Old English, Immature Shadows, and Cheesy Threats: Snazzy Snippets is Back!

11:48 AM Gemma Fitz 12 Comments

Oh, look what's back!! It's Snazzy Snippets, the bi-monthly link-up hosted by Alyssa and Emily, in which I get to throw cake and snippets and whatever else I feel like at you guys. But mostly snippets.
Technically, this month I'm rewriting 'Splitting Atoms', so I probably should be posting snippets from that novel. But I'm not. Because it stinks and it's really embarrassing. Instead I'm giving one last, long HURRAH for NaNo and my novel, 'Shadowwhisper'. So here goes.

a snippet from page 16

As surprising as it is to find out that the first person you've ever thought of as your best friend isn't actually your best friend at all, but somebody else's, I've never actually minded being third wheel in this crazy friend triangle. It might have something to do with the fact that best friends and boyfriends are two totally different things and Micah was always the former. But besides that, Glenn is a really great guy and he's actually a lot of fun.
I mean, most people might think of a dude with six siblings, an obsession with videotaping literally everything on his phone, a penchant for texting only in Old English, and a totally serious aspiration to slay a dragon as just plain weird. But then, I'm weird. And Micah's weird. And it's kinda nice to have other people to be weird with. 

I'm kinda in love with Glenn. Rae, Glenn, and Micah make up my dynamic trio (if that's a thing). Micah and Glenn have always been best friends, while Rae just kinda tags along, but that doesn't mean that she isn't an important part of the team. They've all been friends for years and they all love each other so much and it's so fluffy and MORE FLUFFY and aaarrggh. *buries face in pillow because FLUFF*

a snippet of 16 words

"You're so immature."
"I'm a shadow. We aren't confined by human concepts like maturity."
"Go figure."

 Have I mentioned that the relationship between Rae and her shadow is probably my favourite part of this story? IT PROBABLY IS. That's all.

a snippet about something new

"--Oh! But I'm forgetting. I don't own you."
"That's right," I whisper. "You really don't."
Another pause. "What if I told you Darryl was right?" it asks at last. "That I really am dangerous?"
The way it says it is so different from how it usually speaks. Colder-- almost savage. I feel a chill tingle through my body and pull my blanket tighter.
"Anyone can be dangerous if he wants to be," I say. "Even me. But you and I are friends. I promise."
"I want to be your friend, Rae," says my shadow, "but you've got to stop pushing me."
"I'm not trying to push you."
But it doesn't answer. The conversation is over. And the silence feels-- dangerous.

I'm probably cheating, but I guess you could say that this snippet is about a new threat. Up until this point in the story, Rae has seen her shadow as harmless, friendly, even cute. This is really the first time that serious doubts as to its motives come into her head. (Because she's kinda dense. Sorry, Rae.) From here on out, it only becomes more obvious that something needs to be done about this creature that's dogging her footsteps.