DreadTamer

 When Billy woke up he could feel the magic in the air. The light coming through his bedroom window was a little bit brighter that morning, making the toys on his shelf seem to glow happily. This was going to be a special day, he just knew it. When his favorite song came on the radio while he was brushing his teeth, he smiled so wide the toothpaste ran down his chin. Something great was bound to happen today, but what? He thought about all the possibilities as he got dressed, each more fantastic than the one before. Maybe he would finally find his pocket knife. No... too small. He wouldn't get chased by the dog from up the street. He was hopi

"Run!" The shout could be heard clearly as it echoed down the narrow alleys of Kastimir. Jess snapped her head toward the sound. Just as she was wondering what in the Hells Finn had gotten himself into this time, the wall at the end of the alley exploded in a shower of rubble. "Damn it, Jess...I said RUN!" Finn could barely be heard over the din of falling stones combined with a strange other sound. What the?... Kind of like a grunt or growl, she thought to herself. Trying to make out Finn's figure through the cloud of dust in the pale moonlight, she was stunned to see the massive form of a troll slowly rising from the destruction. "That

Farren stood in the center of the room, and met the gaze of his accusers. He was guilty. There was no question. But this seemed a little extreme for trespassing. He was alone in a circular room that resembled a cave. The similarities stopped at the wide window carved into the wall across from him, and the pole coming up from the center of the floor. The pole itself was clear, as if it had been crafted from a single crystal. As Farren noted his surroundings, the pole sparked. Or at least he thought it had. Again. This time he saw it. A tiny blue flame lifted off the surface of the pole, and danced. A split second later, it was gone. Great, h