Magazine, website & books written by teens since 1989  A Quest
of Ancients  Custom User Avatar More by this author  It was a
bright morning, the sun was out and the sweet smell of dew still
lingered in the air. A light rain had fallen last night and the
great nectar seeped into the roots of flowers and trees.
Gorgeous flowers sprung up from their long slumber, energized
and ready to glow. Everything seemed so perfect to behold as the
sun’s rays shimmered through the tree branches. Yet all this
beauty hid something dark. Here, in this very forest, an entire
society was lost without anyone knowing how or why. Until one
day a boy found the book that answered it all…  As Emerson
walked home from school, he pondered what they had discussed
that day. They had learned of the great Vikings of the
Northland, and how they had been fearless warriors. Emerson
thought of himself, alone and weak. “What if I had been a
Viking?” he thought to himself. Then he remembered how the
Vikings had mysteriously gone missing on a ques