Greetings. I am Vultarian01. That didn't take long now did it? Well you should know that I was up ALL NIGHT finishing this chapter up when I could have been sleeping, so you guys owe me! Nah, not really. I was in the zone and I kinda lost track of time ya know what I mean authors? You've been there. Well i suppose that's enough rambling on my part. I'm pretty sure you want to read the rest of this chapter so I'll allow you that. Well...technically I can'r force you to read it nor can I grant permission to-you know what? I'll shut up now. Enjoy. Danke.

Disclaimer: "I do not own MLP or any of its respective characters. I also do not own Sara Bareilles or any of her respective songs. Enjoy.

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Chapter 27

Thirty-five minutes later…

The lights were dimmed yet again as Pinkie Pie turned on all of the stuffed animals. Sunset Shimmer and Twilight were sitting together in the bleachers while Rainbow Dash was sitting on the opposite bleachers. Vinyl Scratch was in the ref's outfit inside the ring and was banging her head to the beat. Octavia was stationed at the commentator's table once again on the bell's side along with Fluttershy on the other end. Octavia motioned for Pinkie Pie to turn down the volume of the stuffed animals so she can speak.

Octavia: "Hello ladies and gentlemen. I wish to welcome you back to another match of Canterlot professional wrestling."

*- The stuffed animals cheered loudly -*

Fluttershy tugged at Octavia's shoulder to get her attention. "Um…Octavia? Not trying to be…uh…rude or anything...but maybe you could put a TEENSY little more emotion into it? I-I mean if you want…"

Octavia raised an eyebrow. "Oh. Then why don't YOU say it if you think you can do so much better?" Octavia challenged as she moved the mic to Fluttershy.

Fluttershy: "NO! No, I…I'm good. I-I'm sorry." Fluttershy said with a bowed head.

Octavia took back the mic. "Thought so. Anyway we now move on to the halfway point of the show with the third match of Rarity and Lyra."

Fluttershy: "Rarity was REALLY upset that she was sent down to the bottom of the ranks by Lyra who now is at the number 2 rank which was originally owned by-

Octavia shot Fluttershy a look of annoyance.

Fluttershy shrunk. "I'm sorry." Fluttershy whispered quickly.

Octavia: "Oh no it's quite true. And with Lyra essentially springing off of Rarity's falling rank to skyrocket herself to the near top will simply add to Rarity's malevolent agenda in this match.

Fluttershy: "Uh…sure!" Fluttershy said trying to curtain the fact she had no idea what Octavia said.

Octavia: "I'm glad we're on the same page. So now we shall begin."

Fluttershy: "O-Okay." Fluttershy stammered.

The lights went dim except for the lights above the ring and the searchlights pointed toward the curtain.

*~ Fast paced music played on a Lyre resonates throughout the building ~*

Pinkie (Announcer): "Hellooooooo wrestling fans! This super match will be scheduled for one fall! Coming first!…Here from Heaven's gate…Standing in at "5'8" and weighing in at 127 lbs…The Angelic Lyrist of the Ring…LYYYRAAA! Wait, doesn't that mean she's dead?"

*- The stuffed animals cheered loudly -*

Lyra stepped out of the curtain along with her girlfriend Bon Bon (Who was in her regular attire) and stepped into the spotlight. Lyra was holding Bon Bon's right hand with her left. Lyra and Bon Bon both raised their closed hands and used their free arms to wave to the crowd before dropping them and proceeding to walk hand in hand down the runway. Lyra's hair was kept in the same style and Bon Bon's hair is still pulled back into a pony tail.

Fluttershy: "It seems that Lyra had an introduction change since her first match here at CCPW."

Octavia nodded. "I think it's an improvement. Although a little grandiose for my taste I admit it's better than that other more crude introduction she had."

Fluttershy blushed. "I agree. I don't think I could have introduced her if I had to say that word."

Octavia: "I wouldn't stoop to such a thing no matter what obligations I had. It's unprofessional and rude. Besides, I think this introduction better suits Lyra's music. Much classier then…Vinyl's trashy and incessant melodies…if you could even address them as such."

Fluttershy: "Oh, uh, you REALLY shouldn't say that what with Vinyl Scratch in the ring…" Fluttershy warned.

Octavia looked in the ring and saw that Vinyl Scratch was still banging her head. "I have nothing to worry about. She's far too busy listening to God knows what."

Fluttershy: "Oh."

As Lyra and Bon Bon approach the ring, Bon Bon goes up to the apron first and holds up the top rope and uses her foot to hold down the bottom rope and creates an opening. Lyra gladly ducks through the opening and gets into the ring, she then waves to the crowd before holding open the ropes for Lyra as well. Lyra then goes to her corner (which from the commentator's point of view was the upper left turnbuckle) and leans against it while Bon Bon gets on the apron behind her and wraps her arms around her while they wait for Rarity to show.

*~ Sara Bareilles's song "Brave" resonates throughout the building ~*

Pinkie (Announcer): "Coming down the sparkly runway next…Coming from the upper ring of Canterlot…Standing in at "5'9" and weighing in at an unknown weight…The high class queen of Canterlot High…RAAARIIITYYY!"

*- The stuffed animals cheered loudly -*

Rarity walked out of the curtain with her right hand on her hip and her left hand in the air giving the audience a princess like wave followed by her leaning forward to blow a kiss toward them. She then stood upright and, with her right hand still on her hip, started to casually strut down the runway. Rarity was wearing her regular wrestling attire with her hair in its same style.

Fluttershy: "Rarity looks as pretty as she always does!" Fluttershy said in admiration.

Octavia: "And she looks determined to put Lyra back in her proper place. Hopefully, this will in turn break her apparent losing streak she's been having."

Fluttershy: "Yeah, I really don't understand why Rarity has been losing so much. I mean I watched her and in all her matches she does good and yet she always ends up losing. I hope she win's this time."

Octavia: "Oh? How many times has she won?"

Fluttershy: "Once against Pinkie Pie in our very first show… -Fluttershy hung her head- "…That's it."

Octavia: "Hmm. Well the decision falls whether she'll win or lose in this match."

Fluttershy smiled. "Well…I believe that she'll win!"

Octavia raised an eyebrow. "Oh? So you think Lyra will do badly?"

Fluttershy's eyes widened. "Oh, of course not! I-I mean Lyra will do very good!"

Octavia: "So who do you think will win, Lyra or Rarity?"

Fluttershy's eyes darted around the room as she started to stammer. "Well…maybe they'll both win?" Fluttershy offered with a smile and a squee.

Octavia: "…No."

Fluttershy felt bad now and hung her head in shame.

Once Rarity got to the side of the ring, she used the middle rope to hoist herself up and then raised it to duck under and step through to get into the ring. She then continued toward the center of the ring and gave the audience a courtesy before going to her corner (which from the commentator's point of view was the upper left turnbuckle) to wait patiently.

Bon Bon: "Are you going to be okay, Lyra? I mean Rarity fought you before so I'm pretty sure she knows how you fight by now." Bon Bon asked in concern.

Lyra turned around and put her hands on Bon Bon's shoulders. "Don't worry about me Bon Bon. One fight isn't going to tell her everything she knows. Now, I want you to relax and watch me do my thing. Okay?"

Bon Bon smiles. "Okay. Go get her, tigress!"

Lyra and Bon Bon exchange a high-five before Bon Bon gets down from the apron and Lyra spreads herself out for Vinyl Scratch to search her. Vinyl Scratch found nothing illegal on her so she went to pat down Rarity who was also clean. Vinyl Scratch then proceeded over to the middle of the ring. Rarity and Lyra stared each other down as they both got to the middle of the ring.

Fluttershy: "Uh…"

Octavia: "VINYL! TAKE OFF YOUR HEADPHONES!" Octavia yelled.

Back in the ring, Vinyl Scratch took off her headphones by popular demand to quickly explain the rules to them.

Vinyl: "Okay, you guys know the drill. You ready Lyra?"

Lyra raised her fists and took a stance. "Ready!"

Vinyl: "Cool. You ready Rarity?"

Rarity got into a wrestling stance. "Yes darling, you may ring the bell now."

Vinyl Scratch shrugged. "FIGHT!" Vinyl Scratch then motioned for Octavia to ring the bell.

Octavia rang the bell. *DING! DING! DING!*

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Vinyl Scratch stepped back to watch the brawl begin. Rarity and Lyra began to circle each other with fixed gazes locked upon one another. Lyra makes a quick right jab to Rarity but missed as Rarity took a quick step back to avoid it. Lyra then tried a left hook but Rarity ducked under it and attempted to connect a Double Leg Takedown. However, Lyra gave Rarity a strong knee to Rarity's mouth which leads to Rarity falling to the ground and holding her mouth in pain. Lyra looked down on her and began to taunt.

Lyra: "Seriously?! You tried that AGAIN?! Man, you're so predictab-

Rarity grabbed Lyra's right ankle and trips her into a Slam Toe Hold in which Lyra falls face-first into the mat.

Octavia: "Idiot. Taunting will only allow your opponent time to recover."

The two try to slowly get up from the mat and Lyra was first to get to her feet while Rarity was still on one knee. Lyra grabbed Rarity by her hair and began to pull her and make her walk on her knees before throwing her down face-down on all fours. Lyra then jumped and used her right arm to deliver a pointed forearm smash to the back of Rarity's head for a Hell-bow. Rarity dropped down onto her stomach and used both hands to grab the back of her head and reel in pain before Lyra began to stomp on Rarity's back while Bon Bon cheers from her corner.

Fluttershy winced at each stomp. "Poor Rarity…I bet the bottom of that shoe is dirty."

Lyra got onto her knees and flipped Rarity onto her back to which Lyra was now on Rarity's right side. Lyra then turns until she was facing across Rarity's chest and hiked up both legs before placing her left leg across Rarity's collarbone and her right leg across Rarity's chest. With both of her legs across Rarity's chest, she then locks her feet around Rarity's left shoulder and uses both of her arms to grab and keep hold of right arm's right arm despite Rarity's efforts to resist. Lyra pulls down and gets on her back and stretched Rarity's arm along with her to complete the Cross Armbreaker. Rarity screams in agony while Lyra pulls and stretches Rarity's right arm.

Fluttershy: "Lyra's karate is really giving Lyra the upper hand in this battle."

Octavia: "Hmm…"

Vinyl Scratch dropped down beside Rarity, "You give up, Rarity?"

Rarity shook her head. "I refuse to submit!"

Lyra: "Oh really?! Well how 'bout NOW?!"

Lyra then pulled on Rarity's arm tighter to emit more agonizing screams from Rarity. After about forty seconds Lyra released Rarity from the hold and got onto her knees to take a breather while Rarity nurtured her arm on the mat. Lyra looked over at Rarity and saw that she was about halfway up into a sitting position, so Lyra quickly went over and pulled Rarity back down to the mat before pressing both of her hands on Rarity's shoulders from Rarity's right side for a pin.

Vinyl Scratched dropped to count the pin. "1!...KICKOUT!"

Rarity rolled the shoulder just after the first count. Lyra got to her feet before bending over and picking up Rarity by her hair again. Lyra reeled her right fist back and punched Rarity in the forehead. Lyra then began to slap Rarity across the face multiple times and back Rarity into her (Lyra's) corner. Lyra pressed Rarity's shoulders against the turnbuckle to make sure she was in place before climbing on the ropes connected to the turnbuckle until she is standing on the middle ropes connected to the turnbuckle and is looking down on Rarity. Lyra then uses her right hand to grab Rarity by the hair and uses her left hand to deliver a series of mounted punches to Rarity's head.

Octavia: "Hmm…I've seen this before…"

Fluttershy: "Rarity isn't doing too well! Oh this is bad! I mean it's good for Lyra but it's bad for Rarity! Oooh, I don't know what's good and bad anymore!"

Lyra stops punching Rarity to flex her right bicep for Bon Bon, but Rarity quickly takes this advantage to strike Lyra in the gut multiple times to make her double over Rarity. Rarity then underhooks Lyra's legs (much to Lyra's arousal) and lifts her so Rarity could position Lyra on her shoulders in a position where Lyra is facing the opposite direction of Rarity and Lyra's legs are draped across Rarity's shoulders. Bon Bon watched in horror as Rarity let out a shrill growl before walking forward and throwing Lyra down back-first into the mat for a Powerbomb. Lyra laid there and arched her back up so she could support it with her left arm. Meanwhile Rarity took this time to put a little of her hair back in place.

Rarity: "Oh joy! Now my hair's out of place! Oh Lyra's going to pay for this in more ways than one!" Rarity thought angrily.

Rarity goes over to the turnbuckle and leans against the turnbuckle before beginning to climb it backwards while facing Lyra who was still in pain on the mat below. Rarity reaches the middle turnbuckle ropes and prepares herself for a move. However, Bon Bon stealthily snuck behind the ringpost and grabbed both of Rarity's ankles as she was about to leap. The result being Rarity getting held back with an extended body heading down for the mat. Rarity landed on her forehead and collapsed to the floor with her shins propping up against the ropes and holding her head in pain. Meanwhile, Bon Bon managed to go back to her original spot without being noticed and continued to cheer as if nothing happened.

Octavia: "Doesn't Vinyl EVER pay attention?!"

Fluttershy: "That was mean…"

Octavia sighed. "But, I must say that was some excellent stealth on Bon Bon's part…which apparently isn't needed as Vinyl Scratch is incompetent of her surroundings!"

Vinyl Scratch went over to the two and started to count. "1!...2!...3!...4!..."

Rarity crawls over to the ropes and tries to pull herself up to her knees while Lyra does the same with them meeting side to side. Vinyl Scratch stopped the count as soon as the two wrestlers got to their feet and leaned sideways against the ropes. They both stared the other down for a few seconds before Rarity grabs Lyra's hair with her left hand, turns around, and slams Lyra's forehead into the top turnbuckle. Rarity, with her left hand still having a hold of Lyra's hair, maneuvers her over to the middle of the ring. Rarity then quickly gets behind Lyra and places both of her hands on her shoulders again and jumps up in place while placing both of her knees on her back. Rarity then falls back towards the mat along with Lyra. When Rarity hits the mat her knees are pushed up into Lyra's back to connect the Double knee backbreaker and her signature: *Fashion Forward*.

Fluttershy: "Rarity's getting better again!"

Lyra's body shot up and flopped face-down onto Rarity's right side where Lyra has her face buried in the canvas. Rarity blows a kiss to the crowd before grabbing Lyra and pulling her onto her back. Rarity then covers Lyra with her upper body across and above Lyra's chest.

Vinyl Scratch counts the pin. "1!...2!...KICKOUT!"

Fluttershy frowned. "Not better enough…"

Rarity gets off of Lyra and stands on her knees. Rarity then gets to her feet and bends down to pick up Lyra by her hair. Rarity then maneuvers Lyra to her right side before using her right arm to put Lyra into a side headlock. Lyra tries to break out of it but Rarity continued to squeeze, so Lyra began to elbow Rarity in the chest with her left arm until she finally released it. Lyra then grabbed Rarity's hair, but Rarity pushed her away. The two then went into a collar and elbow tie-up before grappling each other.

Octavia: "It seems they're almost evenly matched."

Fluttershy: "This is so exciting! I mean it's not exciting to exactly WATCH my best friends get hurt but it's good that they both are doing...their…best…I…"

Octavia stopped Fluttershy with an odd look.

Fluttershy looked down. "I'll be quiet now."

Rarity and Lyra growled as they tested their strength. After a while of this, Rarity decided to kick Lyra in the gut with her right leg while Lyra also kicked Rarity in the gut with her right leg resulting in the both of them doubling over in pain. Lyra was the first to stand upright and decided to run towards the ropes in the direction of the runway before bouncing off them. Lyra ran at Rarity and jumped forward and reeled back her fist mid-flight before connecting a Fist Drop to the back of Rarity's head. Rarity immediately collapsed to the ground limply. Lyra took this opportunity to get on her knees on Rarity's right side and flip her onto her back. Lyra then stood up herself over Rarity in which she was facing away from Rarity's face. Lyra proceeded to sit down on Rarity's belly and use both of her arms to reach over and grab Rarity's right leg before lifting it straight in the air and hugging it.

Vinyl: "1!...2!...KICKOUT!"

Octavia: "Rarity kicks out at two and a half!"

Fluttershy: "Rarity sure is persistent."

Lyra let Rarity's leg drop and got to her feet. Lyra then gets off of Rarity's belly and to her feet before bending over and grabbing Rarity by her hair and pulling her up to her feet as well. Lyra smiles and lightly pats Rarity's cheek as she sways in place with a tired expression. Lyra ran to the ropes in the direction of the runway again and bounced off them. Lyra sprints at Rarity with her arms crossing in an "X" fashion. Lyra then lunges at Rarity and attempts to connect her signature *X-A-Cutie*, but is stopped by Rarity who grabs her still crossed arms just in time. Rarity extends Lyra's crossed arms further out until they were up against her neck before jumping up in place while placing both of her knees on the upper part of Lyra's gut. Rarity then falls back towards the mat with Lyra falling forwards. When Rarity hits the mat her knees are pushed up into Lyra's stomach to connect the Double Knee Gutbuster and with an oof of pain Lyra retracts upwards and falls onto her left side clutching her stomach.

Octavia: "Rarity's moves involving her knees seem to leave a painful sting on her opponents."

Fluttershy giggled. "Yeah, you could call Rarity…the bee's knees!"

Octavia wasn't amused.

Rarity got back up to her feet and walked over to Lyra before grabbing her by the hair and pulling her up to her feet. Rarity leaned in to whisper in Lyra's ear.

Rarity: "Now, what was that about you beating me again?"

Rarity didn't give Lyra time to answer as she Irish Whipped her towards the lower left turnbuckle where Lyra slammed into it. Lyra slowly turned to lean against the corner but Rarity was already upon her. Rarity ducked and placed her hands on each side of the middle turnbuckle ropes before attacking Lyra's stomach and abdomen with a flurry of Shoulder thrusts. After a few more thrusts, Rarity released the tired Lyra from the turnbuckle and let her slowly stagger out of it.

Bon Bon: "Lyra, get out of the way!" Bon Bon warned.

But it was too late as Rarity was now behind Lyra and places both of her hands on her shoulders again and jumps up in place while placing both of her knees on her back. Rarity then falls back towards the mat along with Lyra. When Rarity hits the mat her knees are pushed up into Lyra's back to connect the Double knee backbreaker and her signature *Fashion Forward* once again.

Fluttershy: "I don't think Lyra can go on at this rate…"

Lyra retracts and snaps up till she's standing on her knees. Lyra's eyes glaze as she is about to fall forward but Rarity quickly grabs the back of Lyra's top before she could fall. Rarity maneuvers Lyra until she was slightly bent over in front of Rarity who had both hands holding her hair. Lyra groans and dangled her arms while Rarity releases her left hand from Lyra's head and uses it to point in the air.

Rarity: "I do believe it's time for a *MAAAKKKEEOOOOOVVVVEEEERRRR!*" Rarity shouts in a sing-song voice.

Rarity uses her right leg to land a high knee to Lyra's face and keeps the knee there. Rarity then bounces on her left leg before jumping and delivering another high knee to Lyra's face also keeping it in place. And with both knees on Lyra's face and nothing to stand on, Rarity falls backwards while Lyra falls forwards. As soon as Rarity's back hits the mat her knees are pushed up into Lyra's face for a Double Knee Facebreaker. Lyra shoots up to her feet but Rarity extends her legs to hit Lyra's chest for a double kick and causes Lyra to swiftly fall back-first into the mat with a thud to complete Rarity's finisher: *Makeover*.

Fluttershy covers her face and accidentally tries to feel the pain of two knees impaling her face.

Octavia raised both of her eyebrows in benign shock. "This match is over."

And so it seemed as Lyra's eyes were closed and her body limp with her limbs sprawled out. Bon Bon banged against the mat and shouted for Lyra to get up but to no avail. Rarity was tired and decided to end this. Rarity walked over to Lyra's right side and dropped to her knees before using both of her arms to grab both of Lyra's legs, spread them a bit, and pull them back for a pin.

Vinyl Scratch dropped to count the pin. "1!...2!...3!" Vinyl Scratch motioned for Octavia to ring the bell.

Octavia rang the bell. *DING! DING! DING!*

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*~ Sara Bareilles's song "Brave" resonates throughout the building ~*

Rarity released Lyra's limp legs and quickly rolled off of her before she quickly crawled and eventually ran to the ropes in the direction of the runway and leaned against it while breathing heavily. Bon Bon quickly rolled into the ring and went to see if Lyra was okay. Vinyl Scratch walked over to Rarity and helped her to the middle of the ring before lifting her hand in the air.

Vinyl: "HERE IS YOUR WINNER BY PINFALL! RARITY!"

*- The stuffed animals cheered loudly -*

Rarity quickly dropped to her knees but helped herself back up and blew weary kisses to the audience while Bon Bon was on her knees with Lyra's head on them.

Octavia: "And the Angelic Lyrist just went back to heaven. How fitting."

Fluttershy: "OH I'm so happy for Rarity! She won her first match ever since the tournament!"

Octavia: "And it seems that Lyra is going to have a deduction in her point position as well, so it's a win-win for me and Rarity."

Back in the ring, Lyra slowly opened her eyes.

Lyra: "Ugh…Bon…Bon?

Bon Bon put a finger over Lyra's lips. "Shhh-shh-shh-shh! Don't talk. You took a really bad beating." Bon Bon soothed as she stroked Lyra's hair.

Rarity took a break from her celebration and went over to the couple before getting on her knees.

Bon Bon: "What do you want?! You hear to gloat?!" Bon Bon snapped.

Rarity smiled and raised an eyebrow. "I wouldn't talk. I just so happened to remember a certain person grabbing my ankles."

Bon Bon averted her eyes.

Lyra: "Hey…Rarity?" Lyra said weakly.

Rarity: "Hm?"

Lyra stuck out her hand. "You can really kick ass." Lyra said with a smirk.

Rarity closed her eyes and smiled before shaking the hand. "You as well."

Bon Bon and Rarity helped Lyra up to her feet and aided her out of the ring with Vinyl Scratch following suit. Everything had been turned off so a number of people were outside the ring and applauding. All except for Sunset Shimmer who was still in the bleachers, but still applauding for such a wonderful performance.

Fluttershy went up to Rarity and hugged her around her neck. "Oh, congratulations Rarity! I'm really happy for you!"

Rarity let Bon Bon have Lyra and hugged her back. "Oh thank you, darling. You're the best!"

Applejack and Rainbow Dash slapped Rarity's back to which she winced.

Octavia: "Very nice! I applaud your skills!" Octavia praised to Rarity.

Rarity: "Thank you."

Twilight walked up. "That was an excellent match, girls! I think you two deserve a rest!" Twilight announced.

Rarity smiled. "That would be lovely."

Lyra: "Seconded." Lyra said before she went totally limp and passed out from exhaustion. Bon Bon then left while carrying the sleeping Lyra to the locker rooms.

Rarity: "Well…I best be going too." Rarity then looked over at Vinyl Scratch. "Thank you very much for being the referee in our match. I wish you the best of luck against Octavia." Rarity then proceeded away to the locker rooms.

Vinyl Scratch and Octavia gazed over at each other but before they could depict the other's expression Twilight interrupted.

Twilight: "Rarity brought up a good point. The next match will be between Octavia and Vinyl Scratch so I say we get to it, okay?"

Everyone: "K."

Everybody then went to do what they needed to do for the next match. Among them were Octavia and Vinyl Scratch who were walking awkwardly together to the locker room.

Octavia: "So…it looks like we'll be facing each other, then." Octavia stated with a strange kind of unease.

Vinyl Scratch nodded. "Yeah…we still gonna be best buds after this?"

Octavia looked over at Vinyl Scratch who stared at her behind her glasses. Octavia wasn't too sure what she should say so she went to the obvious. "Yes, of course Vinyl."

Vinyl Scratch beamed a smile. "That's good. So…you gonna take it easy on me?"

Octavia: "Absolutely not." Octavia said bluntly to which Vinyl Scratch started to laugh.

Vinyl: "Man, Tavi you're a riot!" Vinyl Scratch laughed.

Octavia rolled her eyes and continued her walk to the locker rooms with Vinyl Scratch, all the while trying her best not to smile.

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I sure hope I'm doing a great job of keeping you entertained. And if you have any pointers you want to give me then I'll gladly accept them...in a review. So now you readers have something to chew on while I go prepare for a speech that I have to give in my class.

I'm not much of a speaker. I'm more of a writer. ;)

#creepywink

So until next chapter which will be the very interesting match up of Octavia vs Vinyl Scratch. Arevoir.