It has been a month since I worked on this, finally gotten back to
it. Chapter 2 had been written down, though after a month ideas get hazy
and might be changing in any number of lines. Point out grammaical
mistakes anytime, I know it's there. Oh the good side I finally gave it
a title.



    This idea is from Donny Cheng's Life and Times series (which I
really love) when he added the Wheel of Times series into it. Thanks
agian.

C&C and all that other stuff welcomed

Standard Disclaimer:  All characters portrayed in this story are the
property of their respective creators and companies. (Especially Tor
since it's pratically right in my backyard.)



                                  My BAKA Gaidin
                        Wheel of Time (Crown of swords)
                                Ranma 1/2
Keys
*(thoughts)*

Prologue

        Spanning the stars of the night, flows of energy weave into its
target. Inside a tent lay a woman, young compared to her real age.
Shifting uncomfortably back and forth, she wasn�t in the best of
moods by the reflection on her face. Dreams can do that to you. A
person�s dreams is often a pleasurable experience though confusing,
but sometimes like now, it is down right horrifying. Those are
referred to as nightmares.

        Gleemen have told for the longest time that there is no worst
sight then the eyes of a myrddraal, a fade, known by many names and
as they say, to look into the eyes of a fade is to know fear. Siuan
Sanche, known for her recent dethroning as the Amyrlin had done
little better then anyone else. The cold, utter hatred stare of a fade
is as terrifying as the first time it was experienced, Aes Sedai or
not.

        The fade moved with uncommon grace, slipping into the
blackness of the surrounding scenery. It seemed to phase in and out
of view every so often, blending in completely with the darkness,
but not long enough to know it was still there. With a cloak of pure
darkness that never moved, it kept moving towards her, never
wavering, staring with those soulless eyes. It had an exposed blade
out, a wicked blade as dark as everything else on the shadowspawn,
but the outline of the blade was always clearly visible striking fear
into its victim.

        Siuan was not inexperienced, she knew what to do in the face
of a shadowspawn, but given the situation, panic flowed through her
and she took a step back, then another, and another. Finally some
sense had gotten back to her, she tried to use her powers, quickly if
not fumbling in doing so, weaving a barrier of air to hold the fade;
power that flowed through her with all its sweetness and pleasure
just to wrap herself in it. She made the weaves of air as thick as
she could manage to contain the fade. Still the fade seemed effected
little if none at all. From Siuan�s point of view it had almost seem
to smile at her feeble attempt.

        Reevaluating her efforts, Siuan deposed of the idea of air and
opted quickly with fire. Channeling with all of her strength, a bright
stream of fire flew from her hands at the shadowspawn as she
shouted, "Die!" To her fear the fire trickled down and vanished in
front of the fade as if some invisible barrier just squelched the
stream. Siuan�s eyes widened, and mentally cursed to the unknown.

        The fade seemed to slow down, but little else was done as the
storm of fire continued to flow towards it. *How can this be
happening, my power isn�t what it was but it should have died. Died!*
Siuan took a step back trying to compensate for the fade�s forward
motion, never letting up the blazing hot fire. Renewed panic and fear
struck her with vengeance as the situation rapidly spun out of
control. *Stay back! Die, burn you, DIE!*

        On the other side of the pitch black plane, if you can call it
that, was of little better scene. A young boy faced off his latest
opponent. Ranma Saotome of the �Anything Goes Martial Arts� was
doing badly in his fight with the black cloaked thing. It was more
like a struggle then a fight as it currently had a firm iron grip on
him. He kicked and fought, but that had done little to free himself.
What frightened him most was the deathly stare of the creature, but
being Ranma Saotome he had worst. Normal men, even abnormal men,
would cringe at the sight of a fade�s stare, but Ranma while still
frightened had worst then the creature ever could produce, namely
Akane�s cooking smelled, tasted, looked, and probably was more
dangerous then the creature could be. But that wouldn�t matter now,
he clenched his teeth putting all his strength to release the hold
from his opponent. *I�m not gonna loose to a thing like you! LET me
go, damn you!*

        Siuan's efforts were having ill effects on her. She was
channeling with every bit of strength she can manage and beyond
that. Her hold on the One Power was weakening. The strand of power
that connected her to Sadiar was strung high. Slowly it was breaking
apart, but that hadn�t mattered as much as what was still coming
toward her. Then it broke; the strain of her channeling broke it apart.
The connection to the One Power snapped like a string holding a mad
horse. All thoughts were forgotten. Siuan desperately tried to latch
on to the fleeing string of power that was flying away. *No, NO, not
this, NO! * Fumbling hopelessly, it was like holding on to a squirming
wet kingfish, with no avail.

        Ranma�s sight was starting to blur. His strength was gradually
decreasing. The grip of the creature had gotten tighter and tighter. It
was squeezing the life out of him. Then on the corner of his eye
something appeared, a tint of light, like a rope of some sort.
Desperately he tried to reach for it. *Come on, Ranma Saotome never
gives up!*

        Siuan would have dubbed the situation "Slipped off the boat and
trying to get back on" if she had that luxury. Grabbing the strand that
gave her to ability to channel was the only thought on her mind.
Every time she thought she had it, it just wriggled right out. In a
final attempt she mentally stretched with all her might and grabbed
it...it seemed to grab her also.

        Ranma finally got a grip on the light rope that he had seen
before, it almost seemed to leap at him for some reason and pulled.
*Got it!*

        Siuan pulled and pulled, it almost seemed like a hand now and
with that she lifted her self towards it. An image seemed to form
from the strand, almost like a body...a male body. *What the...*

                        --------------------

        Siuan�s eyes shot awake. Sweat covered her face and likely the
rest of her body. She quickly sat upright, the only thought on her
mind was... *It was a dream, all a dream... It was so real... it�was a
nightmare. * The last thought almost felt like a relief.  Cursing
herself for unknown reasons, she went into deep thought of what it
meant. *My stilling, the stilling was probably why I had the
nightmare. The fear that I would lose my powers again... Burn you
Elaida!* Her rage quickly died out as new emotions seemed to slip
into her mind. It was much like her own, but the feeling wasn�t the
same, it was different. She couldn�t describe it, it was odd and it
also pointed in a particular direction.

        Ranma awoke with frenzy. *A nightmare...* He was confused as
anyone else that just had a nightmare. It was a vivid dream, but not
all that uncommon when you were Ranma Saotome, nightmares and
real life weren�t all that different. He soon shrugged off as being
another �Someone is going to kill you� nightmare and looked at his
surroundings. *Funny, the forest looked different from yesterday.*
Some of the more obvious things were that it seemed much hotter
then last night and the leaves were withered on the trees. But those
thoughts quickly subsided with new ones, very faint, something
unfamiliar to him. He seemed to look off into a direction, something
was there, but again it had been hampered with greater thoughts of
food. *Man I�m hungry.*

        In some unknown place a figure stood glazing over the distance
and appears to be in deep thought. *My plans seems to be going
nicely.* As almost always these events seemed to be the doings of
some being and their plans. *They should make a good match up,
though I have to admit there are better choices then Ranma in this
world. Besides the fact that I�m Pro Ranma (just have to love him),
he does have some of the qualifications for the job. Now to continue
with my plans.* Though the figure had done all this, it really didn�t
have further plans or have any experience with this type of stuff,
but you have to start somewhere. *Oh, this is going to be fun* and
with that last thought it opened a portal and disappeared.

                        End Prologue

Chapter 1

        The blazing morning sun shone into the sky over a withering
forest. A boy sat in deep thoughts all the while searching his
faithful backpack for a filling breakfast. He looked about seventeen,
black hair, tied in a pigtail. He was a very handsome boy with crystal
blue eyes and of course with the build of a martial artist. Ranma
Saotome was confused. Everything felt so weird, but then lately
everything was confusing. Recent events had turned his already
confused life even more confusing. He had been shunned out, not that
it hasn�t happened before, but it wasn�t serious last time. It had
been pondered over many times before and now it seemed little more
then a nagging memory. "I�m running a bit low", he muttered, noticing
his food supply was vanishing. *I wonder how much money I still
have left.*

        Breakfast was pretty good to a starving Ranma, given his
talent for cooking. He would turn someone into a pulp if that
someone ever mentions it though. With stomach filled, he became
more aware of his other thoughts and feelings. The first was where
was he. *This can�t be the same place I was last night.* The whole
place felt weird to say the least. Withered trees were everywhere,
dried and wrinkled. The land seemed not to have rained in months and
with the heat to match it. It was not a pretty sight.

        The second thought puzzled Ranma to no end. He felt other
emotions different from his own, like it was not his.  It was a faint.
Confusion seemed to be the strongest he felt. The origin of the
emotions pointed in the direction he was now facing. *There is
probably a reasonable explanation for this. Like going back in time or
some wizard sending me somewhere because Pop ate his dinner or
something.* With a sigh, Ranma went in that direction.

                        ----------------------

        Siuan Sanche had been the youngest Amyrlin to have ever lived,
or at least in the tower with the present one was even younger. Her
life had been stood on its head ever since that meeting with the
Dragon Reborn. Many things changed besides her now youthful face.
She had been the most powerful Aes Sedai to now one of the lowest,
the highest in rank and back down. The first woman to be cured of
stilling that anyone every heard of.

        Siuan thought she had faced everything that the pattern can
weave her into, but again something new and unheard of wiggles
right to her. Her thoughts and emotions were in turmoil. She felt
something that wasn�t possible. To have felt a bonded man that had
been long dead was unheard of. *Alric� it can�t be�* Alric, Siuan�s
warder, long dead when she had been dethroned. She had seen him
die, felt him die, and cried many nights for that.

        "He�s dead, it can�t be�" wide eyed, she spoke softly to
herself.
        *I can�t be feeling him, could I? Maybe�no� there was no other
I could have bonded with. But he�s dead!* She was sure of her
memories at least, there was no knowledge of her bonding with
another man since that day. *Maybe it was an effect of being stilled
and brought back. No it can�t be�can it?* Siuan tried to think, there
had to be some explanation to this. *Leane! She would have felt
something too.* Leane, her keeper and companion for many years, she
was the only person to share the experience of being stilled and
brought back. If anyone had felt what she felt it would have to be
Leane. Barely getting dress, she scurried out the tent opening
seeking for answers.

        Leane and Siuan, former Keeper and Amyrlin Seat, had a plan to
pretend to hate each other but that was far from Siuan�s mind right
now. Dodging past women, she felt worried to no end, but decades of
Aes Sedai taught her to better mask that. Deep in her own worries,
Siuan almost ran over a body, when it hit her. In front of her was the
youngest Amyrlin to have lived, complete with the seven colors of
the Amyrlin�s stole. "Mother," mentally and physically, she calmed
herself all while mentally giving herself a good kick in the bottom
for being so childish.

        "Is something the matter Siuan? You seemed worried to the
point of running me over," Egwene, now Amyrlin looked at her.
Siuan�s tutoring had made Egwene act at least like the Amyrlin
despite her youthful face.

        "Nothing is the matter, Mother," Siuan calmly replied with Aes
Sedai serenity. *Nothing much just my dead warder coming back to
haunt me! Maybe I�m going crazy.*  "I�m going to Leane to ask her
something, do you know where she might be Mother?" Her face never
wavered, giving no sign of her emotions, but Egwene knew better.

        Egwene blinked and quickly leaned closer to Siuan. "Is
something really the matter? You two are not to be seen with each
other." Her voice lowered to a whisper. Aes Sedai could not lie. They
could make truth stand on its head, but Siuan was an exception.
Another secret effect of stilling. *Well I will find out later�* "I
have something to speak to you, daughter." She motioned Siuan to
follow her into the tent.

        "I just got this last night," Egwene pulled out a folded letter,

"it�s from a message from our group. They ask for you Siuan, want
you to go to Caemlyn. There was no reason mentioned." Taking a
breath to ready herself; Egwene continued, "Siuan I have no idea
what this means. Do they have some intention for you or is this all a
trick� maybe Moghedien is� I don�t know Siuan."

        Moghedien, one of the female forsaken, even the mention of
such a name would put fear in the bravest. Recently she had been
captured and had been made to do countless things that would call
out for revenge, now that she was loose. She had four targets and
two of them were Siuan and Egwene.

        Siuan face was featureless, while she calmly listened to all
this. "I know nothing that could pull me to Caemlyn. It�s up to you,
mother." *Caemlyn, why in the light must I go there?*

        "All the same Siuan, I need you here. I will see if anymore
information comes. Be careful Siuan, if it�s Moghedien�" Egwene�s
voice trailed off not needing to explain further.

        Little things needed to be discussed more and Siuan left in
search of Leane. *First Alric and now Caemlyn, could this be
Moghedien�s revenge?* Things always get more confusing for Siuan
in the time of the Dragon Reborn.

                        ----------------------

        In the streets of Caemlyn, Ranma was quite annoyed. The whole
way here, there was not a drop of water on the road. That was except
the splash of water on the now her. When he went up to a guy in a
wagon asking for directions, the guy accidentally spilled his water
bag on him. The guy fainted of course, but luckily he had told him
there was a city near by at the end of the road. Then in the city, the
now female Ranma, found out something or someone had transported
her to a different time or a different place. *This does not look like
Japan even if it�s a different time.*

        Ranma thought she was in a pretty bad situation. *At least I
speak the language.* He shuddered with the thought of the many
times how the lack of communication led to big headaches. The place
looked like some western movie with knights in shinning armor and
stuff, obvious with all the guards around, and the large palace that
he could see even before he reached the gates.

        Looking around, Ranma tried to loosen up a little. *It�s not all

that bad, not like I got anywhere to go anytime soon.* Still she
wanted to go back to the world she had slept in yesterday. *First
thing to do is to get rid of whatever is happening to me and go back
to�China. I need to find the cure for my curse.* With that settled
she now went in search of the temporary cure, hot water.

        Spotting a tavern, it seemed the best choice for hot water then
any place else around. So Ranma casually strolled in with a now
slightly oversized pack from the result of the curse. As usual there
were stares and whistling. Some not because of the backpack but
rather a pretty face and some other looked at parts. She had been
through this before. Doing her best impression of 'One more look and
I'll kill you' stare, people quickly looked elsewhere.

                        --------------------------

        Siuan was confused, annoyed, and furious. Leane had mocked
her about the situation.

Leane(V.O.): Why Siuan, I didn�t know you wanted a warder so badly.
You should have became a green, with that sly mind of yours. You�re
quicker to think of bonding then me.

        More emotions flowed through her. She was certain it came
with the mysterious bond that had inflicted her. It had all of a
sudden tripled; breaking down the mental barriers that kept her cool.
The worse part was the confusion caused her to back down from
Leane like a little accepted to an Aes Sedai.

        It took her a couple of minutes to control the boiling emotions,

but the feelings of the bond were as strong as ever. *This can�t be
happening! Oh Light I�m going crazy.* Siuan made up her mind, she
had to find out the source of the bond and strangely or rather not so
much, it came from Caemlyn. *It has to be in Caemlyn, the two
events are too closely tied.* Trying to compose herself, she stalked
off to find Egwene.

        Egwene wasn�t far off when Siuan came up to her. "What is it
daughter?" Siuan had one of those looks that meant something
demoralizing happened. *Maybe Sheriam gave her a hard time again.*

        "I ask to go to Caemlyn, Mother." Siuan tried her best to keep
that Aes Sedai calmness. It wasn�t the emotions this time that
worried her. It was the fact that she would have to explain to
Egwene.

        Scurrying the conversation off to the side from prying ears.
Siuan began her explanation with Egwene�s eyes going wider with
every sentence. "I see�" Egwene sounded almost scared. There were
certain problems if this story got out. "I will make you a gateway to
Caemlyn and make up some excuse for the Hall. Be careful, the whole
situation cries of danger."

        Siuan gave a nod. "I will hurry back as fast as I can Egwene."
Little more was said.

                        -------------------------

        A now male Ranma walked the streets again. While in female
form the emotions got thicker, much more thicker. It spooked him,
this never happened before. He became more aware of anger and
confusion while in girl form and was all too happy when the hot
water went into effect. He also felt like he was being watched. But
between the pool of emotions, thoughts, and clothing he wore, he
couldn�t tell for sure.

        "Man, this is got to be the weirdest yet." Ranma swore to
himself. One good thing was the location of those foreign emotions
suddenly got closer, a lot closer and was moving toward him.
Somehow he could feel she was close. *I wonder why I call it a
she?* the unconscious part of his mind asked.

        Siuan came out of the stable in Caemlyn. The trip was short,
via traveling. The bond was also close and headed towards her. She
almost jumped with nervousness from who it might be. *Alric please
be you.*

        Suddenly pain came, much pain. Siuan fell to the ground from a
blow to the head. Fighting unconsciousness, she barely kept her eyes
open as her attacker dragged her into the alley. She tried to get up,
but all her strength went to keeping consciousness.

        Ranma felt a stab of pain. Somehow whoever it was, was in
trouble, she had been hit over the head and he felt it. Without a
second thought he leaped and sped to her from the rooftops. *She�s in
trouble, gotta get to her!*

        There were five grizzly men circled around Siuan�s moaning
body. Each had a fairly deadly weapon at hand, clubs, knifes, and the
sort. "She�s on of those Aes Sedai witches. Kill her!" one said. "She
doesn�t look like an Aes Sedai," said another. "They mean to control
the Dragon Reborn. Kill all Aes Sedai witches and anyone with them!"
put in the third. The made their decision with that as everyone
prepared to kill.

        Siuan would have screamed if she could. All she could do was
watch them come closer. Suddenly a red and black blur came into
view followed by a "Oof" and a hard drop to the pavement. "Nobody is
touching her!" a male voice snarled.

        *Alric�* She felt it, the bond came from him. A view of his
back could only be seen for Siuan; sleeveless shirt of red, loose
fitting pants, and braided black hair. The group only growled as the
attack begun. Knifes and clubs swung at him, but he moved with
lightning speed, dodging and counterattacking with deadly accuracy.
The five would be attackers fell all with pain followed by
unconsciousness from their weaponless opponent.

        Ranma dodged easily out of the way of a knife while he ducked
under a clubbed swing. The attackers were armed men, but not very
good. He punched a guy in the gut and back kicked another guy�s face.
        Something was not right here. He couldn�t quite define it, but
everything seemed easier. He felt more powerful, faster, stronger,
more aware of surrounding. His would be attackers fell with little
effort from him.

        Ranma looked back at the source of his worries. The girl
seemed to be trying to get up. He could tell she was in pain. She took
quite a blow to the head. Picking up his pack on the floor and the
girl, he leaped up to the rooftop to a safer place.

        Siuan tried to scream yet again as her savior jumped to the
rooftop and sped away with her and at high speed at that. *This can�t
be Alric. Who is he? I never seen him before in my life.* The young
boy she now saw was definitely not her dead warder. But with all
the denial she could feel the bond with him. There was no doubt she
had gotten him as a warder.

        Putting her down, Ranma saw a young girl, maybe a few years
older then him. She was very pretty with blue eyes and dark hair
down to her shoulders. Even with a few screams of "Put me down!" he
felt she was confused.

        Finding a small medical kit from his pack he decided to ask,
"How are ya?" while trying to tend to the wound on her head. She
wriggled a bit, but eventually accepted.

        "Who are you?" Siuan asked in an infamous Aes Sedai tone, cold
and demanding. *He's not Alric, who is he? How did I ever bond with
him?* The boy was very handsome, lean, muscular, and aged around
seventeen or so. Also very deadly from the show he putted for her.

        "Urr�name�s Ranma." He tried to act polite as possible. *Don�t
want her to think he was crazy by blabbering out his feelings
towards her.* "Yours?" he asked.

        "Siuan Sedai" Siuan replied calmly. Ranma blinked at that.

        "Nice to meet�cha, Siuan. Umm hey I know it crazy, but�"
Ranma was abruptly cut off by Siuan�s cold stare.

        "I am Aes Sedai. " Siuan said coldly showing her golden serpent
ring, all the while staring daggers at him. *Why that insolent boy!
Bad enough the others look down at me, but my own warder!*

        Ranma backed away a bit, feeling anger from the Aes Sedai.
"Umm�sure, umm Siuan Sedai." He had not known what he had said to
put his foot in his mouth, but he could visibly see the anger on her
with that last comment.

        "I should teach you a lesson, boy, for being so insolent to an
Aes Sedai." Siuan was very much angered now.

        "Hey, what did I say?" Ranma spoke back while muttering
"Uncute tomboy" at the end. He then felt and saw her anger go up
more then he thought already possible. *Um oh, looks like she heard
that one.*

        Siuan hadn�t really caught all that much of the end, but uncute,

added to his tone of voice was enough. *Why that�!* Weaving a small
flow of air she hurled the nearest object at the boy, which happened
to be a battered bucket.

        Ranma was good at dodging, but he had one downfall; with all
his skills, almost anything an angered woman throws at him; it
always seemed to go ten times faster.  Needless to say the bucket
slapped him flat in the face and he promptly fell over. Objects flown
at him on their own should provoke some thoughts in Ranma
(sometimes anyway), but the only thought he was thinking was *Why
do I always get stuck with violent women?*

        At least the bucket was empty.

        Not far from the two, a white cloaked figure casually leaned
against the wall. The cloak covered the figure from top to bottom
with red triangle like patterns embroidered along the edges. "Humm�
this is sort of boring, just watching them like this. Maybe I should
do something else to keep myself...err help with the cause." The
voice emitted by the figure was definitely female.



Chapter 2 (Draft)

        In the grand city of Caemlyn, there were much trouble boiling.
People lived in fear since they had been taken over. Two foreign
armies were in the city with Aes Sedai and Asha�man somewhere
about too. Aes Sedai, women who could channel the one power,
Asha�man, men who could channel the one power. Put them together
and there isn�t much more to fear then that. There was no need to
mention the Black Tower is somewhere near by also.

        Ranma wouldn�t have cared for any of those situations. It
wouldn�t scare him even if he�d known. What had scared him was the
girl in front of him. She had used some kind of power to hit him, but
that wasn�t what scared him. She had screamed and stared daggers
at him, that scared him a little, but nothing Akane couldn�t do. What
had scared him was when while she was explaining to him what the
feeling meant. After some boring lectures with screaming of �Are
you listening!�, she had told him he was bonded to her.

        Siuan had finally cooled down with Ranma enough to get some
answers answered. He seemed to be confused at where he was. He
had no idea about the world or even about Aes Sedai. It was hard to
believe someone could be that ignorant, but he seemed to be telling
the truth. Whether he was telling the truth or not that was not the
real problem.

        The boy, Ranma Saotome, had not even known he was bonded.
Ranma was very poor keeping his face straight, either that or he was
a very cunning liar. Siuan would have to right that if he was to
become her warder. There was little choice; Blues could only bond to
one man at a time. The other choice was to pass him to someone
else, but that would mean extreme embarrassment and even if a
tenth part of the situation got out there would be more then
embarrassment to worry about.

        The answer would have to wait as her true assignment lay
elsewhere. The party that was to tell the Dragon Reborn that 'they
mean no harm' needed her for some mysterious reason. Siuan had told
Ranma about what a warder�s job was, he hadn�t liked it at first, but
he seemed to accept it now. �Come along, Ranma, I have things to
do,� she commanded him to follow.

        Ranma sighed at his new life beginning. Siuan said that there
was almost nothing to break a bond short of death that could break a
bond and the others where not all that better either. He couldn�t just
leave, he could feel her and letting her die was unthinkable. Besides,
she had coldly stated the facts of the effects of her dying would
have on him. Revenge and death were not such a nice future.

        Ranma noted that Siuan was a mean one. She had a temper like
Akane and a mind and expression like Nabiki. *Probably the only
reason she told me the death thing was to have me follow her around
forever.* His life wouldn�t give him something good for a change. He
hadn�t got much of the Aes Sedai thing and Ranma hadn�t  thought she
would want to repeat anything or he would have more flying objects
at him. *Does every girl I meet have the power to beat the crap out
of me?*

        The two walked down the street with the Aes Sedai giving her
Aes Sedai serenity and Ranma, her warder, sulking behind. *I need to
get him in some decent clothes.* Siuan thought. The unusual form
fitting clothes Ranma had on would definitely draw some attention.
Siuan sighed as it would take a lot of work to make him a suitable
warder. *Burn them. A lake full of catfish to sort out and in comes
another one in!*

        �Oy Siuan, where are we going?� Ranma from behind asked her.
Giving him a cold stare he quickly shut his mouth. Off to the corner
of her eye, Siuan spotted a familiar sight. Aes Sedai, but not anyone
that was part of the group. Even with the shawl, she could notice an
Aes Sedai, but she could also see that she was a Red. Quickly she
sped her pace up with Ranma looking at her with puzzlement.

        Finally Siuan and warder went into an inn and ordered rooms.
Shoving her bag at Ranma all the while giving him a commanding
stare �Bring these to my room and stay there till I come for it.�

        Ranma gave back a defiant stare, but said, �Sure, what ever.�
and going off.

        Siuan attention went back to the owner of the tavern, one of
her eyes and ears. �Tell me what has been going on in Caemlyn. And
how many Aes Sedai are here.�

        Ranma put the stuff on the bed inside the room. *She was
afraid of something back there. Great, I thought I was done saving
Akane every other day and now this.* He looked around for something
to do, but nothing much seemed to come to mind. *I�m going to have
to talk with her and if I�m lucky I won�t get hit by anything. Well at
least this time I�m not engage to her or nothing.* He chuckled with
the last thought.

                -------------------

        �Finally, food!� As fast as Siuan had seen Ranma move before,
it had done nothing for her now as the would be warder moved faster
then lightning getting to the food prepared out. It was an amazing if
not startling sight. She had never seen anyone move that fast
towards food. *What is he?* Of course, she had to repeat that
thought as Ranma seem to move even faster as what can be barley
called eating.

        �You have no manners, Ranma.� Siuan said after she had seated.
�I will have that since you are now my warder.� Trying to ignore the
gruesome scene while at the same time examine him, she began to
eat herself.

        �I have manners! It�s just that I�m hungry.� Ranma said, finally

slowing down to a somewhat normal speed. Half the food on the table
was already gone by this time. *Ain�t my fault I was hungry. To think
of it, it�s been a long time since I�ve been this hungry.* �Umm�Is
there more coming or do I have to order?� Siuan finally lost her
mask of Aes Sedai calmness.


        On the rooftop of the Inn, the familiar white cloaked figure is
seen shaking a sphere like object while sitting. �Oh ultra magical
eight ball, which Ajah should I visit. Is it Red, Green, Yellow, Brown,
Blue, White, Gray, or Black? Wait, I shouldn�t choose blue, but then it
will be the ultra magical seven ball.� Giving it a bit of thought, she
began to reach into the cloak. �I wonder if I have a purple here
somewhere�� she muttered to herself. After a replacement, the ball
told her to torment the Reds. *Lucky me, they�re close by.*

        Back inside with everything back to normal. Ranma was eating
normally of what�s of the food while Siuan ate, looking like a queen
at a royal banquet. �Where are you from, Ranma? I have never seen
that type of clothing before,� Siuan asked. *It looked like clothes
Domani men would wear, but he was not even close to a Domani.*
That was true enough as Domani were copper-skinned. They were
also known for their flirting. *If he dares drawing any kind of
unnecessary attention, I�ll skin him.*

        �I told ya, I�m from another world, I think,� answered Ranma in
between bites.

        �Some people think anywhere beyond their farm are a different
world.� Siuan had again wore that no nonsense Aes Sedai look again.
To Ranma it reminded him too much of Nabiki or Cologne.

        �Fine, don�t believe me,� said Ranma not really caring. *Better
change the subject. If she�s anything like Nabiki, she�ll probably
poking into some things I don�t like.* �You were afraid back there.
Who did you run away from? I am your protector or something right?
I�ll protect ya.�

        Siuan gave back a slight frown. *Perhaps he isn�t as thick as he

appears.* �You would be of little help, It is a Red sister and I would
not swim near any silverfishes.� Finally finishing up her plate her
eyes gazed back at her warder. �You must change those clothes of
yours. If anything would get unwanted attention it would be you. I
have already prepared some.�

        �Hold on a minute!� roared Ranma. �I�m not changing my clothes
for anyone!�

        �You will do as I say. I will not have a fool warder.� Siuan�s
voice went up slightly. *He will learn I�m not to be disobeyed.* She
hadn�t needed to control a warder in years. *Compelling would put
the fool boy in his place.*

        Giving a tug on the bond to do as she command, nothing of the
decades of Aes Sedai training prepared her for this. As if the power
just backlashed, a hammer would have been softer for what hit her
mind. Wide eyed, her sight was even more startling. Ranma at that
moment went brighter that almost anything she had seen before.
Stumbling uncontrollably she fell to the floor.

        Siuan had an ability that was not part of her Aes Sedai part.
She could see a ta�veren. They shone with brightness above others.
The most powerful she had seen was, one Rand al�Thor, The Dragon
Reborn. Ranma Saotome, her warder, now came second.

        The brightness was gone in an instant. Nothing of what she had
seen was there. Her head was pounding with agony. *What
happened�* �Siuan, what happened, are you alright?� she heard
Ranma say.

        A �thump� could be heard as the cloaked figure fell to the
ground and seemed to be in pain. �Ahh, that hurts!� she muttered.
Slowly and seemed to require a fair amount of effort, she got up.
Something just mentally slammed into her head. There was little
that could explain what happened. �Baka, Siuan. Maybe I should have
kept the blue in the magical eight ball.�

                        --------------------

        On a plane of pitch-blackness, a figure stood there. �Mom?�
Ranma asked. Something was not right here, on top of this he�s mind
was fuzzy. Without any thought he moved closer.

        The figure who looked like his mother was smiling, a polite
smile. �You�ll do fine,� he thought she had said.

        Suddenly, she frowned; it looked like Akane now. Something
began to stir behind her. Like a cloak it wrapped around her as she
began to struggle. It slowly pulled her into the darkness. Ranma
began to run towards her. �Siuan!� he screamed. He could now clearly
see that face to be Siuan now. �NO, Siuan!�

        �RANMA, GET UP!�

        ------------------------

        Ranma�s eyes shot awake. �Siuan�� he breathed out. Quickly he
scanned the room. *It was a dream�nightmare.* Calming down, he
could now see it was morning. After Siuan fell last night, he helped
her to her room and that was it. It was odd how she suddenly fell.

        �With the way you have been sleeping I thought someone killed
you in the night. You better learn to keep your eyes open, I don�t want
to lose another one.� Siuan glared at him with daggers as he
struggled out of bed. �There is little time, we must move. Some
sisters are here and I don�t.�

        �Umm, ok,� Ranma replied when a soft thump was heard behind
him. �What�s this?� He looked at the pile on his bed.

        �These are your clothes,� Siuan said, cool and demanding as he
ever seen.

�I told ya, I�m not wearing them� he spoke back angrily. *I don�t
think so!*

        A discussion promptly took place, shortly followed by
shouting. Oh yea Ranma got hit over the head with his own shoe.

                --------------------

        A few hours and miles later, our Aes Sedai and Warder traveled
the road with Caemlyn a dot to be barely seen. Siuan led the front
with Ranma a bit back on the rear. Ranma was struggling a bit having
minor trouble with the horse that he�d on. He was wearing a gray
cloak. *This cloak is hot as anything with the sun. At least I didn�t
have to wear the stupid clothes.*

        �You better start doing your job as a warder, Ranma. I have
been doing all the things you should have been doing. I will have no
nonsense as I would not mind spending money for one instead of
two.� Siuan was looking ahead giving no notice to him. Ranma said
nothing.

        Suddenly, she felt it, the one power being used. Very powerful
if she could not see it, but it was close. She felt a woman channel
and something must be about if she could feel it from here. Making
her horse go faster she sped towards that location. Ranma gave a
second before following closely behind.

        Off a distance they saw a black cloaked figure just before
Siuan�s eyes went wide. A fireball streaked out of its hand directly
towards Siuan.  Desperately Ranma flew from his horse grabbing his
Aes Sedai and diving into the ground.

        As Ranma tried to get up he was lifted off the ground by some
invisible force. He also tried to struggle out, but nothing worked.
Siuan was in the same situation, but had not struggled much. �Settle
down and be quiet, Ranma, you can�t do anything,� she said while she
glared at two black cloaked men.

        �Should we kill her?� one asked.

        �No, take them to the M�Hael,� answered the other.

        A portal promptly opened and all went inside it when it closed.

        Behind a withered tree, our white cloaked figure stepped out.
Surveying the area she said, �No good. I did not expect this.� She
gave herself a bit of thought, �Well I better do something.� A portal
promptly opened for her too as she disappeared.

        ---------------------

        In the palace of Cairhien, Rand al�Thor was not happy. Someone
came wanting to speak to the Lord Dragon, something about a black
cloaked man. It hadn�t taken him much thought to know what it
meant. *Burn you, Taim.* �Bring her in,� he commanded.

        The door opened and in came a girl. It was an amazing sight.
She was pretty with fair skin and a slender body, around his own age
if not a year or so younger, but that was not what was amazing. The
girl wore pure white silk, with a large emerald brooch, a thick
bracelet on each arm, and a light blue belt tied to the waist. Rand
had seen odd arrangement of clothing before, so this was not very
startling. What was amazing was the color of her hair. She had very
long hair, a bit lower then her waist that was braided in two equally
large tails. The color of the hair was a startling light shade of green
and if that was amazing, her eyes were purple, a pure color of
purple. Rand internally struggled to keep himself expressionless and
focus on the reason she came.

        �My Lord Dragon, I�m�my name is Philia. I was�.� She seemed
to be very uncomfortable, stumbling and franticly scanning the room
and back at Rand. �I am a scholar�that is I was traveling and there
was a�I mean near Caemlyn, I found a black cloaked man and he�I
think there was a message since�something of Aes Sedai, a lot of
them and a�a tower, black tower.� She was hard press with speaking
the whole line. Clearly she was in a panic. �Lord�my Lord Dragon,
I�m sorry if it was not clear�I will try��

        �It is alright, Philia, I know what you mean. You may go now,�
told Rand. Aes Sedai and black tower, it only meant one thing. As
soon as Philia scrambled out, he was making a trip to the black
tower. *I doubt Elaida could sent enough to take down the black
tower without me noticing. Still it is serious.*

        Outside the gates of the palace, Philia smiled to herself. *Aes
Sedai eat you heart out.* Everything she said had be somewhat true.
There was a black cloaked man and Aes Sedai and the black tower.
*A bit of acting and he thinks he knows everything.* Turning around
in to a narrow alley it was her turn to be startled.

        �What! How! Who� It can�t be�� She was more then startled at
the sight in front of her. In front of her was an image of a woman, a
misty, transparent image of an Aes Sedai, Moiraine Damodred. �How
can you be here�your should be or maybe�� Looking around the area
to see if there was any spectators, Philia gave a big sigh. Clearly
she was more then startled.

        �I do not know,� replied the image of Moiraine. �I was sent
here to give this to you.� She held out a rolled up letter as
transparent as her hand.

        Taking the letter from her, it suddenly became as solid as
everything else around. Philia opened it and began to read�

        I�ll bet you are surprise right now and angry after you read
this
so I am already running. You are now stuck here for an indefinite
amount of time and you are to drag around Moiraine Sedai here with
you.

        P.S. HA HA

        At first Philia look at Moiraine with an angry expression, then
she
gave a bigger sigh.

Author's babble:

    Well back on track, hope you like it. Tried to clean up the previous
ones, add a bit here and there and writtern down chapter 2. I would like
some C&C on chap2 especially as it is bound to have some "oppies"  here
and there. thanks for the people who commented for chapter1 and prologue
and those that actually pointed out my grammaical mistakes, I'm terrible
at that.