The Fortress in the Clouds

❝Where else will a girl be able to replace a boy with a giant heart other than in the fortress in the clouds?❞ Naomi could see a long-lost fortress tucked away in the skies ever since she was young. What she had never expected was that there were people living in that place she dreamed of and that someone would eventually come along to whisk her away from her painfully ordinary life. // short story loosely inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk.