The girl stared at the sky. Above her, thousands of birds danced to the rhythm throbbing through her headphones, the sunset reflected in the deep blue of her eyes. “It’s coming” she whispered. “It’s really coming”
People rushed past her, streaming into or out of the huge shopping centre that towered above them. She stood there, amongst this midst of consumerist frenzy, managing to look perfectly at home and out of place all at the same time. A knowing smile fixed on her lips, she turned and disappeared into the crowds.
The boy in the black hoodie watched her go, but made no attempt to follow her. Tucking his hands into the pockets of his jeans, he raised his eyes to the sky.
The birds had gone.
He made his way over to a park bench on a square of scraggly grass surrounded by concrete, home to a decrepit looking tree. He sat there, waiting.
Within a couple of minutes, a girl and boy squeezed onto the bench beside him. A lock of the girls flaming red hair tumbled out from beneath her hood as she bent to stare at her boots and the boy’s dark skin shone in the evening light. Neither of them spoke.
“Murmur says it’s coming.” the boy turned to the others, eyes burning, blonde hair spiked with passion and grim excitement. The girl returned his gaze.
“Tiree..”
He saw his own hope echoed in her eyes and had to bite back a grin. “This is it, Nance, this is it.”
The other boy threw his head back and laughed. The rose gold glow of the sky made his face shine like a bronze angel. “Let’s set the world on fire” his voice was thick with intent and anticipation.
The girl smiled and tucked her hair behind her ear. “Are we ready for this, boys?”
They both nodded and with that the three of them rose in perfect synchrony and were gone.
The rest of the world had no idea of what was to come.
What do you think, guys? If you want to hear more, let me know…
Now….some announcements! First off, go VOTE in Megan’s Best of 2018 Contest! You can nominate all your favourite blogs, bloggers and posts of this year 😊
Also, I’m going to be open for guest posting/collabing in the new year so if you’d be interested, fill out the contact form below with details. Please only contact me if we know each other already. To give you some ideas, I’d be up for posts about making a difference, opinions, lifestyle, poetry, writing, anything along those lines.
I think that’s it! Did you vote in Megan’s contest? Interested in collaborating? Were you intrigued by ‘Set The World On Fire’? 🔥
OHMYGOODNESS the story seems so amazingg would love to read more of it!
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THANK YOU! I’ll definitely post the rest at some point 😊
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Interesting… Must you leave a story hanging…☺️
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More to come, I promise 😁
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The story is so good o-o it’s such a cliffhanger I need more!! I would love to do a poetry collab sometime in the next year 😀
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Thank you so much! There’s definitely more to come… Sounds good! If you fill out the form, I’ll get in touch 😊
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I NEED MORE!!Like that was seriously amazing, I’m actually shooketh!!!! xx
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Haha, THANK YOU! More to come….
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Yayyyyy!!!
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😄😄😄
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A very in5icing story, Gracie.
You definitely didn’t give too much away in the first few pages.
Keep more coming, please.
I would love to do a writing collaboration with you.
Yes, I did vote in Megan’s survey.
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Five, five!
Bloody enticing not in5icing, god I hate this phone, its got a very short life expectancy, it’ll end like the last one!
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Haha, no worries 😁
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More to come, for sure, Tom. Glad you enjoyed. We’ll have to keep in touch about the writing collab…I have some ideas. Cool! I can’t wait to see the results, can you?
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Keep writing, I never feel that my writings are good enough for the world to read, though I reckon they are.
Sure we will, I should put some more poof behind my blog, I would love to hear your ideas, we haven’t done a collaboration yet, have we, but I think we have the capacity to do one!
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Of course I will! I think it doesn’t matter much how the world views your writing, as long as it’s an expression of your thoughts. We could do a writer interview, where we both post the answers to a set of questions on our blogs? I’ll email you at some point.
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Answer is, get my finger out, and start writing some quantity content.
But yes you are right, I should be more of an emphasis, wordwright, instead of a selfish one!
Yes, that would be a good idea, I was also thinking of a writing exchange, where you, or I, write a piece then give it to the other to embellish upon.
What do you think?
Okay, I look forward to reviving your email.
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Yes, that could be an idea too. We’ll have to discuss it further…
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Yes, we will, discuss it to its mightiest.
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The results should be interesting.
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Yes, they should. I had a really hard time choosing blogs as some of my favourite bloggers haven’t been active much this year so I didn’t think it was fair to nominate them. I tried to nominate some people I thought had done particularly well recently. How did you find it?
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A little hard, I have found some new blogs, but new to me not to the world.
Lets see how it goes.
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Ah, yes, what blogs have you been enjoying recently?
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A few, there’s a good photography blog that I found recently, I love the style. https://clicktoart.wordpress.com/
Tell me what you think, I have to go swimming soon.
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Interesting! Will do. I’m off swimming later too.
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Yay, more swimming.
When you swim, do you feel the need to wear goggles and nose clip?
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I prefer to swim without goggles, but swimming with them is a lot easier and all the club’s I’ve been a part of require it. I have a really good pair. However, I would never use a nose clip 😆
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My face just fills with water if I don’t use a nose clip, and goggles are not that essential to me.
I have lots of sinus problems, and am prone to infection.
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How was your swim? Mine was very good 😄
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Pretty good, how long do you spend in the water, we are pretty pickled after four hours.
Mark is getting better, he doesn’t sink anymore!
Mark says, “Tom can we spend longer next time!”
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We only spent a couple of hours yesterday, but usually longer…glad you guys enjoyed.
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Of course we enjoyed ourselves, Gracie!
Well, you can get some good swimming in with two hours to play.
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Wow
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Thank you! Haha. Btw, I tried to find your blog, but it says you’ve deleted it?? 🤔
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I know trying to figure out search it on wordpress reader again put in Hobbies of all seasons should work!
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Okay, thank you so much, Autumn!!
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Your Welcome sorry about that!
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Don’t worry about it 😊
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Ok some of my followers were like you don’t have a blog!I went YES I DO !
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Haha, I FOUND IT! Yay!
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Awesome do you like it?
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Yes, very much. It’s so positive and fun!!
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Thanks
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A pleasure!
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I try my best
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B-limey!! I’d been looking forward to seeing some of your writing, and it’s amazing! I’m looking forward to seeing some more of this story. 😊
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Thank youuuuu! Definitely more to come….😊
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OOMMGGGG please please please can we have more of Set the World On Fire!! I lovveed it, so much, honestly, if you can’t tell. So yeah. Um, there’s that! Collabing would be so fun with you, I love your blog! I’ll have to look ahead into my blogging plans for the new and get back with you. Ahh, later lovely! ❤
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YAYYYYYYY! I’m so glad you enjoyed, my friend! There’s more to come, I promise…Also, I’d absolutely LOVE to collab. Yes, let me know ❤️ thanks again.
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Yeess I will as soon as I can!😊
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Okey dokey ❤️
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Oh my word. I just found your blog, and this was the first post I read, and I am BLOWN AWAY. Oh my goodness, this was INCREDIBLE, Gracie!! 😀
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Hi! Woah, thank you so much. That really means a lot 🙂 xx
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I MISSED YOUR WRITING GOSH THIS WAS AWESOME. XXX
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EEEEE, THANK YOU!!
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