Well hello everyone! It's Taco. New surprizes this chapter! I bet you wondered what those "side effects" were. Well now you will learn! (snickers) The memories Fayt made last chapter are now forgotten (by him atleast) due to the sudden chage... Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe (cough) ahem... This chapter is dedicated to my beloved cousin MUNA! Happy 14th Birthday!Thank's for all your support and for loving me dispite all that's happened! (hands her a cow plushie) well... other then that, I really don't have much to say this chapter, 'cept that we don't own Star ocean. Enjoy! and review... review...no pressure.. just read (review... muhahahahahaha!;)

Monday, April 17, 2006 2:56:23 PM Eastern time

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(pre story poem)

Young child, does thy past hurt you?

The ruious memories hidden in you heart,

Are blocked by an opaque wall of peccant lies...

Are the peccadillios you made filling you with condemnation...

Oh perfervid one, whom do you cling to?

Who is the one most precious to you...

Is it the ostentatious ones from the days that's gone by...

Or the parlous ones from the days that are nigh?

Whom can you find comfort in...

Who's arms will hold you during the pain?

Which one's paticence won't ware thin?

Who will not be pusillianimous to the horrors that you've faced in vain...

excerpt 'Memories of the Past, Dawn of the Future' by Inmelda Rangel

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In the last chapter..

Sleep came easily with the company of Albel there. The last thought that Fayt had before slipping into that blissful thing know as sleep was 'His company better then any sleep or medicine...'

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Chapter 6- Kiddies are SOOOOOOOOO cute!

Now let's continue...

'WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HIM!' a deep male voice half shouted. 'Shush! don't wake him. He's been through enough already...' whispered a much more femnine voice 'But still, what happened to him...'

Fayt was rolling in and out of sleep. He could hear people speaking, loud enough that most people would have woken up by now, but Fayt felt weak. His entire body throbbed with a dull ache and he snuggled closer into the warm sheets of his bed... The bed... It seemed bigger then before. His feet, before he went to sleep, were just barely avoiding hitting the bed's end board, that is, when his legs were bent slightly. But now, he was completely stretched and he could feel the cool wooden surface. That thought alarmed him, but his body was slow to react. Fayt slowly opened his eyes, blinking away sleep and began to focus on the room.

'Hey! he's awake!'

Fayt sat completely up, eyeing his surroundings and the strange people around him. He couldn't seem to reconise the people, except that one person wearing pink... Only... she seemed a lot bigger then he remembered. And what the heck was she wearing? That stupid looking mage outfit... looks like something a hardcore anime fan would wear to a Convention or something(1). Or maybe it was one of those simulator getups... But wait he thought she didn't like the fighting games. He found his voice...bearly being able to say anything. Fayt was definitly NOT a morning person, even though it looked like it was about ten'o'clock, judging by the amount of light that poured into the room.

"Sophia? Is that you?" Fayt asked timidly. He was pretty sure that this person was Sophia, but who were these other people? The Big blonde man looks like one of those gangster people, with all that tight black leather. The lady with the short skirt and the bobbed red hair looked like she belonged at a stripclub, or in one of those gothic stores, or in the shadows like a ninja, as she was dressed sorta appropriate for those types of activities. Though Fayt thought if she were a ninja, her hair would totally be a giveaway if she was hiding. There was also a girl with blue hair, kinda like his mother's, but was longer. She had guns, which is kinda creepy, because the Federation clearly states that if you are a civilian, if you must carry a weapon, you can only have one.(2) This girl had at least 2 of them, and who knows how many more this girl is carrying within her coat.

"Fayt! You remember me!" Sophia glomped him, landing flat on top of him on the bed. He barely escaped her grip, slipping out the bed, and onto the floor with a dull thud. The leather clad man picked him up and carried him bridal style to the other bed, where he layed him down.

"Who are you guys? And why is Soapy so big? Where am I? WHere's my mommy and daddy? And... and can I get something to drink? My throat hurts..." he said in a slightly higher and ragged voice. This is one of the reasons you're supposed to brush your teeth in the morning, so you can speak properly. Though most people don't know that. They say you'e supposed to brush your teeth in the morning because you don't want your teeth to rot, but the real reason is a) the don't want to smell your funky breath and b) so you can speak clearly and they won't have to keep yelling 'WHAT? WHAT?' all morning. Yeah enough with the rambling... back to the story... (says a narrortor hired by Taco who gets paid with cookies every 30 minutes.)

"OKay... that's alot... Lets see...Hmmm..." The man muttered, holding his chin with his hand. He began to answer. "1) We are your friends. 2) The question is why are YOU so small. 3) Ellicoor II, Peterny to be spacific. 4) Uh... tell you later. and 5) here you go." He handed Fayt a cup of tea, it tasted watered down and frutty, surely within the next hour or so, Fayt will be running to the bathroom.(3)

"Thank you... Hey WAIT! What do you mean 'why am I soo small?' Aren't I the right size for a 4 year old? Matter of fact, I'm about an inch taller then most guys my age!(4) And Soapy is two tears younger then me, so why is she taller? The last time i saw her, which was yesterday, she was 2 inches shorter then me!" Lemme tell you what Fayt looks like. He's short, around the same size as Roger, and his clothes, amazingly enough, had shurnken along with him. His face was rounder and his eyes were huge, like a little kids should be. (chibi!)

Everyone (as in Maria, Cliff, and Nel. Albel wasn't in the room at the time and Mirage went to get Gossam) gasped, jaws dropped down to the floor and everything. That is, everyone except Sophia, who just squealed and tried glomped him again. Main word tried. In mid jump, Dueno interrupted her train of thoughts.

You know, if you keep doing that to him, He'll be dead before he even begins to realize he wants you.

Aww... but he's soo cute! He got all little again! IT'S SO IRRESISTABLE! He's so cute, I could just eat him up!

I don't think that's a really wise idea. For one, that'll be cannibalism, and two, he'll never love you if you eat him.

You love to ruin my fun don't you ?

Everyone, including Fayt, stared and sweat dropped at Sophia, who was standing on one foot, half leaned forward, arms opened wide, with a huge smile on her face.

It's not that I Love to ruin your happy time, though it is quite humorous, but it's more important to be working on our main objective.

Sophia's face was beginning to twich... Everyone took a step back, except for Fayt, who sat up and leaned over the edge of the bed to look at her better.

Yeah yeah. You sound like Maria...

I'll pretend I didn't hear that.

Whatever.

I have a feeling that Blair is going to contact you sometime today... I think it's concerning somethng about Fayt's condition.

Great! Now i can tell her about how you are helping me to get Fayt-

NO! You musn't tell her anything about me!

And why not!

Because I'm here only to help YOU! If Blair knows about me, she'll tell you not to interfer with Fayt's lovelife!

OOOHHHH... Ok. I understand. I think... I'll keep my mouth shut...

Ooooookkkk... I'm working on a new plan on how to make Fayt yours. I'll contact you later with the details.

Okay! hurry up!

Fayt Held up his finger and put it over his mouth, looking at the others. Then he slippied out of the bed and tiptoed noiselessly behind Sophia a.k.a Soapy.

three...

two...

one... Push!

"AHHHH!"

CRASH!

Fayt was rolling around the floor in laughter while Sophia was struggling to get up off the floor. Here's a recap of what happened. While Sophia was busy chatting away with Dueno in her mind, Fayt had snuck up behind her, and silently counted from three. Then he pushed the one leg that held her up in at the back of the knee, causing her to crash onto the floor rather ungracefully.

"Fayt! That wasn't very nice!" Sophia wailed, flailing her arms around angrily, causing Fayt to snicker.

"Now, Fayt. That wasn't very nice. Apologize to Sophia." Nel picked Fayt up by the neck of his shirt and placed him back on his feet.

"I don't have to listen to you! I only listen to my mommy and daddy! Soapy shouldn't have been all zoned out and everything!" Fayt shouted, stamping his feet as an empathis.

"Now look here Fayt, we are older then you and you don't even know what's going on, so'd you'd be best if you just listen to us." Cliff cooed gently, picking him up in his arms and tapping him lightly on the head with two fingers.

(("since when did Cliff get so fatherly?" "I Think he had a little brother and he had to take care of him for a couple of years when his parents had to go fight in the Klausian war." "That doesnt exsplain very much..."))(5)

"Mommy and Daddy told me not to trust people i don't know." Fayt whispered, but he still nodded his head. "But you know Soapy, so I guess you're alright... So what's your name?

"I'm Cliff Fitter, that's Nel Zelpher, and Maria Traydor." He pointed to them respectively.

" Okay, Cliffy, but I don't trust those girls. They're no good."

"And may I ask what's wrong with girls?" Nel asked. walking over to Come face to face with the tiny Fayt.

"Girls tried to take me away... Mommy was a girl... i really don't want to talk 'bout it.." Fayt hid his face in Cliff's broad shoulder.

"Well... This is unexspected, never knew you had such a soft sides for kids, Cliff." All heads turned to see Mirage standing in the door way, with a terrified Gossam behind her.

"Great! GOSSAM!"

"Ye... Yes, Mi'lady Nel?"

"Explain why Fayt is now a child again? I believe that your so called 'medicine' has something to do with it."

"Err.. Yes. Do you remember when I said 'was planing to use it for other perposes, since the side effects could be very useful for me'? Well... It was also a sort of 'Youth' potion."

"WHAT?" Everybody shouted, except for Fayt, who was poking the markings on Cliff's neck. Surprizingly enough, Cliff made no attempts to push him away. In fact, he pulled him a little closer as if to protect him from another mishap cause by the mad scientist. Aww... such a Kodak moment...

"Umm... Yes, that's the reason why it wasn't properly made yet, nor did I want to trade it, but the night I had with Lady Sophia was heavenly..."

"Ewww... Who would want a night with that pink thingie? And what do you mean 'heavenly'?" Fayt squeaked from Cliff's arms. He was now cradled in them, and Cliff was glaring at Gossam.

"We'll tell you when your older."

"So, Is there a reverse potion? Like an aging potion?"

"Err... no." With Lightning fast speed, Cliff gently put Fayt down and grapped Gossam by his collar, easily picking him of the ground.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY!" Cliff bellowed, his fist was raised in the air.

"STOP, CLIFFY!" mini Fayt cried, grabbing one of Cliff's legs and holding it tight.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MAGGOTS THINK YOU'RE DOING IN MY ROOM!"

All eyes turned to a purple clad person in the door way...

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(1) Conventions are awsome! I didn't get to go to Otakon, but my boyfriend did! He want as a sorta mix between a gothic Fayt and a deranged version of Albel because of the claw. Was very creepy...

(2) Not certain about that. I really don't think that civilians are supposed to carry any weapons.

(3)Me and Muna were up one night drinking apricot tea, cherry tea, apple cinnimon tea, and mixed berry tea. In about a half an hour, we were running to the bathroom every five minutes for about 2 hours after that. That's how I know what happens.

(4)I don't know what the average height for 4 year olds are.

(5) This is a side conversation between Maria and Nel.

Hey!1 it was a cliffy.. No pun intended. Aww... We saw some Cliff and Fayt fluff... I think... I wonder what Albel's going to think...Oringinally, Fayt was supposed to be 15 years old! I wounder what happened. I knonw that this is short, but that's because i know Muna want's to write what happens next! Happy birthday Muna and everyone else's birthday that's today, or yesterday, or tommorrow! OH and tell me if you want the story to go abit faster... I think it's only been like three days in the story, it's a bit slow paced...

CHAO! -Taco