I stand there looking at him blankly. “What do you mean? I can kill her, finally!” I say to my friend Anna, who stands behind me.“They will be after us big time, what are you talking about!” Anna exclaims. I turn back to the man who swears I won’t be caught. “I want a magic staff!” I finally shout to the man, “can’t catch me if it’s not real!” “Are you sure?” Anna and the man say. “Of course I’m s...

Why does life hurt.

What makes us human

Isn’t always good.

Time doesn’t wait

Life doesn’t wait.

Die. Death. Die. Death.

What do I wait for

Nothing good will happen.

Then, a pause

Nope. Life still sucks.

Die. Death. Die. Death. ...

“We have to give it back!” I yell at him for like the tenth time.

“No we don’t, I keep telling you I won it fair and square!” He yells back.

The gauntlet lays there, looking, no staring at us.

I glance at it and I get a bad feeling, “Alex, what did you do to get this?” I immediately ask.

He glances at it then back at me.

“I did what I had to. To protect you, to protect us!”

“How could you be ...

“He watch’s from afar. What shall we do about him?” Penny, my dear sister asks me.

“Well we could always keep him around.” Then we laugh.

I’m Margaret and my sister, Penny and I are on our way to New Orleans to meet the infamous voodoo queen; Helena. This man watches us as we walk down the street. It makes us wish he weren’t. He starts to walk over then stops as if he just remembered something. ...

In the blue mist, the old dreary bank stood. Beckoning me in with a whisper, come closer. I walked just a step and no more, because I was forewarned. I didn’t listen, I kept walking faster and faster. The bribe pulling me in was just that of security. I looked right, then left. No one was around. No one to see me walk up to the bank. A few more feet the bank called to me. The blue mist was getting...

I have done it! I have cursed the land! But, *yawn* it’s pitch black outside. I am tired. I have somehow cursed myself too. Wait, is the moon moving very fast or is it something else? I am so tired now. The black is engulfing me. I swallow the darkness and am out. But before I go I have something to tell you: In the future six women and one boy will *yawn* be here to awake us. That future may be c...

Growing stronger every day,

I am the girl that came to play,

I wish you luck

No time to delay

Run

Run

Run!...

Karma, the thing that holds the universe together, is after me. Whether I’m on its good side or not, it’s always there. I feel it’s gnashing teeth upon my heart. My boyfriend broke up with me and he’s with another girl, *breathe* My dog died, *breathe* I have insomnia, *breathe* and finally I believe I can do anything! “Depending on which side you’re on, karma can be a beautiful thing.”

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