Well after so long , I guess it would be wise to repost from 1-7. It's
probably still filled with errors left and right, oh well. I currently
have a draft of part 8. but this time I'm going to do it differently.
I'm going to try to get it pre read before posting, even though it's not
that much different, tee-hee.

If anyone reads onward, please C&C and all that.

Previous chapters and other works can be found at

Http://www.angelfire.com/ny/Ohdear/FANFIC.html

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.) If anything I'm only
promoting
the series.

If you haven't and would like to, read:
The Eye of the World
The Great Hunt
The Dragon Reborn
The Shadow Raising
The Fires of Heaven
The Lord of Chaos
The Crown of Swords
The Path of Daggers
        By Robert Jordan

Warning: Beware of falling grades or screaming bosses if not careful.
May put the thought of stalking Robert Jordan in your mind.

Since so far the setting is in Wheel of Time you might have to guess
some stuff if you're a bit rusty or never read wheel of time.

				My BAKA Gaidin
			    Wheel of Time Series
				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 spoken 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, legendary traveling storytellers, have told of ancient 
horrible creatures that plague the world, destroying everything in the 
name of a great evil with uncountable names. It had been said there 
was no worst sight then the eyes of a myrddraal, a fade, known by 
many names. Some have claimed its fable creature to scare little 
children at night, others who have fought them, have said �to look into 
the eyes of a fade is to know fear�. 

	Among the stories the name Aes Sedai were also spoken, some 
good, others bad. Once there were both male and females with mystic 
powers who wore such a title, now there are only women. Siuan Sanche, 
known for her recent dethroning as the Amyrlin, the chosen leader of 
such a clan, 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. With a cloak of pure darkness that never moved; it 
silently moved towards her, never wavering, staring with those soulless 
eyes to strike fear into its prey. 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 for all to know it was there.

	Siuan was not inexperienced; she knew what to do in the face 
of a shadowspawn, but with all her pass training nothing but panic 
flowed through the mind as she took a step back. One step became 
two, two became three, before long she ran with desperation on her 
face. Finally some sense had gotten back to her. Facing the creature, 
she tried to use her powers, quickly if not fumbling in doing so. 
	
	An intricate weave of mystic power formed around the 
opponent, 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.
Siuan 
almost lost herself to the sweetness, fumbling the flows like the first 
time she had channeled. She made the weaves of air as thick as she 
could manage to contain the fade, not a wise thing to do told by old 
lessons. One was taught to never do anything short of destruction to 
any shadowspawn. 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. She channeled 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 
the great 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 didn�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 herself to Sadiar, the female half of the power, was strung 
high. Slowly it was breaking apart, but that was an afterthought with 
the fade 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 as Siuan 
desperately tried to latch on to the fleeing string of power that was 
flung 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 floundering to get back on," if she had that luxury. Mentally she 
reached out to grab the strand that gave her to ability to channel. 
Right now it 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, she lunged forward to grab 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...*

				< OH MY! >

	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 had been 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 now 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 appeared 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 in the sky over a withering 
forest. A boy sat in deep thought all the while searching his faithful 
backpack for a filling breakfast. He looked about seventeen, black hair, 
tied in a pigtail. He was a 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 than 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 had been 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 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* 

	Giving a sigh, Ranma went in that direction, commenting that 
some things were getting too easy to predict.

				< OH MY! >

	Siuan Sanche recorded to be youngest Amyrlin to have ever 
lived, or at least in the tower. The newly raised one was now 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, now one of the 
lowest, the highest in rank and back down. The first woman to be cured 
of stilling that anyone ever heard of.	

	Stilling was not a thing done, or mentioned often in her society. 
It was a fate worse then death to some and it led to eventual death to 
those stilled. Anyone who channeled the power feared being stilled, as 
it was the permanent cutting of the source that gave new meaning to 
pleasure and happiness and if ever experienced would never live again 
without it. It was said to be permanent until Siuan Sanche changed that 
record.

	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, now 
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 other 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 the 
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 though, 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 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 into 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 had been 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 got more confusing for Siuan in 
the time of the Dragon Reborn.

				< OH MY! >

	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 before he did. 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. 

				< OH MY! >

	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 coolness. 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.

				< OH MY! >

	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 unusual 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. They 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 assault 
began. 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 than him. She was 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 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 I am crazy by blabbering out my 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 giving a mutter 
"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 have provoked 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.

				< OH MY! >

	 A SD figure clasped in a cloak of pure white, with some red 
decorations along the edges, steps out.
	
	Speaking out in a cute high-pitched voice, "Hellooo! This is a 
special section to explain the Wheel of Time world that I�m 
manipulating."

	"Channeling, drawing magical powers from the �One Power� to 
do magical things. Saidar is the female half, Saidin is the male."

	SD embraces the source, channeling, she starts throwing 
fireballs at fleeing bystanders by weaving weaves of fire all the while 
cooking a lovely dinner.

	"Bond, A male that is attached to a female Aes Sedai, those 
with mystic powers much like magic. They generally get more power, 
better senses, among other things. It is not known totally all the 
effects of it, but it is very bad if it was broken whether through death 
or some other means. Bonded men are called warders or Gaidin 
meaning protector."

	SD posts a �Help wanted� ad, "Must have great fighting skills, 
must be incredibly handsome, must have�"

	"Forsaken, a bunch of old fogies who think they�re gods, but 
are dropping faster then Akane can mallet Ranma, to Mister Dragon 
and some insignificant others."

	[A cheap stick figure] : HAHAHA I AM God!
		[BOOM] 

	"Amyrlin Seat, Miss president of Aes Sedai."

	SD reads the "Political Leaders and Impeachment" pamphlet.

	"Till next time on the �I hate those women� world of Wheel of 
Time�"



Chapter 2

	In the grand city of Caemlyn, there was 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 was 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 either. She had screamed and stared 
daggers at him, that scared him a little, but that was nothing Akane 
couldn�t do. What had scared him was when she explained 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 
questions 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 was not the real 
problem. 

	The boy, Ranma Saotome, had not even known he was bonded.  
Ranma was very poor at keeping his face straight, either that or he 
was a very cunning liar. Siuan would have to right either one of 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 than 
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 and the others were 
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 was 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 gave a sigh as it would take a lot of work to make him a suitable 
warder. *Burn them! A lake full of catfishes to sort out and in comes 
another one!*

	"Oi, 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 without 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 around in puzzlement.

	Finally Siuan and her 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, whatever," 
and going off. 

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

	Ranma putt 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 came 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 engaged to her or nothing* He chuckled with the last thought.

				< OH MY! >

	"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 barely called eating.

	"You have no manners Ranma." Siuan said after she had 
seated. "I will not have that since you are now my warder." She tried 
to ignore the gruesome scene while at the same time examined him, 
she began to eat herself.

	"I have manners! It�s just that I�m hungry." Ranma shot back, 
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.

				< OH MY! >

	On the rooftop of the Inn, the familiar white cloaked figure sat 
shaking a sphere like object. "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*

				< OH MY! >

	Back inside with everything back to normal, Ranma was eating 
normally or as normal as he could get of what�s left of the food. Siuan 
on the other hand was the image of a Queen on her 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 farms are a 
different world." Siuan had again wore that no nonsense Aes Sedai 
look. 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 poke 
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 then 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-ness. 
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 in 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.

				< OH MY! >

	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 with agony, she got up. Something had just mentally slammed 
her head. There was little that could explain what happened. "Baka, 
Siuan. Maybe I should have kept the blue in the magical eight ball." 
Tormenting Siuan would not be so bad right now.
				
				< OH MY! >

	On a plane of pitch-blackness, a figure stood there. "Mom?" 
Ranma asked. Something was not right here, on top of this his 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, she looked like Akane now. Something 
began to stir behind her. Like a cloak it wrapped around her as she 
began to struggle against it. 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�s. "NO, Siuan!"

	"RANMA, GET UP!"

				< OH MY! >

	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 want to be."

	"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 this time. 

				< OH MY! >

	A few hours and miles later, our Aes Sedai and warder traveled 
the road with Caemlyn a dot to be barely seen behind them. 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 had on. Siuan was doing 
little better and perhaps even worse at riding then him. 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 of 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 her.  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 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, "Not 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.

				< OH MY! >

	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 came in 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 golden 
bracelet on each arm, and a light blue belt tied to the waist. The
brooch 
sparkled as she moved with each step. 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, thick 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 had 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 to 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. "By the 
way, why is your hair green?" She looked confused by the question, 
then examined a strand of her hair and left without an answer. As soon 
as Philia scrambled out, he would be making a trip to the black tower.
*I 
doubt Elaida could send 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 been 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�you should be or maybe�" Looking around the area 
to see if there were 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 surprised 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 looked at Moiraine with an angry expression, then 
she gave a bigger sigh.

				< OH MY! >
 
A SD figure clasped in a cloak of pure white, with some red decorations 
along the edges is seen trying to slip away.

	"Ackk! I don�t like this job anymore! Look at this�I don�t 
wan�na do this chapter�s explanations!!"

	Being sued for false advertising she finally starts this 
chapters lecture.

	"Male Channelers, bad people, they go crazy like raid your 
refrigerator, wreck your house, cause property damage�basically like 
any other men, only they can channel. Aes Sedai especially Red Ajah 
are sometimes called witches because they wack them with brooms to 
get them out of your house."
	
	"Compel, a thing Aes Sedai do to their warder�a �Call me 
queen thing,� I think."
	
	"Ta�veren, they do weird stuff to people and events. Great way 
to get rich or find if your boyfriend is really cheating on you."

	"Men in black-cloaks (Asha�man), the Dragon bloody Reborn�s 
personal channeling army of men."

	"All seven colors of the Ajahs for Aes Sedai, too long, here�s 
an excerpt of the �Darkone�s Dictionary� by Joe "Uno" Shaw and Bill 
Garrett:

<snip>
Ajah

	Societies among the Aes Sedai, to which all Aes Sedai belong, 
except the Amyrlin Seat who is the sole member of the Rainbow Ajah. 
They are designated by colors: Blue, Red, White, Green, Brown, Yellow, 
and Gray Ajah. Each follows a specific philosophy of the use of the 
Power and the purposes of the Aes Sedai. For example, the Red Ajah 
bends all its energies to finding men who can channel and gentling 
them, so that they cannot spread the truth, which the Reds see as 
vicious lies. The White Ajah loses touch with the world by dedicating 
itself to questions of philosophy and truth, which have no application
to 
the real world. The Brown Ajah, on the other hand, knowingly forsakes 
involvement with the world to see knowledge and study history, which 
any fool knows will repeat itself anyway, so why bother studying the 
past? The Blue Ajah mucks around with causes, manipulating 
governments and societies for their own benefit and personal pleasure. 
The Yellow is primarily interested in healing, but seldom affiliates
with 
'regular people', so they're not much good. The Gray likes settling 
arguments, but as everyone knows, the best way to settle an 
argument in your own favor is to start it and blame it all on someone 
else. In this way, the Grays are like the Blues, but much craftier. The 
Green Ajah talks about preparing for battle, but its main interest is in 
meeting guys. There are rumors of a Black Ajah dedicated to serving 
Ishamael's 'needs', but these rumors are hotly denied.
<snip>

	"Hopefully there will be no next time on �Explain The bloody 
World of Wheel Of Time.�"


Chapter 3

	Rand the savior of the world and all that, was trying to figure 
out what had happened. He walked down the corridor with his usual ring 
of maidens and Asha�man. Their presence hadn�t bothered him 
anymore for a while now. *Why can�t anything be easy? I told those Aes 
Sedai what would happen if they went after the Black Tower. They 
never listen*

	His mind went back to the carrier of the message. She was an 
odd girl to say the least. An exotic girl would better fit Philia. *Why 
would anyone dye their hair green of all colors?* Rand couldn�t place 
where Philia was from either. He mentally cursed himself for being 
distracted by such things as appearance.

	The group finally reached the room specially used for traveling. 
He motioned the Asha�man to open a gate. "To the Black Tower," he 
commanded. *Those eyes, how could anyone have purple eyes* They 
were big and purple that seemed to sparkle with mysterious powers.

				< OH MY! >

	Philia looked at Moiraine. She was not very happy, but she had 
learned to roll with the punches so to say. So being grounded on this 
world was a bit shocking, but then she wanted to have a vacation 
anyway.

	Moiraine Damodred was every bit like she had thought she 
would be. She was short, slender, dark haired with those penetrating 
eyes, and most of all Aes Sedai. Philia wondered why she had to drag 
the Aes Sedai with her. "So, you are to follow me� Who sent you? 
Wait, don�t bother. What happened to you after you went through the 
doorway? Do you know what happened to Lanfear?" Philia knew a lot 
about the tale of the Dragon Reborn and his companions, but not 
everything. Like any other, curious minds want to know.

	If Moiraine was uncomfortable with someone asking questions 
about her past she didn�t show it. "I do not know. When I woke up, I was 
told I was needed back and was sent to you." She spoke with a musical 
and also somewhat commanding voice.

	Philia waved away the all too obvious answers, looking in other 
directions. *So Moiraine is here. She has to come back anyway. Well 
she is back� in spirit anyway." She swung back facing Moiraine as if a 
moment of revelation had came to her. *It couldn�t be� If Moiraine 
was back and I was the cause, then I am part of this line of destiny* It 
was either that or was purely coincidence. *How could something like 
destiny sneak up on me�*

	"It seems we are in Cairhien, it appears some time has past. 
How much time?" The weather was acting up from the mysterious 
powers of the Dark One and it was hard to tell if it was winter or 
summer, but Aes Sedai somehow knew things like this.

	The comment seemed to snap Philia out of her daze. "Yes yes, 
no need to do the old Aes Sedai bit. You are to follow me around for 
some time and I will tell you all you need to know. Now follow me."

 	One moment you saw them, the next they were gone.

				< OH MY! >
	
	Ranma was sitting in a cell. How a barn basement had a cell, he 
had no idea. Many questions filled him on what happened. The black 
cloaked men had been sorcerers, he knew that much, but using a barn 
as a base? Ranma did not know very much.

	He still felt Siuan�s bond so she was alive. He could also feel 
that she was scared and angry at the same time. *Ok, so I break out 
rescue her and maybe defeat the boss, typical*

	Ranma could destroy the bars as they hadn�t seemed to be well 
made or maybe just blow the wall with a chi blast, but the guards, not 
to mention a whole camp of sorcerers around made the rescuing part 
hard. He needed to make up some plan. *Why can�t anything be easy 
these days. I have a curse, engagements, violent tomboys, some 
mystical bond, and now I am locked up*

	One of the black cloaked guards glazed over at Ranma. He was 
in his mid-forties with a shaggy beard and a grisly voice. "You�re too 
young to be a warder, kid. I heard the Aes Sedai was young too, if she 
is one. What happened to you; do those witches steal children now for 
there own pleasure or were you fool hearted enough to go running 
after Aes Sedai?"

	"I didn�t ask to become one. She just showed up and said I was 
her warder," Ranma replied trying to figure out the why too.

	"I feel sorry for yea kid. You don�t seem like the warder type," 
the guard sympathized with him. "Here�s some water kid, life is never 
what you expect, eh." The guard turned around walking back to his 
post.

	*Bingo* Ranma looked at the water, it wasn�t want he liked, but 
it was the best choice if he wanted to get out of this place.

				< OH MY! >

	Siuan was scared, who wouldn�t be, being captured by these 
men. She was shielded and was wrapped up. At least she was in a 
comfortable position.

	She had kept her mouth shut, not wanting to reveal anything 
bad. The fact that she was Siuan Sanche, the ex-Amyrlin Seat, was not 
favored with many people, especially these people. She doubted that 
anyone would believe such a name, but then Aes Sedai could not lie 
even if she could. Either way it was better if she would not speak. 

	*I must escape this place and soon* Who knew what men who 
could channel would do to her. The thought that men who could channel 
would go crazy and destroy anything around had not even regestured.

				< OH MY! >

	Rand viewed the scene about him. Asha�man all around of 
course, but his sights quickly came on to Taim. He never liked the man, 
but that could not be helped.

	"What an untimely arrival my Lord Dragon or should I call you 
King al�Thor," Taim intoned in an arrogant voice. "Let us discuss why 
you have come over, over chilled wine. The heat is getting worse every 
day."

	Rand ignored all that, it was a standard Taim greeting. "I heard 
that Aes Sedai attacked the Black Tower." He left it at that. Taim 
would fill in the rest.

	"News travels fast," he muttered. "Greatly exaggerated my 
Lord Dragon. A skirmish with some Aes Sedai while a group was off 
near by. Three Aes Sedai were captured, but that last one did not look 
it and her warder even less."

	*Three? How could something so small...* "Three you say, how 
many men did you lose?" Rand was curious now.

	"We did not lose any. The two reds gave some small struggle. 
The last one... Well she was just captured," Taim answered. He seemed 
almost baffled if you could actually see any anything on his face. "A
bit 
later after the other two were brought back. She has the ring, but is 
too young to be Aes Sedai and her warder is but a kid. She is keeping 
quiet."

	Rand listened to all this in astonishment. *Three Aes Sedai, no 
men lost, just captured. But then the girl said...* "Did you have any 
other �skirmishes� or any men lost?" he asked with curiosity.

	"None," was Taim�s only answer.

	"Show me to the Aes Sedai that is keeping quiet," Rand 
commanded. *How could the strange girl know that Aes Sedai had 
attacked if it just happened. Was she lying or was it all some secret 
plan* Rand grew up on a farm, but recent experience had taught him to 
see things not just on the surface and odd things like an odd Aes Sedai 
could be more then just odd.
	
				< OH MY! >

	Ranma was dumb-founded. Here was her great plan in escaping 
and everything went wrong. Well it didn�t really go wrong, but it hadn�t 
happened the way he expected. First she turned in her curse form and 
pretend a little so the unsuspecting guard would come, except no one 
came. After a bit of yelling and frustration she decided to blow the
cell 
door then he found that the guard or rather guards as the ones around 
were out cold too. That was good, but the fact that she had to turn 
into a girl she hadn�t liked.

	"Why can�t anything go right," she muttered. Ranma was a 
Martial Artist, she knew how to keep her cool, but she definitely didn�t 
look it. *She�s afraid�no more then that, way more then that�damn I 
have to get to her fast...stupid tomboy can�t cha keep it to yourself* 
Emotions of fear was affecting Ranma to say the least. The heir to the 
Anything Goes Martial Arts was, well the curse heir at the moment, 
was frantically looking around and constantly missing a step all the 
while rushing though to her destination.

	With all this and the sleeping guards earlier, she wasn�t 
prepared when she stumbled out into the open with oh, say twenty or 
so men in black cloaks staring at her. Ranma was shocked when she 
realized everyone and was staring at her. Shifting in to a battle
stance, 
she tried to spot any opening for her escape.

	"Hold it, hold it. Some boys here just aren�t used to seeing a 
maiden that�s all, no need for blood," a somewhat old man in his late 
years said all to quickly. Some cleared their throats, while the others 
quickly looked elsewhere.

	*What the...! Well better then the other way. Maiden?* Moving 
quickly, but still on guard for anything, Ranma went towards the near 
by house. It was a pretty big house, something you don�t see on a 
farm, but when did a farm have cells and sorcerers all around.

	"Aiel are so odd," commented one.

	"Are you sure that was Aiel? She�s young and�and those 
aren�t any clothes I�ve seen before," added another.

	"She had to be a maiden, look at that fiery red hair. Besides 
The Lord Dragon is here," put in a third.

	"What a looker though, wouldn�t mind having her on my lap," 
piped in fourth.

	"Would also stick a knife in your ribs. Not even the M�Hael 
would save you from a maiden," a fifth one lectured and chuckling at 
his own comment.

	They all started to gossip among themselves with some 
chuckling here and there.

				< OH MY! >

	Siuan was very afraid, no beyond that, she was frightened to 
death. As if nothing could be worse, drowning in a lake full of
silverfish 
and in came the big kingfish himself. Rand al�Thor the Dragon Reborn 
just walked in and it seems he was shocked also. *No, this can�t be!!* 
Siuan almost bit her tongue and wished she had.

	"You know her?" asked Taim.

	"I know those eyes anywhere," answered Rand. Never letting 
his eyes wonder off of Siuan, he continued, "It is a surprise to see you 
here Siuan Sanche; former Amyrlin Seat, isn�t it?" There was a 
collective gasp and raising of eyebrows around the room. 

	Siuan forced herself to say calm as possible, which was not 
very much. *I have to do something, have to get out of this� 
somehow*  With so much fear bottled up, she never noticed that her 
savior was close and getting closer.

	Suddenly a large �BOOM� was heard from outside. Everyone 
went on the alert.

	"What in the light was that!" yelled Rand. In a flash Rand was 
running toward the origin, followed by many others.

				< OH MY! >

	Ranma spitted out some foul tasting water out of his mouth. 
*How come rescues never happen the way they were suppose to!* The 
now male Ranma got up from a big wooden tub of water. It had been 
warm enough to activate his transformation. He figured it was very 
weird for a tub of hot water to be outside a farm, but then everything 
had been weird so far.

	Of course the reasoning of the mysterious tub took a back 
seat in his line of thought. The main thing on his mind was, *WHAT WAS 
THAT!!??* He was just about to finish surveying the area when some 
loud explosion made him accidentally fall into the tub. 

	Ranma scanned the surrounding a bit more and saw all the 
guards were gone. He didn�t know how good a group of women were, but 
they had sharp weapons and faces ready to kill. Not that he couldn�t 
defeat them, just that they would probably distract him long enough 
for those black cloaked sorcerers to come.

	Now there wasn�t a guard in sight, and so he casually strolled 
in.

				< OH MY! >

	Siuan�s mind for once became a blank. There was no scheming, 
no hidden agenda, no plans for escape, not even pondering if she should 
get a new dress when her old one looked like mud...struck by lightning. 
The rapid change in emotions from fear, across the spectrum, all the 
way to confused, had fried her brain. Having her brain fried, she didn�t 
see Ranma casually walk in and give the pitiful two guards a nap.

	The savior, one Ranma Saotome, smiled at the easiest rescue 
that he could remember. There had been no crying fathers, no "halt 
stop right here," fights, not even a boss at the end who seems to have 
some weird fighting style that he must figure out to win. Of course a 
small part of his mind finally, after it screamed at the other parts for 
a while, told him that something was wrong. Siuan in front of him had 
not moved in the slightest and seemed �to be out of it.�

	"Oi, you all right Siuan?" he said with a hint of worry in his 
voice, nothing. So he waved a hand in front of her face and added, "Yo, 
you there? Hello. Snap out of it." *Oh boy, something must be wrong 
with her* He could feel that she was there, but nothing else.

	
	*This is not good, with my luck they�ll be back way to soon* 
Ranma considered his options which wasn�t much that his Martial Arts 
brain can come up with. Grabbing his still frozen Aes Sedai, he bolted. 
He also refrained from taunting her about her weight; it was rather 
nice that for once it was a silent escape.
	
				< OH MY! >

	The Great Dragon Reborn was in one of his daily sour moods. 
He knew that there were secret plots against him all around, but this 
one was more annoying than he had expected. It had him running in 
circles, a weird girl, an unexpected arrival, now a fake diversion. He 
cursed himself that he went after the first sign of trouble and with 
him everyone else followed; now she had escaped. *What kind of Aes 
Sedai plot are you playing now?*

	"Her warder had somehow escaped too," Taim informed. "It 
would seem his appearance is deceiving; even if he is young, he must be 
a warder. Most likely he somehow made the explosion and rescued her. 
There are no horses and the land is barren, they will be founded."

	Rand hadn�t listened, as he was a step out the door by then. 
*I�ll find you, Siuan Sanche, and get whatever you�re planning out of 
you*
	
				< OH MY! >

	"You should�ve gotten horses Ranma, or at least have taken 
some supplies..." Siuan had finally woken up from her frozen state and 
oddly enough there were no more traces of what ever happened to her. 
She was right back to her old self or as much as Ranma could see.

	Inside Siuan was still scared and Ranma could sense that. 
*She�s scared to death of something* He could also feel she was trying 
to hide this, but with little luck. That�s why Ranma wisely hadn�t
argued 
with her.

	"This way, there is a bit more trees for us to hide in. Without 
horses they will find us fast and light, if we do get away maybe we 
would find something to eat to survive," Siuan rambled on as if on top 
of the whole situation.

	 Inside she was scared and wanted to run as far away as she 
could and was all too happy when she found out her warder rescued 
her. *It was my fault for getting caught, but he doesn�t need any 
encouragement or he will never learn* Lecturing Ranma was the only 
thing she could do to push away the fear of what the Dragon would 
have done to her. They weren�t on the best of terms and she would 
figure Rand would want to skin her alive if he had the chance.

	They stopped when two thin lines of light appeared in front of 
them and then expanded into portals. Siuan hardly had time to grasp 
the one power before it was shielded from her. 

	"Light, not again!" intoned Siuan as she tried to run, do 
anything, but she couldn�t move. Fear ran again at the thought of being 
caught again, before something very startling happened.

	Ranma was glowing an eerie blue as far as Siuan could describe 
it. It was faint, so faint she almost couldn�t see the glow, but the 
presence of it somehow made, felt, that Ranma became more 
dangerous. The Asha�man were startled as her and maybe even more 
as they seemed shocked. 

	Suddenly Ranma�s glow flared into a blazing blue fire as he 
kicked the first Asha�man with a flying kick of amazing speed and 
accuracy. The second had just enough time to draw his sword before 
he too fell down. "Night, guys," he smirked at his two opponents. 
*Wonder why they didn�t use their magic*

	More thin lines were emerging a short distance before Siuan 
had time to yell, "Run! This way!"

	"Hey, I can take them on!" Ranma shouted back, but she paid 
no attention to the comment and was already running. He had little 
choice but to follow, not because of her ordering him to, he briefly 
thought. *Don�t want them using that holding trick again*

	The ground erupted between her and the Asha�man with what 
little of the one power Siuan could handle. *I hope that will slow them 
down* Then it went up ten times as the earth seemed to explode with 
rocks flying everywhere, steam shot out of the ground, and smoke 
started to cover the area.

	"Did ya have�ta over do it that much!" Ranma screamed as he 
a stream of boiling steam shot out right next to him.

	"I didn�t do this, I couldn�t have!" screamed back Siuan, as she 
stumbled in the cloud of smoke and trying to avoid the shards of rock. 
*What in the light is going on here!?* Then it got worse.

	Ranma�s instincts reached critical when a melting hot fireball 
nearly took his arm off. Without a thought he leaped at his Aes Sedai, 
tackling her to the ground. *Ah SHIT!* Siuan unfortunately didn�t have 
that caliber of survival instincts.

	"GET OFF ME BEFORE I SKIN YOU!" she yell at the top of her 
lungs. Had Siuan bothered to pay attention to her warder�s actions she 
wouldn�t have yelled. Another fireball came, narrowly missing the two 
and destroyed a piece of the already broken up land.

	More fireballs flew out of the thick cloud of smoke and steam, 
again missing its intended target. This time the accuracy was much 
better liked for Ranma and Siuan. They opted for a run, duck, and 
cover plan. 

	Things were looking worse and worse, he had to do something. 
Fighting against such odds wasn�t that bad, but on exploding ground, it 
wasn�t making it any better. *Damn! Can�t fight those guys with her 
around* Ranma would never admit he was running from a fight even 
when he used his �Saotome secret technique�. Another fireball 
streaked pass him, he could still feel the heat grazing his skin. *Those 
things are hot!*

	It came to him, the ground shot out hot streams of steam, the 
fireballs flying all around, and a cloud of thick sweating smoke, it was 
perfect for his technique and equipped to handle a lot of opponents at 
once. Ranma prepared for it closing his eyes, trying to stay calm. He 
needed to stay calm for it to work. *Must stay calm* 

	He briefly heard Siuan calling to him. He could feel she was 
afraid, worried, angered, but he pushed away, staying calm, drawing 
power he would need. *Calm, ignore everything around, cold, distant, 
I�m centered, the cold eye at the center...*

	"Ranma? Ranma!" Siuan called when she gasped, she even 
ignored a fireball flying across her. Her warder was glowing a bright
hue 
of blue and it kept getting bigger.

		"Hiryu Shoten Ha!!"

				< OH MY! >

	Not far from the wave of fireballs, smoke, and rocks, two 
figures stood watching the scene, if one can see beyond shadows over 
the cloud of smoke. One was cloaked in white with a hood hiding the 
identity; the other was a misty figure of a person long thought to be 
dead.

	"Your really quiet Moiraine-chan," a cute girl�s voice spoke. "If I 
have you hanging around with me, let�s at least have a normal 
conversation."

	The misty image of Moiraine almost seemed to smile at this, 
ever so slightly moving her lips. "You have not told me much, but I 
presume you will tell me when you�re ready to." With a slight pause she 
continued, "You said you will not interfere with them, yet you help them 
escape and create this screen to hide them in."

	"I said I would not directly interfere with them," the figure 
corrected without a pause. "Besides it was sort�a my fault, heh. I was 
visiting this red and well I guess she went a little nuts and..."

	"Hiryu Shoten Ha!" was heard stopping her explanation. One 
could almost heard her comment "Oh dear..."

				< OH MY! >

	A roar of wind, rocks, and everything else flew up into a giant 
spiraling tornado. The technique was even more powerful than Ranma 
had thought. The normal use would have been safe in the eye of the 
tornado, but this one was far more powerful and loose pieces of rocks 
of various sizes had caused a slight mishap on his plan.

	Both, Ranma and Siuan were caught in the huge tornado now. 
He currently had a tight grip around Siuan trying to shelter her from 
flying debris. *Damn, this is too powerful*

	Siuan mind was strangely rational, trying to figure some way to 
save them. They would surely die here if something wasn�t done. *What 
can I do? There must be some way out, traveling would be great if I had 
my full power. I will not die like this!* 

	She forced her head to look at her warder and saw, felt that 
he was in great pain. Incoming rocks had struck him multiple times. *I 
must do something, must somehow get away. Traveling...I can barely 
make a gate big enough for a mouse. I can try to make it bigger... I 
would burn my self out...better then dying* She made up her mind, 
drawing all the one power she could, she drew more, then something 
happened. Power came rushing into her, lots of power, like she was 
holding on to an angreal or san�angreal. 

	A gate had promptly opened and both flew in.

				< OH MY! >

	Rand walked through the scene with confusion and anger. Taim 
had informed him that Siuan had been found. It was a quick gate to the 
scene before a huge column of wind came up devouring everything. He 
had been far enough from the tornado, but he still felt the sheer power 
of it. When it finally died, pieces of the land were scattered all over 
with bodies in between.

	"There is no deaths as odd as it may sound, maybe it was your 
ta�veren," Taim came up to him and quickly informed. "Some had been 
near death, but was healed in time. Siuan Sanche and her warder were 
not found..." Taim was cut off as Rand swiftly walked off toward some 
decapitated trees and rocks.

	There was a body lying unconscious in the mix of the rubble, 
the body of Moiraine Damodred.

				< OH MY! >

	A SD figure clasped in a cloak of pure white, with some red 
decorations along the edges walks reluctantly out. SD is supposed to 
explain some concepts of TWOT. 
	
	"I don�t want to do this any more! I quit!� Please NO MORE!"

	The light�s come on: "Helloo!"

	"Moiraine, real important, she did a bunch of stuff ok�OK!!?"

	"Taim, very sadistic S.O.B., he is the M�Hael or teacher for 
those men."

	"Aiel, if you ever see one, don�t mention the word �dance�. 
They like to poke people with spears, work for Rand who sometimes 
walks with Dawn."

	"Maidens of the Spear, female Aiels. Don�t ever dance with 
them! Rand�s personal bodyguard among other things."

	"I�m not getting paid enough for this�better renegotiate my 
contract next time�"




Chapter 4

	A mind floated in the void, everything was dark, quiet, nothing 
moved, nothing happened, nothing was here, but the presence of 
herself. She felt light and fuzzy, but calm. Millions of questions
flowed 
in the void, but each one meaningless and went pass in the blink of a 
second, until many undefined moments later. The usual questions 
surfaced to the mind, *Where am I? What happened? What�s going on?* 
Rays of light pierced the void and promptly swallowed everything.

	It had been seconds before her vision cleared, a wave of heat 
and drowsiness swarmed the mind and finally, slowly, things came back. 
Slowly she sat up from the bed, just in time to see a figure, guard, 
running out the door. She was confused, but calm, she probed into her 
memories to figure out what happened.

	Looking around the room, there were a number of furnishings 
and the remaining guard standing next to the door as if nothing had 
happened for the whole day. He was an Aiel, she knew that, it was very 
hard to mistake it once you know what an Aiel was. A rugged man with 
a harden face wearing faded clothes with the trademark veil and short 
spear. The fact that she was in the palace had been easily puzzled out, 
but why.

	Flashbacks attacked her mind with images of hurling winds that 
she saw just before everything Faded. *Arr, Ranma you idiot!* Looking 
at the guard again she figured she was in Caemlyn or Cairhien, chances 
are she had been rescued by Rand. Observing more she found 
something more startling.

	On the corner of the mirror that was mounted nearby, she saw 
her refection or more accurately not her reflection. The opening of the 
door brought her out of her daze, before her was Rand al�Thor and a 
bigger then normal group composed of Aes Sedai, Maidens, and too 
many others for her comfort. *I�m Moiraine... In Moiraine�s body at 
least. How?* Giving a look at the Dragon she knew things were getting 
very much out of control.

	The body of Moiraine though with years of experience was still 
trying to keep a barable straight face. This suited her purpose anyway 
as not even the legendary Moiraine Sedai could keep an entirely 
composed face when one woke up to the faces that most seasoned 
ruffian would cringe at.

	Briefly scanning the crowd, she opted not to say anything that 
would have been bad. A slight raise of her eyebrow betrayed her, but 
again it would be perceived as another Moiraine like quality.

	"Moraine, where have you been? We thought�" Strangely the 
first to speak was one Kumira Sedai, while she was one very 
commanding and authoritive Aes Sedai, she knew opening her mouth will 
give her another�uncomfortable session to speak before the Wise 
Ones. Another fact that seemed to slip her mind was that Kumira likely 
never seen Moiraine in her lifetime.

	"Moiraine, I thought you were dead. What happened to you?" 
Finally Rand spoke as if unsure of what he was seeing.

	After a few silent uncomfortable moments, "Well answer!" the 
old leathery face Sorilea a demanded. Everyone, but Rand, who spoke 
before her usually started praying to the creator, likely what Kumira 
was doing.

	*What to say�what to say�* The mental brainstorm was 
blowing with chaotic ideas to solve this unpredicted situation. When all 
else fails, stall.

	"I�I� should get dress first, please leave." Oh not one of the 
group liked the first word out her mouth, but after a few more silent 
moments all the while having some frowns, they left. 

				< OH MY! >

	Rays of sunlight peered though the leaves of semi-normal 
trees woke our Aes Sedai from her well-needed rest. Siuan for the 
first time in a while felt relaxed and well rested. It wouldn�t last as 
haunting memories of why she was in the middle of nowhere slowly, but 
surely came back. There was much to think about, even in her ten 
years of being the watcher of the seal, the flame of Tar Valon, the 
Amyrlin Seat; she had never had so much trouble facing a subject no 
matter how disturbing it was. *The boy, Ranma, he can�Oh light! I�m 
bond to a... But how, it should of...* Not a thought was completed as 
they kept clashing with still more new ones.

	Standing up, she was barely aware of her immediate 
surroundings. The trees were still green if still looked withered and
the 
air was moist unlike the dry air of Andor. She was faintly familiar with 
it; the land was by the sea, which would mean she was near the cost. 
Growing up a fisherman�s daughter in Tear, Siuan could never forget 
the way the salty summer breeze felt even if it wasn�t summer. *I�m in 
Tear�no, maybe Illian. Ranma, where is he?* Looking around, her 
warder was nearby with his face flat on the ground, unmoving. She 
briefly checked the link to see if he was alive, the fact that Ranma 
was, wasn�t surprising, as it should.

	Rolling the sleeping form over, Siuan used the standard 
procedure of probing his body and soul. *He�s...he�s not there, Oh
light! 
Wait. There�s a faint link* Any Aes Sedai would feel his mind was empty 
as well as soul, but Siuan�s bond felt something more, like a faint 
thread as fine as a catfish�s whiskers, but her warder was not lost, 
barely. 

				< OH MY! >

	Ranma felt faint, but forced himself to stand despite that. The 
familiar effects of being trampled by mobs of angry women or when all 
of his fianc�es meet were usual causes of such awakenings. After he 
stretched and checked all his body parts were in place, he scanned the 
surrounding. There was a much-expected pause as he recognized that 
he was standing inside the Tendo residence. Usually, it would be the 
spot he gets caught by Akane when she�d cooked breakfast. It�s wasn�t 
right as the last thing he remember was fighting off hordes of black 
cloaked sorcerers while protecting a violent... *How? What happened... 
was it a dream...* Using a newfound talent, he faintly checked the back 
of his mind where a warder would check for his Aes Sedai. *Siuan�s 
there... then it was real. Where is she?* The link was weak, but he�d 
learned it would be if the distance between them were far apart.

	Finding himself back at the Tendo�s, the first thing he knew he 
should do was to check up on everyone. As much as Ranma convinced 
himself he was leaving, he still wanted to go back. *Saying hi is fine,
I 
guess* 

	"Yo, everyone!" he bellowed out. A slight pause, no answer. 
Ranma gave a quick look outside and assumed it was still morning, 
everyone should be around and eating breakfast, unless of course 
Akane was cooking. *I guess I can say hi to the tomboy before I run*
Walking into the predicted room, everyone was there, "Hello everyone. 
Hi Pop." Again nothing, maybe they were ignoring him.

	"It�s been quiet around here Tendo," the familiar voice came 
out of the ever-familiar bald father. 

	"It�s been awhile Saotome. Ranma being gone is working very 
well to my house." The voice behind the paper commented. "He should 
be back soon, his love and honor for my daughter will draw him back 
any day now."

	"Of course Tendo, but the lesson for tricking me to take his 
place of his duty to sit with Akane and her rare cooking... would be 
learned." Genma explained to his long time friend. Akane gave a 
"Humph!" at that.

	"Are you sure it wasn�t because he wanted to visited Auntie 
Saotome again," our ever blunt Nabiki said with her ever casual tone.

	Genma glasses seemed to reflect the morning sunlight despite 
the probability of it happening at such an uncomfortable time. "He 
probably learned his lesson and coming back right this minute," 
continued the bald headed father like Nabiki never spoke.

	Ranma, during the interaction already noticed he wasn�t seen 
so gave a well planted kick trying to send Genma into the pond when it 
faded right through. After a bit more testing he knew that he was 
perhaps a ghost or something like it. After frustration passed, Ranma 
ponder if it was another trick or something of the sorcerers he fought 
just before everything blacked out. 

	"I don�t care if that idiot ever comes back. I hope he stays 
away!" Akane finally spoke up. Standard comment really, but Ranma 
seemed to give a cool stare towards her at that.

	He needed to figure out something when something not so 
familiar was standing outside near the pond. An odd woman was 
standing there looking directly at him. "Who are you!" bellowed out 
Ranma, stepping onto the grass.

	"I�m Moiraine," replied the musical voice of the out of place 
figure. "It�s seems we don�t belong here." She was short and slender, 
Ranma observed. He couldn�t figure out what, but something told him 
she belonged to whatever world he recently became apart of.

	"Do you know what�s happening? Are you causing this?" Ranma 
was also known to be blunt along with some other things.

	"I know little more then you do, but something has happened 
for us to be here. We must find a way back." Moiraine was never known 
for being blunt, but when she is, there were ten other things the Aes 
Sedai was hiding.

				< OH MY! >

	
	Inside the walls of Cairhien, the figure of Moiraine was trying to 
get dress while deep in her own thoughts. *Ok, so somehow I�m in 
Moiraine�s body, even though she never came with one. I guess it makes 
sense now... I never thought destiny would spin me into its events. 
Imagine me, Maintainer of Destiny...well off duty Maintainer of Destiny 
stuck in something she was toying around with*

	Looking in the mirror she observed that the dress was being 
stubborn, *Stupid dress, easier to just mumble a spell or have my 
normal clothes* Blinking a moment, she looked around and stuck her 
hand at nothing and it seemed to bend into some hidden wall. *At least I 
can still access my pocket space, so much more convenient. Maybe I 
can get one of my usual...no I should keep my image of being Moiraine, 
the pattern might have ill effects if I change completely* The physical 
appearance of Moiraine gave a devious smile, *Maybe it still can be fun* 

	Arranging her hair, she cursed that she had to wear such 
uncomfortable clothing. It was made of silk and of fine quantity, but 
that was below standard from her usual, as the custom made material 
kept proper normal temperature, smoother then any silk, never dirty, 
the list goes on. Such things spoiled her over the years, but she 
guessed it wasn�t very bad.

	Doing a mental check she tried to keep in mind some less then 
obvious, but important changes, *My power would have to be limited 
now, poopers. Maybe a couple of magic boosters will pass as jewelry* 
Spells weren�t a problem if one can control the power needed to focus 
it. *Now it�s time to put on my best Moiraine impression, don�t think I 
can keep them away much longer* As an after thought, *Perhaps I can 
wield the One Power too* 

				< OH MY! >

	Siuan had to figure out something. She could leave Ranma, but 
the power and mystery behind him would be lost and he was her 
warder, even if the wool-headed fool can�t do anything right. *What can 
I do, light help me* Healing wasn�t her specialty and with the power she 
has now, it wouldn�t do much good if Siuan was a Yellow.

	A thought came back to her, *How was I able to open the 
portal�* Too many questions, finally Siuan decided to drag him to 
some shelter, the land was dry, but there was some indication of used 
land. I might have been used for hunting or and with it shelter. With 
some luck there might be one close.

	Wincing under the bulk, she swore that the fool would wish he 
were dead by the time she was finished with him.

				< OH MY! >

	Ranma looked at the close door which led to the closet, nothing 
was out of the originally, but he felt the pull of the bond toward it. 
Moiraine said little. She seemed to know about him and Siuan and would 
say little except to tell him what to do. Moiraine was like Siuan in a
way, 
Ranma felt both had that cold demanding stare, and look. But while 
Siuan would get angry, argue, and eventually throw things at him, 
Moiraine just smiles and suggests something else that would ultimately 
lead to what she wanted.

	He didn�t like Moiraine, in a way she was almost like his mother 
trying to persuade him/her to do something. All that niceness was 
worse then any bullying Siuan could do, he had enough experience with 
Akane. Facing Moiraine had been like trying to fight Kasumi�well it 
wasn�t that much like Kasumi. Moiraine was� also like Nabiki only even 
more harder to figure out and manipulative. Siuan was hard enough to 
dodge, but Ranma Saotome�s �make her so angry that she hits you and 
forget about what she was talking about� technique worked on his Aes 
Sedai.

	Thinking back, he knew Moiraine was holding back something. 
She was the one that suggested for him to try to feel the bond 
between Siuan and him. How she could know about that, Ranma couldn�t 
figure it out. She also told him that if he wanted�needed Siuan, he 
would somehow find her. *How does she know about this�* Ranma was 
no master detective or he would have noticed that Moiraine also wore 
the gold serpent ring.

	"Don�t know what this door got to do with the way out," said 
Ranma while feeling the smooth surface of the closet door. Moiraine 
also put her hand on the door and to their surprise both hands began to 
melt through.

	"Interesting," commented Moiraine, "Well we have a way, let�s 
go Ranma." Just then Akane came though.

	"I�m going to school now father," yelled out Akane moving 
quickly towards the outside. Ranma gave her passing a searching look.

	Moiraine�s only response was a slighting raising her eyebrow. 
"Shall we be going?" He only gave a nod and both disappeared through 
the invisible portal.

				< OH MY! >

	Rand sighed as Moiraine left; as usual the Aes Sedai kept her 
mouth shut, claiming she knew nothing. The talk had shifted from 
asking where she had been to what he had been doing. It would be very 
much like every Aes Sedai to sway the conversation a different 
direction, but there was something different about Moiraine. He didn�t 
know what, but she was nicer and friendlier or more generally, showing 
more emotion. Not that anyone could tell, but he just knew that 
something was slightly different with Moiraine. *Is this a new tactic 
she�s using? Was she hiding from me all this time, feel it was time to 
push me again... the Tower is broken, what is she up to now. Can I...
did 
I ever trust her* 

	Giving a quick look towards the door he knew the others would 
question her many times more then he had. Ranma knew Moiraine liked 
to work alone, "Never trust Aes Sedai," Moiraine had written in the 
letter. *I think I trust you Moiraine, I owe you even if you tried to
leash 
me. I�ll help you keep them off your back...*

				< OH MY! >

	Ranma followed Siuan�s lead, after going through the door he 
woke up being carried by Siuan. They gave the usual exchange of 
greetings, Siuan sending out a sharp lecture of how useless he was and 
Ranma trying his best to rebut, �Ranma style�. He was happy to be back 
with Siuan, dealing with her was easy compared to Moiraine.

	Ranma�s mind was else where now, he couldn�t help but wonder 
what happened. *Was it a dream? Who was this Moiraine, what 
happened to her?* There was a calculating look that Moiraine kept 
giving him, he couldn�t help but shudder at that. Ranma wouldn�t want 
to be around her that much, being around Siuan was enough for his 
nerves, but he wanted to find out what happened. *Who ever she was, 
she knew something*
	
	It was a short talk before something came up. He saw that it 
was a small patrol of three soldiers and two women. One was strangely 
leashed to the other. Ranma unconsciously tensed up from the link 
that meant Siuan was really worried about such a small group. From 
the way he saw it they wouldn�t last a minute with him.

	She had gone as far as almost throwing something at him to  
get away from the patrol. Passing the patrol, Siuan had again took the 
lead much to Ranma�s displeasure. When he asked who they were and 
why was she so afraid, exact words, "What are you so afraid of, with 
me here they wouldn�t last a minute." 

	Siuan as usual said, "It was none of your business," he 
protested, but her bullying finally convinced him to accept. Ranma 
quickly dropped it.

	Inside Ranma�s mind, he was deeply disturbed. Something felt 
different, more accurately the bond. He could still feel Siuan, but 
something else was there like another invisible hand waving at him, 
every time he checked it, it kept going back to Siuan�s bond. 

	"What did you do back there?" Siuan asked out of no where, 
putting him out of his self-analyzing.

	"What are ya talking about?" came the reply.

	"Whatever you did with the wind back there. You were glowing. 
Don�t hide your channeling from me!" commanded his Aes Sedai.

	"I don�t know what you mean, channel what? Look it was 
technique using my chi." Ranma tried to get it all out while clenching
his 
teeth in frustration.

	"Chi? What in the light is that!" Ranma suddenly walked in front 
of her and put them both to a halt. Siuan could see Ranma was looking 
around at the surrounding trees and bushes. "What, Ranma?"

	"There�s someone around, watching us," Her warder whispered 
to her. "Come out!" Ranma called out, getting in to a defensive stance 
all the while shielding his Aes Sedai.

	Seemingly out of no where a figure stepped out from the 
camouflage of the woodland. A tall built man with a little gray around 
his temple stood out. His face was stone hard, like chiseled from a 
mountain. He was dangerous, Ranma could tell, perhaps the most 
dangerous he had seen so far. "A surprise to see you Siuan Sedai, what 
have you brought here, a young lion cub ready to pounce."

	Siuan�s face never changed through the meeting while her 
companion on the other hand looked back at Siuan. "It�s a surprise to 
see you too, Lan Gaidin."

				< OH MY! >

	The fake Moiraine looked out from the window of the palace of 
Cairhien. *I wished I knew where Moiraine was* It had been an 
exhausting day trying to maneuver around all the questions. It was 
especially hard for that Wise One Sorilea  and Verin Sedai as they kept 
asking questions. She felt something that she hadn�t felt before. 
Perhaps it was because the day occupied her so much. *There�s 
something...like a feeling at the back of my head, An invisible hand 
maybe...weak, but I can feel it. Is this the feeling of a bond?"

				< OH MY! >

	Out in the middle of nowhere, the sky was scattered with 
muffled sounds. Dozens of large shadows danced by the single light of 
a small lit campfire. Bodies as large as trees lay in the crumpled heap 
as a single human boy threw around more. The red bamboo umbrella 
was swung around like a bat and with the power of a battering ram. The 
boy with his trademark back and yellow striped bandanna ducked under 
the slash of large wicked sword as the nasty spiked club of another 
had been kicked away.

	Ryouga Hibiki also known as eternal lost boy, snarled at the 
incoming armored creatures. They just came out from the night, at 
first a couple, then more. Though their weapons were deadly, they had 
little skill above looking hideous. He guessed someone would fall under 
the constant attack, but he had been more hard pressed the time he 
was constantly slammed by boulders.

	The impact of the Ryouga power punch left the final creature 
sprawling on to the ground. He knew there was another, It was probably 
the leader as the black cloaked figure glided toward him with 
uncommonly grace. Quickly turning around, he faced ready to pound 
who ever dared to attack him. Staring into the face of the maggot 
faced creature; he felt a chill shiver down his back. The wicked glowing 
back blade went into motion, as did Ryouga.

				< OH MY! >

	A SD figure clasped in a cloak of pure white, with some red 
decorations along the edges gets pushed out. SD looks like she had 
seen better days�

	"Umm�my demonic contract says I need to do another explain 
Wheel of Time stuff."

	"Sorilea, A wise one, who bullies you into thinking she�s wise. 
Think of your oldest meanest teacher�then think of her oldest 
meanest teacher�about 5 times later you get Sorilea�who needs 
Holloween"

	"Kumira, Green Aes Sedai. Aes Sedai and Royalty, you get a 
work out from bowing�think of what she gets, she probably does 
twice as much to Sorilea."

	"Lan al�Mandragoran, Moiraine�s ex-warder and a bunch of 
other�s warder�guy sure gets around."

	"Next time I am doing a formal protest to this."

~Kuku


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