Yay! My chapter! (Me being LIS) Hope you like it! My chapter is longer than Queen's Own's last one HAH!

Ysa: I like this story... mad people are fun to write. So are hyper folks... but not as much as mad people.

Sami: Okay, here are my A/Ns, Ysa. It's not my fault Queen's Own was on vacation! Thanks to our two reviewers! wizard116 and Fireblade K'Chona, you guys rock! Pie for you! Fireblade K'Chona, that's actually a really good idea. Will I use it- Possibly.

Disclaimer: I don't own, do you?

Chapter 5: And Everything's Back To Normal...

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:Lyan,: Meriya said, annoyance tinting her mindvoice orangey-yellow, :Please tell Doss to control his Chosen's sugar intake. I don't want to have to deal with him when all those pieces of pie set in.:

Lyan's mindvoice was amused, doing much to further Meriya's annoyance. :Will do, Chosen.: She sent back a glare and went back to her food.

He just had to sit next to me... Meriya thought, glancing at Alyx, currently finishing his fifth piece of berry pie, and reaching for his sixth. Of course, this is the first time anyone has sat next to me from the time my Firestarting gift has set in... people tend to keep away from an angry Firestarter, but hey, I like it that way.

"Only for you, Doss," Alyx said, and she fixed him with a glare.

"Mindspeech, Alyx. Mind-speech.

"What's that? Do I have it? How do I use it? Can you show me?" Alyx said, "Hey, do you want this?" He gestured to the slice of pie he just grabbed.

"Your Companion will show you." Well, I don't want that, but if I eat it you won't be able to... "Sure, I'll have it.

"Here you go then," he said, and shoved the plate at her. She took the despised piece of pie off his plate and nibbled at it slowly. Not bad, she admitted, actually pretty good. I might have to change my mind about not liking sweets... nah. It's not that good... definitely not that good.

She continued to nibble at the pie in front of her, the barest hint of a smile twitching across her lips before she got it under control and replaced it with the usual scowl.

:HI!!!: It was a mindvoice she didn't recognize, and she looked around wildly, frightened. After a few minutes, she heard, :It's me! Alyx!:

:Bloody HELL! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!: She felt the slight increase in heat around her head that meant that the flamelets were in her hair.

:Okay, okay, I'm sorry...:

:JUST GET OUT OF MY HEAD!: she Yelled in private-mode, as loud as she could without everyone overhearing, and had the satisfaction of seeing Alyx wince.

:Chosen,: Lyan said softly, :That wasn't-:

:You keep out of this, horse.:

:-very nice,: he concluded, despite Meriya's demands. Well, he was asking for it...

:I DON'T CARE!:

Lyan winced inwardly, withdrew and shielded Meriya out. She was even more irritable than usual... he usually had to push her a lot farther than that for her to actually yell at him. Something must have happened...

Maybe... maybe Rolan will know.

With that, he went to seek the Groveborn.

:Rolan?:

:Yes Lyan? What can I do for you?:

:I'm worried about Meriya.:

:You mean, more than usual?:

:Ha ha. I'm laughing so hard,: He said sarcastically.

:I guess that's a yes. What happened?:

:She's more irritable than usual... she yelled at me for almost nothing.:

:Don't say anything about that being normal.: he added, and the Groveborn looked guilty.

:All right, all right... did it have anything to do with Alyx?:

:Umm...yeah, why?:

:Do you have her blocked out?:

:Why?:

:I don't want your shock and the news radiating down the bond, she has to figure it out by herself.:

:What news? What does she have to figure out by herself?:

:Do you have her blocked out?:

:Yes.:

:They're lifebonded. She and Alyx are lifebonded.:

Lyan's eyes opened wide with shock. :Oh... Gods...: he said weakly.

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Wheeeee... that was fun. I didn't see that one coming... poor Lyan.

Lyan: :Methinks the gods have serious issues.:

As I said, poor, poor Lyan...

Ysa: Sami's fault if the next chap don't come out for a while. Also, for those of you who read A Choice Of The Gods (For those of you who don't go read it, on Airotciv's account) the chapter's ready to come out, we're just all waiting for Queen's Own's A/N's. -glares- So tell her to get on it! NOW!

LIS: Yes and please review.