1: Beauty and the Beast by midnightfaery, literature
Literature
1: Beauty and the Beast
He sees her huddled near the side of the road, the hood of her tattered brown cloak pulled tightly around her wrinkled face.
She rises to her feet as he nears on horseback, her tiny frame hunched over, a crooked wooden cane clutched in her weathered hand.
"Won't you buy a rose, my lord?" She asks, her voice a low cackle that crawls over his skin.
He glares down into her white eyes, the eyes of a blind woman, and the stench of sickness reaches his nose. Her hood falls back from her face, revealing her blistered lips and her ashen skin, marred with the spots of disease.
"Get away from me, peasant." He shouts, disgusted.
She bends one crook
Fairy Tail: Voix Prologue by SuirenShinju, literature
Literature
Fairy Tail: Voix Prologue
A quiet, peaceful existence. In my first fifteen years of life, I never had any sort of hardship that made me more aware of my self and the world around me. Perhaps that's why I felt like I was just a cloud drifting slowly past the world. I was at the point in my life where I began wanting more and I wondered when I would find that special something that would unfurl my destiny right before my feet.
It was then end of summer, year X777, when I just so happened to walk through Magnolia's town square. There was a large bit of wall space that the mayor wanted a mural painted on to brighten up the square, but hadn't found a suitable artist until
Mias and Elle Chapter Two by AvalonRae, literature
Literature
Mias and Elle Chapter Two
Mias slammed the door, shaking the paintings on the walls. What was this girl's problem?! No woman had ever encouraged, then shunned his advances. And so violently, too! It was just plain unexpected.
Mias rubbed his cheek with his hand, turning to the mirror hanging from the wall. His cheek was throbbing and red.
"Damn her", he muttered.
His eyes began to wander, searching for anything to distract from his cheek, and looked into his own eyes. He saw an angered, lustful look in the dark brown orbs, and shuddered.
No wonder she slapped me... Mias thought.
He turned, ready to leave for
Mias and Elle
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CH 1: The first time
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"All I'm saying is that you don't have to trow yourself at every bloke you meet"
"So, just because you're the virgin Mary, we can't have some fun?"
Elle grumbled. Why couldn't her friends get what she was trying to say?
"We have to go Eliza"
Elle looked at ELiza. "Think about what I said"
"I will. Are you going to be alright?"
Elle laughed. "Hey, I've got sun, a medieval dress and soup. What could possibly go wrong?"
Eliza laughed and left.
Elle loved her best friend, but sometimes she could be such a stupid cow. "Focus on something else, Elle, before you enerva