“Good evening Boyar,” The guard said. “These kids came knocking on the gates, asking permission to pass through to the other side of the village.” The Boyar looked skeptically to the three kids, then he asked Darren, “Boy, what color are you?” Darren said without a moment of hesitation, “I am an orange Sire.” And…
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New Year in Nafoura
“My feet are freezing,” Malik complained. “Do we have to stay till the last minute?” “Yes,” shouted Sarah with glee. “This is when the magic lights go off.” “I can’t feel my nose,” Ethan told Sarah, then he added after rubbing his whole face, “I think it will fall off.” “You are both annoying,” Sarah…
The ‘Deal’
“He is a green, I am quite certain of that,” Darren talked softly to Black. “I think he is doing something with the girl, she uses strange words which might be really out of this world.” “Or she could be a red.” Black rubbed his short beard. “Your kind can musk their aura, right?” “I…
Mara
“Mara, leave those books and come to the kitchen,”The voice of Mara’s mother came loud from the other end of the big house. Mara obediently left the books, ran out of her room, down two flights of stairs, across the thousand square feet living area and into the kitchen before her mother could repeat the…
Suicide Mission 2
The night lights shone on the floor of the clearing, and a breeze wafted softly carrying the scents of the woods to the running man. As he approached, he rustled the leaves of the underbrush softly, then he stepped slowly to the center of the clearing, lowered his burden and kneeled down to breathe. He…
Holidays in Nafoura
Ethan jumped out of his bed, he couldn’t bear to waste a minute of this special day, even if it was so cold, that each of his breaths fogged in front of his face. He ran with all the other kids of the Bear building to the bath area, he freshened up with the hot…
The Fall of Greens
Ethan laid back on the mattress, trying to block all the strange thoughts of loss that assailed him, ones that he couldn’t begin to describe or explain even to himself, especially explaining the reason for having them in the first place. Ethan regulated his breath, and soon he was falling to the soft clutches of…
Peytr
He stood on the hill overlooking the barracks, having his eyes full of the place that was his home for most of his life, a place where he grew to be the man he is today. When he graduated Nafoura, he didn’t have plans as what was to be of his life, so, when he…
The school of Nafoura 3
The students all brought out their sheets of parchment and their quills, and were ready to jot down whatever he said, as Master Michael was known to do surprising quizzes on his lessons all the time, and it paid to be on his good graces. “Today we will just recap the characteristics of the people…
Rowida
It couldn’t be as easy as this, Rowida turned the idea in her hear several times, just a touch, and she can be the most powerful of the greens. But what if they found out? She was not willing to face the Great Hall, they were merciless. She laughed a short laugh, then stifled as…








