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Pandemonium broke out the second Richard was jerked back through the portal as it blinked out of existence. There were screams, and crying. James was trying to make sense of what had just happened. Only problem was he had no idea. He wasn’t even a hundred percent on what he had seen. Something different had impaled Richard and drug him back through the portal. He was pretty sure he would never be able to get the red glowing eye out of his head. The others all seemed a little panicked since they had just lost two of their own. James took stock of who stood there in the Barn with him. Balor was there with a flamboyantly dressed female w

 Second by second minute by minute I wait for the hand to strike the hour - cut me down. I've wasted... too many. Days, weeks, months. I'm passing by, passing away. Oh, see my decay... Will I ever reach a better place free of sorrow and tears because I have to watch other souls beside mine grow old with time and changing, and turning. I cannot bring myself to move on, willingly. Instead I am harnessed, and bridled, and whipped forward with the rest and I am forced to feel the sting of each step and the burden lying heavily on my back. That's right, easy now. You're getting there. You can see the horizon and the blind

Boiling (an Avatar: The Last Airbender fanfic by FeatherQuilt88) Characters: Iroh, Zuko, Jin, and Chiko (fancharacter) Rating: G Note: For readers new to my "Amber Dragon" fanfic series--in it, Iroh runs a new teashop, the Amber Dragon, in Capital City, and Zuko is married to Jin. My fancharacter, Chiko, is Iroh's adoptive daughter. Iroh and Zuko call each other "Dad" and "Son" now, and Zuko considers Chiko his little sister by the same token. ~~~ Zuko and Jin have come over for a visit at the Amber Dragon, and Iroh is busy fussing over one of his largest teapots in the kitchen, getting the water ready for a nice brew of ginseng. "Dad, ca

If you were to flip a coin And only two where the chances Of your destiny to come, Maybe you would run Afraid of a future uncertain, Maybe you would wait Curious and expectant. And as such, Is anyone really free? To choose a road, a path, To singlehandedly weave The tapestry of their destiny For now I constantly feel As if I am flipping that coin, Heart expecting, Mind racing, To finally know What future bears for me.