Jake Long III (Season Two)

Chapter/Episode Nine: Found and Corrupted

In 2033, Mrs. Jennings, Creed, Carmack, Cimberleigh and Vixen were all walking down a hall in the old Huntslair, and they soon reached the staircase that led down into Rose's prison. They all started to descend down the stairs, Mrs. Jennings first, then Vixen, then Cimberleigh, then Carmack, and then Creed.

Once she reached the bottom of the stairs, Mrs. Jennings' jaw dropped when she saw that all that was in the room were lengths of chains. "How did this happen?" Mrs. Jennings growled angrily as her minions reached her sides again, all of them looking shocked.

Clenching her clawed hands into fists, Mrs. Jennings roared in anger. "AFFENDI!" She roared, her scream echoing down the halls of the old Huntslair, making Rose and all of the others stop in their tracks.

"That was her, wasn't it?" Noelia asked.

"Yeah." Rose replied, keeping her eyes ahead. "They know I'm gone."

"We should get out of here." Bouknight said.

Growling, Rose turned around to face Bouknight and the others. "We've already been through this." Rose growled. "We are not going to leave Hennessey behind. If you want to get out of here, then that is your choice. But if you go, you also forfeit your position. You're out."

Bouknight seemed surprised by this, her eyes wide. Finally, she lowered her head, closing her eyes for a brief moment before she opened her eyes again and looked up at Rose. "You staying?" Rose asked.

"Yes." Bouknight said softly.

"Then come on." Rose said, turning back around. "Now we'll just have to be even more careful." She finished as she continued on, the others all following after her.

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Meanwhile, Affendi arrived at the top of the stairs and slowly started to walk down them. As soon as he reached the bottom of the stairs, he cleared his throat, making Mrs. Jennings and the others all turn to face him.

"The prisoner has escaped." Mrs. Jennings growled.

"Not to mention the ones that we captured." Carmack pointed out.

"You want me to look for them?" Affendi asked.

"No." Mrs. Jennings crossed her scaly arms. "We're going to look for them. You are not. You're going to do something else."

"And what would that be?" Affendi asked.

"The other prisoner." Mrs. Jennings said. "You're going to guard her. I have no doubt that our escaped prisoner is going to look for her comrade."

BLACKOUT; PLAY THEME SONG

BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW

On the Island of Draco, Fu Dog and Haley, in her human form, were standing before the entire Council. "I must say, Fu Dog." Holly said with a smile. "I am so happy to hear that you want to be an Animal Guardian again."

"Yeah, well..." Fu shrugged. "...What can I say? It took some serious convincing from Haley, but she won me over in the end."

After Fu said this, Jake III stepped into the Main Hall, stopping when he saw that the Council was busy. Sighing, he leaned against the side of the doorway.

"So, when can I start?" Fu asked.

"Well..." Council Asil said uneasily. "...Things have changed."

"Huh?" Fu asked.

"You've been out of action for about four decades." Asil said. "Things have changed."

"How?" The shar-pei raised an eye.

"Well, for example..." Asil started, before getting cut off by Agata.

"...You can't just become an Animal Guardian." She said.

"Sure you can." Fu said. "All you need is a license. I've got one. Of course...I'll have to get it renewed."

"The process has changed, Fu Dog." Holly said. "Things don't stay the same for that terribly long."

"You don't need to tell this seven hundred-year-old dog that." Fu said. "So, how do you go about it now?"

"You must earn your license." Asil said.

"Did that before." Fu said. "It was called the DMC. You take a test and you get your license. You don't do that anymore?"

"No, you still do." Holly said.

"Well, then I don't see what the big change is."

"The big change is this..." Yara said. "...First, you must go through school. You must train."

"You kiddin' me?"

"No, Fu Dog." Holly replied. "It's similar to when the Council decided that, before they started their training, young dragons should be educated about the Magical World. It just took the Council longer to make that the law."

"So, where's this school?" Fu asked.

"Don't worry about that now." Asil told him. "Before you worry about that, you need to apply. Unfortunately, they can't make any additions during the summer, so you won't be able to get in until September."

"Okay, I can live with that." Fu said. "Anything else?"

"No." Asil said. "Once you get into the school, you will be told everything else you need to know."

"You can go now, Fu." Holly said. "Haley has requested to talk to us alone."

"Alright." Fu replied before he turned and started to walk away, leaving Haley behind.

"Now, you wanted to talk about Fu Dog, correct?" Councilor Yara asked.

"Yeah." Haley replied with a small smile. "It's about protection. That's the real reason why he decided to come back."

"What does he need protection from?" Agata asked.

"The Magical Mafia." Haley crossed her arms. "He got into trouble with them." Seeing Holly sigh and shake her head, Haley smiled again. "I know. Typical Fu, huh? Well, all I had to do was tell him that you would supply protection for him. Then, he agreed to come back. You can do that, right?"

"Sure, Haley." Holly smiled. "We can do that?"

"Do you also think that maybe you could put him with Rosie?" Haley asked.

"Sorry, Haley." Holly's smile faded. "But that's not how it works. We don't choose who he gets assigned to. Yes, it's true that back in the 1970s, Fu was able to choose to help your grandfather, but that's not how it's done anymore."

"How is it done?" Haley asked.

"The school will pair him up with three dragons." Holly said. "The one that he works best with will be the dragon that he's paired with."

"Besides..." Asil added. "...Rosaline Long is perfectly fine. She doesn't need help from Fu Dog."

LINE BREAK

Back in 2033, Rose peaked her head into the next hall. After a few seconds, she turned to face her companions, who were looking at her with nervous looks on their faces. "Well?" Patience asked.

"Did you get us all caught?" Rosie asked rudely, crossing her scaly arms.

"No." Rose said with a small smile. "It's all clear. Come on."

Seconds later, Rose turned into the next hall, followed by all the others, where they could see that the hall was empty, just like Rose had said. More so, there were several closed doors in the hall, three on one side and four on the other.

"Do you think that Hennessey could be in one of those?" Bracewell asked as he stepped up to Rose's side.

"There's only one way to find out." Rose replied.

"But what if one of your enemies is in one of the rooms?" Essence asked.

"That's why we're armed." Bracewell said, turning his head to the side and giving her a small smile.

"How about this?" Rose asked as she turned around to face the others. "Bouknight, since you don't want to risk anyone's safety, why don't you keep the girls safe. Bracewell and I will check the rooms."

"S...Sounds good, Agent Long." Bouknight said.

Rose then turned around and started to walk forward. "Come on." She told Bracewell, who started to follow her.

LINE BREAK

Back in 2085, on the Island of Draco, Jake III was still leaning against the doorframe as he watched Haley. Finally, their conversation ended. "Thank you, Councilors." Holly said before she turned and started to walk forward.

However, after only a few steps, she froze when she saw Jake III straightening up. "Hey, Jake." Haley said with a smile as she started to walk over to him, reaching him after a few seconds. "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to talk with the Council."

"About what?"

"It has to do with my training."

"Oh." Haley replied. "Well...I guess I'll see you later."

"Yeah." Jake said, and then, Haley walked around him, leaving the room. Taking a deep breath, Jake III started to walk forward, reaching the Councilors.

"Hello, Jake." Holly said with a smile on her face. "What do you need?"

"It's about my training." Jake said.

"Did something happen?" Councilor Dingane asked.

"No." Jake told them. "It's just...I think I'm doing well."

"Um..." Asil looked confused. "...You come here to tell us that you think that you're making progress?"

"That's nice and all, Mr. Long." Dingane said. "However, we assumed that you were making progress."

"No, I mean that I think I'm doing well enough to stop training?" Jake smiled.

"Stop?" Holly asked, confused.

"You know, like...move on..." Jake continued.

"You really think you're ready for that?" Holly asked. In response, Jake III smiled and nodded once.

"Well..." Asil didn't know what else to say. "...Well...Well, how about this, Mr. Long: how about we see for ourselves? We'll watch your training session with Dragon Solorio and then we'll determine if we think you are ready to move on."

"When?" Jake III asked.

"We'll just have to see." Asil told him. "As of right now, we don't know what lies in our schedule. But when the time comes, we will tell you."

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On the Empire State Building, Cleo and Kay both confused looks on their faces as they stared at their older sister, who was lying on her back, angry; her eyes were narrowed and steam was coming out of her nose.

"What are you thinking about?" Kay asked.

"All this time..." Socorro said, to herself more than to her sisters, although her sisters could hear her perfectly. "...It wasn't mother. It was that stinking Dragon Council!"

"So, we wasted all our time trying to kill Mom?" Cleo asked.

Immediately, Socorro sat up and then turned her head to the side. "Yes." She said. "We did."

"What are we going to do now?" Kay asked.

Socorro got to her feet and then turned to face her sisters. "Remember that cave where we stayed all those years ago?" She asked.

"You mean the one where we fought Mom and our masters?" Kay asked.

"Of course, you dolt!"

"Yeah, then." Kay said.

"We're going back there." Socorro said before she smiled evilly. "And we're going to get something..."

BLACKOUT; COMMERCIAL BREAK

BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW

Back in 2033, Agent Hennessey had her head lowered as she was forced up to a wooden post, chains wrapped around her, binding her to it. She was in a room similar to the one that Rose had been held in. When Hennessey heard the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs, she moaned and slowly lifted her head up, just in time to see Affendi coming down the stairs, smiling as he reached the bottom.

"You come to kill me?" Hennessey croaked.

"No, just guard you." Affendi said as he started to walk over to her. Finally reaching her, he smiled in her face and said: "You've got some friends coming to your rescue. Agent Long, Agent Bracewell, Agent Orth and Agent Bouknight."

"They'll slaughter you." Hennessey smirked. "All of them against just you? You are as good as dead."

Affendi's smile just widened. "I doubt that very much."

LINE BREAK

Back in 2085, Socorro, Cleo and Kay all landed in front of the cave that they had fought their mother and their Dragon Masters in, all those decades ago. "What exactly are we here for?" Cleo asked her older sister.

"You remember that box?" Socorro asked with an evil smile. "The one with the dark magic? The one that we took?"

"Yeah." Kay replied as the three of them entered the cave.

"I want you to find it." Socorro told them. "Go on. Find it." With that, Socorro stopped in her tracks while her two younger sisters walked forward, going to find where they hid the box all those decades ago.

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Back in 2033, Rosie and the others watched Rose and Bracewell both walked back to them. "No sign of her?" Noelia asked.

"No." Rose said. "We'll just have to keep looking. Come on." She then turned around and started to walk away again, the others all following her.

Moments later, Rose turned around a corner, and as all of the others followed her, she froze when she saw that, at the end of the hall she had just stepped into, there was another staircase, only this time, there was only one and it was going down.

"Agent Long, what is it?" Bracewell asked, turning his head to the side to see that she had a smile on her face. "What are you thinking?"

"This could be it." Rose said, making Bracewell turn his head back to normal, looking at the staircase.

"Or, it could just be another staircase." Rosie suggested.

"There's only one way to find out." Patience said.

"I'm going to go and check it out." Rose said softly, speaking more to Bracewell than anyone else. "I'll be right back." Bracewell nodded and then Rose started to walk forward.

Within a few moments, Rose reached the stairs and looked down, seeing nothing at the bottom of the stairs. Taking a deep breath, Rose started to lower one of her feet down onto the next step, but she froze and her eyes widened when she heard the sound of someone's throat being cleared.

Pulling her foot up, Rose turned around to see Noelia, Lucero, Patience and Essence. "Mind if we come?" Patience asked.

"I...I don't think that'd be a good idea." Rose ran a clawed hand through her hair.

"But what if she's down there?" Lucero asked.

"Then I'll free her." Rose smiled.

"What if she's being guarded?" Essence asked.

"Well, then-" Rose started, only to be cut off by Noelia:

"That's why you shouldn't go alone." She said. "We'll help you."

"No." Rose said softly. "It'd be too dangerous. The best thing for you to do is wait out until this hour is up. Then, you can be sent back to your own time."

"You're going to go down there alone?" Noelia asked.

"Well, I-"

"I can come with, Agent Long." Bracewell offered as he started to walk away from Bouknight.

"Thanks." Rose said with a smile. "Happy now?" She addressed the girls.

Rosie scowled and crossed her scaly arms as she watched her friends all walk back; she was also able to see her grandmother and Bracewell walk down the stairs. "What?" Noelia asked as she and the others reached Rosie and Bouknight.

"Like her?" Rosie asked bitterly.

"She's really not that bad, Rosie." Lucero said. "She actually seems pretty nice."

"Any dragon could abandon their captured friend..." Essence added. "...She's got some real loyalty."

Meanwhile, Rose walked down the stairs with Bracewell right behind her, Bracewell armed with his staff. When they reached the bottom of the stairs, Rose gasped, and then smiled, for standing right in the room, chained to a wooden post, was Agent Hennessey. When Hennessey saw Rose and Bracewell, her eyes wide and a mixture of terror and relief on her face.

"Are you alright?" Rose asked, smiling.

"Y...Yes." Hennessey managed, finding her voice.

"Agent, get her free." Rose said, turning her head to the side and looking at Bracewell. Bracewell nodded once in response and then started to walk over to Hennessey.

"Wait, no!" Hennessey shouted, her eyes widening even more, making Bracewell stop in his tracks. "Just..." Just..." Hennessey continued, but then she sighed. "...Just get out of here."

"We looked all around this cursed place for you!" Rose narrowed her eyes. "We're not leaving without-" However, before she could finish, Affendi dropped down from the ceiling.

"Well, you'd be right about the not leaving part..." Affendi muttered before he lashed out with his tail, wrapping it around Bracewell's neck. Bracewell then gasped as he was pulled back, flying off of his feet, being thrown over to Rose. Rose gasped and ducked, Bracewell missing her and hitting the stairs with a grunt.

"You..." Rose growled before she charged at Affendi, who quickly turned around. As soon as Rose reached him, they both grabbed each other by the hands and started to struggle against one another.

Watching this, Hennessey grunted as she started to struggle against her chains, trying to free her tail.

Continuing his fight with Rose, Affendi smirked as he managed to pull Rose's arms out so that they were completely outstretched, With Rose momentarily distracted, Affendi took this opportunity to bring his scaly knee up and knee her in the belly. As Rose grunted and slightly hunched over, Affendi released her arms and then quickly punched her in the face. Rose cried out as she fell back, landing on her side.

Back out in the hall, Bouknight's eyes widened as she heard Rose's cry. Then, she swallowed hard as Noelia turned her head to the side to look at her. "What do you thinks' going on down there?" She asked.

"I'm afraid to find out." Bouknight said before she swallowed hard again. "But I need to see if they're alright. I'm just going to check. It shouldn't take too long."

"We can handle that." Noelia told her.

Without another word, Bouknight started to walk forward, but before she could reach the stairs, she cried out as a torrent of fire hit him from behind, making her cry out as she was thrown to the ground.

"Well, well, well..." Mrs. Jennings said with an evil smile on her face as she grabbed Rosie by her arms, forcing them behind her back as Rosie scowled and tried to fight (although to no success). Mrs. Jennings' minions had already captured Rosie's friends, Creed, Carmack, Vixen and Cimberleigh had captured Noelia, Patience, Lucero and Essence, respectively. "...Looks like we've found some of our escapees..."

"Yep." Carmack said. "These are the girls, alright."

"The others must be down there." Mrs. Jennings stated.

"I'll go down there and finish them." Vixen offered.

"No." Mrs. Jennings told her. "I want you to check on the Agent that just went down. Make sure that she's dead."

In response, Vixen shoved Lucero down onto the ground, Lucero grunting as she landed on her belly. As Vixen started to walk forward, passing by the discarded Lucero, she brought her tail down onto the back of Lucero's head, making it so that Lucero could not try to stop her as she walked over to Bouknight. Within a few seconds, Vixen reached Bouknight and looked down.

"Well?" Cimberleigh asked.

"Is she dead?" Mrs. Jennings asked.

"She's-" Vixen started, but before she could finish, Bouknight quickly rolled over and lashed out with her tail...

...Back down in the room where Hennessey was being held prisoner, Bracewell groaned and fidgeted, struggling to keep conscious. Rose was still lying on her side, Affendi standing over her. As Hennessey continued to struggle, Affendi smiled as he looked down at Rose.

However, Rose herself smirked as she quickly rolled over, and just like Bouknight, lashed out with her tail, hitting Affendi in the face and making him grunt and stagger back. Rose quickly pulled herself up onto her feet and then quickly punched Affendi in the face, making him grunt again and stagger back again.

Quickly, Rose threw another punch with her other hand, but before it could make contact, Affendi managed to grab her fist in his clawed hand, stopping her blow.

"I don't think so." Affendi told her.

Meanwhile, with another grunt, Hennessey managed to free her tail, her tail coming out from in-between her scaly back and the wooden post. Smiling with relief as she looked at her tail that she held up, Hennessey quickly returned to business as she looked at Affendi, who threw Rose to the floor.

"End of the road." Affendi growled. However, before he could make another movement, Hennessey's tail reached his left ear. With two taps, Affendi's eyes widened and he went rigid. With wide eyes, Rose lifted her head up as she watched Hennessey wrapped her tail around Affendi's neck.

Squeezing her eyes shut, Hennessey grunted as she pulled her tail back, throwing Affendi off of his feet, making him fly by her. With a grunt, Affendi slammed into the wall; bouncing off the wall, he landed on his belly on the floor, unconscious.

"You okay?" Hennessey asked, watching as Rose got to her feet.

"Thanks to you." Rose smiled. "Thank you."

"Don't mention it." Hennessey smiled back. "I'm very glad that you came for me."

"And I will get you free." Rose told her. "I just need to check on Agent Bracewell first."

"Understood." Hennessey said before she turned her head to the side to look at Affendi's motionless form. "Please hurry, though. I didn't kill him."

"I'll be as fast as I can." Rose said before she turned and started to walk over to Bracewell. As soon as she reached him, Rose looked down just in time to see Bracewell open his eyes, moaning.

"Did you get him?" He managed.

"Hennessey did."

"I'm fine." Bracewell said before he lifted his scaly arm, handing out his staff. "Focus on her."

"Thanks." Rose said before she reached down and took the staff. Once she had the staff, Rose turned and started to walk back over to Hennessey. Within seconds, Rose walked around Hennessey's wooden post and put the blade of Bracewell's staff to the chains. Then, she fired, blasting the chains and making them fall.

Grunting, Agent Bracewell managed to get to his feet, where he could see Rose and Hennessey facing each other, Hennessey trying to get the feeling back into her wrists. "Is that one dead?" Bracewell asked, pointing at Affendi.

"No." Rose said, turning her head to the side briefly before she turned her attention back to Hennessey.

"Then don't you think we should get out of here?" Bracewell asked.

"He's right." Hennessey told Rose.

"I know." Rose replied. "I just want to know that you're okay."

"I am." Hennessey smiled. "Thank you, Agent Long."

Bracewell watched as Rose and Hennessey then turned to face him. "Okay." Rose said. "Let's go,"

"What about Councilor Jennings' mother?" Hennessey asked, turning her head to the side.

"I don't know." Was all Rose said before they started to walk over to Bracewell.

"How many of us are left?" Hennessey asked.

"Bracewell, Bouknight and myself." Rose replied. "Agent Orth's injuries were too severe. Agent Bracewell thought it was in our best interests, as well as his, to put him out of his misery."

"Oh." Hennessey said before she turned her head back to normal. "Agent Long, forgive me if you feel that this is not my place, but maybe it's best that we get out of here. Maybe we should return to the Island of Draco. I am sure that Councilor Jennings will understand."

"She will." Rose replied. "And I agree. Those are my thoughts as well."

At this point, Rose and Hennessey reached Bracewell, who turned around. Bracewell took the lead and started to walk up the steps, but after only taking two steps, he froze and gasped as he saw the smirking Vixen standing on the stairs, holding Bouknight hostage; Vixen's scaly arm was around Bouknight's neck while her other clawed hand was around Bouknight's left ear.

"Follow me." Vixen said.

"Let her go." Bracewell ordered, narrowing his eyes.

"Come with me and I will." Vixen said. "Oh, and Agent Long. Release your hold on that staff. If you're still holding it in three seconds, she dies."

Without a second thought, Rose dropped Bracewell's staff.

"Good." Vixen's smirk grew. "Now, put your hands behind your head and follow me."

LINE BREAK

In 2085, Socorro, with her scaly arms behind her back, walked through the cave, stopping where her younger sisters were digging. "Did you find it?" Socorro asked. "You're sure this is where you buried the box?"

"We're pretty sure." Cleo said while Kay lifted her head up, turning it to the side.

"We just haven't found it yet." She said.

"Well, keep looking!" Socorro ordered impatiently. Then, she turned around and started to walk away. However, after only five steps, she froze when she heard her sister's voice:

"Socorro..." Kay said.

"You found it?!" Socorro jumped to conclusions, spinning around to face her sisters. Sure enough, both were standing up and both turned to face her, the box in Kay's clawed hands. "Excellent!" Socorro exclaimed before walking over to them, and as soon as she reached them, she quickly reached out and grabbed the box, snatching it out of Kay's hands.

"Hey!" Kay protested like a young girl.

"Oh, shut up." Socorro said as she slightly lifted the lid up, allowing her to see what remained of the dark magic inside. While most of the magic had consumed her and her sisters, there was still a little bit left. Just enough..."

Lowering the lid back down, Socorro turned and started to walk away. "Come on." She said. "Hurry your tails up or I'll make you." She narrowed her eyes.

"I don't get it." Kay said. "What are we going to do with this?"

"We aren't-?" Cleo started to ask, but then she stopped as she realized what her older sister's plan was, her eyes widening. "No. We're not."

"Yes." Socorro said with an evil smile on her face as she turned around to face her younger sisters. "This magic...is for mother."

LINE BREAK

At Haley's house, there were several human-formed Dragon Council Agents working on the re-construction of the part of the house that had been damaged. On the roof of the house across the street, Socorro, Cleo and Kay, Socorro scowling as she held the box that contained the remainder of the dark magic.

"She must not be home." Kay said.

"What made you think that?!" Socorro spat sarcastically.

"What are we going to do now?" Cleo asked, turning her head to the side to look at her sister.

"What more can we do?" Socorro asked angrily. "We'll just have to wait until she returns..."

LINE BREAK

Back in 2033, Bouknight, Bracewell, Hennessey and Rose were all on their bellies. Bouknight, Bracewell and Hennessey already had their hands chained behind their backs, their ankles chained together and their mouths chained shut. Rose, on the other hand, was putting up too much of a fight for Vixen to properly bind her.

Turning her head to the side, Hennessey watched as Vixen tried to get the chains around Rose's wrists. However, before Vixen could tighten them, Rose would pull one of her wrists free. Vixen was starting to get impatient. "Would you stop?!" She demanded.

Finally, Vixen managed to trap Rose's hands, quickly tightening the chains before Rose could pull a hand away. "Damn." Rose cursed.

Meanwhile, Rosie and her friends were still being held hostage, only now, Cimberleigh was holding Essence and Lucero hostage together, her arms around each of their necks. The two had apparently given up, for they didn't struggle and watched Vixen and Rose.

"Did you get her?" Mrs. Jennings asked.

"Yes." Vixen smiled. "I just need to lock the chains."

"Hurry up and do it." Mrs. Jennings ordered. "Then, we'll kill these girls and-"

"What?!" Rose asked, her eyes widening.

"You heard her." Cimberleigh said.

"No, no..." Rose pleaded. "...Don't. Don't kill them. They're not from here."

"I know." Mrs. Jennings said. "I watched as you summoned them."

"Let them go back to their true place in time." Rose pleaded. "You can do whatever you want with us. Just don't kill them. Lock them up or something. In forty or so minutes, they won't be able to bother you."

"More like they won't be able to bother me anymore in about five minutes." Mrs. Jennings smirked evilly.

Hearing this, Rose's eyes flashed with anger. "YOU KILL THEM AND I WILL DESTROY YOU!" Then, Rose brought her tail up, and from behind, wrapped it around Vixen's neck. Vixen could do nothing but scream as she was thrown back, her head colliding with the hard wall behind her before she crumpled to the ground.

Pulling her hands away from one another, the chains simply falling away, Rose picked herself up onto her feet, furious. "ABSOLUTELY DESTROY YOU!" She continued. "THINK OF THE HUNTSCLAN, ONLY WITH ONE TRILLION TIMES MORE DESTRUCTION!"

Then, Rose rushed forward, and, flapping her wings, took off into the air, preparing to thrash the living daylights out of the dragons that were threatening her future granddaughter and her friends.

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A/N: Please review!