Week - 244
The Price of Faith: Part One
by mutedsanity |
| Description: This is a tale about a single Faerie whose life and spirit was changed forever because of a single injustice and then changed yet again because of a single person... |
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Week - 245
The Price of Faith: Part Two
by mutedsanity |
| Description: I wanted to lie down and give up now, but I refused
to surrender so easily. So I did the only thing I could think of... |
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Week - 246
The Price of Faith: Part Three
by mutedsanity |
| Description: "But what about avalanches?" I hissed, my eyes
widening at the mere thought, and then flicking up to the gleaming icicles above
as though expecting them to take my cue and come shattering down at any moment... |
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Week - 247
The Price of Faith: Part Four
by mutedsanity |
| Description: It was a cold morning. The frost lay
like lace over the frail plants and rocks. The sky was a brilliant blue without
a single smudge of cloud, and the sun was so bright it was almost shouting aloud
how good it was to be alive... |
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Week - 248
The Price of Faith: Part Five
by mutedsanity |
| Description: We knew that Meridell, of all places, wouldn't fancy seeing
a Darkness Faerie wandering about their town. And nobody would believe that I
was just there to browse... |
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Week - 249
The Price of Faith: Part Six
by mutedsanity |
| Description: We heard footsteps
behind us, steadily approaching. Panicking, the three of us dove into the nearest
silent room... |
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Week - 250
The Price of Faith: Part Seven
by mutedsanity |
| Description: The closer we got to the Haunted Woods, the more things started to vanish
or die. What greeted us now couldn't possibly be a forest. It was more like
a dark reflection of one, like a landscape hanging inverted in the water of
a lake... |
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Week - 251
The Price of Faith: Part Eight
by mutedsanity |
| Description: The sand stretched out as far as the eye could
see, the washed-out blue sky framed in rippling heat waves that blurred and
distorted just about everything... |
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Week - 252
The Price of Faith: Part Nine
by mutedsanity |
| Description: "Ready as we'll ever be," I answered, glancing out past where the grass
ended and the desert began once more... |
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Week - 253
The Price of Faith: Part Ten
by mutedsanity |
| Description: I kept my eye
on the Crystal during our ride, all the while wondering just where in this endless
ocean what I was looking for might be lurking... |
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Week - 254
The Price of Faith: Part Eleven
by mutedsanity |
| Description: Waves parted on either side, crashing and foaming,
the wind ruffling her purple gowns and silky hair. She held her staff in one
hand, though it was now devoid of the Crystal that was meant to sit atop it... |
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Week - 265
One Last Song: Part One
by mutedsanity |
| Description: To the rest of society, she was looked down upon, a wild Lupe
with no money, home, or owner, who sometimes had to resort to stealing to keep
herself alive. But to her son, she was a champion... |
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Week - 266
One Last Song: Part Two
by mutedsanity |
| Description: "Too steep... the snow's too
deep... too loose..." Kaiya could be heard muttering to herself with each possible
way they found down, but none seemed to be safe enough for anyone to pass... |
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Week - 267
One Last Song: Part Three
by mutedsanity |
| Description: Although Radom had no idea how they had met,
all his life his mother had been friends with an elderly Blumaroo, who lived
alone on the mountain and whom they would visit from time to time. He gave them
food and a warm place to stay when they came around... |
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