Disclaimer: All Twilight characters belong to Stephanie Meyers, while I'm just teasing and bending them for a bit. No profit is being collected from the fiction contained within.

The storyline and non-Twilight characters are my creative fault and mine alone.

This storyline has women loving women. If this kind of love scares you, well darling turn around and go back the other way. There are plenty of splendid writers who delve into straight couple relationships; for the most part, I'm just not one of them.

The rating is M just to be on the safe side, do to the language and the possibility of the sex scenes becoming a bit graphic but no promises in that area. Oh, there will also be mention of threesomes and 'gasp horror' vampires and other supernatural creatures getting it on with each other.

All boo boos, snafus and misdeeds within the story are all mine and mine alone.

Author's Note: As the location has moved to Europe, I've made the creative decision that when one becomes a supernatural the rewiring of their brain allows them to understand and communicate with other supernaturals even if their native languages aren't the same.

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(Location Helsinki, Finland)

Serenity is the ability to go with the flow, find one's inner harmony and just be able to chill, a wonderful trait for a vampire or any other supernatural being blessed with living for an eternity. Unfortunately, unlike some attributes that seem to come with the transformation from human to supernatural, this isn't one of them. Nope, it takes time, one's own personality and well, ironically patience to develop over the years.

For Alice and Sian waiting on Gabriella to find the ancient was a non-issue, both had years of adjusting as well as the personalities to be content to wait. This was a good thing for Bella and Leah who both would probably had gone stir crazy without their mates keeping them relaxed.

Sian after she and Leah had finished their brunch, which would've thoroughly stuffed a family of six; lead the younger woman into the bedroom where Gabriella wasn't mediating.

"Alright lass, now the best way a cat knows how to kill time before the next adventure is by napping," Sian said as she began pulling back the covers on the bed. "And after everything from physical to emotional, I definitely know you still need more sleep."

Leah was about to protest, wanting to for some odd reason to remain awake while Gabriella meditated, but instead of bringing forth an objection a huge yawn escaped her lips.

"Okay you're probably right." She grumbled out, "but I'm feeling pretty wired even if my yawning says different."

"Oh don't worry, I've got a remedy for that," she smiled and began taking off her clothes. Seeing her lover blush and eyebrows shoot to the top of her head, Sian snorted, "though that is a pleasant idea, we won't be doing that kind of cuddling, love."

Proving her point Sian shifted easily into her white tiger form and padded onto the bed and after a few twists and shifts she found the best spot and flopped into a beautiful lump. Casting her azure blue cat eyes towards Leah, she tipped her head inviting her lover to join her.

Leah knew there was no way the bed would hold both their shifted forms so she just crawled into the spot Sian had left her. It was really the first time in human form she had snuggled up to her lover when she was a tiger and god was it wonderful. The tigress's fur was as downy as she had thought as her fingers ran through it. Then Sian began to do that deep rumbling purr that sent soothing vibrations though Leah's muscles and slowly her mind began to drift into slumber. With a contented smile, it didn't take Sian long to follow the younger woman into sleep land.

Hearing the two women sleeping, brought a small smile to Bella who was sitting on the settee, while she played on Gabriella's netbook. Alice had set it up for her to help her keep her mind occupied as they waited.

"You know," Bella murmured so not to disturb the two women. "I can now really understand what you found so fascinating watching me sleep when I was human. Hearing those two sleep is rather calming."

"Hmmm, yes it is but I certainly don't remember you purring, mumbling yes, but not purring," Alice twinkled out smiling at her lover from where she had flitted out of the room where Gabriella was meditating.

"Humph," Bella grunted but a tiny grin played on her lips. "As I recall you took great pleasure in trying to decipher what the hell I was talking about when I did finally wake up."

Tapping her chin lightly, Alice stopped in front of Bella; "you have to admit sweetie, when I hear you talking about waffles should never dance with dinosaurs, well it does give one pause to ponder."

Palming her forehead Bella shook her head and groaned, "of course that would be the one you'd remember. You made me waffles, for breakfast, which was actually cool but renting, "Walking with Dinosaurs" was a bit much."

"It was highly entertaining as well as educational," she replied with a light giggle. "Just be grateful that I didn't choose Barney, though he would've been the more fitting choice."

"Okay, you do have a point," lifting her hand from her forehead, she smiled at her lover. "And I'm very grateful you did not have me watch the purple dino." Glancing over towards the room where Gabriella was, "sooo what's it like for a vampire to mediate?"

Tilting her head to the side, "I'm not sure to be honest and I'm not sure it really is mediating. I'm guessing Gabi is searching, expanding her mind to find this ancient. I've always thought mediation was where you just let your mind relax and wander."

"So in a way it's like when you have a vision," Bella said rubbing her chin in thought.

"Hmmm, perhaps a bit like that," Alice nodded though her voice didn't sound certain. "I've just never seen her do this before but Gabi's always kept her work for the Volturi away from the family."

"Well from what I've learned so far about them, it seems like a wise decision on her part. I know I want to keep as far away from them as possible." She said with a slight frown, "I just don't understand why she willingly works for them."

"Well after learning what we did today, I can surmise a lot of it has to do with trying to make sure another conflict doesn't arise," Alice began but stopped as she felt the identifiable wave of a vision sweep in and everything else was swept away from her.

(Vision)

Two male vampires were sitting in a minimally furnished room their focus was on the gaming table placed between them. At a cursory glance, it looked like they were playing a game of backgammon but in truth it was an ancient game of ludus duodecim scriptorum, which was quite popular during roman times.

"Well Stefan what do you think of Meryatum's plans." The thicker built and taller vampire asked the smaller vampire as he studied the game table

Stefan flicked his sandy blond hair out of his eyes as he leaned forward and moved one of his pieces, lifting his head he gazed towards his companion. "Vlad, I think joining him wouldn't be in our best interest. Shaking his head, "if he'd just stick with just taking out the shifters in that region, the Volturi wouldn't care but going after the coven as well, that's idiotic. That would definitely alert the Volturi and they'll send their elite assassins and we know what will happen then."

"It'll be a bloodbath, so to speak and Meryatum will lose," the darker haired vampire nodded. "I do like the idea of going after the Volturi, though." Letting out a soft sigh, "if he'd just concentrate his efforts on that instead of these strange vendettas then I would definitely think about offering our services to him.

"Really?" Quirking a single eyebrow in surprise, "I don't think I would be comfortable with that Vlad. I think he needs to bring a bigger army to the table then the, what was it, ten?" Seeing his brother nod in confirmation, Stefan continued, "before I would even contemplate offering our coven." Frowning slightly, "unlike you I don't feel that even with our combined forces we would win at this point in time."

Vlad crunched his face as he pondered over his vampire brothers concerns; "ah you're probably right, though the idea of ripping those three from their self appointed thrones sounds so appealing."

Chuckling at his brother, "that it does, but we've an eternity so no need to go off half cocked like Meryatum seems to be doing. He is doing exactly what Julius did when he attacked to Volturi. No true strategies, he may have been named after Gauis Julius Caesar but he certainly didn't have his abilities."

"The only good thing that came out of that fiasco was the coven became ours."

"Well, let's not make the same mistake he did, so we're in accord, I'll let Meryatum know we won't be getting involved with him."

"Yes," Vlad nodded and then tilted his head slightly. "Wait, what if he just went after those mud dwelling cur? I mean it could be fun and certainly excellent training for those in our coven who've never had to go against them."

Rubbing his chin, Stefan leaned back in his chair, "as entertaining as it might be Vlad it's still risky." Holding his hand up to stop his brother from interrupting, "yes, I know what I said earlier but thinking on it, I realize it might still attract the Volturi. That pack is big and it's not like the old days. Attention will be drawn to such a massacre."

Sinking back into his chair and letting out a frustrated puff of air, "fine, you're right, but I hate it. We're becoming old hens, Stefan, cowering in fear of the Volturi. We're vampires! We should be ruling this world instead of these measly humans. They should be bowing down to us."

"Of course they should brother and in time they will but for now we wait," he nodded in agreement. "I'll contact Meryatum but instead of rejecting him out of hand I'll counsel him to wait and build his forces. If he agrees then we would be willing to join forces with him, but if not he and his bizarre coven are on there own."

(End of Vision)

As Alice slowly pulled out of the vision, she felt Bella's fingers gently stroking her cheek and she smiled softly at her mate.

"I'm fine sweetie," she said gently seeing the concern in her beloved's expression.

Bella nodded slowly, "it's just you were out for a full three minutes." Guiding her pixie to the settee. "I can't recall the last time you were locked in a vision for so long. What was it about?"

Settling down on her lover's lap, Alice nestled her head on Bella's shoulder, "well, for one thing it confirmed that the ancient is Meryatum." She sighed out, "apparently he's building an army. He already has at least nine not counting Edward and himself."

"Shit an army," her eyes widened and her grip on Alice's waist tightened. "I thought you couldn't see him?"

"I can't, but he contacted the last of the Romanians, my vision was of them, they were discussing whether to join him or not, but thankfully they decided the odds were not in their favor."

"What the fuck has Edward gotten himself involved with?"

Lifting her head from her lover's shoulder, Alice gazed into Bella's dark gold eyes, "they're both bent on revenge. Though the Romanians didn't say against who I'm pretty sure it's against the pack at La Push and the Cullens."

"Should we contact Carlisle, Jake or someone and warn them?"

"No not yet," shaking her head slightly, while nipping on her bottom lip. "I'll keep myself attuned to the Romanians and hopefully I can have a vision of them contacting Meryatum and we can perhaps through their communication with him understand more of his plan. Things are fluid right now and I'd rather wait, if we can, and let Gabi know what I found out."

Bella leaned her forehead against her lover's, "okay, we'll wait for awhile and see what more you can learn, but if you do see something that indicates that the people in Forks are in danger we'll contact them."

"Of course, my love, I wouldn't have it any other way. I just want to be able to provide them with as much information as we can."

"I know," she nodded. "I trust your visions my pixie and your instincts."

The two fell silent as they just held each other, because at that point neither one could image doing anything else.

(Location-Tallinn, Estonia)

Finally, given her freedom, Annika along with her, 'sisters and brothers,' her mind wrinkled at that notion, were listening to Meryatum explain what was happening. Strangely enough being told they were vampires hadn't brought gasps of horror or disbelief from anyone in the group.

'Of course,' Annika whose mind no longer felt like it was wrapped in cotton candy, which was something she hadn't felt in years, reasoned out. 'Killing a person and sucking the blood out of them was a pretty damn big clue.'

Edward snickered softly at the golden haired vampire, "yes, that is a big clue." Seeing her frown he offered up his patent heart fluttering crooked grins, "ahhh, you'll get use to it, my old family did, well sort of."

"And that is another thing about being a vampire, some are given gifts when they are transformed," Meryatum's silky voice floated through the air. "Being a vampire, gives all of you my children, power and strength you never had as a human."

"Gifts?" Annika asked as she furrowed her brow. "You mean like Edward's ability to remove our privacy by digging into our minds?"

"Yes, but not every vampire has a gift and they vary, Edward has the ability to read minds, I knew of a vampire who could make water from the molecules in the air. They also do not always manifest themselves right away. You may have a gift but not know it yet."

"Or," Edward cut in. "It might not be easily identified. It just might be an enhancement of say your strength or beauty."

"Whether you have gifts or not just remember," Meryatum's crimson eyes touched each of the four but stayed longest on Annika who returned it but not with the utter devotion the other three had. "You're no longer alone. We are a family, a coven and as such we will grow together."

Gazing at her, 'siblings,' the idea still twisted strangely in her mind, and seeing their adulation towards Meryatum, gave the golden hair vampire pause. She just didn't feel that kind of connection to the elder vampire. Of course, she didn't mistake the looks he was giving her; she had experienced those from not only her johns but also her father. A small shudder went through her body as she thought about that man. He had been reason she had started taking drugs at fourteen and finally running away from home.

"Tomorrow, we will begin training," the ancient said his oily slick voice. "You four are doing quite excellent in your control."

"Training? What are we training for?" The golden haired vampire queried as her eyes drifted between the ancient and Edward.

"To learn to fight against our one natural enemy, the filthy shape shifters who sprung from the earth to due battle against us vampires. For thousands of years they have done their best to remove us, well we, my children are going to change all that. Instead of waiting for them to strike us, we are going to strike them and this is why we'll be training tomorrow."

All the newborns, except for Annika nodded in acceptance of the idea. It wasn't that she disagreed about the training; in fact, the beast in her was rather taken with idea. Her beast even growled in approval about killing shape shifter.

Glancing at Meryatum, Annika frowned, 'but now I have a new family, a new life, thanks to him and Edward but still to follow blindly, didn't I do that enough when I was human?' She questioned silently as she ran her fingers through her hair with a sigh. 'But then I do owe him my existence.' Seeing the bronze-haired boy frown towards her, the young woman just shook her head and went back to listening to the ancient.

Edward knew he needed to be more patient in regards to Annika as Meryatum counseled him but the young blond bothered him. The woman's thoughts were if not disturbing to him were at the very least baffling. Of all of them he had assumed she would be the easiest to submit to what Meryatum called his ability to lull newborns. Perhaps he was expecting too much too soon as his mentor explained to him. Just because George, Laura and Mina responded rapidly to Meryatum's gift didn't mean Annika would do likewise. His mentor was sure, she would fall under his gift as the others had, especially when she became his mate, and then she would be just as devoted to him as Mina was to Edward.

A tiny grin crossed Edward's lips as his sight landed on smaller vampire girl, who reminded him so much of Bella, but in some ways she was even better. There was no need to hold back with Mina. No temptation of killing her, no robbing her of her soul, the two could have sex and 'god it felt sooo good.' His mind chortled. The last time had been with Tanya, 'a poor substitute for Bella' as far as he was concerned. Of course, the ability to have sex with Mina wasn't the only thing he found pleasing, no, he loved that the girl always obeyed him. Unlike Bella who continued to disobey his wishes even after what happened in Phoenix.

(Flashback)

Edward was pacing back and forth in Bella's bedroom, stealing glances at the young girl who was sitting on her bed watching him. He was tangling and untangling his fingers through his bronze colored hair. It had been a barely two days since her cast had been removed from her leg and her she was telling him she was going to La Push to see Jake on Saturday. In haling deeply, in hopes of quelling his agitation he stopped all his movement and stared out the bedroom window and stared at the darkness.

"Edward, I want to go to La Push so could we please not have this conversation, because I'm not changing my mind."

Her voice usually sweet to his ear was carrying that icy tone he hated coming from his Bella. Turning around he tilted his head slightly as he soaked her beauty into his mind. Inhaling her scent, he couldn't stop the venom from pooling in his mouth as he remembered how sweet her blood was to him. It was tempting, oh so tempting to leap on her and taste that nectar again. Swallowing heard, he forced his mind to break from the thought and ceased his breathing and focused on their current discussion.

"Bella, my love," he began turning on his creamy smooth voice that once use to bend her to him was no longer having the send effect but he kept trying. "It is just too soon for you to go gallivanting around on the beach." Pointing to her finally freed leg, "you've just had the cast removed my dear. Your leg is still fragile."

"My leg is fine, Carlisle says I can get around just fine and I won't be as you say gallivanting around, I'll be with Jake attending a bonfire is all. Sitting, eating and swapping stories." She said playing with her chestnut hair. "Besides, Jake will be with me the whole time."

Huffing and pinching the bridge of his nose he closed her eyes, "you know how I feel about him Bella. I don't like you hanging with him either."

"Yeah, I know, you've told me that repeatedly and I've told just as many times, Jake is my best friend since childhood." She answered her voice growing a little louder.

Opening his eyes, he stared into her dark chocolate orbs and could see the heat in them, "but I'm your boyfriend, Bella and as such you should listen to me." Edward had finally learned not to use the word forbid around the girl though that's what he really wanted to tell her. "He wants more then to be friends with you and I don't like that at all."

Getting up from the bed, Bella stood in front of him, laying a hand on his shoulder she gazed into his golden eyes, "Edward, you don't need to be jealous of Jake. I love you, okay."

"If you love me then you'll do as I say and not go to La Push and be with that boy," he stated before truly thinking his words through and knew it was a huge mistake.

"Oh no, you did not just say that," Bella steamed out stepping away from him. Her eyes were flashing fire as she glared at him.

"I…I didn't mean it like that Bella," trying to calm the girl down with his voice, which really wasn't working for him. "It's just I worry about you an…and I can't protect you there."

"I don't need your protection Edward, I can handle myself," she started but was cut off before she could finish.

"Yeah, how'd that work for you in Phoenix?" Edward snapped out as he pointed towards her leg and then the scar on her arm. "If I hadn't of got there you'd be a monster like me. It was I who sucked the venom out of you." Ignoring the fact, that if not for Alice, Bella would in fact be dead and they wouldn't be having this argument at all.

Turning her back on him, Bella gulped for air trying to rein in her anger. Her hands were curled into fists and she could feel even her almost nonexistent nails digging into her palms.

"If you had let me finish," she spat out slowly. "I was going to say at the reservation. Edward I'm done discussing this. I'm seeing Jake on Saturday. Now please just go home."

"Bella," he reached out to her but even with her back turned she stepped away.

"Just go home Edward."

"Fine," he grumped and jumped out the window.

(End Flashback)

Shaking his head at the memory, Edward realized that everything started to change between them after Phoenix. His glamour no longer had the potency it once had to sway Bella to listen to him. If it hadn't of been for Jasper using his gift to manipulate her emotions Edward wasn't sure if Bella would've stayed with him much longer.

Yet, as the young man reflected back to the time, his mind warped the true reasons of Bella's changing feelings. Instead of the truth of her no longer finding him romantically attractive, which his ego couldn't stand, Edward saw it as a sign that God was trying to keep the girl's soul pure. Now, it was his chosen duty to save what was left of her soul along with his sister's. Oh yeah, the bronze-haired boy with the crooked smile was living the delusion and those around him were going to help make it come true.

(Time shift Location Helsinki Finland)

Nearly three hours had passed since Gabriella had begun what some parapsychologists would term as remote viewing, while Theosophists would say she was an etheric traveler. Either view could be correct as she was indeed searching for the ancient with her mind as well as expanding all her senses outward. Even with knowing his name, physical description and his scent, the task before her wasn't a simple one. Trying to find Meryatum was like walking along the beaches in central Oregon coastline searching for the right agate amongst the thousands.

Ironically, if she were still a human, this gift would have been second nature to her much like her teleportation gift as a vampire, but it wasn't the case now. The rewiring from human to vampire had altered her brain and now she was forcing herself to do that which was no longer natural. Therefore, instead of sliding easily into the ethereal, Gabriella struggled as if doing battle with a newborn army. Although vampires claim they couldn't really, experience what a human might refer to as a migraine headache, the strain Gabriella felt as she pushed her psyche outwards was akin to that pain in triplicate. She was stretching herself incredibly thin.

Yet, as Alice peered at her friend who was lying on the bed, she couldn't detect any physical evidence of the exertion Gabriella was undergoing. There was no heartbeat, no breath sounds to provide any possible clue to the strain the woman might be undergoing. To an average human, the older vampire would've given the impression of a life like marble statue in repose on the bed. Her aquiline features remained still and serene, but the smaller vampire wasn't convinced this was true. Placing feather like touches to her friend's face the raven-haired woman frowned slightly and sighed. Knowing there was nothing she could do, she bent down and kissed her Gabriella's forehead before she glided from the room.

Spying Bella on the settee, she smiled at her lover who seemed to be absorbed in the e-book she was reading off Gabriella's netbook. Without a sound, she wandered to her and placed a kiss on the top of her head before moving to the large window in the suite. Alice stared out towards the snow falling outside but she wasn't really paying any attention to what she was seeing. In the back of her mind, she was registering the sounds of her suite mates. She could hear the rhythmic purring of Sian as well as the soft cadence of Leah's snores from the other room. Hearing Bella shift on the settee made her lips quirk into a tiny smile, her lover even when reading couldn't sit still for too long.

A quick vision revealed to her the Romanians were still playing their ancient game. Being vampires their sense of time was vastly different to humans, the three hours that had passed since Alice had her vision of them was merely just a blip in time for them. There was no need to contact the ancient until at least their game was done.

Turning her mind away from the Romanians Alice felt herself being drawn towards the thought that this whole thing was almost over. Edward would finally be stopped. The thought of his demise didn't bring forth the feeling of elation she considered it would, no the emotion reaching into her was more akin to sorrow. It may have seemed bizarre that Alice would harbor such feeling for the boy who almost killed her. Who in fact, was still bent on doing that, but as her memories of her life with the Cullens came filtering back to her, she was catching glimpses of a gentler Edward and their relationship with each other.

(Memory Flashback)

Hearing the soft ambiance of the piano being played, Alice knew it was Edward and smiled. It had taken time for the bronze-haired boy to become accepting of the smaller vampire's freer spirit. Her need to touch and cuddle with members of the family but after twenty odd years Alice was delighted he had finally come off his high horse. Flitting into the music room in their house outside of Lake Placid, NY, raven-haired woman twirled around the piano.

Beaming at her brother, "Edward that is a lovely composition. Sweet, light and it's got a good beat and you can dance to it." Alice finished with a giggle.

"Hmmm, thank you Ali, but I don't think this will ever be something American Bandstand will ever play," chuckling himself at her using the way the kids on the show always seemed to describe a new song being introduced. "I'm glad you liked, because you were the inspiration for it. I call it, Dance of the Tiniest Angel."

Overjoyed with pleasure and astonishment at the idea that Edward would compose a piece of music for her Alice sashayed over to him and nimbly leaped on to his back.

Hugging the young man tightly she whispered in his ear, "oh Edward that is sooo fantastically sweet. No one, well that I can recall, has ever created a work of art for me."

Taking his fingers from the keys, Edward wrapped his arms around Alice's smaller ones, "Ali, I know it has taken a while for me but I've come to understand the pure love you bring to this family. Since you and Jasper have come to our family, you've given us all a bit of light we've been missing, yes even me," he remarked genially. "And the way you dance, as if gravity means nothing is inspiring."

Alice was thunderstruck by her brother's sentiments and his willingness to share them with her. Of all the family, he was the most reticent in sharing his deeper feelings with the others unless it was to complain about what he felt was their decadent behavior.

"Thank you Edward," Alice replied softly placing a tender kiss on his cheek. "Would you please play it from the beginning for me?"

"I would love to Alice," Edward answer with a crooked smile giving her arms a final squeeze before moving his hands back toward the piano keys. "I only ask that you dance for me, my tiny angel of light."

Giggling, Alice slid of his back gracefully moved to the center of the floor she positioned herself and as he began to play she began to dance to the song he had created for her.

(End of Memory Flashback)

Sighing softly at the memory, Alice didn't realize she was humming and swaying to the song Edward had composed until she felt to arms slide around her waist and halt her movement.

"That's pretty song," Bella murmured as she nuzzled Alice's hair.

"Yes, it is." Alice replied unhappily leaning into her lover's embrace. "Edward composed it for me."

Hearing her ex-boyfriend's name spill from Alice's voice in such a sad tone, Bella's grip tightened around her pixie and a small frown formed on her lips. She didn't like the idea of her lover feeling unhappy, especially in regards to Edward. The man had caused too much pain, too much sorrow to deserve such emotions.

Sensing her lover's dismay Alice ran her hands soothingly across the arms holding her, "it's the memories of who Edward was I am mourning, my love, not who he is now. He's become worse then the monster he always proclaimed we vampires were and I've no qualms with killing that beast."

Kissing the nape of Alice's neck, "I guess I can see that," she murmured. "You've more pleasant memories of him then I do and all the ones I do have I feel I have to question the validity of them because of what he and Jasper did."

"I know sweetie," she replied shifting her head was slightly resting on the girl's right shoulder. "It's a rather curious sensation to simultaneously want to grieve for him but at the same time to want to rip him to pieces for all the evil he has done."

Bella nodded more in comfort then empathy for Alice's feelings. Maybe it was the venom that was coursing through her body, but she no longer held the tolerance she once had when she was human. She definitely had no forgiveness in her when it came to anyone trying to harm her mate; her Alice and Bella knew damn well she wouldn't be shedding a tear towards her ex. In fact, she'd be hard pressed not to dance around the flames that would turn his remains to ash after they finished with him.

Not knowing what else to say, Bella stood there holding and cuddling her lover as they both stared out at the thickening snow that was covering the city. She couldn't help but appreciate the beauty of the snow as it swirled around in the air. It was something she had grown to enjoy when she and Jake had been living in Canada. Sure, it snowed in Forks but it was rare and when it did, it was usually gone in a day or so. There was just something about a heavy snowfall, it's ability to soften the edges and repaint the landscape that brought a bit of tranquility to her.

Bella knew the image was an illusion, the hard edges were still there but the snow was like a daydream, a reprieve from the hard realities one was facing. And as far as she was concerned it was a welcoming view to her mind's eye for the time being.

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