Aurora walked with Renato still in his sling through hundreds, if not thousands, of Earth Guardians. She held onto a piece of Lothlorien’s mane; she didn’t dare let go and lose her in the sea of colorful creatures. Continue reading “A New World: Jewels and Scales”
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Before the Island: Renato
“That woman tried to throw her own baby off that bridge?!” screamed Aurora. She tried to stand up in the wagon, but the motion only made her do an angry waddle in her seat. “Why would she do such a thing? How could she have brought herself to do it? What-” Continue reading “Before the Island: Renato”
Before the Island: Lucio
Do you know a place that seems like Heaven on Earth? Continue reading “Before the Island: Lucio”
Before the Island: Discovery
The moon was a bright white disk over the sleeping village, with a sky full of shining stars. It was a cool night, and a nice break from the hot summer day. Continue reading “Before the Island: Discovery”
Before the Island: MoonStone
It was a clear and starry night, and the buzz of the village had faded long ago to the soft song of crickets. Almost all of the lights in the windows were out, and a quiet solitude settled over the estate and its sleeping inhabitants. Continue reading “Before the Island: MoonStone”
Before the Island: A Change in Plans
It was a golden mid-summer afternoon, and Barnama went about his routine of chopping firewood for the next week. He was listening intently to the sound of his ax slicing through the wood, until the sound of crunching grass interrupted his wood-and-stone symphony. Continue reading “Before the Island: A Change in Plans”
Before the Island: The Engagement
Aurora sat on her cot in her dormitory. Her chin rested on her knees that were hugged up to her chest, while her eyes were half closed. Her hair was tied up in a bun with a brown piece of scrap cloth that matched her worst dress she only wore for cleaning. Continue reading “Before the Island: The Engagement”
Before the Island: Barnama
Mid-morning sunlight began to peak through the trees as the day inched over a little hut on the edge of the forest. The rest of the village had begun its day several hours ago, but the hut remained still and silent. Eventually, Barnama emerged from its darkened interior and stood in the doorway. Continue reading “Before the Island: Barnama”
Before the Island: Charles Wolsey
The sky was dark around the village, with most of its inhabitants sleeping soundly. For the castle servants, however, the day was just beginning. Wolsey crept through the castle corridors as they slowly started to glow with bright red light from the rising sun. Continue reading “Before the Island: Charles Wolsey”
Before the Island: A Sudden Courting
The soft thudding of horse’s hooves on the dirt path were like music to Aurora’s ears, simply because they started to drown out her thoughts. She had been walking so long that all she could hear were the steady thumps mixed with soft chatter among the nobility. Continue reading “Before the Island: A Sudden Courting”