The Alchemist - Chapter 18

Well it is Sev's birthday today and I felt that I should write something special.  I hope he would like this.  No doubt he would be mortified that I posted it in a public forum and hex me well and good.  Well, at least I hope that all of you will like it.  It's too long for LiveJournal again.  Curses.  I've had to link to fanfiction.net  Here you go:

Chapter 18