There are things that haunt the histories of most civilizations: war, famine, and strife being just a few. The tomes of the past tell stories of citizens weak with hunger while the rulers of those very lands sit plump and comfortable upon their thrones. Arcadia’s history is an anomaly among these. The shining jewel in the crown of The Autumn Vale. Since their beginning the founding families knew they wanted to avoid the troubles they were trying to escape in

You didn't expect he'd actually come. You'd hoped he wouldn't. Today was the day you would promise yourself to a boy that swore to love you forever. So, when the boy you had always pictured standing there at the end of the aisle walked into your dressing room looking defeated you didn't know what was going to happen. But you knew you needed to hear it.

You screamed at him in the parking lot. At least you won't ever have to see him again....right?

It'd been 3 months since she'd seen him. He had the audacity to come to the hospital room after the accident. Eyes welling with tears. As if he had been the one to lose someone. As if he had been the one that was left screaming in the rain. It took two security guards to keep her from attacking him right there in the hospital. And now here he was, standing in her door at 10:30.

Clubs are gross and you can't dance so why in the world did your friend think you'd want to go to a club party for your birthday?? She swears that it'll be a great night but you weren't sure what could possibly happen in a smelly, sweaty, crowded club that you would make her think that it's such an amazing birthday present.