#Seacliff Inn

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Uma história de fantasma em "O Mistério de Seacliff Inn" (1994)

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Writing Whispers Challenge

Rules: find a few paragraphs of writing from as long ago as you can. Re-write them how you would now.

@sarahlizziewrites left an open tag for this fun idea, so I went looking for some old writing. I ended up going a little sideways from the original prompt so that I could rewrite a passage from one of my oldest substantive stories, The Princess and the Vampire. I rewrote it a little more than stylistically, but I kept the chain of events the same.

I'll tag @outpost51, @writernopal, and @kingkendrick7 (extra no pressure on this one because I know it can be weird to share your old writing), plus anyone who wants to join in!

2009

His name is Sam. He's a vampire. But he's nothing to be afraid of. Sam owns a house 3 miles out of Bereglet. He has 3 pets, too. His first pet is a golden retriever named Rocky. The next one is a bat named Klaus. And then he has a fish tank full of guppies. Now anyway, Sam was heading to the farmer's market for some fresh fruit. When he got there he overheard two old ladies talking about the princess. Sam asked where he could find the princess. Lucky for him, the ladies didn't see his vampire teeth. They said that they heard the princess was somewhere around Seacliff, which is 60 miles away from where Hermia's tower actually was. Sam bought his fruit, went home, put it away, and got ready to go to Seacliff. Then he went out to the stables and mounted his horse, Wizard. They rode away toward the northwest. Seacliff, in case you didn't guess, is on a strong cliff over the sea.

2023

Sam ducked through the crowd to the nearest stall with peaches. It was blood peach season, finally, and while they didn't really live up to the name, they were still his favorites. As he looked over the bags still on offer, he heard the other thing he'd come for: news. At the next stall over two old ladies were tasting the mustard and having a serious chat about the princess being stuck in a tower. That was a rumor from the capital if he'd ever heard one. And yet, the more he listened, the more he started to believe it, too. Anything could happen with an overly familiar Great Wizard around. The women moved to the peach stall, still deep in conversation. "Excuse me," he said as one made a lull in the conversation by popping a sample into her mouth. "I didn't mean to overhear, but…did you say the princess is in a tower somewhere?" "Yes," they both said a little too intensely. "Where would they have put her?" The second old lady shook her head. "Seacliff, no doubt. No better place to defend." He couldn't argue with that, but apparently her companion could, because they immediately got into an argument. Sam excused himself from it by buying a bag of peaches and slipping away into the crowd. He didn't want to participate, but either way, the longer he stayed, the more likely someone was to notice his fangs. Once he was home, the peaches went on the peach shelf, and he immediately started packing his bag. Wizard seemed to know what was up when he stepped into the stable. As soon as she had a saddle on her pale back and his things were settled into her saddlebag, they were off northwest to Seacliff.

Bonus, based on the next events in the story and the fact that I did not address the fresh fruit in canon lol:

By the time they arrived, almost two hours later, he couldn't put off eating any longer. He checked into the inn, left Wizard in the stable, and climbed the stairs along their threadbare runner to his room. With the door locked tight behind him, he unpacked the one peach he'd brought with him. Holding it in both hands, he slowly pressed his fangs into the skin until it punctured, letting his teeth sink into the firm flesh. There wasn't much juice he could get from a single bite of a peach, but the bite itself was the most satisfying he'd found in something that didn't actually have blood.

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Seacliff inn

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Hämärän hyytävät hetket / Haunting of Seacliff Inn, The (1994) CIC Video https://www.videospace.fi/release/hamaran_hyytavat_hetket_vhs_cic_video_finland

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The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994)

My rating: 5/10

Bog standard made for TV haunted house movie, though one of the (uncommonly horny) ghosts does show her tits for a bit, so it's definitely one that was shown later at night.

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@rebelichor​ - an experiment in testing the whims of fate and chance.

No word from Ariadne for a week now.

Enough time had passed since they parted ways that she should have found a village or town to settle in, write a letter or at the very least send a bird with a note... but nothing. He had heard nothing from his twin - and while a week was little time to be apart for most, they had never been far from each other for longer than a few days.

This was... new, and unpleasant, and worrying with every day that passed.

Vergil was not someone that enjoyed the unknown, not in this way. Puzzles, riddles, something mysterious to be found... Those were his area of expertise. This absence of knowing though, with nothing to work with... It was a constant pull within, impossible to ignore. The only course of action  ( in his opinion )  was to find Ariadne. If she was in trouble and he had sat idly by, waiting for her, he would never be able to forgive himself.

Figuring out where to begin looking though...

That was not so easily done.

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The town he had chosen to begin his search was a small one, barely of a size to be marked on a map, but he and Ariadne had known the value of noting even the most obscure locations. It was not one they had visited themselves, but rather one they had learned of while sharing their campfire with another traveler months ago : Seacliff, so named for its proximity to a cove that was surrounded by looming cliffs, with the ocean itself stretching out in the horizon.

It was early in the evening when Vergil arrived and made a beeline for the inn, seeking shelter from the chill wind and approaching storm. He could only pray that Ariadne was somewhere far from the poor weather - or, were she unlucky enough to be stuck in it, that she too had been able to find shelter.

Still being early, there were plenty of residents  ( and no doubt a few other travelers )  inside, a young woman plucking some quick, light tune on a stringed instrument while another twirled about and sang of soaring dragons.

Tempting as it was to sit, watch, and listen, food and a room were more important. So, he made his way to the counter and slid onto a tall chair, keeping his hood up for now. He and Ariadne had learned, too, the importance of keeping their hair concealed as best as possible. “Have you any food or a room available for the night?”

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Estelle Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022) Film and television actress who portrayed Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She also had a recurring role as the Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–99), as well as the role of Helen Rosemond in the movie Cruel Intentions (1999). She was nominated for two Emmy Awards for her roles in the television series Picket Fences (1996) and Joan of Arcadia (2004). Her final role was as Rosie in the Netflix series Girlboss.

Fletcher began appearing in several television series including Lawman (1958) and Maverick (1959). (The Maverick episode "The Saga of Waco Williams" with James Garner was the series' highest-rated episode.) Also in 1959, she appeared in the second episode of the original Untouchables TV series starring Robert Stack, "Ma Barker and Her Boys", as Elouise. Fletcher recalled having greater success being cast in Westerns due to her height. 

In 1960, Fletcher made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, as defendant Gladys Doyle in "The Case of the Mythical Monkeys", and as Susan Connolly in "The Case of the Larcenous Lady". In the summer of 1960, she was cast as Roberta McConnell in the episode "The Bounty Hunter" of Tate, starring David McLean.

Fletcher co-starred in TV movies such as The Karen Carpenter Story (1989) (as Karen and Richard Carpenter's mother, Agnes), Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990), The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994), and The Stepford Husbands (1996). From 1993 to 1999, she held a recurring role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the scheming Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami. She also earned Emmy Award nominations for her guest roles on Picket Fences (1996), and later on Joan of Arcadia (2004).  In 2009, Fletcher appeared in Heroes as the physician mother of character Emma Coolidge. In 2011 and 2012, she appeared on four episodes of Shameless as Grammy Gallagher, Frank Gallagher's foul-mouthed and hard-living mother, who is serving a prison sentence for manslaughter related to a meth lab explosion. She portrayed the recurring role of Rosie on the series Girlboss (2017).  (Wikipedia)

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Happy FanFiction Friday!

Here is chapter three of Suddenly. I hope you all enjoy. You can find chapters one and two on my tumblr, or on AO3 under the username teaspoonbooks27. Let me know what you think, and what you would like to see in the next chapter.

Suddenly, you’re here:

Horace was hungry. It’s was a common feeling for Horace. In all honesty it was the feeling he has felt the most in his life. But this morning he was particularly hungry. He had rode through most of the night in order to make it to Seacliff as fast as he could. There wasn’t a reason to rush the ride. No urgent letter or awaiting mission. His visit wasn’t even in any official capacity. He just genuinely missed his friend. It wasn’t planned. Will didn’t even know he was coming. The idea came to Horace earlier in the week. He had awoken from a nightmare. One that had him shooting up from his bed, hand reaching for his sword. He had been drenched in a cold sweat and had apparently shouted enough to cause alarm. After assuring the men who had rushed into his room that he was fine (they understood that the demons a knight fought in the night were not ones they could vanquish with their swords) Horace reflected back on his dream. He had been in Skandia again. In the middle of the Battle with the Temujai. Everything was moving around him, but he was stuck to the ground. Roots had come up from the earth and wrapped themselves around his legs, coming half way up his thighs. With every struggle against them, they tightened even more. He saw Will next to him. Not the Will he had last seen, the strong Ranger who, despite the fact that he hadn’t grown much taller, was somehow so much larger than the small boy Horace dreamt of. Dream Will was frail. His body showing the clear signs of slave rations and hard labor (Signs 16 year old Horace didn’t know to look for). In the dream, Will was fighting off the Temujai, but he was overpowered and out numbered and Horace couldn’t do anything to help his friend. He tried to shout, tell Will that one of the warriors was coming up behind him, but another root had come up and covered Horace’s mouth. He had no choice but to watch the Temujai impale Will with his sword. Straight through the heart. Will turned to Horace, blood oozing from the gaping wound in his chest. “Help me Horace” he said, before his eyes rolled back and his knees gave out.

That’s when Horace woke. Once he had calmed down, he knew what he had to do.

He had to find Will.

The ride to Seacliff was cold and wet. Horace rode hard against a driving rain for the majority of the journey. By the time he had arrived at the ferry he was soaked through and exhausted. Kicker didn’t seem thrilled with the idea of boarding a boat and crossing the rough sea. Maybe Horace has been spending too much time with Ranger’s but Kicker was giving Horace a look that seemed to say is getting to Will today really worth all this?

“Yes, it is worth it. We’ve come this far, there’s no point in setting up camp now. We will stop at the first inn we find. Even before we find Will.” Horace said to Kicker.

The ride on the ferry was about as fun as Kicker seemed to predict. Unfortunately he was wetter than he was before he boarded, which he didn’t think was possible. But thankfully by the time the ferry hit the shore, the rain had let up and the early morning sun was attempting to come out from behind the clouds. Horace stripped off his riding cloak, choosing to face the cool air in just his thin shirt than keeping the slopping wet garment on. By the time Horace found the inn, the town had started to wake up and those who were out and about took notice of the knight that was riding through. They had no way of knowing that Horace was the Oak leaf Warrior that they had all heard the heroic tales of, but it was obvious that Horace was someone important. There was an inexplicable air of confidence about him that only came from someone who was one hundred percent sure of themselves. It wasn’t a matter of arrogance, though most knights of Horace’s caliber were in fact quite prideful, it was more like he knew exactly where he was going despite the fact that he had never been to Seacliff. He was not second guessing himself, or looking around the way most travelers in a new place do. To the villagers, it look as though Horace was being driven forward by an important mission that had to be accomplished at once. In reality, the only thing driving Horace forward was his stomach.

Horace lead Kicker to the small, unoccupied stable that was next to the inn. He declined the stable boy’s offer to untack and feed Kicker. Another habit Horace had picked up from the Rangers was making sure to take care of the needs of his own horse before taking care of himself. It was a good habit. It created a bond between himself and Kicker, one stronger than any of the other knights he knew. Of course those other knights appreciated their horses, a knight’s horse could be the difference between life and death in certain circumstances, but none of them had the irreplaceable bond and trust that Horace and Kicker shared. Horace knew full well that the reason for that connection was the fact that Kicker knew Horace would take care of him, no matter what. And in return, Kicker would take Horace through whatever battle he asked him to without a second thought. Horace reflected on all of this as he rubbed Kicker down and set out some fresh hay for him. Before he left, Horace produced a shiny red apple from his pack and gave it to his horse.

“You get some rest, you’ve earned it.” Horace whispered, patting Kicker on the neck. The horse’s ear twitched as he continued to munch on his apple, uninterested in whatever Horace had to say. He had his apple and a warm, dry place to rest, there wasn’t much that mattered to Kicker beyond that at the moment.

Satisfied that Kicker was content, Horace went of in search of his own breakfast. He walked into the inn and took a deep breath. The warmth from the fire and the aroma of fresh bread and sizzling bacon encircled him. Horace scanned the room and his gaze fell on a young man with a mottled green and gray cloak draped over one arm, two small children trailing behind him. Horace’s face lit up with a grin. “Will!” He called out to the man across the room.

Will furrowed his brow, “Horace?”

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Untangle Me

Chapter Four- An Unconventional Thanksgiving

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As October turned into November, Lachy and Molly continued to get to know each other and quite quickly became close friends. Rarely did a day go by that they didn’t at least text, if not spend an hour or two in a phone call. Molly found it so easy to talk to Lachy, as if she’d known him much longer than nearly two months. In such a short time, he’d become Molly’s best friend, someone she could talk to about anything and everything, and she could hardly imagine life without him.

Due to their busy work schedules, neither Lachy nor Molly knew when they’d get to see each other again, especially with the holidays coming up. At the end of November, the Wiggles tour in the States would be over and Lachy would be flying home to Australia. In fact, it was on Thanksgiving Day that Lachy was due to fly back to Brisbane. Molly couldn’t understand for the life of her why Anothony had decided to book flights on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Well, for the United States, at least. They were all bound to be stuck in the airport for hours.

Molly would spend Thanksgiving with her parents at the Seacliff Inn, as she did every year. Typically, there were a few guests spending the holiday there too, but this year not a single room had been booked, and for that, Molly was glad. This was the first Thanksgiving since her breakup with Asher, and the first one she’d be spending single in almost four years. It was both refreshing and depressing at the same time.

As was tradition, Molly went grocery shopping with her mother the night before Thanksgiving and then returned to spend the night at the inn so she’d already be there to help with the cooking. However, as this year it was only herself and her parents, it wouldn’t be nearly as elebarote of a celebration. Molly and her mother would still cook Thanksgiving dinner, but the plan was to sleep in and have a lazy morning watching the parade and maybe a Christmas movie or two before any cooking was to be done. But of course, nothing ever goes to plan.

Molly would have loved to sleep in, but at 6:30 on Thanksgiving morning she found herself completely wide awake. She blamed her inability to sleep on the fact that she was up before 6:00 a.m. on most mornings for work. Her body was just used to being awake at this time and it tended to happen on weekends as well. So, with a sigh Molly got out of bed and pulled on a pair of thick fuzzy socks before she made her way downstairs to the kitchen. If she was wide awake, she might as well make coffee.

Before she stepped out of her room, Molly made sure to grab her phone. She knew Lachy didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving, or at least, he didn’t celebrate the same time she did, but she thought she’d message him a Happy Thanksgiving anyway. Besides, she knew that he was already at the airport waiting for his 8:30 a.m. flight.

“If it even leaves by then, that is…” She muttered to herself as she curled up on the love seat in her parent’s private living room, coffee in hand. Once she was settled she began to type out a text to Lachy.

“Good Morning And Happy Thanksgiving!”

While Molly waited for a reply, she sipped her coffee and scrolled through some of her social media apps, though she didn’t have to wait too long. Soon her phone began to buzz with not a text but a call from Lachy. She smiled a bit as she accepted the call. “Hello?”

“You’re certainly up early. What happened to sleeping in, hmm?” Lachy questioned. “Happy Thanksgiving to you, too, by the way.”

“Well, you know, it’s another side effect of being a teacher. I’m almost always up before the sun. It’s a curse, my days of sleeping in are few and far between.” She replied. “You’re already at the airport, I take it?”

“It’s all the coffee you drink, you can’t convince me otherwise. I swear you drink more coffee than any person I know, Molls. You’re addicted.” Lachy’s voice held a teasing tone despite the fact that he was absolutely right. “ And I am, yes. The others, however, are not. There’s talk of bad weather out west that will delay some flights or possibly cancel some, so Anthony suggested staying in the U.S. through the weekend rather than being cooped up in an airport for God knows how long..”

“Hey, don’t you ‘Luke Danes’ me Lachlan Gillespie! There are worse things in this world to be addicted to than coffee, you know.” Molly mused, smirking slightly, though her smirk faded as she heard him explain about the bad weather. “Why aren’t you with them?” Surely he wanted to be with his friends rather than spending hours in the airport.

There was a deep sigh on the other end before Lachy began to speak once more. “I’m just ready to be home in Brisbane, Molls. Don’t get me wrong, I love being here, but, I miss my family and my dog, and sleeping in my own bed ...” His voice trailed off.

In all of the many phone conversations Molly had had with Lachy over the last couple of months, she’d never heard him sound as tired as he did at that moment. She couldn’t blame Lachy for being tired and homesick, especially after he’d been on tour since early August with very little down time. Anyone would be exhausted after that.

“I’m sure you are, Lach. I couldn’t imagine being away from home for so long. Any news about delays for you flight?”

“Not yet, so I’m assuming no news is good news? I hope so, at least…” He replied, “My flight is due to leave at 8:30, so I’m guessing…” Molly heard Lachy’ pause for a moment before he sighed once again. “Well, scratch that, it’ll be leaving at 2:45 p.m. now. They just posted a delay on the screen.”

Molly glanced at the clock above the television on the wall and bit her lip. It was only around 7:15 a.m., so she knew he had quite a wait in store for him. “Well, so much for luck, huh? Where are you flying out from again? If you haven’t gone through security yet, maybe I could come and sit with you while you wait. I know it’s not the most fun thing to wait in an airport all alone.”

“I haven’t gone through security just yet, but I’ll be fine. It’s a holiday, Molly, you should be with your parents. And who knows..Maybe I’ll get lucky and the flight will leave earlier. Let’s just hope no Little Wiggles spot me... “

Molly opened her mouth to reply when she was interrupted by her mother. “Molly Beth? Who on God’s green earth are you talking to this early?”

Molly turned to look at her mother and shook her head, mouthing “I’ll tell you later.” To which her mother just shook her head and continued into the kitchen to presumably pour herself a cup of coffee.

“Speaking of parents, that sounds like your mum? You know, it is rude to call someone before 9:00 a.m. Molly Beth...” Lachy teased.

Molly rolled her eyes. “Excuse me, sir, you’re the one who called me!”

“Yes, but you texted me first, so the blame still falls on you.”

Molly shook her head. “Well, you were awake anyway. Had I known you weren’t at the airport, I’d have never texted you that early.”

Lachy chuckled a bit. “Are you sure about that? It isn’t the first time you’ve texted me at the crack of dawn, you know. Though to be fair, I do have a tendency to keep you awake with phone calls and texts way past your bedtime, don’t I?” Lachy chuckled once more as Molly hummed in agreement. “ I guess it’ll get worse once I‘m actually home. There’s a 14 hour time difference between South Carolina and Brisbane.”

Molly wrinkled her nose at this information. She still wasn’t excited about that. Once Lachy was back in Australia their conversations would be limited to Skype, and only when they were both awake and free from work. “We’ll figure something out.” She said softly.

“We will.” Lachy agreed before breathing another weary sigh. “I should let you go. It’s thanksgiving, you should be spending time with your parents. I should also go see if there’s anything I can do about getting my flight switched.”

“I’ll keep my fingers crossed. Let me know if anything changes.” Molly replied. She knew the chance of Lachy getting an earlier flight was rather slim, at least one with minimal connections. But she wouldn’t say that out loud, she figured he knew as well as she did.

“I will.” Lachy promised. “Have a happy Thanksgiving, Molly.”

“You too. Feel free to call or text whenever you’d like today. I know it can’t be fun sitting in that airport all day alone.”

“Oh, you’re not getting rid of me that easily. You might just be my source of sanity in all of the boredom I’m sure to face.” Lachy chuckled. What he didn’t know was that his words brought a slight blush to Molly’s cheeks, though she’d deny it. “But I’ll definitely call you once I know when my flight leaves.”

“You’re sanity? Are you sure about that?” Molly shook her head despite the fact that Lachy couldn’t see it.

“Quite sure.” Was Lachy’s reply. “Now go talk to your mum! Bye Molly. “

“Okay, okay.” Molly laughed. “Bye Lach.” And with that she hit the “end” button before standing from the couch and heading into the kitchen where she found her mother already working on breakfast.

“It’s about time you got off the phone. Who were you talking to?” Sarah asked as she gestured toward a carton of eggs. “Care to crack those for me?”

Molly nodded and began to crack the eggs for her mother’s breakfast casserole. It only occurred to her right then that she hadn’t mentioned Lachy to her parents. Though, there really wasn’t a reason for her to have told them about him, was there? He was, after all, just a friend. “Oh no one, just a new friend.” She replied.

“What’s his name?” Sarah questioned with a raised brow.

Molly shook her head. “Mom...I never said it was a guy.”

“I know you Molly Beth, your cheeks were blushed when you came in here. Are you talking to Asher again? Oh I hope so, you were so well suited. “

Molly tensed a bit at the mentioning of Asher and she shook her head. “There’s not a snowball’s chance I’ll ever speak to

him again, Mom. I mean it. Asher and I are over and that’s all there is to it. “

Molly heard her mother sigh before she spoke again. “I wish you’d tell me what went wrong with him. Everything seemed so perfect between you. And the wedding was so close…”

“Mom, please. That’s enough. I don’t want to talk about him, okay? He’s very much a part of my past. And I’d prefer to leave him there.”

“Okay, fair enough. I’m sorry I brought him up.” Sarah said as she continued to fry sausage on the griddle. “That still doesn’t answer my question. Who’s your friend?”

Molly couldn’t stop herself from grinning even if she wanted to. “Well, his name is Lachy. And before you start, we’re just friends. I met him earlier last month At McGuire’s and we sorts just clicked?”

“McGuire’s? What were you doing there, you never go to McGuire’s…” Sarah sounded skeptical as she gave her only daughter a look.

Molly shrugged and reached for a whisk to begin beating the eggs. “Hannah and Sophie invited me to go with them and I agreed.” She chose to leave out the details of the drugged drink, it wasn’t necessary and would only worry her mother. “I bumped into him at the bar and we struck up a conversation. We exchanged numbers before we left and...yeah, we’ve been talking ever since and we’ve become really good friends.”

“You exchanged numbers? That’s really not like you. It took you forever to talk to…” Sarah paused, realizing she was about to bring up Asher again to her daughter. “Sorry Molly…”

Molly shrugged and shook her head. “It’s okay. Um, where do you want these?”

Sarah pointed to a glass casserole dish that already had a few other ingredients in it. “Pour them in there, top it with cheese, and slide it in the oven.”

Molly nodded and did as she was told before she set about making another cup of coffee. “He’s actually stuck at the airport today. That’s why I was on the phone with him so early. He’s flying home to Australia, but his flight has been delayed. He was supposed to leave at 8:30 but they’ve pushed it back to…”

“Australia?” Sarah’s voice held a skeptical tone once more. “Why was he in Folly Beach?”

Molly smirked a bit. “He was here with his band…”

“Band? Is that why you were at the pub in the first place?”

Molly shrugged. “Kinda?”

“Molly Beth!”

“What?” Molly questioned with an air of innocence in her voice. All the while, she was hiding a smirk from her mother. “There is nothing wrong with being in a band. They’re actually kind of good. They sing Irish and Scottish Folk music. They’re called the Unusual Commoner’s, I think..Come on, Mom, what is it?”

Sarah was silent for a moment as she moved to the task of slicing fresh fruit. “Nothing, it’s just...Meeting a guy in a bar, exchanging numbers with him, getting close to him despite the fact that he lives in halfway across the world. That’s not like you, Molly. I’m just concerned is all. I don’t want you getting hurt again.”

Molly bit her lip as she listened to her mother. “It’s different with Lachy...I can’t explain it. We’re only friends, Lord knows I’m not anywhere near ready for a relationship with anyone. But like I said, we clicked..I couldn’t leave that bar that night without giving him my number. And I’m so glad I did.” She smiled a bit as she moved to help Sarah with the fruit. “He’s become my best friend. I know, it sounds crazy, I’ve known him less than two months, but I can’t imagine not having him in my life. That’s crazy, right?”

Sarah glanced at her daughter from the corner of her eye and smirked slightly. “No, I wouldn’t say that’s crazy at all. I’d say you’re in lo..”

“Stop right there! I’m not in love with him, Mom.” Molly said firmly. “I’ll say this once again, we’re just friends. And that’s all we’ll ever be.”

“You said yourself you clicked with him, you can tell him anything? Sounds like love to me.”

“I’ve known him less than two months.” Molly sighed, resisting the urge to roll her eyes

“Love at first sight is a real thing, I don’t care what you say. “ Sarah chimed in.

Molly shook her head in almost disbelief. “This isn’t some Hallmark Christmas movie, mom. People don’t fall in love in two months.”

“They do if they’re soulmates...Do you mind grabbing the strawberries from the fridge?”

Molly, however, didn’t move to grab the strawberries as she was asked, but rather she stood and stared at her mother in shock. “You’re delusional! Soul mates? There’s no such thing…Lachy and I are not soulmates...we’re not in love, we’re just friends and that is all we’ll ever be.” She muttered. She finally moved from her spot to grab the berries her mother had requested.

Sarah continued to smirk as she took the box of strawberries from Molly’s hand. “Okay, whatever you say.” She said with a shrug.

“We’re not!” Molly said firmly. It was at that moment that her phone began to buzz, signalling an incoming call. She grabbed the phone from the counter to see that Lachy was calling her, just as she’d guessed.

“Speak of the devil…” Sarah mumbled as she send a mischievous grin toward Molly, who did her best to ignore it.

“Mom..” Molly rolled her eyes as she hit the accept button and held the phone to her ear. “Hello?” The smile that lit her face didn’t go unnoticed by her mother, even if Molly wasn’t aware of it herself. However, the smile faded into a frown as Lachy began to speak.

“Hey..I have a bit of bad news. It seems my flight has been cancelled due to the winter storm in Colorado. Not sure when I can get another flight out of here.” Lachy sighed. “It’ll be Monday at least, if I’m lucky.”

Molly bit her lip. “So, you’re stuck in the airport?” She questioned.

“Well, that’s one option. I thought about booking a hotel for a couple of days in Savannah until I can book another flight. Thankfully, all my clothes were packed in my carry on suitcase.. My work trunk has already been shipped back with the others…”

Molly frowned as she thought of Lachy spending the weekend alone in Savannah when he really wanted to be home. Especially not Thanksgiving weekend. Despite the fact that he didn’t celebrate, it still bothered her that he’d be alone. Especially when he was so close to Folly Beach “Don’t be silly Molly…” She thought. “You haven’t known him nearly long enough to even propose the idea of him coming here…” But damn her mouth and brain for not being on the same page. Before she could stop herself, she was asking him to do just that. “Why not come here?”

There was silence for a moment and Molly could hear her heartbeat pounding in her ears. Finally, Lachy spoke up. “Molly, I couldn’t do that. It’s Thanksgiving, it’s a time for family. I couldn’t impose... “

“And friends. You shouldn’t be by yourself. My parents own an inn, and there’s no one staying here this week. I could come and pick you up from the airport…” She offered.

Molly could hear her mom clearing her throat behind her, no doubt trying to get her attention, but she ignored her as she waited for Lachy’s response. In all truth, she wanted to see him and she hoped he’d agree.

“Molly, are you sure about this? I really don’t want to interrupt your holiday.”

“I wouldn’t have asked you if I wasn’t sure. You said you’re at the airport in Savannah, right? I’m only a couple of hours away. I could be there by…” she looked at the clock, seeing it was now about 8:00. “Probably around 10:30.”

There was a pause once more before Lachy finally spoke again. “Okay, That sounds really nice actually. Thank you.”

The two worked out a few details of where they’d meet and what color and make her car was before they said goodbye. As soon as Molly hung up, she turned to head upstairs to her old room, but she was stopped by her mother.

“I take it we’re having a guest after all, then?” Sarah questioned with a raised brow.

Molly was once again biting her lip, a habit she’d had since she was a child. An apologetic expression was on her face. “Mom, I…”

Sarah shook her head, holding her hand up, though a warm smile tugged at her lips. “You don’t have to explain yourself Molly. You go get ready and I’ll make sure a room is ready when you get back. You’d better hurry! You told him you’d be there by 10:30, and traffic is going to be a mess!”

Molly grinned. “Thank you!” She exclaimed as she bolted up the stairs to her room to get ready. The entire time her stomach fluttered with butterflies she couldn’t quite explain. She knew one thing, though. She couldn’t wait to see the man she’d grown so close to in the past two months. She only wondered if he was just as excited to see her...

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Day 2: Santa Cruz to Aptos

I ended the day with a beautiful walk on the beach and a visit to the Seacliff State Park Visitor center. These seashell fossils are pretty common and are very old. By dinner time, I was ready for a rest at my hotel for the next two nights, the Sea Cliff Inn. Thanks for walking with me today. You are all in my heart.

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The Journeys of RA: A Visual - Part 3: The Emperor of Nihon-Ja to The Battle at Hackham Heath

 Emperor of Nihon-Ja

Note: I forgot to mention that the ‘G’ on the map stands for George and that ‘A/S’ is the Araluens/Skandians.

 Lost Stories

 Note: Sorry about the quality of this one. The scan didn’t want to work so I had to take a picture of it instead.

I’ve marked the stories that occurred outside of Redmont, and I have also attached The Hibernian and The Death of a Hero to the Tournament at Gorlan and The Battle of Hackham Heath maps respectively. While The Wolf would have been alright to map out, no directions are given except that Will went north in the five days that he didn’t have Tug. Because of this, I haven’t added it.

 The Royal Ranger

Note: In the book, it never mentions where Scanlon Estate is (the place where the book opens). I have based the location off the average area of where the apple orchards are in the UK.

I know that the second image is hard to make out, but this is where Will and Maddie find and ultimately fight the child slave traders. They start at Danver’s Crossing (‘DC’) before moving onto Esseldon (‘E’). Will goes off the Boyletown (‘B’) before coming back to ‘E’. Together, they travel all night to Willow Vale (‘WV’) before tracking them down to Hawkshead Bay. Will takes them south while Maddie takes the kids north before hiding them in the caves. She then goes back for Will.

I have also included the trip to Split Oak Farm just outside of Redmont, and the Gathering Ground at the end.

 The Tournament at Gorlan

Note: This was the most confusing map I’ve done so far, so try to bear with me. I was tempted to combine The Tournament at Gorlan and The Battle of Hackham Heath, but I realised that it would be too confusing. It starts at the beginning of The Hibernian in the Lost Stories. Crowley is travelling from Castle Araluen to Hogarth Fief through Gorlan. Here he stops into an inn and meets Halt. Together, they travel to Castle Gorlan (the little kick on the map). They then went different ways: Halt to the south east and Crowley to the north. Halt decides to follow them and they travel north to see ‘Duncan’ (ignore the lighter green and dark blue for now).

The book says that they trace their steps back to Gorlan until Morgarath’s messenger runs into them above the river. They travel north-west to Leander in Dacton Fief and then onto Berrigan in Weslon fief. It doesn’t say which direction they went in, but it later says that  Redmont is to the west and Seacliff is to the east, so I have gone with this placement without getting into Gorlan’s territory.

They deviate to Young Bob’s for Abelard then they went west to Seacliff for Egon. They went back to Redmont, probably on the same path that they went to get there. This is where they pick up Norris and Samdash and Co. Upon reaching Redmont, they meet up with Arald before setting up a base just outside of Gorlan and headed north. This is where the lighter green and blue come in. The lighter green is where the Rangers went to capture Tiller, while the blue denotes the path taken by Halt and Crowley to Castle Wildriver. Again, there’s no definitive area given to us for the castle, but it has to be close to their temporary base (where the paths split) and in the mountains somewhere, as the river is snowmelt. They then head to Gorlan for the final showdown, traversing to Castle Araluen and back before finding out about Morgarath’s escape.

Morgarath runs to the Mountains of Rain and Night (dotted line).

 The Battle at Hackham Heath

 Note: Like many of the locations in this series, the absolute locations of Woldon Abbey and the camping area of the Araluen army at Hackham Heath is hard to figure out. I have pieced together as many bits of information as I can, and this is as good as I can get.

After the army goes to Ashdown Cut, they go to Hackham Heath. I know it’s hard to see, but they’ve stopped just over the river where the two green lines collide. The loop around is where Gilan leads Halt and the cavalry to the north and around the back of Morgarath’s army. The green line going south is where they forced Morgarath down to the mountains and where Halt met Daniel. He then goes north to his farm and finds Will, before taking him to Redmont.

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