Me: I really need to get to writing...I haven't written all week because of school.
Drel: Of course...
Me: Hey! I mean it! I had to write two essays!
Drel: Two very short essays.
Me: I was also sick from Friday-Monday and I can only write a tiny bit when I'm sick so I didn't get much done.
Sage: So what are you going to do for this weeks blog post?
Me: Hmm...I'll probably just post a small scene that I wrote while ago for fun. Which one I don't know yet...hmm...have I posted the one I wrote based off of a picture?
Ren: No, I don't believe you have.
Me: Alrighty then! I'll post that one. Here is the picture that I based the entire story off of:
The Queen’s Legacy
The starless sky
stared down at the large futuristic city of Authrent like a puddle black ink.
Colorless and cheerless, it stretched on as far as anyone could see but vague
outlines of spherical planets could be clearly made out if one was familiar
with the area. In daylight the large planets could be seen clearly and it only
took about an hour to reach it by a spacecraft. There were three large planets
and they seemed to be practically in the same atmosphere as the world the
people currently inhabited. Long ago, there used to be five planets that were
nearby but one had been destroyed by disease and gradually crumbled away while
the other had been home to a hostile species and for their own safety, the
military of Authrent, (the largest city in the world of Grentrix as it spanned
a third of the planet) created a special weapon that dissolved the planet and
killed off the threat. For years, they perfected this weapon as technology had
continued to grow more advanced and other planets knew that Grentrix was not a
world to be messed with. The people of Grentrix lived in peace knowing that
they wouldn’t be threatened and in Authrent the people were completely ignorant
of the problem about to arrive.
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Soft yellow light
from the windows set a glow on the surrounding buildings. A soft muffled noise
of chatter was audible from outside the luxurious building but there was no one
outside to hear it at this late hour for it was practically five in the
morning. The large ‘mansion’ as some would call it was a pure white color
unlike the other grey buildings and had been renovated and added to frequently.
Multiple balconies stretched out over the cliff on which it was sitting and
small pairings of people tended to inhabit these quiet balconies while inside,
the party was filled with chatter and music. A young man was standing by a
window that gazed out at the large grey expanse of city and he seemed to be completely
lost in his thoughts. His foot rested on the low windowsill and he was leaning
forward on it, his elbow resting on his knee while his palm supported his chin.
He didn’t move and if he wasn’t breathing, it would have been easy for someone
to mistake him as a statue. His long brown coat that dropped to his knees was
far less formal than what the majority of the other men were wearing but it did
have subtle gold patterning along the hem and sleeves. He wasn’t the only
underdressed person in the room, and there were quite a few but it seemed to be
preferred to come expensively dressed. The man’s dark brown pants and pale
cream colored dress shirt didn’t make him look any more formal. His face held
an expression of disappointment and for a while he just stared out the window
not flinching as the wind from the balcony doors swept in and stirred up his
coat. The party began to quiet down a bit as the patrons were getting tired and
a few even dozed off on the couches without meaning to. The young man let out a
soft sigh and was about to step away from the window when a small figure caught
his eye. His eyes widened slightly as the cloaked figure drew closer and he
quickly went to the door of the house.
“Mira, what are
you doing here?” He asked in surprise as she stepped up to the door.
“We need to talk,
Darren.” She said quietly, pulling the cape tighter around her.
Mira was wearing a
pale sky blue dress and a small wrap lightly hung around her shoulders. She
stepped into the house with him and glanced around at the people.
“I have something
to tell you.”
“What is it?” He
asked, tilting his head slightly and noticing the mournful look in Mira’s eyes.
“Can we go
somewhere more private?” She asked softly, her eyes resting on the floor.
Darren glanced
around, trying to think of a place where they wouldn’t be over heard.
“Uh, sure…” he
said, confused by her actions.
He slowly led her
around the building to a small balcony and closed the glass doors behind them.
Small pink flowers lined the edge and the light from inside bathed the balcony
in a toasty glow. Darren walked Mira as she walked over to the waist high
railing and slowly came up next to her.
“Is something
wrong?” He asked quietly after a long pause.
Mira let out a
soft sigh and looked out into the black abyss, her dark blond hair almost
glowing from the indoor light.
“Do you know of
Delvon?” She asked softly.
Darren glanced out
into the distance.
“Of course. It’s
the planet closest to us. I can see it right now actually.” He said, pointing
at a large planet that seemed to be hovering just beyond the farthest building
they could see. “It’s been there for as long as I can remember.”
Mira smiled
slightly and nodded.
“Yes, it has…it’s
been around for almost three hundred years actually.” She said her voice soft.
Darren glanced at
her.
“Is something
wrong with it?” He asked, studying her face carefully. “Why did you suddenly
bring it up?”
Mira still gazed
out at the view without answering his question.
“Have you ever
heard of the tale about it?” She asked. “The one with the queen and the magic?”
Darren frowned
slightly and glanced at the planet thinking.
“I don’t believe I
have.”
Mira smiled
slightly and glanced down at the long drop off below them.
“Not many have…it
was told for many years. At the beginning of Delvon a lovely queen ruled over
the planet. She was very kind but also very firm in her ruling. The people
adored her but her uncle was very jealous. He didn’t want to be king like some
would think; he wanted to destroy Delvon because he’d heard rumors that there
was powerful magic in the center of the planet. No one would agree to help him
because they were happy with the queen’s rule even though she was a mere
teenager at the time. Her loyal subjects informed her of his plans and she
agreed to have a meeting with him to see what he wished. Her uncle expressed
his desire but she saw the greed in his heart and refused to help him.
Secretly, he began stealing money and supplies from the queen to aid in his
project of reaching the center of Delvon. It took a number of years before he
finally discovered a large hollow cave at the planet’s core. The queen had
heard about this and knew that he would only use the magic to please himself
and horrible things could come of it. Going alone, she traveled down to the
center of Delvon and confronted her uncle. Her uncle had been drive mad with
greed and did not listen to her pleading. There was a small pool where the
magic was in liquid form and the queen stepped in front of it begging him to
let it go and come up to the surface with her. He was only infuriated by this
and stabbed his sword into her heart. The young queen fell backward into the
pool and sunk into the magic. Her uncle was horrified by what he’d done and
ended his own life right there. Neither of them had known that the magic was
alive. As the queen’s blood spread out into the magic water, the power of the
magic did something miraculous. Knowing the queen’s kindness and love for
Delvon, it replaced her blood with magic and carried her back to the surface of
the planet, bring her to life again. The queen was now tied to the planet and
as long as it thrived and survived, so would her bloodline.”
Mira finished the
tale and Darren had listened quietly the entire time. He was a little confused why she had
explained all of that to him. Mira was usually very light spirited and happy
but now she seemed to be sad and depressed.
“Mira, what’s
bothering you?” He asked, turning to face her.
Mira finally glanced
up at him.
“That story is
true, Darren.” She said very softly. “I know that people don’t believe in magic
anymore but it still exists and I’m one of the living bloodlines of the queen.
Her name was Queen Adrena.”
Darren was
speechless and stared at her for a long moment. The sun was slowly beginning to
rise and the inky sky slowly began disappearing away as if it was sliding down
a drain.
“So…you’re a
princess?” He said in surprise.
“Not anymore.
Delvon is now ruled by a president and I ran away to Authrent when I was young
but I’m still connected to Delvon…which is why…” Mira trailed off for a short
while. “Which is why I can feel what’s happening to it.”
Darren opened his
mouth to ask what she was talking about but as the sky began to grow lighter
and it’s bright rays feel on Delvon, he saw what she meant. Small pieces of the
planet were slowly floating away from it. They were glowing electric blue and
looked like they were being blow away by some strong wind. Darren’s eyes
widened.
“What’s going on?”
He asked in shock.
“The Authrent
military released their special weapon in Delvon and its destroying it. They
heard a few tiny rumors of a secret invasion and attacked without waiting to
clarify if they were true.” She said, her eyes looking deep into his. “Delvon
is dying. See how the pieces are blue and fade away? That’s the magic of Delvon
evaporating.”
“That’s horrible…”
Darren said, watching. “Wait a minute…if you’re connected to Delvon…d-does that
mean.”
Mira closed her
eyes and slowly reached up, untying the cape from around her shoulders and
letting it drop to the floor. Just like the planet, the edge of her dress was
glowing electric blue and small pieces, looking almost like a computer chip,
floated up and away from her dress slowly fading into thin air. Darren’s eyes
widened in horror as he saw this.
“Everything the
sunlight touches eventually breaks apart and disappears.” She said softly.
Darren suddenly
felt a rush of panic as the sunlight began to stretch across the sky.
“N-no!” He said.
“This can’t be happening.”
Without really
thinking he put his arms around Mira as if to hide her from the light. Mira
closed her eyes, resting her hands on his chest and leaning against him.
“I’m sorry
Darren.” She said quietly.
Darren couldn’t
see it, but Mira’s shoe at already fallen off and broken off into small pieces
that were slowly blown into the air before disappearing into nothing. Once her
shoe was gone, glowing blue cracks began showing on her foot and piece by piece
it began chipping off and fading away. Darren slowly came to realize that there
was absolutely nothing he could do so he just held her tightly.
“Does it hurt?” He
asked softly as he glanced down and watched the edge of her dress continue to
break off and disappear.
“No.” Mira said.
“It just feels like I’m getting weaker.”
Mira seemed to be
surprisingly calm as she accepted the fact that she was going to fade away
without any way of stopping it. Darren on the other hand, wasn’t calm and had
begun shaking slightly.
“B-but…you can’t…”
He was unable to complete his sentence.
“Die? Darren,
there’s no way of stopping it now. I’ve been searching for weeks but there is
nothing I can do.”
Darren was
practically holding her up as bits of her toes slowly began to flake off and
disappear, soon leaving just her heal left. He was too shocked to even think
about crying and he put a hand to the back of her head, closing his eyes. A
small breeze blew by and her dress stirred up around her, seeming to break off
and disappear even faster. Strands of her air were glowing blue and slowly
flaking off into the air. Darren’s arm wrapped tighter around her waist and he
pressed his cheek against the side of her head. He was able to feel her growing
weaker and weaker in his arms and he wished that the sun would disappear again.
The electric blue cracks were up to her knees and he was completely holding her
up now. Mira’s breath was calm but every now and then she would completely stop
breathing and Darren almost began to panic. She closed her eyes and leaned her
head back against his hand, letting out a shaky sigh.
“I’m sorry, I
didn’t you to see this.” She said quietly.
“You wouldn’t want
to…fade away alone, would you?”
Mira let a small
smile cross her face but she didn’t open her eyes.
“No…I suppose I
wouldn’t.” She said softly.
There was a long
pause and as the sun got higher, the faster she began to chip apart and vanish
into the air. Darren let out a gasp as her waist suddenly crumbled away,
leaving him almost nothing to hold. Her hands were still tucked in between them,
pressed against his chest. There were no words he could think of to say that
would help so they both just remained silent. After a moment, he realized that
he didn’t need to hold her up anymore because she simply was suspended in the
air. Her hands touched his face and he could feel the thin cracks along them.
“Thank you,
Darren. You were a good friend.” She said her voice very soft.
He was no longer
able to touch her and as he opened her eyes, he saw the small lines cross her
face. A small smile was resting lightly on her lips and she leaned forward,
pressing them to his forehead.
“Goodbye.” She
whispered, her voice sounding more like an echo.
Darren closed his
eyes letting a small tear roll down his cheek. When his eyes opened, Mira was
gone.
The End
Me: I don't know how good that was because I haven't re-read it yet. Well I'm going to go now. Later!
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