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  • The Peculiar Narrative of Jessie

    I look up from clearing the table. My eyes sweep the room for the princess. My eyes are always looking for her. Not only is-was-she my best friend, she’s my responsibility. As children we had run of the palace and the courtyard. But ever since Princess Luna returned from her fancy boarding school, she’s had…

  • Chapter 3

    The next day, I’m dragged from my cave-room. I don’t know where I’m going. I kick and scratch, but Jedidiah’s grip is unyielding. He drags me to another cave room. The man he calls Raidyn is in it, just standing there, half covered by shadows. What is with him and shadows? I involuntarily shudder. I’m…

  • Chapter 2

    The forest is dark and cold. I’ve only been walking for fifteen minutes and already the moon and stars are gone, they’ve disappeared under the canopy of the trees. I tell myself to walk forty-five more minutes, then I can sit and rest, maybe even build a fire. Dad taught me how once, but ever…

  • Chapter 1

    I lay on my back under a tree in my back yard, watching the sky. Tonight there is supposed to be a falling star, and just in time, too. Today is my birthday. Some people say a falling star on your birthday is bad luck, I say that’s just superstition. Falling stars are beautiful, or,…

  • Sliver

    When I was fourteen, my mother told me I was a witch. Ever since then she’s been teaching me everything she knows about magic and potion making. Well, I should have said she was teaching me until she died last year. Now I’m eighteen and alone, my father left us when I was too young…

  • Merideth

    I pick a random book of the shelf. It’s called: How to Train Your Dragon. I scoff, if only, Dragons can’t be trained. This book is definitely from Before. Before we knew of Dragons, before the war that forced humans into hiding. Back when all we could do is speculate. Now, we’re little more than…