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The Grand Conspiracy4 Reviews
Sequel to a Twisted Timeline. The more things change the more things get wacky. Not for the mentally sane. LunaHarryFem!Harry.
Chapter One: The More Things Change
Up in one of his many office buildings, Harry Potter sat deep in thought. It had been two and a half years since he defeated Voldemort. Two and a half years since that clone had completely sabotaged the name of Harry Potter. In that time, Harry had kept busy, trying to rebuild his vast mafia empire and also raise it to new heights. Harry barely paid attention to the world around him, least of all Wizarding Britain. As far as Harry concerned, that entire world, with a few exceptions, was dead to him. He still had the Daily Prophet under his control. He gave them full run to print anything they wanted providing it was factual with one exception. Any stories about Harry, good or bad, were strictly forbidden.
A flashing light underneath his desk had brought Harry out of his recollections of the events of the past two and a half years. Sighing, it appears someone had found their way inside his office building that was not authorized. Despite all the security measures, nothing was perfect. Quickly, Harry rose to his feet, wand in hand and moved forward, opening the door of the room that he was in, stepping forward into the hallway. In the air, Harry saw smoke rising up from one of the lower floors. Quickly, Harry moved forward, as the smoke got thicker, as he rushed down the stairs. Putting a Bubble Head charm on, Harry pushed his way through the door and he saw a scruffy looking grey haired man exit one of his storerooms and enter the next. Quickly, Harry entered the room and saw the man pouring lighter fluid on the floor, humming a merry tune under his breath as he strutted across the room. Harry cleared his throat to get the intruder's attention.
"Didn't your mother warn you about playing with matches?" asked Harry as he pointed his wand at the intruder.
"Many times, not like I listened to her," commented the intruder as he turned towards Harry, who raised his wand. "Wow, it looks like you have a problem with my little arson hobby, eh, kiddo."
Harry moved forward but before he could attack, he was caught off guard with a large wall of fire erupting from a high tech apparatus fastened to his intruder's arm.
"I really hate technology," muttered Harry under his breath, as he dodged another blast of fire, before he attempted to use a jet of water to fight off his opponent, but he was much quicker than he looked.
"I have the solution to any problem," said the intruder before he turned to Harry. "TORCH IT!"
Another blast of fire with Harry just dodging it. The fire completely obliterated the vase behind Harry, reducing it to cinders. Harry moved in and more bursts of fire impacted, lighting the room ablaze, creating a ring of fire around Harry.
"You've just been burned, kid!" yelled the intruder as he rushed forward but Harry pointed his wand towards the door, causing it to shield shut. "Well, it looks like you want me to turn it up a few notches!"
Harry, having just doused the fire around him, had to deal with another fireball being shot from the flame throwing device strapped to his attacker's arm. Every time he tried to aim to destroy his opponent's apparatus, another burst of flames shot right out of him.
"Admit it, you can't handle the heat!" shouted the arsonist, his eyes widened, as Harry blasted a cool jet of water right at the attacker, sending him into the wall.
"No, just the puns," corrected Harry, before he shot ropes at the attacker, binding him tight. He could easily kill him, but he had more pressing matters to attend to like what this nutcase had trashed.
Harry moved forward into the next room and quickly opened the door. His eyes widened, several of his crates contained shipments from highest paying client had been reduced to little but ashes. In a flash, Harry shot jets of water from his wand, hoping to salvage the damage, as these particular shipments were due out by the end of the week. Sadly, not even magic could restore the damage done and Harry angrily blasted the mess away before he moved forward to check on his secured arsonist. Harry guessed that it might not have been a good idea to leave him alone for too long.
The smell of smoke had brought Harry to the conclusion that he was certain that it was not a good idea to leave that crazed arsonist in the room alone. He opened the door and sure enough, the ropes that he used to bind his enemy had been burned straight through. A smoldering hole in the wall had given Harry a good idea where his enemy went but unfortunately the arsonist moved rather quicker than Harry had mentioned. Harry's attention was caught by a message that had been scorched into the floor.
"Another Person Successfully Burned By Inferno!"
At that instant, some of Harry's employees showed up, ready to bust anyone who was messing with their headquarters.
"Boss we heard the alarm, we got up here as fast as we could, we were putting the finishing touches on the Cartier Shipment," said one of the mobsters.
"I understand perfectly, Cartier is our second most important client after all and his shipment is due out by the end of the week, but the shipment that was supposed to be sent out in two days had been completely obliterated by fire," said Harry and the mobsters looked grave, the person who ordered this shipment had been rather persistent that it'd be shipped out on time. "There's his calling card, if any of you have any ideas as the individual behind this, so he can dealt with appropriately."
"Inferno, wait he's one of the most efficient corporate saboteurs in all of Europe," inputted one of the mobsters as the others nodded. "Real name's Herbie Periwinkle, he's been at this game for thirty years, Boss Evans ran into him a couple times, but not even he's been able to stop Inferno from committing his acts of arson, in fact, he's never been caught, not by the people's he's crossed or even the law."
"Yeah, Periwinkle's good at his work, but the fact he's not playing with a full deck. He's become a bit too much obsessed with his work, fanatic even, makes him really dangerous" inputted Antonio, who looked about like his niece Hermione right now, before she was about to rattle off some obscure information. "He was expelled from school when he was nine for attempting to torch the school when some classmates made fun of him. From what they say, he was drawn to how much power fire gave him and eventually, to pay the rent, he began to do small jobs for corporations, who paid him well enough to sabotage the competition to make him consider it to be a full time career. In fact, rumor has it there were many times that he worked for one corporation and then a bit later, he turned around to sabotage the same corporation that he received a pay off for, as a retaliation move."
"So, no loyalty other than to his bank account," summarized Harry.
"Indeed and after some time, he got involved in the mob scene, no never with your grandfather, as he didn't trust a freelancer to do anything," commented Antonio. "Still, Zabini used him a couple of times that we know of, and other upstart mob bosses, more than I can remember. Didn't get far, your grandfather was rather good at cutting off most rising threats at the knees."
"Speaking of rising threats, those rumors about the Zabini mob being splintered, I would have thought that all those factions would have wiped each other out by now and I could focus on eliminating one constant threat," commented Harry. "Now, there still battling with each other over the Zabini territory, not that I mind, because it gives me more time to worry about this organization rather than what the other guys are doing. Still, keep your friends close and your enemies closer."
"Ah, that is a tricky situation, looks like we can nail it down to two guys, Caruthers and Eckstein," remarked Antonio. "Caruthers has been there since the time of Boss Evans, pretty close to a right hand man as you can get, not that Zabini even trusted his own shadow. Eckstein joined towards the end, within the last couple of years, hasn't done much until Zabini was whacked, but proved himself to be a sleazy little opportunist by attempting to take control. While Caruthers wants to keep with the traditional practices, Eckstein wants to bring everything into the twenty first century."
"Caruthers is a tough one to crack, he won't let a slimly little upstart like Eckstein walk over him," added another mobster.
"And if Eckstein tries anything with me, I will cut him of at the knees," said Harry and the others nodded, knowing that Harry meant his threat to be taken quite literally, but at that second, a buzzing sound echoed throughout the building. "Yes."
"Boss Potter, your contact is here to see you," announced a gruff voice over the loud speaker.
"Can't it wait?" asked Harry, who still was trying to figure out how to get that high priced shipment back together, because after it was burned beyond all repair, even if he used magic.
"She says it's urgent," remarked the mobster on the other end of the communication link.
"Send her in," replied Harry before he turned to Antonio. "See if there's anything you can do, find some men to get that shipment back together. We have less than two days, but still we have to try, as this client will not settle for an extension and his business is very high priced, I can't afford to lose it."
"Absolutely boss," said Antonio, as he left, with two bodyguards hovering around Harry, but Harry dismissed them with a wave of his hand.
"We need as many hands on deck on possible, I'm sure no one will kill me for a few hours or at least I can handle it if they do try," said Harry, as the door opened, to reveal the very tired form of Nymphadora Tonks. "Tonks, they've been working you hard again?"
"Yes, thirty six hours straight, seems to be that the Ministry of Magic forgot a little necessity called sleep, as all the Aurors who have less than ten years experiences have been worked around the clock," remarked Tonks in a moody tone of voice. "Still, they're giving me a two hour break, how generous of them, don't you think?"
"Yes, the humanitarians," commented Harry dryly. "And the fact that you're here, instead of getting some sleep on your break suggests that you have some important news to tell me."
"Yes, I've got to make it quick, as I have spent about a half hour avoiding someone, because I have the strangest feeling that I'm being followed, but I lost them," said Tonks. "Only because everyone with a known connection to you is being followed, and given the role you planned with getting us reinstated in the Black family tree, I'm on that list."
"I know, Luna was followed a few days ago, but she seemed very amused by what happened," said Harry.
"She wouldn't have anything to do about the two Aurors that came back yesterday babbling incoherently under there breath and humming, would she?" asked Tonks, who despite her lack of sleep, looked slightly amused. "The effects wore off and the Aurors didn't have the foggiest idea that they had even seen her."
"I hope so," said Harry proudly. "So, anyway, enough small talk, the news that's so urgent."
"Well, the new Minister of Magic, who just happens to be Scrimgeour, you know the guy who wanted to kill you for your clone killing his daughter," said Tonks and Harry nodded in acknowledgement. "Well, you're unofficially the number one most wanted public enemy in the Ministry of Magic, well they can't do anything to bring you in, but just be careful, accidents can happen."
"Yes, as in my finger accidentally slipping and connecting with a certain button, causing proof that the Wizarding World Exists to be broadcasted on every radio and television station in the world," remarked Harry coolly.
"I know, that's another thing that I should warn you about, the reason that we're working so much overtime, mostly Aurors who are half blood and muggleborn I should add," said Tonks. "We're trying to look for transmitters that are powerful enough to broadcast that much, not that I'm much help, as I can barely figure out how to set the microwave that Dad bought last year."
"The Ministry will never find that transmitter, not in a million years," said Harry confidently. "Although perhaps it might be a prudent move to warn them that it's also motion sensitive. If anyone attempts to enter, magically or otherwise, without inputting the correct code, you can say bye-bye to the secrecy."
"Knowing you, this thing's hidden well enough that someone can't accidentally trigger it," yawned Tonks.
"Of course it is, the last thing I need is a bird accidentally flying into the door and triggering the end of the Wizarding World, no matter how much that amuses me to no end," said Harry and Tonks just nodded.
"I better get going," said Tonks and Harry just nodded, waving Tonks off, as she moved to the Ministry. Harry could care less about the Ministry and he actually did not know that there was a new Minister until Tonks told him so. Harry put those concerns out of his mind, until Inferno showed up, this was supposed to be his day off and in fact he was supposed to spend the rest of the day with Luna, when she had put the finishing touches on an article in the Quibbler.
Another knock on the door and Harry looked up hopefully, but Hermione had entered the office.
"Oh, it's just you Hermione," said Harry.
"Good to see you too Harry," replied Hermione with a smirk.
"Sorry, Hermione, I was expecting Luna," commented Harry.
"I know, she told me to tell you that she should be by in about twenty minutes or so," remarked Hermione. "Still, Harry you and Luna seem to be getting pretty close..."
"Of course we are, it's something that even I don't fully understand, but I'm happy to go along with it," remarked Harry, who looked forward to every moment he spent with Luna. Given everything else that happened in his life, Harry felt that he deserved some good to go along with the bad and something told him that Luna felt pretty much the same way about him.
"Yes, you've been dating for almost three years, when are you…you know…" prodded Hermione.
"Actually, we've done that several times, didn't think you'd be interesting in what goes on behind closed doors Hermione," said Harry which caused Hermione to roll her eyes slightly at Harry.
"Not that, you prat," said Hermione shaking her head. "Given the fact that you've been dating so long, I would have thought give how close you are, you would have asked her to marry you."
Harry took a swig of his pumpkin juice, for the sole purpose of doing a spit take, causing the juice to be spat all over Hermione.
"That subject's come up, but Luna says, and I agree, that marriage is a bit too conventional for two people like us, we're together anyway, but why do we need to make it official?" asked Harry. "Plus, Luna said her parents were together for several years, and only got married about nine months before Luna was born, but she does seem rather amused by the timing of that."
"Yes, that is some interesting timing," remarked Hermione as she shook her head from side to side. "Still, given that you are the head of one of the most prestigious pureblood families, I'm surprised that you aren't given static. After all, I read that the Ministry of Magic does frown upon the fact of unmarried of age heirs to pureblood families. That's why most get married right out of Hogwarts."
"The Ministry of Magic also frowns upon the fact that I'm still breathing, so I can't say I'm too upset that they might get upset about this stupid heir heritage thing," commented Harry.
"True, I can't really argue with that," said Hermione before she abruptly shifted gears. "So, how are things lately?"
"Other than the fact that an arsonist just wiped out a high priced shipment and the new Minister of Magic has a vendetta against me, I say things are going pretty well," answered Harry. "Sadly, the arsonist managed to slip through my fingers, but I've got my eye on him for next time but still, that shipment was worth a lot, to a person who isn't fond of being kept waiting."
"No wonder everyone was running by earlier, they were scrambling to put everything together," said Hermione. "And it couldn't be put back together by magic?"
"No, damaged that bad and besides, it can't be pieced back together with magic, it would fry all the circuitry," replied Harry. "I would help, but considering my computer illiteracy, I'd more likely screw something up. Besides, I can pay people to understand that stuff."
Hermione decided it was not best to give Harry the "magic can't solve everything" lecture.
"I also heard that they finally got the Forbidden Forest back up, would have been by now, but the centaurs were not all that cooperative," remarked Hermione. "No clone, or at least there's no word about it being found."
"Something's up," muttered Harry, as a clone could not have just disappeared. The Ministry was hiding something but the problem was, Harry had no idea exactly how much they were hiding or where they had the clone stashed.
"I thought as much as well, perhaps you should hint that in the Daily Prophet," suggested Hermione.
"No, I refuse to lift the Potter embargo on the Prophet, I refuse to let my name to be mentioned any more than I have to or my likeness to be shown anywhere," commented Harry.
"Give that all Harry Potter related merchandise are now collectors items when you pulled it from the shelves, it seems like you're trying to erase your own existence from the Wizarding World," said Hermione.
"Well, outside of historical reference books, ever since the Hogwarts Massacre and Riddle's defeat, my name has only been mentioned in that brief Ministry owned paper. You know the one was forced to be shut down to a series of accidents," said Harry.
"Right, accidents," commented Hermione with a smirk and a wink.
"Hey, it's not my fault if certain business associates of mine thought my words of disgust that someone should do something about the lies that paper told implied that they should go and blow up a Ministry owned building," said Harry defensively. "At least no one was killed. Just priceless, irreplaceable magical printing equipment was destroyed, shutting down those efforts."
"And putting the Ministry out several hundred galleons, something that they had to justify to the tax payers, when they demanded an explanation about why they did not have better security," added Hermione.
"Well, anything that puts the high ranking officials at the Ministry in hot water works well for me," remarked Harry as he heard a knock on the door. "Come in!"
Finally, Luna pushed open the door, with a smile on her face as she saw Harry.
"Hi Harry, sorry it took me so long, that article took me longer to tie up than I thought, but now I'm all yours," said Luna as she approached Harry. "Was something wrong, I saw a bunch of people rushing by when I entered the ring?"
"Just your usual attempt of corporate sabotage," replied Harry as he rose to his feet. "An order got damaged…"
"Yes, but I'm sure I can handle making sure everything goes smoothly for you while you two enjoy yourselves," interjected Hermione, as she looked at both Harry and Luna. "Seriously, go have a good time, I think I can handle it from here."
"If anything urgent comes up, contact me immediately," said Harry sternly.
"Of course Harry," commented Hermione with a nod.
"Remember, immediately, if it takes you more than two minutes to come up with a solution," said Harry.
"Of course Harry," repeated Hermione with a nod.
"I mean it Hermione, immediately," added Harry.
"I know you do Harry," answered Hermione.
"No matter how much you think that I should not be bothered, if it's urgent, contact me," said Harry.
"Yes, Harry, I get you, loud and clear" said Hermione as she took a deep breath. "Plus, I think Uncle Antonio would be able to help me, or if not him, then Sirius and Remus, they have about as much of an idea of everything that's going on than you."
"Still, if anything comes up…" stated Harry but Hermione cut him off.
"DAMN IT HARRY, GO, LEAVE, HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH LUNA, BEFORE I HEX YOUR BLOODY LIPS TOGETHER!" snapped Hermione, and Harry opened his mouth to retort, but Luna decided to step in, as both Hermione and Harry could be really stubborn.
"Harry, I'm sure nothing's going to happen in a few hours, and besides it might due you some good if you to get away from that, you look to have been under a lot of stress, in fact, I have been too," said Luna, before she whispered in Harry's ear. "Perhaps we can find a way to help each other relieve us of some of that stress."
"Of course, I'm sorry, Hermione, we're going right now," said Harry as he walked off with Luna, as Hermione sighed as she watched her two friends.
"Thank you Luna, I was about to throw this at his head," muttered Hermione under her breath, as she absent mindedly looked over a Harry Potter bobble head doll that was sitting on the edge of Harry's desk. Hermione just sat there, if she was lucky, nothing would come up tonight and she would not have to even think about contacting Harry.
In a deep cavernous chamber deep within the Department of Mysteries, a group of rather distorted individuals walked by a glass case containing an exact duplicate of Harry Potter. The figures had been disguised from everyone, including the other members of the group. They passed the case, before a swirling mist appeared at the end of the chamber, revealing a figure dressed in grey robes, the facial features quite distorted and muddled.
"Status report," prompted the figure, a higher ranking superior, in a deep, obviously magically distorted voice.
"The weapon is reaching completion, in fact, only a matter of moments, we will be able to release it, G.W," commented the leader of the group.
"Very well, the one that we seek should be eliminated before we can fully proceed with our scheme," said the superior in its distorted voice. "Need I remind you that the no one else in the Ministry is to get a slightest hint of the plan outside of this group, not even others within the Department of Mysteries."
"Yes, you have, numerous times, we've been nothing but discrete, when we collected the duplicate from the forest, we left no trace that we were there," commented the group leader.
"Yet, did you leave a decoy in its place?" asked the superior roughly.
"No, does it matter, most of the world does not believe it exists at all," argued the group leader.
"Yet, Harry Potter knows of it and if he ever finds out that nothing was found in the forest, he will suspect that something has been done," said the superior coldly.
"Yes, but he would suspect the upper management, we may fly under his radar as being suspects," suggested the team leader feebly.
"For your sake, you better hope that you are correct," concluded the superior coldly. "Keep me informed on the success of our little weapon, the moment it eliminated the Boy-Who-Lived."
"Of course," said the group leader, as the mist disappeared, allowing the group to move forward into the next chamber.
"For all our work, this plan better be worth it," muttered one of the members of the group.
"It will be worth it, for the safety of every witch and wizard in the world," said the group leader. "While we are much better than Muggles in every way, the gap of how much better we are lessens with each passing moment. Should we allow Muggles to evolve at their current rate, there is a very real and dangerous possibility that they were create methods that can beat even the most powerful of magic in another century or so. This cannot be allowed to happen and while others in the Ministry scoff at this ever occurring, something must be done to stop this before it even occurs."
The group nodded, it was the basis of their research that started sometime ago, prompting them to draw these conclusions, but many would be deceiving themselves if they did not have their misgivings from time to time on how successful the long term plan would end up.
The group leader gave them the signal, as each of them tapped their wands to the specially made cloaks, becoming transparent. They approached a tube, containing a beautiful young girl, about sixteen years of age, with an athletic built, with shining long black hair, flowing down her back.
"A male duplicate created by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named failed to properly eliminate Harry Potter, so an exact duplicate of Harry Potter is out of the question. This project does not need to be tied into failure right from the start, so with several modifications to the Dark Lord's work, an accurate representation of what Harry Potter might have been had he been born female has been created," narrated the group leader to the official magical log for the project. "Perhaps, these female models will have other uses that can be exploited in time, but right now, we must stick to the mission regarding Harry Potter."
Reaching forward, the tube disappeared from around the girl, causing her vivid green eyes opening, as she looked around, as she examining her surroundings.
"Your confusion is understandable, you must not remember anything from your past," commented one of the distorted voices, as the girl looked up, as expensive looking robes magically appeared on her body. "You were involved in a severe incident that caused most of your memory to be wiped, but we managed to restore most of your sanity and health.
"I see," commented the girl coolly as she looked around. "Perhaps you might fill me in on exactly of certain important facts like my name and what I was doing when this incident happened, because I'm not sure if I trust any of you."
"Once again, very understandable, your name is Lotus Evans and you are the youngest of us, you showed great potential, especially since you were the only one who could stop the greatest menace that the world has ever seen, Harry Potter" replied the distorted voice.
"Was he the one who did this to me?" demanded Lotus, as she walked forward, to the source of the voices.
"Perhaps, especially if he caught one hint that you were on to him and were ready to finish him off," remarked the distorted voice. "We found you in a bad state, severely injured, damaged, it took some time even with the most advanced magic possible."
"Magic?" asked Lotus.
"Yes, young flower, you have the ability to perform the magical arts, you are a witch, but do not worry, as it will come to you naturally, with the wand in the side pocket of your robes to help control your gift," commented the team leader in his distorted voice. "Potter's gone underground, but we fear that he will come back, and destroy all that opposes him. He is a plague that infects all aspects around him. He cares of no one but himself and his agenda. Here is a picture of your target, perhaps in time this will help you on your way to clearing some of the mental fog that plagues you."
A picture of Harry Potter appeared in front of Lotus, as she looked over the Boy-Who-Lived's features intently, with a bit of interest.
"Cute, shame that he's evil," commented Lotus under her breath, taking as much time as she felt studying the picture of Harry Potter before she looked in the direction of her nameless, faceless cohorts. "Don't worry, I'll find a way to finish him off so he doesn't hurt anyone ever again."
"Remember the fate of all of humanity rests in your hands, you are the last hope for everything, so exercise great caution, as Potter does have his followers that are as dangerous as they are," commented the leader. "If you fall this time, everyone else will but remember, bring Potter's body back as proof as his demise, as he's deceived us before."
Lotus just acknowledged the presence of her superiors with the briefest of nods, before she exited the premises with a confident, self assured walk as she made her way off to eliminate Harry Potter. She had a task to do and would sort out everything else about her life in time.
The group watched the girl leave. Their weapon would do well and once her task was completed, she would be disposed of much like any tool once it's outlived its usefulness.
There you go kids, the first chapter of this thirteen chapter sequel to a Twisted Timeline. I have some interesting plans that will amuse me and well…we're just going to have to wait and see about the rest of you, won't we?


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On e-bay under (bike plates) on m/c accessories.
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Good answer shuggie1,
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vmaxbloke says:
Sweetness. Apart from your mates who follow you around, (and the Feds, of course) no-one gives a flying fug what your bikes arse looks like!
When you're on board, all you can see is the road ahead and a bit of bars and clocks and stuff.
If you think an illegal number plate is going to make your bike look really special, then it must be a pretty shit bike to start with.
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hi colinif u find out let me no,i wont small black/silver writing,as have a triumph,new one lol.
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eatcs01 says:
ANY number plate shop/manufacturer/dealer can make non standard plates. You don't need your documents, as they are only needed for a road legal number plate.
What you are after is either a SHOW PLATE or a SIGN. Usually you'll sign a disclaimer saying you won't use it on the road.
I've ALWAYS use a 7"x5" plate (as opposed to a 9"x7" barn door) and NEVER had any problems with the police. It even passes an MOT.
If you go any smaller, you might get issues with them. Or if you live in or visit North Wales.
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Lime Curd Pound Cake
Wait to prepare the Lime Curd Glaze until the cake comes out of the oven so it will still be warm when spread over the cake.
Yield: Makes 12 servings
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Recipe Time
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20 Minutes
Total: 2 Hours, 45 Minutes
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon lime zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Lime Curd Glaze
- Garnishes: candied lemon slices, sugared cranberries, fresh thyme sprigs
- 1. Preheat oven to 325°. Beat first 2 ingredients at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
- 2. Sift together flour and next 2 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in lime zest and vanilla.
- 3. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (16-cup) tube pan.
- 4. Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 15 minutes.
- 5. Meanwhile, prepare Lime Curd Glaze. Remove cake from pan to wire rack; gently brush warm glaze over top and sides of cake. Cool completely on a wire rack (about 1 hour). Garnish, if desired.
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Rice/Grains
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
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Antwan Barnes
Barnes in 2011.
No. 95 New York Jets
|Outside linebacker
Personal information
|Date of birth:October 19, 1984
|Place of birth: Miami, Florida
Career information
|College: Florida International
|NFL Draft: 2007 / Round: 4 / Pick: 134
|Debuted in 2007 for the Baltimore Ravens
Career history
|Roster status: Physically unable to perform list
Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2013
Antwan Edward Barnes[1] (born October 19, 1984) is an American football outside linebacker for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida International.
Barnes has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and San Diego Chargers.
College career[edit]
After graduating from Miami Norland High School, barnes played college football at Florida International University in Miami, Florida where he was a 2006 All-Sun Belt Conference selection and the school's all-time sacks leader with 22. On April 29, 2007, he became the first player in FIU history to be drafted by a National Football League team when he was selected in the fourth round by the Baltimore Ravens.
Professional career[edit]
Baltimore Ravens[edit]
Barnes was a promising rookie in 2007, notching 2 sacks, 1 forced fumble, and 10 solo tackles. During a 2007 preseason game, Barnes delivered a blind side hit on Philadelphia Eagles punter Saverio Rocca, knocking off his helmet. Even though officials did not penalize Barnes during the game, the league fined him $12,500 for the hit.[2] In 2008, on a roster deep with LBs, he made a name for himself as a stand out special teams player, also making his first post-season appearance. In 2009, Barnes started the year with his first career interception (against the San Diego Chargers, his future team), but then saw no action for several games. The team finally started using him late in the season, after the defense suffering an overall lack of pass rush, and he came in and notched 3 sacks and 10 solo tackles, as well as a force fumble.
Philadelphia Eagles[edit]
Barnes was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a 2011 seventh-round draft pick on September 4, 2010.[3] He was released on October 9, after being sparsely used and posting only three tackles.
San Diego Chargers[edit]
Barnes was signed by the San Diego Chargers on October 12, 2010. He made an immediate impact, notching 2 sacks on Tom Brady in a game against the New England Patriots. As a backup pass-rush specialist, he ended the season in San Diego with 4.5 sacks and 15 tackles. On July 27, 2011, the Chargers re-signed Barnes to a two-year contract.
In the 2011 season, he established himself as one of the top pass rushers on the Chargers team, starting 5 games, and notching 41 tackles, 11 sacks, and 2 forced fumbles. His best career game came against his former team, the Baltimore Ravens, on a prime-time December 18th game in San Diego, where he garnered 4 sacks against QB Joe Flacco, along with 6 total tackles.
New York Jets[edit]
Barnes signed a three-year contract with the New York Jets on March 18, 2013.[4] Barnes was placed on injured reserve on October 9, 2013 after suffering a season-ending knee injury.[5]
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- ^ Cimini, Rich (18 March 2013). "Jets sign Antwan Barnes". ESPN New York. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ Fensom, Michael (9 October 2013). "Antwan Barnes, Jets' linebacker, lost for season with knee injury". The Star-Ledger. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
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Mike Knuble to Sign Tryout Deal With Grand Rapids Griffins After Failing to Make Detroit Red Wings' Roster
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PLAYERS: Mike Knuble, Patrick Eaves, Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk, Damien Brunner, Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula, Mikael Samuelsson, Jordin Tootoo, Justin Abdelkader, Drew Miller, Cory Emmerton, Jan Mursak, Niklas Kronwall, Jonathan Ericsson, Brendan Smith, Kyle Quincey, Ian White, Carlo Colaiacovo, Jimmy Howard, Jonas Gustavsson
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Despite a spate of injuries that could leave the Detroit Red Wings down a couple of key forwards when the season opens, veteran Mike Knuble could not claim a roster spot. Instead, Knuble will head to the AHL. Knuble will sign PTO with Grand Rapids, trying to catch onto NHL team. — Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) January 18, 2013 A "PTO", as mentioned by MLive's Ansar Khan there, is a professional try-out contract. Essentially, Knuble can play with the Griffins for up to 25 games and is free to sign with an NHL team as a free agent at any point during that stint. The Detroit Free Press' Helene St. James wrote earlier Friday that Knuble would not be on the Wings' opening-day roster — with Patrick Eaves returning from a concussion, Detroit is at 14 forwards. St. James' roster look: The Wings plan to carry 14 forwards: Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk, Damien Brunner, Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula, Mikael Samuelsson, Daniel Cleary, Bertuzzi, Jordin Tootoo, Justin Abdelkader, Drew Miller, Cory Emmerton, Jan Mursak and Eaves (Helm won't count on IR). Michigan alumnus Mike Knuble, who was on a tryout, won't make the team. On defense, it's Niklas Kronwall, Jonathan Ericsson, Brendan Smith, Kyle Quincey, Ian White, Carlo Colaiacovo and Kindl. The goaltenders are Jimmy Howard and Jonas Gustavsson. So, there you have it. Knuble's out, Eaves is back and Helm's return will be delayed. Let's drop the puck.
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Set after episode, the Firebending Masters. It was dinner time after Zuko and Aang arrived back from the Sun Warriors' community. Aang, Sokka, Katara, Toph, Haru, the Duke & Teo, wait for the arr...
Summary: Set after episode, the Firebending Masters. It was dinner time after Zuko and Aang arrived back from the Sun Warriors' community. Aang, Sokka, Katara, Toph, Haru, the Duke & Teo, wait for the arrival of their newest member to come from his room. Everyone is still uneasy around the fire bender. Soon they have to leave the Air Temple. Ever wondered what the Fire Nation value the most? Find out. What other secrets would be discovered?
Chapter Fourteen
Men and women sat in a large circle in one of the large tents. Only those who would be present in their plans was there. Each of them studied, memorized each and ever possible out come of their mission; for if one mistake is taken place, then everything will fall.
Everyone knew if one fell behind, there wouldn't be enough time to rescue them. For any man who falls behind is felt behind.
The large group was looking at a large pill of maps that was lay out neatly to everyone to see. One was a map of the Fire Nation seas, the other was the Fire Nation own fire islands of where the main Nation lives, the two other maps however, was the two prison maps; the Boiling Rock and Firing Lava (1), another Fire Nation prison that was similar of the Boiling Rock but smaller.
Iroh, Haruki, Ham Ghao, Zhao, Sophocles, Shui and many others looked at each other. Each of them was nervous and many of them were scared, even though none of them would admit it.
"I will bring my men here and here," Iroh said pointing at places on map of that showed details of Firing Lava Prison.
They others silently agreed. "Some of us head here," he then pointed at Boiling Rock. "We have to walk in dead of night. The Boiling Rock have one weakness, the blind spot here." Iroh pointed at a section of the map. "We will rescue our people here and here--"
"What about the Water Tribe chief that is located here?" asked one, as he pointed at where Hakoda's cell that was in the highest security, opposite of where Iroh pointed at. "We can not abandoned him."
"No." Iroh said, remembering his conversation with Zuko. "We can not. Our spies tell us that his invasion army is sent here at Fire Lava Prison, leaving the leader there. This is where they are," he pointed at the high level on the other map of the other prison.
"Both prisons have three levels. The lower levels, the middle levels and the high levels that has the most security. Most of our men are there. Also that is where most guards are at too, which is could be a problem."
The others nodded. Iroh continued, "That is where the Yu Yan Archers comes into play." he nodded at a group of people sat across from him.
The Yu Yan Archers are a group of people from the Fire Nation that dedicates themselves from birth of welding a bow as if the bow and arrows themselves are a part of them. There are four tribes of the Yu Yan Archers; the Phoenix Tribe that lives in the North; the Sphinx Tribe that lives in the East; the Dragon Tribe that lives in the West and the Tiger Tribe that lives in the South.
You can tell which Archer came from of which tribe by looking at the leather band that they wore across their foreheads. There are four symbols from each tribe: a bird made of fire; a head of an eagle with a snake in its mouth; a head of a dragon with fire coming from its mouth; and a tiger footprint.
"Ivor (2) and you group come with us. You and your men will climb up the walls and guard us from above. If anyone that you see that may alert the jail break, you know what to do. After you do that, the rest of us will go into the prison." Iroh said.
Ivor, leader of the Sphinx Tribe, nodded in agreement. Like many of his people, he wore face paint that covered half of his face. His long dreadlocks of hair was tied behind his head with a dark leather band around his forehead, that help keep his hair out of his face. His bow and quiver was safely attached to his back, and knifes was also seen on his belt.
His yellow eyes darted around the other nation citizens that look at him in fear knowing full well the reputation of the Yu Yan Archers had. He smirked at their foolishness. The Sphinx Tribe wasn't the cruelest of their kind. Far from it. They should not fear him or his tribe. But fear the Phoenix and the Dragon Tribes for they themselves are well known in the War. His people and the Tiger Tribe try their best to leave the War alone. But as fate has it they are not escape from it.
"Agreed." he said. His voice cracked as if he didn't used his voice in months. Yu Yan Archers' language do not use words for communication. For only handful of his people can speck in words. Instead of words, they use body movements; such as sign-language, sounds of animals, and other types of communication.
"Javor (3), you and your men will go with Haruki's group to the Boiling Rock. Just like Ivor's men, your group will climb the walls and guard them from above." Iroh told a man that was sitting next to Ivor. Everyone watched as Ivor translated of what Iroh said to him using sign-language.
Javor, the leader of the Tiger Tribe nodded. He click with tongue like bird, in his language meant "Agreed." Unlike his soul brother Ivor, he could not speck the common tongue.
"Sir, of what about the poisonous fumes in the Firing Lava Prison?" asked one. "How are we going to get through without suffocating to death?"
Iroh smirked as he pulled out a mask from his pocket. It was the same mask the guards in the Firing Lava Prison use to keep themselves from inhaling the poisonous fumes. The mask wasn't large or heavy like many would think. It was light and it only covered the bottom half of the person's face and nose. It was also blood red in color.
"Everyone there will have to use these, so as we can travel our way into the prison we have to take turns using them, as right now we have few to give to everyone. Lucky for us the Yu Yan Archers have their own," at these words everyone sighed in relief. "That is why one group will go straight to this room," Iroh then pointed at a place on the map. "This room is where they keep the supplies: weaponry, armor that includes these masks. That group must take as many as they can carry. As everyone else would take all the guards' masks that they defeated and give them everyone else that doesn't have one including those who we rescued."
Everyone nodded. "That is a good plan, Iroh. But how are we getting there in the first place?" asked another.
Haruki then spoke for the first time since the meeting began. "Iroh and I decided the best way for us to get there is by using our fastest ships. Here is where we will spilt into two groups; one towards Boiling Rock as the other to the Firing Lava." he pointed at the Fire Nation sea maps. "In two or three days time, if the timing is right, in the dead of night, both groups would break into the prisons on the same time. The two prisons are the only Fire Nation prison that are the closest to one another and only ones that are located outside from the Fire Islands. So us breaking in, the guards there do not have enough time to call for help. As they are too far away from the main land and also they are too-- occupied.
"Another group will stay in the ships to be the look out and also make sure our get away will be fool proof. Those who will stay behind at the ship to Firing Lava will be Zhao, Hotaru, Sisko, Goran (4) and Rada (5). Those five people that will be staying at the ship to Boiling Rock will be Sophocles, Shui, Xenon, Imelda (6), Wafai (7)."
Zhao's glared daggers at Haruki when he heard his name called. They told him he will a part of the mission…. He started to stand up to object that he would be suck so low of staying behind from all the fun, when he felt Iroh's firm grip around his arm, making him to stay put. He glanced at Iroh who hissed "Be still!" Zhao was furious as he folded his arms glared anyone that dared to look at him.
"No questions? Good." Haruki asked. No one raised their hands.
"It is settled then. Tonight, we will proceed the plans." Iroh said standing up.
Everyone nodded and got up and left the tent to get ready. Iroh then walked out ignoring Haruki's who called his name.
Iroh need to be alone for a while.
Iroh was sitting alone on edge of cliff just above the sea about quarter mile from the meeting. He was mediating, like usual, trying to calm is troubled thoughts.
Are they doing the right thing of calling the Holy Counsel? He wondered
Would the other Nations come for their aid against his brother and his new demon army that their grandfather long ago created?
Would they accomplish their plans of freeing the people from the prisons?
Will Zuko have a safe journey here?
He didn't know how long he was sitting there until he heard someone slowly limping towards him.
He turned his head and saw Zhao standing behind him.
"Iroh, we need to talk." Zhao's voice was filled with rage. His golden eyes flash in anger.
"Come sit with me," Iroh said having an idea of what was bothering him. Zhao glared daggers at him before painfully sitting cross legged next to him. "What is troubling you?" Iroh asked him.
"Why can't I be in the rescue mission?" Zhao blurted out in rage. "Why must I stay in the damn ship like common coward? Why do I have to be the one that is the look out at the sea? I am good as any here! I swear to the Spirits that I would not fall behind!"
Iroh shook his head. "Zhao you are too weak to go in the mission. We need you to be the look out just in case anyone comes from the seas."
"Its because of my leg isn't it?" Zhao asked, or more like hissed.
"Now none of us didn't say that."
"You and everyone else thought of it! Might as well chop it off and be done with it!"
"Zhao be still before you injury your leg even more." Iroh voice left no argument. Zhao knew he was being childish, but this is an outrage! He is admiral! Or was. He is not coward nor weak. He can do this! If only they would let him. "Your part in plans is not dishonorable nor it is about your leg. You are the best for this part."
Zhao knew that Iroh was lying, but didn't comment.
"I know you feel weak. I know how you feel." Iroh continued.
"No you don't," Zhao hissed under his breath.
Iroh sighed. "You have an important job. And you will not be alone. Hotaru and Sisko would be there with you."
Zhao looked at him in horror. "Oh no! You are not putting me with a crazy wench and that emotional wreck!"
Iroh smiled at Zhao amusing words of describing Hotaru and Sisko. Yes, he will admit that Hotaru is a bit crazy and little more cheerful then a human should be. Sisko on the other hand had recently lost her brother and for the past for days broke in tears in odd times.
"You are going. And it is final." Iroh told him, standing up. Zhao watched as the younger man left him.
(Below is somewhat rated R, and CAN be rated as NC-17. Those who are under 13, skip if you wish.)
Azula's arms was still chained together, as the two guards escort her into the Warden's chamber.
She knew of what the bastard wanted, and she rather die then let him get of what he wanted from her. As the two guards left her alone with the Warden, the room suddenly went cold. She slightly flinch as she heard the door behind her close with a loud bang.
The Warden walked up to her, cupping her face into his hand, as she stood there frozen. Azula hated his cold touch.
She bite him on the hand.
The Warden hissed in slight pain, as he slapped her across the face, making her legs trembled beneath her. "Now that wasn't lady like." he said to her.
"Go to Hell." she hissed.
"Feisty aren't you? Just like your mother."
She froze. What about her mother?
The Warden smirked. "Your mother never did loved your father. Never wanted to marry him. She had only one love, an it wasn't your father… Iroh on the other hand loved her very much I was told..." he went on. "But of course you already knew that."
No, she didn't. However she wasn't surprised at the least. But hearing it from him… her blood boiled, but she didn't show it.
"Your father bragged of how he raped her everyday. Did you know that is only took him a week to get her pregnant?" the Warden went on, as he unbuckled his pants. Azula's heart beat faster. She watched, as the Warden touched her, slightly lifting up her shirt.
Azula kicked him. As he fell face down, she ran to the door, trying to open it. But it was locked.
The Warden laughed, as he got up. "No one is going to save you, Princess. Your all alone."
She turned and faced him. "Let me out." she hissed.
"Not until I get what I want." the Warden roared, slowly approaching her. Azula press her body against the door. The Warden grabbed her, throwing her onto the floor, pushing his body against her.
He pushed his lips onto her lips, making her open her mouth. She gagged as his tongue entered her mouth. Again she bite him, making him bleed. The Warden sat up, grabbing her arms above her head, as blood dripped from his mouth.
"We can do this the hard way or the easy way. Its your choice. It would be easier and less painful if you choose the easy way…" she heard him say.
Azula tried to kick him off of her, but he was too heavy and far too strong. He ripped her shirt off from her, gripping her breasts and biting them.
Azula cried in pain. She yelped, as she turned onto her stomach, and to crawl away from the mad man.
She felt the Warden grab her again, pulling down her pants, relieving the only innocence that she had felt. Azula then felt exposed and frighten. And she hated it.
"Let me go!" she begged him, as she felt tears flowing from her eyes.
The Warden ignored her. Azula then felt something brush against her leg, as the Warden turned her onto her back, putting her arms again above her head.
Azula then brace herself of what will happen next, as the Warden prepared himself to claim her….
(End of rated R - NC-17)
Bang! Bang!
Someone was banging on the door.
The Warden growled.
"Sir! Sir! Open up! This is an emergency!" one of the guards yelled behind the door. The Warden got up, buckled his pant back on. He ignored Azula as she grabbed her shirt and pulled up her pants, retreating far from his as possible..
The Warden unlocked the door. "What?! Can you see I'm busy?" he shouted at the guard.
Azula ignored the two. She couldn't believe what almost happened! How can she survive this place?
"Take that wench back into her cell." Azula jumped. The Warden left.
Azula looked up at the young guard that looked around her age. He frozen of how beautiful she looked. His stomach turned of just looking at her. Did the Warden did of what he think he did?
"Are you okay miss?" he dared to ask her looking at her blood stained clothes and the blood the slightly dripping from her mouth.
"I'm fine. Go away or I will kill you." she hissed at him. He looked up to her, 'Ah, Fire Nation.' he thought to himself with a smile. Only the Fire Nation women would ever threaded the guards. Specially those that just got in the prison, for they are not yet broken.
He slowly walked up her, but stopped, as Azula backed away from him.
"I'm not going to hurt you." he said calmly, knowing full well that she wouldn't believe him. "Come on," he spoke, helping her up from the floor. "Which cell number are you?"
Azula only glared at him.
"You don't have to answer. I'm new here too, see." the guard said, shrugging. "I'm guessing you are too."
Azula ignored him, as the guard went on. How can she know if the guard is trustworthy?
She let the guard let her to her cell.
Mai was again traveling, but this time at night. As she traveled further into the Earth Kingdom territory, the only way for her to not be find out is to travel during the night.
She had only stop during the day. For most of the time, she rest and ate.
She only was half way to go. If only she was had a different ways to get there! Riding on Zita is a lot faster then walking, but it will still take her close to a month before she arrives at the Headquarters.
With a sigh, she pressed on down the road.
Why must the Earth Kingdom be so large? She wondered to herself. What gives them the right to have so much territory while others in different Nations have no land for their people?
She almost growled to herself. Zuko better be right about this. If he send her into a wild monkey-goose chase, she will kill him.
The sun had start to rise.
Mai carefully got off of Zita, ever so slightly wincing in pain as she slightly moved her hip area. And looked around for a place to stop. Seeing a good clearing next to a tree, she then sat down and made a fire.
Too soon she heard music coming towards her.
In a quickly she leaped up from the ground, ready to attack anyone that would attack her. She then stopped at the most oddest thing she thought possible, was dancing towards her.
There was two men and woman playing music with their instruments and dancing without a care in the world. One man that she guessed was a leader of some sort, was tall with weird style of hair cut with a blue and red hat above his head. He wore flowers around his neck, wearing the most ridicules colored clothes she ever seen, playing a guitar at the same time singing a song.
Beside the leader, was a young looking woman who wore similar fashion of clothes as the man in front of her but it was black and pink, with a same colored cloth wrapped around her head with a large flower just above her forehead.
And lastly walked a very large rounded man, wearing an earth kingdom straw hat with a small flower on the right side. He wore a similar fashion of clothes like the female beside him, only with the colors of white and pink. He was humming with the leader's song as he played his djembé.
As the weird looking group came closer, Mai lowered her arms, slightly wondering what the hell they were, but not letting her guard down.
Oh don't let the cave in get you down.
Don't let the fallen rocks turns your smile turned into a frown.
When the tunnels is in the darkness, that's when you need to frown. Ah!
Don't let the cave in get you down… Sokka. (9)
Mai shook her head. Who in the hell is Sokka?
The group suddenly stopped finally noticing her for the first time.
"Oh ah there little lady." the leader said, smiling, waving at her. "What's your name? The name is Chong."
Mai didn't reply. She was somewhat shocked of their appearance and also the fact that they weren't going to attack her.
Chong simply shrugged. "And this is me wife, Lily and this is Moku." he continued.
"My name is Mai." Mai said simply.
"That's great! My name is Chong." the leader, Chong said happily.
Mai looked at the man in a weird look. "You already told me your name." she said.
"Oh." Chong said simply, still smiling. "Ah do you want to hear more of my songs?"
"No that's okay--" Mai started to say, but was cut short as Chong broke into a song. Moku sat down and started beating his djembé as Lily grabbed Mai by the hands and started dancing, forcing Mai to do the same.
Mai was more shocked. What in the Torments of Hell is wrong with these people?
Two lovers forbidden to see one another
A war divide their people.
And a mountain divides them apart
Travel in dark out to be together…
"Ah." Chong stopped the song, but still playing his guitar.
Secret tunnel! Secret tunnel!
Secret, secret tunnel!
He finished. As both Lily and Moku clapped. Mai just stood there, shaking her head scowling at herself.
'If Zuko, Azula or Ty Lee ever find out about this, I will kill myself.' she thought.
Many miles behind, Song and her mother was having an argument.
"Why did you let that-- Fire Nation wench leave, mother? She could easily go to the Fire Nation and--"
"Song, watch your tongue!" snarled Aria. She never did like swearing. "We and the village are not in danger. Mai is not loyal to the Fire Lord."
"How do you know?"
"Because I can see it in her eyes. It was the same look that Mushi had-- do you remember him?"
Song folded her arms. "Of course I do, I never seen anyone eat that much of duck. He and his nephew stole one of our ostrich-horses…" Song stopped, as her eyes widen. Why didn't her mother tell her. "Are you telling me that Mushi and Lee are also Fire Nation?! Mom why didn't you tell me or Kun?"
"Because Mushi, Lee and Mai are good people, Song. And I will be damn to led anyone that oppose against the Fire Lord put to death just because of where they come from; Fire Nation or not. If your father was here right now, he would be very disappointed of you."
A ping of guilt hit Song in her heart, as tears flown from her eyes. Aria's eyes soften as she walked up to her daughter, and embrace her into a hug.
"I really miss him mother." Song cried.
"I know sweetie. Shh, its okay." Aria told her. She looked up into space. "Oh, Earth Spirits, please protect him. Teman (8) my love where are you?"
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(1) Firing Lava Prison: I made up the name and prison. Its another prison that is similar of the Boiling Rock, but smaller. Like Boiling Rock, the prison is located on a volcano, however, unlike the Boiling Rock, it is surrounded by lava, instead of a boiling lake. Its on a volcanic island that nothing could survived, if not for Fire Nation technology that kept the poisonous fumes from the volcano. Like the Boiling Rock prison, no one had escaped nor help any prisoners out form the prison.
If do not you count the episode "Boiling Rock Part 1 and 2" that is.
(2) Ivor: a male name derived from the Old Norse element yr "yew, bow" and arr "warrior".
(3) Javor: a male name meaning "maple tree" in south Slavic.
(4) Goran: a male name meaning "Mountain man," derived from south Slavic gora "mountain"
(5) Rada: a short form of Slavic female name beginning with the element rad "happy"
(6) Imelda: a female name that is derived from the Germanic elements irmen "entire" and hild "battle." The Blessed Imelda was a young 14th-century nun from Bologna.
(7) Wafai: a male name meaning "loyalty" in Arabic.
(8) Teman: (pronounced: TEE-Man) the male name means "right hand" or "south" in Hebrew. This is both a personal name and place in the Christian Bible in the Old Testament.
I pick this name for Song's father mostly because it means "south"; a name that has the same meaning for another Earthbender, for his name means "south" in French . His name was Sud, the same guy that taught Avatar Roku earth bending. He lives over a hundred years ago, when Roku was an adult, around before Roku married his wife, Ta Min.
It was also note that Sud bears resemblance to the shadowed Earthbender in the opening sequence, who Mike and Brian (the Makers of Avatar) confirmed was an early version of Toph. Did you know at first Toph was first created as a guy? lol!
(9) Oh Don't Let the Cave get you Down: was the song that Chong sang in the episode called "The Cave of Two Lovers", trying to get Sokka into a better mood. I don't know if I got the lyrics right. I had to watch that part over and over again to get it. Gr.
And also note the other song was "Two Lovers" song from the same episode.
Author's Notes: Do you really think I will let the Warden take Azula's virginity? Haha! Sorry to disappoint those who wanted me to type it. But I like it this way. Sorry for her being so OOC, but yeah, what would you do if you where in her shoes?
Chapter 16 WILL have the jail break, I promise you all that.
The reason that I given you more info about the Yu Yan Archers is because in this story Zuko is one of them. So in the future you will learn more about his mother's family and so on.
I found something very interesting that I would like to show you.
The name Zuko means: "failure" or "loved one" in Chinese and Korean.
And the name Mai, from Japanese means "dance" or "line robe". It can also come from (ma) "real, true" with (ai) "love, affection." However from Vietnamese, the name also means "apricot blossom."
Their names goes with their characters! Ozai views Zuko as a failure, also his mother loves him, making him her "loved one" just like Iroh sees him as one. His love, Mai, does wear a some type of a "line robe", and does strive "love, affection" towards him.
Interesting huh?
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ICU. "So, you beat up a lawyer. You slapped Jamal." "Stole your class." "They accept you?" "In a second." Ronnie is recapping the episode for Harry, since he's not near a computer and can't check out TWoP. ["That's no excuse, in my view." -- Sars] They smile at each other. Ronnie says, "Um…listen, I…said something to Steven behind your back. Actually, it was in front of you, but you were vegetative, so in the interests of honesty, I should probably say it while you're awake." He asks what. She says, "I love you. You're not required to say anything back, but…I didn't want to run the risk of you dying again, or me dying, without you knowing." "You love me?" "Yeah. So you think when you recover we could maybe start to date?" He says yeah. "I guess I caught you where you can't run away." "I'm not running anywhere." She kisses him. He flatlines. Kidding. Remember when that happened on Felicity? Ronnie says she's going to go home and change and come back. He says she should go home and get some sleep. She says she'd rather be there. He says he'll be fine. They kiss more. He flatlines. The doctors rush in. Kidding -- he's FINE. She says she'll be back, and goes. He sighs, happy he's not dead.
And I just want to say that it's been a crazy ride. And if I don't return as the regular recapper for the Boston Public next year, fear not; I'm sure someone really funny will take over. And also, remember -- old recappers never die, they just fade away. I'll be around. Heck, I still owe the site that recap of Lake Placid.
Next week: Key Grip sits around his apartment and tries to decide whether or not to order Chinese food; Key Grip goes for a walk in Central Park, and stops to check out the trippy Alice in Wonderland sculpture; Key Grip tries to find a reliable subletter for his apartment.