The Dream Seer

"How do you stand it?" I asked him. "Doesn't it feel so much like prying? Don't you hate it?"

He smiled benignly down at me, where I sat on the floor, at his feet. "Of course I feel like I'm prying, Esmeralda. But it's what I am, what I do. There really isn't much more I can say to that. Besides, in people dreams, I see their fears, their hopes, their wishes... Their desires. And then I can give them what they want, and in return I will get what I want."

"But, Sir... I still don't understand why you do it..." I played with the edge of my blue dress, tugging at the lace, just so I wouldn't have to look up at him. I knew what his face would look like, though. Smiling benignly, his dark eyes placid and unreadable behind his spectacles.

"Yes, I suppose you wouldn't. For my whole life, I have been able to see into people dreams while they sleep."

"That's kind of scary..."

"I suppose it is. But I'm used to it by now, Princess."

"I guess you would be..."

He laughed at me. "Are you implying that I'm old?"

"Um... Maybe?"

Before he could say anything more, my tutor knocked on the library door. "Esmeralda, it's time for your lessons. And the queen would like to speak with you, Mr. Jakobs."

"Of course." He stood, and so did I. "Good-bye, Princess." He bowed to me.

I curtsied back. "Sir."

Liar. That's what he was. A con. He couldn't see people's dreams, he could read people. That's all. Liar. My mother made him leave the kingdom, banned him for her rein. And she didn't see any reason to ban him for longer. She was younger than him, and she expected to be living for a long, long time. But she didn't. I was the queen before my 16th year.

What do you think? This may or may not turn out to be an entirly unrelated prelude to Lee Harken. Esmeralda would be her great-grandma, or great-great-grandma.

And Halloween is next weekend!! Yay!

I'm having a Halloween sleepover with Infublo, Fay, Manya, and Samara. Sorry if you've never heard of them.

Cheerio, peeps!

Possibly my biggest ever post

This is Clover. At prom, in the second book.

Go green!

Here's Ame. Just normal, every-day-ness.

Here's Anthony.

I think the picture looks really good with headphones, but that might just be me.

Hey, Kevin! He looks a little over excited, though...

Meaghan, at prom. Her hair is MOSTLY normal brown, however, even though I invented the character I still haven't figured it out, the bottom is dyed bright green.

"Screw the rules, I have green hair!"

Here's Amanda. She's definitely the girliest of the Sights.

And now we start the elements.

This is Air. She's so cool.

If you make her mad she might not do anything for, like, 5o years, but then one day she'll come and make the wind whack your arm into a wall or something!

This is Earth. He's really sweet and he doesn't like to get into lots of fights. Amanda really likes him, even when they first meet, but he doesn't catch on till either the end of the second book or the beginning/middle-ish of the third.

Here's Fire. She's a little eccentric, if you couldn't tell...

And Water. She's really nice.

Yay Twi! Although her hair is actually a little longer, the point stands.

Vampier! The insane vampire!

Here's one of his many, many, many multiple children. Her name is Claudaria and she's been made into an actual vampire, instead of just a half one, like most of his kids.

Here's Jour. No explanation needed.

And Mariposa.

Here's Nacht. There are some funny stories about his hair...

And here are a few of the stars, the ones that are actually his friends, instead of being all girly.

This is Nithanda. When she was human, she was from Africa.

Here's Leo. Yes, I know it's a girl.

This is Starr. That was her actual human name. She likes to dye her hair blue. And one year she and Leo decided to go trick-or-treating with humans.

As you can tell, she was an angel, Leo was a devil.

And this is Jane. As a human, of course. When she was/is human she's really good friends with Clover. However when she gets a little older(she and Clover are friends when Jane's 6) she gets cancer and "dies."

What actually happens is that Twi comes and turns her into an Adma.

I got the character maker from here.

Thanks for reading my probably-longest-ever-post-that-is-mostly-not-words.

Cheerio, peeps!

That is messed up...

I just found an author who's name is scarily similar to mine. He's writing under Ariel S. Levy. Change the Ariel to Ariella and you have my nome de plume.

Really weird... 'Cept he writes in Spanish.

Cheerio, peeps.

P.S. Sorry, but I had to add the French.

Friday the 13th!

Woohoo! Today is Friday the 13th! Awesomeness!

Nothing wrong with a black cat, or two. Meow!

Cheerio, peeps!

(Kitty from here.)

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!<3 <3 <3

Lol!!!! Happy Halloween!!!!!!

Cheerio, peeps!

(Picture done by this guy.)

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, you read the title right. There's a birthday on Halloween.

Happy birthday, Nathaniel!

I don't have any pictures to show you. His name is because of The Bartimaeus Trilogy. So, I will tell you the story of how he was created. Or, really, more like the story of how he evolved. Lol.

When I was writing The Digger's Daughter solely for English class, I wanted to add some new characters in for a bit of mystery, add some more interest to the story. So I added Thomas. I thought he was cool, but he needed something more. I added a connection to Artemis' father. Then it didn't seem enough. I changed his age to 13, and his eye color to green, to try and give him to Art... Needless to say, it didn't work. I changed Thomas back and added James. I decided they needed one of those wonderful little brothers... You know, the kind that are your age and they have this weird sense of humor and style? They're really smart, sometimes smarter than older siblings. (like Thomas (Sorry, but I had to make him like that...))

Ah, never mind... It only works out for people who are kids, usually around that age. Oh well.

Happy 14th birthday, Nathaniel!!!!!

Ok, I need to add something for him... How about a math (Sorry people, but he REALLY loves math. Almost as much as Artemis. Lol. I need to give him SOMETHING!!)

Lol! We watched this video in school last year!!! His voice in funny!

Happy birthday Nathaniel!

Cheerio, peeps!

Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!

I <3 Halloween!!!!!
Heard this on the radio a few hours ago... Freaky as heck! HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Rock on! Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheerio, peeps!!!!!