A high Fantasy epic in short story form
“You pulled it off my friend. I don’t know what you did, but I thank you. This always seemed to be just a dream, but thanks to you my head will hold the crown.” John Henry says.
“This is the culmination of centuries of work. Your willingness to see the vision expedited the plan. You are to be praised as well my King.” Marco replies.
“Don’t forget about little ole me.” Mary chimes in as she leans into kiss John Henry.
“You my dear are the best prize of this victory.” John Henry replies.
“What’s this? A fresh snack? Good, I am very hungry.” A deep and intimidating voice says from inside the depths of the cave.
Both men stop, they allow a few seconds of fear to overtake them. Aero didn’t tell them the terror that grips their bones from his voice alone. Ali immediately starts thinking about running, Matthew starts trying to figure out if he can outrun Ali.
Heavy breathing can be heard from the direction of the voice, then footsteps that sound more like small earthquakes echo off the cave walls.
“He… He told us you would say something like that.” Matthew stammers out.
Nunley paces in front of ten beautiful young women. A blond catches his eye, but he keeps browsing. He lingers on each girl, making sure to inspect each one as if he were buying one of them.
“You have a fantastic assortment.”
“Variety is the spice of life my friend.”
“Indeed it is, I’m in the mood for something special, I’ll take the blond.” He says as he points to her.
“At last!” Betta cries as he sees the forge with his eagle eyes in the distance.
He and Zyno have been slowly making their way to the forge for days. Betta is at the point of exhaustion from having to carry both Skymen’s weight; nut soon he will be able to rest.
As he surveys the mountain top, he sees Kobi and Ayepex talking with a few other Skymen. Without hesitation, he lets out a screech. The emergency signal of the Skymen.
At once, all the Skymen turn toward them, with Ayepex and another jumping into the air to meet them, The fresh Skymen relieve Betta of his load.
As the camp settles in just inside the gates of Bellum, Lieutenant Rain heads out on horseback to speak with High Command on behalf of the new King and Queen. She is the only person with the clearance to make the journey through the night. Will takes it upon himself to cook the stew forContinue reading “Around the Campfire #3- The Tragedy of Meegone”
Robert struggles to gather respectable clothes out of the pile he has lying on the floor of his tent. If he were sober, he probably wouldn’t bother since he knows they are all nasty. As he fails to find something to wear, a thought crawls through his mind. He misses the comforts of the Capital so bad; he misses his cleaning ladies and his bed. He misses rubbing elbows with the other knights of the Capital at Maverick’s.
The horn blows again.
“Somebody shut that idiot up! We heard you!” Robert shouts.
“Tomorrow is a big day; I have dreamed about the mainland all my life. To finally see grass, and animals running free…”
“And trees!”
“Yes, even trees. But it feels like I will never see this place again, or my parents and sister. When we step onto the mainland, there’s no turning back. It will be ten years before I could have an opportunity to return. My life as I knew it, is ending tomorrow and it’s scary.”
-Nunley the Hunter “Ser Nunley! I’ve finally found you! I’ve been searching for months.” Says a young Capital official riding up to him. “Go away, I’m on the hunt. I don’t have time for any political bullshit.” Nunley dismisses. “But Ser, I’ve been travelling for months. I have a very important mission for you.” “WhatContinue reading “Around the Kingdom #1”
“Asna, you chose this man, Aero to be yours. Do you take him now?”
“Yes, I do.” Asna says with a smile.
“Aero, Asna has chosen you to be hers, do you surrender to her choice?”
Matthew cannot help but let a small chuckle out under his breathe. The Meegan custom is still foreign to the mainlanders. Matthew can’t help but wonder what the Capital elite will think of this strong-willed Queen.
“With everything in me.” Aero says returning Asna’s smile.
“Come on out Birdman.” He hears from behind.
It’s Nunley and crew, they have Ann.
“Before I collect the rest of my cape, you are going to watch me deal out some justice. Magic is illegal in the land and hiding a magic creature on your land is an offense punishable by death.”
“Run Zyno! Don’t worry about me!” Ann screams.
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