He flicked the wand again but the hat remained an empty hat. Jeremy groaned as he started twisting the top off the wand and dumped out the batteries. Giving them a quick glance, he then hesitantly licked the positive side. He twitched and jerked the battery away. Still a charge in there. He gave the wand another shake and there was only the slight noise of the ball bearing inside moving and clicking against the switch. The wand was working...

Jeremy gasped. The air burned but he grabbed as much as he could before he was smashed back under the water. Something bright and golden crossed his vision before his submersion and nearly caused him to lose his lungful of breath. He tried to pull himself to the surface, but something strong and sharp grabbed his ankle. It pulled hard and he found himself being drawn to the bottom of the tank. The grip loosened and he kicked to the surface...

While I had taken to using the stairs these past years, I still occasionally would risk the lift. Sometimes I just had too much baggage and needed to deal with the ride rather than trying to climb past the broken, lost, and insane that took up space on the stairs. With their morally weak souls and minds, they could not stand the brilliance that lay above them, choosing instead to lay where they may amongst the light and shadows. The lift,...

“I smell something. Something odd,” Klein grunted. His ears peels back as he stuck his nose into the air to get a better whiff. Around him, the other damned paused in their labors and looked up at him. “You can smell something other than the blood?” asked Malcolm, a shorter man who was only showing the starting signs of the changed. His nose was still soft and human, not like Klein’s wolf nose. Klein snorted at...

Edwin flicked the wand again. The quills that burst from the seat next to Jeremy nearly impaled his head but he dived at just the right time to avoid punctures. “Stop ducking Jeremy! Make this easy on yourself!” Another flick and an anvil manifested just behind the magician, nearly crushing him. He tried to start running again and fell as his cape snapped him down while being held still by the anvil. Jeremy untied the mantel...