Umbra [ŭm′brə]
noun
1. the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object, especially the area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
2. shadow or darkness.
Mihawk could feel the sun warm on his face. There was nothing but blue skies and blue seas ahead, and golden sand below. He breathed deeply of the salt air. He had never been one to appreciate the beauty of it all. He regretted not doing so now that the only place he could experience it was in his dreams.
And dreams were always such fleeting things.
All too soon, the sky grew dark and a great shadow fell over him like a cloud
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Winter came early that year.
To be honest, he much liked the cold, there was something so awakening about the flakes of frozen water, something that had always intrigued the man. Perhaps it was the way light seemed to filter into every shiny flake of snow, something that was always able to catch his eyes.
You see, there was a misconception about being blinded, you’re expected to be trapped in a forever-entangled blackness, but that wasn’t the case, not for Kiku Honda at least. No, he
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Contest Entry - The Sight Of Haruhi Suzumiya
THE SIGHT OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA
“GO AWAY KYON!”, Haruhi yelled at me angrily, turning her face away. “I don't want you to see me like this”.
Truth be told, I didn't like to see her like this either. And I didn't mean because it might put the entire world. Hell, the entire universe for all I knew, in danger. See, the way I hear it. Haruhi might just look like a normal high school girl. But supposedly she has the power to reshape the whole world, only she doesn't know it.
And it's our job to see it stays that way. Who are we? The SOS Brigade. We're a high school club that Haruhi put together to help her find 'i