Even though Pippa expected at least two of them to answer her superhero call, she was surprised by all of them showing up.

They are on Pippa’s school’s rooftop. There are no cameras and pretty isolated. It’s her turf as well which gives her the advantage in case things go sideways. Not all of these people are strictly heroes, so you can never be too careful.

Nightfall is next to her, tapping h...

Haze doesn’t know as much as Cedar or Ash. Not even close. They are all knowing, having a special connection to nature’s whispers. Hear the call of the wild.

But she knows Nova. And Nova trusts their word. Not the people themselves. But their promise.

So Haze strides into the library. It’s where a little bird told her that former King Sebastian spends the most time.

It truly is a majestic ro...

I’m nervous

Thinking a mile a minute

I can’t focus

I feel my glasses fogging

Trying to take in everything

Remember everything

I feel like I’m failing

So unprepared

I’ll fall on my face

I don’t know

when it’ll ever get normal

I want it to be my normal

Why can’t I be normal?

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(Started a part time job. It’s a very people facing job which is wildly out of my comfort zone but trying to force...

Claret Hood lives for danger.

Sometimes, she strolls into the eerie woods alone on purpose, wearing a bright crimson cape just to garner attention.

While predators see her as an easy target, she isn’t a naive girl who skips to her grandmother’s house. She’s far from it.

Having grown up in the forest, in a wolf territory, her mom taught her how to handle herself.

Though she was skilled in m...

It was something small. To anyone else, insignificant. A normal occurrence.

But to Liam, it felt so indescribably loud. As if everything had been put through a megaphone and then through speaker with the volume turned up to 93. The shrill of the fire alarm pierced Liam’s skull and echoed incessantly.

It wasn’t just the alarm, but the crowd of countless classmates, all adding to the noise by sto...

If Nova doesn’t like Cedar, she most definitely doesn’t like Cedar’s mom, Ash.

There is something about her presence that puts Nova on edge. It’s like she feels like she knows Nova more than she does herself. Ash and Nova’s mom knew one another, so perhaps she does know a few family secrets, but that doesn’t mean she knows Nova.

For the first time, she feels out of sync with Haze. Haze seems p...

Nightfall didn’t know what to think of Beacon’s plan.

She wanted this to involve the least amount of people possible. Since Brainwash is her problem.

But she knows Beacon is right. If Nightfall can’t hurt him, they will need help to stop him before he goes too far.

He aims to control everyone. That way, there will be no violence. No crimes. No anything.

That comes with no free will. He is m...

Teaching card games

Playing baseball in the yard

Bartering in the basement

Sprinklers at the promenade

Story time during lunch

Saturday visits

I wish I didn’t take these things

for granted when you were here

Now I only look back on them

without you

Crystallized blue pools of water

The warmest smile

I miss you...

“I’m going with you.”

That’s the first thing Ward states to her when she and Haze propose leaving. His adamance is cute and touching, but they both know it isn’t his choice.

They turn to the princess.

“I apologize Ward, but I need you here,” Princess Aziza grimaces, obviously feeling bad, but there’s no way around it.

Nova gets it. With Don and Sebastian back, Princess Aziza needs more guard...

(A deviation from the main storyline just because I can! I’m having a bit of writers block for that storyline, so I decided to write more in this world to keep the motivation pumping.)

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Jeremiah can’t believe this is happening.

Este was spending the day at Precious’ house, but Zac couldn’t come get her so he had to drop her off.

Then he spilled his café on himself in the car so he rushed ...