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White Flame - warrior (F) Dragon Hybrid; white hair and gray-blue eyes along with massive white wings and black horns

Silver Tooth - warrior (M) Bat Hybrid; black hair with blue streaks in it, giant bat ears and wings too.

Crow Talon - Alchemist (M) Teenage Genius; black hair and green eyes

The Poison Twins (Ivy and Oak) - spies (F and M) Bear Hybrids; tan skin and blue eyes

Vision - ...

Today is our last hike to complete the 48 4000 footer challenge. We started at 5 am to start our climb up Mount Washington. My backpack was filled with protein bars, trail mix, and gatorade. My sister had hers stuffed with water and our extra layers. We both had hiking shoes, shorts, and a sweatshirt on.

Now that you have a good idea of what we were working with, here's the story.

So we got out ...

“So…Anneliese calls him ugly?”

Lou’s face scrunches up in confusion. Amelie laughs as they continue to watch _Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper_.

With Lou only viewing animal movies (ones with happy endings), they all decided to educate her on the Barbie movies from Ria’s phone. They began with the obvious best Barbie movie. It helped to convince Lou with talking cats. The movie watching is...

Somewhere along the line the forest had become a physical manifestation of our friendship. The love that we held for one another.

Of course at the time it was just our forest.

I remember it having distinct areas, like neighbourhoods or city blocks. We created a map once, thick card, burnt edges, like pirates parading as colonists. And as such we each had our own kingdom to rule and call our own...

All we had really wanted to do was go on a hike. The hike was great, don’t get me wrong, but sore muscles aren’t.

We were almost done when we spotted a large log over a small stream.

Kate had dared Maylee to walk across it. She was a retired state gymnast, so we all figured she would do it. And just like we thought, Maylee made it over, like a ibex on a mountain.

She then dared me to go over. I do...

Alliance is for the weak.

That’s what I used to tell myself.

I sit cross-legged on the grass and take in the view. The wind rustles through the air around me, rustling the leaves of the trees nearby.

Distant clamouring echoes from a distance.

Alliance is for the weak.

Maybe I am weak. I believed I could trust no one, that vulnerability only gave way to potential hurt. To loss. To trauma.

But...

Babbling brooks

Babbling babes

We fumbled where the fishes played

From dawn until the end of day

Back when life was just a game

Boggy creeks

Bogging babes

We rolled in mud

Down hills

In hay

We messed our hair up

Then we laid

To dry in the sun

Then hide in the shade

Back when mammy would shout and say

Your dinners ready

Come in from play

Back when life was just a game

Restless rive...

The wind hums through the branches

Stoic trees provide their shade

As I thrive in peaceful solitude

My lonely escapade

I’m indifferent to the silence

Contented all alone

I’ve left a trail of breadcrumbs

To guide my way back home

And yet I turn around and find

My trail has disappeared

Devoured by some creature

Empty footprints filled with fear

Now my peace turns to forlornness

My seclusio...

𝖨𝗇 𝖺𝗉𝖾𝗑 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗋𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖨 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗌

𝖣𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖻𝗒 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝗒 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒�...

We’ve walked past

Each other every morning

With quick glances

But that changed when

You spoke first

I talk with you now

And you talk with me now

Soon enough, we’re friends,

And now that we’re friends,

I will protect you

I will be there for you no matter what

Yes, no matter what

Whether you move away,

Go into the military, or

Get married

Nothing will be able to stop me

If the devil tries to in...