A Spark of Strength: Pictures of Us (captions underneath photos)

Friends and Family

1. Firefly: my older sparktressling. She's organized and practical, but still fun (most of the time). She's 16 years old.

2. Flare: my twin sparktressling. She's wild and crazy and bold. She doesn't like dancing very much. We're both 15 years old.

3. Flicker: fellow kachina. She's small and blonde and quiet. She gets on my nerves. She's 13 years old.

4. Comet: fellow kachina. Comet is fun, but can be a little manipulative and sullen. She's 14 years old.

5. Sparkle: fellow kachina. She's crazy. Very energetic and talkative. She's 13 years old.

6. Coal: he's the Fire Lord's most trusted spy. He's almost like a sparkerling (brother) to us. We've known him all our lives. He's 17 years old.

7. Star Dancer: a palace maid. She loves gossip and is fun, but be careful with your secrets around her. She's 15 years old.

8. Flame: chief guard. I can't stand him. He's mean and stuck-up. And I'm also a little afraid of him. He's 19 years old.

9. Blaze: Coal's best friend and fellow spy. He's 17 years old.

10. Asher: a wussy spy that no one likes. He's 16 years old.

Words and Terms To Learn

1. Furier: the city where I live. The Fire Lord rules from Furier. Furier's villagers are mostly fire faires. Furier is also know as the Fire City.

2. Furierite: something from Furier, the culture of Furier, or having to do with fire fairies

3. Kachina: the Furierite word for entertainer

4. Sparktress: a female fire fairy

5. Sparker: a male fire fairy

6. Sparktressling: sister (fire fairy)

7. Sparkerling: brother (fire fairy)

8. Sparkling: sibling (fire fairy)

9. Sparklet: child or offspring (fire fairy)

10. Sparkerlet: son (fire fairy)

11. Sparktresslet: daughter (fire fairy)

*These words may look confusing, but they're actually very intuitive and easy to get used to. "Sparktress" is the female indicator, "sparker" is the male indicator. The suffix "let" means "child" or "offspring", and the suffix "ling" means sibling.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Pictures of Us (captions underneath photos)

Well, it isn't us, but these pictures are pictures that look very similar to me and my fellow kachinas:

This looks remarkably like Sparkle, who's twelve.

This looks like Comet probably would have at age eight. She's thirteen now. She's Sparkle's sparktressling.

This could be Firefly, only she's more practical-looking and not as stunning.

This looks sort of like me, I supposed, only I'm not so old-looking and my cheeks are rosier. Flare says I'm much prettier than this girl, but that's just Flare.