandchildren, be my guest." Branch said. "But you will not receive any assistance from me. I will not send a single scout into the forest to try and find them. If you want help from the Troll Tree Kingdom, take it up with King Peppy or contact Queen Poppy."
"Why will you not help us?" Yuki asked, still quite astounded.
"Because I have had enough with this nonsense." Branch said. "Why did our negotiations take more than a month? Because you two couldn't put the past behind you. I understand that what happened to Grey and Lumiel was horrible. I wasn't there, but I know it was a tragedy for all involved." Cobalt and Yuki looked stunned to hear Branch knew the story of the historical trolls. Branch continued, "What happened was a repeat of history, and it may very well lead to war. You know good and well that any fighting will not include my kingdom. But maybe you'll forget the war. In the meantime, I have decided my punishments for last night's little scrap. First off, Icestorm and Erika are basically in self-exile. No need to punish them further if they've chosen to go out on their own in the wilds of the forest. So that's done. But now, I have your punishments, Cobalt and Yuki. This is what I will do: my punishment is letting Erika and Icestorm get away. There. Now, every time you think of how those two got away, you will be reminded of how a ridiculous, age-old feud ruined your lives and the lives of the ones you love."
Yuki sat down again. Nobody said a word.
"That shadow spirit is still out there." Yuki said. "Snowstar and I will miss Icestorm, and perhaps spend time searching for him. In the meantime, we'll remain in your kingdom and help you defeat this spirit for good."
Branch nodded. "As long as your kingdom is not in dire need of you."
"I, too, would like to stay and assist you." Cobalt said. "I doubt the mountain and wing trolls will ever truly attain peace. For now, we can hate each other from within our walls. This shadow spirit is an enemy to all of us, and may very well attack the other troll kingdoms. I am willing to work with everyone here to help destroy this shadow for good, and save that young lad."
Branch looked back and forth between the two kings. "Should you need any sort of counseling, you only need to let me know." Cobalt and Yuki nodded, and then stood to leave. Upon hearing no objection, the kings slipped out the door. Branch rose from his seat and went to the window. He stared out into the distance.
"Good luck, Icestorm and Erika."
A/N: There you go! Also, quick announcement: I looked back at Branch and the Wolf-Trolls, and I decided it's too close to the Disney movies. In fact, I used so much of that movie's scenes and dialogue. I set a better standard for myself, so I'm deleting the old story and I'm uploading a new and improved version! Keep an eye out!