NaNo2021

They knew where Aya’s dad was. Or, at least, they knew where he had been heading. There was a very good chance that he was still there. In fact, given that he’d only left a week and a half prior, there was even a chance… Read More »Rescue (Aya) 1,194 words

In the end, Andy ended up spending three weeks with Baerex. Throughout that time he had managed to calm himself a lot more and grow accustomed to the fact that time worked differently when one was jumping around in it. The constant feeling of being… Read More »Rescue (Andy) 4,043 words

Aya wasn’t exactly sure what the plan was. Her father was missing, her brother… was alive and fine, purportedly, though there was something about her calling him her brother which people who knew him seemed to struggle with. She’d learned his name though, Dagga. After… Read More »Plan (Aya) 5,322 words

It was going to take more than a little raid to rescue Dani, it turned out. After the vision with the ambush, Andy’s aunt, Kim, and Peter had decided to retreat and figure out a new approach that would let them take Dani without bringing… Read More »Plan (Andy) 3,378 words

It was almost time. “We’re there, right?” Aya asked, deftly dodging a swat from Jesay. They river way in the cave was dark and dangerous, however, for those who knew the way, it was safe enough. Dangerous as it was, it was the dark that… Read More »Time (Aya) 4,642 words

Classes continued for Andy, but with each passing day and week he slowly began to feel less and less certain about ever seeing his sister again, and more and more worried about what she was going through. His sister had seemed fine enough, if unhappy,… Read More »Time (Andy) 4,580 words

When Aya arrived at the destination a couple of days later, she found that it was a small shack on the river with a couple of boats and a couple of barges as well. She didn’t see anyone outside so Aya walked up to the… Read More »Power (Aya) 4,196 words

“You need to focus your breathing.” Aunt Lily said. For such a bookish lady, she was surprisingly fit. They’d just run two miles together and she was hardly winded, and had jumped right into stretches. This was supposedly the ‘break’ before they ran another two… Read More »Power (Andy) 3,220 words

Dagga wasn’t one to wait for rescue. Still, as it was, they might have needed it. The attackers seemed to spring from the shadows themselves at the Fortune Teller’s place and before they knew what was happening, Dagga found themselves bound and trussed like a… Read More »Taken (Dagga) 2,054 words

They came in the middle of the night. Dani woke up momentarily to find herself surrounded, only to immediately be knocked unconscious once more as a rag was put over her mouth and nose. In the moments before she fell back asleep, she did hear… Read More »Taken (Dani) 2,754 words