The bird's screech awakened me. At least that's what I had first thought. Then I thought it was Martin's toxic smelling armpit, which my face was leaning against. Finally, I realised it was Miles who had woken me. He was asleep but every now and then, his body would jerk. His hand would come up and shove me in the back like he was pushing me forward. When I...
My own personal fairy tale... ~*~*~*~* Once there lived a twitchy princess, locked away in a dark cave. No one knew why she hid there, in that cold, cave, only that she rarely came out of it. Everyone wondered what she did in that cave by herself all day long, but no one guessed. The Twitchy Princess had given up on finding the cure for her twitch. So sh...
"I can't believe those guys," I muttered. "I can't fucking believe I'm here, in the dark, alone in a cave, like a bear." They hadn't left me behind, so much as I had stomped off in annoyance, because the guy *I* was supposed to be on a date with seemed more into the cute friend-of-a-friend his friend had invited. And I was frustrated an annoyed, because I'd...
Karissa returned to her garden the next night. She left her thoughts and memories of work and the day past at the start of the path. Her night clothes followed shortly thereafter. She lay on her rock, sunning herself for a time until she drifted into true sleep. No one disturbed her. The next night she explored the sprawling gardens beyond her lake. There we...
The midday sun is full and bright, giving a sparkle to every tiny drop of spray as our small boat lifts and dips with each slight swell of the ocean. I close my eyes to hear better the quiet lapping of the waves against the wooden prow. The spray casts a salty hint into the summer wind that I catch as I breathe in time to the swaying of our little boat. I...
She ran like the wind, her paws pounding the ground with rumbling of thunder. At a glance, she blended within the pack of wolves, but looks are often deceiving. She ran, her fur tousling in the breeze, along side her companion, Greymist, and a dozen other wolves. Nose to the wind, tail wagging behind; she caught a faint scent on the breeze. Skidding to a h...
The ceremony was in procession. Rings of silver hung from the stone halls of the Gothic tower and the guests filed down the hall. They were a dark somber mass, in cloaks that trailed on the floor. The men were tall and pale, like gliding marble statues. The women were regal and tall as well, their lips dark red with sharp white teeth glimmering. They entere...
Once upon a time there was an old man who lived in a cave carved out of the south side of a mountain. The cave sat in the middle of 50 acres of forests and cliffs that the man owned. The exterior of his cave looked like any other jumble of rocks. The living room window consisted of a single 25 square foot piece of non-reflective glass coated on the outside w...
Copyright by madengineer3, September 2006 What follows is purely fiction. All rights are reserved by madengineer3. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It was a lonely walk from the little railroad station to my house. With the price of gasoline and with my need to exercise to keep my heart in shape the six kilometer...
William took me the long way back to the cave. He admitted it to me later. It was what Kasra wished. He did not want me to have contact with any other Chosin except him at least until I became more acclimated to my new home. It was for the best. Otherwise, I would have probably turned around and run back into the forest. It was a long walk through the green...