young-adult-fantasy

The combination of razor-sharp wit (completely real) and his credentials (completely fake) had won them over in the end.

You'll get fired if anyone finds out about us!""So many rules in this century," Vane muttered.

Why did you wear heels? How are you supposed to fight a gargoyle in what you're wearing?

Well, can you tell her that?"He looked down at his feet. "I will. I will."Guy-speak for, "I plan to keep avoiding her until she gives up.

If I were to lock you up in a dungeon, I guarantee you would not be bored.

I'd never known that I could feel this broken and whole at once.

Now tell me what you__e afraid of.___ncle Nathan is right about this tree. It__ got some kind of spirit in it. And it doesn__ want me to leave._ I saw my dad smile and shake his head. ____ serious, Dad. You can__ send those guys up here again. The tree will try to kill them before it lets them take me down. Didn__ you see it happen?___ saw a couple of accidents___nd Ronnie fell yesterday, but somehow I__ able to be up in this tree no problem. I got up here without any ropes or ladders. Don__ you find that mysterious? Uncle Nathan doesn__. Grandfather doesn__.___hey are both superstitious, that__ all.___ know,_ I said. __nd what about that, Dad? You__e spouted all your legends and myths at me my whole life, and now you suddenly don__ care about them? That doesn__ make any sense.__e sighed so deeply I could hear it. __ study those legends to get to know our culture, our heritage. I don__ believe that they are literal truths.___ut what about the mermaids?_ I pressed. __emember the big story you told about the singing boat and the killer whale? It was you who told me that maybe the story was wrong and it wasn__ a singing boat; it was a mermaid under the boat.___ remember, but I had a real mermaid staring me in the face at the time. There isn__ anything like that going on right now.___ hear whispers coming from the tree. It moves on its own. It is warmer than it should be___ou__e been up there too long. You__e delirious.__ grunted at him. __t started before I climbed up!__ad rubbed a hand over his face. __ don__ know what you want me to do here.__ turned on the camera and flipped the digital pictures until I found that one with the face. I stuck it in the bucket and lowered it down to my dad and told him to take a look.__s that as good as a mermaid right in front of you?__e studied the picture a moment and then replied, __ always see faces in the knots of trees. Who doesn__? I think that__ why so many people create horror stories about them.

When the mind is free, magic happens.

Man Iâ__m hot,â_ I exclaimed, fanning myself. The combination of climbing out of the cave and the sun meant that I was perspiring like crazy. â__hy thank you,â_ retorted Blaine, smirking. â__â__m pleased that my presence causes that kind of reaction.

Wellâ_itâ__s whether you want to face certain death by taking a risk on the other route or almost certain death by scaling the walls?â_ she replied. â__herefore, for me, considering our options, itâ__s a no brainer.

Itâ__s tough, but if you want to survive, sometimes you have to do the seemingly impossible.

Of course they were eaten,â_ he retorted, his eyes flashing in cold humour. â__rolls generally arenâ__t exactly renowned for being vegetarians.

Clearly, this was another thing I needed to add to the: â__epetitive cycle of things that were constantly happening in my lifeâ__ list, which currently contained fainting and my ability to find trouble.

I believe with all my heart, that Magnus is a worthy and superior successor to your current king. Therefore, I ask today that you reject Gaius Damora as your leader and take Prince Magnus as your new king. He will right the wrongs that have overtaken Mytica. And he will make Gaius Damora pay for all he has destroyed.

It is hard to imagine the things you have never seen.

There was a sudden flash of lightning which brightly illuminated our faces. I squinted against the harsh light. It was soon followed by the crack of thunder. The strong wind whipped our hair around our faces, and the younger girls squealed as they quickly ran across the grass to get inside the school. Rose and I sat up, smiles on our faces as we listened to the weather__ dangerous melody. The third flash of lightning finally ripped open the sky__ belly. Freezing rain cascaded out, drenching us in a matter of seconds, the flower garlands drooping and lying limp on our matted hair.

The rain landed on my skin with a barely audible patter and changed the tempo of its repetitive dance, letting the wind change its course and angle. The cold soon seeped through my dress and into my bones. An iris from my garland fell in my lap.

I took my friend__ hand as she helped me up. With our hands still linked and our flower crowns tangled in our hair, we danced, laughing with joy, through the rain and towards the school, the lightning showing us our path with its powerful light.