m: For some reason, I don't think the rest of chapter seven is showing up. It ends at 'Ano looked over AJ's hair and smiled at Nathyrra.' instead of 'No arguments there.' like it should. If it still isn't working by tomorrow I'll upload it again.

Chapter Eight

AJ grinned as he filled the bucket with maple syrup. When finished, he placed the bucket above the door, hanging by a string. When the door opened, the bucket would drop its contents onto the unsuspecting person that opened the door.

The boy and his friend, Resotyr, crouched in hiding. Nathyrra opened the door halfway before pausing. She looked up and scowled. "AJ, you'll have to do better than that." She said aloud.

"Dang it!" The two eight-year-olds chorused at the same time.

Nathyrra rolled her eyes. Suddenly, Ano walked behind Nathyrra. "Hey, Nat." He started to push the door open.

"NO! Ano-"

It was too late. The bucket fell on top of Anotalex, leaving a very sticky dragon disciple. His eyes turned crimson. "AJ!" He shouted.

AJ gulped and fled. Anotalex ran after him. Resotyr and Nathyrra amused themselves by watching the father chase his son throughout the house.

-

Ana walked into the kitchen. She saw a plate of cookies sitting on the countertop. The message, 'For Ana, love Dad.' lay next to the plate. Ana frowned, something didn't feel right. She picked up a cookie and slowly bit into it. It tasted normal. Ana smiled and helped herself to another.

After her fourth cookie, AJ and Res stepped out of the shadows.

"You do know that those are laxatives…right?" AJ asked.

Ana's eyes widened. She ran out of the room. "YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS, ANOTALEX JR.! AS SOON AS I GET OUT OF THE BATHROOM YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE. I SWEAR TO EILISTRAEE I'LL GET YOU BACK!" Ana bellowed as she ran into the bathroom.

Res and AJ burst out laughing.

"That was awesome!" cried Res as he wiped away tears of mirth.

-

AJ a devious grin as he set up a magical listening and talking device in the kitchen. When finished, the boy ran to the safety of his bedroom and waited.

Ano walked into the kitchen. He opened the pantry and started rummaging around. He scowled when he couldn't find what he was looking for. "Where are the damn chips?" he muttered as he searched.

A strange voice suddenly started talking. "People of Toril. This is Mephistopheles, leader of the devil invasion force. Your plane is in our hands. Resistance is futile."

"AAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Ano screamed. He ran out of the room. "NAT! GET YOUR ARMOR! MEPHISTOPHELSES ESCAPED FROM HELL!"

Ano ran into his room and grabbed his sword out of a chest. Oh gods, what the hell was his true name again? Something the ambitious. Thyrro the ambitious? Raxxy the ambitious? Thrax? Thyrax? Thyrraxon? Tampon!

"We have captured your gods. They were delicious." AJ said as Ano ran by his room, holding his sword and several throwing knives. Anotalex stopped when he saw his son. "AJ!" He yelled and ran into the room.

AJ grinned at his father. "That was funny."

"IT WAS NOT FUNNY! Damn it, boy! Don't scare me like that." He made AJ look him straight in the eye. "No more pranks, agreed?"

"I promise." AJ lied.

-

The next morning, Ano yawned and walked into the bathroom. A minute later, he ran out screaming and wearing only a pair of boxers.

Nathyrra opened her eyes and grabbed the dagger on her bedside table. She put it down when she saw that it was only her husband. "Anotalex! What is it!"

"Our son put a tattoo on me!" He roared.

"Where?"

"My ass!" He turned around and pulled down his boxers to show her. The words 'property of Nathyrra' we printed on Ano's buttocks.

Nathyrra smirked and burst into laughter. Anotalex glared at her as he pulled up his boxers. "It's not funny! It's embarrassing!"

"Yes, but you have to admire our son's cunning." Nathyrra grinned. "I may just ask you to keep it."

"I am NOT having a tattoo that says 'property of Nathyrra' on my ass!" He shouted, his eyes crimson.

Nathyrra immediately stopped laughing when she saw that Ano's eyes were starting to turn yellow, the sign of a slayer transformation. The drow stood up and walked over to her husband, pulling him into an embrace. "Calm down, Ano. It's not worth turning into the slayer over."

His orbs returned to their natural emerald green. "I started to turn into the slayer?" he asked worriedly.

"Your eyes were turning gold." She informed him.

Ano grimaced. "Sorry."

She smiled. "I'll talk to AJ." She reached up and kissed Ano.

-

"AJ, you have to stop playing pranks on your father." Nathyrra said to her son a while later.

"But his reactions are hilarious!" AJ protested.

You won't it very amusing if he turns into the slayer. "AJ, if you keep making your father angry on purpose it could have dire consequences. Promise me you won't keep playing these practical jokes." She pleaded.

"Alright! Alright! I'll stop!"

-

Three weeks went by without a prank. AJ was slowly losing his sanity. Finally, he snapped and called Res to help him set up one last prank.

-

Ano walked down the hall. He was in a very good mood for no pranks had been played in the last three weeks. He didn't see the roller-skate that had been placed on the stairs and tripped. Ano fell down the stairs, cursing as he fell. He rolled out the open door into the front yard. A bucket of green dye fell on his head along with several flower pots, leaving Ano with green skin and azaleas in his hair.

He saw AJ and Res laughing in the distance. His face curled into a snarl. The fighter felt the taint start to twist his soul. Some instinct of his remembered that he loved his son despite everything that he had done so he didn't turn fully into the slayer. Instead, his muscles bulged and he grew several feet. Ano's eyes became bright yellow and his skin remained green.

"ANO...MAD!" He roared, unable to form a proper grammatical sentence. The pressure of his muscles forced his shirt to rip and fall off. His boots crumbled and his pants were reduced to tatters. Ano let out and animal like roar and started walking down the street. (A/N: In case anyone doesn't get the joke, Ano's supposed to look like the hulk…except with a goatee.)

Nathyrra ran out of the house, gripping a necklace. She turned to AJ and Res. "NOW do you see why you shouldn't purposely anger your father!" she exclaimed before tearing off after Anotalex.

"Thanks the gods his pants stayed on." AJ commented as his mother chased his father, waving a holy symbol of Eilistraee that was the necklace.

-

Ano groaned and opened his eyes. He saw that he was lying on a bed, his bed. "What happened?" he asked drowsily.

"That last prank really got to you." Nathyrra told him.

Ano looked at his wife ho was sitting on the edge of the bed. "Oh gods, did I turn into the slayer?"

"No. You turned into something like the slayer but not quite."

"Did I hurt anyone?"

"No. I think AJ has learned his lesson though."

"That's good."

Nathyrra bent down and pressed a kiss to his lips. "Get some more sleep." She ordered.

-

The next morning, Nathyrra rubbed her eyes and looked to her side. Ano was sleeping peacefully, undisturbed by any practical jokes or nightmares about the Bhaal taint. Nathyrra smiled and walked into the bathroom. A few minutes later, she started shrieking. "ANOTALEX SEELAMIN DERLYN! YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!" she screeched.

Anotalex stared as his wife stormed out of the room, locks of pink hair flying behind her. Ano blinked. "Huh…Nathyrra with pink hair. Don't see that everyday."

-

Ana grinned mischievously as she heard her mother yelling at AJ. "Revenge is sweet." She declared before throwing a color scroll meant to turn something pink into the trashcan.

Authoress: I just checked and chapter 7 is working now. Just click refresh.