Chapters tagged transformation

Round 1's Transformations by AliC

Chapter 39

They milled about in largely silent anxiety as they awaited the results. Leah had given the audience two hours to cast its votes. None of them could go very far, lest they miss the call back to go over them, but neither did they seem to have any interest in agonizing over the num...

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Understandings by AliC

Chapter 40

As the girls went their separate ways, Hannah wanted nothing so much as to lick her wounds in private. Her performance had been miserable, the changes facing her were daunting, and her point total was so deeply underwater that she didn’t know how she’d survive the round. But it...

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Be Sweet by AliC

Chapter 41

Megan walked alongside her brother as the trail wound down from the mountain at the center from the island in a comfortable, contented silence. She’d known Jake had wanted to talk, but had also never been much of a conversation starter in her own right. But the night air was balm...

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Time and Trust by AliC

Chapter 42

AJ yawned as she stepped into the hotel’s main dining room, still wearing the boy shorts and tank top that served as her pajamas. It was a large, open space with a long central table built to seat just over a dozen people. And it was surprisingly full. For the first time since t...

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But first; an interlude! by AliC

Chapter 43

It wasn’t until they were waiting on the train platform that Lindsey finally let go of Ryan’s wrist. “Does this take us to the village?” Ryan asked, moving to view a station route map. “The village,” Lindsey agreed, “And the beach, and a volcano observatory and something called...

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Our Spot by AliC

Chapter 44

If nothing else could be said for this wretched place, the showers were otherworldly. As she basked in the cascade, like she was standing in a warm, soothing rainstorm, Hannah completely lost all sense of time. Only the slamming of the suite’s outer door snapped her back to real...

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The Sun Still Shines by AliC

Chapter 45

AJ took a deep breath, her muscles bulging as she lifted the weights up one last time. Her breathing was more labored than she liked, the effort taking more of a toll that she’d have expected. As she struggled, a concerned face appeared in her field of vision. “Need some help?”...

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Act Like You Know by AliC

Chapter 46

Leah sat down to the tape recorder again. She hated the awkwardness of this ritual, but it was nice to talk to _something_, even if silence was her only answer. “Round one is in the books. And as we await the start of our second contest, everyone seems to be settling in.” She t...

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Give Me the Night by AliC

Chapter 47

Later, Farra (both halves of her) stood in her room, checking out the new outfits she’d bought for herself. Julie and Loretta had both been tremendously helpful in picking out clothes for her; Julie for her expertise in teen fashion (even if her daughter was something less than...

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When I Come Around by AliC

Chapter 49

As much as he loved his life in New York CIty, there was one thing from his youth upstate that Jake missed with all his heart; a simple, cleansing, ritual that, for all its near infinite access to nearly anything the human heart could desire, he simply couldn’t get in the city wi...

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