#// linn was like “does law just hate me???” and i was like.

[quietuus]

@medicus-felini

[summerfitzy]

thursday evening

Fandom: Skam Ship: Noora x William Summary: Noora can’t remember the last time she felt this warm. (Set a few hours after William’s clip.) ao3

It’s the first day of summer, and the sun is still beaming late into the afternoon, early into the evening. Noora can feel it heating her hair and warming her skin; warming William’s skin.

(She murmured as much to him just a few minutes ago after exiting the corner store with a bag of toilet paper for Linn. “You’re so warm,” she said, twining her fingers with his.

William leaned down to whisper his lips—also warm—across her earlobe. “I thought I was cold—” a kiss “—manipulative—” another kiss, pressed into her neck this time “—selfish.”

Noora shook her head, rolled her eyes, and turned her chin until she was kissing him back. “No. Just warm.”)

Everything is sunlight and stillness, even the silence that passes between them as they stroll down the sidewalk. It’s an easy quiet. Easier than Noora knew quiet could be, growing up. In her childhood, in that small town and that small house, quiet meant disinterest. In Madrid, in that large city and that looming flat, it meant loneliness.

“William,” she says a few moments later. Silence with William is content; easy to share, easy to break, easy to fill.

Still holding her hand, he tucks her against his side. “Mhm?”

She’s pretty sure that they look like one of Vilde’s chick lit romance novel covers right now, or maybe an online dating ad. Noora relaxes against him anyway, and squints up at the bright sky. The lighting is good enough for either.

“Do you miss London?”

Noora does not. Noora doubts she ever will. London is so rarely warm in her memories, so often drizzling and cool and the wrong kind of quiet.

William doesn't pause, doesn't even blink before answering, “No.”

“No?”

His fingers tighten around hers. “London doesn’t have anything I need.”

Noora kisses him again, longer this time, her smile spreading against his. It’s a good kiss, good enough that she doesn’t want to break away to hem and haw and finally ask, “Not your father?” The question puts a few inches of distance between their faces.

When William shrugs, she feels the hike of his shoulder against her own muscles. “If he wanted a relationship with me, I wouldn’t have to move there for it.”

Personally, she dislikes William’s father—the way he talks down to William and looks down on the world, the way he so clearly looked at her as a pretty souvenir that William had lugged all the way from Oslo—but none of that bears repeating just now.

“He must be proud of you for applying to law school.” She is. Insanely proud. So proud that she wants to hug him all over again for it, right here on the sidewalk. William is going to do amazing thing, going to put all his intelligence to incredible use, going to fill his life with so much more meaning than he could have found in his dad's office.

Silence again. Not content this time, but hesitant. Building towards—“My father cut me off for applying to law school.”

Surprise almost trips Noora right off the curb and into the street, but William pulls her back. Pulls her closer, his arm around her waist.

“I might need to find a new place,” he adds, one corner of his mouth twitching with inexplicable humor.

Her own lips falls apart as she blinks and stares and grips his hand all the more tightly. “Your father…” A shake of her head. “When?” He knows she’s not asking about the flat.

William runs his free fingers through his hair. “Ten minutes ago, while you were in the store.”

“I was only going for a few minutes!”

“It was a quick text.”

A new, unpleasant heat steals across her cheeks and throat. Hate. She hates William’s father. “What did you say back?”

Fishing a hand into his pocket, William pulls out his phone for her, and slants the screen into her view.

“Whatever,” she reads. It’s only one word, but it feels huge on her tongue, like a piece of cake or melon that she could have cut one more time before chewing. “Whatever?”

He tucks his phone away again, shakes his head. “Noora, it doesn’t matter. It’s just money.”

“You love your money.”

“I love you.” He buries his lips into her hair for just a second. “I like money. And I’ll like it more when it’s mine," another second, another kiss to her temple, "not his."

“William Magnusson,” she starts, then trails off to curl her palms along his cheeks, to make him meet her gaze. Every bit of pride that unfurled in her ribs when he told her about his law school application bursts all over again, straight to her tongue. “I am... so damn in love with you.”

Even though they’re still on a city sidewalk, even though she’s still holding a bag of toilet paper, Noora pulls him towards the nearest wall and wraps her arms around his neck until there’s not a bit of space separating them. Until there’s only the quiet pulse of her heart and his.

William teases that quiet away when they pull apart a minute later. “You're not with me for my money then?”

“No.” Noora presses her lips together, almost unable to believe she’s smiling right now, when half of her wants nothing more than to fly to London and scream at William’s father. “I think I fell in love with you despite your money.”

Within a second, she can feel him grinning against her cheek. “So damn in love with me?”

She rolls her eyes, but can’t stop her curved lips from curving even more.

When they reach her flat, they stall by the door, still connected by their hands and hips. “You should come inside,” Noora urges, even though it was awkward the last time he saw Eskild and Linn. Because of that awkwardness, maybe. Because her flatmates don’t know what actually happened in London, and need to see that William isn’t the asshole they’ve built him into over the last eight months. “Say hi.”

(There will need to be an actual conversation about it sometime soon, just the three of them, where she explains the truth. All of it. Even if it makes them think less of her, mad at her, for the lies she told them after London. For now, she just wants to remind them that they liked William before she moved out of their flat and into his.)

William squints at the door. He doesn’t have to speak, doesn’t even have to look at her, for her to feel his dubiousness.

"Come on.” Hand still clutching his, she pulls him inside with her once she opens the door. “You’re my boyfriend, you can’t avoid my flat forever.”

(He doesn’t answer, but he does come with her, which is pretty much the same thing.)

[zeinabalmelli]

Translation of SKAM article

Hey everyone! There were a few who wanted to read this article about SKAM so I’ve translated the whole article. I’m sorry for typos or weird sentences (there were some that were hard to translate) but I hope it can help anyways. You may also want to have the article beside you while reading since there are many gifs and chats you need to see to understand it:) 

http://p3.no/minneord-skam/#skam

Dear SKAM-fans, this speech is for you 

 We have cried and we have laughed. SKAM has brought us together and this is our obituary 

 It is blue Monday and we are starting to realize: the days where you update the SKAM-page every 10 minutes are over. That SKAM-tab that you never close, can now be crossed out. 

A fairytale is over, and it is almost impossible to describe how we feel. Fortunately, pictures can say more than a thousand words, and therefore we are choosing to express ourselves through memes and gifs - free tips from us to you who will be holding a wedding or birthday speech in the future. 

 Season 1 

WOW (emoji)

 The first meeting between Noora and William, aka Wilhelm, didn’t go unnoticed. After William insulted her friend, she told the schools biggest fuckboy where the closet stands (a proverb). High five to girls who dare to stand up and tell a guy off. 

*Gif of Noora* 

LOL (emoji) 

Let’s put some time aside for some of the most comedic moments from season 1: Sana and Chris who are causing through the school yard on hover boards. Sana has so much control over that hover board! Before it began to ‘collapse’ for Sana in season 4, Sana had control over everything. 

*Gif of Sana and Chris* 

 Aww (emoji) 

Holy Father, Eva and Jonas were so good together! Jonas is and will always be the guy, meanwhile Eva never was the same when that relationship ended, and she started to drink/get drunk at every party. But enough about that. The scene that goes from madness to cuteness in the middle of traffic is fine/cute. Shall we break up? Shall we be together? Couldn’t they just have stayed together forever?

*Gif of Jonas and Eva*

WTF (emoji) 

Bad at scoring/checking out? Don’t worry about it, Chris will show you how it’s done… First: do not leave any doubt. have you heard that you have to make eye contact, thereafter look bashfully at the floor and then look up again? Forget it. Here are to words that count: stare and suck. So make sure to have something appropriate to put in your mouth, like a spoon or love on sticks or ice-cream. You can eventually go for Sana’s favorite tool: carrot. 

*Gif of Chris* 

Oh run (emoji) 

Eva has made out with guy-Chris and his girlfriend found out. Not good. Sana’s look/expression scream “Oh run” when Iben’s gang comes after Eva and right after Eva got a “slap” in the face. Conclusion: don’t fight. But if you absolutely must, go with Sana - she has control over her nerves. 

*Gif of Sana + Eva getting hit by Iben* 

Never forget (emoji) 

This scene is SKAM. This is the gang on their way to party - and they look awesome”. Put your hands up if you’ve NEVER blasted “Dick in the Air” on your phone while walking in slow motion a summer day? Nobody? Exactly. I rest my case. 

*Gif of the girls squad walking in slow motion*

Sobbing (emoji) 

“If I see you now I will say things that I’ll regret later so I’m suggesting that I’ll call you when I’m ready to hear your explanation on why you have chosen to fuck up everything between us”…When you don’t even bother to use any kind of punctuation you’re angry. The text is bad. I am sobbing more than Eva over this text. And we have to take the transition to the next clip, with Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek”. The scene is a little sad and empty just like Eva is feeling. 

*Gif of Eva getting the text from Jonas* 

Best message (emoji) 

This post if FUNNY! What (Eva thought) would be a romantic cabin trip, turned out to be a dramatic day at Hotel Cæsar. Guys used their time on smoking in hiding, while Eva used her time on trying to read Jonas’ texts. Isak does not wait long before he makes a joke out of it all. 

“Picture of a chat between Isak, Jonas and Eva” 

Season 2 

WOW (emoji) 

If there is something Noora can, it is putting the Magnusson guys in their place. In the first season she went after Willian, and now it is the big brothers turn. That slue snake didn’t know where to look when Noora came after him with all the different laws for child pornography, threats and coercion - yes, and the alcohol law on top of it all. One more time - hat off (bow down) 

*Gif of Noora* 

LOL (emoji) 

You know when fish cakes are life, but someone else ate them? Me neither. But it was such that Noora has to eat two fish cakes at five, and it is extremely annoying when Eskild, the stealer, eats them. Even though it is bad to admit the situation is pretty recognizable. Who hasn’t gotten home after an extremely bad day, and a trifle makes you totally lose it? The looks from Linn completes this scene. 

*Gif of Noora, Eskild and Linn* 

Aww (emoji) 

There are more “aww-moments” in this season, like when Noora plays guitar and sings for William, or when she is running after him after the party, and they finally get their first kiss. But the sweetest moment has to be when they had the talk. Noora who has just “I was afraid that you just went around and thought that we were together or something” and William who was just like “We are together though” while Noora was like “No!” and William “Yes, we are”. DOT/DONE. Young love! 

*Gif of Noora and William* 

WTF (emoji) 

Monday 29th of February at 4.35 pm is one of the SKAM-history moments that are hard to forget: we are introduced to Eskild. Or more correctly: we are introduced to both Linn and Eskild - two fantastic people who Noora lives with in Kollektivet. Linn is laying in fetal position in the bed in a dark sleeping room, while our first meeting with Eskild is a little less innocent. When Noora opens the door to his room we skim that he’s… very well treated by another guy to “Circle of Life” from The Lion King. Our biggest wish now is a spin-off-series from Kollektivet with Eskild and Linn as the main characters. Please! 

*Gif of Noora walking in on Eskild* 

Oh run (emoji) 

Sana’s revenge was not a good idea since it wasn’t Camilla and the gang who created the hate account. When the hijab-police came walking towards the gang in the school yard, there is only one thing to do - as Sana said herself: “Honestly - run! RUN!”

*Gif of The girls running* 

Never forget (emoji) 

William getting out of his nice car in slow motion here. The clip being slow motion is so effective, and the guys look så cool - these are the bad boys with a big “b”. In the clip Kanye West is appropriately sining “I need a slow motion video right now!, and now i feel like we need a gif in slow motion - here you go: 

*Gid of William getting out of his car* 

Sobbing (emoji) 

Seeing Noora run across the school yard after William when he thinks that she slept with his brother Nico is heartbreaking. “I just trust myself. I’ve learned that no one is really there when you need help”, is Feiten from Kolboten singing, and the tones makes the scene even more sad. Noora throws herself over William who is just removing her from him and leaves her alone on the ground. Fortunately, the girls came running towards her. 

*Gif of Noora running after William* 

Best text (emoji) 

Here we could’ve chosen all the texts from Eskild, but we are only choosing one. Since we are already trying to make a spin-off-series from Kollektivet happen, we have to choose this chat between Eskild and Noora which shows how good this spin-off-series could be. 

*Picture of the chat between Eskild and Noora* 

Season 3 

WOW (emoji) 

Goosebumps alarm when Nils Bech sings “O Helga Natt” in the church! The music amplifies the nervous atmosphere in which Isak receives a sensitive text from Even. 

*Gif of Isak receiving a text from Even*

The moment Isak gets up from the church bench almost gets me to jump from the chair. “What happens now?” “Is it going well Even????”. Fortunately, the neck-breaking seance ends well. <3 

*Gif of Isak and Even* 

LOL (emoji) 

Who would’ve thought that Magnus would twitch at this extremely direct and rare pickup line? Not bad though! 

*Gif of Magnus and Vilde*

But nothing is better than these two rare people getting together. It is totally obvious that these two are meant to be. 

*Gif of Magnus and Vilde* 

Aww (emoji) 

You know that feeling of being in love where time stops and everything stops existing? 

The scene with Isak and Even the day after they found each other gives me this nice, new lovers kind of feeling. Now it is you two - and nothing can stand between you. Love has Provisionals. <3 

*Gif of Isak and Even* 

WTF (emoji) 

What is going on with Even and paper? I don’t think I was the only one who raised raised her/his eyebrows when he emptied the dispenser on the wall from paper. If it was a bad score tip or him just being weird is unknown. But one thing is for sure: it works on Isak! 

*Gif of Isak and Even* 

Oh run (emoji) 

Isak is having a bad time because he 1. is in love with Even and 2. hasn’t been able to tell his friends that he is queer. When he finally has the courage to come out, Jonas is the first one to know. The way Jonas reacts just shows how nice he is. Me <3 Jonas even more after this 

*Gif of Jonas and Isak* 

Never forget (emoji) 

The excitement of Even and Isak is there. On the sofa, with a girl, they both throw glances at each other. But just wait till they want to be with each other. As good as the jubilee stands in the ceiling they run away from the party, just the two of them. It gets even better when they get/share their first kiss… and it’s even under water! 

*Gif of Isak and Even kissing* 

Sobbing (emoji) 

Talk about driving my feelings up and down a gigantic mountain. In byrjinga it is just Isak + Even = *heart eyes emojis* and everything is good. But suddenly Even starts to act weird without Isak knowing why. Even just disappears from the hotel room. He just has to go out and buy food, without any clothing. Isak is stressed and scared that Even just disappeared out of the door and on the same night it came out that Even is bipolar. The moment Isak is told that he is bipolar is so extremely sad/hard. Especially since Sonja tells him that his feelings towards Even aren’t real. Stupid Sonja! 

*Gif of Isak and Sonja* 

Best text (emoji) 

So. Linn. Is. The. Best. She is extremely weird, pessimistic and funny in all the clips she is in. And in this chat from Kollektivet she proves once again how good it is to have her in our lives. Everyone needs a Linn in their life. <3 

*Picture of a chat*

Season 4 

WOW (emoji) 

No one that the love story between William and Noora was going to end the way it did. No one was ready for William to return the moment he did either. It was mildly said a shock to see his car roll up in the drive way at Chris’. But it was good to see the return with a slow motion filming of William! For me he has now become the defintion of slow motion. 

*Gif of William, Noora and Sana*

LOL (emoji) 

It is so fun to watch the girls flip out when they discover a room full of slightly dressed/clothed guys. But again it is good to not flip out here. The very, very best thing is the return of Chris and her spoon (which many may remember from the first season where she had a little crush on Isak) 

*Gif of the girl squad checking out balloon squad* 

Aww (emoji) 

When Sana finally gets confirmed that Yousef is in love with her - and not Noora. Oooh, it is so good/cute. It is like the lump you had stuck in your stomach just disappeared with one wink. It got replaced with love butterflies. 

*Gif of Sana looking at Yousef’s texts to Noora*

And the glances they both share right after are just amazing

*Gif of Sana and Yousef* 

A little bonus here that everyone has been waiting for since season 1 FINALLY happened. Eva and jonas getting back together. <3 

*Gif of Jonas and Eva* 

WTF (emoji) 

But the moment before Eva and Jonas get back together is the weirdest moment. Guy-Chris and Emma fall in love at first sight?! Have they not met each other before? This is with no doubt one of the moments that are written in SKAM-history. 

*Gif of guy-Chris and Emma* 

But what is even more of a WTF moment is when Linn shows off her wild side (?) who no one thought she had. Linn. <3

*Gif of Vilde and Linn* 

Oh run (emoji) 

Sana: we have to get that bus

Noora: But we don’t have the money!!

Sana: I’ll fix it. 

It can seem like everything totally blew up when Sana decided to buy a buss for over 200.000 kr. It also did - but it doesn’t get any less fun to watch for that reason. Go Sana! 

*Gif of the girl Squad* 

Never forget (emoji) 

This clip made me laugh! Sana has done enough of things she is regretting and now she thinks that the girl squad have turned their backs on her. It turns out she was totally wrong. She has the best friends in the world. <3 

*Gif of the girls turning up in the van* 

Sobbing (emoji) 

Love hurts like they say. And here it really hurts for Sana. Imagine finding your best friend on the dance floor making out with the guy you’re in love with… Ouch. 

*Gif of Noora and Yousef making out in front of Sana* 

Best text (emoji) 

Even though the main product of the series are the clips, the chats are also a huge part of the series. It makes the characters even more real for us. The characters on the show follow Pradise Hotel (a reality show), therefore it is so good that this reality show has SKAM-wicked. 

[ginnyzero]

Completely Harmless Ch. 33

Completely Harmless An SSO SilverGlade Re-imagining Story (Or Fix it Fan Salt fic) By Ginny O.

When Lily and her friends wanted to buy horses and were directed to the Silverglade Manor and its myriad of problems, they didn’t expect to start a revolution. They were just a bunch a stable girls. Completely harmless. Right?

A/N: Things are only canon if I say they’re canon. Pre-Saving the Moorland Stables compliant for the most part. Posted in its entirety on my website. Posted in 2000 to 4000 word bits here. Rated T for Swearing Word Count 177,577

Chapter Thirty-Three Rainbow CRASH!!

The first day of Rainbow Week couldn’t have dawned any better. Clear skies, warm breezes, everything looked like it was going to go off without a hitch. The girls scrambled through the daily chores and then dressed in outfits for a day of having fun.

They stood in a circle and put their hands on top of each other.

“Right, girls, time for fun,” Regina said.

“Get ready to party!” Brittany shouted.

“Go Silver Drakes!” They shouted and raised their hands together. “Whee!”

“To Moorland!” Tyra pointed.

“To Moorland!” They all agreed as they mounted their horses and rode out.

The main part of Moorland’s festivities were taking place at the festival area. So, that’s where they went. First stop, they went to the tent to choose what friendship bracelet they wanted for their charm bracelets. There were two different rainbow styles to choose from and one that was hearts.

They would have to talk to Jenna at the stable to get their charm though.

They took photos at the selfie wall, browsed the Jojo and Rainbow Week shop. It had clothes and mysterious powders for their horses and interesting tack. They made bows and put them on at the crafting stall.

There was a large table where they could make and write Rainbow themed Friendship Cards for everyone. That took the longest, and was perhaps the most fun. They made them for everyone in their Clubs and the other Clubs. They even made them for the Bobcats, because no one wanted to be mean. It was Rainbow Week. Embrace the power of friendship! There were huge sacks of letters they stuck theirs in to go to the post office later.

And then when Jojo got on for her first set, they went and did a line dance in the front row.

Jojo jumped up and down she was so happy to see them and insisted for the second song that they dance with her. Which was tons of fun.

They promised her to come back later to listen to a full set.

They had just enough time to get their bow charm from Jenna before joining the parade to go to Fort Pinta!

Loretta insisted Lily ride with her. “Tan’s outfits were a disaster,” she said.

“Which is why you’re wearing the black on black,” Lily observed. The vest and capri pants had rainbow piping, and there was a rainbow bow at their necks.

“It was so tacky. I told her that next year, I’ll have someone else do the Festival grounds if she can’t focus on decorating and coming up with a reasonable design.” Loretta rolled her eyes.

‘I’m sure she tried her best. Rainbow is challenging.”

“Well, this was like a rainbow puked over everything. So not tres chic. We have fashion police on Jorvik and I don’t want to be arrested!”

“I don’t think that’s what the fashion police do.”

Loretta gave her a long look. “Nobody is supposed to know what the Fashion Police do. They’re, they’re this secret agency that we know exists. Think of all the Fashion crime they’re stopping by merely existing. Do you want to wear 100% polyester? The Fashion Police put a stop to that,” Loretta shuddered.

“For being secret, you know a lot about them.”

“Look, Tan might want to be a fashion designer, but I think I’m a top pick for the Fashion Police if I can’t make it in Eventing. I have studied everything. Fashion history. Fashion laws. I know it.”

“I’m sure you’ll do fine at it,” Lily said trying to hide her dubiousness. Okay then. “Whatever you end up doing, that is.”

“I’ll win the eventing circuit in Jorvik if Anne Von Blissen doesn’t come back. Just watch me,” Loretta tossed her head. “I’m a shoo in. And, between you and I, I’m prettier than Anne. And everyone thought she was going to be a model before she went after the dressage circuit. Then, she’s gone. You know what I think.”

“No. I’m not psychic.”

“I think she was losing and couldn’t hack it. So she elected to disappear rather than face the shame of it all.”

“That’s a wild theory. I don’t know Anne at all.”

“She’s stuck up.”

Lily bit her tongue. That was rather hypocritical of Loretta to say.

Behind her, Pauline snorted.

“Like, Herman told her she had these fancy magic powers, that don’t exist, and I mean, she already thought she was better than the rest of us and that made it worse.” Loretta rolled her eyes. “She started hanging out with complete losers like Alex and Lisa and that nerd, Linda.”

“Isn’t Lisa a music star like Jojo?”

“She wasn’t then,” Loretta huffed. “Come on, it’s like you don’t get how this works.”

“No, Loretta. I don’t get how you do friendship,” Lily’s voice turned tart. “If I waited to be friends with someone before they were somebody, then I’d have no friends. You’re friends with Tan.”

“Tan gets it.”

The parade ended at the gates of Fort Pinta. Fortunately, because Lily was about to lose her temper. She rode straight into Fort Pinta without even saying good bye. She just, she couldn’t or else she was going to say something she’d regret later.

Pia ran over. “You came!”

Lily smiled as she looked around. There were pinatas in the trees and people of all ages lining up to look at them and take a swing to crack them open.

“Of course we came!” Pauline said. “Forgive Lily, she’s in Loretta daze.”

“Ugh. I understand. Mayor Peanut has the charms,” Pia explained. “So, you can head over and get them there.”

“The art show is,” Lily paused. “Colorful.”

Arrayed around the fountain were stands and little tents and umbrellas, all were rainbow themed, and under the rainbow themed tents and umbrellas were more, well, rainbow themed things.

Pia led them and their horses around the edge of it. DJ Kai was blasting “I Hate Plastic” in the disco. The floor lights turned random colors, the disco ball turned radiating small square lights onto the walls and the door of Disco Daze Clothes Shop.

Pia put a hand to her forehead. “I didn’t even ask for it and they, they showed up with tie dye. All of them! I mean, there’s pillows, and blankets, and wall art, and I don’t know what that is,” she gestured at something. “And t-shirts, I mean, get yourself a rainbow tie dye t-shirt.”

“We will,” one of the girls said.

Mayor Peanut had a rainbow sequin band on his new shiny black top hat. And someone, cheekily, had put a large rainbow tie around his neck.

The girls put up their horses in the stable first before coming back to see him.

James had rigged up a motion sensor and a bunch of recorded phrases it seemed as Mayor Peanut was talking almost non-stop. They got their charms, the pony head. And took selfies with him. He had a snack station too. And the tourists were using it egregiously. The girls though gave him extra scratches that he enjoyed just as much.

“It’s a good thing that James has to take him out with Fussywithers,” Tyra murmured. “Or he’d be getting fat.”

Eyes widened.

They found the backdrop near the statue and took more selfies with it.

Lily leaned against the sign as she waited her turn that explained who the statue was, one Governor Gareth. It popped open.

Lily jumped. “What in the world?” She went to close it and stopped. Inside was a round seal. She swiped it out and shut the sign up. It had a sun on it, like, the sun on Elizabeth’s dress design. It felt warm in her hand and her skin tingled. Lily glanced around. No one had noticed. She slipped the seal into her pocket. She’d show it to Linda later.

She didn’t think much of the hiding spot though.

They browsed the art show and there were purple t-shirts with rainbows on them. Of course, they bought them. The purple was a light purple and dark purple tie dye, then with the rainbow tie dyed in as well. They were perfect.

They decided they’d have to wear them the next day.

Of course, they had to dance to DJ Kai’s music and eat some cookies at the café. They stopped to look at all the cute piggies at the Pet Shop. The owner warned them that they wouldn’t be that small for long. Pigs, even dwarf pigs, could grow as tall as a person’s waist. Though normal pigs were taller than an average human.

The short take away was that pigs were big and were a commitment.

“Oh, we’re browsing,” Lily said. “Do you know anything about pet ducks?”

“No,” the owner said slowly.

“We have lots of ducks around our stable,” Linn said.

“Some of them want to adopt us,” Pauline giggled.

Once the pigs had gotten enough pets, and there was some stomach rumbling, they decided to head to the next place.

“All the sugar cookies are making me hungry!” Stacy said.

“Sugar does that,” Elsa said flatly.

They all rolled their eyes and headed to the Farmer’s Market where all the different restaurants had stands. They chose what they wanted and reconvened outside to eat in the sunshine.

They were halfway through the meal when something strange happened.

Across the Golden Fields, a rainbow appeared. Now, it didn’t appear like it shimmered into being. No. It appeared as if it had been spilled down from the sky (that was mostly clear still) and rammed into the ground.

“Is that?” Regina asked.

“Normal?” Melody finished.

“That’s not scientifically possible,” Elsa said.

It didn’t fade away either. It stayed there, exceptionally bright and vibrant.

As one, they got up and walked over finishing their meals. When they arrived at the base of the rainbow, they received no more answers.

Near the base of the rainbow pranced a being. They were dressed in a green jacket with an equally green top hat, and had two arms and two legs and one head, but that’s where the similarity to humans ended. For one, this being had grey brown fur all over their body. Their feet were cloven like a goats. They had a tail. And set in their rather beaky face were two big black eyes like, well, a spider.

“Krampus,” Brittany murmured.

They all looked at her confused.

She shrugged.

Lily approached cautiously. “Excuse us, good neighbor, is there something wrong?”

“Wrong!” The being’s voice was definitely male. “Yes. Much wrong. Rainbow crash. Rainbow gold go flying all over. Chaun flung to ground.”

“I’m sorry,” Lily said. “That sounds painful and terrifying.”

“Sounds like sabotage.”

“Brogan!” Chaun waved his fist and jumped up and down. “Brogan hate Chaun. Wants Chaun’s rainbow gold. Get gold. Chaun give gift. Gold scattered in dirt.”

The girls looked around, and sure enough, scattered around the area were piles and piles of dirt.

“So, if we go through the dirt and get the gold, you’ll give us something in return,” Lily said just to make sure.

“Fair. Chaun get gold. You get gifts.”

Right then. The little being or Krampus was gruff and short, but Lily didn’t have a reason not to think he wasn’t being honest. He was being pretty clear after all.

“And if we see Brogan?” Brittany asked.

“Capture. Bring to Chaun. Chaun deal with Brogan.”

That seemed reasonable. They didn’t want to get involved in a feud between Krampus leprechaun creatures.

The girls scattered to the different mounds to rummage through them for rainbow gold.

“Not what I thought I’d be doing today.”

Thankfully, it wasn’t difficult to find. They brought it back to Chaun who had a selection of items they could trade the gold for like he had a shop in magic space.

Chaun turned his head like a bird and seemed happy enough with what they’d returned to him. “Chaun go now.” He said and hopped onto the end of the rainbow and it drew upwards back into the sky.

“Okay, that was weird,” Lily said.

“Only on Jorvik,” Tyra said.

“Like, are we just going to accept that happened? We, we talked to a leprechaun,” Abigail waved her hands.

“Krampus,” Brittany corrected.

“Is there a difference?”

“Yes.”

“Does it matter?”

Brittany bit her lip. “For the sake of this discussion, no.”

“Right. And found his gold for him? Like, I’ve heard at gold at the end of the rainbow,” Abigail trailed off again.

“I need to wash my hands,” Lily said.

“We should pack the heavy gloves.”

“You think he’ll come back?”

“Well, he’s not the only one running around and it is Rainbow Week and if this,”

“Don’t say his name!” Brittany interrupted. “Do you want to call him to you?”

“If it makes him easier to find.”

“It’s not like the rainbow damaged anything.”

“Other than our sanity,” Elsa said.

Lily ignored them. She strode off to get her horse and headed to Steve’s farm. A quick use of the water bucket cleaned up her hands. The other girls joined her. Thankfully, they were all in short sleeves. There were some grass bits sticking to knees, but mostly they were fine. It wasn’t like the dirt had been damp.

Kate raised her brows at seeing all of them. “Do I want to know?”

“If you see a rainbow ending in a field, there’s a little guy named Chaun at the end that needs help retrieving his rainbow gold.”

“Are you ill?” Kate asked.

“You’ll see.” Lily warned. They went and got their charms, a rainbow with a cloud that now felt more ironically appropriate, from Steve. “Oh, and there might be another one named Brogan running around. I want to make a teddy bear,” she said brightly before Kate could respond and leaving her horse at the stable, she headed into town to see Daxton.

The other girls fervently agreed.

“Pack thick gloves,” Tyra warned.

Kate stared after them. “Well, that happened,” she murmured.

Making teddy bears with Daxton was soothing and grounded them back into reality. Harold had plenty of cookies for dessert. And Lance and Lillith were rocking it out on the steps of the Village Council house.

They really weren’t that bad.

They’d drawn a crowd too.

But they’d promised Jojo they’d go back and listen to her sing and sewing teddy bears by hand took a lot of time. And if they didn’t go now, they’d be late. So, they grabbed their horses and headed back to the festival area in Moorland.

On the way between Steve’s Farm and castle, one of the girls scouted a bit of red where red wasn’t supposed to be. “There he is!” She shouted.

The red thing stopped scurrying about, stiffening.

It looked almost exactly like Chaun, except it was wearing a red coat and a red felt flat topped conical hat with a long tassle.

“Get him!” Another girl shouted.

Wisely, Brogan took off at a sprint. He was fast, but the girls on their horses were faster and knew the area better.

They cut him off.

“Hello,” Lily smiled. “You must be Brogan. Chaun is unhappy with you.”

“Chaun greedy.” Brogan stomped his cloven hoof foot and then jumped up and down. “Keeps all rainbow gold for himself. Brogan likes gold too. It shiny!”

“Uh huh, it’s not nice to crash his rainbow though.”

“Brogan get rainbow gold,” Brogan said with a smirk showing off his pointy teeth.

“Red cap,” Brittany breathed in horror.

“I thought Chaun was a Krampus.”

“This is a Red Cap type Krampus.”

“Do you mean fae?”

Brittany waved a hand at the other girl when she realized Brogan was staring at her.

Lily cleared her throat.

“Help Brogan!” Brogan wheedled. “Get gifts in exchange for rainbow gold.”

The girls pursed their lips and looked at each other.

Brogan wanted dandelions. Not that he would explain what he wanted dandelions for. They needed to bring him dandelions.

Lily was suspicious. But they went and got him some dandelions.

As soon as he got them, Brogan cackled and disappeared with a pop.

“Oh, that!” Regina waved her arms.

Brittany sighed. “He wasn’t very specific was he.”

“Oh, I will nail his little hooves to the floor.”

“That will kill him,” Brittany sing songed.

“So, they are fae.”

Brittany shrugged. “They didn’t lie. I’d say they might as well be fae.”

“Well, we’ll have to be quicker if we see him again,” Lily said.

They rejoined the now much larger crowd. Jojo’s last set went through sundown and the sky turned dark. They used their cellphone lights like lighters, and waved them in the air. As she finished her last song, a huge display of fireworks went off behind the Silverglade Castle.

Jojo jumped and spun around. Her eyes widened. She squealed and waved her arms about how awesome it was. They overheard her say she couldn’t believe they’d done a rainbow themed fireworks show just for her.

Lily rolled her eyes. They’d given Jojo a schedule. The fireworks had been on the schedule.

No one was willing to burst Jojo’s bubble and tell her it wasn’t.

FOR THE ACCOMPANYING IMAGES PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE MY WATERMARK AND CONTACT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. I get it. Some of you might get excited and want to see this stuff in the game, especially the clothes, tack, and pets. However, the only way I want to see this in the game is if I get paid for it. If I see it in the game and I’m not paid for it, there will be hell to pay. You think I’m salty. I’d be angry. Personally, I’m not going to send this info to SSO. If you do, leave my contact information there! Don’t give them any excuses to steal.

Now, I’ll know you haven’t read this note if you leave me comments about how ‘salty’ I am about the game and if I hate it so much I should do something else. I am doing something else. It’s called Mystic Riders MMORPG Project. Mystic Riders however is a very baby phase game. You can check out our plans on the game dev blog. (Skills, Factions, Professions, Crafting, Mini-Games, 25+ horse breeds!) If you know anyone who would be interested and has money or contacts about game making, direct them to the blog.

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Loved Jealously

"He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"? - James 4:5

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind”- Luke 10:27

"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. - Exodus 20:4-6

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. - James 4:4

They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols.- Deuteronomy 32:21

Love the Lord your God with ALL...

Instead I find myself pursuing, loving, serving things that are not God: entertainment, work, accomplishment.

These are gifts God has given.

Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. - James 1:16-17

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. - Psalm 1:2-3

The blessed man delights in God’s word day and night. When I was a kid my dad would be found at odd hours of the night reading the Bible, often out loud so as to not fall asleep or to understand it better. And in the day time he would be caught memorizing scripture. However I get caught watching a movie in my free time at night, or playing a game on my phone during the day. Well the change starts here and now, so Lord God may I not provoke you to jealousy or despise your kindness for me by pursuing things that are not God nor wasting my time. Help me to know that You are God and worthy of my time in Your word and in ceaseless prayer.

“So tell me, what kind of God would He be

If He wasn't bothered to see idolatry?

Is God just supposed to laugh and withhold His wrath

When He's replaced by a golden calf?

You say, I don't worship a golden calf!

Well for us, it's self and sex and loads of cash

Atrocious paths, we still don't know the half

Of how these things provoke His holy wrath

So we stand in awe and wonder how come

God took His jealous anger out on His Son

So all those trust Him can see like we're supposed to see

And be forgiven for our spiritual adultery!”

From: The Jealous One by Shai Linne

[thepointlessdiary]

At all.

Dear pointless shitface,

I don't know what's going on with me. It's like Asshole is contaminating my brain with his existence. I want to smack my face against the wall or drill a hole into my head. I want to do something, anything that might make this feeling go away. Wait, I'm sure you're completely confused. Let me try to explain.

It all started– okay I don't really remember when it started exactly. Which is even worse. Because if I don't remember, does it mean this feeling has been there all along?! I feel like I'm going to cry or pass out or maybe both.

This week the island had to deal with another hurricane. It broke the record I think it was Category 5. I wasn't that scared of the situation. Just glad we didn't have to go to school this week. But everyone in my street was worried. So Maura's mom sent a message in the group chat saying we should all go out to pray. So we all went out. Including Asshole and Eric. Even Linn was there which was great I got so happy to see her. I couldn't hug her but what ever. I'm just glad I got to see her.

I noticed that Maura was talking to Eric and Asshole. Usually I would stay out of the group if the former mushroom-boy was there. It was sort of our unspoken law. If he was in the group, I wouldn't be there. And I was okay with it back then. Not having to deal with Satan? Perfect! But then time passed and he was with the group every day. Leaving me alone— you already know the whole story.

But that day, I don't know what got into me. I was done. If he didn't like my presence there, then it was his bad. I was done with it. I was done with him and his stupid immature hate towards me. So I walked right over there. And spoke to Eric and Maura. And joked and laughed and absolutely loving the way it irritated him. The way his stupid intoxicating brown eyes were surprised to actually see me, breaking our unspoken rule. I loved every fucking second of it. Because I was back and there was nothing he could do about it.

The next day Hurricane Maria came. And it was horrible according to my mother. I, however, slept like a hibernating panda. It was one hour away at being over and being the puertoricans we are, we went outside. All of us. Including Asshole.

Me and Maura came across a group of people that were wandering around the neighborhood just to check out te damage and dance under the storm. So we decided to go with them. Asshole saw me talk to his friends which made him decide him and his brother would stay inside. Only Eric wanted to tag along. Which left Asshole no option but to come with us.

We saw almost every palm tree on the floor and even some cars flipped upside down here and there. It looked like a damn apocalyptic movie. And I found that fascinating. I began to notice myself wanting to grasp Asshole's attention. Not in a desperate way. Just talking to Eric and then asking him questions that required both of them answering. Sadly Eric answered for him.

While we walked to the last street in our private neighborhood, Eric asked me "You guys saw the house with the palm tree inside?"

I was so excited to see it and answered "holy shit! Can we go?" And as I say this I feel asshole's eyes on me.

Let me explain why this is a huge deal. Asshole does NOT, under any circumstance, look at me while I talk. He may glance at me fine for a mini second when I arrive somewhere he's at or when walk my dogs. But when that mini second is over, his eyes take place somewhere else and as usual pretends I don't exist. And I don't know why.

For some reason feeling his eyes on me for so long, while I spoke, It made my ears connect with my heartbeat and this weird heat take over my cheeks. I don't understand why they're feeling so warm as I'm writing this. I hate this! Make it stop!

We ended up spending the whole day roaming around the neighborhood, talking to other people. I even saw my ex there. Not Ryan, just some other guy. Who is still hot by the way. Just wanted to point that out. I HAVE A HOT EX. Kay I'm done. It became dark and everyone went inside.

Today the worst thing posible happened.

I was on my couch. The door open making the breeze enter my house while I laid there reading a book. Like always, minding my own business. But then I see him pass my house. It was only a second but it was enough to make my heart beat fast. That's what worried me. Why the fuck was my heart beating this fast over pure evil? I thought. Could it be that I—

I quickly closed the book and forbid my brain from finishing that sentence. There is no way in hell that I find him even remotely attractive. At all!

My heart kept feeling like a damn sledgehammer over my pulse and I had the strange feeling of something tickling my stomach. I wanted to cry or pass out or even both... again!

I stand up and walk to the bathroom. Maybe it was because I just ate breakfast and it was giving me a weird ache. I brushed my teeth for the 100th time that morning because I kept imagining his lips and it disgusted me. I couldn't take it, so I filled up the sink with water and then dived my face inside. It's the hurricane. It traumatized me or something. That's why.

I look into the mirror and think. You don't like him. Then I find my lips saying "At all". Because I don't like Asshole. At all! How can I possibly think such a thing?

I can never like Satan.

I kept repeating the same thing over and over again as I walk down the hallways. "At all, at all, at all" because I don't.

When I walk outside and into the car where my phone is charging, i look beside me. And I see him and Eric cutting down a tree that fell on top of their house. I find myself staring at him. His cheeks were flushed due to the heat. I could see his hair glued to his forehead thanks to the sweat that was also making his t shirt almost transparent, letting everyone see his stupid, stupid abs. And his lips– okay STOP.

I smacked myself and I think Eric saw, but I didnt care. Because I was pretty determined to get his brother out of my head. I keep reading wattpad. Trying to distract myself from him. But my eyes keep looking! Maybe he's a fucking wizard and casted a spell to make every teenage girl attracted to him. These excuses are pathetic and I finally realize what was going on. I look at myself in the car mirror. And saying the most horrifying thing I have ever said in my life. "You like the asshole nextdoor."