TW: death, mass murder, family murders, suicide

Clinks of metal hitting against one another echoed through the mountains as slain bodies fall to the snow-covered ground. Hundreds of warriors lay lifeless as more and more of the people we were fighting grew smaller. Power was being stripped away and it would be obvious that the land was soon to be controlled by another.

Even with men and women d...

The little girl tugged at her mothers' jacket begging for her attention as tears streamed down her rosy cheeks. Swatting at her daughter's hand the woman continues talking to the neighbors about recent drama in the small community.

With a huff, the little girl tugged harder starting to let small sobs escape her lips. “Mama!” The little girl cries desperately wishing her mother would acknowledge ...

My hands shake as I walk back towards my dresser where I threw down my mirror. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The face that stared back at me wasn’t mine. It was something sinister. Something that parents told their children of to scare them into behaving.

I need to figure out why the reflection wasn’t my own. Slowly I reach out and grasp the cold metal handle of the mirror. I turn it ove...