Ayesha

Dragon Rider

A friend? Silver could not believe her luck. She had just met this human and he wanted to be her friend. It was amazing. She had a full blooded human friend. She flapped her wings in the water, which was a happy gesture, but might seem frightening to the human. //I am happy. Friend? I like human friend.// Silver's voice bubbled inside the humans mind. Silver knew from experience that thought speech left a little tickling feeling in your head when you were in human form and a dragon was speaking to you.

//What human name? Human is boy human or girl human?// Silver really did not know how to tell the difference. She knew she was a girl, and her human body was different than the male's human bodies, but her new friend had coverings on.

//I am Silver. Do you know the stories on how dragons came to be?// Silver wondered if the human knew dragons could take on human form, or that they were once humans. What did his kind believe?

~Let's Go See The Light~

"Yes," Rapunzel said. She walked over to him and cut the rope. She held her hand out and gently grasped his and with strength she did not seem to possess, pulled him into a standing position. "I'm Rapunzel. And you are?" She looked at him, her cheeks taking on a pink tone. He was not that bad looking, not at all like what Mother said men looked like.

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"How are we going to get inside?" Anna asked. She glanced at Elsa, wondering if Elsa would show her ice power, because she would be able to form a ladder of sorts.

"No idea," Elsa answered. She was not ready to share her powers with people outside her kingdom, even though Ashe seemed to be an understanding person and not that bad on the eyes. She shook her head, wondering what that last bit had to do with anything.

"I guess, call out to him," Anna suggested to Ashe. "See if he is okay."

Beyond The Walls

"An adventure to find the Troll Elder!" Lia said, making a whooping sound. She laughed, feeling more at ease than she had in a long time. She looked around at her new friends and grinned from ear to ear. With them, she felt a lot more safe. They were an odd bunch of creatures, but she really didn't care. She hoped they did not run into any traveling warriors who would mistake Gog for being a kidnapper like Nekoboro had at first. Because it was very likely that a warrior would be using a sword and not a tuna fish for a weapon.

"We have to go through dangerous swamp, then through the zombie forest, and then the meadow of faeries, to get to the troll clearing. It is hidden, only troll can find it." Gog held up his meaty hands and clinched them a few times. "We need to get good armor and weapons for travel. Swamp has nasty creatures and zombie forest has... zombies and faeries are not evil, but like to play tricks."

"Swamp? Zombies? Faeries?" Lia's eyes widened. "When you say zombies, what exactly do you mean?"

"Forest cursed, people who travel and die in forest, come back to life as ghouls. Nasty, bitey creatures. Smelly rotty, too. Stupid creatures. Slow."

"Uh... okay..." Lia shuddered at the idea.

"Lia know how to shoot bow and arrow?" Gog asked.

"I do," she answered quietly. As a princess, she was not allowed to learn to fight, but she would often sneak down to the Castle Training Grounds and was secretly taught how to use a bow and arrow, and even how to use a dagger." She smiled at the memory. The training grounds were for the prince to learn how to defend themselves, but her parents never had a boy, so it was never used. The trainers were nevertheless kept on the grounds for looks sake and were eager to teach the princess when she showed and interest, even at the risk that they could be punished. There was a separate training ground for the kingdoms knights. Why there had to be two, Lia never understood.

"How Kyouka and Nekoboro fight?" Gog asked.

"I think he means what kind of skills do you have, other than tuna fish skills, of course, Mr. Nekoboro," Lia translated for the troll.

What You Learn at School

Bonnie blushed at the idea of anyone coming to her house. Her mother would be drunk, passed out in the living room like usual. It was beyond embarrassing. She never had anyone home because of it. It was probably why she did not have a social life, either. She bit down on her lower lip and then glanced down at the floor. She couldn't take back her offer now and besides, she really wanted Emily to be her friend.

"I don't mind doing it for you, Emily. You've just meet me and you've been really kind. There is not much of that going around at this place." She glanced back up at the other. "I will need your measurements. You can come home with me, but you do not need to pay me for it."

"There's just one thing... After you meet my mother, please promise me you will continue to be nice to me." She wanted to ask Emily to promise to stay her friend, but that would be rushing things, wouldn't it? They were on friendly terms, but how long before being on friendly terms turned into true friendship?

"Let's just say the only good thing my mom has ever done for me was make me apply to come here in one of her rare sober moments." Bonnie's face fell and she was getting that feeling she had whenever she wanted to cry, but she couldn't do it in front of someone she had just meet; not where other people could see her.

Midsummer Nights

Julia bit down on her lower lip. "I was wondering if Emily is not that old of a ghost. You know? Maybe she only recently died, or a few years ago. Who knows. She seems to really hate our parents and us, and likes to call us "children", "little sister, big sister, big brother" and so on.

"I'm just a kid and maybe I read too many fantasy books, horror ones at that, but what if she is OUR sister. Half sister, at least." She blushed, ducking her head in her book. She hoped they did not think her idea was too crazy. "I mean... one of our moms and one of our dads could be her parents?"

Sarah's face went pale. "Okay, are you saying they had an affair and killed Emily to cover it? But she is at least six, how did they hide her for six years?"

"She really seems to target our house more," Nathan put in, "so maybe she kept in a secret room."

"It sounds like a movie plot, not real life, but she's here, so she had to come from somewhere, right? And she has to have a reason for hating our parents so much and resenting us as well." Julia walked over to the clubhouse window and looked over toward their home. She shivered when she saw Emily looking out one of the windows, giving them almost what looked like a forlorn expression, for a split second, her child side peeking through.

For the First time in Forever

"Well this is the first time I've met anyone who had a similar power as mine, or any power for that matter. What else is out there? Can anyone control fire?" She smiled as she daydreamed about that. There was a lot more about the world that she did not know. She put her hand on Jack's back and helped him climb into the sled. Olaf settled in next to the boy and Anna set in the back, still giving her sister a look of disbelief. Elsa felt for sure that Anna would catch on and believe in Jack in no time. She was that kind of girl.

"Don't apologize. I'm sure you are a great guardian and a wonderful person as well." She set down in front of the sled, putting her hands on the front of it. She looked around them and took in the beauty of the white rolling hills of snow.

"Anna hand me the map."

Elsa took the map from Anna and gave it to Jack. "Do you have any idea where we are and how we get here?" She tapped the map where their destination was. "We're hopelessly lost. "

Underwater Adventure

All she could think about the whole day was seeing Mara again tomorrow. She hardly paid attention to anything else as she went about her day. At school, she gazed out the window toward the sea, wondering what her friend was up to; what were mermaid ceremonies like? She wished she could go to one, but knew that would be impossible. When school let out, she was the first one to the ferry. The ferry man gave her a cheerful wave and hello, but she barely even glanced at him, which made him frown.

"What's got your head in the clouds, miss?" he asked, making Mayumi jump out of her daydreams. She looked at the aging man and flushed. What could she tell him? Would he be shocked? Most everyone talked as if the merfolk were abnormal, bad even, but she knew that was not true. This mad was very kind. Maybe he would understand? How could anyone possibly think mermaids were creatures to be feared?

"N-nothing Old Pete," she muttered. Old Pete was what everyone called him and the name really fit. He was probably in his 90s, though he sure looked older. His skin looked like decades old parchment paper. Regardless of how old he looked, he still had a youthful sparkle in his soft brown eyes and he always had a smile, and a story about the old days.

"Mmhmm, I bet," Old Pete said with a barking laugh. "Young girls these days. Always thinking about boys."

"I'm not," Mayumi protested. "I've just got a lot on my mind." The laugh that followed said he did not believe her. She shook her head and sighed softly. If he only knew the truth.

((Sorry for the crappyness of it. ))

What You Learn at School

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Midsummer Nights

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For the First time in Forever

(I'm going to try and get some replies in today and tomorrow, but I'm sure my replies will be so-so at best. Still fighting this illness and I'm just generally worn out.) I'm replying based on how long my partners have been waiting. Thanks for understanding. :)