It was just a normal day at work.

I tapped angrily at my computer. I had to write a stupid document for my boss. But I was finding it hard to focus. I had barely slept last night. I had kept hearing this strange sound from somewhere in my room—a faint growling— but I couldn’t identify where it was coming from so I assumed it was just in my head.

After 30 minutes of frustrating work I finally gave ...

Adeline walked carefully over the wooden planks. They were remains from the buildings that once stood here, but now covered the dusty ground. The planks were like dominoes, one wrong move and they would come crashing down on top of eachother, alerting everything to her presence. Dusk was approaching, casting an orange light upon the dust in the air. She clutched Lilith’s hand. Adeline couldn’t los...

She liked to talk. I thought it was silly how much she talked, but she didn’t care one bit. She was dark colored, like most of her family. She had a creative mind and spent hours writing and drawing to her heart’s content.

Her words were admired and adored but she herself was ignored and thrown aside when she wasn’t needed. She had lain on the floor for hours once, forgotten and lost.

She couldn...

I stood, waiting at the bus stop to go to work. The sky was a muted gray. Drops of rain fell upon the ground. My breath rose as mist in the frigid air. As depressing as it sounds, I could not show my sadness. They didn’t like it when we were sad. They wanted us to be happy. We were taught not to cry as children, how to hold your smile, how to hide your emotions. And if you got caught being, you wo...

When I was young, people always told me I would be a heartbreaker. I don’t think this is what they meant.

It was a comment I got quite a lot. I don’t know if it was my death stare resting face or my complete lack of empathy for others but everyone saw me as cold. They would tell me to brighten up and be kind. I always had trouble making friends as a kid because people seemed to shy away from me. I...

I went walking around Willow Pond. It was quite peaceful. Fish swam serenely. Birds sang above. Wind blew through my hair. Sunshine glittered upon grass. Happiness spread all around.

But then something sharp hit me.

“Ouch”

Looking down, blood covered the toe.

Without shoes, pain rocketed high.

Rocks lay everywhere. One had red dripping off. Yelling angrily and kicking crazily, harmful stone ende...

Our world is different.

We envy those who live on earth. That spoiled planet always got the best of us. They can call us aliens, abuse and mistreat us, but we will always stay strong. We are the people of Monlanti, the planet near the moon. Thousands of years ago, the earth was unaware of us. Our planet is so small it is something they would call a pebble. But it’s our home; the only home we’ve ev...