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the half-ling book one in the fall of igneeria series kaylee soderburg copyright 2013 kaylee soderburg all rights reserved. isbn : 1492913731 isbn-13 : 978-1492913733 for my family, who encouraged me to never stop fighting for my dreams chapter 1 summer vacations supposed to be fun, right? i wish i had a better answer ... |
they sometimes travel alone or hunt in packs. theyre awful in packs, extremely hard to take out without their knowledge of your presence. i placed an arrow in my bow, and aimed for the head. i couldnt let the creature reach my house. i pulled back the string, and then stopped. i couldnt take out one of these like, this... |
its cozy familiar blue paint and white shutters helped to relax me as i pushed open the door. my house wasnt very big and fancy ; it was actually pretty plain but thats why i loved it. it had two floors, with a fair sized kitchen and a mini living room. my room was just up the stairs, and it beckoned to me even though ... |
it was an accident. i didnt know youd run that way. alright, we understand that weve all done stupid, foolish things. so lets just add this accident to my list, okay? i said quickly before the two started something. they nodded but shot each other smirks. i sighed, wondering why those two buffoons had been granted this... |
we cant trust you either. i pointed out, crossing my arms. arming you is as scary as giving a kindergartener a knife. she gasped. yeah, well, im ignoring you now. she huffed and turned around. there you are! jason exclaimed as he crashed out of the trees, panting. his wavy hair was a deep red that framed his eyes but h... |
how was this even possible? what do we do? seth, do you any ideas? she frowned when he didnt answer. seth? emily spun in a circle but seth was nowhere to be found. seth walked out from behind a tree. but he was normal seth. he had his dirty blonde hair back and was wearing his dirty jeans and shirt from school. no dark... |
i pulled out my hunting knife. maniacs get destroyed by me. no maniacs are allowed to exist except for me and emily. he jumped off as i stabbed the one on my arm. i grabbed my bow and shot him with an arrow before he his little legs could he him very far. he fell to the ground, the arrow sticking straight up at the sky... |
no. he went quiet and tried to avoid our eye contact. now whos keeping secrets? youre breaking your own rules. why were you out? emily can be very demanding sometimes, i actually felt a little bad about involving her in my interrogation. just a little. he mumbled something under his breath. i cant hear you. emily snapp... |
one jumped on my head and i swung with my knife. it yelled into my ear, the one will rise, the one will rise! he will destroy you! i stabbed at him again, who? youre being too vague! he jumped off me and ran into the woods. he disappeared before i could notch an arrow and shoot him. soon we were alone again. emily made... |
after you do that, you can hang out in your room. emily nodded and disappeared inside. her mom moved aside so i could walk in. i unlaced my sneakers and walked up the stairs, looking at the flower paintings hung along the wall that her mom had painted in her spare time. i pushed open emilys bedroom door to see her stuf... |
that is, if i was even a half-ling like the dwarfs claimed i was. they laughed and sat in a tight circle mumbling things i didnt catch. my hand slipped to my knife but emily grabbed my hand to keep me from drawing it from its leather case. no jazell not yet, maybe we can learn a little more from them. her voice was a h... |
and why cant i wear pajamas? its the middle of the night you know. seth wasnt bothered by her glare. so it wouldnt have been hard to change. seth should have realized that he was pushing emilys limited patience too far and that he should shut up. she reached down and grabbed a small stick. then she smacked seth across ... |
emily turned her head and was about to reply when the dog caught her robe. she spun around, shooting fire and completely forgetting my cry for help. at the same time my dog attacker pushed me to the ground, freeing my legs for me. get off me mutt. i growled at his face. he stared down at me, debating whether or not to ... |
i sat up and leaned on seth because i would fall if i didnt, and emily and jason were too busy giving each other looks to help me. what and who are you? i stared at her. she rolled her eyes, a light pixie, duh. i blinked, a light pixie? yes, a light pixie. are you deaf? she retorted. uh, no, im not. i dont know what a ... |
well, they think we wont do that because that is exactly what they would be expecting, so by actually doing it, we can trick them, i rambled on and grabbed another strawberry. emily tapped her lip with her pencil and straightened her pink pajamas. i have no clue what you just said jazell. i laughed, what i meant was th... |
seth turned to see me leave and the look gave me a dark feeling inside. his face was masked with one emotion, one that made me vow to myself that i would find out what he was hiding, what he was keeping a secret. that emotion was not seth, not the one i knew. it made me feel the same way and i didnt know why. fear. cha... |
i repeated, my voice as cold as an icicle. seth didnt answer me, instead he did the most cowardly and annoying thing you can do. the idiot ran off. seth pushed himself up at a surprising speed and raced off into the woods. i did the crazy thing that people like me would do and followed him. i looked over my shoulder to... |
he was talking so fast the words almost blurred together. i don't know what to say seth, i said. maybe you shouldn't worry, maybe they're wrong. you can control what happens. if you say it won't happen, it won't. i hope you're right, he said. me too. the mood was perfect. i saw seth relax a little and the look on his f... |
well of course, there will be some minor difficulties, he said. minor? i squeaked. seriously, did you not hear a word i just said? he placed his pudgy hands on his small hips. miss dont you think that her majesty would have this all planned out? you dont have to worry. seth twirled his sword. why not, we have to tell o... |
my mom released me from her clamp-like hug, well i am surprised, and very proud! thank you? i said slowly. this must have been the dwarfs plan. would have been nice if he had warned me, i thought bitterly. my dad got up and glowed happily behind my mom. we are very proud, jazell. youre supposed to leave tomorrow, so yo... |
i closed my eyes. i was just wondering what it would be like in igneeria. what about you? well, she said thoughtfully, i was thinking about kojas- emily dont say his name, i dont feel like being yelled at again. i interrupted her. fine, she said, a little annoyed. i was thinking about him, if i must call him that, and ... |
my heart fell at this. second, igneeria is wild and offers little protection. especially at a time like this. he gave us a hard stare. you might get seriously injured, or you might almost die. you must be ready for this. i felt my stomach do sick flip-flops. i wasnt ready. anyway, the dwarf said quickly, obviously seei... |
don't you have to bring us to her? seth asked. the dwarf cocked his head. no, she will see you when she believes you are ready, he turned around and disappeared into the woods. wait! i yelled and ran after him. wait, jazell, seth called after me and i heard him follow. the trees parted and the dwarf stood in front of m... |
its eyes shined red and full of hate, although there was a terrible smile that danced on its face. victory! it boomed in a chilling voice. the crowds of monsters roared in applause and excitement. the trolls banged their clubs on the ground, on their chests, and even on each other. the howl of a frost beast rose into t... |
so? so? seth mimicked and smiled. we do what we always do. we'll just step up our game and do a little more running than we're used to. no problem, right? ya, i said, feeling the fear creep up again. no problem. jazell, it's okay to be scared, seth looked me in the eye. i'll admit to you, only you, that i'm scared too.... |
the sky was lit but still had a gloomy feeling mixed in with the warmth. i felt a sense of dread as we entered the never-ending forest again. a few rays fought their way through the thick canopy of trees, making it possible to see what was around you. seth led the way as we followed a faint path through the unknown. i ... |
i gasped as the body fell to the ground and even some of the creatures, around stopped. they murmured among each other, she killed a syphon! she killed one of us. so the awful creatures were called syphons? what did they want? i made a mental note to tell emily about this. that is, if all of us didnt die first. they sc... |
he nodded but he seemed somewhere else. he sighed and said, i hope they won't go too far to achieve that, or it'll get harder to hide this from emily and jason. i crossed my arms. i told you that we should tell them. but you still refuse to let me- no, he said sternly. no and that's that. fine, i said and threw my arms... |
jazell move! seth yelled and pushed me behind him so hard, i almost fell over. i caught myself and pulled out my bow, notching an arrow. we all tensed, prepared for a fight. all of a sudden, emily walked towards the dragon. seth yelled at her to get back but she ignored him. she stood right in front of its head and ope... |
beware. i stomped my foot in frustration and yelled, beware of what? beware, it mumbled back. beware of the shadows. what? i said, startled. i know how scary shadows are and i don't need you to tell me that. jazell... that's it, i said angrily. i'm getting an answer for once. i ran towards the voice, which was hard bec... |
i turned around and faced him. we should, they need to know in case they have ones like ours. seth nodded and followed me as we joined everyone else outside. emily waited for us and then headed into the woods. she waved to the dragon and we disappeared once more. i stared off into the trees, waiting for seth's cue to t... |
i ran over to jason, who was crouched over the unconscious seth. jason looked up and i saw his face was full of concern. can you help emily, she's trying to release the trapped dragon, i whispered to him. jason nodded. will do jazell. he stood up and walked over to emily. i sat on the ground next to seth. his eyes were... |
they were small but were growing fast as we neared them. i could feel the dragons muscles pump underneath my legs. small gusts of air rolled off the dragons wings that blew emilys hair in her face. i smiled as she raked the pink strands out of her mouth. we dipped down and i felt the stomach-in-your-chest feeling you u... |
he hesitated. yes, i was, but i think i was more concerned that you would wake the dead with your screams and they would attack us too. i smacked him lightly on the arm and laid down next to him. i stared at the sky. so where are we? well, our winged friend managed to get us out of the woods and near the mountains. you... |
i don't see any caves. we'll just have to sleep in the open, she stated and pointed to a huge tree. we'll sleep under that tree. okay, i said, a little disappointed. seth, jason, we're going to sleep over here. jason sighed in relief and we all gathered around the bottom of the tree. i stretched and leaned against the ... |
that got my attention. you know how we became half-lings? you know who attacked us that day? i've said too much already, she said and backed up. i must go. wait! i called. wait ; tell me what's going on! tell me what we're supposed to do! but she was already gone. *** i opened my eyes and the cold of the morning bit at... |
seth smiled and stood up. he sighed in relief. well, that's a load off. i don't know whether i should be mad at you for not telling us or be happy that we're all on the same page, emily said thoughtfully. but you better not keep anything else from us or kojas won't be your problem. she winked at him and set off with ja... |
i shivered because the ground was so cold and hard that it chilled me to the bone. seths head blocked out my vision. hey, you alright? i sat up and seth helped me up. i rubbed my sore back and looked around, taking in the dead looking trees and shadows. where are we? i dont know, jazell. the creature must have been a s... |
we walked up to the edge and the wind whipped at my face. a feeling of dj vu came upon me. i knew where we were because i had been here before. seth, i was here in my dream, the one with kojas and the dwarf, i said. his eyes widened and he looked down at the ground below, obviously trying to imagine what it had looked ... |
i think i passed the spot where the kojas had stood in my dream. i threw the thoughts out of my head and tried to think of something else. like, where this flat plain of flatness ended. where are we going, anyway? i asked and stared at the sky. it was going to get dark soon. he looked up at me through his hair. i could... |
i looked around the room and up at the sky, but i couldn't really see it. seth, where are we? i asked, my voice hoarse. he sat up. i think we're in some underground cave. when the ground collapsed, it must have carried us here. that stinks, i said. are we stuck here? not unless you know a way to grow wings with nothing... |
yes, a giant hole. it sounded crazy to emily but her eyes didnt lie. and what made it worse was jason found one of jazells arrows sticking out of the ground. but there was no jazell. an arrow without its shooter was never a good sign. emily twirled the arrow in her fingers while jason paced back and forth. emily had of... |
i really dont know. jazell, we better move or well lose them, seth reminded me and started to walk up the hill. emily raised an eyebrow. loose who? well explain later! i said and ran after seth. right now we have to move! we dashed up the hill in the direction the monsters were going. when we reached the top, seth stop... |
i looked up and saw that emily, jason, and seth had been swallowed by the rushing creatures. so much for that plan. emily! i yelled but my voice was drowned out. i saw a flash of fire off to the side. emily was fine. i twisted around so that the troll charged past me. i turned and plunged my knife into its back before ... |
i heard a faint clang ahead. i walked faster and with ever step the noise got louder. when the ground became completely flat, i stopped at the scene in front of me. seth spun around, bringing his sword up to block kojas swords. kojas pulled his swords back and slashed through the air. seth ducked and stabbed at his opp... |
no one spoke because there was nothing to say, and so much to say, at the same time. it had been almost a day since seth disappeared. a day since kojas took him. i had told him, when he had first said that kojas wanted to use him that he didnt have to worry. i should have known that kojas would do anything to get him, ... |
i could almost see through her body, which was really starting to freak me out. you have to get back seth, she whispered. i know david was supposed to see him right now and i know hes disappointed. you cant beat kojas without the four of you. you cant unleash the nights circle without all of you. and without the nights... |
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