Chapter Twenty Nine:

"No" Musa replied as hard as she could, arms crossed over her chest and a murderous look in her eye.

"Come on!" Saloria sang sweetly, pushing the infernal thing toward her. Her blond hair was curled and piled up nicely on her head like a golden halo, an angel with a sweet deceptive smile.

Musa took a step back, feeling her face contort into horror before yelling "No!"

"Musa!" Saloria let her arms drop, an encouraging smile on her face "It'll be fine, it's not the end of the world"

Musa shook her head, feeling the wall come in contact with her back "It might literally be the end of mine"

Saloria sighed and stepped forward again, holding up the thing again "Please!" In her delicate hands she held out a long silk dress, detailed and beautiful, with laces and trims and a corset with a long train. Everything about the dress was beautiful and would be perfect for any girl...except Musa.

"No no no!" Musa yelled again, really hugging the wall of her bedroom now. After sleeping in Stella's room last night she'd come back here to change when she'd been ambushed by the queen, all cheery and insistent. The damn woman had shoved the dress at her, telling her she should wear it and Musa had wanted to leap out the window. Yes the dress was pretty but... "Saloria" Musa began calmly, masking her terror "Please, you don't understand" She held out a hand and gestured to the dress "It-it's...yellow!"

Saloria frowned and looked down at the dress she held, indeed it was the brightest and most obnoxious shade of yellow Musa had ever seen "So?"

Musa rolled her eyes and groaned "I don't do yellow! It's not my colour; don't you have anything in blue or black?"

Saloria gasped and held the dress to her chest protectively "No I do not!"

"We're not even the same size!"

Saloria draped the dress over her arm and put her hands on her hips "This isn't one of my dresses, it was made for you"

Musa hugged the wall, eyeing the hellish thing warily "So why is it yellow?"

Saloria looked confused "You know, I don't actually know. I swear I remember telling the seamstress to make it a nice deep pink or blue but then she handed me this!" She held up the dress "I'm sure it's not that bad, can't you at least try it on?"

Musa gave her a sarcastic look and picked up a goblet of water "Hey I'm sure this drink isn't poison, can't you at least try it?"

Saloria rushed forward quickly and Musa had to leap over a table and summersault to door, she straightened quickly "You can't make me!"

Saloria turned slowly and smiled "Actually I can, I had the servants take the rest of your clothes to the laundry, this is all you have that fits"

Musa felt her jaw slowly hit the floor, her shoulders slump and the now empty goblet drop from her hand "Oh you...you are not as innocent as people think"

Saloria smiled and shrugged, she placed the dress on the back of a chair and walked out of the room "I'll see you at breakfast!"

Musa was left to stare at the hideously coloured dress, frowning to herself, her mind quickly tried to come up with an option desperately but the only thing that came to mind was if she were to fashion some sort of toga with a bed sheet "Should have jumped out the window"

...

Oh my gosh, is that what she actually eats? Flora asked herself with wide eyes trained on Scarlet's usual raw meat breakfast. The dining hall in the barracks was unusually crowded this morning, a bustling room of activity and noise. Maids and palace guards fetching their breakfast and chatting merrily with their friends, if only the table in the middle of the room was just as lively. Flora sat with Brandon, Riven, Scarlet and Bloom, all of them eating their breakfast in silence, each pondering what the day had in store for them.

Flora eyed Scarlet's breakfast dubiously, trying not to appear rude but being unable to help asking herself: How? Why? Isn't she worried about getting sick? Flora looked questioningly away when she caught Brandon staring at her; he seemed to know her question and shrugged his shoulder, as if saying "Don't ask"

Riven glared at the table as he pushed his own cooked food around his plate, he shook his head slightly and mumbled "I can't believe you're making me stay here in this hell hole"

The occupants of the table all dropped their forks and spoons, moaning in despair and frustration. They'd all been the victims of Riven's bad mood since last night when Bloom had decided that he wasn't allowed to come with them back to the future. Thankfully Brandon was on their side "Dude, come on, we need you here. What if someone attacks while we're gone?"

Riven rolled his eyes and sneered "What? They don't have a whole army looking after the city? Besides, what are any of us gonna do against the witches if they attack, did you not see how we got our asses handed to us last night?"

Scarlet half smiled as she chewed her food, she pointed her fork at Riven "You know, if I knew you were gonna bitch this much, I never would have let you set foot in this city in the first place"

Brandon raised his head and frowned at her "You kidnapped us and dragged us here in a steel cage"

Riven ignored him and raised an eyebrow at the wild red head "You implying I bitch a lot?"

Brandon continued as if he hadn't heard Riven "I still can't crouch into a ball without feeling like a metal pole is digging into my back!"

Scarlet smirked at Riven, a ferocious look in her eye "Bitch, I'm not implying shit, I'm saying you're a drama queen"

Bloom closed her eyes and sipped her drink, secretly wishing she had the nerve to talk like that to Riven but dreading what would happen now "Oh boy"

"You don't want me here; let me go back to the future, you'll never have to hear from me again!" Riven replied, spreading his arms wide.

Scarlet chuckled and let her fork drop "Tempting drama queen"

Bloom tried to give Riven her best reassuring look while silently dodging an argument between Scarlet and Riven "Please don't make this difficult, we need people to stay here" Riven arched an eyebrow at her in disbelief and Bloom scrambled for a good reason to make him stay "Think of it as, we're leaving you in charge while the queen is gone"

Brandon dropped his spoon and gave Bloom a startled look "Sis! Do not give him power! If his ego gets any bigger-"

"You know what?" Riven replied quickly, a smirk appearing on his face "It's my duty to guard the good people of this city, I'll show them kindness and stay behind...as their leader"

Brandon rubbed his forehead tiredly "Gods help us"

Scarlet looked equally tired, she stared at Bloom with a grudging look "Oh crap, what have you done?"

A soft snickering suddenly went through the room around them, Bloom looked up from the stares aimed at her and saw that the rest of the room was half turned toward the door way. Her eyes widened and a burst of laughter came unbidden from her mouth, she had to clamp a hand over her mouth and close her eyes tight to stop the hysterics fighting to break free. Musa walked slowly into the room with her head held high and her fists balled up, a blank look of dignity was on her face as she sat down in the spare seat next to Bloom. The five other people sitting around her stared at her for a long time in silence, it was only until a piece of food fell from the fork that was halfway to Brandon's mouth, that she broke the silence.

"Alright!" Musa yelled in annoyance, she gestured a hand at the bright yellow dress that was clashing with her pale skin and dark hair "Get it out"

"What the hell happened to you?" Bloom asked as she turned in her chair to fully see the dress side on.

Brandon shook his head slowly "You could be lost at sea and they'd still be able to see you"

Scarlet's eyes went wide before she let out a sudden laugh, making the table of men behind her all jump in fright "Who- Who dressed you in that?!"

Musa glared at the table top as red blush spread through her face "The freaking queen" Scarlet didn't reply but leaned back in her chair to fully laughing unrestrained.

Musa sighed and slowly looked over to Riven who hadn't spoken yet but was still staring at her with an aghast look with his mouth slightly open. She tried to resist squirming under that gaze but seriously, the guy hadn't said a thing about her hideous dress. She didn't even think he blinked since she entered the room. She finally gave up and turned back to the others "Can we move on please?"

Scarlet finally finished laughing and was still giggling in her chair when a maid suddenly appeared next to her, the poor girl looked a little freaked out, seems like Scarlet didn't laugh too often. The maid quickly handed her a folded note and then literally ran from the table with a stiff back, Bloom noticed this and looked around, almost 90% of the room was focused on them with curiosity. She blinked and looked back at her breakfast "Jeez never thought we'd have to be the centre of attention again"

Scarlet shook her head as she chewed, looking as if she didn't believe Bloom in the least "Yeah, I bet you think it's a real drag"

Bloom suppressed sending her a look and tugged the sleeve of her dress down a bit more, wishing she'd worn a dress with longer arms that covered all the damn burn marks that were become almost too obvious. Some of the little black things embedded into her skin were starting to show up on the material of the arm.

Flora looked nervously around before asking "So...are you guys ready for today?"

Scarlet was the first to answer, with a grudging look "You mean am I ready to venture into a world that I have no idea about and one that was, until recently, was a world dependant on magic. A thing that I hate with every fibre of my being?" She tilted her head and gave a false smile "Oh yeah, totally ready"

"Life of the party, you are" Musa replied, toasting her drink, wishing it was something a little stronger.

Brandon smiled and popped a piece of potato into his mouth "Well I'm excited! Going home, seeing everyone again...getting to use a proper shower"

"Oh that sounds nice" Bloom replied, smiling at the idea of not having to use a basin of water to get clean. But as soon as her thoughts turned to home she felt a sting of ice run through her, they still hadn't heard from Sky...

Musa leaned back in her chair and sighed "God, I'm kinda bored"

Flora smiled sweetly "Why don't you go hang out with your ancest-"

"I'd rather die!" Musa answered abruptly with rage, making a face if disgust.

"Watch it" Riven warned her with a look.

Scarlet suddenly sat up straight, her expression going hard as she stared at the letter in her hand "Damn"

"What?" Bloom and Brandon both asked in alarm.

Flora suddenly went pale and scrambled out of her chair "Damn? Damn what? Damn like 'something sort of bad happened?' or damn 'Florance has decided that she wants to go be the violent cannibal we all believe she is and has decided to kill Timmy?!'" Flora veered back more, her hands grasping the sides of her face in terror "Oh my gods, has she eaten Timmy?! How am I going to explain this to Techna, she's gonna hate me! This is all my fault!"

"Whoa!" Scarlet yelled over her ranting, looking slightly freaked out "Stop! Calm yourself, it's not Florance!"

Flora looked relived; she slumped and sat back down, resting her head on the table next to her breakfast. Musa rubbed her back while turning to Scarlet "So what is it?"

Scarlet took a breath and resumed her cold hard expression "Oh I sent another patrol out after the storm to see if they could find Sky, Helia and Nabu"

"Or Techna and Layla" Bloom added tensely.

"Yeah" Scarlet relied and continued "And they've just come back...with bad news. There was a...rather large group of the witches soldiers heading toward the south...right where Techna and Layla have been staying at a tavern"

Bloom, Flora and Musa let out horrified gasps. Flora placed a hand over her heart "You found them? Are they okay?"

Bloom swiped a hand through the air "You have to get them out of there! Now!"

Musa leaned an elbow on the table and looked truly disturbed "Techna in a tavern? Seriously?"

Flora threw her fork onto the table and stood up again "That's it; you can't go back to the future. You need to stay here so we can all go and get them to safety!"

Scarlet scrunched up the note and threw it behind her carelessly "Fine! Good, didn't want to go anyway!"

Bloom shook her head and stood up "No! We need to go to the future and get the damn talismans; those witches aren't going to kill themselves!"

Musa raised her hand quickly "I'll stay and kill those witches!"

"Nope!" Riven yelled at her, grabbing her raised hand and pulling it down "They'd snap you like a twig"

Musa glared at him and mumbled "I'll snap you like a twig"

Bloom placed her hands flat on the table "Look I'm sorry Flora but we're already running out of time, we have to go. And I do mean today"

Brandon frowned "Then what're we gonna do about Layla and Techna?"

Scarlet lifted her cup and swirled it around, deep in thought "I'll send the patrol back out there and get them to intercept the witches minions, they probably won't get there in time though. It's gonna take a hard ride through the night to get to that tavern before them, assuming those two girls are still there"

Flora made a chocking sound and covered her mouth, her eyes welling up with tears. Bloom gave Scarlet a disappointed look "Nice, real nice"

Scarlet only shrugged and stood up "Whatever, I've got to go tell Saloria...and then convince her that she's still safe so we can leave"

As Bloom watched her go Musa stared at the knife in her hand with determination "If we leave right now, we could get there before them"

"Like a twig" Riven repeated, spreading jam over a slice of bread.

EB walked happily into the hall with a skip in her step, her silver dress flowing around her with a smile. When she reached the table she faltered her step as a she spotted Musa in her bright yellow dress "Did Big Bird vomit all over you?"

Musa rolled her eyes. Bloom blinked out of her thinking and looked up at EB "You ready for today? You are our key to getting home"

EB smiled and bounced into Scarlet's empty seat "I'm actually starving! All this getting ready for the trip to the future, there really is no rest for the wicked" She quickly reached over and stole a piece of bread roll off Bloom's plate, chewing it happily. Bloom herself felt unnerved, seeing someone so cheerful after receiving such bad news about her friends, she suppressed the urge to shout at her in desperation.

EB looked around the table as she chewed, seeing Musa's determination, Riven's cold calculation, Brandon's concern, Flora's worry and Bloom's usual look of mysterious despair "Wow, what'd I miss?"

"Nothing" Bloom replied quickly, not wanting to say anything to delay the trip "Just nervous about how everyone's going to react when we get home"

EB smiled and reached for another piece, Bloom had to slide her plate away but the girl still snagged a piece of meat "Hey I'm hungry! And they'll react like they always do, they'll be surprised, act suspicious and finally they'll lock us all up because they'll assume we've all gone dreadfully evil!"

Flora looked concerned and turned to Bloom "She's joking right? You don't think you'll be arrested?"

Bloom shook her head "Of course not!"...hopefully.

"Just as long as we aren't executed again!" EB said as she reached for Bloom's plate, being the only one left on the table as the others had all been cleared away by staff. Bloom moved the plate away silently with a glare.

Brandon startled abruptly and looked around, he turned back to the group quickly "Where's Stella?"

"Still asleep" Flora replied as she hugged her knees to her chest on the seat "The bump on her head left her a little foggy"

Before she could even finish her sentence Brandon had shot up from his seat and stalked from the hall, his chair falling over in the process. Bloom watched him go, a smile dawning "At least he still seems to care about her"

Musa stole a glance at Riven, longing stabbing her heart but she ignored it and went back to playing with a long strand of her hair. Bloom sighed and rubbed her eyes, regretting not getting more sleep the night before "I just hope everything works out"

As she spoke she didn't notice EB jump across the table and try to snag more food, Bloom was just quick enough to grab the plate and lift it away but didn't see EB whip a cup up with her other hand and pour its contents all over her breakfast "There! Now nobody can enjoy their meal!"

...

"Alright my darlings!" Medusa sang as she entered the hall, she wore a blueish green coat that wrapped around her with black tights and a cane "Let's get this show on the road!"

They were all packed into the main hall, Bloom, Stella and Brandon had all changed into their sturdy body suits that they'd arrived in while Scarlet, Saloria and Medusa had all been advised to dress less...medieval. While EB still wore the black dress she'd worn at breakfast. Medusa skipped happily into the room with a bright smile while Saloria looked ready to scream and hide under a table, the poor woman looked deathly white. By the looks of her Scarlet had told her about the witches plan to go and capture Techna and Layla, the idea that they wouldn't get there in time wasn't sitting well with anybody at all. But they couldn't delay their plan to go to the future any more; they just all had to pray that things didn't go terribly wrong. But for those actually staying behind it would be hard, they would have to...damn it all...wait for news.

Saloria had her arms crossed over her stomach, her face twisted with worry "We can't just leave them there, you know how the witches soldiers can be, they'll tear that tavern apart!"

Scarlet, who was standing beside her with her arms crossed, shook her head "There's nothing we can do, we wouldn't be able to get there quick enough. I've sent our own men out, they'll handle it, I've trained them well"

Saloria continued pacing as if she hadn't heard her "What happens if the witches servant is with them" She paused and turned to Scarlet with a face of dread "The black knight"

"Ooh, sounds sinister!" EB said as she skipped up to the pair of them and whispered wickedly "Who's this black knight?"

Saloria didn't answer but went back to pacing, Scarlet spoke as if bored "Well the witches don't exactly do all the conquering themselves, they have their servant do it for them. Formidable opponent, there's only one person that can beat him"

"Who?" EB asked quickly, eyes alight.

"Me" Scarlet replied, a smirk appearing on her face "Haven't killed him yet though but...one day"

EB made a happy sound "Hmm he sounds dreamy!"

"Don't get any ideas" Bloom replied as she walked up to them, adjusting her tight navy blue body suit, after spending a week in dresses she felt oddly on display. Bloom sighed and looked at her other half quietly before speaking softly "Listen, I need a favour"

"Hmm?"

Bloom hesitated, looking uncertain "I was thinking about what you said at breakfast, about the reactions of the people back home to...well...them" She angled her head at Medusa, Saloria and Scarlet. All three of them were now in some kind of tense argument between each other, Medusa swirling a light ball of magic around her fingers and Saloria squealing and running to stand behind Scarlet. Bloom rolled her eyes "I don't know how things are gonna turn out but...I need you to do something for me" She fixed EB with a serious look "You are the only one who can cross between the worlds, if something should happen to me or them while we're in the future, I need you to keep going and get the mission done. Find the talismans, come back to the past, tell the others what happened and defeat the witches"

EB stared at her for a long moment with her mouth slightly open "Is that all?"

Bloom sighed again "Please?"

EB shuffled from foot to foot and mumbled "Yeah sure, whatever"

Bloom pursed her lips and leaned closer "And you also have to make sure that Sky gets home, I don't want to leave Eraklyon without a king"

EB looked shocked "You're talking like you're expecting everything to go wrong!"

"Doesn't it usually?!" Bloom yelled back.

EB thought about it for a second and nodded "Yeah you're actually right" She smiled at Bloom "Don't worry my other self, I'll make sure our husband makes it back safe" She suddenly wrapped her arms around Bloom and buried her face in the crook of her neck "Promise" Bloom was frozen for a moment before patting the girl on the back.

Stella was sitting in a stuffed armchair, twirling her spear around her fingers as she watched everyone mill around the room. She watched as Mandy entered the room in a peach dress, brown hair all beautiful, and walked up to Brandon. The two of them chatted with smiles for a long time and Stella felt her grip tighten on her spear, jealously coursing through her. She's so damn beautiful. And he's...perfect. He's always been perfect to me. And now I have to let him go. That morning Brandon had pounded on her bedroom door and woken her from a deep sleep, when she'd answered the door he'd just stood there and looked at her. She guessed he was assessing if she was alright after getting injured in the fight against the witches, after that he'd just walked away without a word. Watching him now Stella had to swallow back the giant lump in her throat, she hadn't cried about the noticeable gap between them since four days before. They'd barely spoken, except when she'd been injured. Stella watched Mandy with her sparkling eyes smile up at Brandon sweetly, the two of them sudden hugged and Stella thought she might snap the steel spear in her grasp. Her heart beat twice as hard, her sharp eyes following the couple, zeroing in on everyplace she put her hands on him, the way he hugged her back. They were saying goodbye. And soon Stella would have to say goodbye too, Mandy would be the one who got to see him every day after.

"Stell" Musa said loudly, snapping the blond out of her obsession "You're burning a hole into the middle of Brandon's back"

Stella looked away and down at her hands, the nail polish chipping away "I'm telling him when we get back from the future"

Musa crossed her arms "That you're breaking up"

"If he wants" Stella shrugged "I betrayed his trust, made him go against his very nature, you don't do that to someone you love"

"But you do love him, and he loves you" Musa replied, when she got no reaction she groaned and kicked Stella in the foot "Snap out of it! This isn't the Stella I know! The Stella I know would be fighting like hell to make it up to him, make it right, not running away and giving up. You did one horrible thing, he'll forgive you"

Stella ground her teeth, knowing the damn girl was right "How the hell do I make it right?"

"Let him sleep with Mandy, then you'll be even"

Stella gasped and felt chills crawl up her spine, she stared open mouthed up at her friend in horror "No! How can you suggest that?!"

Musa pointed a finger at her "This is my last piece of advice to you before you leave, either come up with a way to make up with him and end all our suffering or let him go forever!" She let her hand drop "Your choice"

"And you're sure you can handle the bosses at headquarters?" Mandy asked tensely as she released Brandon, the handsome Specialist smiled down at her.

"Come on, it's me! I'll just give them a smile and wink and everything'll be fixed" Brandon smiled and patted her on the top of the head "Don't worry kiddo, I got this"

Mandy smiled back at him "I wish I was going but...I'd be fired and stuff"

Brandon nodded "I understand" He sighed happily, psyched up to be going home. He let his gaze wander across the hall, his eyes easily finding his girlfriend who was sitting in a red armchair with a haunted look on her face. Brandon felt unfamiliar ice circle his heart at the sight of her, a mixture of longing to hold her and to yell at her all in one go. The wound of her betrayal still stung but no matter how much he tried he couldn't let it go.

And I'm usually such an easy going guy.

Brandon sighed, wondering what she was thinking, how she was feeling. He'd felt an intense protectiveness for her ever since she was injured, it was the first time she'd been hurt while he was protecting her. He kept remembering when she'd collapsed in the middle of the fight last night, the way everything had gone quiet in his ears and nothing but white cold panic had surged through him. After that he'd been demanding and fierce, if anyone got in his way of making sure she was okay they'd get a fist to the face. But still, he couldn't bring himself to talk to her, her words of making him stay still echoing in his ears.

"Can we please go?!" Bloom yelled looking tense, clutching her steel sword tightly by the door.

"Yeah, come on!" Scarlet replied, starting toward the door "Let's get this over with"

"Be safe!" Flora yelled sweetly from the middle of the room, Musa beside her and Mandy coming to join them. The rest of them starting toward the door.

Medusa held Riven around the middle tightly, smiling as she squeezed the life out of him "I'll miss you my love!"

Riven smiled and wrapped an arm around her "Miss you too"

"Get out of here!" Musa yelled viciously from across the room.

Bloom walked down the steps beside EB, walking toward the stables where they'd get horses and ride to the waterfall, making it to the future by the late afternoon. She felt tense but very relieved to be going home. If only Sky were going back with them, something just felt very wrong about leaving without him. She sent up a silent plea to the gods that nothing bad happened to him while she was gone.

...Hello dear readers. What I'll be doing here is showing you first what happens to people while they're gone and THEN a chapter on what happens to those who go to the future.

Musa paced the length of her room, balling her fists up and trying not to scream in frustration. The others had left earlier that day and now the sun had gone down, the night light shining through her wide windows. She thought she'd be able to relax when they'd left but the idea of Techna and Layla sitting around in that tavern waiting for death to come gnawed at her. She needed to do something, no more sitting around! Musa sighed and nodded her head silently, finally coming to a decision. I'm gonna break out of this castle and go rescue my friends, but first...

Musa walked over to the table in her room "Okay okay okay" She picked up a quill and ruffled around in a draw until she found paper, she started scribbling and after a moment she was finished.

Flora,

Have gone to bring Techna and Layla home. Don't come after me and don't hate me. And DO NOT TELL RIVEN.

Seriously.

Be back soon. Musa

Musa folded the page and left it on her pillow, she sat down and took off her silver material slippers and put on some real shoes. Hard, black leather walking boots. Once laced she looked down at the bright yellow dress in frustration "Oh damn it all to hell" She muttered, cursing Saloria. Looking around she knew her other clothes still hadn't been delivered, so she had no choice but to throw on her black cloak and live with it. Sighing she looked in the mirror at her delicate features and dark hair that was long enough to flow past her back, she missed wearing makeup and having that extra boost that came with know she looked good at all times. A consequence of living with Stella for too long. When she turned to look at the door a thought struck her.

I'm being held prisoner. Stupid Bloom leaving Riven in charge, what the hell was she thinking. Apparently Riven thinks I'm going to attempted some crazy ass plan and escape! Stupid knowing Riven! Walking toward the door Musa stuck her ear up against the wood, listening hard; she turned the doorknob and looked out. The amount of guards Riven had assigned to guard her door was comical, did he really think a hundred guards keeping her in would stop her from getting out.

Fool.

...

Ten minutes later Musa was outside her window, scaling the wall of the castle, her two swords strapped to her back. Granted it was seven stories to the ground and the night was particularly freezing but she didn't notice much, she was too busy focusing on not falling to her death. The stones of the castle were rough enough to get her boot into the gaps, easily climbing down the wall one stone at a time. The wind blew her hair into her face as she climbed, she was so focused on her task that she didn't realise a window open up just above her from where she'd just climbed past.

"Seriously?"

"Waa!" Musa squealed, startling and almost falling from the wall, digging her bare fingers in so hard she knew she would have cuts. Gasping for a moment she looked up slowly, finding Riven leaning out of a window just above her, a smirk on his face.

"What are you doing, Spiderman?"

Musa growled at him and kept climbing down "I'm going to save my friends!" Riven's hand whipped out and gripped her wrist, stopping her from moving any more, she was stuck. She knew if he wanted he could simply lift her up and toss her back inside the castle, damn him.

Riven raised an annoying eyebrow "I thought Bloom said none of us were to leave the castle unless an emergency arose"

Musa laughed humourlessly "Ha! And you've always listened to what people tell you to do?!"

"Only when it suits me"

Musa shook her head and tried to pull her wrist from his grasp "Let me go" She pulled again but he just tightened his grip "Let me go Riven!"

Riven shook his head "No. You go out there and you'll just get killed"

Musa looked up at him stubbornly "I'll be fine!"

"In that dress?" Riven nodded his head at her.

Musa felt her cheeks flush; she bit her lip "What do you care? Let me go and I'll be back by morning, with our friends"

Riven shook his head "Nope"

Musa felt her anger rise "Riven! We can't sit around anymore, now is the time for action! Let's go kick some ass! The others would never know unless you tell them! So let me go save them!"

Riven looked down at her for a long time until finally he released her wrist, she quickly gripped the wall again and sighed, happy to be secure again. She felt a rush of victory until she looked up and spotted Riven jumping lightly out of the window to land until he was beside her, sword on back, gripping the wall easily.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Musa demanded, watching as he climbed down with a smirk.

"I am saving you from yourself...and death"

Musa gave him a disbelieving look "You're gonna come with me?" She started climbing so she could keep up with him, when he didn't answer she asked "Why?"

"Honestly, don't know" He replied as he climbed through the night "Maybe a sense of duty to your ancestor, or just not wanting someone who looks so much like her to get hurt" He grunted as he took a long step "I'd be a shame for anything that's a part of her to die"

Musa rolled her eyes and followed him "Wow, she's the bees knees, huh?"

"She really is"

Musa sucked in a sharp breath and resisted shouting, her boyfriend was still firmly under her spell. They climbed in silence for a while until she asked "Hey! Why couldn't we just go through the front door after you caught me, instead of this climbing crap?"

Riven chuckled "I thought I'd be funnier to see you try to navigate this wall in that god awful dress"

Musa gasped, offended. Musa stared at Riven with a hard expression; she'd taken a lot of crap from him and Medusa for the last few days, so much so that she was almost at her wits end, so she decided to do the mature thing.

She leaned over quickly and sunk her teeth into Riven's muscled arm.

"Ah!" He yelled, pulling his arm back "You bit me!"

"You were being an ass!" Musa yelled back at him tightly.

Riven turned to her with an annoyed expression "I'm always an ass!"

Musa turned away from him and groaned "Why even bother coming with me? We're just going to drive each other crazy!" They were just two stories from the bottom now; they were even close to the tops of trees.

Riven looked at his bare forearm and frowned "I can't believe you bit me"

"Be grateful I didn't go for your shoulder, it was wide open" She mumbled as she stopped to rest her poor fingers.

Riven scoffed "If you'd gone for the shoulder I would've been pissed and then I would've pushed you right off the wall"

Musa smiled a little and mumbled "Hmm, you used to like it when I bit your shoulder"

"What was that?"

"Never you mind!" Musa replied quickly, blushing and being thankful it was dark.

Riven thought for a moment before speaking "I know you don't like Medusa but she's cool when you get to know her, maybe you should stop being stubborn"

Musa scoffed loudly and turned to him quickly "And maybe you should go to he-Ahhh!" Musa had been so careless when she'd moved that her foot had slipped on the stone of the second story and she'd lost her grip altogether. She fell right off the wall, flying through the air and smashing into the dirt ground below. When she hit the ground she gasped in pain, air refusing to come into her lungs as she curled up into a ball. Her breathing was ragged and painful, she was only barely aware of Riven calling out to her from above.

After a moment when the most intense pain passed she gasped out "-hell!"

Riven hit the ground lightly then, straightening and jogging over to her. He made a painful sound when he saw her balled up in the dirt with mud all over her skin and dress "Ohh, you've achieved the impossible, you've made that dress even crappier"

Musa was still in terrible pain; she wrapped her arms around her middle and tried not to cry "I hate you!"

Riven stuck his hands onto his hips and sighed "I know"

...

"So whatcha got?" Layla asked smoothly, arching an eyebrow at her opponent. The crowd gathered around them in the warm tavern, the air stale but the mood lively. Layla sat at a table with four other men, all giants with muscles and hard expressions. She smiled coyly at each of them.

Three of them looked defeated, shaking their heads as they watched the last of them, a guy with brown hair and a tired look face layla. She noted he was sweating and smiled wider, the whole bar watched them in anticipation, holding their breath. The last man placed his cards on the table "Four of a Kind"

A nervous chorus of "Oooohs" and "Ahhhs" Went up as everyone turned to Layla. The princess leaned back in her seat and crossed her legs, sniffing she gently placed her own cards on the table "Royal Flush"

The bar erupted in cheers and moans, people clapping and patting layla on the back as she jumped from her chair and laughed, shaking her opponents hands. As soon as she was done she turned to the bar maid "Joan, watch my winnings for a sec!" Layla ran through the crowd until she came to a small passage way, opening a door she stuck her head in and found Techna sitting on the floor reading with a candle "Techna sweetie! I just won big time, I think I may have to go professional!"

Techna looked up slowly and blinked at her "Did you win enough to get us safe passage back to the castle?"

Layla smiled and leaned against the door "Darling, we could buy a pack of horses if we wanted too!"

Techna did not look impressed "Fantastic" She paused and added "And it's a herd of horses not a pack"

Layla laughed again and walked into the room, doing a little jump of joy "Oh this is great, I feel great! I haven't had this much fun in years, I could never do this in Magix!"

"Of course not" Techna replied, going back to her book "You're a princess"

Layla gave her a look and jumped up onto a crate to look out the window "Wow, just look at all those stars"

"Yes they're beautiful; find a merchant and buy a horse, would you?"

"Oh Techna" layla sighed, still looking out the window "You really need to appreciate the time you have in this world, not sit around and mope like a-NABU!"

Techna jumped in the air, knocking over a drink of water so much that it extinguished the candle and sent the small room into darkness. She suddenly heard a "Waaa!" And felt layla land on her, the two girls screamed and wrestled until they were standing but still covered in spilt water.

"What is it?!" Techna demanded, trying to find to door to let light in.

She felt Layla push her as the tall princess fought to get to the door first in the darkness "It was Nabu, I saw him in the street, we have to go after him!"

"Nabu! What? How?"

"I don't know!" Layla replied happily, tripping on something and falling back into the wall with the window "But we're going after him. Screw the door!" Layla turned suddenly and wrenched open the window, sending cold night air to greet them. Grabbing a hold of Techna she dragged her up and out so that they finally fell from the window and into the street, caking them in mud.

"Oh wonderful!" Techna said grudgingly, wiping the mud off of her arms as Layla grabbed a hold of her arm.

"Nabu!"

Techna was forced to go along with it or have her shoulder dislocated "Hey! What about your winnings back at the tavern?"

Layla shook her head and continued running "Who cares! My love, my life! My Nabu!" The two girls kept running through the streets until they disappeared into darkness.

...

"Musa?" Riven asked calmly, with his arms crossed as he stood frozen.

"Yeah" She answered as she walked forward, still holding onto her side that was throbbing like a bitch.

"What's that?"

Musa paused and looked ahead; she turned back to him, confused "It's a horse Riven"

Riven blinked and walked forward "I know it's a horse but why is it here?"

Musa approached the black horse slowly and patted its head "I bribed one of the maids to come and leave it out here for me, I needed some way to get to the tavern"

Riven walked forward now, still dubious "Okay but why is there only one? You don't expect us both to ride it?"

Musa sighed in frustration "Well I wasn't exactly expecting you to come along!" She pulled off her two swords from the harness at her back and slid them into the leather holders on the horse "And sorry but if you still want to come, you'll have to ride with me"

"Fantastic" Riven replied slowly and without enthusiasm.

She caught his expression and smiled "Unless you're too afraid to be that close to a girl?"

Riven scoffed and walked forward "I am not afraid of you"

When he got close enough Riven put his foot into the metal buckle at the side of the hose and was about to hitch himself up when Musa said "Whoa whoa! What're you doing?"

"I'm getting on the horse" Riven answered as he turned to her "Is that okay?"

Musa sneered at him "No! What makes you think you get to drive?"

Riven's mouth popped open as if he couldn't believe her, he shook his head after a moment "What makes you think you can?"

Musa walked up until she was beside him "My horse my rules"

"It's not your horse, you bribed someone to borrow it" Riven replied, again attempting to get on the horse.

Musa gripped his arm tightly "I said-"

"And I'm saying I will slap you in your broken ribs" He interrupted her, fixing her with an annoying look. He immediately pulled himself up onto the horse and looked down at her "Get on Musa"

Musa stood on the ground and pursed her lips, trying to summon up dignity. Without a word she turned and lifted herself up behind him, wrapping her arms around his middle out of necessity to stay on the horse "You know I could still bite your shoulder"

They rode hard through the night, the horse being surprisingly fast with two people on its back. The two of them rode for hours upon hours; it was well past midnight when they slowed on an empty dirt road to let the horse rest for a while. They continued forward without speaking.

Musa hugged Riven tightly, desperate to feel warmth out in the icy cold night, the air they breathed turned to smoke and she was pretty sure she couldn't feel her toes anymore. She was currently burying her face into his back and breathing shakily, so very cold, she tried to ignore the fact that her tiny hands were shaking where they gripped the his thick leather jacket at the front. She was almost asleep when he asked suddenly "Where did you get the sword?"

Musa startled and blinked "What?"

"These swords" Riven reached out and tapped the handle to one of her samurai swords still in place in the horses side, it gleamed in the moon light "Where did you get them?"

Musa raised her eyebrows, casting her mind back to think if she ever did explain about them to Riven, she couldn't think of a time when it ever came up "Umm, they were made for me. Out of magic"

"By who?"

Musa suddenly opened her eyes wide and tried not to let him know just how tense she got "Umm Valtor"

She felt his back tense, she even saw his grip on the reins tighten "Great, you got a pair of cool swords from the man who singlehandedly destroyed Magix and plunged it into not one, but two wars. And you kept the swords"

Musa sighed quietly and was quiet for a while "Yes I kept the swords" She shrugged her stiff shoulders "I don't associate them with Valtor; they were just a weapon I relied on to save me in a difficult time in my life. They're more like a symbol now, of what I never want to be again"

"And what's that?" She could hear the disdain in his voice.

Musa shook her head slightly and leaned her forehead against his back "Evil" She waited for him to answer but he didn't, so she asked "Do you remember? When I was evil?"

Riven sighed "I remember my friends going on and on about how much they thought their precious girlfriends had changed, how they wanted to help them. And then when the evil thing came out they were all like 'oh we have to change them back, this isn't who they really are' blah blah blah" He made a sound of disgust "Could never understand their fascination with the famous Winx Club girls, I mean what's so great about them?"

Musa smiled sadly "We're really not that great, we do more harm than good" She laughed a little "God you should hear some of the sick stuff we did when we were evil, oh boy, you'd never look at us the same way again"

A long moment passed and Musa felt Riven tense again before he asked slowly "Can I-Would you mind if-I want to know something"

Musa raised her head a little "Oh yeah, what?"

Riven made a frustrated noise "This is just morbid curiosity but...when you guys were revealed as evil a lot of questions were asked. A lot of bad stuff. And ugh..."

Musa waited for a second before prompting "And?"

"Well there was one I've always been curious about" Musa didn't say anything this time but waited "You guys were Valtor's students; you all lived together, right? Training, eating meals, watched TV?"

Musa furrowed her eyebrows "Well yeah, I mean, me and the girls all ate and watched TV together but with Valtor, umm, yeah I guess we did stuff together" Musa paused "Why do you ask?"

Riven hesitated for a second "Well some people wanted to know if...maybe...there was something more going on"

Musa felt a deafening silence; she veered back and smiled "Oh my god, you want to know if I did the nasty with Valtor?" When Riven didn't say anything Musa laughed "Well I guess I see your point, impressionable girls like us, all packed into one house with a devilishly handsome man. All those times we'd have to train together, things get hot, sweaty-"

"Forget I asked"

Musa laughed again "Have you always wanted to ask this?"

"Well I wasn't gonna go up to one of my friends girlfriends and ask!" She could feel his body grow warmer, she could just dimly see his ears turn red.

Musa smiled and decided to take pity "You could have asked me"

"Didn't even know you existed" Was his response.

That stung "But to answer your question...no" Musa replied quietly, resting her head against his back again "Me and Valtor, never. You'd think he'd be my type, rock star good looks, punkish with the right level of sass. Woo! But nah, it was always professional" She couldn't help but be happy as she felt the tension leave his body; she cleared her throat and readjusted her position on the horse. When she did she found her hands higher up than last time, his heart thumping against them, she smiled and closed her eyes. Imagining herself back at home, the two of them sleeping in their bed at night, the lights from the city shinning into the dark room. The sheets tangled around them as she rested her dead against his chest, listening to his heartbeat as she fell asleep.

"Hey" Riven said as he reached down and shook her hands at his front.

Musa startled awake, she leaned up and blinked, looking around "Hmm what?"

"We're almost there" Riven said quietly as the horse continued along.

Musa looked around and found they were no longer at the dirt road but approaching a small tavern that was illuminated from the inside, the night was still cold but they were able to ride slowly toward it. Musa was instantly awake, quickly looking up over his shoulder to see, her eyes scanning the scene "It looks like the witches forces haven't arrives yet"

"But they will soon" Riven mumbled, pointing off into the distance where black smoke could be seen rising out of the forest, by the train it left you could see that wherever the fire was coming from, it was moving this way.

"Oh crap, how long do you think we have?" Musa asked tensely, sitting up straight as the horse ran the last of the way to the tavern.

"Minutes" Riven replied as they skidded to a stop, he was off the horse and ripping her out of the saddle in a flash. Once on the ground she wrapped her black cloak tighter around her and gave the street a once over, most of the people were either gone or inside.

She turned to him "Okay, what the plan?"

"Now she wants my help" Riven mutters as he pulled their weapons from the saddle "We go in, find Techna and Layla, get the hell out"

"I like it" Musa agreed as she walked toward the door "What could go wrong?"

As soon as they entered the door, they saw that inside the tavern there was a fully party going on, men and women danced, drank and partied. The place was warm, almost hot, but no one seemed to care. Everyone was laughing and talking until Riven and Musa appeared, and as one, everyone turned and stared.

"Gods defend us!" Was muttered through the whole place as one. Women grabbed their children while men stood up, fear in their eyes as they stared at Musa.

"Oh" Musa mumbled, feeling nervous as everyone mistook her for Medusa, the Enchantress "That"

Riven leaned down to her "Just go with it, this'll go faster if they're motivated by fear"

Musa nodded and tried to assume a pose that Medusa would do, she held her head high and put on a superior face "Good evening peasants!" Musa walked forward, satisfied at how people scrambled to get out of her way, she strode with Riven at her back, she smiled "I guess there's really no need for introductions, you all know who I am!" She chuckled and gestured to Riven "This is my servant and man whore, Riven"

Riven almost tripped and gave her a hard look "I hate you"

Musa smiled up at him "I know" She turned back to the stunned crowd "Now, if you don't mind, I'm looking for someone" Everyone showed fear in their eyes, some actually whimpering. Musa felt a burst of pity for them and wondered what exactly Medusa had done to these people "Where's the owner of this cesspool?" The crowd parted and someone was shoved forward, an older man with grey hair, he literally shook as he looked at Musa.

"Please...my Lady have mercy...I've done no wrong!"

Damn Medusa the witch! Musa thought as she paused to look at the man, she waved a hand "I'm not after you! I'm looking for someone who is staying here, or might have been here earlier. Two women, a tall dark skinned girl with a sporty look about her and a pink haired girl with a low tolerance for germs" She arched an eyebrow at the crowd "Any takers?"

The room was silent.

"I give you my word that if you supply me with information about this pair, I will never harm you or your family for as long as you live" Musa stated loudly, putting on some semblance of kindness.

This seemed to thaw the crowd; the owner of the tavern stuttered and raised a shaking hand. Musa pointed to him and he spoke "I-I know of whom you speak, they stayed here"

Musa's eyes widened and she took a step forward "Stayed here? They left? When?"

"N-n-not six hours ago, my lady. The tall one, she won a game of cards and went to speak to her friend b-b-but she never returned. I went looking for them but it looked like they escaped out through a window in the store closet"

Musa looked dubious "Cards? Layla?...A window? Techna?" She spun to whisper to Riven "Story seems sketchy, I say he's lying"

"Why would he lie? He's protecting his family for life" Riven replied, gesturing to the owner.

A sudden crashing sounded outside and a woman could be heard screaming. Riven suddenly seized Musa by the arm "And we're out of time" He dragged them both toward the stairs as the occupants of the tavern scrambled to hide or go for the door. Musa and Riven were halfway up the stairs when they hear the door burst open and more people scream, it killed them to not help. Once up the stairs Riven dragged her down a passage to the last room and shoved her inside, slamming the door and locking it "Quick, find a way out and I'll bar the door"

Musa was dizzy but spun around to survey the room, it was small and had a double bed, recently used. Eww! Musa stepped away from the soiled sheets and walked toward the window to peer down, the street was packed with people running. Black horses were spread across the street with men in black still a top them, the witch's minions. Musa watched as one man rode into view; the light from the tavern illuminating him and his horse, the man towered over everyone and looked particularly menacing. He dismounted his horse, black leather covering him from head to tie, a sort of mask covering his face.

Musa gasped and said softly "The Black Knight"

Musa took him in, all six feet of menacing-kick-ass-ness. Even with her years of war and death, she still felt a chill go up her spine. She felt Riven join her at the window, the door barred, they both looked down at the man entered the tavern and everything suddenly go very quiet. No more screams, no running, just the footsteps of the Knight. Musa held her breath as she listened with her sonar hearing as he walked to the centre of the room downstairs, hear him take off his mask and people gasp quietly.

He spoke "Let it be known, that I have no problem slaughtering every single one of you to get what I want"

Sweet Jesus. Musa thought in despair, swallowing a gulp.

"It has come to my attention that two persons in interest have been spotted in this establishment, I want them found. My mistresses want them found" Musa looked to Riven with wide eyes, the two of them sharing a look. There was a shuffling downstairs as someone was dragged forward, a whole minute passed as speaking and stuttering was heard, then suddenly a terrible scream that was cut short. Musa gasped and covered her mouth, the poor tavern owner. There seemed to be more people dragged forward, more screams cut short, more begging. And finally "We'll stop killing when I say we stop killing! Search upstairs!"

Musa could have hidden under the bed and cried, she shot up and opened the window without thinking. Hoisting her leg out into the night air she balanced herself on the edge so she could climb onto the roof, Riven following after her. Once on the roof they both carefully ran until they were at the other side facing he forest away from the street. Musa looked around panicked "Oh my god, what do we do? What do we do?!"

Riven remained calm, he looked over the edge for a moment before turning to her with all seriousness "Take off your cloak"

Musa did it immediately "Why?" She asked as she handed it to him.

Riven took it and draped it over his arm, he didn't answer but said "Look over there" He pointed to a spot in the distance.

Musa turned away from him; confused "I don't get it" She shook her head and searched for what he was getting at "What's the point?" She suddenly felt his hands on her shoulders, gripping the material of her dress. Then in one impressive swoop the thing was torn completely from her body. Musa couldn't even gasp; she spun and gaped at him, using her hands to cover herself. Luckily for her she'd been wearing thigh high socks, bra and panties. She would have been outraged if it were so FREAKING COLD!

Musa watched as Riven fiddled with her dress and started tearing it to bits "W-what...are you doing?"

Riven replied without missing a beat "Making a ladder" He silently handed her back her cloak without looking up.

Musa put it on as she felt the blood rush to her face, cheeks, ears and whole body. He'd just...ripped her dress off. If she wasn't so cold she'd be outraged, if she wasn't so outraged she'd be sort of turned on. Riven caught her stare and said "Hey, the dress is finally serving an actual purpose"

And so he made a cool ladder. The two of them climbed down with effort and made it to the ground, they then ran like hell around the tavern to the front, scaling the walls "What about the horse?" Musa asked, all her rage being suppressed.

Riven looked carefully at all the guards "I'll distract, you grab"

Musa nodded, Riven disappeared for a second and vanished. Musa stood up the wall of the tavern, trying to ignore the horrified screaming going on inside, damn her sensitive ears. She kept her eyes on their horse that was only a few metres away, after a moment a long bang sounded opposite of where she was standing, the guards ran. So did she. Musa bolted with all her speed toward her horse, grabbing the reins she pulled it toward the forest, it helped because it was as scared as she was. It ran into the trees and Musa went to follow.

A black gloved hand suddenly seized her hair and pulled her backward, Musa couldn't help the terrible scream that escaped her. She already knew it was the Black Knight without look, that's what was so shit scary about it. She tried to twist her body away like Valtor had taught her but the Knight held on, pulling her and slamming her whole body into the side of the tavern. Things blurred and Musa felt a cut next to her ear open up, sprouting blood. She was like a rag doll that could be flung any which way, she was suddenly tossed into the ground, dirt meeting her. The wounds which she'd gotten from the fall from the castle were reappearing, pain erupted through her middle and Musa was starting to think she might actually be seriously hurt. But instinct took over, Musa shot up from the ground and launched herself at the towering man, aiming for the legs, she was able to tackle them both right into the tavern. They crashed into a table, both hitting the ground. Musa had just enough time to look up and see everyone from before had been slaughtered; bloom flowed across the floor, mingling together. Wishing like hell she had her swords Musa picked up a guitar and wielded it like a weapon, she turned to see the Knight stand up and stalk toward her, mask still on. Musa swung the guitar and hit him right in the head, he reached out and picked her right up off the floor and threw her into the bar. She gasped and toppled over onto the floor, bottles breaking around her. She could feel other people's blood all over her but got to her feet, her hair was immediately seized again, she was pulled over the bar and shoved back against it. On her back she was leaning over the bar facing up, looking right up at him. Now that she was close she thought he looked leaner than before, pale skin visible in places, silver eyes meeting hers.

She was suddenly very afraid but full of clarity. Reaching out she gasped the mask he wore and ripped it off, not even having to gasp at his face.

We are all...going to die.

The wall to the tavern was suddenly crashed in, a cart smashing through the wall and sending everything sideways. Even the Knight was sent flying, Musa hit the floor again, too scared to even move. When a warm hand grabbed her she screamed but when she was hoisted into Riven's arms and run the hell out of there, she was grateful. She didn't remember much after that, just running and forest whirling past them. Hours, minutes, seconds could have passed. But when Musa finally came out of her terror she could see that she was on a horse, with Riven behind her, the two of them speeding through forest not on any road. Musa looked calmly down at herself, the black cloak she was wearing was soaked in blood, blood covered her hands, she knew blood covered her face. Musa suddenly sucked in a breath "Riven...I need to get off of here"

Riven pulled on the reins and suddenly the horse stopped, Musa scrambled to get away from him, she needed open air. Once on the ground she ran into the bushes, tripping and falling onto her knees, crawling through the dirt. She could hear Riven next to her, trying to stop her but Musa just simply stopped and sat back, nestled into the wildlife. She grabbed Riven's arm and dragged him down with her, he crouched in front of her. Musa's hands shook as she held onto his arm, just focussing on his warmth "W-we need to get Bloom and the others back. Scarlet, we need her. She needs to come and kill that guy"

Riven watched her for a long time as she held onto his hand, her small hands gripping it with such strength "What happened?"

Musa swallowed "Riven...we're all really gonna die here" She felt tears well up in her eyes and suppressed a sob.

Riven looked alert and calm, grasping the side of her face so she looked at him "Why do you say that?"

Musa took a shaky breath, trying to calm down. She knew she wouldn't be calm for a long time, she'd stay this way, afraid and hiding "We...we can't defeat the Black Knight. I'm a trained assassin and I couldn't even hit him and leave a mark, he is good. Too good, he knows all my moves"

"We'll win, we'll beat him. We always do" Riven said, so full of confidence that she wanted to laugh.

Musa shook her head "Oh Riven...no" His smile faltered slowly and she knew tears were running down her cheeks "Not this time. This time we're pretty much fucked"

Riven looked at her for a long time, the tears in her eyes, the blood and dirt on her skin, a horrible fear in her eyes "Musa...you saw his face...who is he?"

Musa laughed, a hysterical sound, she placed a hand on the side of his face "An old friend. A real arrogant bastard. Everyone knows him. The Ancestral Witches created him" Musa paused letting this news sink in, understanding start to dawn on his face but Musa answered his suspicion "The Black Knight...also known as..."

"Valtor"

You know, I truly am evil at times.

It's actually true that Valtor was created by the witches, I looked it up! I'm sorry for bringing him into it again but come on! Was I really going to pass up THAT opportunity! And this is my longest chapter ever! 11,006 words! YAY ME! Okay, there were funny bits in this chapter, sort of sweet moments and then terrifying stuff happened. I LOVED IT! I was gonna wait to drop the Valtor Bombshell but nah, I got tired of holding it in. He won't be in the story a whole lot but he will meet up with one of the mains and spend quiet a lot of time chatting with them, then at the end they'll all see him. I like to think that Riven and Musa have grown closer but not overly TOTALLY IN LOVE! No. He still likes Medusa better. The next chapter will be on our guys in the future! Wee, big things happening. Won't be updating for another week though, sorry, I'm gonna leave you guys hanging.

Enjoy your torment!

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