Age 22 / 3132 words"I love cold cases," Dennis announced cheerfully ( Read more... )

Age 19 / 356 wordsWhen they were particularly stuck on some case or piece of research, Dennis went around the back of the fountain in the lobby, down the long, barely lit staircase behind it, around the corner to the left, along sixteen doors and through the seventeenth into the little garden. There weren't seats, exactly, but there was a rough ( Read more... )

Age 14 / 185 wordsA long wand's tip travels further than short wand's on the same angle of turn. The length of an arc is simple maths but complicated magic. Preciseness of gesture can not be taught, only the gross mechanics of it; each individual must tailor each spell to her own style, to his own quirks, to their own idiosyncrasies. The use of ( Read more... )

Age 12 / 232 words"That was an impressive bit of climbing," Graham said eventually ( Read more... )

Companion!verse"--and that's why we were in the Alliance base!" Dennis finished. "It had nothing to do with us at all ( Read more... )

Age 17 / 662 words"Do I want to hear the explanation for this?" Croaker asked ( Read more... )

Age 5 / 452 wordsDennis, bored, wandered off while his father was talking with talking to the woman about the milk order for the orphanage. It was a grim, square building, surrounded by high railings. The courtyard was bare -- no fountain or even planters or anything. The room's had been modernised but they still bore more resemblence to prison ( Read more... )

Age 16 / 155 wordsEvery act of creation is an act of destruction. Magic is, after all, all about change. You crush seeds, chop roots, kill insects for their wings -- and you make potions. You bend shapes, discarding one form for the next -- and you make cups from kittens. You destroy order to form chaos and chaos to form order. Destruction ( Read more... )

Age 19 / 2553 wordsThe forest far off across the fields had a white screen at its edge. Printed on its far side was a sweeping image of cute little semi-detached houses, large "New Property Development!" and "Coming Soon!" messages and a small "Meadowsweet development paid for by the Quantex Fund" message across the bottom. Just inside that, ( Read more... )

Age 13 / 423 wordsFlitwick clapped his hands to get their attention. "Eyes front, please. Thank you. Today we're going to extend our wrapping charm to non-regular items. Anyone can wrap a box neatly ( Read more... )