Someone was going to die tonight. I could only hope it wasn’t me.

“Goodmorning Anastasia,” My maid offered, before handing me a glass of water and a tray of toast. “Thank you Clara. When has the King asked of my presence?” I asked.

“In one hour. His messenger said he wants to speak to you about the feast tonight, then about where you will sit at the cermony,” Clara explained, before turning away...

Don’t touch the gem

I whisper quick

It will cast its spell

In less than a tic

Dont steal that gold

It’ll steal your soul

The guilt will make you

Both new and old

Dont lie when they catch you

Look them in the eyes

Tell them that your sorry

That your in desguise

Dont run if they chase you

Please don’t move at all

You will be on the ground

Before you even hear the call

Dont take the diamond

It is...

One day you wake up in your room with all the doors and windows locked, and a timer going. There is currently 20 minutes left. Write a poem or short story telling what the character thinks will happen when it goes off, what they do to escape or stop it, and then what actually happens when the timer goes off if they dont escape. Use creativity and dont go over a 1,000 word limit....

Im not scared of the dark. No, im scared of what lurks inside it. So of course, on that cool january morning, I accidentally found my way into the pitts of Everdeen- the darkest place on earth.

Although I didn’t quite believe the rumors about the place, it did not lesson the eeerieness the darkness brought on. Some said that nothing alive could come into the pitt. That the second you went in, yo...

People said you couldn’t hear silence. Couldn’t see darkness. But the silence was loud, and the dark was all I could see.

I burrowed my head in my hands, waiting for something. Sound. Light. Life at all.

But nothing came. Three days before light was identified as extinct. The world had been running out of light for years. Each day it had been seen less and less. But at least once a month, someon...