The Sword Of Light
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Untitled Book, Chapter Two
Submitted by DarkDecember on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 12:55pmChapter Two
Ally took the elevator up to Jackson Hill’s office. She liked elevators. Easy to use and quick. Quick was a necessity when she was very nearly late.
Ally quickly sat down at her desk. Thank God. Hill hadn’t noticed she was gone.Untitled Book, Chapter One
Submitted by DarkDecember on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 12:56pm“One hand in the air for the big city,” Alicia Keys sang from Ally Smith’s phone. Ally pulled it out of her pocket, and cut Alicia off just as she told everybody to put their lighters in the air. “Hey, sis.”
“Hi, Ally.” Ally heard the sound of dishes clinking together.
“Washing up?” Ally paused in the window of a department store, studying a dress. It looked good… her eyes strayed to a little price card by the mannequin.
No. No, she’d pass on that dress for now, thank you.
“Yeah, I keep coming in late, so I’ve left the dishes for a while.”
“Dishwasher?”
“Busted.”Untitled Book, Prologue
Submitted by DarkDecember on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 12:57pmPrologue
When Alexandrina Celeste Smith was seven, she didn’t believe in monsters. She didn’t believe in monsters or magic or anything out of the ordinary. She was a calm, rational seven-year-old girl. Which is as rare as it sounds.
When Alexandrina Celeste Smith was seven years old, everything changed. Everything got turned on its head.Ally lay in bed, suddenly wide awake.
There had been a noise in her bedroom. It had woken her up. She looked at the window. It was open.
“I’m not scared,” she said aloud, defiantly.
“That’s not smart.”Untitled Book, Chapter Three
Submitted by DarkDecember on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 12:51pmThis is one of the worst days ever, Ally thought grumpily.
First she’d been called an idiot by Hill and Ms. Blair. Hill was not unusual, but it was annoying to have a woman she didn’t even know imply she was a moron. Then she’d had to turn down one of the interns, Geoff, again. The boy couldn’t take a hint. Then she had to stay in late. Without pay. Finally, to round it all off, she’d missed the bus and was walking home. In the dark. In New York City.
Under her breath, Ally cursed Jackson Hill, Ms. Blair, bus companies, and New York City.Memories of Darcy (Two)
Submitted by rebecca_v on Sat, 05/22/2010 - 4:31pmiii.
I pretend I am asleep
on Friday nights after Mum leaves
for the night shift
and Daddy snores on the couch.I pretend so I can see Darcy,
silent and sad,
prepare herself for the evening.
I watch her color her cheeks pink
and smear black on her eyes.Her ritual is unknown
by all but me,
and I love the secret we share.My nerves tingle in my belly
as Darcy climbs through the window
and is consumed by the night.iv.
Sometimes
Daddy forgets her has to love his girls
too.I see it in his eyes
when Rory smacks a baseball into the air,
so far awayDreams
Submitted by DarkDecember on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 5:17pmI saw a girl in my dreams when I was a little boy.
That’s only as far back as I can remember. She’s an imprint on my mind from when I was younger than memory can touch, when I had infant’s dreams.
I can never remember exactly how old she is, or exactly what she looks like. I remember her dress. It falls just below the knee, and has short floaty sleeves hang just above the elbow. The dress is made of rainbows. I can’t remember if she’s wearing shoes. Sometimes I think she is. Sometimes I think she isn’t.
Marcus-
Submitted by Special on Sun, 05/16/2010 - 11:33pmMarcus’s head shot up at the sound. He turned towards the door- startled despite himself. Some girl stood there, she was sort of staring, watching him strangely. He recognized her from the halls, he knew she sometimes read while she walked- too caught up in her own world to care much about others walking to class- too lost in the book’s pages to look up and some back. The first thing he noticed we her eyes, they were plain blue. Simple blue, but a blue that rippled as you watched it,. And darkened before you as she caught your eye.
