A short story that I'm writing to submit in a magazine at my school. I owe my inspiration to a prompt I saw on tumblr.

I'm nothing special. I'm nobody. I don't stand out. Well... I didn't stand out before, now my face is plastered all over the news. I never used to be something special, now I'm a wanted fugitive. I used to be nobody, now every soldier knows my name, my face, my crimes. Where did I go wrong? I'm sitting in a cold interrogation room. I keep telling myself this is the right thing to do, that I made the right decision, that this will help Vicki and Nick. All of my friends back home. Is it? Copyright: All Rights Reserved NerdyNinja1 2014 DISCLAIMER: If you cannot tell from the tags, there are gay characters in this book, specifically the main character and several side characters. I do not condone any gay bashing or homophobic commenting. Commenters of this nature will be asked to leave on the first offense, blocked and reported on the second offense. Thank you.

Mortals fear death. Immortals fear forever... When an army of mercenaries sweeps through a young girl's village and murders her parents, her life is set on a new course. After that she didn't have space to believe in anything other than becoming a weapon and cheating death with her closest companions. But an immortal, a goddess, a Valkyrie... changes everything. The stoic guardian watches over Tayah Ashrive now. But cracks start appearing past the cool, immortal demeanour and Tayah realises she may be the only soul to ever get close enough to see her truly. Their meeting will shape the destiny of both their futures-if they survive each other and dangerous growing feelings between them.