Jessie ran with all her might dragging a stolen sword.

Growing up all her life at this elevation, her heart and lungs were used to this exertion.

“Stop the girl! Kill her!”

Running straight towards the chained and bloody beast, she swung her sword with both hands.

Clang!

The magical sword sliced cleanly through the thickest chain.

Catching up, two beast keepers readied their spears to skewer...

I wake up in my cell to the sounds of the city outside stirring to life. I roll over and add a tally mark to the wall. One hundred and Seventy-Four days. It may as well be a lifetime. I rise, stretching out the soreness from the cot the guards so graciously provided, and head toward the door. Unlocked, like it always was.

It took me a week to try the door the first time. I remember the excitemen...

I was walking in the sky castle one night, trying to escape. The stars were really bright that night, and I couldn’t get away. I tiptoed in my blue water dress and and layed my crown on the pillar. I left a goodbye note, for I didn’t want to be rude. I just didn’t want for them to know that I was leaving…they are very strict. I lept and flew.

“I am leaving” I thought “ I am leaving to see the ea...

IT IS BELIEVED that when one falls, it feels as though it is never-ending. On the way down, you nearly burn up in the sky. That being said, the trip down is incredibly tolerable and generous compared to the landing, where you would be lucky to have at least one unbroken bone in your new physical body. It is no wonder why thwarting The Great Plan is considered a distasteful option by many of the Sk...

**Title: *Escape from the Sky Fortress***

High above the clouds, where the sky burns gold at dawn and purple at dusk, the Sky Fortress hung like a citadel of steel and glass, suspended by anti-gravity engines that hummed with an eerie, ceaseless power. It was a marvel of ancient engineering, a relic from a forgotten age when humanity had sought refuge above the ruined lands below. Few who entered...

“Jim. Help me!” I say as I pull up on the bars.

I start chiseling away at the cement at either end of the bars.

“Why should I? We’re not getting out unless we do something crazy.”

I sit there trying not to belive in those words.

I hear footsteps signaling for me to retreat back to my corner.

“Wait” he says as he jumps up and runs to the side of the door.

“What are you doing?” I say in hushed whis...

Her eyes began to well up, the first traces of realization. They blurred her vision, and yet she did not blink them away, instead letting the droplets build and flood out what she thought was an impossible thing. Though the rest of her remained in a subtle state of shock. As if time had slowed the moment they arrived. She was still there, standing among the curious crowd, waiting to see why they h...

Jack never imagined the startling outcome that awaited him at the top of the beanstalk. All Jack could think about was, “I need to earn enough to cover this month's rent,” especially given the grave condition of his parents' health. Unbeknownst to him, they had fallen victim to the Bubonic Plague, a relentless disease ravaging his small seaside town.

Yet, that was far from the extent of his worri...

The wind rippled violently, nearly blowing him off his feet. He caught his breath, a fall from this height would mean certain death. Everybody who visited the fortress always had the same thought: how beautiful and tranquil it was, surely it was a place fitting of the gods. But they didn’t know the truth. As often with a place as beautiful as this, the darkness was just as great. Deep within,...

Sweat drips down my face. I dash out of the Castle and hop in the nearest grass car. A wind angel flows above me, bringing a gust of wind as I open the door. My short dirty blonde hair brushes against my pink cheeks. I slam the door and slump into the brown seat.

"The cost is {}15 to get anywhere today. What'll it be?"

"Umm," I bite my lip. I wanted to escape, but I hadn't figured out where yet....