>>Vin “What are these?” I picked up some weird looking mushrooms that were growing out from the roots of old trees. My father looked at me, “Oh!” He seemed alarmed, “Don’t ever consume those.” He shook his head, “Those are dangerous.” “How so?” I looked at the weird red mushroom with black polka dots, “Looks tasty.” I was about to lick it when I felt a strong hand grab my wrist right before I got the chance to touch the thing with my tongue. “Don’t,” It was my father, “You don’t want to try eating that.” He glared at me. “And why is

>>Leila I think I felt too much pain all at once and since it was too hard to bear, my brain just decided to shut everything out. And now, as I sit on barren lands with nowhere to go, I don’t feel anything. It’s like there’s nothing inside me. Like all of me is dead, my soul, my heart, my thoughts. Nothing is there but a living body. The only thing I could do was just walk away. I walked the whole night but found no refuge. Even the church didn’t let me stay in the sanctuary claiming that I have to be cleansed before I am allowed entry in a holy place. But even then, I wasn’t just shut out, they waited for me to offer the

>>Emilio (14 years old) I closed the book after I finished it and sighed internally.   I understood why Leila made a deal with a demon but what she offered it in return is something very precious and heavy. The demon feeds on our misery, the worst kind of misery and we get to have all our luxuries. I stared at the book. I get a feeling it would have been different if Leila had accepted the demon’s initial offer. “Oh look who’s here~” I was startled by the sudden entrance of another person and flinched. I shot my head back at the person, “Uncle?” I stood up from the ground and greeted him. 

>>Roshni ImpossibleThis is impossible!!This can’t happen! I know it wasn’t possible! I looked at the letter of acceptance that came to me by email. It was my acceptance letter to the national university. “Impossible…” I kept staring at the letter on my laptop as if it was going to change the letters written on it. “Oh wow,” Mom was sitting beside me on one side while dad was on the other, “I guess we won’t be going anywhere I guess...” She glanced at dad who only nodded. The three of us were so stun

>>Roshni Why?I stood in front of my department after I was done for the day, staring at the crowd of people right across from me. Why? I stared at the person standing in the center. Emilio Why?Just why is he here? He was surrounded by girls like usual and it pissed me off. They all were swarmed around him like flies to a fruit. Doesn’t he have classes to attend? Why is he standing directly in front of my department? Did he even leave?