A/n: I'm not sure I like this chapter. Hmm..I'll re-read it later. anyway. Flame, review, whatever. I'm in a lazy mood today.

Disclaimer: I'm lazy and not going to write it again. You know what's going to be put here. A) a witty and funny comment or B)a 'All this belongs to [whoever] I wish it belonged to me' trash. Well, not really trash since I write it too. Anyway, I'm just being weird today and lazy. Whatever. Arg, not that word again.

Tobias was getting scared. He was actually starting to like Rilee. The following events had happened the last few days.

One, Rilee had started to cry and ran into the bathroom.

Two, Faerie had given up on him after thinking he was choosing Rilee instead of him.

Three, Rilee stopped annoying him so much and was being NICE to him.

Four, he stared to like her. This was not going to way he wanted it to. He wanted to not like Rilee, not start liking her! Would this have happened with Faerie too, if Rilee had given up?

Rilee was sitting down next to him one day. She was leaning in close, and Tobias was bothered by the fact that it wasn't bothering him as much as usual. But he wasn't about to let Rilee know that. He moved away from her.

Rilee sighed and grabbed his hand. He slipped it out of her grip intensively. And on it went, almost the same as the time before and the time before that..

It was almost Christmas time, and Aldrea had decided to go stay with Jamey over vacation. At first she hadn't even thought that Tobias wouldn't come. Then she figured out he wasn't. He just didn't feel like bothering with Aunt Jane anymore. Because Jamey would only be able to have one guest, and Tobias suspected that Aldrea would be the one most wanted.

Tobias felt slightly left out, as was expected. He best friend and his sister had dumped him for each other. It's hard not to feel a bit depressed. He tried to get over it, but he couldn't. He knew it wasn't right, but he wished that Aldrea and Jamey had a horrible time.



Aldrea gave Tobias one last hug and waved to Isobel and Bonnie before getting on the train. Tobias sighed and Rilee (who had come along as well) took his arm. "What's wrong?" she asked as if talking to an intimate partner. Tobias felt sick and awkward at that and didn't answer.

Isobel watched in disappointment. She knew Tobias too well to hope that Rilee wasn't charming him. She wondered how soon it would be until she wouldn't be able to stand to even look at Rilee or Tobias.

Bonnie punched her lightly in the shoulder. C'mon, Izzy! You can deal with this. YOU dumped HIM remember?" she looked at Isobel suspiciously. "Why do I get the feeling you didn't 'suddenly not have the same feelings for him.' I think you still like him. A lot, if you're still brooding over dumping him. Why'd you do it? He piss you off?"

Isobel sighed. "Look, Bonnie. This is nothing I can explain." she hung her head. "Nothing I can explain easily, anyway. Maybe I'll tell you later."

Bonnie crossed her arms stubbornly. "Nope, Isobel. No more escaping it. Why did you dump Tobias?" Isobel quickly scanned the area around them to see if anyone had heard. Tobias and Rilee had left a little while before and no one much was left. "Why, Isobel. You still like him, but now I'm not so sure he still likes you with that fawning Rilee crawling all over him."

Isobel sighed and shrugged cheerlessly. "I know that it's not in the prophesy for him to love me or to have any relationship with me that might end in sex and pregnancy." Bonnie's eyes widen. "Don't tell me you guys were going that far."

Isobel rolled her eyes. "You idiot! Of coarse not. We could barely kiss in public, much less.that. But if we had lasted longer.well, I just don't know. Rilee, on the other hand, might score with Tobias."

Bonnie groaned. "And you're going to stand there and let that happen? If I were you, I'd fight for him; prophesy or-" then she stopped, thinking over Isobel's earlier words. "Isobel.what prophesy are you talking about?"

Isobel leaned in closer. "THE prophesy. The prophesy of Amplis and the rest of the Everworlds and Faelands." While Bonnie frowned in confusion, Isobel continued. "You see, I'm from this other world. Not another planet, but.well, it hard to explain. But it's like nothing you've ever seen!" She closed her eyes and sighed wistfully. Bonnie cocked an eyebrow. "And what, Tobias is a savior of this land in the prophesy. And don't tell me! He has to be a virgin!"

Isobel rolled her eyes again. "No. The prophesy is that the one at the end of a shunned witch's line will save us all from the rule of Igor. Anyway, he DOESN'T have to be virgin.he has to have half and half children. Half from Amplis, from his side, and half from here, from his wife's. But that's if he's NOT the savor. There's a chance he might not be. His powers aren't very strong at all, so it slightly apparent that he might not be."

"And tell me why it can't be Aldrea that saves the world?"

"The end of the line would be the last, I suspect. So that means that the one born last. Which equals Tobias. And the saver is to be able to speak in his-"

"Or her!" Bonnie interrupts.

"Or her minds." Isobel finishes. "Even though Aldrea DOES have to stronger powers."

"Powers too?" Bonnie gasped. "Man, gimme an update!"



Aldrea knocked at Jamey's door. She waited in freezing cold for him to open the door. She thought of using a small spell to warm herself, but decided not to risk it. Finally the door opened and Jamey popped his head out of the opening.

"Hey, Aldrea!" he cried and he pulled her in. He embraced her quickly and gave her quick kiss. Aldrea welcomed the warmth of the house and of Jamey. She wanted to snuggle up next to Jamey on the couch and sleep.

But she heard the sound of music in the dining room and followed Jamey into the dining room. She-

*Death, it whispered. Deeeeeath.*

-closed her eyes and felt as if there was a message for her that she couldn't hear. She looked around, but there was no one calling. She shrugged and continued listening to Jamey's parent's greetings. She smiled back at them. Man, sleep was what she need, that was for sure.

That night she felt as if she just COULDN'T get to sleep. She felt restless and got up suddenly. She walked as quietly as she could to Jamey's room. She sat on the edge of his bed and poked his shoulder. "Jaaamey." she whispered into his ear lightly.

He jumped with a start. When he saw it was just Aldrea, he calmed down. "What is it?" he asked, rubbing his eyes.

She shrugged. "I couldn't sleep."

"So you came here in the hopes that I wouldn't be able to sleep either?" Jamey sighed and sat. "Well, I was sleeping, you know."

"Yeah, I know, Jamey. Sorry. I just." He interrupted her with a-

*I will cause you death. Death is the price.*

-kiss. She shivered but sank into Jamey's arm eagerly, glad to the warm and safety it brought her. Why was she feeling so alone. So strange?



Tobias was sitting in the GCR, talking with Bonnie. She seemed more interested in a group of people by the door, then the actual conversation with him, but he didn't mind.

"Tobias. Do you like Rilee a lot?" That caught him by surprise. He had been trying to figure out that question all day. He wasn't sure whether or not he still like Isobel, or if he was getting past her.

"I don't know. I really don't. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't." He looked down at the ground as he said that, not wanting to see Bonnie's expression.

"Do you like Isobel?" Once again, a question he wasn't expecting. This one, though, he hadn't been thinking of directly, but in a way, that was the real question. He shrugged slightly, feeling miserable. How the heck was he expected to deal with this? This was beyond anything he had ever had to deal with. Maybe if he joined a monastery, he would be rid of all this junk.

"If you promise not to tell Isobel I told you.I'll tell you something." Bonnie looked dead serious then. God, had Isobel told her why she had dumped me? Could I stand knowing. For once if was a good thing that Bonnie could never keep a secret. "I won't tell Isobel."

Bonnie cleared her throat. She could be a real drama queen, if she wanted to. "Tobias.Isobel didn't have a real reason to dump you. If you ask me, whoever sent her here was being damn selfish!"

Tobias was confused by this time. What was she talking about? Someone had sent Isobel here? What was Bonnie ranting on about now? Was this some sick joke that she was playing on him?

"Look, Tobias. Here's a long story short. Isobel still likes you a lot. She had to dump you to save this world someplace. But she's really brave and strong, if you ask me. I wouldn't have been able to let the guy I liked go, even if it was risking a whole world." "She dumped me because if she continued with me the world would blow up or something?" he asked skeptically.

"God! Guys!" Bonnie rolled her eyes. "God! You are part this prophesy or something, and she can't stay with you and have you (or your children) save that other world at the same time! It was a choice between the other land and your relationship. Get it?!"

Tobias began to catch on, and was beginning to agree with Bonnie. Although he still didn't think about the prophecy part, he wasn't sure he would have been able to do the same thing Isobel had. And in a way, he wished she hadn't been able to either. He liked the way life had been much simpler when they had been together.

"I-I don't know what to think now. I don't want to like Rilee, but Isobel dumped me so that I could like someone like her. What am I supposed to DO? Why me? Why us?!"

Bonnie patted his shoulder tenderly. Not lovingly, she didn't have a crush on him. She loved him, but as a close friend, not as a boyfriend kind of person. She was ready to comfort him.

"Hey! Toby!" It was Rilee, like he never could have guessed.

"Don't call me Toby." Tobias answered. It was becoming a habit. He looked up at her. For the first time he really looked at her and saw she really was pretty. But this really wasn't the time that he wanted to talk to people. "Look, sorry Bonnie. Sorry, Rilee. I'll talk later." Bonnie gave him a knowing nod and Tobias got up. He went off to his dorm, his brain running in overload.