**Not really the prompt**

“Henry just told me his parents won’t be home tonight.” 

I shut my locker door and looked at Sarah. “And?”

“And he invited me to… hang out.” Her lips curved upward in a coy smile. “I think tonight might be the night.”

“The night?” I gave her a curious look. “For what?”

“To… you know!” I smiled at her. “Don’t make me say it, it ruins the fun of it!”

“Of course I know,” I ...

They say that on the 7th of November, just before midnight, you can hear the wails of the Lady of the Woods.

The Lady waits in solitude every year for that beautiful night, when the moon is shining just enough to light a traveler’s way through the forest. Before the ban was placed on children entering the forest, she would lead them away, too. But alas, now she only has the grown ones.

Some say ...

The air was sucked out of my lungs as I hit the ground. I stood just in time to find myself on the floor again due to another punch. Blood streamed down my face, stinging my eyes. I coughed and felt a ache in my ribs. Still, I stood again. And again, and again, and again.

I didn’t ask for a fight, if you could call that one. I was only trying to stop the fighting.

I had been walking down the ha...

My knees clacked together as I approached the receptionist’s desk. It was a simple question. But of course, the answer could cause great sorrow or relief, depending on what it was. So insurmountable was my plight that I considered turning around and running until I found a suitable spot in the wilderness to sit down and decompose.

I lost my luggage.

Contained in the pink and white ‘Hell...

I was walking in the aquarium one day, and to my surprise, what jumps out at me but a great big fish! Startled, I ran to my mommy.

“Don’t be worried,” said my mommy. “Fish are our friends! I’ll tell you all about them.“

“Fish are like you and me, except for what they look like. Fish have three fins and a pretty little tail, just like a mermaid’s! They help them to swim through the water, and t...

If we could go back in time, there are a lot of things we would do differently. There are some things we would say, and some that we wouldn’t. If we could go back in time, we would take the next step in spite of our fatigue, because we know what we’ve been searching for lies just around the corner.

If I could go back in time, I would have told you that I don’t care what you’ve done in ...

I ducked out of the way just in time to miss the giant beam of light that shot out of the monster’s head.

“We’re barely making a dent!”

“Barely. But we are doing something.”

I opened my visor to address Lieutenant Smith. “But Sir, what good are we doing? He’s taking us out by the hundreds every minute!”

“We’re just the distraction. We’ve got backup arriving in-“ he paused to d...