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We
both dropped our weapons off in our rooms. I kept Dleacht with me because after
the day before, I didn’t want to be caught off guard a..
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I
ate a quick dinner with my parents and the Master Elder who Mother said was
named Bairn. I wanted to talk to both of them about their powers,..
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The
next few weeks were the busiest of my life. When I woke up in the morning,
Angus helped me to learn Gaelic for an hour or so. It didn&rsquo..
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The
next day or so, I planned with Cathal about how we would get to school. We
would fly with our human clothes on to the edge of the valley, t..
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After
a long last half of school, Angus and I carefully walked away, making sure we
weren’t being followed, to the edge of the valley. We..
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I sat, in fairy form, on a low branch in the
Home Tree. I was attempting to hit a little knothole in the tree across from me
with my bow. I had ..
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I
picked up the sharp, heavy rock that my father had dislodged from the mountain
side. After putting it in the already full to bursting basket t..
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As
I worked in the smelly, humid, yet somehow cold, cave, I looked over at the
dark-haired girl. Cathleen. I had stood there, shocked when the b..
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The
next week, after another uncomfortable night of sleep, we were roused by Tuatha
de Danaan soldiers yelling in our ears. They untied our ank..
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I
only allowed myself to sleep for two hours the night before the plan. I needed
to looks as pathetic as possible, just in case it doesn’..
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