Looking at my ring again, I do wonder whether trusting this Dave kid was a good idea or not. I mean, I know he can’t lie, but he’s twelve. So, if he just has a vibrant imagination, it’s…

Gasping for air, I wake up back in the weapons room. Jolting up, I check for my legs, then my arm. They’ve all grown back and my right arm is also no longer engulfed in darkness. I grasp…

Walking up to the cookie door, Hildi breaks off a piece of the chocolate handle and starts eating it, prompting the voice of an old lady to appear. “Nibble, nibble, like a mouse. Who is nibbling at my…

Stretching a little, Hildi says, "Welp, I have to find some parenting books on Elementals and buy some extra stuff, so you can go relax here and I’ll be back later.” “Wait, Hildi.” “Yeah?” “Do you think…it might…

Coming up to the portal, it is outlined by a few different balloon type animals. They look like a hairy pufferfish with a coiled tail, similar to a pig's tail, that they can twirl to move around. They…

It turns out my suspicions were correct. This is just a tree… And it’s very tight and damp here… Sigh. “So, Hildi, can we get this Dutch oven prank over with?” “I have no idea what you’re talking…

Run, Sam! Run! “The f̲u̲c̲k̲i̲n̲g tent’s on fire!” F̲U̲C̲K̲. They know. I don’t have much time! I need to get as much distance as possible! Run, I need to, run! “Oy, where’d the Princess go!?” Please don’t see…

What has my life come to? None of what I’m doing is living. I’m just surviving, day after day, getting passed around like a hot potato. There are also a bunch of rules and regulations I know almost…

I hear a buzzing sound in my head, but I can’t see anything. Does this mean… I’m dead? Can’t say I don’t deserve it… I don’t even know what I was doing, blindly charging at a guy who…

Well rested, I awake at dusk to Peggy shaking me. “The sun is almost down. Pubert is ready for you.” Drowsy, I look at the open door on the other side of the house, letting in the last…

Licking the remaining blood off my hands triumphantly, I look to the sky, only to panic as I see the dawn's first rays of sunshine appearing on the horizon. Being too far away from the basket and blankets,…

That night, I dream of lying in a winter cabin and drinking hot chocolate near a fire, all cozied up in a blanket with nostalgic music coming from a radio. As I try to take one last sip,…

I’m woken up by something hairy pressing against my face. Opening my eyes, I see a rat’s butt in front of me. Panicking, I push it off my face and sit up, only to see that I’m at…

Rubbing my bruises, I enter the house again. My little sister Maggie then approaches me with an icepack in hand. She's thirteen, a year younger than me, and has curly blonde hair. Looks like today she's wearing a…