Another chapter! How exciting! And Wolflets was mostly right. Fiyero is from the wonderful, greatest musical in the world: Wicked (but the name isn't from the 'Wizard and I'). Now if I could just find those invisible cookies...

Anyways, still working on the story as fast as I can while not detracting from the quality (I hope). The voices still aren't all that clear on where they want the story to go...they've been arguing about it...but on with the chapter!

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The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass...

What will be, and what is, may yet still fall under Shadow...

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time...

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Sam watched silently as the Aiel came to several hours later. The Aiel sat up and looked quickly around, nearly falling back down from the sudden movement. "Easy," Sam said. "You were hurt pretty badly."

"Then why am I not dead?" a feminine voice demanded.

"I bandaged your wound and Healed you," Sam replied.

"You are Aes Sedai?"

"I am what I am," Sam said. "Who are you?"

"Why should I tell you?" the Aiel snapped back.

"I saved your life," Sam reminded her.

The woman glared at Sam. "I am Sulin," she finally said.

"Samantha Carter." The two sat in silence for several long moments. "So…what is an Aiel doing on this side of the Spine of the World?" Sam finally asked.

"The Wise Ones said someone of importance to the Aiel was coming and I was to meet them. Unfortunately I ran into Shadowspawn as I waited," Sulin said.

"And you're still alive?" Sam asked in disbelief.

"I danced with them till I had no more weapons to fight with," Sulin answered.

"I'm impressed," Sam said. "The first time I ran into Trollocs I ran like a…well like a girl."

"You ran? An Aes Sedai?"

"I wasn't an Aes Sedai then," Sam said. "I had never seen a Trolloc or any Shadowspawn before and my weapons had little effect on them. But I'm ready for a rematch if they want one," she added, a small smile on her face.

Sulin quirked the corner of her mouth in a barely visible smile. "If I did not know any better, I'd say you had an Aiel fighting spirit."

"Thanks," Sam said. "I actually was a warrior before I became Aes Sedai."

"Then why did you become Aes Sedai?" Sulin demanded.

Sam shrugged. "It seemed like the best way to find a way back to my land."

"Even though you now serve the White Tower?"

Sam looked at Sulin. "How do you know so much about the Tower and Aes Sedai?" she asked suspiciously.

"The Wise Ones told me much about these lands."

"Did they tell you the name of the person you were sent to find?" Sam asked. "If you want to tell me."

"Why are you so interested in me and my mission?" Sulin queried.

"I…I'm actually on my way to see the Wise Ones," Sam slowly said. "I've been having some…disturbing dreams lately and no one can tell me a thing about them."

"There's something else, isn't there?" Sulin prodded.

"I think they might know of a way for me to go home," Sam said. "And I'll do what I have to in order to find a way home."

"Even if you have to kill all the Aiel?" Sulin asked softly.

Sam was startled by the question but didn't show it. "No. I'd do whatever I could to avoid it. I'll only take the lives of the Dark One's minions or the Goa'uld."

Sulin frowned. "Goa'uld?" she repeated. "I've not heard of them in…" she trailed off as if realizing what she was saying was aloud.

Sam stared at her in disbelief. "You know what a Goa'uld is. How?" she demanded urgently. "Please, I need to know," she added.

"The Wise Ones will tell you," Sulin said. Her next sentence shocked Sam. "It was you I was sent to get."

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DUN DUN DUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNN!...Okay maybe the ending of the chapter was a bit obvious, but gimme a break. College is bad for your brain...or what's left of mine...now if you'll excuse me, I have mindless video games to play. But if you review, I'll be forced to work on my story.