For the first time in her life, she had felt needed. Like someone worth a damn, like someone who would be missed should something happen to her… In Faith’s line of work, something always happens. When Diane had told her that Slayers had a limited shelf life, she had taken the news with her typical nonchalance. After all, living in ( Read more... )

            In the beginning, there was nothing but the Goddess. For countless millennia, she existed alone in the vastness of space. At first, the Goddess was as a child playing pretend with the toys of creation at her slender fingers. The first thought to enter her mind was that it was far too silent in her universe. To combat her boredom, she ( Read more... )

Chapter One- I’ll Fly Away

Let the wind carry me away, to learn to fly among the eagles. Let the current pull me under, and I will trade legs for fins. Let the sands of time flow over me, bleaching my bones. Or, better yet, let the fires of hell consume me; let them reduce my body to ashes that scatter to the wind. In a strange way then, I would ( Read more... )

"Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm."

Her eerie, sing-song voice traipsed across the moonlit water like skipping stones, as Harry became aware of Luna's hand upon his arm. In a hushed panic, he whispered, "Crocodiles?"

"Don't worry. It's a Malaysian proverb, Harry." She smiled up at him, amused. "It just means that you ( Read more... )