Authors Note: I've decided to fix some of the first few chapters to make the story to make it flow more.

Anyhow, please read and review and tell me if it's better.

Some foot notes:

Bolded means author's note or yelling.

-*-Means censored. It'll make sense in future chapters.

Ciao.

Prologue

"The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that." ~ Swami Vivekananda

The two sat in the room playing chess like usual. The Divinity of Fate had made his move, and, in doing so, smirked; he and the Divinity of Magic were finally tied up. What amused him even more was the look on the Divinity of Magic's face when she couldn't make a move; how he loved it so. Ever so hesitantly, she moved a piece which, to his advantage, was a wrong turn. By the time she realized it, she had lost.

"It's a checkmate, love." He said with a small grin.

"Che, I let you win. There's way in the heavens you can beat if I don't let you win." She slumped back in her chair and pouted; muttering something he couldn't hear. He chuckled at her gesture.

"Help me! Someone! Please help me! Help me, I'm begging you! Please!" Just in the center of the room, a female was held prisoner. She wasn't being held captive because she had committed a crime. No, it was far worse than that; she knew too much about them, was the problem. The Divinity of Fate was getting annoyed; the prisoner was getting louder than usual. He then turned to the Divinity of Magic who had on her usual smirk and whom sipped her tea.

She put her tea down. "It's looks like she finally began to crack." She chuckled at the girl's poor attempts of signaling a rescue. The cage in which the girl was held in custody, rose on ground level. The poor girl shook and wept very hard. She began to bang against the iron bars; trying to see if she could break free from this torture

"So it seems." He said bluntly. In all honestly, he had hated this girl, and would love to see the Divinity of Magic "pull a few strings" for some entertainment.

"With all that hate you have, isn't it about time you've killed her?" The jailbird's eyes reduce to peas and shook horribly. "Die..?" The thought ran by her head multiple times. She was so confused; everything seemed blurry.

"K-kill…me, but why I haven't done anything." The never ending tears continued down her face.

"Aw, what a pity. You've forgotten the sin you've committed. Okay, what about this? I'll give you six seconds to think about what you've done wrong, and if you get it right perhaps I'll let you live." She gave a cruel chuckle as she heard the unfortunate girl struggle. The Divinity of Fate knew his chess partner oh so well; the jailbird's fate was his adjudication*.

"Well, I'm waiting." The Divinity of Magic turned her head slightly to watch the finale event of the girl's life.

"I…I know my sin. I defied you, Lady-*-and-*-Lord. That was the sin I committed." She said hesitantly. The Divinity of Magic turned around and smiled and nodded. For the first time, the girl had felt hopeful since first held captive. The Divinity of Fate rested his head on the front of his fist, which leaned on the armrest, smirked, and gave a small laugh when he saw his chess partner's face.

"Bye bye" He said like a child, but he added that small twisted tone to it.

"W-what…?" She asked terribly.

"However, I did say perhaps." The Divinity of Magic said cleverly. She picked her warm tea in front of her.

"But-"

"Burn." The Divinity of Magic whispered, and finally sipped her tea again. The flames burning the corpse behind the witch shined brightly.

"Have I told you how much I love the way you work with magic?" The Divinity of Fate spoke elegantly. A crooked and loud laugh burst from the witch.

"Now, on to the next game!" And this time, both of them had laughed manically.

Chapter1: The Tension

"Arrrgh!" Tony yelled. He threw his Iron man helmet across the newly rebuilt lab. Rhodey leaned against the wall, with his hands under his arms.

"Tony, please stop yelling." Pepper poorly attempted at calming the angry boy down.

"Oh yeah? Well why should I stop yelling, Pepper? Gene wasn't there, and neither was my father!" He shot back at her; his voice louder than before.

"Tony that's enough. You don't need to take your anger out on Pepper. You already know…" Rhodey drifted off, as he saw Pepper look away sadly. Tony took a deep sigh, and landed in his chair.

"When I finally find out where he is, I'll hop in that suit and fly off. When I get there I'll fight him. And when I fight him, I'll end him." Pepper couldn't take hearing this any longer.

"Stop it already! Leave him alone!" Both boys looked up at her. "You don't know how hard his life was. He was always scolded for every misstep out of line. All of bruises, they were awful," She focused on the ground beneath her feet. "He was always so lonely. His life is one big hell, and he's made regretful choices. I just wonder what he would've come out if…" She trailed off, because she herself knew she had spoken far enough. She seemed so depressed when they talked about him. It certainly was a burden to bring it up, but Pepper still couldn't neglect those feelings she had for him; no not yet.

"You guys don't understand, my father was with me up until 3 months ago," He faced Pepper. "When Gene kidnapped him, for some stupid rings." Pepper discontinued the gaze not wanting to face him when he was angry. Rhodey walked up to them, and put a reassuring hand on Pepper's shoulder.

"We don't understand…? You should be grateful your dad has been there your whole life. Are you forgetting my dad couldn't even make it in time when I was born? Are you forgetting that he's never here, because he's working to protect the country? Are you forgetting Pepper barely gets to spend time with her dad, because he constantly working to support the two of them? Because if you have the nerve to feel worried after not seeing your father for only 3 months, you're more selfish than I thought you were, Tony." Now Rhodey was irritated. He was just about fed up with the boy genius' whining and complaining.

"Rhodey…Pepper…I'm sorry. You guys I- I'm really upset about finding out what he has my father. Rhodey your right, at least I know my father's still alive. And Pepper, I'm sorry for yelling at you, but I can't forgive Gene. I just can't. What if he tries to hurt you or Rhodey, I can't forgive myself if he does so." Pepper merely nodded when he told her this. She touched her green tiger necklace* Gene had given her.

"I'm going home." She muttered, and silently left the lab.

Once the bus had come, she entered and sat all the way at the back. Pepper leaned against the window and took out her phone. She checked if she had any new messages or missed calls; none at all. She'd been texting and/or calling at the most 3 times a day; wondering if he'd ever pick up. She sighed and put her phone away; she had other things to worry about.

Because her dad was out another mission, she had to dig for her keys which had become quite a drag. When she had entered, she couldn't process what she saw. It was her dad, a women and an engagement ring. Pepper can't say how shocked she was, how sad she was, or how angry she was, because they kept her from talking.

"Pepper!" Virgil said in shock. He arose from his stance and approached her. Virgil told his daughter the news, and it only broke her heart more, but she hid it! Just like she always does! That's right; she just hides her emotions so well!

"That's…wonderful. I'm really happy for you two." She managed to choke out.

"I'm glad you feel that way. Beatrice is really excited to be your new mom." He stated cheerfully. Beatrice came up behind him and wrapped her arm around his. Pepper focused with displease as she watched this woman do so.

"It's true, I really want to become your mo-" Abruptly, she was thrown back. It felt like a hand pushed her, and that same 'hand' crawled up her body and wrapped firmly against her throat.

"Beatrice!" Virgil ran over to his fiancé, and the hand suddenly retreated. He made sure she was ok; however, when he looked at Pepper, she was already in her room.

When Pepper finished preparing to go to sleep, she heard chattering. She followed the voices and, unsurprisingly, wound up at her father's bedroom. The door was slightly open, but wide enough for Pepper to see what was happening.

"I think Patricia took it quite nicely." Beatrice said happily.

"I think so too, I know for sure you'll be a great mom and wife." The thought of Beatrice becoming her step-mother sickened her. Nevertheless she continued to listen.

"Much better than Hisana that's for sure. Hmph, she was always getting sick and she relied on you too much. I never liked her to begin with, bad wife and mother." Beatrice stated arrogantly, but this time, without knowing, she had gone too far. Beatrice suddenly felt her chest getting tight, her heart was skipping beats.

"Hey now, don't be too harsh, sure she was always getting sick but the kids loved her." Virgil looked at his fiancé; she was pale.

"Beatrice? Beatrice!" He constantly called her name, but she didn't respond. She collapsed on the floor without moving. Virgil jumped out of bed and took her pulse. He yelled her name more; louder with turn. The tears began running down his face, as he yelled her name one last time, this time the loudest, and began sobbing on her chest.

"I'm sorry dad." Pepper whispered, and eventually walked her way back to her room.

Author's Note: I had to re update this chapter. I just wasn't feeling it; I may do the same with some others. Don't know yet. Please review

Some footnotes:

Means censored

* Green Tiger Necklace is a reference to Nikkiblood's story: Intertwined. It's a really good story, and I highly recommend you read (especially if you're a Gepper fan).

* Adjudication is a term in chess. It's when a strong chess player decides on the outcome of an unfinished game.

* Since Pepper's mom's name isn't revealed I named her Hisana