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As she had been given her answer, _____ could feel her heart sink from her chest to the bottom of her feet. “You really seem to know a lot about the life and traditions of the royals.” she said with a shaky voice. Astrid just giggled and shook her head. “I should, it's what I live for.” she answered calmly as she put the comb down and started to divide ____'s now glossy and tangle free (h/c) hair into sections. “My mother was the personal trell to the previous queen, everything I know, I have learned from her, as she had learned everything from the trell before her.” Astrid explained as she started to braid the future queen's hair. _____ t...

Shifting your fingers through the rack of manga, you bop your head to your favorite song blasting in your ears. Popping the bubble gum in your mouth, you shift your weight grunting when you can’t locate the latest issue of your favorite manga. Ripping the headphones off your head, you let them hang around your neck. “Oi Kazuya where is my favorite manga eleventh edition I can’t find it.” You pout quickly thumbing through the rack again to double check. “Um [Name]-chan we actually sold the last copy this morning,” he trails off ducking back behind the counter placing the register between you all. Eyes widening you turn around, “W-what?” Sto...

$3.49 That was the cost of the tiny object that rested comfortably in your palm.  It was shiny but otherwise unimpressive.  A single rose shape decorated the center of the metallic semicircle; the detailing was simple but appealing.  You had perused the entire website for an hour searching for something that piqued your interest.  A simple hoop was too boring, the psychedelic ones were too loud.  You considered purchasing a pack of three but to be honest you were skeptical about the whole thing. 'Cyber Monday, ladies and gentlemen...' You sighed loudly and drug your eyes upward to your bathroom mirror.  Tiny specks of toothpaste and soap ...

Essentials of a Short Story ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quotes raped from a critique of Nathanial Hawthorn's Twice Told Tales by Edgar Allen Poe - 1837 Edgar Allen Poe, celebrated as one of the finest short fiction writers of all time, was also a literary critic. These are bits of his wisdom on writing short stories, gleaned from one of his critiques. "The true critic will but demand that that the (story's) design intended be accomplished, to the fullest extent, by the means most advantageously applicable…" -- Poe Poe's Prerequisites -- in a Nutshell: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To deliver fullest satisfaction, a short story should be structured: 1) To be read...

   Sherlock X Reader: Revenge- Chapter 1      Your life hadn’t been an easy one and you often wondered how different things would have been if it had been easy. You were raised by a family whose profession was performing; performing in a circus if you wanted to be specific. From a very young age you were used to being in front of crowds. You were extremely flexible and agile but also cunning. You grew up and things got a little more complicated. Your parents owed money to a man and their inability to pay him back in time caused their deaths. Tragic deaths that you would give anything to forget.You grew up being raised by a women who wasn’t...

Little Bites [Gabriel x Anorexic Male Reader] *A/N: I know there are a lot of anorexic reader-inserts. For some really weird reason, this prompt popped out at me… and because it's Gabriel. If this topic makes you feel uncomfortable, please, read another one of my stories or someone else's. Furthermore, I am not a doctor. Please, do not follow any of this "advice" or "instruction." It was purely imagination and if you really do need help seek medical assistance. Thank you. *A/A/N: I do not own any part of Supernatural, including its characters, or you. I do own the plot so please keep that in mind. Again, thank you.       It didn't just hap...

Samskeyti (Attachment) Iceland x Reader ~Instrumental Songfic~ Two kids tightly held hands and entered an airport. One of them was you, while the other was your best friend, Emil. As his parents made the line for their check-in, his older brother stayed by him. Hugging the life out of the platinum blonde, you didn't want to let him go. You knew that it would be the last time in a long while that you'd get to see him, and you wanted to make each second count. Emil didn't want to go either; he didn't want to leave behind everything he had known for the past six years --you were both six years old at the time.Sure, Iceland might be his nati...