Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 09:56:55 EDT
From: Angel36745@aol.com
Subject: Simple Twist Of Fate

  Disclaimer: I do not know the BSB, nor have I ever met them. I do not
know anyone connected to the BSB. This is just a story I made up, in other
words not real.

  Warning: This story may contain sex, you know the rules that apply to
that. I'm not for sure where I'm taking this, so it could get a little
crazy. Oh, little fact it involves an Elf, I'm not going by the rules, or
mythology. Well, I might just a little but not all that much.

  Authors Note: Ok the symbols I use are as follows, *** those mean either
a character change or who I'm starting the chapter off with. Now I haven't
been using () these here lately but I'm putting them in here just in
case. I use those symbols when I want to add a note or change. Ok on with
the story, I'm sure your tired of hearing me rant. Or maybe you even
skipped this part, oh well I wrote it any way. If anyone would like to
write me please do so.

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***Zell***

  I watched as the young man moved about park with his cap and glasses. He
looked so lost and heart broken, I wondered what caused him so much pain. I
knew a great deal about the young man hiding from the world. I had been
watching him for the past couple of weeks. I couldn't lie, I had feelings
for him, ones I didn't truly understand. He was human for one, I was far
from human, but his eyes held me. I could see the pain of loss and
regret. I wanted to help solve his problems, but I didn't know how. It
wasn't like I could just read his mind and know his troubles. He was now
sitting under a tree looking up to the sky. Tears fell from his eyes like
rain falling from the sky, with every tear that fell my hearts jerked. I
moved closer to him making sure I kept myself hidden as I tried to look
human. I had only done this a few times, and I had never really gotten the
hang of it. My natural state was beautiful, but it was far to easy to see
that I wasn't human. My hair touched the ground my ears went up to points,
and my eyes never stopped changing colors. To top that off my hair was
different shades of blue, purple, and green. I am tall and my body was thin
but very strong, there wasn't an ounce of fat anywhere. I had the same body
parts as a human male since I was a male.

  I took a leaf from a tree and changed it into a shirt. I pulled it over
my shoulders then pulled some grass from the ground. I then made shorts
that matched the shirt, it looked human enough. I made my ears shrink and
look more human, then my hair seemed to fade away. My hair was now short,
but I left it the colors it had always been. I noticed that many humans had
the same colors as I did. Besides that I looked as human as I could. I
walked slowly up toward him, he didn't hear me coming it wasn't a
surprise. I had always been a silent walker, it was my nature. "Are you all
right young man, you look upset." He looked at me quickly wiping the tears
from his eyes. "I'm fine just got something in my eyes that's all thanks
for asking." He was starting to stand, I couldn't just let him leave. "I'm
sorry for bothering you, are you sure, if you have a problem I might be
able to help." He looked like he was trying to decide, his eyes held so
pain. "I don't think anyone could ever help me, unless you grant selfish
wishes." I looked at him carefully, I had to chose my words very wisely. "I
know a lot about wishes, not much about granting them but wishing is easy."
He started smiling lightly, but I could still see the pain. "If you could
make one wish what would it be?" I looked at him, he was trying to decide
if he should spend his time with me.

  I didn't really know how to give a human response. "Well, it would be
more than one wish. I would wish that people would stop fighting long
enough to realize there's nothing to fight over. That maybe in time they
would learn how to live with earth instead of destroying it. But if I only
had one wish it would be for the human race to open it's eyes and see that
hating was foolish." His mouth was hanging open slightly, his eyes had
widened with wonder. "None of those wishes were selfish in anyway, how do
you live like that?" I looked at him, he was something I could care for
deeply. "They are wishes from the heart, any thing that comes from the
heart can't be selfish. What would you wish for if you had one wish?" He
looked away slightly, then his eyes returned to mine. "I would wish that I
had never joined the band I'm in. I would wish that I had lived a normal
life just like everyone else." I smiled slowly, it was a wish I could try
to grant. There would be a price I just wondered how high it would be. "Are
you sure that's what you would wish for?" He nodded slowly as I moved
toward him, he was stunned that I could see. I had revealed myself to him,
my truest form in all it's beauty. "Then so be it Nick Carter, as of now
you are no longer a member of the Backstreet boys. You never were, and when
you wake up you'll begin your new life." He had started to open his mouth
but it was to late for regrets.

  The wish itself was simple, and I was very proud of myself. I hadn't
messed up in anyway, or so I hoped. The wish had taken us to Florida, to
his home. Well, it wasn't what it had once been but it was now his home. He
was starting to wake up, then he shot up out of the bed. He looked scared
and confused, then the memories started to set in. I had made sure he could
remember his old life as well as his new one. He was starting to understand
what he had gotten himself into. Then he started looking around his room
for me, it was a little funny. "I'm not under the bed Nick, I'm not a
monster." He turned so quickly that I had to jump back. "What did you do to
me, where am I?" I just looked at him and smiled, he was so silly. "I gave
you what you wanted, a normal life." He looked confused but in someway
relieved, then he slowly started smiling. "You mean I'm free, no fans, none
of it?" I nodded slowly, the only sad part of the deal was the loss of
friendship. "Wait what about the other guys, did this affect them too?" I
looked away slightly, it had but not that much. "I didn't think it would be
fair to take away their dreams because of your wish. Yes, thing's have
changed but not as much as you would think." He looked happy with the
answer, then something hit him. "Do they remember me at all?" All I could
do was shake my head and look away.

  There were prices for everything, even the smallest wish could change the
world. I couldn't grant my own wishes or even the wishes of my fellow
elf's. I could on the other hand grant one small wish to one human in my
lifetime. "I'm sorry but no, it was as if you never existed to them. There
are some bad things that happened because of that. You did touch a lot of
peoples lives, but you knew that. I'll give you what I think you can
handle. The band itself is still together in the same order as before, only
with a different you. No, that's only going to confuse you, it's like
this. Another person with your talent and look's took your place. Only he
lived in Kentucky and Brian brought him into the band. You would be amazed
how much the two of you have in common. Only he wants what you had, and he
would do anything for it. As for Brian, there is a bit of sad news about
him. He hasn't gotten his heart surgery done yet, and if it isn't done soon
he'll die. Then we have Kevin, he has been affected the most by your
wish. Do you remember when he came out of the closet?" Nick was nodding
slowly trying to take in all the new information. "Well, he only had the
strength to do that after you had. So he's still in the closet, and he is
suffering for that choice. He is now in a marriage that everyone believes
is real. Not in a fake marriage like your world, in this one Kristen even
believes that the marriage is real." Nick's eyes had started water up
slowly.

   I didn't know if I should continue, he may have had enough. "I'm sorry I
shouldn't have told you as much as I have." He shook his head and placed
his hand on my shoulder. "I need to know everything that's changed, it's
really important." I knew what he was thinking but I didn't know if I could
undo what I had done to him. "With what has happened Kevin has started
using drugs." Nick stopped me, his hand held over my mouth. "How do you
know all of this, what are you?" I removed his hand from my mouth since he
didn't seem to want to. "I know all of this since I was the one that
granted the wish. As for what I am, your people would call me an elf. Now
I'm nothing like your myths, well maybe a little. We can look as we chose
but we do have a given form. I am as I was born now, this is what I look
like. What you saw in that park was my best shot at looking human. Other's
like me can look more like humans, since they like living with them. I on
the other hand like trying to change the world for the better. I don't have
a ton of magick like some myths lead people to believe. I work with the
earth to do what I do, now on the other I can grant one wish. All elf's
have this gift, but we can only grant one wish in our lifetime. The wish
must be simple, and can only come from a human. I can use the earth to make
things like money, clothes, and weapons for self-defense." I had left a few
things out, not because I didn't trust him I just didn't remember
everything.

  I looked at him closely, his eyes had a look of wonder and
amazement. "Now if you'll let me continue, as I was saying. Kevin has
turned to drug usage, as for Howie and AJ, there the same. Well, AJ has
gotten a bit crazier, but that was going to happen anyway. As for the guy
that took your place, he's pretty much taken over Kevin's jobs. He takes
care of all the business areas along with the touring information. In fact
in some ways he's doing a better job at it since he's mystically inclined."
Nick looked up quickly his eyes were focused on mine. I hadn't seen eyes
like that in close to, two hundred years. "What do you mean mystically
inclined, like he's an elf or something?" I looked deeply into his eyes,
why was I so drawn to them? "Not really an elf there isn't enough mystic
blood in him for that. More like a witch so to speak, only one that doesn't
know it." I guess I had confused him more, so I tried to explain. "There
are people in this world, more human than anything else. But somewhere in
there families back ground there was an elf, or some other mystic
being. That's the case for this guy, he's what some would call a witch. Now
I know what your most likely thinking, that only girl's can be
witches. That simply isn't true, a witch is just that a witch. It doesn't
matter if your a male or female, it just means your a witch." I had a few
more things to tell him about that subject, but his mother was about to
walk into the room.

   I pushed myself up against the wall and tried my best to blend in. The
door opened and Nick froze in his place. The smile that formed was amazing,
then I younger boy ran into the room. I was guessing this was his little
brother, the one that had been famous. I was starting to see how badly I
had messed up. I still didn't know if I had made Nick happier, he looked
happy. Still it wasn't like I could just read another persons mind. My
mother could, in fact she wouldn't have a problem with it. Then again once
she found out I had granted my one wish she would be furious. Then when she
found out how many lives it had affected. I would never hear the end of it,
well I would but that would be about four hundred years away. An elf's life
span was different from race to race, not there were that many anymore. At
one time there had been many great races, now most of the races had been
merged. The first races that merged were the light and dark elf's, it was
interesting. Once the two strongest races merged the rest followed, soon
there were only three races. The human witches, my race which was mixed
with everything but the gray elf's. The gray elf's were the light and dark
elf's race, they wouldn't allow other races to mix with them. It hadn't
bothered my race any, we found it true to their hearts.

  The gray race lived the longest, they could live for thousands of
years. While my race could make it maybe one thousand years. The human
witches were interesting and surprising. If they took good care of
themselves they could live to be one hundred and seventy. It didn't sound
like much to my race, but I thought it was amazing. I guess I had been
lying to myself for a long time. I cared more about the human race than I
cared to admit. I had been studying them for the last one hundred years, in
that time they learned so much. In some ways it was sad, it seemed the more
they learned the more they forgot. There had been a time when elf and human
had lived in peace, now we were just stories. Most of the stories had a lot
of things wrong, which in some ways was ok. It helped us hide from them,
since most agreed that we would be hunted down. It was a fear that I faced
at this very moment. I thought that if his mother had seen me she would
have killed me. I could have killed her, but it just wasn't in me to take
another life. On my seventh birthday I had almost been killed by a
human. He had thought I was an evil monster, I had hurt him than ran
away. The forest I had ran into no longer existed, his family had cut it
down. I had never seen anything like it before, they hunted me. They had no
chance of ever finding me.

  I was pulled back out of my thought as Nick's mother left the room. "Nick
you promised you would take me to the park today." I smiled to myself, it
was such a simple request. "You know how people get when they see me, it's
chaos and it's the same for you." The little one looked up at Nick confused
then he laughed. "Yeah Nick whatever you say man, are you coming down with
something? If you didn't want to take me that's cool I can go on my own. Or
maybe I'll call Scott, he's nicer anyway, how did you get such a great
friend?" Nick was frozen in his place as he watched the boy leave. "I'm
sorry I forgot to tell you, in this life you have a boyfriend." Nick jumped
about five feet away from me. "Damn where did you go, all of a sudden you
leave and now your back." I just smiled lightly, he was going to have
trouble adjusting. "Listen I'll hang around for the next couple of
week's. That way you can get use to it, and maybe by then the new memories
will settle." Nick started smiling brightly then he started laughing
wildly. "Well, if your staying we need to think of a good reason, and a
better look. I'll give you a hand on the looking human thing. Here use this
mirror and think about everyone you've ever seen." I looked at the mirror
and then at Nick, I copied him down to the last detail. Then I made my nose
smaller and my eyes brown. My lips got fuller and my hair turned brown.

  I looked at Nick and smiled lightly hoping for his approval. "That has to
be the coolest thing I've ever seen. What about clothing, you need
something that'll fit the area." I nodded slowly and looked around the
room, there were no plants. "I can't do that unless I have a tree or some
kind of plant. Does your mother have any plants in the house, maybe a
flower of some kind?" Nick looked a little confused, then he slowly nodded
and left his room. When he returned he was hoping a daisy, one of my
favorite flowers. I picked one petal off the flower and held it up in the
air. I closed my eyes and thought of a shirt that would be cool and would
allow wind to blow through. When I opened my eyes I had a sheer shirt that
was solid white. I picked another petal and thought of a pair of nice
shorts. I was soon dressed and had a very impressed boy standing before
me. "Could you make me some clothes like that?" I shook my head with a
frown, he had no mystical blood in his body. I couldn't do a thing for him,
if had even a drop it would be enough. "It wouldn't work out anyway in
twenty-four hours this will be just a petal again." He nodded and shrugged
his shoulders slightly, then he moved toward the door. "Well, if your going
to help I need to know where I should be going." I looked up and smiled
slightly, everything was about to get interesting.

  I took Nick outside thinking it would help me tell him the news. That and
the fact that if I needed to I could run and hide a lot easier. "Well, do
you remember the guy your brother spoke of?" Nick was slowly nodding, as if
to say your point. "Well, that guy is your boyfriend, you've been seeing
one another for the past seven years. When you see him some of the new
memories should kick in. So far you've kept your relationship a secret,
that was your choice. There are many things that have changed, like your
mothers job. Stuff like that but don't worry, everything in your new life
going really good." Nick was smiling, not the response I had thought I
would get. Not that I was upset, in fact I was very happy with the way
everything was going. "You mean I have a boyfriend and I see him everyday?"
I looked at him and nodded slowly, he looked like he was about to cry. "Is
there something wrong with that I mean if there is I'm sorry." He started
shaking his head from side to side. "No, it's great, but why am I hiding
it?" I looked at him and shrugged slowly, I wasn't really sure. "Well, in
your old life you came out because you were tired of hiding. In this life
you haven't really been forced to hide who you are. It's like this in one
life you knew that no matter what you would survive. Now in this life you
aren't so sure. I mean think about it, in this life you work a normal job
and live at home. In your other life you owed your own home and had enough
money to live off of until you died." It was the best guess I had, I just
hoped that it helped him.

  The day went by rather quickly and Nick was loving his new life. All of
that was about to change really fast. When I had first started feeling the
waves of energy I hadn't really paid any attention to them. Then I noticed
that the waves were getting weaker by the hour. I had felt this happen
before but this time was different, it wasn't coming from a dying elf. It
was coming from a human, and as I thought about it I understood why I could
feel it. I told Nick that I would return as quickly as could, then I
left. I used the earth to travel faster than anything a human had ever
seen. Once I arrived at the hotel the waves got stronger, but still
weaker. It's hard for someone to understand what I was feeling. The waves
had gotten stronger because I had gotten closer to the source, but I could
still feel them fading. I entered the hotel looking like a human, there
were people everywhere. I laughed to myself as I looked at all the
screaming girls, they looked so cute.  Once I was inside the hotel I took
the elevator up till I reached the seventh floor. When the door's opened I
couldn't be seen, that was good dew to the fact that a guard was waiting. I
moved past him and down the hall, then I stood before the door. There was
only one person in this room and he was dying.

  I had caused this by granting a wish and now I would have to pay the
price. I had never taken a life, not once had I ever been forced to go that
far. Now I was about to kill for the first time, it wouldn't be my hands
but it would be my fault. I opened the door slowly and walked into the dark
room. I looked at the weak form laying on the bed his body was covered in
sweat. His breathing was shallow and tears fell from his eyes. I wanted to
help him some way make this pain he was feeling go away. I couldn't heal
him, only a gray elf could heal humans. I moved to his side and placed my
hand on his forehead, he was burning up. I closed my eyes and tired my
hardest to get a look at his dreams. I had said I couldn't read minds that
was true. I could on the other hand try to read a mind, my mother could. I
knew that in time I would gain the same powers as her, so why not now. I
was getting images, but nothing else it was like memories. Then as I looked
at the memories I got a better look of who was in them. It was Nick, but
this man had never met Nick in this life. I didn't understand how he could
hold on to those memories it didn't make any sense. My head was pounding
but I couldn't stop I had to know more, I had to know why this had
happened.

  I looked deeper, I looked into his heart, then I understood. He loved
Nick more than life itself, that loved allowed him to hold onto Nick. I had
never even thought of looking into how the others felt about Nick. If I had
known that this man had loved Nick so much I wouldn't have needed to grant
any wishes. I could have just made these feeling surface a little
quicker. I fell back and out of the man's mind, my mind couldn't handle
anymore information. Then as I watched the man his heart was slowing to a
stop, he was dying right before my eyes. I reached out wanting so badly to
change fate, to undo the harm that I had caused. With his last breath he
whispered a message to Nick. My heart ached to grant his wish, it was pure
and simple. He had asked Nick to save him, then he was gone. I could hear
movement outside the door, someone was about to come in. I moved to the
wall and faded into the background. The one who had taken Nick's place
walked into the room slowly. He looked confused, like he didn't understand
why he was here. "Kevin, is everything all right, I could have sworn I
heard you call out." I looked at this man, he looked so much like Nick they
could be twins. I watched as he moved toward Kevin, then he froze.

  The man's body started shaking slowly then the tears fell from his
eyes. He reached out and touched Kevin's lip's. He started shaking his head
as he moved to Kevin's side. He tilted Kevin's head back then put on hand
over Kevin's nose. I watched as he placed his lip's on Kevin's and breathed
into him. He was trying to bring Kevin back from a place no one truly
returned from. As I watched I wished I could help him in someway, but there
was nothing I could do. "No, Kevin you can't leave me, not now, not ever. I
need you Kevin, please don't leave me alone. Help someone please help, call
an ambulance!" The man was screaming and now I had ruined more lives, in
this world and the other. "Come on Kev, don't leave me like this I need you
so much. I love you, please I'm so sorry I never told you. Please don't go
baby, come back, could I get some help, I need help." I couldn't stand to
watch anymore, but I couldn't leave until I had seen what I had caused. The
man was breaking down, his tears were like knifes that dug into my
soul. People were rushing into the room, but nothing could be done. Brian
had been the second one to enter the room, he looked pale and sick. As I
looked at him I knew it wouldn't be long before he joined his cousin.

  I wondered how many times I would have to watch something like this
happen. Since I had changed their lives so much I would have to witness the
major turns. I had to find a way to save Brian and that meant getting help
from the gray elf's. I had never really been on good terms with their race
to begin with. I hated going to them for help, but this was the one time I
had no other choice. I left the hotel as quietly as I could and slipped
through the world. I found myself in a place my race hated going, it was
the realm of magick. It was the home of all gray elf's, they had made it
all by themselves. I looked at the silver and golden gates to the city. I
couldn't enter the city without one of them letting me in so I waited until
one of them got close enough. I revealed my true form and moved toward the
gate slowly. I decided I would add a little magick to my look so I made my
eyes glow and my hair shimmer. Then my skin slowly started to sparkle like
a sky filled with stars. I don't know why but I wanted them to know they
weren't the only ones with power. That got their attention, a few moved to
the gate to see what was happening. Once an elder got close enough the
gates opened and I entered. "Prince Zell, what an honor to see your doing
well, how is your mother." I smiled as sweetly as I could, I knew he was
playing with me.

  I held my hand out, still keeping the smile on my lips. The one thing
gray elf's hated the most was touching one of my kind. "She's doing well,
thank you for asking elder Kalen." He slowly shook my hand, and I could see
that he was fighting to keep his smile. "Well, what brings you here Zell,
I'm sure it's not to shop for mystical items." I smiled wider as he
released my hand slowly. "Well, I might you never know what could come in
handy now do you? But everything pushed aside I came here for some help
that only the great gray elf's could give. That is only if you feel like it
that is, I mean I'm sure your problems are far bigger than mine." I had hit
every single sore spot I could, but I made it sound like I was only giving
them credit. That and the fact that such a low class elf would shop in
their stores. They would do anything they could to get me to leave as
quickly as they could. "You know we would love to do nothing more than help
a fellow elf. What is that you need help with young Prince, maybe a better
teacher?" He was hitting back harder than I thought he could. My old
teacher had died saving my life from a wild spell. "No elder, I need help
with healing a human, he is very important to the world. His heart will
fail him soon and I would like to prevent that from happening." The elder
looked shocked then interested, hopefully he would grant my request.

  He placed his hand on my shoulder and led me toward what looked like his
home. I was highly confused, he had touched me without flinching. "I will
do everything in my power to help you, never did I think you would have
such a noble request. I will be honest with you Zell, not many of your kind
are anywhere as noble. It is why most of your kind is looked down upon." I
looked at him with something between confusion and a small amount of
anger. "Then you should know the whole story before you think me noble." I
told him everything that had happened and would happen. He didn't look to
shocked or even upset with me. "Don't you see, what you did was foolish but
your heart was in the right place. You only wanted to help ease the boys
pain, you didn't know it would cause so much pain to ease someone else's."
I looked at him with more respect then I had ever held for any of his
race. "That's the point, now everything I've done will mean nothing. Once
the boy find's out the price he had to pay for his happiness it will end. I
can't stand the thought of hurting him more than I already have. He is a
good person, and his heart has always been in the right place. He's made
mistakes in his life but no being doesn't. Now I've given him something
he's always craved but at such a high price. He will never forgive himself
or me for bringing such pain on those he once held so close to his heart."
The elder was slowly shaking his head as the tears fell from my eyes.

  He placed his hand on my knee and shook it lightly. "You could solve all
of those problems by wiping his old memories away." I shook my head it
wouldn't be right to just cover up my mistakes. "I couldn't, I just
couldn't it would be like robbing him of his life. Even if he has a new
life, it would take away everything that had been good in his old life."
The elder nodded slowly and then stood up, he moved toward the door. "Take
me to this human who needs to be healed and I will help him." As I stood he
took my hand and instantly I was everywhere at once. Then my mind focused
on one point and we were only five feet away from Brian. I was highly
confused and my mind was shattered into hundreds of pieces. I was starting
to fall when Kalen caught me holding me still for a few seconds. "I'm
sorry, I shouldn't have done that, I wasn't thinking." Everything became
clear and I understand I had just traveled through light and darkness. It
was the way gray elf's travel, no one in my race had ever been given the
chance to travel with them. "No, thank you for the honor it was amazing,
regardless of the dizziness." He nodded and I then noticed that we were out
in the open yet no one could see us. I would have had to stay close to
walls or something along those lines. Kalen moved up behind Brian and
placed his hand on his back.

  A strange light flowed from Kalen's hand, it was beautiful. Brian fell to
the ground AJ rushed to his side, but Kalen had already moved away. "He
will be fine, his heart will no longer cause him any trouble. There is
something else I would like to share with you Zell, think of it as a gift."
He touched my forehead and my mind filled with images. It was images of
Nick, but they looked more like the man that had taken Nick's place. It was
like they had crossed the lines somewhere. I had been so foolish to think
that I could just take Nick and change his world. "I don't understand how
could Brian keep those memories?" Kalen smiled slowly and touched my chest
point toward my heart. "Kevin was in love with Nick, he had always been in
love with him. Brian was connected to Nick through their souls. I must be
confusing you, let me see if I can, how do you say break it down for
you. The human life span is very short compared to other beings on this
planet. To make up for that they were given a gift most races will ever
receive. To most a human ages and then dies like the other beings of this
world. That isn't true by any means, you see every time a human dies they
are reborn. They have the memories from the past life, but they are locked
away. Some humans even dream of their past lives, not all but some." He was
leading me away from the boys as he paused.

  We were now sitting in a strange field, I didn't remember traveling
to. "To finish what I was telling you, are you all right Zell, you look
confused?" I looked at him and he still didn't seem understand my
confusion. "Where are, I don't remember coming here, ever?" Kalen smiled
slowly then looked away as if he had been caught in something. "I'll tell
you shortly Zell, but first let me finish." I nodded and leaned back
against a tree so I could listen to him. "Some humans have souls that go
back further than even our races, hard to believe but true. So now you know
a little about the human soul, now to explain the connections. In each of
those lives certain souls are pulled together to become something
more. These boys have been together for the last seven life times, you've
changed that. In some ways for the better, even without knowing it. By
changing Nick's life you've given him a chance to meet his soulmate. The
man he is with this time is the man he was meant to be with. You've also
made Zack's life a lot better, the one who took Nick's place. In the other
world he had a heart of stone, and couldn't be touched. In this world he
got to meet his soulmate, even if it didn't work out. Then you asked for
help to save a life, a very wise choice. There's only one problem, you have
to pay a price and for that I am sorry." I was starting to feel light
headed, something was happening and I couldn't stop it.

   To Be Continued