Week - 165 Freedom and Glory: Part One by laurelinden

Description: Part of her knew that her hopes were foolish. How could she ever learn to fly while caught in the confines of her metal cell?

Week - 166 Freedom and Glory: Part Two by laurelinden

Description: His greatest wish was to beat Raife at anything, even once, just to show himself that he could do it, and feel more justified that the admirable Lupe would call him a friend.

Week - 167 Freedom and Glory: Part Three by laurelinden

Description: The crowds gathered were louder than she could have imagined, and it made her stomach turn to think that all of those eyes would be fixed on her in mere moments.

Week - 168 Freedom and Glory: Part Four by laurelinden

Description: Terror filled her wide eyes and she began to tremble, but still the little Uni shook her head. "I can't give up," she said softly. "I need to win..."

Week - 185 Prophecy of the Equinox: Part One by laurelinden

Description: “The egg shall be yours by midnight, you may be assured...”

Week - 186 Prophecy of the Equinox: Part Two by laurelinden

Description: It had been almost ten years since the capture of his sister's egg and the brutal attack of his parents. Though he had been young at the time, Astrovia had helped to care for the tiny blue gemlike shell, polishing it with his breath, humming softly to the stirring life within...

Week - 187 Prophecy of the Equinox: Part Three by laurelinden

Description: Astrovia’s frown deepened. Almost all of the faerie and blue Draiks for miles were part of their group, and certainly none of the outsiders were armed. Perhaps she was a traveler.

Week - 188 Prophecy of the Equinox: Part Four by laurelinden

Description: “How do you know my name?” she demanded after a long moment of confused silence. She had made a conscience effort not to tell anyone anything about her. It was impossible! How could he have found out?

Week - 191 Faerie Song by laurelinden

Description: Being captured was frightening enough, but this was every faerie's worst fear confirmed. Also by Really_Awesome_D00d

Week - 195 Chicken Dance by really_awesome_d00d

Description: He thought in dismay of his sister Nena, back in Neopia Central, who had become convinced, somehow, that she was a chicken. What had begun as an innocent cluck here and there soon expanded into a constant storm of arm-flapping and pecking at the ground... Also by Laurelinden

Week - 198 Ancient Blood by laurelinden

Description: He reached out to help uncover the mysterious stone block's face from beneath layers of desert sand. "Now, tell me again how you found this?" Also by Demiurgec

Week - 197 By My Honor: Part One by laurelinden

Description: "I want you to rise above where I spent my life." Her gaze returned to his eyes, sincere. "Tory, I want you to become a knight."

Week - 198 By My Honor: Part Two by laurelinden

Description: He stared at the Zafara with his cruel eyes, walking in a slow circle around him, and Tory felt himself shrinking from the beady gaze...

Week - 199 By My Honor: Part Three by laurelinden

Description: Swallowing against the tightness of her throat, she added stubbornly, “but I would do it again gladly, if it meant that I might have a chance of bringing you home.”

Week - 200 By My Honor: Part Four by laurelinden

Description: She glanced blearily to Aratisil, pale in the weak morning light, and saw that he was even filthier. Then she looked to her captors, seeing them for the first time...

Week - 201 By My Honor: Part Five by laurelinden

Description: The clouds began to twist and turn in a violent whirlwind, funneling down to touch the ground. Emerging from the point where they met was a tall, shadowed form, whose very sight snapped the twins from their numbness, arresting their fear-filled gaze in almost a spell...

Week - 202 By My Honor: Part Six by laurelinden

Description: Aiad fought the churning of the gales and Tory covered his eyes to protect them from their lashing sting. The clouds before them hissed and whirled...

Week - 200 Chemical Reactions by faeriestories

Description: No one ever said teaching Chemistry would be easy... Also by laurelinden

Week - 203 Chemical Reactions by faeriestories

Description: No one ever said teaching Chemistry would be easy... Written by Laurelinden

Week - 205 Vision Quest by laurelinden

Description: When a villager of Geraptiku learned the arts of tracking, hunting, and survival, and was ready to have a voice among the worthy, he or she must prove that their knowledge was well-ingrained. And he or she must have a Vision.

Week - 215 Ocean's Embrace by laurelinden

Description: As they laid her down on the deck, the Uni stayed still, weighed down by the heavy net that bound her. Her breath came in ragged pants, clouding in the salty sea air...

Week - 219 The Mask of Calendroh: Part One by laurelinden

Description: “They say that there once lived a beautiful sorceress in Neopia,” said Claire, launching straight into the tale....

Week - 220 The Mask of Calendroh: Part Two by laurelinden

Description: The Acara's heart swelled with pride as she allowed the beautiful faerie to guide her inside. They would be friends; she knew it. Just like in her vision...

Week - 221 An Island Christmas by laurelinden

Description: Why had his owner insisted they come here? How could there be Christmas without snow, without real Christmas trees?

Week - 230 Curse of the Urn by laurelinden

Description: The Ruki brushed some more of the sand away, narrowing his eyes in scrutiny, and “hmmed” interestedly at what he saw...

Week - 242 To Fly With Faerie Wings by laurelinden

Description: Even she had to admit was hard to envision a faerie here, in the mundane buzz of Neopian Central, but she'd heard stories from people of far-off lands...

Week - 260 Cry for a Queen by precious_katuch14

Description: What right had the rest of the world to be sunny, happy, or bright? How could the birds sing so freely when it was all she could do not to scream? Also by laurelinden

Week - 264 Prophecy of the Second Equinox: Part One by laurelinden

Description: A cracking sound returned the attention of both Draiks back to the egg. The song, rising in pitch and in power, quickening with a beat of expectation, vibrated through the air in resounding notes. Shaking with the energy of the unborn creature within, the shell split and tore... Image by cuithil

Week - 265 Prophecy of the Second Equinox: Part Two by laurelinden

Description: The sun doesn't always come, thought Azraen as she peered up. The clouds cover it over, making a day-long haze. But the night... the night never fails... Image by cuithil

Week - 266 Prophecy of the Second Equinox: Part Three by laurelinden

Description: Azraen shuddered involuntarily as they passed beneath the cold square opening and into the darkness inside. The night here did not have the same majesty or glory; here, it gave her a tingling feeling of apprehension... Image by cuithil

Week - 267 Prophecy of the Second Equinox: Part Four by laurelinden

Description: Aloren threw a nervous glance to her brother, who shrugged in response. Here they sat, waiting and prepared, and yet her daughter hadn't come. Had Azraen backed out of her plans? Had she decided not to come on this night of greatest power? Image by cuithil

Week - 268 Prophecy of the Second Equinox: Part Five by laurelinden

Description: Nothing was more inspiring than the night that was her home. Her skin rippled with an imagined gust of night air, and her senses spun with each heightened scent carried upon it. Nothing was more breathtaking, more glorious...

Week - 271 Christmas Tide by laurelinden

Description: Even the biggest rookie of the ocean knew that a sky of that color could mean only one thing: a storm, and a nasty one at that...

Week - 278 Only for Jhudora by laurelinden

Description: Neither wind, rain, snow nor hail could keep the purple Shoyru called Elisha from completing one of Jhudora's quests... Also by precious_katuch14

Week - 279 Fluff and Ribbons by laurelinden

Description: "It's not the message that bothers me," replied Rorey grumpily. "It's the way they go about proclaiming that message! Since when does love and cheer have to be pink?"

Week - 281 White Sand and Shattered Glass by laurelinden

Description: "I come with sands from my homeland," she continued, as if reading into all of his hopes. "However, before selling them to you, I have one request. I would like a custom-made window..."