The sun settles beyond the horizon. The forest is quiet except for the sound of some insects doing their evening calls. There is no sound of birds in the air, just some butterflies fluttering among the trees. The forest air is still and dark. In a clearing there is a cottage with its light on. A butterfly decides to take a rest on the window sill. Another butterfly rests on a log near a corner of the cottage. Out in front of the cottage are several horses tied to a wood post railing.

They are out at last but surviving mother nature can be the hardest test of all.

To See Through a Glass Darkly
by the Rev. Anam Chara

Chapter 7

Sasha dreams instead of hallucinating.

The Center: Guardian Chapter One by: Korran Weaver Luke Barklay had a pretty good life. He was popular enough, did well in sports, and got great grades. Kind of an all American kid. With a good future ahead of him, how will he react when abductors appear and an accident from before he was born turns his life upside down and lands him, new body and all, in The Center? Can he adapt, or will the journey kill him before he even takes the first step?

I was living the good life. It was winter break for one, which meant school was out and the mountains were all right there, just waiting for me...

What really caught Theo's eyes was her lack of belly button and purple-ish eyes that seemed to swirl and mix like a cloud of gas. As she floated closer He noticed freckles scattering her body colored like her eyes and somewhat iridescent. She stopped a foot away from his face and smiled, her silver colored hair floated back and forth while covering her ears. A small nose and soft lips confirmed in Theo that she was beautiful. “This shouldn't hurt” she whispered. It hurt.

Fragrance,
by Armond

Smell is surer than sight or sound. - Kipling
 
 
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The Center: Taking Wing
Chapter 1

Jack was just an ordinary high school student, trying to get by the bullies and through his classes. But, all of that is about to change as a result of something that happened a long time ago.

Original Characters and Universe belong to Lilith Langtree.

To See Through a Glass Darkly
by Anam Chara

Chapter 6

To See Through a Glass Darkly
by Anam Chara

Chapter 5

In the Break Room between challenges, but can any room designed by these lunatics truly be relaxing?

The End of the tunnel is in sight but that light they are seeing isn't sunshine.

Synopsis- Dr Anne Richardson was a struggling psychiartrist fresh out of her internship till the Great Shift happened. Now she has plenty of patients.

How quickly life had changed. A day earlier, Chuck would have been over the moon about the possibility of his being a father. Now it was like they were discussing an appointment with the dentist.

“Chuck, that’s not fair. I admit that I lied about my work, but most of our conversations were the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."

Synopsis- Hiromi tells Chuck the truth about herself.

Where our Heroine rediscovers the joys of snowball fights, and gets done up in pigtails and ribbons.

What would you do if you had a chance of living your life over again? Would you correct all those mistakes hindsight told you? Use your knowledge of the future to become rich? But what if this wasn't quite the past you remember?