DISCLAIMER: I only wish I owned this! Anything you may recognize belongs to JK Rowling, and I ain't makin' a dime off of this. Wish I was though, and then maybe I could move out of this spacious cardboard box, lol!

A/N: Here's the final chapter of this first story in this series. I hope you've all enjoyed this story thus far. Once I'm done with this story I'm taking a little break to finish revising Founders and Dragons and post Master Dragon Sorcerer along with revising it as well. Once that's done I'll begin on the sequel. It'll give me plenty of time to figure out a few things that I want to get done. The second story isn't going to be long at all. It's mainly a short interlude so Harry can learn potions. I'll probably be at most 5-6 chapters long. Oh, and as for the trivia question from the last chapter, a Halk, was named from Lt. Steven Halk from Good Morning Vietnam. A great movie starring Robin Williams. I suggest you all see it, it's a classic, lol. I might do some more trivia in later chapters. Anywho, on with the finale!

Chapter 12: Of Battles, Summonings, And Of Good-Byes

The six previous months had been more difficult on the inhabitants of Atlantis than any times in their memory. Dark times were upon them, and they didn't know whom they could trust and whom they couldn't. Attacks were happening weekly, and while the newly formed Order of the Phoenix was doing their best to hold them at bay the death toll was still quite high. Each side was losing fighters left and right, and while recruitments on both side were going strong Lord Darice was gaining more followers through fear than King Leos was. The rate of training was getting higher as the trainers were getting more proficient at training the warriors at a faster pace to a higher level.

Whenever Dielare was not aiding in the training of the newest recruits or participating in defending against the latest of attacks he was always found in the Royal Library of Atlantis. Over the last month he had begun to get the feeling that his time was beginning to grow short and he knew for a fact that this library did not exist in his time so he spent every waking moment in the library. Despite Madame Roselaray's wishes, he would sneak out of the Medical Ward the moment his injuries were healed without rest or a final check-up to make sure that he was truly fine. He only slept a few hours every few days, and have even taken to bringing the Knalor Samiz to the library so he could just ingest the books instead of straight reading them. In his haste it never crossed his mind that he could simply begin to copy the books down, since some of the spells in the books were so complex that it would take weeks to get right, but he wasn't trying to learn them, no, just remember them. His intuition told him that one day this library would need to be re-established and that he would need to aide in that process so he was doing everything he could. Unfortunately, something that nobody ever realized, because normal people never used the knowledge summoner so much for so long, whenever he would continuously use it throughout a single night he would be nearly crippled with a migraine the next day while his mind assimilated the knowledge the next day. Nor did anyone know how addicting that it could be to a person if they used it so much. Dielare looked at it like someone might view smoking back in his own time, it's not something that's healthy to start, it's incredibly hard to quit, and if you go for so long without doing it you're in quite a bad mood. In the end it took Eliz slipping a sleeping potion into one of his very few meals to get him away from the library and into a bed so she could do something about it. Once he was out of there she made up her mind to go talk to Leos.

"Hello Eliz," he called when he saw her enter the chambers. He could tell something was wrong, even with how worn out he was he was still worried about her. Seliv had been kept safe lately so he wasn't worried about her. She wasn't locked up in her room unless their was a battle raging somewhere and his best guards were around her at all times making sure she didn't take off.

"Hello Leos, how are the plans coming," she asked hoping that the spies they had in Darice's camp were safe and had brought them more information.

"I'm afraid we're still waiting for more information from my sources, if they miss another check in then we'll have to assume the worst," Leos replied mournfully. He had hated asking people to spy on the enemy, but knew that the information was vital and that he couldn't set up a defense without that information. The fact that the people whom he had asked to risk their lives might have actually lost their lives was weighing heavily on his heart.

"Let us hope that they are safe," she replied, "Leos, is there anyway you can spare me five to ten of your scribes?"

"It may be possible, why do you ask," he asked curious as to why she would need a scribe. Eliz was a warrior therefore generally stayed as far away from the paper-pushing scribes as she possibly could. Their ideas of fun were most of the time too far apart for the two types to get a long for long.

"I want to have them copy the library, magically of course, but if we don't I'm afraid we're going to lose Dielare. Tell me, have you seen him lately," she asked curious as to if Leos had seen how far his health had deteriorated.

"No I haven't, what's wrong with him," Leos asked concerned.

"When he isn't helping train or in a battle he is holed up in the library reading and using the Knalor Samiz. He's addicted to it now, which I didn't know was possible. He barely sleeps, and eats even less. He's as pale as a ghost and the only color on his face is the dark rings under his eyes. I would put money on being able to count each of his ribs if you took off his shirt," she told him. Leos could only gasp at her description, because he had heard that Dielare was spending an absurd amount of time in the library but not that much!

"Why was he there so much," was all he could think to ask.

"I can only surmise that he feels he'll be returning soon and if my guess is correct the knowledge contained in that library doesn't last that long. He doesn't want all of that knowledge lost," Eliz replied. Leos silently agreed with her assessment before agreeing to send 10 scribes to copy the library, shrink the copies, and place them in an enchanted trunk inside Dielare's quarters.

"Watch over him Eliz, he needs you more than you know," was all Leos told her before going back to the plans that he had been staring at when she had walked in.

(Break)

"Darice," a cold female voice called out.

"Yes my lady," Darice replied going to his knee.

"Make sure my troops are ready for the final assault. We attack tomorrow, and tell those other fools to hurry up! I want every body ready for the assault," she hissed.

"Yes my queen," he replied quite frightened of her anger. While she wasn't as powerful magically as he was, her animagus form could take care of him in a heartbeat. Like the royal family, her family all shared the same animal, which happened to be the most dangerous beast alive, the nundu.

"Be gone, and make sure everything is ready," she said while dismissing him with her hand. He bowed out nearly running as soon as he was able too. As soon as he was out of the room Lady Nundu began to cackle a high-pitched evil laugh that would have sent shivers down the most brave soul's spine. "Soon Leos, I will have the revenge that I promised you so long ago, soon!"

(Break)

Several hours later

Dielare woke up to the smells of a delicious supper and a tray being placed on his lap, and when he opened his eyes he saw Eliz looking down on him in concern. He smiled up at her taking her hand before beckoning her to sit next to him.

"Thank you Eliz," he told her before kissing her cheek.

"You're welcome Dielare, I've been worried about you for quite some time now. I hardly see you eat or sleep, and that's why I'm forbidding you going to the library until your health has returned," before he could respond she silenced him by putting her finger on his lips, "I did not say that your quest was futile. I only meant that you went about it the wrong way, you could have asked Leos to have the library copied for you, or you could have asked me if it could have been done. Instead you nearly drove yourself to an early grave attempting to learn the entire library inside of a month which is not a possibility." Dielare had the good grace to look sheepish while she was scolding him, and when he looked up into her eyes he only saw love and care for his well-being.

"Thank you Eliz, for everything," he told her honestly.

"You are more than welcome Dielare, and just so you don't worry about it Leos is sending ten of his scribes to copy the library for you. When they are done the books will be put in an enchanted trunk that will be placed in your dormitory."

"Just out of curiosity, where am I," he asked not recognizing the bedroom he was in.

"You are in my personal quarters. When I slipped that potion into your lunch I brought you here so I would know if you woke up and tried to sneak out. I had Roselaray combine a sleeping potion with a variation on the strengthening potion. It's an old combination, but I know that any day now we could be fighting the final battle and if you are in a potion induced slumber with no energy then we have no hope. Luckily this combination allows you to regain all your energy that you have lost lately and only keeps you asleep for a few hours. Once you finish with supper though you're getting more sleep, and no arguments mister," she told him with a serious face. He just nodded before holding her hand and digging into the delicious feast she had brought for him. By the time he had finished he was definitely tired, he was having a hard time keeping his eyes open. Eliz laid him down, attempting to tuck him in, but when she went to hug him he wouldn't release her and he fell asleep like that. Unwilling to wake him up she kicked off her boots and laid down next to him before falling asleep never having been more comfortable in her life.

(Break)

In the Dark Castle of the Underworld

(Quick A/N: The longer Dielare has been in the past, the longer the gods have been affected. Since even they cannot know the future, except Fate and Destiny and Timeus, they have basically reverted to how they were living when Atlantis was around. Otherwise they would know all that would happen and they could prevent it all.)

"Tenebrae darling," Lady Nyx called sternly.

"Yes dear," he replied knowing not to challenge his wife. He may be older, but she was not one to cross.

"Tomorrow I'm going to be catching up with Athena, can you make sure our children don't interrupt like they did last time? It's been half a century since Athena and I have had a day where we could just catch up," she told him in a tone of voice that said if he didn't agree he would regret it for at least a millennia.

"Yes honey, I will keep the children at bay tomorrow, but you know I can't control Destiny, Fate, or Timeus if they decide to interrupt."

"What makes you say that," she asked accusingly.

"Just a hunch. Remember when Deus and I had lunch not too long ago," he waited for her nod, "He told me that Destiny is meddling in affairs on earth and that she had Timeus send a mortal back from 6,000 years in the future until now," Tenebrae replied.

"Not that blasted prophecy of hers is it," Lady Nyx said dropping her normal act in lieu of showing how weary she was, "Do you honestly think a mortal is strong enough to summon me?"

"I do not know my love, but just be prepared should it happen," he told her before giving her a heartfelt hug and kiss.

"Well, if he summons me any day but tomorrow he'll be fine, but if it's tomorrow he's in for it," she swore. Tenebrae felt sorry for the young man as he had a feeling that it would definitely be happening tomorrow. He had felt the dark energies building over the past few days, and while he was concerned he knew that he needed to let things on the mortal realm come to a head on their own.

(Break)

In the early hours of the morning the members of the Order of the Phoenix were finally getting some well deserved rest as they attempted to drive the weariness from their bones and finish healing from the battle that had taken place not more than a week ago now. Unfortunately for them the Dark Wizards hadn't actually fought but had used Dark Creatures to do the fighting so they didn't get injured in the battle that ensued, but that didn't mean that the Light side lost the battle, but they lost many a good fighters in that battle. Once they had all been healed they had been put through a refresher training course that was even more draining than the battles that they fought, the purpose was to try and increase their endurance in the battles so they wouldn't lose more of their fighters, but unfortunately for them, they picked the worst day to end it because at that very moment the Dark Army of Lady Nundu was approaching from the North. While they were still hours away from the castle they weren't far enough away. They would arrive shortly after sunrise which would mean that all the fighters would be up before their bodies had enough rest to be of any true use to them. The only ones spared the intensive training were the guards that had watch tower duty on the edges of the palace lawn.

In Eliz's room Dielare woke up with a feeling of dread in his stomach, but also of purpose. The same feeling he had when Timeus sent him back had made itself known again and he had no idea what to make of it. He looked over and noticed that Eliz was lying next to him and he couldn't help by smile at the frown that marred her face when he had moved due to the loss of his presence. He knew that they would be together as long as they were both alive, and he knew that he loved her with all of his heart. Getting up he headed for where he assumed the bathroom was and began to try and figure out why he had the feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach but by the end of the shower he still had not figured anything out. Summoning his battle robes, just in case, he quickly dressed and proceeded to call for breakfast so he could pay Eliz back for what she did for him the previous night. No sooner than they had finished breakfast and she had gotten out of the shower than the siren sounded throughout the palace. They shared a look before running out of the door towards what they hoped was a false alarm, a prank, anything but what both of their guts were telling them was the final battle. When they reached the entrance hall of the palace they saw that it was not a prank, nor was this a small attack like what they were used to. The 300 fighters that perpetually stayed in the castle poured out of the entrance hall lining up preparing to face off against what appeared to be an army of 500 Dark Wizards, but appearances can be deceiving. For no sooner than they had lined up than no less than 5,000 zombies appeared in the fore of the Dark Wizards ready to kill every single person in their path for food. Dielare could see the Necromancers that were controlling them being shielded by Darice and a few other Dark Wizards. When he looked again there appeared to be another person who was standing behind the Necromancers as if being shielded by them. He could only guess that this person was the real enemy and had been the person pulling the strings on Darice.

With no further warning the battle started in earnest, but Dielare didn't move a muscle. He just stood there in veritable shock as he tried to comprehend how 300 men and women could defeat 5,500 enemies of whom most of which were already dead.

(Break)

In the Light Castle of Heaven

"Really Nyx, Deus and I are about this close from just asking if we can stay with you," as she said this she held her thumb and forefinger of her right hand half an inch apart.

"Are they really that bad," Nyx asked Athena.

"Bad? At least your children think for themselves! Only Minnie really thinks for herself up here! The rest just say they're better because they are 'Light' and then when your kids aren't around they come ask us for help at every turn," Athena said with a sigh, "Sometimes I wish we wouldn't have spoiled them so much."

"It has nothing to do with you spoiling them Athena, it's all to do with mortals! The mortals all leave gifts and praise your children higher than you two," Nyx replied trying to soothe her friend.

(Break)

As Dielare watched the battle rage he suddenly knew what it was that he needed to do. The feeling that was in his gut, the feeling that he had had since he had first woken up that morning, he needed to embrace that feeling and listen to it. He needed to let his instincts take over and do what needed to be done or all hope was lost and the Light side would fail. He fell into a trance and began to chant in rapid elvish to the surprise of Eliz who hadn't left his side and had been protecting him while trying to get his attention and get him into the battle. (I'm not good at Elvish, so this'll be English, if anyone wants to translate it for me I'd be grateful.)

(In this hour of Darkness)

(With this absence of Light)

(I call upon you, the great Mother.)

(I summon you, the Queen of Darkness)

(I bid you Lady Nyx to hear my plea)

(I bid you to come forth)

(I ask for your aide to stave the Darkness)

(I DIELARE SAMIZ, LORD PHOENIX, SUMMON YOU!)

(I SUMMON THE QUEEN OF ALL DARKNESS, LADY NYX!)

When he had finished his chant there was a bright flash of light in front of him and an enraged deity standing there.

"What is the meaning of this," Nyx shouted while Dielare and Eliz took a knee bowing to her.

"I apologize if I have offended you Queen of Darkness," Dielare replied shakily, "I was only following my instinct and had no idea what I was going to say until I had said it."

"Why have you summoned my mortal," she asked seething.

"If I hadn't the future would be ruined. We are outnumbered. Our enemy has brought no less than 5,000 zombies and the living enemies outnumbered us by over half before the battle started," Dielare replied now fearing for his life. Nyx turned around to survey the battle field and saw the Necromancers being protected by a very dark shield that shouldn't be known to anyone in this realm, nor should anyone be able to perform it. She quickly surmised the situation and took the lives of the Necromancers which in turn forced the zombies to fall. She gave an energy boost to all the fighters on the side of the Light to even out the playing field somewhat as the numbers were quite a bit more even at this point due to the zombies not really caring who they attacked. It was then that she noticed that the woman standing at the very back of the battle was wearing one of her necklaces. She immediately realized how they had been able to create that shield and summoned her necklace before banishing the woman's soul to the darkest realms of hell where the forms of torture were so gruesome that not even her husband could oversee them more than once ever other century, and even then he only went for about 5 minutes.

"There, the zombies and Necromancers are taken care of, and their leader is no more. You should be able to handle it on your own, but so help me, if you call me again I will create a new realm to hell that not even my husband will want to make periodic checks on," she threatened. Dielare could only nod feeling he had gotten extremely lucky with this.

"Thank you for your help Lady," Dielare said with his head bowed.

"You're welcome child," she said finally, whether she would admit it or not she kind of liked the kid. There was just something about him that made her like him and she couldn't tell what it was even though she was practically omniscient. "Now, finish this battle up, you shouldn't have any problem with it," she told him before disappearing in a flash of light. Due to Lady Nyx's intervention the battle was over quite quickly from there. The Light side was full of energy while the Dark Wizards were disorganized and had been worn down by the battle thus far. Within the next 15 minutes the battle was wrapped up and the clean-up had begun. The downside was due to the zombies the Light side still lost a vast majority of their fighters, and throughout the war the death toll had reached the thousands. It was a day of celebrations and of mourning. People could finally breath easier, but they could also mourn the dead in peace. There was not one family that was untouched by the war, and that day, April 1st, was proclaimed a holiday to respect those that had given their lives in the war against the dark.

A week after the final battle had ended, and Dielare was proclaimed back to full health and released from the Medical Ward he saw a familiar face waiting for him in the corridor.

"Timeus you old dog," he said as he walked up.

"Hello Harry," Timeus replied with a chuckle.

"Is it time," Harry asked.

"Yes it is, but I'll give you time to say goodbye and gather your things. You'll need to grab that trunk in the very least from your dormitory so you can re-establish the fascinating library," Timeus told him.

"Alright, where should I meet you and when," Harry asked.

"Meet me in the entrance hall in the morning. I have a feeling that tonight there will be a farewell party for you and I wouldn't be able to drag you away from it if I wanted to," Timeus responded with a snicker.

"You're probably right, oh, and I would like to thank you for sending me here in the first place. It did more good than I originally thought it would," Harry said sincerely.

"You are quite welcome young man," Timeus told him before shooing him away smiling at Harry's retreating form. Harry immediately tracked down Eliz, Seliv, and Leos who were sitting in Seliv's chambers sharing a laugh over something he couldn't tell, but it probably had something to do with him.

"You're not laughing at me are you," he asked with a smile.

"Of course not," Eliz said grinning mischievously before noticing the look in his eyes, "It's time isn't it?"

"Time? Time for what," Seliv asked forgetting herself for a minute.

"It's time for me to return to where I came from," Harry told them. Eliz stood next to him before socking him in the shoulder.

"If you think you're going anywhere without me you're sorely mistaken," she informed him.

"Wouldn't dream of it," he replied. They heard Seliv gasp, as she hadn't been able to be around them as much since the attacks had begun in earnest as the guards wouldn't allow it, so she didn't know how serious their relationship had gotten.

"When must you depart," Leos asked sadly.

"In the morning, until then we have time to pack and spend the evening together one last time," he replied.

"I shall arrange a farewell feast," Leos replied, and before Harry could say no he continued, "Don't even think about saying that you don't need one. You are a part of our family and we will send you off properly. No arguments young man." Everyone in the room, save Harry, snickered at this, Harry just scowled for a moment before smiling at being called family and agreed reluctantly to the feast.

"We need to pack, but we will meet you this afternoon in here. Leos, is there any way that you would be able to have your Potions Masters put plenty of ingredients in an enchanted trunk like the books of the library," Harry asked.

"That shouldn't be a problem, but why? You haven't been trained in potions," Leos asked.

"I haven't yet, but I plan on learning how to brew potions soon. I couldn't because of the war and I want to be able to brew the potions that are in the books from the library and if some of the ingredients are no longer around I won't be able to do some of them," Harry pointed out. Leos conceded this point and agreed to have them put enough supplies in the trunk as well as having the royal gardeners make one of the compartments a green house as the trunk was a multi-compartment trunk that could be expanded to quite a size on the inside. The first compartment was made to fit his clothes for when he left, the second was made to accommodate a small flat should he need to live out of it, the third was a replica of the royal library, the fourth was now going to be a potions chamber with supplies, the fifth was going to be a greenhouse, and the sixth was going to be an armory. Harry had already taken care of gathering the weapons that he wanted to place in there he just needed to charm the compartment to size and decorate it. It had been one of the charms he learned when he was studying all the books in the library and when the trunk was dropped off with the library books in it he immediately tested it out by adding the additional three compartments and spelling one of them bigger. He still hadn't figured out what he wanted the other two for but had a shrewd idea. The remainder of the night was filled with laughter, eating, drinking, and dancing as people throughout the kingdom came to wish 'Dielare' farewell and a good journey. The next morning was filled with tearful goodbyes between Seliv, Eliz, and Harry, while Leos remained stoic but Harry could tell this was affecting him as well. They parted a little ways from the entrance hall as Seliv and Leos couldn't bear to watch them actually leave the castle to never return.

"Ah good Harry, right on time," Timeus called out, "Is she coming to bid you goodbye?"

"No Timeus, Eliz is coming with me," Harry said with a look that said 'no arguments'.

"You and Destiny are too much alike," Timeus grumbled, "Alright, alright. I know better than to argue with you. You're too stubborn, and besides, I have a feeling Destiny knew about this and just neglected to tell me."

"Eliz, this cranky old man is Timeus, otherwise known as the God of Time," Harry introduced her.

"I'm honored to meet you sir," she curtsied with difficulty.

"Don't call me sir," he remarked with a shiver, "Just call me Timeus. Now you young whippersnappers, let's get you out of here." As soon as he finished saying that they were shrouded in ether once again. "Oh and Harry, there was a change in plans, you aren't going straight home, but this time you won't have to take part in a war. You were supposed to be able to study potions here before the war began, but that never happened so I'm sending you to a time right before your own so you are able to study. Contact Albus Dumbledore at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and tell him that you were home-schooled but they neglected your potions study. He'll be suspicious, but all you'll have to do is converse with his familiar Fawkes to earn his trust as a phoenix will not converse with someone dark."

"Alright, shall we go," he asked patting his pockets to make sure he had both of their trunks in his pocket. "Oh, before I forget, where you dropping us off? Not in a place like the Forbidden Meadows I hope."

"No, I'll drop you into a town called Hogsmeade, and since you've done this before you'll remain awake though Eliz will pass out. I suggest getting a room at the Three Broomsticks until she has come to before you make your way to the school," Timeus told them. They both nodded their heads in ascent before Timeus said the spell to send them to 1974.

A/N: Well, that wraps up Of Gods and Mortals, I hope you enjoyed it. I'll probably get around to the next story which has the tentative title 'Of Potions and Parents' in two weeks while I work on finishing up the revisions on Founders and Dragons and get Master Dragon Sorcerer posted and revised. It shouldn't take too long to get that done as both stories are complete I just have to read through and change a few things that I don't like on them. Thanks for the great support on this story! I just noticed yesterday that I didn't do anything with the Wmail, oh well, I was getting complaints about it anyway. It made for a funny scene, lol.

Review responses:

Danny boy: Thanks for the suggestion of the title. I am considering it, but as I'm sending him to MWPP and he's going to have interactions with his parents and he's only there to study potions I'm thinking of having the title go with those two things. He is too old to be a student, but Dumbledore is an old softy and if he believes Harry is firmly on the side of the light I doubt there isn't anything he wouldn't do to help someone get their education. I'm glad you're enjoying the story.

Drake Smythe: I'm glad that you're enjoying the story. I didn't understand part of you're review 'however, I think that the relationship between Harry and Eliz.' Do you like it? Do you hate it? I know I suck at writing romance so I'm trying to keep it in the background, but sometimes it does come to the fro in scenes. Obviously she does come with him, and thank you for the suggestion, but when I started this story I knew that if I didn't have him go straight back I would have him go to MWPP time. He may not get close with them, but at least he'll get to know his parents a little.

Shitza: Thank you very much! I will continue.

Web of dreams: I'm glad you like it, and the whole thing with Eliz has a purpose. Since nobody in the wizarding world knows him or really cares about him only what he can do 'for' them why would he fall in love with one of them? When he re-establishes Atlantis he needs to eventually marry so he can have an heir to the throne, well, Eliz takes care of that nicely as she knows him and isn't trying to use him. I hope you understand and continue to enjoy the story.

Shadowmonk: Thank you very much.

Hexe605: That would probably be because I deleted all of my stories off of this site. I had my reasons before, but for some reason I'm allowing certain people to talk me into putting them back up, lol. The Elvish is like the animagi, it's a fail safe for the royal line in case someone forced themselves to have a phoenix animagi form. The elvish language is embedded in their soul due to a bond one of their ancestors had with an elf, someone could learn elvish, but they couldn't get the imprint on their soul. Also, the reason it was released was because he needed it for his summoning ability otherwise he would've had to learn it like everyone else. Don't blame me for grammar, blame Microsoft! If Word doesn't catch it then neither do I, though some of the things Word points out and then says are correct are just stupid. (ie earlier in the story when Lady Nyx turned around to look at the battle field, Word told me that it should say 'did not turn around' I mean come on!) I do apologize if it is too much of a distraction though. I tried having a beta before and it just didn't work. I take long enough to get the chapters done, and it took the beta almost as long as I did to get through the chapter and email it back to me. Hope you enjoyed this story!

Tanydwr: I'm glad you liked that, and I thought him being in the same time as his parents would be cool as well. Thanks for reviewing and I hope you enjoyed this part of the trilogy!

Uten: It was an older movie, it's so old Robin William's looks relatively young in it, lol! I thought I would get to cover her reaction to what Leos did, but it just didn't fit into the chapter. Basically they had it out when he told her but she eventually understood his decision though she didn't like it. After Harry and Eliz left she had it out with him again cause she missed so much of what happened between them being surrounded by guards at all times. As for the Malfoys, Draco already has the mark. You have to remember that in this story they are already 20 respectively when Harry is sent back. As for when they get to Hogwarts, well, you'll have to wait and see, lol! Hope you enjoy it!

Jasi: Thank you.

Night-Owl123: Thank you, and I hope this was soon enough for your tastes, lol.

TuxedoMac: I'm glad that you're enjoying the story. It means a lot to me that my reviewers are enjoying what I'm putting out. I haven't had one flame on this story yet, which means a lot to me. Had my bag of marshmallows sitting out waiting after I reposted the story but I didn't get any! My marshmallows went stale waiting, lmao. Hope you enjoyed how I ended this part of the story.

Athenakitty: It's just an expression, they were already friends at this point but with similar experiences not long, yes, yes, he'll be disgusted, they're siblings…it's expected. Thanks for reviewing and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!