Lazarus, many distance away heaping from branches to branches deep towards the southern part of the forest. He’d paraded the whole forest for weeks thinking how he would meet his wife and today was the D-Day so he thought then he stopped, standing on one of the large branches, aware from miles away something or someone racing to his direction but at great speed. He signaled the two girls behind him to lay low who Sniffia persuaded to follow him then they all swiftly landed to the ground facing the direction head on and at alert of what was racing towards them judging it might be another creature of the forest. Hmmm. Lazarus squeezed his hands tightly, here we go again. He said to himself. Suddenly four bulky boys with red bushy hair, clothed in forest of the creature’s hide halted some distance away fixating at Lazarus and the two now gnarling girls.Lazarus took a step forward. “We don’t want any trouble here, so go do your business as we have no business to do with the likes of
Node smirked raised his glowing purple eyes at the large figure, blood still dripping down his nose uncontrollably while shielding the fist of the large mysterious being. “You are talking… to the wrong beings… sucker…” he looked at Sniffia. “You know… foxy… we ain’t going to run or wait every single time for you… to come save our glowing asses.. after all the vigorous training we have done so… far… isn’t that right Peirce?...”Peirce nodded his head. “Chai… it’s better to fight for something than to live for nothing, my grandma told me that--I want to run away so badly however…” Peirce glowing eyes silted squeezing his glowing green arms. “Not anymore…”The mysterious being laughed so hard it echoed through the forest. “--what could little insects like you three do-- defeat me…?! I’m trying to achieve big things here, allowing you little things to bother me will be a waste of power,” the eyes on each faces of the large mysterious being all gaped at Peirce in an closed up expressio
A thin, green-glowing teenaged boy ran through the foggy woods of the mountain in the dead of the night, breathing heavily as he fled his pursuers. He wore a sleeveless garment with a V-shaped, low cut neck and a pair of shorts. A small orange bag hung from his back. On his feet were a pair of fine leather sandals he’d made himself.“Hey! Boy! Come back here!” someone yelled. “You sneaky… “ The owner of the voice was joined by five other shadowy figures following the green glow.“Leave me alone!” the boy yelled back.He skidded to the left, sliding across the grasses down the side of the mountain, and hid himself within a crevice. He clenched his fist and closed his dark brown eyes tightly and the green glow disappeared from his brown skin.They stopped and stood at the edge of the mountain, scanning the whole area.“Where is he?” A lady asked, panting slightly.They hea
Their eyes widened and they shrank back under the unwavering stare of the dragon’s blue blazing eyes.“Wait. It can talk?” someone asked behind Jared.Jared looked at the ground with an implacable expression. He never thought he would come face to face with an ancient creature. Why he was being targeted by it, he couldn’t even guess. But he would not let it conquer him! As it had said, he was Jared Airbrock, the Divine Humane. He raised his head, mutinous eyes staring into those of the monstrous beast.“You know my name. Tell me, dragon, why are you here?” Jared asked, holding his injured chest.The dragon lifted his head to the sky, above the smoke he created.“That, I can’t say, Airbrock. Now leave before-”“Before what?” Jared interrupted.The dragon rolled its eyes down to him, then extended his neck towards the armoured man, until he was face to face with Jared. How insignificantly tiny the defiant Jared seemed in front of the dragon’s
The glow of the sun peaked out from above the horizon as it began its climb over the craggy heights of the smoldering mountain. On the shore of the lagoon, behind a huge rock, Sniffia unconsciously pulled a thick piece of cloth tighter around her body. Her head, bandaged with a yellow cloth, rested on the soft, decaying trunk of a long ago fallen tree.Peirce squatted, naked from the waist up, preparing the purplish-red flowers inside his little steel pot. The floral stew gave off a scent of medicine and flowers as he stirred it with a stick over the fire. He grabbed his now empty orange bag and gently fanned the flames with it, causing sparks to shoot up from the dry sticks.“I should have asked the dragon to take us home,” he mumbled. Peirce looked to the sky, smiling. “That would be fun.” He raised the stick up in the air. “Then people will know me as Peirce… The Mudlark! No… that is…” He scratched his head.
The doors of the Humane castle opened wide, two men carried the wounded Jared on a wooden stretcher while a lady and a young man, both Jared’s underlings, led the way as they trampled through the splendor hallway. Whispers from members and friends of the royal family filled the air as they walked.“Isn’t that Lord Jared, the Divine Humane?”“How could this happen?”“Was there a battle? Are we now at war?”“Could this be the doing of the Nymphs?”“Mummy what’s going on?”“Keep calm, nothing… “As they reached the massive door of the throne room, the voices became indistinct sounds, their horrified faces disappearing into the background. The Royal Guards, resplendent in their full armor and purple capes, immediately opened the door to let them in. As they passed through, a man dressed in robe
Sniffia slowly opened her eyes, squinting at the bright sun above. She noticed she was on Peirce’s back, strolling through the woods far from the other side of the mountain. Judging by the position of the sun, it was mid-day.Feeling her finally stirring, Peirce looked behind and smiled. “Hey! You’re awake. Good afternoon.”Sniffia blinked. She tried to move her body but it was too weak. She let out a low groan.Peirce started to explain, “The flowers were too strong, but don’t worry before the day ends you will be totally fi….” He suddenly stopped. Something snapped from the trees behind them. He scanned the area. Sniffia tried to move her head as well, but found she didn’t even have the strength for that.“Don’t worry, we’re close to my village. We’ll be okay.” Peirce whispered. He took a silent step; the birds around the trees suddenly flew away. It wasn’t they that had startled the birds.
The sun set gracefully on the Kingdom of Humane. A bell chimed in the distance, birds sang wondrously as Humane all around the Kingdom continued about their daily tasks.At the castle, Wren stepped out of her room. Walking to the courtyard, she brushed her palms together, grinning. She was ready to start her training for the day. Her father appeared behind her from the other side of the hallway.“Wren,” Randall called.She tilted her head back. “Yes, Father?” she answered. “What is it?”Her Father joined her in walking. “To the courtyard?” Randall asked. The red-caped royal guards bowed as they passed by. The king waved at them with a regal smile.“Yeah, to train,” she replied.Randall laughed while rubbing his chin. When they’d almost reached the courtyard, he stopped,Wren looked at him and stopped, also. “Father what’s wrong?” she asked, staring straight into her