Archie dreamt that he was sitting in a forest glade. The deer and rabbits and foxes and squirrels all came to eat from his palm. Soon, the grass was depleted of its acorns and flowers and wild carrots.
Something rustled in the bushes. <...
2025-01-27 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post[A/N: I think this chapter might have someone slipped under chapter 62? Just double check that you're reading in order.]
The Great Hall filled with applause as Julienne, Nori, Akando, and Oliver took the stage.
“The top ...
2025-01-27 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostYou read that right.
I think I put the cart before the horse on the whole "I'll release chapters for every blah blah blah."
I'm just going to give you more chapters.
Book 2 chapter 1 goes up Saturday, February 1st. By the time ...
2025-01-20 22:16:50 +0000 UTC View PostChrysanth splashed water and used a rag to roughly scratch the blood from Archie’s face.
“Too suspicious, too suspicious,” he muttered as Archie winced through the pain.
“I don’t know if it’s done,” Archie said. “I need...
2025-01-20 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostArchie measured time by how long he knew each meal to make. One meal, two meals, three meals, six. Or was it five? Everything had gotten muddled after he had burned some garlic and Prince Waldorf had thrown him around the room again as punishment....
2025-01-20 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Sit, Archie,” his mother said. “I made you spaghetti.”
Archie looked around in confusion. He wasn’t in Prince Waldorf’s kitchen. He was in some nebulous place without walls or even a floor. There was just him, Adelaide, and a pl...
2025-01-20 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe shackle rubbed the scar on Archie’s leg.
As the guards left, one looked back with a moment of sympathy.
“Come on,” the other guard said as he tossed the keyring back in the drawer of Prince Waldorf’s table.
The sympat...
2025-01-14 03:19:18 +0000 UTC View PostArchie looked at the bowl of kulkida risotto at the end of the table.
He looked back up at Prince Waldorf. Children swarmed around the prince, Gluttonous parents in tow. They kissed his hand and fawned over him.
Archie could run. He ne...
2025-01-14 03:18:47 +0000 UTC View Post“So how does it work?”
Rowan offered Nori a bouquet of purple flowers. “Breathe in,” he said. “And back out onto the flowers.”
Nori did as commanded. Rowan took the bouquet and put it in front of Archie’s face.
“W...
2025-01-14 03:18:12 +0000 UTC View PostHello! Thank you everyone so much for your support! I was obviously hoping to create a story that earns this level of support, but now that it's here, I'm still having trouble believing it. I have a dream of this being my full-time job, and you bu...
2025-01-08 19:34:02 +0000 UTC View Post[Author's Note: Just a reminder, we're doing 3ch/wk from here on out.]
“Okay, day two!” Aubergine yelled as he jogged in place with excitement. Next to him, Tarragon tilted his head back and waited for the Headmaster to finish. ...
2025-01-06 15:06:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Hooooooooooo-wee, y’all.” Quince looked around the greenhouse at the students. He grinned and rubbed his hands together. “Buncha good looking folk ‘round here. I know y’all’re excited, so let’s get to it. For your cultivation scor...
2025-01-06 15:06:11 +0000 UTC View Post“I know what to do.”
Archie nearly broke into tears as he embraced Rowan. “Oh, thank you. Thank you.”
Rowan hugged back, knowing that Archie needed reassurance. But as Rowan peeled away, his face betrayed any sense of confidenc...
2025-01-06 15:05:30 +0000 UTC View PostArchie and Nori returned to the Academy in silence and went into the attic. More than anything, they needed to get away from the cruel, cruel world. The dusty attic was their only sanctuary. Nori sat against the wall as Archie paced back and forth...
2025-01-02 15:56:24 +0000 UTC View Post“I want to stop,” Archie declared. “I mean, what even was that?”
“That was good business is what that was,” Nori said proudly.
“No, not that…It’s like he was possessed,” Archie said.
“It doesn’t matter. We...
2025-01-02 15:55:57 +0000 UTC View Post“They’re dead.” Archie rubbed his forehead as he grieved. “Maybe…maybe we can bring them back?”
“It’s too late, Archie,” Nori said. She put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
“No. This one. What about this one? Mayb...
2025-01-02 15:55:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Archie, we have a problem.”
“Did he not bring the rice? I told you I should have gone with you.”
“Oh, he did.”
“Where is it?”
“Second floor pantry.”
“You left it in the pantry?” Archie pushed ...
2025-01-02 15:54:31 +0000 UTC View PostJulienne punched Archie with full force.
As the knuckles sunk into Archie’s arm, he heard a crack. Intense pain radiated from the point of impact, sending Archie stumbling away while clutching his bicep.
Julienne tried to shake away ...
2025-01-02 15:53:57 +0000 UTC View Post[Author's note: Putting y'all through chapter 52 now. After that, the schedule is going to be 3 chapters per week. I'll post all 3 on Mondays so that you can get a good chunk to read at your leisure throughout the week. Thanks so much for your sup...
2025-01-02 15:52:42 +0000 UTC View PostIf Archie and Nori were to learn about kulkida risotto without raising too much profile—something that seemed very important to Mr. Ackers—they only had one person they could turn to.
But when they asked, they didn’t get the answer the...
2024-12-31 18:49:21 +0000 UTC View Post“Forgot about me, did ya?”
Stop Him put his hand on Archie’s chest, stopping him.
“You better have something in there for me.”
Nori slapped Stop Him’s hand away. Being a foot smaller did nothing to deter her. “Why d...
2024-12-31 18:48:53 +0000 UTC View Post[Author's Note: Thanks Arun for the review! Here's a bonus chapter (and two more coming right after)]
“I have no clue.”
“Same.”
“I’m not sure.”
“Me neither.”
“Wow, there’s not a creative b...
2024-12-31 18:48:15 +0000 UTC View PostFor the entirety of the first semester, the students had fantasized about conjuration class.
After the first couple of weeks, the students would rather be in Colby’s kitchen.
In the mornings, they ran. “Know your body to know your ...
2024-12-30 17:55:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Do some magic!” Chip Sampson demanded.
Equipped only with a pocketful of blueberries and a handful of pasta, Archie stared down the horde of children as they ran up to him. They swarmed him, forcing him to step back onto the raised pave...
2024-12-30 17:54:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Archie…Archie…”
Archie rolled over and pulled the blankets up to his ears.
“Hey…wake…hey…Archie.”
Something shook Archie’s foot.
“Archie, wake up,” Nori whispered.
“Go away,” he groaned. I...
2024-12-30 17:53:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Let’s go Julienne!” Nori yelled while looking at Archie.
Archie wriggled back and forth as he tried to dispel the noodle that restrained him. He knew getting out would be more than a physical feat, but he couldn’t help but to squirm...
2024-12-30 17:53:19 +0000 UTC View PostOn a cold, sunny winter morning, the first-years stood side-by-side in a line out in the fields. They only moved to fidget nervously as a man walked across their ranks, assessing their souls with a piercing gaze.
They had been buzzing with e...
2024-12-30 17:52:53 +0000 UTC View Post[Quick author's note: Thank you so much for your support. I got so giddy when I got the notification that someone is subscribed. On RR, I'm doing an extra-chapter-per-review deal for up to 9 extra chapters—any extra chapters there are extra chap...
2024-12-30 17:52:01 +0000 UTC View PostFor the next couple of weeks, Archie retreated within himself, his emotions too large for expression. He got quiet. Passive. He seemed to only have half-conversations with his friends—he was eager to be alone, and they were unsure how to handle ...
2024-12-26 15:43:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe Gift no longer looked quaint and homey. It looked like a lair. A den of secrets.
The vines covering the white stone walls were just things for lies to get tangled in. The messy array of chairs in the dining area was a distr...
2024-12-26 15:42:43 +0000 UTC View Post