Disclaimer: RJ owns the books. We own nothing of the Wheel of time (but we really would like to own Lan and Moiraine. can we have them?). Lauriana (aka Lea) and Nataku (aka N) are our own creations although parts of their personalities might be based on characters in the series. I will say right out that Allan (aka Ace) is a clone of Lan, who does not belong to me (Lauriana). Some characters might be from other series of books, and when we get to them, we don't own them either. (We do not own Galadriel (who is owned by Tolkien) or Orlando Bloom (who is presumably owned by himself, although Lauriana would like to buy him). The background of some scenes is taken directly from the books and we DO NOT OWN IT. So basically, we don't own anything and don't sue us. There. If anyone sees something else we should say we don't own, tell us.

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An Introduction to the characters. The beginnings of this story, where our two main characters Lauriana and Nataku were first created, was originally an RPG. Basically, that RPG was between the authors Lauriana and Eres and was just for our amusement. But in that RPG, we established who our characters were, so we probably have to explain that now. If you go along with us through this information, the rest of the story is funny and interesting (we hope).

Lauriana Elisa Alverond, Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah (abbreviated LEA) Physical description: 5'5". green eyes. golden strawberry blond hair. Thin. Extraordinarily beautiful, almost to the extreme of Lanfear. Strength approx. equal to Nynaeve. Talents with Fire, Foretelling, Visions, Healing, balefire.

Father is Malkieri, mother is Andoran nobility. Hobbies: dancing, reading, manipulating, discussing the book, The Nine Rings Background: She came to the Tower at 16, spending 3 years as a novice and 4 as an Accepted. She is best friends with Nataku, who arrived at the Tower on the same day as she did and was raised at the same time to each new level. She finds Nataku somewhat strange at times but accepts her idiosyncrasies. Lea also deeply regrets Nataku's ajah choice, and cannot possibly understand why she chose it. Lea can be commanding, imperious, and have just the average Aes Sedai (abbreviated AS) attitude. Basically, all that happened in the RPG was that Lea and Nataku went to the Borderlands to get Lea a warder. Lea bonded Ace, and they returned to the Tower where this story starts.

Nataku (no last name known), AS of the Blue Ajah. (abbreviated N) Physical description: Average height. Violet eyes. Black hair. Very beautiful. Strength approx. equal to Nynaeve. Talents with Earth, Healing, Listening to the Wind, balefire.

National origin is unknown, but Lea suspects that somehow she is from the Land of Madmen, a continent Lea has heard of from Browns that lies far to the south of the main continent. Most people avoid this continent, because, like the name says, most people there are mad (male channelers and just plain mad people) and there is no civilizaton. How N came here is a mystery. N is fiercely loyal to Lea, the Blue, and then the Tower, in that order. She has an obsession with moonstones, which she enjoys collecting. She has also discovered many secret rooms in the Library and likes to ward things to keep her privacy. Currently she has no warder. Lea and N have just recently gained the ageless look of AS. On their trip to the Borderlands, as well as in N's hidden library rooms, they have found many (ter)/(sa) angreal.

Thank you for going with us through this and hope the rest is more interesting. Lauriana generally writes the chapters with Lea's POV. Eres writes w/ N's POV.

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Book 11: A Complicated Knot

"To tie up loose ends is to simply create a really complicated knot." -graffiti found on a wall in Tar Valon during the rule of Elaida.

Prologue After an awesome & interesting jaunt into the Borderlands and neighboring blight, Lea & N returned to tar valon a warder and a whole friggin lot of angreal richer, not to mention having lengthened their "People We've Insulted/Angered/Confused" list. THAT had it's own special book now that both AS kept a copy of in their belt pouches. And, unsurprisingly, none of N's moonstones were missing—by now, they're locked up safer than they would be were they in the infamous MATRIX/LOTR storage bunker. But, in the meantime, Lea was contemplating having a Foretelling—a really long Foretelling. So, instead of wasting all that breath, she and N went to the local Borders and picked up a Book on Tape, told by Galadreal (sp?), and were now sitting in N's secret room in the library in comfy bean bag chairs eating ho-hos pilfered from Laras (the privileges of being AS), and had been for quite some time. ACE, w/ his cool new cloak, was guarding the door, although he was somewhat superfluous—N had so many intruder traps in there that even she channeled/moved with extreme care. The calm ethereal voice of G. filled the room (still): "...Bashere shook his head. 'apparently a member of their royal family has arrived. Suroth wants u to meet someone called the Daughter of the 9 moons.' Thunder rolled again for distant lightning. End of book 10. On to Book 11, the FINAL BOOK. The wheel of time turns and ages come...AND go...and every last 1 of u is too friggin senile to remember what u should (Lea interjects, "Told u we should have gotten the "as told by Orlando" version). A wind rose on the sea of storms, and actually it WAS a beginning, seeing as it just rose. It rose some more, until it reached hurricane strength, and wiped out that slutty, cavier obsessed little nation of Mayene. Serendipitously for the Light, all of the Forsaken (except Mesana, for humorous reasons), that creepy fade, and the tremendously annoying Mazrim Taim, were all having a preemptive "we rule the world and u don't" party on the beach there and headed the list of the dead when that tsunami wave came in. their bodies were later balefired by 2 somewhat mysterious AS that wandered by, 1 looking hotter than Lanfear and the other defiantly telling everyone 'the shadow'll never get my moonstones now!' (N interjects: "an AS after my own heart—I'd love to meet her") More on them later. Mesana wasn't dead because she had her hands full at the Tower, being Danielle of the Brown, Laras of the Kitchens, and (sometimes) Alvarian of the Psychopathically Insane. Rest assured, she topped the "Light Friends Should Kill These People Now" list. The wind continued up to cairhein, picking up an unknown because the author is too lazy to check amount of palm sized black and white discs w/ sinuous lines down the middle. The discs were hurled through the window of a random manor out in the middle of no where, supposedly a good place for crazies, swordsmen, braidtuggers, and Cadsune to convalesce after almost killing everyone in the world with their grandiose, I-don't-even-know-if-this-will-work stunt. the braidtugger sniffed and pulled on her braid, saying 'about time we collected all those. Somebody fix this window' before she wandered off. Suddenly, in a time far, far away (or maybe not so far if time is a circle) a curious gateway spontaneously opened into what appeared to be a wrek (sp?) room w/ comfy beanbags—". Garble-tape dies-don't ask. Lea: "what the—" there was reason for Lea to b concerned . a curious gateway simultaneously going to the basement of the stone of tear and the "random manor out in the middle of nowh...*OOC: u know" had opened with "999 NE-go through to save the world" above it. N: "what year r we in Lea?" "753 NE" "oooh, the fuuutuuree, we should go and save the world like the sign says" "ok-I'll deal w/ moiraine while u deal w/ the braidtugger. We'll meet up w/ Mat. Remember, 1st person to fufill as many prophecies as possible wins whatever they want. Come on ACE" the 2 friends stepped through, followed by ACE, the helpful bellhop who carried all of the moonstones and objects of Power. The gateway closed behind them. A spider moved in the wrek room, and instantly was zapped to dust in a terrible swirl of pain and Power that shook the foundations of the library and made people wonder if Dragonmount was erupting. Then all was silent. Afterall, the 2 coolest people ever had left that time. For good?