Twisted Destinies: Part Seven
Authoress: Tsutae Kouken
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Zell shook Tari's shoulder. It was now 6:00 am. And she looked ready to fall asleep.
"Hey, hey. Don't go to sleep. You above everybody else knows what could happen to
you." He said, gently, as she blinked sleepily. She looked up at him and yawned.
"I'm so tired…" she shook her duo-colored hair. Zell shook her shoulder even harder.
"You HAVE to stay awake. Besides, the best time for breakfast is early in the morning.
So come on!" Zell gripped her wrists and hauled her out of her chair. She stumbled
forward and into him.
Zell caught her, and helped her stand up straight. He looked her in the eyes as he put his
hands on her shoulders to steady her. "You are going to STAY awake. If I catch you
trying to go to sleep…I'm going to put you into room with a T-rexaur and I think you'll
be awake then." He threatened playfully.
"Geez…I can barely stand up, much less fight…" Tari yawned again. Zell pulled on her
arm and they managed to get to the door and into the hallway without incident.
But in the elevator…
"Damn…I feel like…I'm flying…" Tari leaned against the glass of the elevator. Zell
looked alarmed.
"Hey…! Don't go all crazy on me! I'll get you some really strong coffee once we get to
the cafeteria…just hang on til then." Zell said, cracking a smile in spite of how strange
she was acting.
"Oh that's fine…did you just say we have to go to the cafeteria? That's miles away!" Tari
whined. She looked like an irritable little kid, when she pouted and that was what she was
doing now.
Zell shrugged and grinned as the elevator door opened. Tari seemed to be more awake
now that she was around people again. They walked to the cafeteria without her falling or
doing something stupid.
When they finally got there, and got their food and coffee, they went to sit down. But
when they reached the area, Zell and Tari spotted Irvine and the others.
Tari stopped in her tracks, her eyes wide as Irvine turned towards her.
For a moment, everyone stopped and stared, no one moved. Everything…
…absolutely still…
Her eyes searched his face for any sign of emotion at all. She knew he knew.
He watched as hope and fear seemed to mix in her features. He slowly smiled.
Tari's eyes widened and she dropped the tray she was holding. And began to run towards
Irvine.
Selphie and the others watched as Irvine quickly began walking towards Tari. Her eyes
filled with tears of happiness. He accepted his sister. He hadn't believed Squall and Rinoa
at first, but she knew now, that he did know her as his sister.
'I've…kept that hate so long…I can't believe it's now going away…' Tari thought as she
neared her brother.
'I've never had any family to call my own…I can't believe it's finally changed…' Irvine
smile down at the girl who was now inches from him.
Tari felt herself being wrapped in the strong arms of her brother, whom she knew little
about, but she knew that she loved him in spite of what she had felt when she was
younger.
Irvine felt hot pricklings at his eyelids as he held his sister close to him for the first time.
Running his hand over her thick, soft hair, he kissed her forehead lightly. "Welcome
home,…sister."
The words reached Tari's ears and she smiled as two tears fell down her cheeks. "Oh
Irvine…I'm so happy…but I…I feel like crying…" She admitted sheepishly.
"It's okay. Trust me, everything is going to be okay." Irvine said, laughing and hugging
her close.
Zell watched the two standing in the middle of the seating area in the cafeteria. He smiled
but something in his heart twinged. After all night talking with Tari, he felt he knew her
better than anyone ever did. He wanted to be the one holding her.
'What the fuck am I thinking? I don't know anymore…' Zell shook his head almost
imperceptibly. 'I don't know what I really want…'
Squall grinned at Rinoa. Maybe things would work out okay now that everything was
straightened out. Then something in his mind set off an alarm in his brain. 'Rhapha…'
Rinoa saw the look on her boyfriends face and then it struck her. The demon was still at
large. Who knew what it was after now?
"I'm glad…" Irvine said against Tari's hair. Then he pulled back and turned and looked
at Selphie. "Elphie, please meet my sister, Tari Kinnaes." He smiled and Selphie ran over
to the two. Tari immediately pulled her into their embrace.
Selphie really didn't know what to say then. Tari wasn't crying or laughing it was a
mixture of both. When everyone calmed down, they all sat at a table, after cleaning up
the mess from the dropped tray.
.oO~*-*~Oo.
Later, after the others had left, Irvine and Selphie sat on a bench out by the Quad,
watching Zell keep Tari occupied by playing 'tag' with her.
"She's so much like you. Full of fun, laughter. It's a shame…you never knew her
growing up." Selphie sighed, leaning against Irvine. Irvine grinned and put his hand in
his pocket as he put his other arm around Selphie.
"Yeah. She reminds me of you too. And she gets along well with Zell." Irvine smiled as
he pulled something from his pocket.
"They sure are funny together. Just thing Zell needed to keep himself occupied." Selphie
laughed as Tari pushed Zell over a chair and as he tumbled over it and landed on the
cement on his rear.
"Elphie…look at me, please?" Irvine turned so that she was now sitting up and facing
him.
"What's wrong?" Selphie couldn't make out what was in his eyes. It was so unreadable.
"When we broke up…I felt like I'd lost something very important in my life…" Irvine
kept his left hand hidden in the fold of his coat. "I wanted to tell you…"
"Yes?" Selphie's heart was racing. She was hoping…
"I love you and I don't want to lose you again." Irvine pulled her into a tender kiss, and
pressed something into her hand.
"What…?" Selphie looked at the velvet box and her heart leapt with joy.
"Will you…do me the honor of saying you will marry me?" Irvine said, gently lifting the
lid of the box in her hand.
There, in the velvet lined inside, was a platinum ring set with an emerald that rivaled the
brilliant green of Selphie's eyes.
Her eyes filled with tears until they shimmered like that same stone inside the box. She
looked up at him.
"I know it isn't much for showing how I love you, but I really care, and I'd be so proud if
you would wear this ring…" Irvine didn't know what to say. This time, he couldn't read
her face.
"Irvine…" Selphie couldn't speak, but she gently took the ring out of the box and slipped
onto her left hand ring finger.
As she did so, for a second time that day, the world seemed to stop. He had had that ring
for a long time, for it was his mother's wedding ring. He knew he'd have to give it away
someday, and even if this wasn't the most romantic time or place, anything was special if
Selphie would only say yes.
Irvine pulled her into a long deep kiss.
That's when they heard Tari and Zell shouting and laughing.
"All RIGHT!"
"GO-IRVINE!"
"WHOO HOO!"
"LET'S GET THAT HONEYMOON PLANNED!!"
Tari and Zell had seen the whole thing.
Irvine laughed and Selphie blushed and grinned.
Picking up his bride-to-be in his arms Irvine began spinning her around the Quad.
.oO~*-*~Oo.
Squall sat in Headmaster Cid's office. He just stared at the telegram that had come
through.
--AM COMING TO BALAMB stop TROUBLE HEADING YOUR WAY stop
HOPING EVERYONE IS SAFE stop BE CAREFUL OF DEMONS stop MATRON—
'Matron? How did SHE know?' Squall looked up at the headmaster. "What is the matter?
What is this about a demon?"
"I wish I knew what she was talking about. I didn't know of any demons in this Garden."
Headmaster Cid shrugged and sat down behind his desk.
"What…what do you know of a woman called 'Rhapha', sir?" Squall ventured, thinking
now would be a good time to tell Headmaster Cid what had been going on amonst the
students and SeeDs.
"Where did you hear that name?!" Cid demanded, jumping up out of his seat, his eyes
blazing.
"There was a student with a GF of that name, sir." Squall said, surprised by the change in
the older man at the mention of the name.
"So Rhapha is here, in Balamb Garden? I wonder why I haven't heard of this…?" Cid
stared at Squall for a few minutes then looked away. "You couldn't have told me right
off, for you've never heard of her or was warned of her."
"Who is…was she?" Squall said, wondering what words to use at a time like this.
'Stupid…still messing up your words as usual.'
"Rhapha was a very powerful sorceress in the time of the Sorceress Wars. She was
destroyed easily for though her powers were strong, her body was weak. She had devoted
her life to studying all she could about vampires, ghosts, GF, and afterlife. She
discovered a spell that would turn a mortal into a GF after the mortal died. She used this
spell on herself." Cid sighed.
"What made her so dangerous? She sounds like an ordinary sorceress." Squall pressed,
hoping to find out what it was he was up against.
"She liked to use humans as expirements. She would lure men in, using a teqnique not
unlike that of the Sirens of Ancient Greece on Earth. Using a melody or song, she'd lure
men in to their deaths. But because she had such an obsession with men, when she
became a GF, she was only suited for females. Somehow, her plan backfired a bit, and
she was more of a cursed Demon instead of a GF." Cid sat back down in his chair and put
his head in his hands.
"Well, it was the new student, Tari that had brought her here, not knowing the full extent
of Rhapha's powers. How would you get rid of such a thing?" Squall asked.
"Tari, hmm? Well, I hate to tell you this, for her sake, for I've gotten to like her in spite
of her quirks…" Cid paused for a moment and then resumed, "The only way to destroy a
GF like that…would be to kill the host with the GF inside using the GF's own attack."
"But…even if we were able to convince Tari to…to…to do that, how would we know
Rhapha wouldn't find out and try to stop it by taking over Tari?" Squall said, furrowing
his brow, not liking this one bit. Irvine wouldn't like it either.
"Dr. Chiyuu knows some scientists in Esthbar who might be able to give her a potion,
that lets a person be isolated from the GF, but still call on the powers, thus keeping the
memory loss and other side effects nil." Cid suggested, hoping that Squall would go for
it.
"I think this is what we have to do. By the way, sir, we might have some problems from
Irvine." Squall hesitated on going out the door.
"Like what?"
"He just found out last night that…Tari's his sister."
Headmaster Cid just shook his head in sorrow.
There was nothing he could do.
.oO~*-*~Oo.
Seifer smiled and Quistis cheered when they heard the news of Irvine and Selphie's
engagement from Tari and Zell.
"Looks like she's stuck to you like glue, chicken-wuss." Seifer pointed out to Zell,
talking about Tari who was chatting with Quistis.
"Don't call me that!! And besides, I have to take care of her! She'll get hurt if I don't!"
Zell said, his cheeks turning red, even under his tattoo.
"Sure, chicken-wuss. The little birdie and the chicken. Very cute." Seifer smirked as the
younger boy blushed. Teasing Zell was so much fun. Exspecailly when it was true from
the look on his face.
"Will you quit it before I knock your face in?" Zell shouted. He still had a load of
problems to work out with Seifer. The nickname was one of them.
"Say please."
Zell groaned. Why was this cock-sure self-assertive mofo always doing this to him?
"Please." He growled low in this throat. That's when he noticed Tari and Quistis
approaching.
"What's wrong?" Quistis asked, looking from Seifer to Zell and back again. Then she
noticed Zell glancing at Tari and his red cheeks. She hid a smile and stood next to Seifer.
"Nothing at all…except Chicken-wuss here has a girlfriend." Seifer grinned down at her.
"Let's just go, Tari." Zell took Tari's wrist in his hand and he dragged her off. She didn't
say anything for her face was pale.
"Yep. You can really see it when a guy falls for a girl." Seifer said, putting his arm
around Quistis. It was now her turn to blush.
'Did he…just mean what I think he meant??' She thought, enjoying the moment.
"Come on…Let's go…we're big kids. Let's head to Balamb and get a drink, hmm?"
Seifer said, kissing Quistis lightly on the cheek. Quistis nodded enthusiastically, and the
two left.
.oO~*-*~Oo.
"Dr. Chiyuu? I'm sorry to interrupt, but-" Instantly Squall was hushed by the pink haired
doctor.
"I know what you want. I have it right here." Chiyuu handed a bottle to Squall. Squall
took the fragile violet glass bottle in his hands.
"Um…how did you…" Another wave of her hand and he shut up.
"I'm physic. So I went ahead an rummaged up some of the stuff. It was in one of the
drawers. We keep it just in case. Looks like this is a rare one." Chiyuu winked on of her
blue eyes at the startled teen.
"Um…thanks…" He stuttered, taken aback.
"No need. Just get that freaky GF outta here!" Chiyuu lit a cigarette and blew a smoke
ring at him.
'I thought all doctors said smoking was bad for you?' Squall thought, thoroughly
confused by this strange doctor. 'She's a punk-doctor.'
.oO~*-*~Oo.
A/N: I know…very very short chapter but there are only one…maybe two chapters left to
this fic. Thanks guys for all your reviews and everybody, I'm glad you did review cause
It makes me feel like I just GOTTA get the chapters out of my wordpad and onto the
FF.net!
Ja!
R&R!
Authoress: Tsutae Kouken
~*~
Zell shook Tari's shoulder. It was now 6:00 am. And she looked ready to fall asleep.
"Hey, hey. Don't go to sleep. You above everybody else knows what could happen to
you." He said, gently, as she blinked sleepily. She looked up at him and yawned.
"I'm so tired…" she shook her duo-colored hair. Zell shook her shoulder even harder.
"You HAVE to stay awake. Besides, the best time for breakfast is early in the morning.
So come on!" Zell gripped her wrists and hauled her out of her chair. She stumbled
forward and into him.
Zell caught her, and helped her stand up straight. He looked her in the eyes as he put his
hands on her shoulders to steady her. "You are going to STAY awake. If I catch you
trying to go to sleep…I'm going to put you into room with a T-rexaur and I think you'll
be awake then." He threatened playfully.
"Geez…I can barely stand up, much less fight…" Tari yawned again. Zell pulled on her
arm and they managed to get to the door and into the hallway without incident.
But in the elevator…
"Damn…I feel like…I'm flying…" Tari leaned against the glass of the elevator. Zell
looked alarmed.
"Hey…! Don't go all crazy on me! I'll get you some really strong coffee once we get to
the cafeteria…just hang on til then." Zell said, cracking a smile in spite of how strange
she was acting.
"Oh that's fine…did you just say we have to go to the cafeteria? That's miles away!" Tari
whined. She looked like an irritable little kid, when she pouted and that was what she was
doing now.
Zell shrugged and grinned as the elevator door opened. Tari seemed to be more awake
now that she was around people again. They walked to the cafeteria without her falling or
doing something stupid.
When they finally got there, and got their food and coffee, they went to sit down. But
when they reached the area, Zell and Tari spotted Irvine and the others.
Tari stopped in her tracks, her eyes wide as Irvine turned towards her.
For a moment, everyone stopped and stared, no one moved. Everything…
…absolutely still…
Her eyes searched his face for any sign of emotion at all. She knew he knew.
He watched as hope and fear seemed to mix in her features. He slowly smiled.
Tari's eyes widened and she dropped the tray she was holding. And began to run towards
Irvine.
Selphie and the others watched as Irvine quickly began walking towards Tari. Her eyes
filled with tears of happiness. He accepted his sister. He hadn't believed Squall and Rinoa
at first, but she knew now, that he did know her as his sister.
'I've…kept that hate so long…I can't believe it's now going away…' Tari thought as she
neared her brother.
'I've never had any family to call my own…I can't believe it's finally changed…' Irvine
smile down at the girl who was now inches from him.
Tari felt herself being wrapped in the strong arms of her brother, whom she knew little
about, but she knew that she loved him in spite of what she had felt when she was
younger.
Irvine felt hot pricklings at his eyelids as he held his sister close to him for the first time.
Running his hand over her thick, soft hair, he kissed her forehead lightly. "Welcome
home,…sister."
The words reached Tari's ears and she smiled as two tears fell down her cheeks. "Oh
Irvine…I'm so happy…but I…I feel like crying…" She admitted sheepishly.
"It's okay. Trust me, everything is going to be okay." Irvine said, laughing and hugging
her close.
Zell watched the two standing in the middle of the seating area in the cafeteria. He smiled
but something in his heart twinged. After all night talking with Tari, he felt he knew her
better than anyone ever did. He wanted to be the one holding her.
'What the fuck am I thinking? I don't know anymore…' Zell shook his head almost
imperceptibly. 'I don't know what I really want…'
Squall grinned at Rinoa. Maybe things would work out okay now that everything was
straightened out. Then something in his mind set off an alarm in his brain. 'Rhapha…'
Rinoa saw the look on her boyfriends face and then it struck her. The demon was still at
large. Who knew what it was after now?
"I'm glad…" Irvine said against Tari's hair. Then he pulled back and turned and looked
at Selphie. "Elphie, please meet my sister, Tari Kinnaes." He smiled and Selphie ran over
to the two. Tari immediately pulled her into their embrace.
Selphie really didn't know what to say then. Tari wasn't crying or laughing it was a
mixture of both. When everyone calmed down, they all sat at a table, after cleaning up
the mess from the dropped tray.
.oO~*-*~Oo.
Later, after the others had left, Irvine and Selphie sat on a bench out by the Quad,
watching Zell keep Tari occupied by playing 'tag' with her.
"She's so much like you. Full of fun, laughter. It's a shame…you never knew her
growing up." Selphie sighed, leaning against Irvine. Irvine grinned and put his hand in
his pocket as he put his other arm around Selphie.
"Yeah. She reminds me of you too. And she gets along well with Zell." Irvine smiled as
he pulled something from his pocket.
"They sure are funny together. Just thing Zell needed to keep himself occupied." Selphie
laughed as Tari pushed Zell over a chair and as he tumbled over it and landed on the
cement on his rear.
"Elphie…look at me, please?" Irvine turned so that she was now sitting up and facing
him.
"What's wrong?" Selphie couldn't make out what was in his eyes. It was so unreadable.
"When we broke up…I felt like I'd lost something very important in my life…" Irvine
kept his left hand hidden in the fold of his coat. "I wanted to tell you…"
"Yes?" Selphie's heart was racing. She was hoping…
"I love you and I don't want to lose you again." Irvine pulled her into a tender kiss, and
pressed something into her hand.
"What…?" Selphie looked at the velvet box and her heart leapt with joy.
"Will you…do me the honor of saying you will marry me?" Irvine said, gently lifting the
lid of the box in her hand.
There, in the velvet lined inside, was a platinum ring set with an emerald that rivaled the
brilliant green of Selphie's eyes.
Her eyes filled with tears until they shimmered like that same stone inside the box. She
looked up at him.
"I know it isn't much for showing how I love you, but I really care, and I'd be so proud if
you would wear this ring…" Irvine didn't know what to say. This time, he couldn't read
her face.
"Irvine…" Selphie couldn't speak, but she gently took the ring out of the box and slipped
onto her left hand ring finger.
As she did so, for a second time that day, the world seemed to stop. He had had that ring
for a long time, for it was his mother's wedding ring. He knew he'd have to give it away
someday, and even if this wasn't the most romantic time or place, anything was special if
Selphie would only say yes.
Irvine pulled her into a long deep kiss.
That's when they heard Tari and Zell shouting and laughing.
"All RIGHT!"
"GO-IRVINE!"
"WHOO HOO!"
"LET'S GET THAT HONEYMOON PLANNED!!"
Tari and Zell had seen the whole thing.
Irvine laughed and Selphie blushed and grinned.
Picking up his bride-to-be in his arms Irvine began spinning her around the Quad.
.oO~*-*~Oo.
Squall sat in Headmaster Cid's office. He just stared at the telegram that had come
through.
--AM COMING TO BALAMB stop TROUBLE HEADING YOUR WAY stop
HOPING EVERYONE IS SAFE stop BE CAREFUL OF DEMONS stop MATRON—
'Matron? How did SHE know?' Squall looked up at the headmaster. "What is the matter?
What is this about a demon?"
"I wish I knew what she was talking about. I didn't know of any demons in this Garden."
Headmaster Cid shrugged and sat down behind his desk.
"What…what do you know of a woman called 'Rhapha', sir?" Squall ventured, thinking
now would be a good time to tell Headmaster Cid what had been going on amonst the
students and SeeDs.
"Where did you hear that name?!" Cid demanded, jumping up out of his seat, his eyes
blazing.
"There was a student with a GF of that name, sir." Squall said, surprised by the change in
the older man at the mention of the name.
"So Rhapha is here, in Balamb Garden? I wonder why I haven't heard of this…?" Cid
stared at Squall for a few minutes then looked away. "You couldn't have told me right
off, for you've never heard of her or was warned of her."
"Who is…was she?" Squall said, wondering what words to use at a time like this.
'Stupid…still messing up your words as usual.'
"Rhapha was a very powerful sorceress in the time of the Sorceress Wars. She was
destroyed easily for though her powers were strong, her body was weak. She had devoted
her life to studying all she could about vampires, ghosts, GF, and afterlife. She
discovered a spell that would turn a mortal into a GF after the mortal died. She used this
spell on herself." Cid sighed.
"What made her so dangerous? She sounds like an ordinary sorceress." Squall pressed,
hoping to find out what it was he was up against.
"She liked to use humans as expirements. She would lure men in, using a teqnique not
unlike that of the Sirens of Ancient Greece on Earth. Using a melody or song, she'd lure
men in to their deaths. But because she had such an obsession with men, when she
became a GF, she was only suited for females. Somehow, her plan backfired a bit, and
she was more of a cursed Demon instead of a GF." Cid sat back down in his chair and put
his head in his hands.
"Well, it was the new student, Tari that had brought her here, not knowing the full extent
of Rhapha's powers. How would you get rid of such a thing?" Squall asked.
"Tari, hmm? Well, I hate to tell you this, for her sake, for I've gotten to like her in spite
of her quirks…" Cid paused for a moment and then resumed, "The only way to destroy a
GF like that…would be to kill the host with the GF inside using the GF's own attack."
"But…even if we were able to convince Tari to…to…to do that, how would we know
Rhapha wouldn't find out and try to stop it by taking over Tari?" Squall said, furrowing
his brow, not liking this one bit. Irvine wouldn't like it either.
"Dr. Chiyuu knows some scientists in Esthbar who might be able to give her a potion,
that lets a person be isolated from the GF, but still call on the powers, thus keeping the
memory loss and other side effects nil." Cid suggested, hoping that Squall would go for
it.
"I think this is what we have to do. By the way, sir, we might have some problems from
Irvine." Squall hesitated on going out the door.
"Like what?"
"He just found out last night that…Tari's his sister."
Headmaster Cid just shook his head in sorrow.
There was nothing he could do.
.oO~*-*~Oo.
Seifer smiled and Quistis cheered when they heard the news of Irvine and Selphie's
engagement from Tari and Zell.
"Looks like she's stuck to you like glue, chicken-wuss." Seifer pointed out to Zell,
talking about Tari who was chatting with Quistis.
"Don't call me that!! And besides, I have to take care of her! She'll get hurt if I don't!"
Zell said, his cheeks turning red, even under his tattoo.
"Sure, chicken-wuss. The little birdie and the chicken. Very cute." Seifer smirked as the
younger boy blushed. Teasing Zell was so much fun. Exspecailly when it was true from
the look on his face.
"Will you quit it before I knock your face in?" Zell shouted. He still had a load of
problems to work out with Seifer. The nickname was one of them.
"Say please."
Zell groaned. Why was this cock-sure self-assertive mofo always doing this to him?
"Please." He growled low in this throat. That's when he noticed Tari and Quistis
approaching.
"What's wrong?" Quistis asked, looking from Seifer to Zell and back again. Then she
noticed Zell glancing at Tari and his red cheeks. She hid a smile and stood next to Seifer.
"Nothing at all…except Chicken-wuss here has a girlfriend." Seifer grinned down at her.
"Let's just go, Tari." Zell took Tari's wrist in his hand and he dragged her off. She didn't
say anything for her face was pale.
"Yep. You can really see it when a guy falls for a girl." Seifer said, putting his arm
around Quistis. It was now her turn to blush.
'Did he…just mean what I think he meant??' She thought, enjoying the moment.
"Come on…Let's go…we're big kids. Let's head to Balamb and get a drink, hmm?"
Seifer said, kissing Quistis lightly on the cheek. Quistis nodded enthusiastically, and the
two left.
.oO~*-*~Oo.
"Dr. Chiyuu? I'm sorry to interrupt, but-" Instantly Squall was hushed by the pink haired
doctor.
"I know what you want. I have it right here." Chiyuu handed a bottle to Squall. Squall
took the fragile violet glass bottle in his hands.
"Um…how did you…" Another wave of her hand and he shut up.
"I'm physic. So I went ahead an rummaged up some of the stuff. It was in one of the
drawers. We keep it just in case. Looks like this is a rare one." Chiyuu winked on of her
blue eyes at the startled teen.
"Um…thanks…" He stuttered, taken aback.
"No need. Just get that freaky GF outta here!" Chiyuu lit a cigarette and blew a smoke
ring at him.
'I thought all doctors said smoking was bad for you?' Squall thought, thoroughly
confused by this strange doctor. 'She's a punk-doctor.'
.oO~*-*~Oo.
A/N: I know…very very short chapter but there are only one…maybe two chapters left to
this fic. Thanks guys for all your reviews and everybody, I'm glad you did review cause
It makes me feel like I just GOTTA get the chapters out of my wordpad and onto the
FF.net!
Ja!
R&R!