13 years ago
Wed Sep 22 2010, 12:51pm
I was thinking that I will just post up new parts each time I come up with stuff. This is the first time I have shown my stuff so don't hesitate to give criticism and a helping hand!
I'm on a plain with yellow grass around me. I'm equipped with a sword and a bow and quiver. My heart is racing as if I have been running for miles and yet I feel strong. The sound of battle come to me and I turn to find a war happening below the platuea that I am standing on. I realise that I have fought in that battle and suddenly am aware of all the small cuts on my arms, back and chest. They are only small but the pain is great.
As the battle rage dissipates I hear a voice calling me. I turn to find a girl on my left. Her face is
twisted in heart stopping fear. She points behind me and I turn to find a very good looking guy all in black with a sword in hand stalking his way towards me. My heart races faster and I bring my sword up in battle readiness.
"You always were beautiful, but with a sword in your hand you transform into a goddess...... to bad I will destroy that beauty when I kill you".
Okay I will post up the next one as soon as I can
13 years ago
Wed Sep 22 2010, 12:54pm
My heart raced in fear but I kept my face blank knowing that he would use my emotions against me like he had in the past. I saw his eyes glitter in malice and I knew that I hadn't fooled him.
"Tis not I that will die in this battle, but you. All you had to do was follow me Jarrod. We could of had a life together but your heart hungered for power. This battle is all your doing and innocent people die while we exchange meaningless words. Some of those people I have come to love despite the damage to my heart that you have inflicted".
He stepped ever closer to me and I knew I hadn't distracted him with my desperate words delivered with ice-cold conviction. I knew that his humanity had been destroyed but I had hoped I was wronge.
"Poor delude Emma. I always knew I was the stronger one despite the prophecy, and you will die because you made the mistake of thinking me as human. If I cared I would say sorry, but we both know that I don't so I will just say this: Prepare yourself because I will not hold back this time. I know your skills have improved and I will not let you win".
I accepted his words and found an inner calm sweep over me as my beautiful sword rose to my call. Its sharp edge sang in the slight breeze and I saw that it was stained red from the blood that it had tasted during the battle. All I could think of was the way these events had unfolded and I casted my mind back as time slowed. I traveled with the events right up until now.
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Okay Guys thats the end of that one. The next post will be the start of everything that will explain what is going on. And don't forget to post, even if its just to say that it needs work or it's okay! Thanks
Mystic Ward
13 years ago
Mystic Ward
Twentyfamilies Gypsy
Hey Soulweaver. Not a bad start but could i suggest you do a bit of an edit for spelling/formatting issues. Im should be I'm ect.
13 years ago
Tue Oct 12 2010, 12:49pm
Oh cool i wasn't really worried about that sort of thing but if it makes a difference then i will definatly fix it up. Thanks
My mind wandered back to where it all began and I relived as if it was happening all over again.
"Emma, there's something wrong. Houses are on fire and screams can be heard from behind the village. You need to get up", words cut through the haze of sleep in which I dwelt. I became quickly aware, finally that Jarrod was trying to wake me.
"What... Whats going on?", I murmered as I swung my legs over the side of my bed. I saw his face and my breath caught in my chest.
"Jarrod?', I asked with more urgency.
"Emma... The blood... Don't worry we have to go, now! Come on", he dragged me from the bed, fear in my heart and cloths forgotten.
"Just don't look around Emma, just stare straight ahead and what ever you do, don't stop." We ran to the forest as screams rent the air, my heart quailing at the thought that my father was still back there. I stopped and wrenched Jarrod around to face me.
"Jarrod! Daddy's still back there! We have to go get him", my chest grew suddenly tight with dread as the look on his face reflected intense sorrow.
"It's too late Emma. I'm sorry but we have to keep moving", and I let him drag me forward toward the dense wood behind my home. Time passed as a blur as we escaped through the wood, branches slashing at my once white sleeping gown. Jarrod's breath and my own echoed alone in the silence.
Finally I could go no more and I dropped down to the ground and drew in gasping breaths. Jarrod stopped too and after a minute he sat beside me. It wasn't until he wiped a tear away that I realised I was crying and the heaving breath I was dragging in was from my tears and not from the running. Jarrod's arms came around me and we rocked until my heaving chest quietened.
"What happened Jarrod? Wheres daddy?", I gazed into his eyes and begged for an explanation.
"Shadows moving btween woods was all that we saw. I ran as fast as I could to warn the other guards but they were right behind me the whole time. They whispered as the came and finally the fight began. I saw your father fight. He felled dozens of them but finally numbers overcame him. With his dying breath he told me to run and get you away. He begged so I did. I couldn't let you die, couldn't bear the thought", his voice drifted away as the memories over- took him. I hugged him tighter knowing how much it must have cost him to abandon the fight. That night we slept underneath the stars and trees, if sleep is what you could call it. My dreams were vivid and kept me up, shadows screaming at me to save my father and Jarrod, that only I had the power to keep them alive. An old woman came out from the shadows and told me to stay away from Jarrod, that he would kill me. And finally the sun rose and Jarrod pulled me to my feet and said we had to keep moving.
13 years ago
Mon Jan 27 2014, 02:27pm
For the first time since he had told me of the terrible news of my father, my heart fully understood what he really meant. And instead of running with him further, before he had even taken a step forward, I drop to my knees as my overwhelming grief bursts forward in a piercing wail that rents the still morning air. Great wrenching sobs threaten to choke me as I truly realise that I would never see my father again. Jarrod turns to me quickly, panic, fear and grief mingling in his stare as he drops beside me and tries to quieten my sobs, knowing full well that any pursuers would have heard me.
"Emma, shhhh, please! I'm so sorry,but please we have to leave they surely heard that and are on their way", he pulls me to my feet and I look into his eyes and know that I have to keep moving if only to save him. We move off further into the woods heading south away from our quiet country town, away from the slaughter that had stained it forever in my memory. I stop dead as a thought comes to my head.
"Jarrod", I whisper my voice raspy from disuse or the shedding of my tears, "Jarrod we have to warn the King what has happened. He will seek vengeance, but also protect the other towns as well"
"I know Emma that's why were heading south, the closest town is along this way. We will see it in a few hours I think", and the rest of the day passed in silence each too caught up in our own thoughts to talk.
