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 carr...
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, ...
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 chap...
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...
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 h...
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 ev...
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 dr...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 hea...
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 excite...
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 pee...
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 s...
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...
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...
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.”
... 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 clutch...
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 leisur...
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...
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...
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 ne...
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 m...
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 ...
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,” ...
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 p...
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...
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 ...
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 eage...
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 me...
2024-12-26 15:42:43 +0000 UTC View Post