It had been a few days since the island had completely changed. Troy had woken up to find that Treehouse headquarters was the top floor of a weird building on a London street, his comfy Spider-Man jammies had turned into some kinda weird dress nightgown thing that Troy was determined to never wear again as long as he lived- even if it was breezy ( Read more... )

The cane that slides against the ice is not my own. It's heavier and bulkier, with a curved hook on one end to serve as a grip. I've paid attention to the warnings -- that the weather would turn cold. That some of the topography and architecture could transform with the coming of December. But as I walk through the snowy streets of a city I do not ( Read more... )

Living on a magically beautiful tropical island and having a dragon at his back, it was easy to feel immortal. It was easy to fly up close to the sun, lean forward to grin recklessly at Toothless, and laugh as he unhooked his leg from the pedal. They were so high up that the air almost felt cool, despite the cloudless sky and warm sun, and the wind ( Read more... )

For anyone who knew Ron, finding him at one of the tables in the rec room, surrounded by books and papers might have convinced them that the island was messing around with people's minds again. At his best, he'd always procrastinated until the night before assignments were due to write them, and getting him to do any studying when he didn't have to ( Read more... )

He fucking hated rehab and physical therapy and all that shit. It didn't matter how many times he'd had to go through it, feeling like he was building his body back from the ground up was the kind of frustrating he just wasn't patient enough to deal with. But he gritted his teeth and he took it, 'cause ending up with a bum arm for the rest of his ( Read more... )

Alistair had long since known the hut he'd been living in was too small for the amount of people living there. It'd been small when it was just Duncan and he, but with Zelda now, he truly was beginning to feel it. Though she hadn't complained, he knew they could have better, and he knew he was more than capable of providing such a thing ( Read more... )

It had been just over a month since I was displaced to this strange and mysterious island, and I found myself missing Terre d'Ange and my loved ones there more than ever. My time in Tiberium and Lucca had been somewhat different; even if I had at times despaired of ever seeing home again, I yet knew where that home was located in relation to my ( Read more... )

Stephanie has put it off for long enough. She's dragged her heels and procrastinated like it was her job, but now she's got a long afternoon free and no excuses. Time to be a grown up and do the responsible adult thing ( Read more... )

One week ago, Harry and Ron had met Tony Stark and had come to an agreement ( Read more... )

For a day Auggie almost forgot completely about, his birthday had been pretty nice. That was, of course, thanks in no small part to Annie's insistence in celebrating it, something he hasn't really done in a lot longer than he'd care to admit to ( Read more... )