Once upon a time, there were two girls called Cherri and Dot who lived in a little corner of the world called Perth

Yes, we understand we come from humble beginnings.

Both were obnoxiously loud, equally star-struck by their strange, yet just so lovable Penguelly and Robin Hood (our former English and S&E teachers for the rest of the population), and just as equally love-struck by their OTP's. Both are also dedicated writers and readers in the world known as fanfiction.

One day, in one of those useless things called classes (probably the one where we learnt how the Trojans and Greeks set out to hack each other's heads off over some random woman named Helen who was waaaaaaay too good at escaping for her own good.), they dreamed up the idea of private challenges between the two of them.

Each challenge has: A category (eg CardCaptor Sakura), four random words (eg tiramisu, candle, bottle, ribbon), any other restrictions (eg couplings, must-have character/s, setting) and author/field notes.

Eventually, four challenges were written, and now, Cherri and Dot have decided to share them with you in their joint account, The Dot-Cherry Challenges.

Welcome to our world.

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Liza a.k.a. Cherri, 16, vertically challenged, dark brown eyes, black/brown/red/blond hair (don't ask and no, I've never dyed it in my life), Chelsea FC fan, soccer nut, Ireland lover and punk fanatic. Otherwise known as the "never-dating, sudden-randomly-laughing, absolutly-idiotic, extremely-loud, jeans-and-a-tshirt, I-really-don't-care-what-you-say-about-me" chick. OTP: Zoro x Nami, One Piece

Find her in cyberspace: http://cherrichik.livejournal.com/ (my homepage) and http://www.fanfiction.net/u/897572/cherrichik

Ngoc, a.k.a. Dot, 17, average height, dark brown eyes, black/brown hair, a full-fledged optimist, will probably develop wrinkles from excessive laughter, Shenton’s resident klutz, happiest on sunny days. OTP’S: Draco x Hermione, Harry Potter; Syaoran x Sakura, Card Captor Sakura and finally Luong Son Ba x Chuc Anh Dai (from the Chinese/Viet Drama of the same name) In 20 years I will be... giving up everything to chase after my ‘happily ever after’. Just kidding...but seriously, I’m a total sucker for them :p

Find her in cyber-space: http://orientalblossom.livejournal.com (for non-fanfic related rambles xD)

For your information...if you have been receiving reviews under the name "The Dot-Cherri Challenges", then it was written by Dot :) Cherri uses her own, personal account to comment. I just thought I'd clarify so I wouldn't have to sign "Dot" on the end of reviews and confuse people with my stupidity. :) Thankies.

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If you don't have a fanfiction account, but would still like to be alerted when we update with a new challenge, click on the link below. Email addresses of all members will be kept strictly confidential, so privacy shouldn't be a problem.

http://dot-cherry.notifylist.com/fanfiction.html

If you'd like to drop us a line for some betaeing, advice, or just for a bit of friendly chatter, send us an email at

dot.cherry_challenges@hotmail.com

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Currently betaeing...

Dot: My Dark Mystery's Ancient Hope

Cherri: none, because she's a lazy ass.

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For some good One Piece reads, check out www.fanfiction.net/~xwaterlilyx

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Disclaimer: We do not claim ownership over any of the characters who appear in our fanfics, except the OC's. Credit is given where it is due :)

Hope you'll enjoy what we write; that is the aim, after all!

-Dot and Cherri