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Excerpt from: The Youngest Barksdale
They entered the school and saw that most of the students
were wearing the school colors, yellow and blue. “So, what’s happening?” Daria
asked.
Words: 24
Excerpt from: The Big Freeze and the Arcade
“This is good,” she said.
“Elsa!” It was Anna.
‘Conceal, not feel!’ Elsa thought as heart beat faster at the sound of
her sister’s voice. “Anna.”
“Everything is nearly ready,” she said.
“I can see that,” Elsa responded. ‘Uh oh!’ She saw some reporters
approaching.
Anna saw Elsa go a little (more) pale. “Elsa?”
“Princess Elsa!” one of the reporters called out.
“Yes?” Elsa asked quietly.
“How do you feel about the Coronation?”
“Um, no comment,” Elsa said coldly, before dashing off.
“Princess Anna.”
“I’m excited, that the Palace is coming alive again, so to speak. The
regency has been, distant, from the people of Arendelle. Queen Elsa will be more
active,” she said. At least, that was what she hoped.
“Thanks, Princess Anna.”
Words: 158
Excerpt from: Lorraine’s Paradox
There
was only one way to find out. But would he be home, or… She read further down
in the letter.
…He’s
setting something up in Courthouse Square…
“Courthouse
Square?”
Words: 30
Excerpt from: The Christmas Case
“You
have found the right place,” Haru answered.
“It’s
smaller than I expected,” the newcomer said.
“It’s
not the size of the building that counts,” the Baron responded.
“Of
course not,” the newcomer said.
“I am
Baron Humbert von Grikkengen and that’s Haru.”
“I’m
Tadano, Tadano Keiko.”
“Join us
for tea,” the Baron said. “And fill us in.”
“This is
good tea,” Keiko said after a sip.
“It’s my
special blend,” the Baron explained. “It’s a little different each time.”
“Really?”
Keiko asked.
“Yes,”
the Baron answered. “But why are you here?”
“It’s
silly really.”
Words: 95
Excerpt from: Invitation Trouble
“Sorry.”
“Everyone gets it wrong,” Jamie said.
“I’ll try to get it right,” Quinn said. She wanted to say
more, that she knew what it was like to be referred to by the wrong name. ‘No,
not yet,’ she thought.
Daria left Quinn and her posse behind. She was happy for
Quinn, but did notice her response to Jamie. ‘Sorry sis.’
Between classes, Quinn overheard talk of a party.
“You're on the team, dudes. When a cheerleader has a
party, all the football players are automatically invited,” Kevin Thompson
said.
“It's on page six of the play book,” Mack Mackenzie added
sarcastically.
Kevin turned to Quinn as she came up. “Hey, Quinn, what
about you?”
She wasn’t sure. “Can I?”
“Sure!”
Quinn then saw that Jamie and his friends were there.
“Will you go out with me?” Jamie asked.
“Will you go out with me?” Joey asked right after him.
Words: 150
Excerpt from: Down the Wormhole
The Dragon Riders discover the Portal almost immediately.
They decide to keep it a secret (although they do inform Stoick). Dragons start
migrating through the portal. Hiccup and the Riders have to deal with Viggo Grimborn
and the traitorous Johann, before preliminary forays through the portal are
performed.
With the Riders return to Berk and their fight against
Drago Bludvist, the portal is forgotten, but dragons continue to migrate
through.
However, when the threat of Grimmel the Grisly arises,
Hiccup decides to take the Berkians through the portal instead of leading them
in search of the Hidden World.
With this misdirect, Grimmel and the warlords head off to
the west, while the Berkians head off north-east to the Outpost Island.
It takes time for Grimmel to realise his mistake, having
used the island that would otherwise have been New Berk as a base, but not
discovering the Hidden World himself.
The Berkians establish New Berk on the other side of the
portal, with the portal itself encased in a inside out fortress.
Grimmel scours the Archipelago for where the Berkians
went before discovering the Outpost Island (where a few Berkians had been keeping
watch in the former Dragons Edge). He attacks, but the defences on the other side of the
portal hold. A week after Grimmel’s attacks commence, the portal collapses.
The Berkians and their dragons make the most of it in the
new world. Hiccup and Astrid are married and Zephr and Nuffink are born. (Not the
only ones, and the Nightlights are also hatched).
The portal opens in the Westfarthing in 1430 SR. The Shire
had mostly recovered by the Scouring by this time, and the population pressures
that would lead to the addition of the Westmarch are already making themselves
known. Several settlements are established (with about 3000 Hobbits) before the
portal collapses in 1435 SR.
One Took (one of Peregrin’s cousins) is present on the
other side when the portal collapses, and reluctantly accepts the position of
Thain of the Newfarthing.
The Portal opens shortly after the Battle of the Eureka
Stockade. The colonial authorities report the find to London. In the following
five years, colonisation of the true terra nullius beyond the portal would
proceed.
Words: 370
Total: 827
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