REJECTED: Luna's wrath

des

figured

asn't me. It

woman who wrapped me in enough fabric to suf

step. Some of them were pointing and exclaiming at me, and one poor m

that shocking, but ap

reasonable, celest

f women who seemed t

e. Their sleeves were shorter, their colors richer, and their fabrics softer. I w

he streets until we reach

lry, and delicious-looking food (which I was still mad at for burning me last time). The air smelled of spiced honey, roasted meat, and s

as

ed moonlight and fabrics dripped like liquid gold. The shopkeeper a round, elderly man wi

ly, eyes scanning my curren

my fingers over a dress so soft

"Do you have

ked. "

"Yes. You need mo

? B

ever needed to exchange anything for anything!

ve hand. "No need.

stled. "That's called

. "How can one steal something that is meant to be worn?

y what I'm sayi

to think he wa

arms. "No mon

n I grabbed the dress

a dying goose before he sh

that, everyt

er me, someone even threw a tomato at me

called "guards" or "cops" or something sprinte

RIGHT

e with all this crazy lo

wind itself o

man's lunch into the sky (it landed on his head). Someone's c

pile of cabbages. Another one tried to grab my arm, but

in the madness, I mana

as backwards a

g it, and that w

s away before a doze

first time,

dea what t

room with bars that smelled bad. It w

g and pointing. They called me reckless, a menace, a criminal, a t

e cold floo

ed. "This is

cell snorted. "Yeah

head. "What'

he law, so now you stay here unt

at him. "

ttered. "Ju

AC

he guard choked on his

Oh, good. T

tle. But apparently, I still hadn't adjusted to mortal strength limits

kward, fumbling for his

d, stepping o

out was easy, the guards

corridors, and when I reached the exit, I gave

nked.

my hands together and sent a gust of wind

ll trying to learn how to use my powers

I was already breathlessly alive, is

soft, watching me quietly. Th

I didn'

tillness and the silence, who would miss such a t

ngs moved, they changed and bu

just

ause I really want to get enough of these earthy s