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(Operation: Try-to-do-everything-that-needs-to-be-done-in-one-day. Basically, Ivan's calling in to work to ask for the day off so he can take care of a few things.)

Ivan chuckled, drying off his face. "I'm glad you enjoyed it... I'm going to need one tonight, too." He had already thought about what he'd need to do today, and he'd be doing so much sweating that there was really no point in taking one before.

(He's a waiter at the restaurant he took Scarlet to. Ivan's the man. ^_^ )

"I have to do it by myself." Ivan said hurriedly. "What I mean is, I wouldn't want you to see the ring yet. It's a surprise." Ivan finished, regaining his composure. He couldn't tell her about his plan to find a dragon in the mountains. There's no way she'd let him do something so dangerous. He glanced at the clock again. He had only three minutes left. "Hold on. I have to go change." Ivan rushed into his room, shutting the door behind him. He walked over to the closet, now in his underwear, to find the outfit he had set aside for today.

Soon, Ivan came back into the living room, dressed in a tight-fitting black outfit. He glanced again at the clock. "Well, I'm off!" He walked towards the door and grasped the knob with one hand. "Goodbye! When you decide to leave you can use my motorcycle if you want. The keys are under my bed. I love you!" Ivan stood by the door, waiting for Scarlet to say goodbye before he left.

"Be careful." Ivan told Scarlet, making a catching motion in response to the kiss she blew. With that, he went outside, changed into a car, and drove off. He used a phone built into the car to call his boss. "Sorry. As much as I love my job, I'm getting married in two days, so I need the day off." "No problem, Ivan. It's a slow day. Luckily, enough of my employees are here, so we should be fine without you... And you should be fine without your salary for today." "Knew you'd understand, boss." The conversation ended, Ivan hung up.

He stopped at the bank, where he changed back. Ivan walked in confidently. "I'll need to access my deposit box." He told the woman at the counter. "Mr. Grey, is it? Come along." A rummage through his bank box later, Ivan had the ring in his pocket. "Thank you. Please come again." Ivan checked the time. He had been gone for almost an hour.

By now, Ivan was at the base of a very large mountain. There was an enormous cave near the top. "Bingo." Ivan said, changing into a dove. He quickly flew into the cave and changed back. There was a monstrous nest with huge eggs. Ivan crept up, ready to touch one and gain the ability to tranform into a dragon. It happened so fast; The eggs all hatched at the same time. Ivan turned and ran, but the baby dragons pursued him, squawking and reaching with their hungry jaws. Ivan's eyes sparkled with hope. <There's the exit! I'm almost out!> Suddenly, the mother dragon was blocking his exit. Ivan stood ready. All he wanted to do was touch it. The dragon breathed a jet of flame at Ivan. Ivan quickly turned to stone so he would not be burned. The dragon lashed out with its tail as Ivan changed back. He gripped the tip of the tail with all of his strength as he was jerked around the cave. Just before hitting a wall, Ivan changed into a flea to slide through one of the cracks in the cavern. Befuddled, the dragons were unable to find him, and flew off to hunt for food.

Ivan reached the base of the mountain, breathing heavily. glancing at the sun's place in the sky, Ivan realized that he had to hurry home. He changed again, this time into his motorcycle, and drove himself home.

Ivan opened the door with a wide grin. "I'm home!" He declared. Looking at the clock, the time was 4:57. Ivan had failed to notice that his pants and shirt were torn from his ordeal in the cave. He didn't even realize that he was bleeding from gashes in his chest.