Anastasia

by Sophie Lark

“Now what about this falcon?” he said. “What are you going to name her?” “Artemis,” I said at once. “Because she’s a hunter.”

I like it

mercurial

A DWINDLING MERCURIAL HIGH!!!

It’s not that I wanted to misbehave, but the most interesting things were always forbidden.

There was no chance of me matching my sisters in looks. Short and stocky as a boy, with carrot-colored hair and a smatter of freckles, I wasn’t even as pretty as Alexei. While I hated hearing the ladies-in-waiting discuss me as if I were a piebald horse standing in the yard, I didn’t entirely mind being ugly.

Poor thing... It's Terrible to grow up thing you're ugly

The boy lifted his chin. The whole side of his face had swollen, blood running down from the closed eye. “Damien Kaledin, son of Taras Kaledin, leader of the Free Men.”

Is this her Love Interest?

Everything interesting was always forbidden.

“It hurts because we love him. That’s the balance of life, hard as it is to accept. A heart open to joy is a heart vulnerable to sorrow. There’s no family without loss, no love without pain.”

What I’m trying to illustrate, Anastasia, is that a lust for power will poison your mind. It strengthens you … but bends your sense of what should be traded. Be careful what you allow to shape you. Ruling is a responsibility, and a heavy one. It’s what we owe to the people, not what they owe to us.”

In sum, "with great power comes great responsibilities" - uncle ben (or aunt may, depending on the multiverse)

Cherish what you have, not what you wish for.”

midnight rain,

TAYLOR SWIFT??

The Great War

TAYLOR SWIFT??

Stay alive, please. I’ve never asked you for anything before. So I may as well start with the hardest and most important thing.

they guessed twelve hundred—it was impossible to separate the mangled bodies.

This is horrible to say, but just count the heads

Anastasia ran to me, smiling brighter than the sun. All my jealousy melted like frost. As she held out her hands to me, I wouldn’t have traded places with anybody in the world.

I danced with her like we were the only people in the room, the only people in the world.

“Do you mind waiting?” Anya asked me. The way she was looking at me, I would have given her the heart out of my chest.

Midnight.

TAYLOR SWIFT??

I slipped and skidded over a floor soaked in the icy blood of everyone I loved.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!

“I use to tell Nina I’d turn my store into her own dressmaker’s shop once we saved a little more money. She made a wedding dress for her best friend that was prettier than anything I’ve ever seen from Madame Bulbenkova. Even if it could never happen … I’m glad we had the dream.”

This hit me deep in the chest. Even when my grandpa was at his worst with cancer, id tell him to get better soon because he still had to save me a dance at my wedding. i even bought him a tie to wear right before he died. i knew it wasn't going to happen, but i will always cherish that dream.

Just below the clouds, keeping her distance, I saw a bird alight on the tip of lightning-blasted pine. As she touched down, her left wing gave a slight wobble and she had to catch her balance. My heart twisted in my chest. I knew she could see me ten times better than I could see her.

SHE FOLLOWED HER!!! Artemis, you cute little bitch <3

The tinkling music swelled, and suddenly the whole cavern was full of ghosts, dancing and swirling around me. It was everyone I knew and loved in their last, brightest, happiest moments—Ollie gazing up at Axel, Mama and Papa waltzing together, Aunt Olga with the handsome soldier whose name I’d never learned … And Damien, spinning me around with perfect, flawless steps because he’d practiced, because he’d looked

ALEXA!! Play once upon a december

year of midnights.

TAYLOR SWIFT??

“Can I look at you? All of you?”

HERE COMESTHE SMUTTTTTTT!!!!!

“I love you …” I whispered against her fire-warmed skin. “I love you, I love you, I love you …”

at the dimples on either side of his mouth that only appeared when he grinned his widest. I’d only ever seen them a few times.

DIMPLES!!!

We rode back to the village as the sun set. All the sky was red, a color so vivid and saturated it looked as if you could bite and suck it like a fruit.

LOOKED UP AT THE SKY AND IT WAS MAROON!!

invisible thread.

ISN'T IT JUST SO PRETTY TO THINK! ALL ALONG THERE WAS SOME INVISIBLE STRING TYING YOU TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

She was my only touch, only kiss, only love.

Whatever I’d paid, whatever I’d still have to pay, I’d do it again and again and again. I’d choose her every single

Once Upon a

YES!!!!!

When you think you’ve lost someone forever, you can accept a little time spent apart.