Nose and fingers/ Freeze away/ Warm glow of a fire/ Does nothing to keep the cold at bay/ It's merely an illusion,/ A memory of better times. ________________________ Nose and fingers/ Freeze away/ As the cold nips at them/ Run inside,/ Quickly now/ And stand by the fire. ______________________ There are two sides to every story,/ As you can very well see/ And while I can't see both sides,/ I can try, / And that's all that matters, to me.

"This is Westerden Optometrist. What are your symptoms?" "For starters, my eyesight has been super blurry and distorted, and this problem is starting to screw up seventeen-year-old life. Speaking of which, you sound kind of young for an optometrist. How old are you?" "Um, I don't think it'd be the greatest idea for that blurry eyesight of yours to be treated by a guy your own age." "My own... oh no." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Short Story #4 (03/04/16) Wattpad Featured Story (July 2017) © 2015 evethespy. All Rights Reserved.

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Waking up is hard, I don't want to face this dark world or even my problems. I just want to run away and maybe my problems would vanish.

Enter the year 2099AD - a living hell of industrial wastes, a dying planet, poverty, and high tech crime. When a mismatched group of youths are thrown together under dire circumstances, they learn that Time will be reset. They are the Octad - the eight mortals with Divine Blood, prophesied to save the world from a dismal end. With help from a benevolent Olympian god, they struggle to learn everything they need to know in the new Earth. The Age of Man is coming to a close, and Time will be reset... © Gina Maye Millar 2013 - 2017 Cover image by Darshelle Stevens (www.darshellestevensphotography.com)

I stare into his face, gaze into his electric blue irises. "It's... you!" I exclaim. He smiles, his eyes twinkling, like shinning stars. I inch forward, brushing through piles of old dream catchers, until I'm standing right in front of him. "You're the boy in my dreams," I say, in wonder. He tilts his head sideways. His eyes shone, reflecting the coulourful light throw by the whimsical dream catchers hanging in the small, dark room. "It's a dream come true," I whisper, hardly daring to believe. He bends his head, his eyes just inches from mine. "Are you sure? Look around you, don't you feel it?" I force myself to tear away from his electrifying stare and gaze around. "What do you mean?" "You aren't really here. It's just a dream. I am a dream. In a dream, where we are forced to be the players for a slumbering audience. Now, you are a Dreamer, but it won't be long before you they make you one of us. Soon the world will realize, Everyone is only living a dream they have no control over." Highest rank: #72 in Paranormal © 2014 InternalTurbulence//All Rights Reserved

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Complete. Original Title - A Pirate's Kiss: Ressurection (The third instalment of the A Pirate's Kiss Trilogy) After a horrific betrayal and a devastating loss how can Circe ever hope to move on? Dead inside, she wanders the ocean alone without purpose, while those she loved continue to search for her, hope fading with every passing day. In the Earth Kingdom tension is rising after the untimely death of the Elven King is made public. The throne calls for a new ruler but who is worthy to step up and accept the crown? So many years of banishment has left the Earth Kingdom divided and broken and putting it back together will be no easy task. Will this new ruler turn out to be friend or foe? Zalas hunts the Earth for his sister who has not been seen since the day of the sacrifice. Little does he know that Aranel has been working to her own agenda and is prepared to cut down anyone who tries to stand in her way. Still haunted by his actions towards Circe can the Air Prince redeem himself enough to finally be able to ask forgiveness? Meanwhile, unbeknown to her, Circe is being hunted by a force more terrible than the world has ever seen. He scours the oceans for her with death in his eyes, leaving a wake of devastation in his path. The ocean is a big place, but no-one can hide forever and what will she do when fate finally catches up with her? Circe is hearing whispers on the wind for some secrets are too big to keep quiet and as she comes back to the world, will she find revenge as she ventures down the path of truth? Or will she find something else entirely? She has been searching for her happy ending for a long time but it seems as far out of reach as ever. There is someone who can help her find it though, but first she has to find him.

Life's never been easy for Alice Springs. Best friends with the golden trio, when Alice finds herself falling for Draco Malfoy, the one person she should hate most, she finds her life tumbling apart. Alice finds herself faced with a decision she thought she'd never have to make. Her friends, or her love? With Voldemort on the rise, Alice soon finds herself struggling not only in her social life, but in a battle between her conscience and her heart. Life will never be the same again.