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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Week - 268 One Last Song: Part Four by mutedsanity

Description: He was not cut out for this job. He was a lanky, knobby Lenny with fluorescent orange feathers that stuck up in all the wrong places, oversized feet, and was constantly pushing a pair of large, circular glasses up to his eyes as they frequently slid down his beak...

Week - 360 Falling Rain: Part One by mutedsanity

Description: High above this Citadel— his Citadel— General Kass was watching. The new moon had risen. And with it, a new dawn must always follow.