Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:58:50 -0800 (PST) From: Firesong k'treva Subject: Wishes of the Heart chapter 3 Ok. Here it is again almost exactly 1 month after the other one; I'm noticing a pattern here with this. It is not my intention I swear. Anyway as normal this is a story from my head that has no basis in fact and is not meant to imply anything about the members of the bands mentioned. Email me at firesong17@yahoo.com, I do still have the AOL one at firesong18@aol.com, but it's easier to just email me at the yahoo one, as with the AOL I often delete things from address's I don't recognize. To much spam. The sun shone down on the city of Charlotte, NC brightly, filling people's heads with thoughts of swimming, playing in parks, and long leisurely drives through the countryside with family and friends gathered close around. If however one was up high, and had a telescope, and by some shear quirk of coincidence had happened to have said telescope trained on the window in a certain hotel, they would have gotten quite a surprise. For not only would they have seen ten of the hottest young men in the country, if not the world, namely the bands BackStreet Boys, and N'sync, but they would have been privy to something not heard of since biblical times. Magic. They also would have seen those ten sexy guys in various states of panic. Lance's room Chaos erupted as the full impact of what just happened sunk into everyone's consciousness. The room, which moments before had been a shambles, completely destroyed, looked perfect. Not even one of the strings from the tassels on the pillows was disturbed. Nick it seemed, was the one that would start things off. "What in the hell just happened? One second the room is filled with wind and lightning, the next it's calm. Than there is a, while admittedly extremely good looking, guy floating, yes FLOATING in mid air that fixes the place up. What is happening?" "I can answer that if you will all sit down. I do apologize as it is rare that a genie appears in..." Justin interrupted incredulous. "GENIE? As in granting three wishes?" A brief look of anger crossed the genie's face. The eyes, seconds ago a gorgeous sapphire that rivaled even Brian's, darkened to almost black, and it seemed, if you looked into those eyes long enough, they would reach out and shatter your very existence. For one moment, animosity, and anger radiated off the young man in palpable waves that had Justin running behind Lance and hiding, shaking almost uncontrollably. The genie lowered and shook his head, sighed, and raised it again, his eyes once again crystal clear, and bluer than the sky at the instant of dawn. "For that I apologize young sir. Now, as I was saying, it is very unusual for a genie to appear to more than one person. Normally the summoner is alone at the time, and unless he wishes, no one else can see, or hear the genie. Most unusual...what were you doing in bed with the summoner oh cowering one?" Everyone's eyes turned to Lance, or more specifically to Justin who still cowered behind Lance. Justin peaked out over Lance's shoulder, in what was actually a very cute way. "What?" "Justin," Jc asked a bit timidly, "is there something going on between you and Lance? I mean if there is there isn't any problems from us, just wondering ya know?" "Lance? No. I woke up early today, and since I did it with no one waking me up I figured I'd surprise Lance, but Lance was asleep. So I was just about to leave, when he woke up, asked me what I think was 'Justin what are you doing here?' and than all hell broke loose... and I think all you guys came in here a bit after that. The rest as they say is history." "Oh, ok. Just wondering. Now Mr. ah...um...what do we call you?" "You can call me Alec, as that is as good a name as any, and you," he broke off pointing at Nick whose mouth was hanging open as his eyes roamed up and down Alec's body. The pecs, and the perfect set of abs, all with a smooth look, not a hair anywhere except on his head had cause Nick to go into overdrive, "close your mouth. It's unseemly to stare with your mouth open." Nick's mouth closed with an audible snap, but his eyes never stopped there moving, and if one looked closely one would detect the stirrings in Nick's jeans, and the angry look directed at first Nick and then Alec from Brian. "Ok, uh...Alec, exactly what is going on here? Alec looks at Jc as if probing every fiber of his being. Jc begins to feel awkward as the gaze holds his for what seems like eternity, and Alec's eyes take on a far away look, as if looking at something so far away, that it was impossible to understand the distances involved. "Light, Jc. You are filled with light and love, and a music that can make the world weep were you to let it out. You are also filled with sadness...a longing for something so close, yet somehow as far away as the farthest star...something that keeps you awake in the middle of the night. Something that is on your mind at all times...it's..." Alec suddenly stops and turns his head away, blushing slightly. "I apologize for that Jc. I just wanted to know a bit more about you. I guess I went a bit far." Jc just stood there, tears filing his eyes, threatening to spill over at any second. His eyes seemed to be far away, almost lost, as if Alec's words had shredded some sort of boundary inside. Jc wiped his eyes and the moment passed. "To answer your question Jc, Lance is the summoner. The song he sang is an ancient verse that opens the door to me to leave the ring and come out, or, to be summoned. Last night Lance began to sing the song, but he didn't finish it, he left off one word before he fell asleep. That word, 'here' just happened to be the first thing he said this morning. Thus the song was still completed, and I popped out." "Why were you stuck in a ring? Isn't a genie normally in a lamp?" Joey questioned quietly. "No. There are two kinds of genies: the Genies of the Rings, and the Genies of the Lamp. The Genies of the Lamp are traditionally, and normally the most powerful. Ok, if you want the story, why don't you all sit down, I feel bad making you stand." The boys quickly sat down in either Indian style on the floor, on the couch, on the chair, or since it was his room, Lance laid on the bed. "Now, the Genies of the Lamp are the more powerful of the two kinds, but to keep the balance there is always one Genie of the Ring that is more powerful that the strongest Genie of the Lamp. This genie has abilities that no other genie does, and can often break rules that are unbreakable for most and even than, most of the rules don't apply to this genie. However the balance must be maintained. So, for that genie, there is a twist on the 'rub the ring and out pops the genie.' For that genie...you must sing the song that unlocks the door." Alex waited for a bit when he was done with the story. He wondered who would get it first. The blond with the slightly disjointed music that for some reason was so endearing, the one named Jc with such sad music in his heart, the one that seemed to harbor such bright music but it was so locked up in darkness. Maybe the summoner would get it first? His music was strange, very familiar in so many ways. He looked around at their thinking faces, assessing them through their music. Each of them harbored such bright music, powerful and open, a few were guarded and the one was locked into a cycle of hatred, hopefully that tune would change. While he waited for them to actually get the concept, he thought about how much time had passed. He had picked up from Lance's mind that this was 1999, which would make him about 600 years older, not that that was a long time to a genie, but it was a long time to mortal man. He wondered exactly what humans had done for themselves in the past 600 years. Lance's mind was, for the most part, still clouded to him. It would require a bit more contact with him before he could inundate himself into his mind and actually be able to understand this strange new world. Luckily language was always easy to understand. Alec was broken out of his thoughts by AJ's sudden shout. "You are the King of the Genies?" "Yes. I am the one that is able to break most of the rules, however the term "King" is not used. There is no title exactly for the position of having the most power. The only thing that the person commands is a great deal of respect." The ten guys looked around at each other, each thinking of what they would do if they had the ring, and Alec as their genie. Not all of those thoughts however were wonderful, and quite a bit were selfish. Alec winced a bit at a disharmonic note in the music. "So let me get this straight," Chris interjected excitedly. "You are going to grant Lance three wishes? Like anything he wants?" "Technically anything he wants. There are of course some limitations on..." Lance walked over to Alec and started whispering in his ear, Alec waved his hand and all sounds from the two of them seemed to stop while they apparently had a full conversation, it seemed that Lance wanted something, and Alec was arguing against it. They finally shook hands and Alec waved his hand again banishing the shield of silence. "Well it would seem you all owe a lot to Lance, I don't know many that would go to this much trouble for their friends." "Lance," Jc asked confused, " what is he talking about?" "Oh just that I've arranged something special." "Quite right. You see Jc, and the rest of you, Lance picked up on the fact that only the master, or summoner can see the genie without the summoner's express permission, but all of you can see me. Therefore, Lance has asked a favor and I can find nowhere in the laws that this is illegal." The guys looked at each other. Neither of them had any clue what was going on, however the members of N'sync could see that look on Lance's face that meant he was up to mischief. They had been with Lance long enough that they knew this would be good and that they didn't want to ruin the moment. "Lance has requested, and it is granted, that the 9 of you share my power. What that means is that each of you get three wishes. Lance of course gets the most powerful wishes to himself, and also because he wears the ring he can cancel one of your wishes if he chooses. I do hope that you use your wishes wisely." Lance looked at the guys and couldn't help it. He tried though, putting up a valiant effort against the storm of giggles that burst from his lips. Each of them looked totally floored. Brian was the first to raise his eyes and speak. "We all get three wishes? So that would be a total of 30?" "Yes Brian. Three wishes of whatever your heart desires. Money? Power? Fame? To travel? Anything. Anything you want, anything you desire is at your fingertips. All you have to do is ask. Simply call out my name and if I am out of the ring I shall appear, but only Lance can call me from the ring. Now...does anyone have any wishes they want to make before I return to the ring for a quick nap?" Kevin, ever the voice of reason, spoke up. "I think that before we just start wishing, we should think about this for a bit. If someone really has a wish they want to make go ahead, but make sure you think about it, and any consequences." "Oh yes, consequences. Almost forgot that. You have to be very careful when you wish for something. I can't kill someone, no genie can, that is a Law that is unbreakable. Also another Law that can't be broken is the Law of the Dead. Once a mortal has died he is beyond the power of any Genie. I can heal the mortally injured, and the terminally ill of most things, but once their heart stops for that instant, they pass beyond the Veil that none can breach. However, you still have to be careful what you wish for, and how you word what you wish, and the emotional state you are in at the time. There are somethings I can do that I consider "free" wishes. You will find out about them as time goes. However, a wish made in anger is a dangerous thing. If you wished 'I wish that I would never lay eyes on you again,' than you will never see that person again, even if they are right in front of you. So please, be careful what you wish for. "I think Kevin's idea is a good one. Take sometime to think about things, think about your life, and what you feel is missing." With a snap of his fingers, lights swirled around the body of Alec, obscuring him from view. There was a flash of light and than a stream of lights entered the ring on Lance's finger. "Well," Lance asked, "what do we do now?" "I think we should all go back to our rooms, go back to sleep, and think about this for a bit." Kevin said with a hint of authority in his voice that the Backstreet Boys responded to immediately, and much to his own surprise, so did the members of N'sync. Before he walked out the door, Justin turned to look at Lance, smiled and walked out closing the door behind him. The hall Jc walked down the hall towards his room, his mind spinning. How had Alec done that? He had come close to revealing a secret that Jc had kept from his family, friends, and bandmates from the beginning. Not that he was gay, that was out among the ten of them, and he was very happy that Howie was not a member of N'sync, and that Joey had mellowed a bit. He was of the firm belief that Howie's earlier yelling at Lance about the room had been more from the fact that Lance was gay, and not that the room was a mess. But how had he done that. He looked at him and suddenly was speaking so oddly, and what he said had brought Jc to tears. It was all he could do not to run out of the room. He knew if he did that a certain person would follow and all the secrets would be revealed, boundaries broken forever, and that was something he couldn't let happen. Ever. Even if...he had to wish it away. Ok. How was that? I know there hasn't been much sex in these last two chapters, there is more on the way I promise. So...what was up with Alec and Jc? And what was that music he kept referring to? And since Alec is the strongest genie just what are the limitations that he can break with ease? And what about those "freebies" he mentioned? Email me if you want to ask a question, make a comment for good or for bad. I love receiving email. Also, I know that this is a problem I'm having, is that I can have the story work really good when I concentrate on a few people at a time, but when I get all ten of them in a room at a time, I get a bit confused. So bare with me as I am trying to do better either by having fewer people together more often, or learning to deal with more people, but please email me and tell me what you think. Firesong17@yahoo.com. Thanks, Jason Ok. Here it is again almost exactly 1 month after the other one; I'm noticing a pattern here with this. It is not my intention I swear. Anyway as normal this is a story from my head that has no basis in fact and is not meant to imply anything about the members of the bands mentioned. Email me at firesong17@yahoo.com, I do still have the AOL one at firesong18@aol.com, but it's easier to just email me at the yahoo one, as with the AOL I often delete things from address's I don't recognize. To much spam. The sun shone down on the city of Charlotte, NC brightly, filling people's heads with thoughts of swimming, playing in parks, and long leisurely drives through the countryside with family and friends gathered close around. If however one was up high, and had a telescope, and by some shear quirk of coincidence had happened to have said telescope trained on the window in a certain hotel, they would have gotten quite a surprise. For not only would they have seen ten of the hottest young men in the country, if not the world, namely the bands BackStreet Boys, and N'sync, but they would have been privy to something not heard of since biblical times. Magic. They also would have seen those ten sexy guys in various states of panic. Lance's room Chaos erupted as the full impact of what just happened sunk into everyone's consciousness. The room, which moments before had been a shambles, completely destroyed, looked perfect. Not even one of the strings from the tassels on the pillows was disturbed. Nick it seemed, was the one that would start things off. "What in the hell just happened? One second the room is filled with wind and lightning, the next it's calm. Than there is a, while admittedly extremely good looking, guy floating, yes FLOATING in mid air that fixes the place up. What is happening?" "I can answer that if you will all sit down. I do apologize as it is rare that a genie appears in..." Justin interrupted incredulous. "GENIE? As in granting three wishes?" A brief look of anger crossed the genie's face. The eyes, seconds ago a gorgeous sapphire that rivaled even Brian's, darkened to almost black, and it seemed, if you looked into those eyes long enough, they would reach out and shatter your very existence. For one moment, animosity, and anger radiated off the young man in palpable waves that had Justin running behind Lance and hiding, shaking almost uncontrollably. The genie lowered and shook his head, sighed, and raised it again, his eyes once again crystal clear, and bluer than the sky at the instant of dawn. "For that I apologize young sir. Now, as I was saying, it is very unusual for a genie to appear to more than one person. Normally the summoner is alone at the time, and unless he wishes, no one else can see, or hear the genie. Most unusual...what were you doing in bed with the summoner oh cowering one?" Everyone's eyes turned to Lance, or more specifically to Justin who still cowered behind Lance. Justin peaked out over Lance's shoulder, in what was actually a very cute way. "What?" "Justin," Jc asked a bit timidly, "is there something going on between you and Lance? I mean if there is there isn't any problems from us, just wondering ya know?" "Lance? No. I woke up early today, and since I did it with no one waking me up I figured I'd surprise Lance, but Lance was asleep. So I was just about to leave, when he woke up, asked me what I think was 'Justin what are you doing here?' and than all hell broke loose... and I think all you guys came in here a bit after that. The rest as they say is history." "Oh, ok. Just wondering. Now Mr. ah...um...what do we call you?" "You can call me Alec, as that is as good a name as any, and you," he broke off pointing at Nick whose mouth was hanging open as his eyes roamed up and down Alec's body. The pecs, and the perfect set of abs, all with a smooth look, not a hair anywhere except on his head had cause Nick to go into overdrive, "close your mouth. It's unseemly to stare with your mouth open." Nick's mouth closed with an audible snap, but his eyes never stopped there moving, and if one looked closely one would detect the stirrings in Nick's jeans, and the angry look directed at first Nick and then Alec from Brian. "Ok, uh...Alec, exactly what is going on here? Alec looks at Jc as if probing every fiber of his being. Jc begins to feel awkward as the gaze holds his for what seems like eternity, and Alec's eyes take on a far away look, as if looking at something so far away, that it was impossible to understand the distances involved. "Light, Jc. You are filled with light and love, and a music that can make the world weep were you to let it out. You are also filled with sadness...a longing for something so close, yet somehow as far away as the farthest star...something that keeps you awake in the middle of the night. Something that is on your mind at all times...it's..." Alec suddenly stops and turns his head away, blushing slightly. "I apologize for that Jc. I just wanted to know a bit more about you. I guess I went a bit far." Jc just stood there, tears filing his eyes, threatening to spill over at any second. His eyes seemed to be far away, almost lost, as if Alec's words had shredded some sort of boundary inside. Jc wiped his eyes and the moment passed. "To answer your question Jc, Lance is the summoner. The song he sang is an ancient verse that opens the door to me to leave the ring and come out, or, to be summoned. Last night Lance began to sing the song, but he didn't finish it, he left off one word before he fell asleep. That word, 'here' just happened to be the first thing he said this morning. Thus the song was still completed, and I popped out." "Why were you stuck in a ring? Isn't a genie normally in a lamp?" Joey questioned quietly. "No. There are two kinds of genies: the Genies of the Rings, and the Genies of the Lamp. The Genies of the Lamp are traditionally, and normally the most powerful. Ok, if you want the story, why don't you all sit down, I feel bad making you stand." The boys quickly sat down in either Indian style on the floor, on the couch, on the chair, or since it was his room, Lance laid on the bed. "Now, the Genies of the Lamp are the more powerful of the two kinds, but to keep the balance there is always one Genie of the Ring that is more powerful that the strongest Genie of the Lamp. This genie has abilities that no other genie does, and can often break rules that are unbreakable for most and even than, most of the rules don't apply to this genie. However the balance must be maintained. So, for that genie, there is a twist on the 'rub the ring and out pops the genie.' For that genie...you must sing the song that unlocks the door." Alex waited for a bit when he was done with the story. He wondered who would get it first. The blond with the slightly disjointed music that for some reason was so endearing, the one named Jc with such sad music in his heart, the one that seemed to harbor such bright music but it was so locked up in darkness. Maybe the summoner would get it first? His music was strange, very familiar in so many ways. He looked around at their thinking faces, assessing them through their music. Each of them harbored such bright music, powerful and open, a few were guarded and the one was locked into a cycle of hatred, hopefully that tune would change. While he waited for them to actually get the concept, he thought about how much time had passed. He had picked up from Lance's mind that this was 1999, which would make him about 600 years older, not that that was a long time to a genie, but it was a long time to mortal man. He wondered exactly what humans had done for themselves in the past 600 years. Lance's mind was, for the most part, still clouded to him. It would require a bit more contact with him before he could inundate himself into his mind and actually be able to understand this strange new world. Luckily language was always easy to understand. Alec was broken out of his thoughts by AJ's sudden shout. "You are the King of the Genies?" "Yes. I am the one that is able to break most of the rules, however the term "King" is not used. There is no title exactly for the position of having the most power. The only thing that the person commands is a great deal of respect." The ten guys looked around at each other, each thinking of what they would do if they had the ring, and Alec as their genie. Not all of those thoughts however were wonderful, and quite a bit were selfish. Alec winced a bit at a disharmonic note in the music. "So let me get this straight," Chris interjected excitedly. "You are going to grant Lance three wishes? Like anything he wants?" "Technically anything he wants. There are of course some limitations on..." Lance walked over to Alec and started whispering in his ear, Alec waved his hand and all sounds from the two of them seemed to stop while they apparently had a full conversation, it seemed that Lance wanted something, and Alec was arguing against it. They finally shook hands and Alec waved his hand again banishing the shield of silence. "Well it would seem you all owe a lot to Lance, I don't know many that would go to this much trouble for their friends." "Lance," Jc asked confused, " what is he talking about?" "Oh just that I've arranged something special." "Quite right. You see Jc, and the rest of you, Lance picked up on the fact that only the master, or summoner can see the genie without the summoner's express permission, but all of you can see me. Therefore, Lance has asked a favor and I can find nowhere in the laws that this is illegal." The guys looked at each other. Neither of them had any clue what was going on, however the members of N'sync could see that look on Lance's face that meant he was up to mischief. They had been with Lance long enough that they knew this would be good and that they didn't want to ruin the moment. "Lance has requested, and it is granted, that the 9 of you share my power. What that means is that each of you get three wishes. Lance of course gets the most powerful wishes to himself, and also because he wears the ring he can cancel one of your wishes if he chooses. I do hope that you use your wishes wisely." Lance looked at the guys and couldn't help it. He tried though, putting up a valiant effort against the storm of giggles that burst from his lips. Each of them looked totally floored. Brian was the first to raise his eyes and speak. "We all get three wishes? So that would be a total of 30?" "Yes Brian. Three wishes of whatever your heart desires. Money? Power? Fame? To travel? Anything. Anything you want, anything you desire is at your fingertips. All you have to do is ask. Simply call out my name and if I am out of the ring I shall appear, but only Lance can call me from the ring. Now...does anyone have any wishes they want to make before I return to the ring for a quick nap?" Kevin, ever the voice of reason, spoke up. "I think that before we just start wishing, we should think about this for a bit. If someone really has a wish they want to make go ahead, but make sure you think about it, and any consequences." "Oh yes, consequences. Almost forgot that. You have to be very careful when you wish for something. I can't kill someone, no genie can, that is a Law that is unbreakable. Also another Law that can't be broken is the Law of the Dead. Once a mortal has died he is beyond the power of any Genie. I can heal the mortally injured, and the terminally ill of most things, but once their heart stops for that instant, they pass beyond the Veil that none can breach. However, you still have to be careful what you wish for, and how you word what you wish, and the emotional state you are in at the time. There are somethings I can do that I consider "free" wishes. You will find out about them as time goes. However, a wish made in anger is a dangerous thing. If you wished 'I wish that I would never lay eyes on you again,' than you will never see that person again, even if they are right in front of you. So please, be careful what you wish for. "I think Kevin's idea is a good one. Take sometime to think about things, think about your life, and what you feel is missing." With a snap of his fingers, lights swirled around the body of Alec, obscuring him from view. There was a flash of light and than a stream of lights entered the ring on Lance's finger. "Well," Lance asked, "what do we do now?" "I think we should all go back to our rooms, go back to sleep, and think about this for a bit." Kevin said with a hint of authority in his voice that the Backstreet Boys responded to immediately, and much to his own surprise, so did the members of N'sync. Before he walked out the door, Justin turned to look at Lance, smiled and walked out closing the door behind him. The hall Jc walked down the hall towards his room, his mind spinning. How had Alec done that? He had come close to revealing a secret that Jc had kept from his family, friends, and bandmates from the beginning. Not that he was gay, that was out among the ten of them, and he was very happy that Howie was not a member of N'sync, and that Joey had mellowed a bit. He was of the firm belief that Howie's earlier yelling at Lance about the room had been more from the fact that Lance was gay, and not that the room was a mess. But how had he done that. He looked at him and suddenly was speaking so oddly, and what he said had brought Jc to tears. It was all he could do not to run out of the room. He knew if he did that a certain person would follow and all the secrets would be revealed, boundaries broken forever, and that was something he couldn't let happen. Ever. Even if...he had to wish it away. Ok. How was that? I know there hasn't been much sex in these last two chapters, there is more on the way I promise. So...what was up with Alec and Jc? And what was that music he kept referring to? And since Alec is the strongest genie just what are the limitations that he can break with ease? And what about those "freebies" he mentioned? Email me if you want to ask a question, make a comment for good or for bad. I love receiving email. Also, I know that this is a problem I'm having, is that I can have the story work really good when I concentrate on a few people at a time, but when I get all ten of them in a room at a time, I get a bit confused. So bare with me as I am trying to do better either by having fewer people together more often, or learning to deal with more people, but please email me and tell me what you think. Thanks, Jason Firesong17@yahoo.com