Aren’t we all deserving of friends? Someone who cares for us, loves us for who we are. For me, a friend is quite hard to come by.

If I wanted to, I could fool them all; live in a relationship built on a shaky foundation of lies and false truths.

But I don’t want that. Because that doesn’t feel real to me. And for someone so close to solemnity all the time, I want something I can grasp. Something...

I can’t wait to visit Ri-Ri’s house again. It’s a grey house with a black rooftop. Ri-Ri has a garden with all types of flowers. He says that they make the place more vibrant and that it contrasts the big black fog above the house. Even though I don’t know what contrast means, I pretend that I do because Ri-Ri seems like he is lonely.

When I first came to Ri-Ri’s house, I was terrified of t...

As she drifted off, Sarah was greeted by deaths looming presence, and the sound of the eternal clock he bore upon his wrist. He was slender, clad in a black suit, and stood with a welcoming embrace. He sat down at the side of the bed, “It’s good to see you again my dear.” “I’ve missed you,” she said. Death gazed upon the young girl’s face, “How can you miss me?” He inquired. “For I represent the...

“Oh, hey kid. Did your heart stop again?” Asked death.

“Yeah…” answered the little girl.

“It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”

“It has.” She said

“Well, it’s nice to see you again Rosie.” Death said

“it’s nice to see you again too death” she said with a huge, bright smile.

The two of them both rushed in for a big hug.

“You’re my most favo...

(This was draft #27! Thanks Shadow for picking this number because it was not actually that hard to finish. Just needed a push!)

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Pain is her friend. Her best friend.

People say that Amerie finds pleasure in redirecting pain. She doesn’t, but it doesn’t matter what she does or doesn’t like.

She’ll never change their minds.

Pain follows her.

And where pain goes, death is right behind it.

...

[8 years earlier… LILIANA]

My vision blurs, before it goes entirely black.

“Death?” I shout, remembering this is his favorite moment to appear.

I see his hunched figure.

“Death!”

I stand up on legs I cannot see and sprint towards the darker side.

“I missed you so much-” I say, burying my face in his cloak.

“Lily, I missed you too.”

I smile.

“Death, what do I do if I can’t see my legs?”...

"Oh, you're back again," The darkness crooned.

The smile in its voice was palpable,

"How long have you come to play?"

Vidya's arms outstretched before her as she stumbled into the blackness -- feeling for the walls of the familiar inky coridor.

Almost instantaneously, pools of light flooded around her, illuminating the thick muddy walls and swamp-like paths. Everything she touched began to gl...

When my spirit left my body, I didn’t think anything of it. My Aunt Kate, however, was crying, frantic, and calling for a nurse to come revive me. This happens more than it should but that’s all because I have a bad heart. Aunt Kate says I got my bad heart because I was born too soon but I don’t think that’s why. In fact, I don’t think my heart’s bad at all. Without it, I would’ve never met Death,...

Deep beneath the earth the Piramax

Grows, an ancient building just above the core of the planet. The iridescent pillars reflect the black souls trapped in the ground gothic arch windows rise from the floor.

A young girl walked among the dead

Not afraid and very much alive. She'd been down here before so she walked right through the wall illusion and into a larger room. The guards posted by eac...

The ocean breeze is warm and salty like it always is and she is laying on the hammock, swaying back and forth like she always does. Always humming that silly little song and twirling her short locks of gold.

I walk over to her, wondering if this time she gets to stay longer; though I hope she doesn’t. Every greedy part of me would like to keep her close forever. I imagine the stories she would te...