Ziva stood at her locker, her tears had finally dried. She spun the dial on her locker and entered the combination quickly, she was startled by a sound beside her, unusal since the locker next to her was empty. She glanced up to see that a young man stood there.

He looked to be a year or two older than her. He had dark blonde hair, electric blue ( Read more... )

Friday morning dawned cold and clear; the snow had melted away, leaving only an icy chill in the air to show that it had ever been there. Ziva showered and dressed quickly in a pair of flannel pajama pants and a plain black tshirt with a grey hoodie overtop. She pulled on heavy socks and tennis shoes. She pulled her hair back into a tight ponytail ( Read more... )

For all of you readers who haven't had a chance to read my "Witching Lessons" story, I am going to post the first 7 chapters again so that you can get caught up on them. I hope you all enjoy it!

CHAPTER 1

"Careful with those, they're ancient!" shouted Sofia, coming through the door into the kitchen. But it was a kitchen unlike any other. It was a mix ( Read more... )

I awoke the next morning slightly chilled. The windows were wide open, letting in the morning breeze. I stood and stretched, reaching high and standing on my tip-toes. Then I looked over and saw Helen watching me, her eyes less fevered than before, and bright, but a healthy bright. She smiled at me and waved. I grinned back. "Good morning, Helen."

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"Good." I said. "Send Lucy to me, please." He nodded and left. A few moments later, Lucy appeared at the door. "Lucy, I'm going to need your help. I need a hot bath brought here for the girl, fresh, clean clothing brought, and this bed needs everything washed, just as I ordered mine done." She nodded and motioned for servants to come and do as I ( Read more... )

The guard led me to the room off of the great hall that Lord Breckon used as a study and library. I found that to walk in such a heavy dress, you practically had to kick the hem of it with your feet to move it out of your way. I nearly tripped on the stairs however, and only by grabbing onto the guard in front of me was I able to keep from falling ( Read more... )

Lucy didn't reply, simply waited until the bath was filled, handed me a small carved wooden bowl that held what I assumed was a soft soap and left the room, shooing the two young men ahead of her. She shut the door and I sighed. Noticing the steam coming off the bath, I quickly stripped and sat down in the tub. It was cramped and tiny, but it was ( Read more... )

I spent the rest of that evening mostly pacing back and forth in front of an enormous fireplace. The woman who'd taken me to my new room had introduced herself as Lucy and around the time darkness fell, she brought me a tray of food. Most of the foods I didn't recognize and moved to the side, so I mostly munched on brown bread, some fruit, and the ( Read more... )

 
I followed Charming down two twisting flights of stairs and out into an enormous courtyard of white cobblestones, fountains and fantastic plants and trees. Standing at the gate, overlooking the courtyard was a gigantic black dragon, his scales glistening opalescent in the sunlight. Perched on the dragon's back was a tall dark-haired man dressed ( Read more... )

 
"Oh My God!" I shrieked. "You’re a- you’re a-a" I stuttered.

"A fairy. Come on, you can say it. Fair-E. Fairy." She said it slightly sarcastically and with much giggling. I guessed she probably got that reaction fairly often.

"Fairy. But fairies aren’t real!" I said. Brisa’s smile suddenly darkened.

"Who says?" She said, drifting down slowly to sit ( Read more... )