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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...