High-elven son of the 3rd district, Lyell struggles with passing the coming of age ceremony. Cursed with a secret power, he must pass the trials and prove his power in hopes of fulfilling his dream. His power will enable him to fulfill his lust for power, fame, fortune, and love however, his power however comes with a price...

Chapter One of a story I started. I'm only posting chapter one to get some feedback so I can see what works and what doesn't. It was a normal assignment: "parent" an egg for two weeks to learn about responsibility. For Kyle, however, the end of the assignment brings about a whole new beginning.

There is a house, notable for its lack of any interesting feature, that serves as home to four tenants. The last of these leads the reader down corridors of mystery and wonder. There's something about that place that makes him feel all is not well with his fellow housemates, none of whom he has ever seen. Pressure is put on him to find out more and his curiosity takes him down a path on which, once started, there is no turning back.

It's the 80s, the time of myths and legends is long past. There's no way a creature from a fairy tale could be real, right? Wrong. Very wrong, as Sarah and Stephanie Williams are about to find out. Will the two sisters be able to save their baby brother from the Goblin King, or will the tension from their strained relationship get in the way?