Me: I know I don't update much anymore, but please understand that I have been overwhelmed with homework cause I was stupid and picked all the hardest classes I could. (smacks self) I have said goodbye to writing the words of my muses because it takes a lot of concentration to shut up all the voices in my head and focus on just two or three. They are still in there, endlessly chattering so don't worry about them, pieces of them are in my writing still.

So give me all your poison
And give me all your pills
And give me all your hopeless hearts
And make me ill
You're running after something
That you'll never kill
If this is what you want
Then fire at will

(Thank You For The Venom-My Chemical Romance)

Saying of the Day: You asked me what was wrong and I smiled and said nothing then turned around and whispered everything


Adriane laid beside Zach, his arm drapped over her shoulder. They lay on a secluded hill. They would be able to hear anyone approaching due to the dry, cracking leaves and high vantage point. To them, at that moment, there was no one else in the world. No laws, no kings or nobles, nobody at all but themselves.

Zach smiled down at the princess, his princess. He kissed her forehead and she wrinkled her nose, giggling. He smirked at her and she stuck out her tongue at him. He laughed and she joined in.

"It is so peaceful up here. I can't believe no else comes here."

"I think I am the only one who knows where this is."

"A place this beautiful? No way you're the only one."

"You're probably right."

They laid quietly for a while. Adriane closed her eyes, lost in thought. She could not deny that she was a princess with a duty, but then again, she also couldn't deny that she loved Zach. She felt that if she left him, her heart might explode in her chest. She looked up at him. He was watching the horizon with an unreadable expression in his gaze.

"Zach?"

He looked down at her with a smile. "Yes?"

"We have to run away."

He sat up, startled. "Why? I can't just leave my family and your parents will notice your absence."

"We can't keep hiding in the night. They're going to make me marry Joseph in a week. After that, I'll be gone into some other country and I'll never see you again. I couldn't live through that."

He sighed and nodded. He wrapped his arms around her and held her close. "I couldn't live through that either. I'll run away with you, Adriane, but to where? Who would not know your name?"

She looked down. "We could live among the forest people. My grandmother would take us in. She believes in freedom as much as you or I do."

"I suppose. But they would look there. We might stay there for a while but not long."

"Yeah…I guess. But Zach, I could fake my death and they would not look for you because they do not know you exist."

He nodded. "How would you pretend to be dead?"

"I'll…I'll…I'll jump off a cliff. My nursemaids used to bring me to the ocean to swim but my parents don't know. If I wear a heavy dress with regular clothes on underneath, I could shed the dress and swim to you."

"My parents would understand. My brothers can take over the business for me. I only hate that there is nothing more I can do for you."

"Don't worry. I'll be okay. Just meet me here. I'll cut my hair and dress as a boy. We'll be okay, really. You'll see."

He nodded. Leaning forward, he kissed her forehead and pulled her tighter to himself.

"Let's do it tomorrow night. Be here or I will come looking for you. I'll knock around every knight in the damn castle just to find you." He whispered, gently running her hand across her cheek. She laughed and nodded.

"I promise to be here."


Adriane knew the plan. But she couldn't have counted on the windfall that came. Her parents decided to go on a picnic by the cliff. She had on a big dress that was rather unnecessary for the informal occasion but her parents found it rather charming, how she dressed up for her betrothed. Underneath, she had on knee-length breeches and a light tunic that she tucked in so it would not accidental fall of when she faked her death.

All afternoon she laughed and joked with her family and husband-to-be. He watched her with a hunger in his eyes that made her skin freeze even in the hot sun. She kicked her shoes off at one point, saying she liked feeling the cool grass on her feet. Her chance came when the picnickers retired to the shade. She walked right to the edge of the cliff, feeling the breeze on her skin.

The wind picked up and rammed her with a force that made her dizzy. She couldn't have hoped for a better show. She swayed dangerously then fell forward. She heard screams and felt a hand grab at her arm. But it missed and she plummeted.

The force of hitting the water stunned her for a moment. She pretended to struggle to the surface then go under. She shed the heavy dress and pocketed the jewels on her person. She swam to a curved rock that would hide her from view from the onlookers above.

She heard her father's frantic screams and her mother's sobs. Her heart was pained for a moment but she closed her eyes and steeled herself. Sighing, she swam away to where she could make her escape.


Zach found her sitting on their hill, clothes and hair still damp, shivering. He took out his cloak and draped it over her shoulders. She smiled up at him. He gave a small gasp. There was a gash across her right cheek and various bruises across her face, neck, shoulders and arms.

"You're hurt." He gently touched the wound on her face.

"I did fall off a cliff. We're free. They think I'm dead."

He held her. It was all her could do at the moment. Here she was, wounded, cold, wet and dead to the world. And all he had done was tell his parents he was going away for awile with a girl. He had said that he would return eventually. They had understood and had given a small purse to help him, plus a couple of bear furs to keep warm with.

"Give me your dagger." she whispered. He did as she bid. She brought the blade to her hair and cut off the dark locks all the way to her shoulders. The black tresses swung forward, free from being held back by length. He gently kissed her forehead.

"You know we can't show affection in public now. You look like a man."

She laughed. "Yeah…But that doesn't mean I can't pretend to flirt. Two best friends who are so close that they can prod at each other's manhood with out offence."

He smiled. "Yes, wouldn't that give some people things to talk about. But you'll need to make yourself look more rugged. Most men had upper bodies if they live in the wild. And they don't have breasts."

She scowled. "Yes, well, give me awhile. It's not like I can do heavy lifting in a place where I am a glass doll. And haven't you ever heard of binding? I'll just have to wear baggy clothing for a few months. You could help me out and loose some muscle."

He laughed. "Fine. You can do all the heavy lifting from now on."

She couldn't help but laugh with him. They slept that night more soundly than they ever had. Freedom giving them a dreamless sleep.


Me: There will probably be a few chapters left. This was never meant to be more than seven chapters. And I need and opinion. I have been wanting a few new Avalon stories but I only have time to write one. So could y'all vote for me and tell me which one you want? Please and thank you!

1- The mages grew up and each married their magical sweethearts. They each have a daughter and plan to live happily ever after. But an evil they do not know how to fight emerges. It threatens to destroy their lives and kill their daughters. So they leave behind the world of magic and raise their children as normal girls. But Cora, Emily's daughter, accidentally breaks her mother's protection when she bond with a river spirit. Now, Nora, Kara's daughter, and Alex, Adriane's daughter, must find their bonded animals and learn magic quickly before that evil that threatened them as infants, destroys them as teens.

2- Adriane receives a mysterious letter. Inside are cards with images of her friends on them, and a desprate plea from a man she has never met. Now, heading the letter, she enters herself in a tournament where a new kind of magic she has never heard of threatens to destroy the world. Making new friends and wielding her cards, she takes a step closer towards her destiny as the warrior. AQFMxYGO x-over.

3- Emily does not know what to make of the centaur that stumbles through the portal. The creature offers her protection. But the healer senses something more behind the stoic face. But the Spider Witch's increasing threat looms closer and the centaur might just be able to open doors to magic Emily imagined only in her wildest dreams. Will Emily accept this new, dangerous power or refuse and hope that her magic will protect her from the darkness withing herself?