I ran faster than I ever had before. Everyone around me was talking but I didn't notice. Later I'd learn I was clocked at one hundred, miles per hour. Though I didn't notice. Didn't care. I just had to get away. Suddenly the sidewalk's crosswalk sign. said "Don't walk", but I didn't stop, instead I jumped.
It felt like I had jumped fifty feet in the air, but all I thought was
"What the hell? Am I the Amazing Jumping-Man now?" I landed in the park across the street, and even after a jump like that, the cops kept coming. "Maybe punching Detective Terrior was a bad idea." I thought. Then the sarcastic side of me thought "Ya think?"
Even though I was now in the park, police bikes kept chasing. Faster and faster I ran. Faster and faster they went. I didn't know what I was thinking, but somehow I picked up a park bench and threw it at them. That bench felt light as air. The bench hit one of the bikes, sending it flying into a tree. The cop had already jumped off before it hit.
"What's up with this kid!!!" One of the final two yelled.
"I don't know but I don't get paid enough to deal with powers!!!" I ignored them and ran ahead even faster. Soon I was so far ahead they couldn't see me with binoculars. I hid under a bridge that went over a small lake. They soon passed over me. "You really aren't paid enough." I thought.
I couldn't believe I punched a cop, but he was asking for it. Wearing a trench coat in summer. It reeks of attention seeker. Did I mention I turned eighteen? I was just at the right age to arrest... for resisting arrest.
I was tired after running. DUH!!! who wouldn't be? Soon I was in lala land. Dreaming of course.
As I slept an old man cane in my dreams. Cliched I know. "August Summers?" he said.
"Yeah."
"You have great power in you. The power of... a dragon."
"Wow. That was really dramatic. I could hear the DA, DA, DA, DA."
"No jokes. Do you recall a time at the Great Wall?"
"With the zappy sticks? Yeah. Also you can stop using big words to impress me." instead of stopping he ignored me and continued.
"Such ignorance!!! That stick was a wand, and I am a sorcerer!"
"Look I believe. Seeing how we talking in my dream, and I could never dream this up. Though you said something about power and dragons and power of dragons?"
"Yes you see, long ago a stole a piece of the dragons power, and placed it in my wand. When the dragons found out about my foolishness. They attacked me and as a result they were banished underground. I then, of course after the dragons were gone, realized my foolishness and placed my wand in the Great Wall along with a piece of my soul, so I could find a prophet to heed my quest.
"And that would be? Wait so I absorbed a piece of your soul? That's why your in my head! Ewww!
"A prophet to bring the dragons to upperearth."
"What if I don't want to?"
"You have no choice. Now arise my warrior."
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
My life with Lily
INTRODUCTION
To be honest with you I wrote this story because I was bored and my cat was with me. Lets just say inspiration can come from anywhere. This has to be one of my favorite stories I've written... to say it's my favorite ever, including the stories by other authors, would be tacky.
Let's make a list of reasons why it's one of my favorites, no complex story, no tragic backstories for characters and guess what? All you know about them is their names, no world shattering events, and no superheroes, which has been populating my writings a lot lately. And Now that we've listed my reasons for loving this story, it's time for me to SHUT UP!!! Ahem, and now the story.
EXCLESIOR!!! (always wanted to say that.)
THE STORY
I woke to the feeling of being watched. As I worked my way to opening my eyes, I heard heavy breathing. I finally opened my eyes and found Lily standing over me.
"It is time for breakfast."
"*Yawn* Morning to you to Lil."
"Breakfast now."
"Get it yourself."
"Uhhhh no thumbs."
"Right. *Yawn*"
Lily jumped off the bed and ran nimbly to the kitchen and jumped on the table. She had obviously been awake for a long time. Oh yeah, one more thing that might make this make sense to you. You said you were new here. Lily's a cat.
Shocking huh? I hear where you're from animals don't talk. Where was I? Ah yes, I continued to stumble into the kitchen, put on a pot of coffee on, and checked the time. 5:30, she had let me sleep in. She started meowing or talking from the table. Sorry I can't help myself.
"Karon, I'm hungry." she said sadly.
"What do you want?"
"Tuna!"
"You always want Tuna."
"Why don't you?"
"*Sigh*" I opened the can of tuna while she paced impatiently.
I don't know animals learned to talk, but I do know that everyone is a vegetarian. Well we still eat fish, they were the only ones why couldn't talk. That probably explains the tuna.
The can opener finished it's job and I gave Lily the tuna, then went to make cereal... for me. Though I'm sure Lily wouldn't mind the milk. I sat down to eat and chat with Lily.
"So what do you have planned today?" I asked.
"Just a few business meetings."
"I'm guessing you have to go to the office."
"Yes. But I'll be back, I'm always back. MUHAHAHAHA!!!"
"I had hoped not."
"HEY! Anyway what do you have planned?"
"I have to finish some comic scripts to finish."
"For which company? Don't you freelance write now?"
"Yeah I do, and I have a script for all five companies."
"Good luck with that. Aren't you glad I'm here to earn about hmm... ninety percent of our cash."
It's my turn to "Hey!"
"Anyhow I'm gone. See ya at two." Then she finished licking the tuna can for scraps, jumped off the table and ran out the cat door. She's a good roommate... even if she eats nothing but tuna.
For the next six hours I sat and wrote, every once and a while I'd get up and, go to the bathroom, eat or drink, and watch T.V. to "Relax my mind.". Though my writing won't interest not unless you are a fan of... I don't know superheroes or manga. Currently I was writing some dragon guy Agon. So how about I tell you how Lily and I met. More interesting, huh?
To be honest with you, we were roommates in college, but we weren't really friends until the of our final years. It wasn't that we hated each other, we just didn't hit it off right away. It didn't help we had completely different majors, and only had one class together... business.
We were about to graduate and were studying for our finals. Well Lily had bitten off more than she could chew, and had too many classes, all of which she was doing well in... except business. So the night before finals I gave her my notes and she passed all her classes.
After that we became good friends and decided to continue to room together. To be honest it feels good to live with someone who doesn't want to fall in love with me. Years later she returned the favor by getting me a job. She was working at some tech support company, and to answer your question: they have a program that lets people control the computers by voice. It takes the place of a keyboard.
So I was looking for a job in comics and one of Lily's clients was Image comics. Now in fairness I had applied a week earlier, but Lily had said something to them about me and a week later BOOM! I have a job
So I sat there writing until two, when I heard the cat door slam, and Lily comes stomping in.
"Ughhhh. The people at my job are complete IDIOTS!!!" She started to, slowly, steadily, started to calm down. She, fully calm now, walked to my computer where I had thirty new files open.
"I see you have been busy."
"You know what..." I said "... why don't we sit down with big bowls of ice cream and tuna, and watch some T.V.? The tuna's for you, the ice cream for me."
"Ahhhhh." she said in disappointment.
"What?"
"I want ice cream." I roll my eyes at this.
Then we sat down and watched from 2:30 to 9:00, then we went to bed. Both knowing that we would do the whole thing again tomorrow... except maybe the guys at Lily's job won't be idiots.
EPILOGUE
So did ya like it? Did ya? Did ya? I might start a series of it. Next thing you know HOLLYWOOD HERE I COME!!! Anyway feel free to leave comments. In fact please do!
P.S. I know epilogues usually have something to do with the story, but I felt like using the space to talk some more.
P.S.S. I felt like writing this story out of no where. Which is why It isn't listed in the preview we published earlier. O.K. O.K., I'M SHUTTING UP NOW!!! JEEZE!!!
To be honest with you I wrote this story because I was bored and my cat was with me. Lets just say inspiration can come from anywhere. This has to be one of my favorite stories I've written... to say it's my favorite ever, including the stories by other authors, would be tacky.
Let's make a list of reasons why it's one of my favorites, no complex story, no tragic backstories for characters and guess what? All you know about them is their names, no world shattering events, and no superheroes, which has been populating my writings a lot lately. And Now that we've listed my reasons for loving this story, it's time for me to SHUT UP!!! Ahem, and now the story.
EXCLESIOR!!! (always wanted to say that.)
THE STORY
I woke to the feeling of being watched. As I worked my way to opening my eyes, I heard heavy breathing. I finally opened my eyes and found Lily standing over me.
"It is time for breakfast."
"*Yawn* Morning to you to Lil."
"Breakfast now."
"Get it yourself."
"Uhhhh no thumbs."
"Right. *Yawn*"
Lily jumped off the bed and ran nimbly to the kitchen and jumped on the table. She had obviously been awake for a long time. Oh yeah, one more thing that might make this make sense to you. You said you were new here. Lily's a cat.
Shocking huh? I hear where you're from animals don't talk. Where was I? Ah yes, I continued to stumble into the kitchen, put on a pot of coffee on, and checked the time. 5:30, she had let me sleep in. She started meowing or talking from the table. Sorry I can't help myself.
"Karon, I'm hungry." she said sadly.
"What do you want?"
"Tuna!"
"You always want Tuna."
"Why don't you?"
"*Sigh*" I opened the can of tuna while she paced impatiently.
I don't know animals learned to talk, but I do know that everyone is a vegetarian. Well we still eat fish, they were the only ones why couldn't talk. That probably explains the tuna.
The can opener finished it's job and I gave Lily the tuna, then went to make cereal... for me. Though I'm sure Lily wouldn't mind the milk. I sat down to eat and chat with Lily.
"So what do you have planned today?" I asked.
"Just a few business meetings."
"I'm guessing you have to go to the office."
"Yes. But I'll be back, I'm always back. MUHAHAHAHA!!!"
"I had hoped not."
"HEY! Anyway what do you have planned?"
"I have to finish some comic scripts to finish."
"For which company? Don't you freelance write now?"
"Yeah I do, and I have a script for all five companies."
"Good luck with that. Aren't you glad I'm here to earn about hmm... ninety percent of our cash."
It's my turn to "Hey!"
"Anyhow I'm gone. See ya at two." Then she finished licking the tuna can for scraps, jumped off the table and ran out the cat door. She's a good roommate... even if she eats nothing but tuna.
For the next six hours I sat and wrote, every once and a while I'd get up and, go to the bathroom, eat or drink, and watch T.V. to "Relax my mind.". Though my writing won't interest not unless you are a fan of... I don't know superheroes or manga. Currently I was writing some dragon guy Agon. So how about I tell you how Lily and I met. More interesting, huh?
To be honest with you, we were roommates in college, but we weren't really friends until the of our final years. It wasn't that we hated each other, we just didn't hit it off right away. It didn't help we had completely different majors, and only had one class together... business.
We were about to graduate and were studying for our finals. Well Lily had bitten off more than she could chew, and had too many classes, all of which she was doing well in... except business. So the night before finals I gave her my notes and she passed all her classes.
After that we became good friends and decided to continue to room together. To be honest it feels good to live with someone who doesn't want to fall in love with me. Years later she returned the favor by getting me a job. She was working at some tech support company, and to answer your question: they have a program that lets people control the computers by voice. It takes the place of a keyboard.
So I was looking for a job in comics and one of Lily's clients was Image comics. Now in fairness I had applied a week earlier, but Lily had said something to them about me and a week later BOOM! I have a job
So I sat there writing until two, when I heard the cat door slam, and Lily comes stomping in.
"Ughhhh. The people at my job are complete IDIOTS!!!" She started to, slowly, steadily, started to calm down. She, fully calm now, walked to my computer where I had thirty new files open.
"I see you have been busy."
"You know what..." I said "... why don't we sit down with big bowls of ice cream and tuna, and watch some T.V.? The tuna's for you, the ice cream for me."
"Ahhhhh." she said in disappointment.
"What?"
"I want ice cream." I roll my eyes at this.
Then we sat down and watched from 2:30 to 9:00, then we went to bed. Both knowing that we would do the whole thing again tomorrow... except maybe the guys at Lily's job won't be idiots.
EPILOGUE
So did ya like it? Did ya? Did ya? I might start a series of it. Next thing you know HOLLYWOOD HERE I COME!!! Anyway feel free to leave comments. In fact please do!
P.S. I know epilogues usually have something to do with the story, but I felt like using the space to talk some more.
P.S.S. I felt like writing this story out of no where. Which is why It isn't listed in the preview we published earlier. O.K. O.K., I'M SHUTTING UP NOW!!! JEEZE!!!
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Agon: an orgin story, part 4
2 Years later
After that happy little incident, everything turned normal-ish. My thought that everyone would stay away from me came true. I guess everyone thought I'd beat them up too. Even the workers stayed away. On the plus side I got the bed every night and didn't give Duncan a mattress. I showed him!
Yeah, everything was fine I even got a job at McDonalds, trust me you don't want to know what goes into those chicken nuggets. The orphanage got my minimum wage, I didn't care though, because between you and me... I never worked to hard anyway. Then, like everything else in my life... it turned to crap.
One day Detective Terrior came to the orphanage. Still in his trench coat, this time in June. He immediately walked to the receptionist, who pointed to where I was sitting in the lobby reading. He started to walk to me, whipped out a walkie-talkie, and said something into it. This was not going to end well. When he got to me, I pretended to not notice him until, he said "Hello August, I need to talk to you."
"Do I know you?" he opened his mouth to continue his bad cop routine. I continued " Oh yeah you're the play bad cop, who decided to lay the truth on me SECONDS AFTER COMING OUT OF COMA!!!" I was standing now, inches from his face, and oh yeah, everyone was staring. I hear some of the customers wanting to adopt say
"I'm not adopting that kid." the detective just rolled his eyes
"Whatever kid, I'm just here to say to say we found evidence saying you set fire to your old house."
"What kind of evidence?"
"That's confidential, and to let you know the truth, I take great pride in saying this next part, August Summers you are under arrest."
"Ha!! Looks like Summers is going to the slammer. Hope you like prison food!!!" I glared at Duncan from where I was. He automatically shrank into a corner. I was seething with rage. No one was going to do this to me. I looked straight into Terrior's eyes, they flashed red. This...wasn't...going...to...happen. I punched him, so hard he flew backward across the room, but by the time he got up I was already out the door.
After that happy little incident, everything turned normal-ish. My thought that everyone would stay away from me came true. I guess everyone thought I'd beat them up too. Even the workers stayed away. On the plus side I got the bed every night and didn't give Duncan a mattress. I showed him!
Yeah, everything was fine I even got a job at McDonalds, trust me you don't want to know what goes into those chicken nuggets. The orphanage got my minimum wage, I didn't care though, because between you and me... I never worked to hard anyway. Then, like everything else in my life... it turned to crap.
One day Detective Terrior came to the orphanage. Still in his trench coat, this time in June. He immediately walked to the receptionist, who pointed to where I was sitting in the lobby reading. He started to walk to me, whipped out a walkie-talkie, and said something into it. This was not going to end well. When he got to me, I pretended to not notice him until, he said "Hello August, I need to talk to you."
"Do I know you?" he opened his mouth to continue his bad cop routine. I continued " Oh yeah you're the play bad cop, who decided to lay the truth on me SECONDS AFTER COMING OUT OF COMA!!!" I was standing now, inches from his face, and oh yeah, everyone was staring. I hear some of the customers wanting to adopt say
"I'm not adopting that kid." the detective just rolled his eyes
"Whatever kid, I'm just here to say to say we found evidence saying you set fire to your old house."
"What kind of evidence?"
"That's confidential, and to let you know the truth, I take great pride in saying this next part, August Summers you are under arrest."
"Ha!! Looks like Summers is going to the slammer. Hope you like prison food!!!" I glared at Duncan from where I was. He automatically shrank into a corner. I was seething with rage. No one was going to do this to me. I looked straight into Terrior's eyes, they flashed red. This...wasn't...going...to...happen. I punched him, so hard he flew backward across the room, but by the time he got up I was already out the door.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Happy New Years!!!!!
Sorry it's a bit late, but we here at the Story Writing Group will make the wait worth it!!! And without further ado here is... Our preview.
Over at My, that is Dylan's side we have the following titles, Agon, Galtian, Sara Wraith, Sheath, War of Dragons, and my most confidential project of all, Infiltration and Retaliation.
For Charlotte we have two new titles, The Life Of Four, and The Letter Of Change. Though from the descriptions she gave me they are sure to blow you away.
As for our resident play writer and actor Taylor she has some promising titles. Scarlet Jones, and The Underground Dungeon. Both expertly written.
So there it is our New Years Preview, though as for the contents of the writings, you'll just have to wait an see. Nyah!!!
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