I run. And run and run, until I reach my house. My pulse is racing faster than ever, and I drop down on my bed, a hot mess. I must have fallen asleep, because Marley wakes me up.

"Where have you been all day? I saw you come home like 2 hours ago. What is with you?"

"Hmm?" I say groggily.

"Get up. Mom will be home soon to make dinner."

"Okay"

"And you might want to take a shower."

I take her ...

February 17th. That was the day I saw him. The first time I saw him.

A person, but with short hair. Different clothes.

"What is that?"

"A boy, I think."

"He's... well."

"Ugly"

"No," I pause, "he's beautiful. In a different way than us."

I stand there staring. _How could I have gone all my life never seeing or knowing this creature. _

"We need to go, Claire."

"Just one more minute."

"No. ...

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Ethel stood at the edge of the village, her heart pounding in her chest as the horizon stretched before her—vast and unknown. She had spent her entire life within the walls of the Matriarchal Society, a community founded on tradition, faith, and the strict, unwavering rules set by her mother. Her mother, Selene, was the embodiment of those rules—fierce, pious, and unyielding.

"Remember, Et...

After the long, long journey from the desert to the lush region of Faron, Maru’s feet ached as she finally made it to the top of the mountain. She had finally found what she was searching for: the legendary Lover’s Pond. _This is the place where mother and father met._ She thought to herself. _He gave her a blue nightshade flower to win her heart._ As she looked around and saw no one, she did not ...

Men are from mars women are from Venus

Men are violent it was said in myth and legend

She thought men were a fantasy

One day she was banished from the underground world and ventured out to the surface.

There she met a man

She could believe her eyes they were not myths they existed her mother and the all the other women had lied.

This man was young like hers she felt butterflies in her stomach...

Heal was admiring the stretching pillars of cracked stone and loose pebbles that held together what the Lanmen called their “Holy Sanctuary”. The one devoted to the Lanwomen’s goddess was much more kept with and polished. As she stepped inside with Kerge—and Josie who was in a contraption that strapped him to Kerge’s chest—her nose was overwhelmed with the smell of incense and lavender. It smelled...

A girl who was raised in a society of women ventured out into a world of men for the first time. She looked around curiously, having never seen anyone with a beard or short hair like the men she encountered. This world was very different from what she had expected. In her female-only society, she had been trained in self-defense and martial arts to protect herself from men.

In that female society...

What are those?

Men!

It’s raining men!...

Where do you go when you’ve never seen the world?

_Tuk. Tuk. Tuk. Tuk._

Careful, they said, else you’ll get stuck like them.

She listens to her breathing. The air against her nostrils. The exhale is just enough to shift the candy bar wrapper in her lap.

_Tuk. Tuk. Tuk. Tuk._

She notices her shoulders feel tight, so she forces them away from her ears. Relax, she tells herself. She feels the ...

Please, just watch Wonder Woman. Otherwise I’ll have to rewrite the entire script to Wonder Woman....