In a world of roses, be a thorn.

Stick out in the sea of normality.

And don’t be afraid,

To make a point where it hurts....

Chaos and tragedy were running wild through the realm. Just how she had planned.

A few hours earlier

Marissa gazed out the slit of a window she was given in her stone-cold prison.

She could see the rooftops below her, the flood of towers spanning out as far as one could see.

The land that was once hers. That could be hers yet again.

If only she could be free.

She moved towards the window...

Nessa was packing up the last of her boxes in her room. The moving truck was due in an hour but she still had bits and pieces scattered about.

She hated this house when she first moved here ten years ago. But over time, her feelings for it grew.

When she was younger she would cry to her dad and step-mom about how much she hated it. And how much she wished they could all move back to the old hous...

We planned our whole lives together,

from the moment we first met.

When the both of us were nothings,

And the world was ours to have.

We built our lives from scratch,

Building upwards from the ground.

Until we had it all,

And our dreams were coming true.

I’m not sure what went wrong,

I don’t remember when you turned.

What once felt like everything,

Now meant nothing to me at all.

What was on...

Most don’t see what I see

In the dark of night

They are all asleep

And miss what’s here in sight

The creatures all come out to play

Once the sun has set

But no one ever cares to see

What’s right behind their door

Creatures come and play with me

All in different shapes

Some are small and some are big

And some are just like me

We run and hide

And stay and seek

Until the night is gone

For then we...

Rose lived in a castle in the woods and had everything she ever wanted.

Her godmothers made sure of it. Yes, she had three, but they would do anything for her.

For Rose’s fifth birthday she received her very first chemistry set. Ever since that first day she fell in love with science.

Her parents built her a wing in the tallest tower that contained a lab just for her. It had every thing she eve...

All in a golden afternoon,

Under the skies of cloudless blue

I saw you for the first time,

And knew I would love you.

All in all peaceful afternoon,

Under the skies of lovely pink

I saw you looking at me,

And knew I would stay with you.

All in a frenzied afternoon

Under the skies if raging red

I saw you at the worst time,

And knew I would change you.

All in a cold afternoon,

Under the skies of ...

Dark.

That’s how it has been for years.

Dark.

Every since the sun went out and never came back.

Cold and dark.

Everyday I wake up, no light to tell me the time, just the handy clock that tries to keep up with the passing days.

I don’t even remember what the sun felt like, I was too young then. But I always hear stories of how it felt to have sunlight shining on your face. It sounds like magi...

Five minutes left.

She was running out of time. The deadline coming closer and closer.

Her hands brushed across the keyboard not keeping up with her brain.

Almost there almost there-

Splash

Her elbow knocked her coffee over, slowly pooling over her desk.

No!

Four minutes left.

She grabbed her laptop and ran over to her kitchen counter.

Then she ran back with paper towels.

...

The full moon shines,

A milky white

In the dark it’s bright

A peaceful calm,

Comes over all

The magic sings a call

The full moon shines,

A deep dark red

In the dark it’s dead

An eerie calm

Comes over all

The darkness belts a call...