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Submitted to Contest #89
I can do this. I can do this. I can do this. “I can do this,” I said out loud. I can say goodbye. I’m only going to a different country. 5031 miles, to be precise. No biggie. And leaving behind my friends, home, the comfort of growing up in a place and knowing it is, in some way, your’s? No big deal. I walked up to Alrys. “Hey,” I said. I hid my fidgeting fingers behind my back. “Hi, Isabelle!” she replied. She always called me by my full name, even though everyone else, including my parents, call me Izzy. “What’s up?” “Nothing,” I lied. I w...
Submitted to Contest #88
The land I come from is beautiful. Lyra is filled with lush meadows and clear streams, delicate spires crowning castles and the elegant sweep of ballgowns.The land I come from is beautiful, the way a drop of shimmering poison is beautiful.Because atop the lush meadows are murders hidden by the darkness of the sun's sleep and muffled by the giggling streams. Because staining the delicate spires is dark blood, and the elegant sweep of ballgowns merely disguise the venomous exchanges and thoughts.I could not stand it any longer. I knew, even fr...
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