• Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 27: And I Can’t Go Back

    Pure Sunlight, Mr. FijiWiji, Laura Brehm, AgNO3 Previous | Chapter Listing | Next The space was silent, save for the quiet trickling of water to one side of the room. The blond tilted his head side to side, his neck cracking several times, and then stretched out. His eyes were closed, focused instead on listening to the water sounds, and whatever it was that was going on in his head. It’d been thousands of years since the last time someone had managed to guess what it was that was in his head, Kassander didn’t expect anything else this time. Save, perhaps, Sandalio and Hasan, very few people knew him terribly…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 26: Good Things Are Made Up of Time

    Now Is Forever, Eiffel 65 Previous | Chapter Listing | Next “Somehow, I was expecting this to be easier,” Caleb was saying, pacing around the apartment he shared with Lilith. Across the hall, somewhere, Morgyn was spending time with Ezio, and Caleb wouldn’t ever dream of interrupting something like that. Right now, at any rate, he needed to vent to someone else, and perhaps venting at Morgyn about Morgyn wasn’t a good idea. “We’ve known each other forever, Lilith, I can’t believe this is still so difficult. And I don’t even know what I want!” Lilith, pulling their dishes out of their boxes, washing and drying them, and then putting…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 25: My Heart is Untamed

    Story of My Life, One Direction Previous | Chapter Listing | Next The campus looked nice. Morgyn decided that the second the blond set eyes on the grounds. The weathered stone and varying vines scattered around brought a strange sense of peace. The sage could almost smell the old books high up on the shelves in the library, tucked where none could reach now. Morgyn had the qualifications, it turned out, to make it into Foxbury’s distinguished degrees for the programmes the blond was interested in. Ezio went to Britechester, however. Perhaps it was stupid, but Morgyn had no intention of attending a university Ezio wasn’t in. It made it…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 24: The Seasons of My Life

    Landslide, Fleetwood Mac. Previous | Chapter Listing | Next “L’s gotten weirdly attached to some guy that happened to find the gate in Glimmerbrook,” Morgyn said, fiddling with the egg rolls on the table. The blond couldn’t quite figure out how these were supposed to work, but Morgyn was also too proud to ask. Knowing that, across the table with a bowl of sweet and sour pork, Ezio reached over and took one of Morgyn’s egg rolls, just to subtly show the dork how to eat them. Morgyn’s green eyes glanced up at him, and then the blond wordlessly copied him. “His name’s Don or something like that,” Morgyn went…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 23: Throw Me Away

    Throw Me Away, KoRn Previous | Chapter Listing | Next I have always been dying, Morgyn. That is one of the only constants we’ve ever had in our lives, and I could feel it drawing closer. Don’t be too angry with me. You’d be mourning either way. I want my death to mean something. Please, help me make sure that it isn’t for nothing, either. Find the truth, and set us all free. I love you, and I always will. 6 Months Earlier San Myshuno, 2019 Gosh, this cat was loud. Ezio groaned softly, in that stage between waking and sleeping, and then rolled over and smacked the alarm clock.…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 22: The Frost and the Chaos

    From the Age of Pirates, Adrian Von Ziegler. The chapter is not named after it. THIS IS THE ENDING. THE REST OF THE STORY EXPLAINS HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT AND WHAT THIS MEANS. IF YOU DON’T WANT THE ENDING SPOILED FOR YOU, SKIP THIS CHAPTER AND COME BACK TO IT LATER. Previous | Chapter Listing | Next 36 Years LaterMagic Realm, 2020 It was close by. Ezio had become accustomed to what the damned thing felt like, by now, and knew what he was sensing for. The problem was that he couldn’t easily pinpoint where, exactly, it was. Obviously, it was somewhere over here, but he was having…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 21: If This All Came Down

    Oblivion, Thirty Seconds to Mars Previous | Chapter Listing | Next He was still constantly tired. By now, Ezio had gotten accustomed to being constantly tired. That was his life, being constantly tired. There were still many questions on his mind about that ocean of chaos, and what it had to do with present events, because, he knew the spirits wouldn’t insist on something so intently if there was no reason for it. There was something important about it that he was meant to learn or come to understand. It took a lot for a spirit to influence the material world. They didn’t do it just because. The reasons why continued to be elusive,…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 20: All You Ever Wanted Was Love

    Low, Coldplay Previous | Chapter Listing | Next Outwardly, Morgyn probably seemed perfectly fine. It was far more useful, in this instance, if Morgyn did not panic, and thus far, the blond had done okay not doing so. The blond could accomplish a lot more if Morgyn didn’t have a complete meltdown. Internally was another story. The freak out was absolutely happening internally. This meant that Ezio wasn’t safe from whatever it was that was after Morgyn, either. Of course, there were reasons for that, and Morgyn knew those reasons, even if the blond didn’t like them. The unfortunate reality was that Morgyn had no way of shielding Ezio from this. He could get…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 19: Born to Walk Alone

    Here I Go Again, Whitesnake Previous | Chapter Listing | Next The pain was blinding. He had no other expectations for this mess, and the pain wasn’t surprising. What was surprising was his ability to think any sort of straight, but Ezio supposed, he may not be thinking straight, anyway. It was hard to tell, for him, how long he’d been limping from one side of San Myshuno to Forgotten Hollow, how many short transportalates he’d managed along the way. At some point, distance and time had started to become meaningless. It was hard to breathe, and difficult to move. Things like distance and time were pointless things to focus on. Ezio…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 18: Wolf Blood

    Wolf Blood, Adrian Von Ziegler Previous | Chapter Listing | Next Gently, Ezio set his teacup down at the table. In the kitchen, Drake was washing the dishes, and Morgyn was most likely picking back up with Elise (and apologising incessantly). Ezio had decided to keep to himself, for at least a little while. The anger was still there, and likely, it’d stay there. He knew that Morgyn was right, and holding onto it was a rather silly thing to do. There was no point in holding onto it. But there were times when it felt like the only thing keeping Ezio moving was his own rage. Even as he…