Title: Target
Prompt: 55 Spirit

King Anstyr laughed to himself as he, well, skipped down the hall of the castle. The occasional maid that saw him would quickly disappear. The king's sense of humor was... legendary and his current mood boded ill for his target. He had not targeted a maid yet but there was no sense in tempting him.

The head scribe froze when his king skipped into the room like a joyful spirit. Don't look at me, don't look at me, his assistants could almost hear him think.

The king's eyes landed on the scribe and a grin stretched from ear to ear.

Title: Reason
Prompt: 93 Thanksgiving

Touchstone gave his advisor a blank look, "A what?"

"A day of thanksgiving. People want to be celebrate the return of a bloodline, to show their thankfulness for the return of order," the advisor elaborated.

"Hmmm. When do they want to celebrate this... thanksgiving?" he asked.

"The concensous is to do it on the day the last Dead was banished from Belisaere." He could see the hesitation on his king's face. "Sire, I know you are tired of celebrations but there has not been much to celebrate for many years."

"You're correct on both counts. But... another celebration won't hurt."

Title: Infection
Prompt: 78 Disease

The captain watched with fascination and horror at the wounds sustained by the private from the attack by the Dead creature. The skin on the private's arm seemed to turn green and fall off before his eyes.

Only years of experience and self control enabled him to hold back the shudder of revulsion. To think that a Dead possessed rat was responsible was frightening.

The doctor kneeling over the patient looked at the arm a minute more before signaling to his assistant for the syringe with anesthesia.

The captain almost sighed with relief at the sight of the surgical saw.

Title: Foes
Prompt: 22 Enemies

Kerrigor smiled down at the young Abhorsen in his grasp. She struggled, even thrusting the Wallmaker's creation into his body. He wanted to laugh at her pitiful attempts. What could she do against one of the Greater Dead who still possessed the ability to preform Free Magic?

He enjoyed her struggles. He would now rule after years of work. The Old Kingdom would finally fall to him!

But what was this? What was this ring around him? No! He would not be defeated by a dead line! To be enslaved by the Wallmakers and their pet was the ultimate humiliation!

Title: Homesickness
Prompt: 8 Weeks

The first weeks of Sabriel's school brought extensive homesickness. The school head was very nice to her and that put off the homesickness for a time. But, after a few weeks, the shine of being in a new place wore off and she began to miss the caravan and all the people in it.

And she always missed her father while he was away but she had always been around people she knew before, now, she was around strangers. Some of them were not so nice.

School was tough until she made a friends with a few of her classmates.