7th January 2025 Writings

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Excerpt from: Mysteries of Aurora
Freya and Alexia left the Art Gallery. Freya was overwhelmed by looking at all the artworks in a short period of time, but it had been worth it.

“Are you OK?” Alexia asked.

“I’m fine,” Freya answered. “Just a little overwhelmed by looking at all that art so quickly.” She closed her eyes briefly and took a deep breath. She then opened them again and looked into Alexia’s. “It’s part of the neurodivergence.”

Alexia nodded with a smile. “Got it.”

“It has made me more resilient than otherwise.”

Words: 83


Excerpt from: Spider Quinn
“Ow! I think I sprained something.”

“I’ll get you to the hospital. I’ll help you change somewhere.”

“Anywhere would be fine. Just not here,” Ninja Talon said.


They headed directly to Cedars of Lawndale from the Morris’s, with Ninja Talon changing to the usual Brittany on the hospital roof. “But now William is on the loose,” Brittany said.
“I’ll look for him afterwards as well as the Shadow or Dafoanairi.”

“I think Dafoanairi may be a liability. You may need to take a risk with the Enigma.”

“I’ll consider it, but I’ll sooner find Peterson, but she might not be on duty as she was on this morning,” SpiderGirl said. “But first I’ll call Ashley-Amber.”

“Thanks.”


“SpiderGirl?” One of the orderlies asked, when she brought Brittany into the ER.

“I found Brittany somewhere,” SpiderGirl said.

“I was running and slipped,” Brittany said.

“I see. It will be an hour before the X-Ray machine is available,” the orderly said.

“I can wait,” Brittany said.

“I’m heading out now,” SpiderGirl said.

“Thanks, Spidey. See you later.”


It was less than 10 minutes before Ashley-Amber arrived, as SpiderGirl had called her on her cell phone from one of the public phones at the hospital.

“Your Brittany’s next of kin?” the orderly asked.

“Her stepmother,” Ashley-Amber said. “Her father is on business out of town.”

“Got it.”


“What happened, Brittany?” Ashley-Amber asked in concern.

“I was running and I slipped, and SpiderGirl happened to be nearby.”

“You’re usually so careful. Were you thinking about Kevin?”

Brittany had told Ashley-Amber about the breakup and the reasons for it before heading to Quinn’s party. “That wasn’t it. Probably the changes in my life, besides the break up.”

“Oh,” Ashley Amber said. “You know, ‘Break a leg’, isn’t literal.”

“Of course.”


SpiderGirl arrived at the Historia, certain that either Daria or Peterson would be there. ‘Maybe Daria is Dafoanairi, but do I want to put her at risk? But maybe she’ll know how to find the Enigma, as I have no idea how to find the Shadow.’


Daria was thinking about William as she ate her afternoon snack with Jane. She hoped that Peterson had managed to get a warrant.

“You’re thinking about that boy?” Jane asked.

“Wondering if Peterson has got a warrant yet.”

“Probably not. I figure that if she had, she would be here telling you that he had been rescued,” Jane said.

“Probably.”

Words: 400


Total: 483