Out Of Sight
Reaching the top of the stone-brick belltower, Ashleigh and Lilibet sat, exhausted, admiring the pale blue sky beyond the cracks in the crumbling rooftop. Lili tossed the silvery magic staff off to the side, and it rolled quietly along the planks before coming to a stop against the hip-high wall of the balcony. “ Guuuh . I thought we were gonna die.” Ashleigh rolled her eyes. “You’re such a drama-queen.” “Hey!” “You are!” “Am-nooot!” “Are too!” “Well at least that means you think I’m a queen.” She giggled, “I’d figure that’d be obvious.” A pleasant silence fell between them, and Lili stood, gazing over the edge of the barrier. The rolling green hills of the surrounding fields was so enchanting, nothing like home. Home was about three hours’ walk from here. Towards the mass of deadened plants and sand, crowned with ...