North & South Novels & Stories

She slid from the bunk, careful not to wake him, and hobbled out into the half-light. Nana was already up, rolling cigarettes in the station’s battered kitchen. She slid one to Elena, who accepted and held it but didn’t light. "You want to know what’s north," Nana said, not a question. Elena nodded. Nana lit her own cigarette. "There’s nothing, at first. Then, there’s a river, mostly frozen but still moving underneath. There’s the odd bandit, the odd desperate. But then there’s the city. You see it from twenty miles off. The towers are all still lit, and the sky is blue even in the night. People say it’s a safe zone. People say the machines run it better than the old mayors ever did."

"Adriano, you know what? If you had said that five years ago, I might have believed you. But now, I don't believe anyone anymore." Adriano lowered his eyes and said nothing more. This drama of two brothers fighting over a woman lasted half a year. The result was mutual destruction. Luca was severely weakened, and Adriano suffered heavy losses too. Both realized that if they kept fighting, someone else would simply profit from their conflict. Hence, they called a truce. It was not because they reconciled but because neither could keep fighting. Serena heard the news while peeling an apple for Mattia. Mattia had recovered and grown taller. His complexion was healthy and rosy.

The last test of our adolescence. North is a tracker or scout, Right slash West is Striker. The leader and a jack of all trades, while Left or East is Long-range weapons specialists. The South is always a close-quarters defense type expert and the center was always Meshin, until each member was trained in basic healing weaves to eliminate enemies using them as an easy target.

"Chief Can't find the single Shop in North 1 which keeps the mango flavour..." The man informed. "Flynn and Chad called, North 2 and north 3 doesn't have it either..." Dom made annoyed face and disconnected the call. "What is north 1 and all?" I asked confused. "We have divided the city into 12 parts for the convenience of the business..." He replied while calling someone. "Hello chief, East region also doesn't have it... Coordinated with all heads of the East regions." The man informed. Ohh, So Like north there is East, south and west regions which are further divided into 3 parts. Cool concept.

I am not sure of anyone else but them. I know that they will help us if we ask, but I also know that the war that is about to come will also affect them. “Yes, favors. From the people of the North,” I look at Uncle Calvin and I can’t believe that he just said what he said. The North was the forbidden land. Well, not exactly forbidden, but everyone knows that The North was a place that anyone from The South shouldn’t dare cross, and as far as I know, no one dared cross that line or the invisible wall that was placed so long ago.

"Warnings like?" "Something like when it goes south, don't go north," Nicholas explained. "Don't go Nuts. It is not North." Groots corrected him. "How did you know?" Nicholas was curious. "I don't know. I —" he stared at both Nicholas and Hoots. "What did you hear me say?" Hoots and Nicholas became confused and stared at Groots. "You said it is nuts and not North." "I said that?" He pointed at his chest.

I blinked lazily at Adam as he spoke about how the territories were separated. “Territories are split into four major sections. North, South, East, and West. Then our territory is split into north and south regions. Our region is in the North-Eastern territory. Three packs run the region because of the high populations in neighboring cities, Alexander’s pack and our pack combined. Four packs run the south region. The more dense populations are, the more packs are to be in the area. So, on the West coast, it is split into North and South as well, because it has high-density areas and three packs in both regions. All packs are named after either mountains or bodies of water near them.” I did m

I laughed at him. "I don't care. Just help me to impress her." He pouted. "You can try what I told you to do last time." I suggested looking back to my laptop. "If that was so easy I wouldn't be here at the first place. They are different from each other. If Tessa is the north then Diana is the south."

twice . Ash looked intently at the map again where they'd located North and South Dakota as their potential locations. This time he didn't pay attention to the coordinate plane lines they'd drawn. He was now looking at the faint blue vertical line near the left side of North and South Dakota. The faint lines originally drawn on the map. 105 degrees West longitude. As he was staring at the degrees, the last line of the riddle was playing through his mind like it was part of an infinite playlist.

“Dear child, why do you have such a hard life? You're just like my son, both of you live such tough lives.” Jane smiled sadly. She looked at the old lady with a slightly confused expression, then looked at Noah in front of her. However, the simple man smiled gently and said, “Why not I’ll carry my old mother on my back, and we can leave this place together? Shall we head north?” Jane looked at him. “…Noah, what…what do you mean?” Honest Noah said, “I can tell from your accent you’re not a local. South City is in the south, we speak with a Southern accent, but your accent is a typical northern accent. To tell you the truth, I’m from the north too.”