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10. Without a Trace Robin woke up with a groan.  Glancing around, he saw where he was, and memory flooded him. *Good grief, did that all actually happen?* he thought with disbelief.  Glancing around, he saw fingerpainted pictures and other evidence that proved irrefuteably that it had.  *Man...I owe Raven and Beast Boy a huge vote of thanks.* Moving to stand up, he found himself pinned.  Turning, he saw Starfire was cuddled up to him, holding him tight.  He couldn't help but smile.  Suddenly his communicator beeped.  He flipped it open.  "Robin here." "Robin!"  It was Argent.  "Jinx and Cyborg are gone!" "What?"  Robin sat up quickly, se

13. Queen of the Shadowkhan Ranma had gone into a deep meditation early that day, seeking some way of bringing his divided essence into balance, some way of bringing his body up to a point where he could use his magic without the exhaustion that plagued him so frequently. As always when he meditated, he found himself face to face with his female form, which in his mind represented his adult psyche. "I know what you're really seeking in here," she said calmly.  "You know the magical exhaustion is because you're using 16 years worth of chi in an 11 year old body.  There's just too much, and your stamina isn't up to snuff.  Don't worry about

3. Family Albert carefully carried the tea tray through the house in Death's domain.  Despite the things that had changed - many - since Ranma had come to live here, certain things were still the same.  The Master always had his tea at a certain time, relatively speaking, and Albert had it prepared and carried it to him.  As he passed through the house, however, Albert couldn't help but notice the things that had changed. Ranma's room was a place of color.  He had taken to wandering around on the Disc more or less at random, and very little seemed to slow him for very long.  He always brought something back, some sort of souvenir that he pu

6. Mending the Shadows Offence It had been two months since the meeting with Liquidelle, Avalanche, and Luna.  There hadn't been any major activity - demonic or otherwise - disrupting Jade's day to day life.  As such, she felt safe in deciding to finally have her third date with Cielo.  With any luck, it would end better than the first two.  However, both her and Cielo decided that there should be a list of protections they should bring with, just in case. "Alright, let's go down the list.  Disguised Gurgle?" "Check."  Cielo pointed happily to where Gurgle was once more disguised by a glamour as a plushie attatched to Jade's backpack.  Gur

Nextperiments: Cradle Lilo sat next to Stitch, watching Angel gently tend to the newborns, alternately singing, chirping, or licking them.  They were certainly the center of her world just now, and there could really be no arguement there. Lilo smiled as she watched.  "Aww, what adorable...puppies?  Is that the right term?" "It is as good as any," Jumba said, setting up some monitoring equipment, to record visual and vital signs data for Angel and the babies.  "I still can't figure out how they were able to do this.  I did not design them for this functionality.  It is impossible!  How did you do it, 626?" Neither Stitch nor Angel paid th

25. The First Domino Jade got up rather groggily as the Burrow began to come to life with the rising sun.  She managed to make it downstairs in time to hear the entirety of the urgent message from the ministry for Mr. Weasley.  Since much of it was nonsense to her, she decided to do some quick research with her PDA. She had worked hard on figuring out how to make ordinary muggle electronic devices function in high magical fields.  Her latest success - near meteoric - had been the discovery that certain magical crystals naturally generated a low level electrical field.  By installing these crystal in electronic devices in place of certain re

Expriment 616-5 Joey walked calmly around the tower, making some show of poking his nose into things.  Mama seemed somewhat happier today...at least outwardly.  Joey could tell that inside she was as torn up as ever, but she was determined to move past it.  Joey hoped his plan would help fix things further. He'd left the file with the sent message open in the green boy's account.  He had been nearby when the green boy looked at his files and saw it.  Joey was surprised with how the green boy reacted.  As soon as he saw the message, he turned to stare at Joey, suspicion heavy in his emotional energy.  The green boy was smart.  He knew Joey h

4. Going Home "Tails?" Cream asked as everyone made their way into the Blue Typhoon, Tails' space cruiser.  "Are you sure this is for real?  I...I don't want to discourage you, but...the day after you find out you're from another planet, your father shows up from outer space?  Doesn't that seem a bit much of a coincidence?  Are you sure it's him?" Tails smiled at Cream.  "When he first said who he was, my thoughts were the same as yours.  I was going to step back, push him away." "But you didn't," Cream replied.  "You hugged him back." "That's because there was one detail that I knew was real." "Which one?" Tails tapped the side of his

6. Pleasurable Pain Blaze slept pleasently on her bed in the center of the Emerald Chamber, her hand idly stroking her abdomen in slumber.  She had only the sheet to guard her from cold in the night, but the Sol Emeralds kept the room pleasantly warm.  Deep in her sleep, she dreamed of what it would be like to be a mother...what it would be like to share that life with Shadow. Suddenly, the room became unbearably hot, and she rolled over in discomfort.  A solid thump struck the bed where she had been moments ago.  Shooting awake with a start, she rolled aside.  The emeralds glow having dimmed while she slept, all she could make out was the

Harmony of Chaos Side-Story One Shot Fun in the Sun Sonic raced across the surface of the water, the waves of his passage leaping into the air behind him.  He wasn't really pushing himself, just enjoying the sea breeze.  A wide grin was plastered across his face, as he carried a satchel on a strap over his shoulder. "Say, we going to get to this 'awesome place' of yours any time soon?" a voice said beside him.  "My wings are getting tired." Sonic smiled as he turned to look at her.  "Don't worry, Rainbow.  We're nearly there."  He couldn't help but grin at his fiancé.  Since they were in a world similar to Mobius, her form was that

17. Past and Future Scootaloo stared as Firefly and the others landed on the far edge of the cloud, not sure what to think.  Her birth parents?  She knew she'd had them at some point, but she never knew who they were, or even if they were still alive.  And now here they were.  Why were they here?  And...why did they give her up?  Leave her with Candy Cane?  Did...did they know what he was going to do to her?  Did they care?  She shivered, pulling in close against Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash glowered towards Fire Flash and Skysong.  Then she glanced towards Firefly.  "What do they want?" Firefly started to speak up, but Fire Flash overrode h

25. Competing Excerpt from Raven Roth’s Journals: The Sisterhooves Social is held at Sweet Apple Acres annually a month before the beginning of Cider Season.  I’m not entirely sure what the purpose of the event is.  I understand that it is a tradition, but it seems to me that the Apple’s have won nearly every single year since Apple Bloom was steady enough to compete alongside Applejack.  I fail to see the point of such a competition, or of watching when it is so often a forgone conclusion, considering that all the obstacles are based in things done on the farm, which the Apple Sisters are, of course, more practiced in. H

Apple Bloom futzed briefly against the fabric of her crimson and green gown.  “Do I really have to get all dressed up like this?” she asked, frustrated. “But of course you do!” Rarity exclaimed giddily.  “You’re attending the Grand Galloping Gala as an honored guest!  You three need to look your absolute best!” Sweetie Belle stood perfectly still in her pale blue gown, her head at just the right angle as Rarity instructed her.  “Rarity…can I move yet?” Rarity chuckled.  “Yes, Sweetie, I’ve finished with your dress.  You can move now.” Sighing in relief, Sweetie

2. The First Key Rainbow flew quickly to the edge of the Everfree Forest before halting, the Twilight Blade sitting comfortably between her wings, neither interfering with the flight nor unnoticeable, giving just the right amount of reassuring weight to remind Rainbow of how serious the quest was. "Alright," she said, flapping her wings to hover.  "I need to find the Ancient Grove, find the Guardian, and...what was it I was supposed to do?  Bemeek, petite, uh...whatever.  I'm supposed to get the key from him, so I'll just kick his flank until he hoofs it over.  Anyway, first stop is the Ancient Grove, beyond the farthest edge of the Everfre

1. Waking Up I can't seem to remember much of anything...my head, it hurts so much.  I'm lying here, under this black pool, shadowed beneath a tree.  The rain didn't wash it away.  My whole body hurts...  I can't tell what's real, what's not.  I...don't know what's wrong with me.  Who am I? Relax, Nya-Nya. That voice...it's in my head.  Why is there a voice in my head?  Who is it?  What's going on? I am Brushogun...or what is left of him... Brushogun?  I feel like that name should mean something to me...but it doesn't.  I try to move my body. Not yet, Nya-Nya.  You aren't yet fully formed, and the water will still wash you away.  Just r