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Feigmonton, Alyria, Central Atlantis Gemini *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "Gem, how long has it been since you've been to the Fairgrounds?" I winced and gave Father an awkward smile. "I've actually.......never really been to this part of town. I don't really do well with crowds," said my shaky voice. Father looked forward again and shook his head slightly. "Huh, might as well adjust to the heat. The masses are going to be much worse than this for the next 3 months. Even considering a couple occasions where I nearly got trampled, they were the least of my worries during my Endeavor," Father replied with a foreboding tone. I was walking with Mu

“Gemini?” “Yes Mum?” “I’ve been wondering, do you get enough sleep?” “Yes, more than 8 hours, why?” “Let me rephrase, do you sleep well?” Too many questions. As worrisome as my mother is, she usually has all the answers. In fact I knew that she did. Did she just read my mind? If so did she know about my nightmares or what they were about? “I was hoping you could tell me.” I shrugged in annoyance, “Well Mum, since you’re so invasive with what I think about, why don’t you just look inside my head when I dream, and tell me what you see.”

I didn’t believe it when I first heard the news that war broke out in our archipelago. I did when I heard war for the first time outside my window coming from the lost city itself. Across the Adrian sound was the city of Atlantis; a symbol of progress and the pursuit of perpetual peace; now apparently broken after just less than two millenniums. On any normal day, music would resonate from across the sound into our own city of Fiegmonton; giving our tight-knit community the constant reminder of the prosperity that the years have and would continue to give us. The city itself was beautiful. The Delian mountains glistened behind the cit