I'm getting to work on chapter five! Yay! I'm so happy!

I hope that everyone reading this story is enjoying reading it as mauch as I enjoy writing it.

Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing, so leave me alone to sulk.

Chapter Five: Do What You Think Is Best

"I'm home!" Tor called as she walked through the door. She walked a few more steps and proceeded to drop onto the sofa. It had been a frustrating day, trying to deal with all the whiney people that stood in the way of World Regeneration. Everyone seemed to have some issue with what was going on. It was a major pain.

She just stared at the ceiling, thinking about how they were going to start on a journey tomorrow. It was already putting her in a state of mental distress. She was glad that Kanny wouldn't be put in danger, but she was upset that she would not go on the journey with them. She was happy that her brothers wanted to help and that their parents would allow them to help, but she was scared to death that something terrible would happen to them. She was feeling terrible about the way she had acted towards Maggy, yet she was relishing in the thought of how she had put her down. She was utterly confused. She had so many mixed feelings about what was happening.

"I don't think that I'm cut out for this angel thing." Tor whispered to herself. She sighed. "Lloyd said that we have to prove to the Goddess that we all care about people. How are we going to do that if we don't even care about everyone in our little group? How am I supposed to lead these people and protect them... when I don't care what happens to them? I know that whatever happens, I'll never let Krate and Otto come to harm... but Maggy... Hmmm. And what about the next Chosen?" What if she had the same relationship with them as she had with Maggy... A friendship based on false trusts. The two girls were slipping apart, and the fate of the world was resting on their shoulders. Things couldn't get worse.

"Okay, I packed everything I'll need. Plenty of bandages and gauze. Plenty of medicine, including aspirin, ibuprofin, iodine, and hydrogen peroxide. Plenty of lotions and ointments. I should be able to take care of most ailments on this journey." Tor said, whiping her brow and smiling.

"You're such a worry-wort!" her younger brother Otto laughed. "We're not going to get sick! We don't need all that medicine!"

"I think Otto may be right for a change. We can't get sick THAT much." her older brother Krate sighed. "All that stuff will just weigh you down, Sis."

"Guys, you need to remember that it's not just us going on the journey. We'll be going with the two Chosens. That adds two more people that could get sick. Also, seeing as we'll be going through other countries that have different illnesses than we are used to, our health risk goes way up. We just may need all of this stuff." Tor replied. As the boys pondered what she said, she came to another realization.

"Oh! I forgot to pack something!" Tor cried, running off for a minute. She came back with a small box in her hands. "We should bring along some soap! We can get more later on in the journey, since we'll obvioously run out pretty quickly." she said, stuffing the package in her bag. "We can stock up on medicines later on in the journey as well. You can never be too careful!" Tor said smiling.

Tor was smiling an awful lot lately. It was abnormal. The fact that she was always smiling seemed to bother her brothers. It didn't just bother them... It disturbed them to no end.

"Are you feeling alright? You've been acting pretty strange lately. I don't think we should go on the journey if you aren't feeling well." Krate said, feeling his sister's forehead... oddly finding no signs of a fever or any sort of ailment. "The journey won't go well if we start it off with you being sick. Soooooo, fess up! Tell us what's going on." he demanded.

"Oh, um, well... Nothing's wrong!" she said happily. "I'm just, uh, really excited to get going on this journey! We're going to regenerate the world! This is going to be really cool!"

They all started to feel uneasy. Awkwardness set in. They all seemed to come to the same conclusion about shaking off that feeling.

"TIME FOR BED!!!" they all shouted in unison..

Tor awoke feeling very stiff the next morning. What a pain. That was never a good start to the day, no matter what sort of freak you are.

She yawned, stretched, spread her wings, and started walking to the kitchen. She poured some ceral into a bowl, pulled the milk out of the fridge, poured it, and started to dig in. Raisin and granola cereal was her favorite breakfast.

"So, Tor... Are you ready to start the journey?" Otto asked excitedly. He spooned some cereal into his mouth and waited for an answer. His sister seemed to ignore him and continued to crunch on her cereal. "TOR! EARTH TO TOR! WAKE UP!" he shouted.

Shocked, Tor fell out of her chair. "YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL! I heard you fine before! I wanted to wait to answer, seeing as I WAS STILL CHEWING MY FOOD!!! STUPID!!!" Tor shouted back. Tor wasn't usually a morning person. Today was a perfect example of her lack of happy... morning enthusiasm.

After the siblings successfully bit each other's heads off(Metaphorically of course... wait, IS that a metaphor? What the hell is a metaphor again, anyway? If someone could refresh my memory, I'll have Genis bake you some cookies. Anyway, as to why I won't look it up... I'm lazy! Wheee!), things calmed down a bit.

"So, yeah. I'm ready to start the journey and I'm excited. We are still waiting until noon to leave, though. We want to give Maggy a chance to wake up and make sure she's prepared. It's a big journey, and it's really important. We should make sure we're all prepared." Tor explained.

So, after sitting around and waiting for noon to arrive... it was FINALLY time to leave on the journey. They picked up Maggy from her house and then the four people started walking out of Soniadd. They suddenly heard a noise in the bushes as they reached the outskirts of the village.

"What was that noise?" Maggy asked. Starting to duck behind the three siblings.

"Well, Lloyd told me that monsters were starting to appear in the world, now that the mana was depleating... and our defenses from magic are down. It COULD be a monster. No one has any weapons yet besides myself, so I'll take care of this." Tor explained. She dropped her pack and spread her wings. She flew up into the air and started to approach the bush, hoping that she could sneak up on the monster.

Suddenly...

"Tor! I'm going on the journey with you!"

"Kanny!" Tor cried, diving at her friend. She picked her up and flew into the air. Then, she started to shake her by the shoulders. "What got into you!?! I could have killed you! Don't sneak up on people like that!" Tor cried.

"I'm-sorry-just-please-stop-skaking-me!" Kanny shouted, still being shaken by her crazy angel friend.

"Oh, um... right." Tor grumbled. She landed and placed her friend on the ground. "Kanny, what are you doing here?"

"I finally got my parents to cave! They said I could go on the journey with you!" Kanny replied happily.

There was silence for a while... Tor was the one to break that silence. "Kanny, your parents didn't seem to be capable of changing their minds last night. I can't possibly think of what you could have said to get them to let you go."

"That's not important! The point is, I get to come with you!" Kanny explained. There was more silence... that was followed by a deep sigh.

"Kanny, you're lying. Aren't you? Your parents didn't say that you could come, did they? You ran away to join us. You did, didn't you?" Tor said solemnly.

"Um, well..." Kanny started.

"Kanny, you shouldn't have done this. You parents will be worried sick about you. I know that you want to come along, but your parents are just trying to keep you safe. They are doing what they think is best!" Tor explained, feeling exasperated.

"That's right!" Kanny shouted back. "They were doing what they thought was best... but... but... But now I'm doing what I think is best!"

"What?" Tor asked.

"You said that the best thing a person can do... is to do what they think is best! Now I'm doing what I think is best! I'm coming along with you. I'm going with my friends to help them. I'm going to help my best friend save the world!" Kanny cried, almost literally. She hoped so badly that her friend would accept this explanation. She hoped with all her might that she'd get to help them. She hoped that she could prove that she could be useful... and strong.

Tor looked at her friend. Realizing what was happening. She realized how badly she wanted to help. Tor saw that her friend was on the verge of tears and did the only thing she could think to do. She turned away and started walking.

The entire group stared as she started to leave, amazed that she had done this. They never thought that Tor would abandon Kanny here. They thought for sure that she'd bring her along.

"Tor! Sis!" Otto called after her.

"Hurry up!" she called back. "The world isn't going to regenerate itself, you know!"

Her brothers and Maggy began to follow, looking back at the small girl sadly.

"I said to hurry it up! That means you too, fun-size!" Tor called. "If you don't catch up, we'll leave you behind! Come on, Kanny!" she shouted.

"You... you mean... you mean I can come along!?! REALLY!?!" Kanny cried.

"Of course," Tor called. "If I faulted you for doing what you thought was best... or if I stopped you from doing what you thought was best... I'd be a hypocrite, wouldn't I? I gave you that whole speech on it yesterday... I suppose I should have expected you to turn my own words on me. You ARE pretty darn smart." Tor smiled.

Me: What do you think? Was it dramatic enough?

Zelos: Again, why aren't I in the story yet? What's up with that, my cute hunny?

Me: Well, you'll be in the story soon. I PROMISE!

Zelos: Alright, fine.

Me: Anyway, I'm normally into the whole Zelloyd pairing thing... so, don't expect much for you. I'm not very enthusiastic about sticking you with Sheena this time.

Zelos: ALRIGHT! Where IS me voluptuos hunny, anyway?

Me: SIGH R&R!