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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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..." |
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Week - 185
Prophecy of the Equinox: Part One
by laurelinden |
| Description: “The egg shall be yours by midnight, you may
be assured...” |
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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... |
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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. |
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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? |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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." |
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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... |
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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.” |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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Week - 200
Chemical Reactions
by faeriestories |
| Description: No one ever said teaching Chemistry would be easy...
Also by laurelinden |
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Week - 203
Chemical Reactions
by faeriestories |
| Description: No one ever said teaching Chemistry would be easy...
Written by Laurelinden |
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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. |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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? |
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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... |
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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... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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