Déjà Vu

Leaping Out
Reaching For Her
Jerking Her Towards Him
Me, Responding Instantly
No Hesitation

I Moved
To Save Her
Only Problem
He Responded Too
He Was Closer

I Circled

But I Was Blocked Off
Ineffective

He Saved Her

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The Vampire Academy
Shadow Kiss
Richelle Mead
Page 98

          It was déjà vu.
          Stan leapt out from a copse of trees and reached for Lissa, wrapping his arms around her torso and jerking her toward him.  My body responded instantly, no hesitation whatsoever as I moved to "save" her.  The only problem was that Eddie had responded instantly too, and he was closer, which put him there ahead of me.  I circled, trying to get in on the action, but the way the two were squaring off blocked me from being effective.

Secrets of a Warrior

The King of Vesarae is dead. Word was spreading throughout the kingdom and by the time the farthest village had heard, the King's funeral procession had begun. His final resting place would be Palace of Kings, a cemetery made for royalty and their progeny. His body was being brought there inside a mahogany casket carried between four horses each lead by one the King's trusted generals.

Behind the King, riding in an open carriage draped in black, was the queen and their young five year old daughter, Crown Princess Vasaelisa Arianna Nya Josephine. Both were pale having had a hard week making decisions for the funeral. Aria had been included in the proceedings as long as she'd kept quiet and out of the way. The Queen worried about her, she hadn't spoken a word since her father had been pronounced dead.

As the procession reached the big stone doors of the Palace of Kings, Queen Aadora gripped her daughter's hand. If it hadn't been for that little hand staying by her side through all of this, she was sure she'd have collapsed in despair by now. Looking down at her daughter she saw the late Kings big expressive cerulean colored eyes staring up at her with a strong determination, not so commonly found in children, and just with seeing that expression on her daughter's face the Queen came to a decision. She made a silent promise to her daughter, to rule this kingdom with all she had and make it prosper in preparation for when her daughter became the queen. However, she realized, this may not be possible for she had made a reckless deal with the King of Almidon last night.

Aria had gone to bed and she had gone to meet with King Vaylor, who'd requested audience with her earlier in the day. When she gotten there the talk between the two monarchs had started out well and then it had gotten bad and in the end they had decided that their children would decide which kingdom would merge with the other, for they both knew that without an alliance between their two nations their kingdoms would soon be separated between the other kingdoms.

Crown Princess Vasaelisa Arianna Nya Josephine and Crown Prince Sebastian Tobias Cyrus (the eight year old heir of Almidon) would have to capture their counterpart, without harm, and bring them to their Capital where they would expose their charge to their own family in their country. When that had happened they would then be able to take their captured heir's kingdom for their own.  At the thought of what she'd done to her daughter's future she hugged the little girl tightly and got out of the carriage. Little did the Queen know, her daughter was twelve steps ahead of her.

Little Aria was a smart little girl, smarter than any others close to her could even guess, and she knew her mother would eventually succumb to the pressure of kings work, so she had to be ready to take over for her mother as soon as she possibly could. Unbeknownst to her mother Aria had secretly followed her mother the other night, sensing something would happen that she would need to know.  She had quietly listened to their rising argue-mental voices and she had barely gotten away fast enough when her mother had suddenly rushed from the kings guest chambers.  She had quietly slipped back to her own nursery thinking about how she would accomplish the task ahead of her.  Her last thought before falling asleep had been I must protect my fragile mother from the harsh reality of what is to come.

Phobia

Achluophobia: Fear of darkness.

Only in darkness can a single light shine the brightest.

Acrophobia: Fear of heights.

When you are afraid of the jump the ground seems to get further and further away.

Agoraphobia: Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.

It’s not that bad to not want to be in the main crowd, it only hampers you when you let it make your decisions for you.

Apeirophobia: Fear of infinity.

Infinity is such a giant thought but only a sideways eight symbol, think of the future but don’t stress out so much that it becomes a huge mass of blurry black and dirty gray.

Astraphobia or Astrapophobia: Fear of thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia, Brontophobia)

Take time to notice the weather, if you don’t like what’s coming and don’t want to face it alone call up a buddy and watch Barney till the storm passes. (Then you’ll really know what fear is).

Atychiphobia: Fear of failure.

Failure is something that happens a lot, but it is also a stepping stone to future success.  Don’t let failure bring you down, master it and own it.

Aviophobia or Aviatophobia: Fear of flying.

Even I have a fear of flying; if you need to be some place fast, flying is the best option and if not there are many different modes to get to different places.  If you can plan ahead choose accordingly, if not find a way to keep yourself calm.

Chronophobia: Fear of time.

Whether it be fast or slow time runs on its own dime.  It doesn’t take orders from anyone and stays it’s path for better or worse.

Claustrophobia: Fear of confined spaces.

I have Aviatophobia partly for this reason, I hate enclosed waterslides and it’s probably partly for my wanting to be cremated instead of being enclosed in a casket after my death.

Didaskaleinophobia or Scolionophobia: Fear of going to school.

Now, what student doesn’t have this fear if they don’t happen to have the homework done that’s due that day?

Dishabiliophobia: Fear of undressing in front of someone.

I am very self-conscious so I think this is a rational fear for any and every normal person

Ephebiphobia: Fear of teenagers.

I can say I am a teen, am surrounded by teens, so in effect I know that teens scare the H*** out of me.

Ereuthrophobia: Fear of blushing.

I get embarrassed in front of crowds and that causes me to blush red.  I sometime psych myself out causing myself to fear that faint warmth that starts creeping into my face, getting hotter and hotter.

Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia: Fear of blood.

I don’t have this fear but I have been told it is caused by the mind and is not a real physical reaction to blood.  My theory is that people’s minds immediately start to react to the blood only because it is unnatural for it to be oozing out of yourself, when it should be and stay inside your body.

Heterophobia: Fear of the opposite sex. (Sexophobia)

I myself have a fear of boys.  I can talk to and act normally around girls but I become a mouse around boys.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: Fear of the number 666.

Well, a Satanic theme.  I can understand this one I have seen The Omen but other than that it is past the boundary of my mind to comprehend.

Kathisophobia: Fear of sitting down.

This could be and interesting one.

Teacher: “Okay everyone, sit down and turn to page 139.  We will be continuing our lesson from last class.”

*Rustling of pages*

Teacher: “So can anyone give me a recap on what we learned last time?  No one?  It is a simple ques----- Shawn! I do believe I told everyone to sit down, and that includes you.”

Shawn: “You see Teacher, I have a problem with that request, I can’t force myself to s-si-si-sit.”

Teacher: “Why on earth not?”

Shawn: “ Because I have Kathisophobia.”

Teacher: (said with a disgusted sneer) “What on earth is that?”

Shawn: (said sincerely) “It’s the fear of sitting down.”

*class bursts into laughter as Teacher turns red in the face*

Necrophobia: Fear of death or dead things.

I am afraid of road kill.  I fear it will come back to life just to run me over.

Noctiphobia: Fear of the night.

I personally enjoy the night but at times I also fear the things in the dark closet…

Nomatophobia: Fear of names.

Another fun one.

Substitute: “Class, I will now take attendance.”

Sub: “Anderson?”

Student: “Ahhhhh!”

Anderson: “Here.”

Sub: “Benson?”

Student: “Ahhhhhh!”

Benson: “Here.”

Sub: “Carter.”

Student: “Ahhhhhhh!”

Sub: “Would you please stop screaming, whoever you are?”

Benson: “His name is Shawn ma’am.”

Shawn: “Ahhhhhhhhh!”

Sub: “Well Shawn, would you please stop yelling?”

Shawn: “Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Carter: “He can’t ma’am as long as you are taking role.”

Sub: “Why not?”

The Whole Class: “’Cause he’s got Nomatophobia.”

Panophobia or Pantophobia: Fear of everything.

It’s sad that there are people who have a fear of everything.

Pediophobia: Fear of dolls.

This is rational, have you ever seen one of those dolls that blink?  Try having one in your room blinking and staring at you all night long.

Pedophobia: Fear of children.

Here is an interesting question, have you ever heard of a pedophile having Pedophobia?

Pentheraphobia: Fear of mother-in-law. (Novercaphobia)

This should be on everyone’s list of phobia’s.

Phengophobia: Fear of daylight or sunshine.

Also known as being a VAMPIRE.

Philemaphobia or Philematophobia: Fear of kissing.

Sensible for anyone under sixteen in the state of Utah, and maybe in some parts of India.

Philosophobia: Fear of philosophy.

I don’t know about you but I love me some Plato. I mean come on, his theory of the real world not being real? Priceless!

Phobophobia: Fear of phobias.

See, there is even a name for fearing fear.

Photophobia: Fear of light.

Once again, VAMPIRE. Or in some cases a person on two hours of sleep.

Pyrophobia: Fear of fire.

Ever heard of Dustfinger? Yeah, he’s probably one of the people who has little to absolutely no Pyrophobia.

Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween.

It is the time of witches, wizards, monsters, and other assorted creatures.  If you are not afraid, then I’ll be afraid for both of us.

Selenophobia: Fear of the moon.

What else would werewolf’s and were folk be afraid of?

Sesquipedalophobia: Fear of long words.

*Shiver*

I got the chills just trying to say such a loooooong word.  The irony with this diagnosis is that the fear of long words is named by a long word.

Testophobia: Fear of taking tests.

I don’t have this but most of my friends do.  Now that you know its name, how impressed do you think the teachers will be?

Thalassophobia: Fear of the sea.

I have this fear for many reasons one of which is my fear of sharks.  

Thanatophobia or Thantophobia: Fear of death or dying.

We recently talked about this, it’s going to HAPPPEN.  It’s going to happen to you, your friends, family, acquaintances, hero’s, and even to your just about three hundred year old great uncle Jive.

Theatrophobia: Fear of theatres.

My friends would not only disown me if ever admitted to having this, they would happily murder me.  I don’t have it, luckily, and so I’ll occasionally go watch a beautiful classic produced by Lone Peak students.

Thermophobia: Fear of heat.

I ABSO-FREAKING-LUTLY HATE HOT, HOT, HOT WEATHER. COOL IS THE ONLY ALTERATIVE OF COLD.

Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.

My mom only wishes I had this… to bad I still swish a wand of oak around in an attempt to unleash my as of yet not discovered magical talent. (I’m sure it’s somewhere in me, kind of like the circus that is certainly inside Anastasia’s dancing gown.

If you made it to the end of my post,

Congratulations,

You didn’t die of boredom.

Live a long happy life with as much as you can.

Blow away your fears like they are a sprinkling of Fairy dust.

Then you can LIVE.

Orders From Everywhere

I know what it's like to be ordered around.

It is not always fun.

I don't always like it.

I'll procrastinate and get in trouble.

I'll argue and get into more trouble.

And then I'll break something and get into even MORE trouble.
(You DO NOT  want to be around during this time).

However, when you know you're going to die, why not just do it?

Why not just follow the orders you've been given?

'Cause the reality is : we all die.

With that in mind, you should rock out while you still can.

So, here are your Orders From the Man:

ROCK OUT

Rock out like it's your last night on Earth and you've just found your soul mate.

Rock out like your baby turned out to be a girl instead of the boy you'd both hoped for, but that was OK because... she's perfect.

Rock out like you've just tasted soda for the first time and you don't like the fizz.

Rock out like your boyfriend just broke up with you, and your friends came over to comfort you with a gallon of your favorite ice-cream. (Mine is Blue Bunny Red Velvet Cake).





Rock out like you just got the cliched front-porch-first-kiss and your parents came out and embarrassed you.




Rock out like you just watched the project you've worked for hours on, get ninth place. (it definitely deserved first.... :D)

Rock out like you are twenty-one and your wife just gave you a child.

Rock out like you just turned forty and your celebrating your nineteenth wedding anniversary.

Rock out like your teenage son just graduated from High School.

Rock out like you're ninety and your seventy-fifth university is being celebrated at your spouses grave.


Rock out like you've alzheimer's and you just remembered your grandsons name.




Rock out like you'll live forever, when you don't know how close death actually is.

Rock out like a little kid.

Rock out like a cat being chased by a dog.

Rock out like it's raining and a stranger gives you his umbrella.

Rock out like you time-traveled to the ROARING 50'S.


Rock out like a rainbow after a storm and a colt after it's born.

Rock out like you don't know what everyone's laughing about, 'cause you don't but they are so you want to too.

Rock out like you're best friend just gave you five dollars for lunch when you and your sibling were out of money.

Rock out like you just grabbed the last cookie from the cookie jar.

Rock out like your favorite song started playing from the radio just as you were about to cry.

Rock out like it's finally time to show your true colors, and they are actually seem to shine brighter than you thought they would.



Rock out like you want to follow orders.


Just plain Rock Out

You still haven't realized how precious and quick life is until it's gone.



So take as much time as you can to fly your true flag of colors.