117Inconvenience » On New-Year's day Max is attacked and left blind. He thought life with his parents was shitty before, but now, when he's forced to depend on those around him, he realizes that there's no-one who'll help him except himself. He needs to make it to the Camp before life decides to kill him, so that he can get away from his damnable parents and the life they inflict on him.

2Of Joxters and Snufkins » Thinking that Joxter would be better able to parent a growing Snufkin, Mymble brings the boy to his father, the Joxter. At first, things seem to go be going okay, Joxter is somewhat rigid, but he's fair, he makes an honest attempt to be a good parent. Over time, things begin to change and Snufkin is left between his father's two very different personalities. Cover by nastycheburek.

1 Solidarity in Helplessness After being caught out of bed after hours, Steve comes up with a plan that gets himself caned and Bucky, being the prefect that 'caught' him, gets to watch. Bucky wants to murder the deputy headmaster as he watches him make his secret boyfriend cry and scream in agony, but he can only watch, helplessly. Afterwards, Bucky treats his boyfriend the way a boyfriend treats his boyfriend

6Hollow Throne » Hueco Mundo is a desolate place, full of death, fear and cannibalism. For a while he thrived in it, was molded by it, but he began to want more, to bring an order to this wasteland of nothingness. He couldn't do it alone, he needed to invoke the old ways, he needed to reform the Espada, to become the King of Hueco Mundo, to make something of the lives of Hollows.