Mira Caplan

“The Dragon Races- Part 7” by Mira Caplan

Two figures stood on a balcony, the Sinistrian palace in view from over the forests. It stood proudly, overlooking the river's bay that bridged their kingdom to Riverdeen.The girl stared intently at the gleaming spires, elbows resting on the white stone rail. "Do you think it'll be this year?" she asked, voice laced with curiosity, not minding the strands of chocolate brown hair that whipped mercilessly into her face. The male tried to glare at her, but couldn't. He instead sighed, crossing his arms. He stood with his back against the s...

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“The Dragon Races- Part 6” by Mira Caplan

I threw another knife, a frown coming over my face as it hit the outer circle of the target painted on to the long wooden wall. I tried again, frustrated with myself. I need to learn how to do this. I can't focus on one weapon, I need to be versed with all. There might be close- range combat tomorrow in the arena, and archery doesn't work with that type of fighting. It takes to long to get the arrow flying. "Like this." Karila said with a smile, taking a knife off of the wooden table. She planted her feet into the ground, standing perpe...

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“The Chains that Bind Us” by Mira Caplan

Submitted to Contest #70

"Quiet, Sora. Please." I whispered, trying to calm my young sister. Sora was only four. She didn't know what was happening, why we had to hide, and who was searching for people like us. We were what they called "Claimed." The mortal hosts, in a way, for the Spirits and their magic. I had heard of places where they considered our curses a blessing, powers being allowed to grow, taught how to control the extremities of our magic. Our kingdom wasn't one of them. I could hear the footsteps of the officials overhead, and I clamped my hand ov...

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“The Dragon Races- Part 5” by Mira Caplan

Why did we have to see this? Our loved ones in the competition, either dying or close to it, winning just because they had the willpower and strength to hold on while others didn't.    Nepthys had fallen unconscious, but the rise and fall of her chest declared her the winner. A girl who looked no older than twelve lay dead beside her, flaxen blonde hair matted with blood from a gash in her forehead. She looked like Everlys.   The door flickered open and I walked out. I looked around. Everyone else had tears running down their ...

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“The Dragon Races- Part 4” by Mira Caplan

-Alaric's POV-   I missed hearing his voice. I would never have said that if he was still here- it was a fact. But now, I admit it. I miss him. I miss the sarcasm that he always used to bring to the family and the smile that seemed to be the only light in the desolate mansion we called our home.    Now, I would finally see him again. My older brother. Altair.    I know that everyone's been wondering why I volunteered along with Eriene. Well, it's all for him. Altair died for the same reason we will- to try and free e...

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“The Dragon Races- Part 3” by Mira Caplan

The night had been restless, as expected when one's death is only a few days away. I hadn't been able to get any sleep, so I woke early, just as the sun was creeping up from behind the water. I quickly dressed, pulling on a sweater- wrap that acted somewhat as a blanket, for I was still cold, and walked down the wide hallway to the center, circular room, sitting down on one of the white couches. Everything here was different from home. In Emran, there weren't blinding gold and silver chandeliers, water features streams trickling through ever...

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“The Dragon Races- Part 2” by Mira Caplan

Faces were wet with tears, people's eyes blurred and filled with disbelief and sorrow. For a moment, a weak, mistaken moment, I allowed myself to look back, to remember my childhood in the town of Emran and kingdom of Forane, to believe that I was merely dreaming, that I was not walking beside Alaric towards my death. I had blanked out the entire time that they had actually brought us to Sinistra. We had ridden on something like a train, but much faster, arriving to the center city in less than an hour. I looked up, shielding my ey...

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“The Dragon Races” by Mira Caplan

"Don't go. You don't even want a dragon!" He said, voice cracking, tears threatening to spill out of the dark eyes that I had loved since the first day that I had seen and held him. What he had said was true, though. I didn't want one. "Just because you're sixteen doesn't mean you have to. You'll die- you will die."    "No, I won't." I replied quietly, voice not wavering. "I promise." The Dragon Races happened every five years on the planet Mykris, taking place usually in the kingdom of Sinistra. You had to be sixteen to ...

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“The Nightlark” by Mira Caplan

Submitted to Contest #60

"Adrazelle, get back here!" Adrian called, reaching out to her. Adra skirted to the right, laughing, as his outstretched hand grazed her shoulder. She collapsed on the grass a few moments later, panting slightly after all of the running, looking out at the houses dotting the land below the hillside. She glanced at him as he sat down next to her, a slight smile creeping on to her face.  "You see that?" Adrian said, pointing at something off in the distance. She led her eyes to what he was gazing at so intently. "I'm going to be there s...

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“Haunted in an Ocean of Memories” by Mira Caplan

Submitted to Contest #51

"Hello." I said, giving her a small smile. Today was to be no different. She was back, yet again. I met her when I was six or seven, starting either kindergarten or first grade. I forget which, but I know that it was one of the two. She couldn't speak, for some reason. Back then, I didn't know why. Everyone seemed to ignore her, like she didn't exists or something. But, unlike others, I saw that she was there. It took me a while to find out what she really looked like, because I would only get a glance at her before she vanished from my...

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“Finally Here, with You” by Mira Caplan

Submitted to Contest #50

"Come on!" Someone- I think Shonna- called from in front of me. I grab Rowan's hand, pushing him forward. I look over my shoulder, picking up Evangeline and placing her down on the the other side of the fallen tree that she had trouble climbing over."Go to Shonna." I say to her, glancing back again as I hear the sound of wings in the distance. "Hurry!" I don't know how it had come down to this. Life used to be simpler. You know, before The Eight were captured, and before my Mother passed away during childbirth. The doctors couldn't save...

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“Just Like Before” by Mira Caplan

Submitted to Contest #47

I would regret not saying it otherwise. Everyone who knew the basics of my life would. My eleven- year- old sister knew it, my aunt knew it, my best friend knew it, and I knew it. If I didn't tell him, I might not get the chance ever again. It wasn't just a chance- it had to be the right one. It couldn't just be anywhere, at any time. Seeing that it was the last day of ninth grade, the last day of our first year in high school, it seemed like a pretty good time.These past few years had been rough. Sure, good things had happened along th...

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“Dear Wren...” by Mira Caplan

Submitted to Contest #46

What I'm about to say sounds like a line out of an over-dramatized, teen romance novel.I actually can't believe that this happened to me. Oh. My. Goodness. (Katri, chillax. Katri, stop hyperventilating. Katri, CALM DOWN!!!) Sorry about this...I'm just REALLY happy right now. No, I didn't win American Idol. (I'm not even old enough! Yet...) I didn't enter America's Got Talent or The Voice... (That's still on my list, though!) Ok. This is the first page, and it's such a coincidence that there's a new notebook for a new chapter of my ...

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“Shadows at Dawn ” by Mira Caplan

Submitted to Contest #44

The small, black stone that she held in her hand dropped to the ground, and the girl's eyes widened in horror."No..." she whispered, fear- filled eyes looking back into the shadows. A hand suddenly grabbed her wrist, the black, mist- like substance burning her skin. As two more reached behind her into the small cradle, she screamed out loud. They froze where they were, inches away from whatever they were about to take to the darkness, whomever lay in the cradle still deeply asleep."Not my sister..." she whispered, looking at the child illumi...

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“The Sapphire of Zellria” by Mira Caplan

Submitted to Contest #43

I hold out my hands and shoot a beam of glowing, blue light at the monstrous creature in front of me; as I do, I remember the day- I remember her-Alani- vividly; I would know her face in the rain, in the sun, in the darkness- and I would always, always hate her for what she had done. She had been horrible to my friends, and even worse to me. And yet, now, I find her to be my only hope at survival. I remember what you did to us. I remember what you did to my friends, to my world, to me. I remember the words, thoughts, actions, that ...

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