Mist of Shadows

Traveling Magic Shop Part 2

Myst glanced at the door when the bell rang, letting him know that another child had found his way to the shop. 'Two dozen children in less than an hour, there's no way word should be spreading this fast, especially since I don't think anyone has actually left. Two dozen kids with muddy boots, at least half of which are leavi...

Traveling Magic Shop

Myst closed the door on the mailbox then started walking back up the driveway as he sorted through the junkmail. 'Ads for shit I don't need and shit I don't want…" he trailed off when he saw a postcard, "Choose your own adventure! Magical Shopkeeper?"

He glanced at the back, wondering if it had a return address so he ...

Broken Soul Part 19

"Read ‘em and weep," the purple skinned demon girl said as she placed three kings face up on the table.

"Shit," Mikron complained as he tossed his hand on the table.

Jinx pulled her attention off the jock that was busy fucking a demon girl on stage and looked at Mikron, causing her pink hair to almost hit Zatann...

Broken Soul part 18

Myst pulled his attention away from the television when he heard someone knock on the door of the hotel room. "I've got it."

"Cool," Selena called out from the bathroom.

"Thanks," Ron said, not looking up from the handheld computer game he was playing.

Myst walked over and opened the door, figuring it was so...

Broken Soul Part 17

Myst watched the portal close then turned his attention back to the suspiciously normal looking forest. "Can anyone sense anything?" he asked the group as he pulled his enchanted compass out of his pocket, wondering if Peter or Gwen were picking anything up as his spider sense had stopped tingling once the portal closed.

Broken Soul Part 16

"Jack?" Myst's avatar blurted when the pirate that he'd been sneaking up on turned to look at him and he recognized him.

"That depends, does this Jack owe you money?" Jack asked as he studied the man in front of him that was holding a bag filled with bottles and hats of various types in one hand and a staff in the other...

Broken Soul Part 15

"This is going to be awesome!" Ron exclaimed as he created a shadow clone, causing his shadow to vanish and a clone to appear wearing his shorts.

"Zoom!" Ron's shadow clone shouted then flew up into the air.

Myst tilted his head back and watched the shadow clone as it accelerated, going straight up. "Is there a re...

Broken Soul Part 14

"How are you feeling?" Myst asked Amy as he walked over to where she was sitting with Selena by the campfire cooking breakfast.

"Like there's a stranger looking back at me in the mirror," Amy admitted after a couple of seconds of thought. "I spent half the night torturing myself and I feel fine, pretty sure I should be ...

Broken Soul Part 13

Akari studied the chair that Myst was cutting apart as she walked over with a hotdog for him. "Is there a reason you're abusing that poor chair?"

Myst glanced up at Akari, rather happy that she hadn't gotten dressed after she'd hopped in the shower with Ron. "I'm trying to figure out the best way to make a shelter that ...

Broken Soul Part 12

"Do you think we should give her some rum to help her forget everything?" Akari asked thoughtfully as she watched Amy flirt with Taylor.

"Pretty sure it doesn't work that way, it's more likely that she'll do something she regrets but remember it anyway," Selena pointed out.

Myst pulled his attention off where Akar...

Broken Soul Part 11

"I was sort of hoping we'd find a resort," Akari admitted as she glanced around the abandoned campsite that had seen better days.

"Is it really camping if you're staying in a resort?" Selena teased as she pulled her attention away from the bamboo framework of a 'cabin' that had fallen apart over the years.

"At lea...

Broken Soul Part 10

"Did you even sleep?" Selena asked as she walked out of her room and saw Myst sitting on the couch looking through a large pile of technique scrolls that hadn't been there when she'd gone to bed.

"I snagged about four hours, maybe five," Myst replied with a yawn, not actually sure how much sleep he'd gotten since he did...

Broken Soul Part 9

"Cheerful place," Myst muttered as he glanced between the rusty circular disk that should have been covering the shaft that provided access to the sewer, the sludge piled up near the shit stained walls and the dead rats scattered around the dead end alley.

"Try disgusting," Taylor complained, having second thoughts abou...

Broken Soul Part 8

'Fucking goblins!' Myst's avatar complained mentally as he crawled away from where the goblin warlock had dropped a barrier of blades that had nearly ripped him in half, mostly because he didn't want to get hit by the fireballs that the goblins were tossing like it was the Fourth of July.

"Death to the human!" one of th...

Broken Soul Part 7

"You're insane," Amy grumbled as she checked Myst's health.

"Any changes?" Myst asked as he absently watched Ron dancing around Taylor, Gwen, and Akari as they tried unsuccessfully to land a hit on him.

"It's hard to say," Amy admitted. "Some of the changes are probably mystical, but I don't think you're getting m...

Broken Soul Part 6

"You'd think they'd use more durable material or set up wards," Selena mused as they walked past a partially demolished shop that looked like someone had hit the side of it with a wrecking ball.

"I'm guessing it's a combination of price and the fact that the sect doesn't seem to care about their outer sect members," Mys...

Broken Soul Part 5

"You're trying to get stabbed, aren't you?" Ron asked as he stared at the collection of women's underwear spread out on one of Selena's chairs.

"It's not my fault that some of the goblin warlocks drop suspiciously designed gear," Myst argued, not looking up from the alchemy book he was reading.

Peter shook his hea...

Broken Soul Part 4

"Any progress?" Akari asked as she sat down next to Myst on Selena's couch, having noticed that he'd used four spirit stones in the last couple of minutes while they were trying to decompress from dealing with a bunch of asshole disciples.

"I'm still popping spirit stones like candy but at least I've cleared the hallway...

Broken Soul Part 3

"Shouldn't you be working on making a combat pet?" Akari asked when Taylor finished using the ki from one of the spirit stones to create a cat sized green pig with short twisted tusks that curled sideways, making them practically worthless.

"I'm working on it, I just have to merge a couple of beasts," Taylor replied as ...

Broken Soul Part 2

Myst walked over to the silver chest the boss had been guarding and poked it with his pitchfork, wanting to make sure it wasn't a mimic. 'Okay, now you're just being paranoid, but better paranoid than dead,' he reminded himself as he walked around to the side of the chest then reached down and poked it with his finger, ready ...

Broken Soul Part 1

Myst blinked as he went from sitting at his computer, editing his latest chapter to standing in a stone chamber with twenty six people, ranging in age from a sleepy looking teenage girl wearing a black-shirt to a man wearing overalls and work boots that looked in his late fifties. 'What the fuck!?'

"Congratulations, you...

Dungeon Myst Part 36

'Mat was right, she looks like an older Hermione,' Vivian mused as the Aes Sedai carefully made her way through the crowd of naked or half dressed girls and over to her table with a tall man that was most likely Lan trailing behind her. "Is there something I can help you with?"

"I've heard some strange stories about you...

Harry Potter and Death

An: My muse was being weird... so have a chapter. Happy Holidays to everyone.


Harry Potter sighed as he felt a familiar presence behind him. "No."

"I haven't said anything yet," Death complained as she slipped past Harry and took the seat across the table at the café.

Harry glanced at the girl in a ye...

Dungeon Myst Part 35

Ginny pulled her attention away from Harry's naked behind when the teacher started cackling maniacally. "Should we start running?" she asked warily, not sure if cackling was normal for the enthusiastic teacher or a cause for grave concern as she seemed unhinged.

"We'd never make it," Luna pointed out, not seeing a probl...

Dungeon Myst Part 34

"Can I help you?" Xenophilius Lovegood asked as he opened the front door and saw the red haired young woman standing in front of the door holding an ornately carved wooden door in its own frame.

Michelle Rosenberg forced herself to smile at the blond man that was wearing eye searing yellow robes, fairly sure that grabbi...

Dungeon Myst Part 33

"What do you want?" Petunia asked as she opened the door and glared at Sirius Black, a man she hadn't seen since Lily and James' wedding.

"I didn't kill Pettigrew and I didn't betray Lily, I was tossed into prison without a trial," Sirius explained.

"I'm aware," Petunia replied as she studied the teenage girl stan...

Dungeon Myst Part 32

Egwene pulled her attention off the card game where Mat was fleecing some merchant guards out of their money and glanced at Myst, doing her best not to look at the pair of channelers that were sitting at a table watching them. "We should just walk over there and ask."

"If you insist," Myst replied as he pushed his chair...

Cardmaster Worm Part 2

"This would be easier if I had an MRI or Amy's power," Myst muttered as he studied Sophia's card, looking for signs of wear and tear from repeatedly harvesting her power over the last twenty minutes. 'If it's damaged, I can't tell the difference,' he admitted as he let her card fade back into his deck and headed for the exit ...

Dungeon Myst Part 31

"Two grams of ground up shadow drake scales," Lorelai Snape stated as she added exactly two grams of ground up shadow drake scale to her cauldron. She stirred the contents of her cauldron five times counterclockwise then flipped the minute sandglass over. "Five counter stirs, one minute."

"Five and one," Morana Snape ag...

Cardmaster Worm

Myst blinked a couple of times when he found himself standing in the middle of a school hallway with a collection of large, graffiti covered lockers that seemed like they belonged to a bygone era, mostly because he could barely remember a time when they had lockers you could actually stuff a person in that weren't in a locker...