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The Marauding Five : Year Six

Chapter 7: Tally vs. Dan

After a dozen hugs, kisses, yells, affectionate farewells and warnings (of breaking school rules—again), the Marauders made their way to Hogwarts castle door. Their parents insisted that they were sent to Hogwarts personally and refused to let any of their kids wander out of their sight. Not even when Sirius tried to go to the toilet.

Adele inhaled the fresh air, enjoying every bit of the oxygen her lungs are breathing in. Sirius, however, wasted no time in observing nature but threw the huge castle doors open and rushed in, muttering about toilet and insane parents. Remus was enjoying the laughter of a couple of muggle-borns, which… tinkled from a faraway hill. It could have been his werewolf senses going on height again.

James was inspecting his trunk, scowling under his breath in finding that his parents had removed his prank books and had replaced them with certain editions of thick "HOW TO DATE A GIRL—A COMPLETE GUIDE, ENCYCLOPAEDIA #1" books. Lily was mourning over her Yumi's (Kiara) food as it had fallen messily over the snow-covered grass.

'We're back!!!!!' Adele announced happily, walking into the Gryffindor common room.

'Oh good!!! Thank God! Save me!' Tally squealed, running for shelter behind James and Remus.

'Hey, buzz off!' Remus said, shooing Tally off.

'TALLY! YOU GET BACK HERE!!!!!!!!' Dan's angry voice yelled.

'What did you do?' Lily asked in amusement. It was usually Tally who was the one yelling.

'I sort of destroyed his date,' the blonde girl said.

'She ruined it!' Dan corrected.

'I only spilled the butterbeer over her robes.'

'Not to mention that 5 Knut ice-cream.'

'It was only plain carbon dioxide ice!'

'NO!!!! A cherry and strawberry syrup were in your list, too!'

'Grr!'

'Grr!!'

'Ah,' Sirius said, strolling in. 'What happened?' He stared from Tally to Dan. 'I didn't know you know the existence of carbon dioxide, being wizards and witches.' The two snarled at him, and he cowered in fright.

'Score to Tal and Dan, nil to Sirius!' James said, scribbling onto his notebook. Sirius snatched the 2B pencil from James's hand.

'No! It's not me versus them! Is Tally versus Dan, remember?' Sirius said. 'And don't you insult me, too!' he hissed into James's ear. James chuckled and nodded.

'Fine, fine,' he said boringly. 'So, will we be involved in this…? I mean—'

'Hang on a moment,' Adele said, interrupting James. 'I plan to take on Tally's side!' Tally cheered with a whoop.

'Why?' Lily asked.

'Because, Lily, we're girls! And boys shouldn't dump girls the way Dan did!' Adele retorted. 'I don't think should be the victim. I mean, LOOK at us! We're always the sad heartbroken community, aren't we?'

'No. So far, you look pretty much okay to me, and your heart seems very much in place,' Sirius said. Adele sent him a glare.

'Boys think that we're tools! Our heart's just another game for them. I don't believe that the male community that "work hard" for the girls will love her—HAH! Yeah right! I'll eat my own head!' Adele said scornfully.

Tally nodded thoughtfully. 'Yeah! Look at all the flowers Dan once sent!'

Lily scratched her head in puzzlement. 'Um, I don't quite get it. But since I'm a girl myself, I guess…'

'You should stand by us girls!!!' Adele and Tally chirped.

'Erh… really…?'

'Yes!!!'

'Well. Whatever. Fine. Bah.'

'Is that a yes?? It is?? WHEE!!!! YAY!!!! WE RULE~!!!' Tally shrieked.

'Hey!!!' James said, 'think before you reply!!!' Adele poked her tongue out in reply.

'I'm a very convincing person,' Adele said cockily to him. The boys gritted their teeth. They obviously don't take insults very easily.

'Dan, we're with you since those girls took sides,' James said instantly.

'Aye, it's time we show them who's the boss!' Sirius said.

'Not that… serious now, are we?' Remus said uneasily. He didn't quite fancy the idea of being at war with his friend. After all, no matter what, Lily had more advantage of them with that disturbing Psychic skill of hers.

'Of course we are, Remus! What did you expect, a water balloon party?' Sirius said sarcastically.

'I, um, would rather be out of this, er, cause I don't, um, feel like playing along,' Remus said decidedly.

'No, I'm the leader, so you MUST join us!' James insisted, holding onto Remus's robes firmly so that he doesn't run away.

Remus stared helplessly into the thin air, as if moaning 'NO!!!! Why me? WHY ME????? ARGH!!!! CHOOSE ANYONE BUT ME!'

'Alright! So let the battle begin!' Dan yelled.

'You bet on it, Trevor!!!' Tally shrieked. The two groups turned to their heels and stomped off into their dormitory.

**

'You cannot be the leader!!! I want to be the leader!' Lily said in a shrill voice.

'Oh yeah? Who started this fight against Dan? Me! ME, get it?? Not YOU!' Tally screeched.

'I think I deserve to be the leader cause I have all the points why we must fight, and I have talents unlike—' Adele started.

'You want to get a blast of icy winter at the moment now, don't you?' Lily said with a warning glare. Adele cowered. However evil she, Adele Varens, may look, Lily's innocently charming face could always produce a glare of threat to win the Meanest Looking Face award of the day.

'I give,' Adele mumbled resentfully. Oh well. Lily ALWAYS gets her way.

'I'M THE LEADER!!!' Tally yelled.

'NO, I AM THE LEADER!' Lily shrieked, twice the times louder than Tally.

'ME!'

'NO, ME!'

'I WANNA TAKE COMMAND!'

'I WANT IT EVEN MORE! BESIDES, I'M A MARAUDER!'

'I DON'T CARE!'

'DO AS I SAY, CHAPMAN!'

'SHAN'T!

'I QUIT!' Lily screamed. Adele blinked at her.

'Quit? Quit what, Lily?' the raven girl questioned in puzzlement. 'Quit from the leader job? I thought you liked it!'

'No, I quit. For real,' Lily said.

'Yes, but what DID you quit???'

'From this stupid fighting thing. It's not making much sense to me. You expect me to just be some stupid pawn?? HAH! In your dreams! Also, I don't really feel like fighting with the boys,' Lily said carelessly.

'But—'

'Who cares? I know them for more than 16 years! We haven't had a fight for – what? Oh yeah – eight months!' Lily said. 'A fight too many is never healthy for the best of friends.'

'What was that last fight about?' Adele said in puzzlement, racking her brains for memory.

'Oh, that talent rubbish. We were arguing whether or not we should snap you awake or keep you in trance. Nothing pleasant.'

**

'I won't let you be the leader. Na-ah, nope, sorry, out of your mind,' James said when Dan told him about the "leader" thing. It appears, too, that the male part of the Marauders share the same mind as their female counterpart: Tally and Dan do NOT deserve to be the leader at all.

'But you can't always be the leader!' Dan protested. 'I want a chance!'

'I have that streak for leader hood that you don't. Face it.'

'Like so, hah,' Sirius muttered, rolling his eyes. 'But yes, James has a great streak of bossing people around and ordering to his heart's content.'

'So, take me or leave it totally,' James said calmly.

'I still want to be the leader,' the boy replied stubbornly. James shrugged.

'That's your choice, Trevor. I'm not in your little rivalry thing no more.'

**

'She won't let me be, so I quit,' Lily said cheerfully. Remus nodded.

'So how did Adele got roped in with you?' Sirius asked.

'Well, Lily quitted, so… uh, you know.'

'Ah.'

'What about you?' Lily questioned. 'All three of you are here!'

'We met the same fate as your do,' James said. 'Dan wouldn't let me be a leader, so we just decided to leave him to his little childish fight.'

'He wants face,' Remus whispered, 'as in, he wants his "honour record" to be absolutely whitewash. Can't bear to have it darken.'

James didn't hear him, thankfully. He went on rattling, 'now I'd made a decision on our solution!'

'Oh? That's first. What about it?'

'Tally and Dan wants a fight,' he said, a mischievous grin flashed across his face. 'Let's help them.'

**

'Chapman, will you please recite the important of the Billywig to the universe in general?' Professor Goshanit-elp, the trainee DADA teacher of the term, said to her class. Tally Chapman stood up, both of them. One held a book in her hands and the other a twig from the pitiful firtree that has been victimised by the girl.

'The importance of Billywig—' they both started at the same time. They stopped, stared at each other and let out an asthmatic-like gasp.

'Who are you?' Tally cried.

'Who are you?' Lily—who is pretending to be the other Tally, holding the twig—shrieked in reply.

'I'm Tally Chapman,' Tally said.

'I'm Tally Evelyn Chapman,' Lily said diplomatically.

'No you are not! I am!'

'You're wrong! I am Tally! You're the impostor!'

'Atta it, Tinker,' Remus grinned from the far corner of the room.

'Would be Jimbo's turn next,' Sirius said, lying back in relaxation. This proved to be, as James promised, fun.

Remus, Sirius and Adele were sitting at the corner whilst Lily and James, disguised respectively as Tally and Dan, were sitting … somewhere in the middle of the classroom.

'I don't care which of you is the real Tally,' Goshanit-elp frowned. 'Would one of you please answer my question?'

'But professor!' Lily protested, clearly enjoying herself, 'can't you see that this girl is impersonating me? I bet she's Lily Evans! Lily isn't here!'

Tally gaped. 'But I am Tally!'

Goshanit-elp stared at them both in puzzlement. 'Oh gosh, I need help. Dan Trevor, would you kindly—'

'Certainly,' James said, standing up. 'Hey Tal, go curse Lily! That wrench's been on it for some time!' Lily shot him a glare that would slash him into a million pieces should she wish it, but calmly took it with a clear head.

Instead, she put on her best horror-stricken face. 'When are YOU on my side?'

'You're an impostor! I'm Dan!' Dan yelled, standing from his seat next to Tally.

'Gosh, gosh, gosh… I'm in desperate need of help… Children, can we settle this later?' the professor said feverishly. 'Serena Tappers, can you explain—'

'You impostor!!!!' Lily yelled at Tally, brandishing her twig at the blonde girl furiously. 'Get off my disguise! Finite incantatem!'

Literally, nothing happened. Lily and James were disguised in the muggle way with muggle products (of which lily had stolen from her mother, an ex-beautician) and were coated with layers upon layers of potion brewed especially by Sirius to be immune to the finite incantatem spell.

'I'm Tally Chapman!' Tally retorted. She jabbed her finger at Dan next to her. 'And he's Dan, not that moron next to you.'

'I'm the real Dan, Tal,' James said matter-of-factly. Tally blinked.

'Well- well I'm sure Severus Snape could tell the difference!' she stammered, turning to the Slytherin in question. 'Couldn't you Snape?'

Snape looked very much in trouble. He hadn't any clue of which is the real Tally.

'Hah! Like I'd ask a Slytherin to help!' Lily said. 'Everyone knows how much I hate Snape!' Murmurs of agreement swept through the room.

'Gosh, I need help,' Goshanit-elp moaned pitifully. 'Please don't fight, children!'

Needless to say, it took all of James and Lily's control system to yell out "WE ARE NOT CHILDREN!!!!!" but they managed it, all the same. Still, the rest of the Marauders had got a word in that.

'We're NOT children!' Sirius yelled from his place. 'With the capital N-O-T all in bold and italics, if you would wish!'

'Lily, I know it's you!!!' Tally screeched. 'You're not in this room!'

'Lily and James had to help Dumbledore,' Adele called. 'Or rather, do some detention with him, for pulling up Hagrid's pumpkin patch.'

Tally gritted her teeth. Where was help when she needed it? 'STOP DISGUISING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

'Do you realise the use of your exclamation marks, Tal?' Dan suggested.

'You ought to pull that disguise!' Lily cried back.

'Bleh bleh bleh!' James said, sticking his tongue out at Tally and Dan.

'Oh gosh… can someone please help me…???' Goshanit-elp moaned, slumping into her chair.

**

Lily, James, Dan and Tally went to Gryffindor common room, arguing all the way. The remaining three Marauders tagged behind them in interest.

'How can you be so sure that you're not disguising, huh?' James challenged.

'Because you claimed to be Dan Trevor before I did!' Dan shot. Then suddenly, it hit Tally.

'Who's the smartest in our form? I recall that Anna's leading,' Tally said casually. Then being idiots they are, they fell for it.

'No!!! I may be bad in General Knowledge, but look, geography isn't in our syllabus!' Lily retorted.

'We're the smartest, really,' James added.

'AHA! Caught you red handed!' Tally shrieked. 'You ARE Lily and James!'

'Our hands aren't red, are they James?'

'They look pretty normal to me… Gee Tal, how'd you get it?'

'Quick brain. Now get off that disguise and leave us alone!' she screeched as Sirius, Remus and Adele bowled over with laughter. Lily removed the blonde wig huffily.

'Can't you take a joke?' she asked with a small sign of cheeky whimper.

'No!' Tally and Dan yelled at once.

**

'What do you mean I'm a flirt?' Dan yelled.

'Well fine! You're a stupid jerk! Traitor! Two-faced monster! Moron! Dummy! Grossed out silver! Diaper duck! Mini mouse!' Tally shrieked in one breath. She took in some air. 'You dumped me, then you picked me up, then dump, then pink, dump, pick, dump, pick, dump, pick… what do you think I am??? Some ITEM??? An unbreakable vase??????' Now she's really using too many question marks.

'Grr!

'Grrr!'

'Oktagos!'

'Gualanos!'

Poof! Dan turned into a green iguana that reached the fireplace, and Tally morphed into an octagon. By the looks of it, it seemed as if Tally had had the worst of the two: Dan the Iguana can still hold his wand, but Tally the octagon had no hand nor finger to hold hers. Then again, Dan can't talk.

Adele conveyed this in giggles.

'You two are still fighting like cats and dogs!' she giggled in exclamation. 'Finite incantatem!'

Pfft! The two were back to normal.

They were at necks in the next second.

'How dare you!'

'Grr…!'

Tally was straggling Dan and the boy was pulling Tally's shoulder-length hair. Adele surveyed this happily.

'If you two so happen to kiss, please tell me,' the raven girl said cheerfully.

'This is silly. Why're they even fighting in the first place?' Sirius yawned.

'Because – grr – Dan is a big liar!' Tally gritted.

'Grr… you started it by throwing a shoe at me!' Dan choked.

'You called me fat!'

'Well you are!'

'No I'm not!'

'Yes you are! Fatty!'

That did it. With her right hand still ringed around his neck, Tally brought her wand to Dan's head with her left hand and muttered a curse.

Dan was soon brought to Madam Pomfrey, his left ear bleeding profusely.

**

'Back again,' Madam Pomfrey sighed when she saw Sirius levitating Dan in. 'Seriously, if it isn't Snape or one of those Slytherins, it's either Tally or Dan. What happened this time?'

'Oh, I think Tally muttered the wrong curse,' Adele supplied cheerily.

'I thought you Marauder claim yourself geniuses,' the nurse muttered, pulling out some parchments. 'Why don't you stop Tally and Dan?'

'Well… Hey, that's a good idea!' Adele grinned.

'Then why not put it on action?' Madam Pomfrey said darkly.

'We'll talk to Jimmy about it,' Sirius chirped. 'He was getting rather bored anyway!'

**

'Sure I am… getting bored, eh?' James said sarcastically.

'Well, better than constant yells over our dorms,' Adele said timidly. 'Tally's voice had deafened us and Dan's reply isn't any better.'

'She has a point,' Remus said flatly. 'But Poppy hates us. She'd never allow us to demonstrate our streak of creative, innovative, ingenius intelligence!!!'

'She just asked us to perform it on Tally and Dan,' Lily pointed out bluntly. 'But I don't see the eye to why must we do it for her.'

'BECAUSE she asked us to! She might tell the whole school about us! And we'll be embarrassed for the rest of our school days!!!!' Sirius gasped. 'Think of our honour! Our face!!! If she tells that the Marauders are too lousy to take on the SIMPLE task of shutting Tally and Dan up, we'll be prisoned forever in doom!'

'Colourful,' Lily said dryly. 'You really ought to consider yourself being a poet of dramatic writings.'

'In other words, don't,' James added with a grin.

'So, will we do it? To save our face?' Sirius whimpered.

'Yes. Shut up. You're killing us. Stupid pathetic doggy eyes, no wonder you chose to turn into a DOG, of all things!' Remus grumbled.

'My pleasure,' Sirius beamed.

'In what?'

'Killing you. Mwahaha!'

'Insane. Gah. We have a kid who's laughing like Lord Voldemort here!' Lily said in a bugle-type of tone.

'So… What are we going to do?' Adele said.

'Kill Tally and Dan!' Sirius said brightly.

'Hey, let's all opt for entering Azkaban or say that we'll join Voldemort!' Remus cried. In other word (or translated version), it literally carries the meaning NO.

'Make them get together?'

'And what? Start a brand new fight in two minutes? How delightful,' Adele said.

'Set them up.'

'It's the SAME, idiot,' Adele yelled, slapping Sirius on the head.

'Well, we have to do something!' Sirius wailed.

'Exactly. But you were the one who wanted to save your face,' Lily smirked.

'Fine! FINE! I'll just erase their memory, so that they'll have no idea of what they're actually fighting about! There! Problem solved!' Sirius gave them a black scowl and threw his arms in the air.

'COOL!' the Marauders exclaimed in unison. Sirius blinked.

'Pardon?'

'I'm gonna do the spell!' Adele shrieked. Lily shook her head solemnly.

'Nope. I should. My wand's specialty is Charms, remember?'

'Hey, I want to do it, too!' Remus called.

'I'm the leader, so I—'

'You stay off Jimmy!' Sirius said, pushing James away with a shovel. 'You've been having loads of leader specials! After all, I'm the genius who suggested it, so… I AM DOING IT!!!!!!'

'Hey, I want to use that memory charm too!' James retorted. 'Lily's been using charms too much, so I suggest we vote her off!'

'Support!' Remus said at once.

'Me too!' Sirius cried.

'Me three,' Adele added.

'No, no, no!' Lily wailed. 'I can't be out! No!'

'Okay, Lily darling is ruled out!' James said cheerfully as Lily gave him a sour glare. 'And since Sirius came up with the dorky idea of helping Poppy, he's out, too!'

'Aye!' Remus grinned.

'Off with him!' Adele cried.

'Noooooooooo!' Sirius yelled.

'Hah!'

Lily pouted. 'James doesn't have the right to do anything, because he doesn't approve Sirius's idea in the first place.'

'Yay! Go Lily!' Sirius cheered.

'Woohoo!' Adele agreed.

'I support!!!!' Remus said eagerly. So eagerly that it was almost a squeal. Lily gave James a sweet smile. James fumed.

'Alright, it's between the two of us now,' Remus said, facing Adele. The raven headed girl clenched her fingers as she brought her violet eyes to face Remus'.

'I'm not going to lose, Lupin!'

James just sighed. 'On your mark… get set… go!!!' James cried. 'First to move is first to lose!'

Remus and Adele's face were immediately set straight and completely frozen. Only their eyes blinked. Lily, James and Sirius busied themselves by pulling faces in front of their friends, sometimes exchanging jokes that were hardly even jokes to begin with. Sirius produced a feather to tickle Adele with.

Yep, it's the "who laughed first is the biggest loser" game by the Marauders, in which the players will have to keep a perfectly straight face (blinking, heart-beating, thinking and breathing is excused) until one of them decided to give up. The Marauders would usually set their mind on something to avoid getting distracted.

Adele was losing pretty badly. Remus was engrossed with his werewolf transformation two days ago. Adele never had much experience in this stupid pointless game.

And with Lily and James miming Tally and Dan's fights isn't helping Adele's already struggled situation at all. Besides, her nose itched!!!

Lily bonked James on his head with her wand and James yelled back, saying something along the lines of "Wands are used for EATING, not HITTING!" They remind the smaller girl a lot like Punch and Judy. She couldn't take it anymore. Her muscles are aching. Her nose is itching terribly. And the need to laugh is bursting from within her… ARGH!!!!!!

'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!' Adele laughed, clutching at her sides and scratching her nose at the same time.

'Lose!' James proclaimed, pointing at Adele.

'Guess Remus'll have to do it, then,' Lily said. 'Good luck, Moony! Don't be too moony when placing the charm, or something'll go wrong. Somehow.'

Remus continued to stare blankly ahead, eyes bulging like a goldfish's.

'Hey Remus,' James said, waving his wand before Remus. A snoring sound was heard from the fair headed boy. The Marauders gaped.

'I don't believe it! He fell ASLEEP????' Adele gasped. 'With his eyes open?'

'Well, that's possible,' Lily said. 'Fishes do that.'

'So we can call him Fishy instead of Moony, then,' Sirius giggled, finding that hilariously funny.

'Hey, wake up,' James said, shaking Remus violently.

'Argh, no! Don't come near me! HELP! S.O.S.!!' Remus yelled. He focused his stinging eye then said, casually, 'what? Ah? Where's the werewolf?'

'Remus, did you know that you had just won a trip to the SMHFW? It's a free ticket,' Adele said sweetly.

'Huh? What SM what?'

'St. Mungo's.'

'Actually, no. When did I?'

'That's not our point,' Lily said with a dismissive wave. 'You're doing the memory charm on Tally and Dan. Adele laughed.'

Remus's face brightened. 'I am? Really? Whoopeeee!!!!!!!!!! I'll better find them now!'

'Bye bye Fishy—err, Moony!' Sirius called.

**

Remus threw the Infirmary door open in the Marauders' grand way and was greeted by insults, yells, more insults, flying items such as kettles and lamps, and the faint medicine smell the Infirmary usually held. Madam Pomfrey had a look of utter horror on her young face as she ducked the flying side-desk. Remus whistled in amusement. This is fun.

Whoosh! A huge lamp narrowly missed Remus's hair by a few milimetres.

Then again, it's not.

'Hello Poppy Pomfrey!' Remus greeted the matron happily. Pomfrey narrowed her eyes at Remus.

'What do you want this time?' she said sourly. Each time Remus visited the Infirmary, it is either to: a) bring some patients in, courtesy of his friends' hexes or b) take some of her extra herbs and potions to experiment on them.

'Help you.'

Blink blink. Now that's not Remus. 'Huh?' Pomfrey said, hoping that she sounded intelligent because she don't feel smart about it at all.

'Obliviate!' Remus cried, pointing his wand at Tally and Dan, who are now hurling pillows and blankets all over. He missed his targets, though, and the beam emitted rocketed towards a stray brow outside the window and hit it. Two seconds later, the crow slammed onto the castle walls.

'YOU FAT MONSTER!' Dan cried, totally ignoring Remus's presence.

'YOU TWO-TIMING GIT!' Tally shrieked just as passionately.

'Alright, calm it Remus,' Remus muttered to himself. 'Stop the time. Yep. Use magic. Now, what's the word again? Stop!—uh, tops—no… Tosp—err…'

'I thought you're here to stop them,' Madam Pomfrey gasped, crouching behind the cupboard.

'I can't remember the right word! Aaah! I get it! It's SOPT!!!' Remus said brightly, snapping his fingers. Instantly, everything turned stone. Remus smiled broadly at his own cleverness.

He aimed his wand at Tally's brain and murmured 'Obliviate' before doing the same to Dan.

Once the shimmer faded, Remus pulled out a marker pen and began doodling on their faces. Hah, that's what happens if you ignore me, Remus the Great! Mwahahaha!

'Estrore!' Remus whispered as everything shook back to life.

'Ah? Huh? What am I doing?' Tally said blankly. 'Where am I? Who're you?'

'I'm Dan Trevor. First year Gryffindor. Who're you?'

'Tally Chapman. The same.'

'Uh-oh,' Remus mumbled uncertainly.

'I take it that you hadn't mastered your spell—yet,' Madam Pomfrey said disapprovingly with a glare.

'Ah… quite, um, true…'

The nurse sighed. Well, at least they weren't fighting anymore. That was the deal anyway. Now, time to brew a good, strong potion to remind them of at least which year the two idiots are in…

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AN: first off, I might as well just tell the truth and not tell everyone a lie that read along the lines of "My computer went BOOM and my brother decided not to give me any privacy at all," although it's true :) still, it sounds pathetic, so I'm telling you another truth:
Almost every time I type this chapter to the half of its pages, the computer hangs, the screen went bzzt [literally—I'm telling the truth! It sounds like some super buzzing mosquito!] and all my work for an hour is wiped off by a little restart my computer decided to have.

Also, I had to do some things for school. Play, choral-speaking, sports, yadda yadda yadda, bla bla bla and so on so forth ^_^ it's the truth. Then I had a severe wave of depression which nearly caused me to suicide *gasp* bunny is going to die…!!!

Boring. Okay, I guess that's all! Sorry about the delay! Tally and Dan were arguing nonsense in my head for a month.

~* bunny chan