Well, I'm back. It's been about 6 months since I've looked at this fic. I left the fandom for a bit

and went into the Lord of the Rings fandom. I suppose that fandom's helped me grow a bit as a writer and when I looked back on this fic my GW muses finally decided to come back from the dead. I'm continuing this fic, with hopes that the next chapters will be much better than the last and I hope that all past reviewers aren't to mad at me for...well...ditching Tainted Beauty.

In short...Hello Again. ^___~;

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Dancing when the stars go blue

Dancing when the evening fell

Dancing in your wooden shoes

And a wedding gown...

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"6 more weeks...I wonder if he can do it."

Valius sat upon his newly captured thrown of Lanium, wearing a stolen crown; thinking of how

brilliant he was. For he could be no less. Ha! He finally had a suitable fort for what he was plotting. His magic was returning in full force, he was creating a beautiful army of goblins, trolls, hags, and other things of the sort. And, if all went well, the only person who could possibly get in the way would be dead in 6 weeks.

"Of course...there is a chance...Bah! I won't think of it! It positively can't happen. But...

Oh how I wish I could just shut my brain off sometimes." He sighed. "Bothersome curses and such. Should have just killed the little bugger when I had the chance." He ran his finger to and fro on his crown in frustration. "Course...this makes it funer, Yes! What could go wrong?"

What Valius did not know however, was that behind a fallen pillar was the soul survivor of

his attack. Wufei Chang, soon-to-be head gardener of Lanium castle. He was holding his breath. What was he hearing!? An old sorcerer was going to, well in short, take over the world or something? Well whatever it was, it was far from justice. But what was he to do? He had to do something, he was the only one left for reasons un-known and Wufei really didn't want some freaky man taking over the world or in a smaller perception: his garden.

'What can I do? Think dammit!' He thought, he thought long and hard. After a while he was

wondering what had happened to the Sorcerer, he looked over at him; 'Dear Nataku...did the man.fall asleep?" Sadly, Wufei was right. Valius had fallen asleep to dreams of him ruling the world and killing his brother.

'Ok, so the King is dead as far as I know. I'm the only one alive...and..The Princes are..at

Deonia!! Yes! I can go warn them! But.how would I get there...its so far away.' Wufei glanced out the window and looked across the desert that was Lanium, and he could just make out the sea about a weeks walking journey from Lanium. And he knew that at the middle of the Amita sea there was Deonia.

'I must do it! I could never die honorably if I didn't at least try.' Wufei set his jaw and

as quietly as he could crawled to the chambers passage; across the room.

Wufei made it across and as he was opening the hidden door Valius mumbled in his sleep

"Mmmm off with his head..." but after he settled down again and snuggled against his thrown.

'Ok, got this far. Just got to go to the kitchen and get some food..then...off I go.'

He continued running down the stairs to the kitchen.

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Dancing out on 7th street

Dancing through the underground

Dancing little marionette

Are you happy now?

Where do you go when your lonely?

Where do you go when your blue?

Where do you go when your lonely?

I'll follow you...

When the stars go blue.

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It was dark, too dark to see. All Duo could do was hear and smell, half of which he wished he couldn't do because wherever he was, smelt bad.

"Where the hell am I?"

Suddenly a bit of light came into the room, and the silence was broken by crackles; like fireworks. The light became bright and Duo shielded his eyes.

"Fight."

"Who's there?" The crackling sounds were becoming louder almost like bombs being set off.

It was starting to shake the ground where Duo was standing.

"Trust."

It was becoming harder for Duo to keep his balance, and in the distance he could see the ground breaking. Screams were joining the crackling booms.

"Love."

Duo fell to the ground, the sounds were so loud and the voice in the midst of all the madness

was so beautiful but so powerful in his ears. He thought that his mind would burst from the sensation of it all.

His ears started to bleed and blood was starting to poor out of his mouth. "Am I dying?"

Suddenly everything went pure white and the sounds stopped. Duo lay on his back still bleeding, still hurting. "Am I already dead?" He closed his eyes.

"Be."

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Laughing with your pretty mouth

Laughing with your broken eyes

Laughing with your perverse tongue

To a lullaby.

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"Master Heero!"

Heero stopped dead in his tracks. Before he was interrupted he was taking a walk through Deonia Castle's rose gardens. They truly were magical, there were all kinds of colors; there were even roses made out of solid ruby, or opal. They were growing over the castle walls and above you. Heero had to admit, that not even Lanium's own rose garden came close to this. Of course, Lanium grew roses in the middle of a desert so one must take that into mind.

"Highness Demtre, to what do I owe this meeting?" Heero bowed.

"Well, boy, I was wondering if you'd like to extend your visit. We have plenty of extra rooms,

and we would be delighted to have you boys stay for a while."

'Go for the gold Demtre, gotta think about your son, about your kingdom. Come on, take the

bait!' Demtre smiled up a Heero.

'What harm could it do?' Heero asked himself. 'After all, we deserve a vacation.'

"I'll have to consult it with my brother first...I'm sure he'll have no complaints." Heero

curtly nodded at the King, and Demtre smiled delighted back at him. "Yes yes!" After that there was a long un-wanted silence, they both felt as if the other was sizing him up. After a while Demtre broke the silence. "Well, see you around." He bowed and walked out of the garden.

"Fool." Murmured Heero, and he continued exploring the castle grounds.

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Where do you go when your lonely?

Where do you go when you blue?

Where do you go when you lonely?

I'll follow you...

When the stars go blue.

When the Stars Go Blue.

(The Coors- When the Stars go Blue)

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H.S.- *coughs* Well, it's been a while

Duo- Sheesh you think you can make it any shorter?

H.S.- *glares* You aren't the one writing it now are you priest boy?

Heero- I wanna gun!!

H.S.- Guns weren't invented back then silly!

Wufei- I'm a...gardener.

H.S.- I know ^-^;

Trowa&Quat- ;-; We're not there

H.S.- *goes into stressed mode* I neeeedddd COFFEEEEEE *runs around screaming*

All- -____-;