Fantasy
Dragons on the Brain
“There weren’t always dragons in the Valley,” complained an idle guard to his companion through the pouring rain. “Wasn’t too long ago that folks could raise their cattle in peace. We could bring out the fine china and silver spoons for Sunday dinner. Virgins could walk down the street without fear of being tossed in a cave to keep a fat lizard from burning down the town. Now we got good milking cows snatched up for midnight snacks without so much as a ‘don’t mind if I do’, you gotta keep the fineries buried in the backyard if you don’t want them to end up in some landfill the dragons call a hoard, and youths are practically jumping into bed observed by a notary just to certify they aren’t eligible for sacrifice. What kind of world are we coming to, eh?”
By William Alexander4 years ago in Fiction
The Shift
There weren't always dragons in the valley. The valley used to be home to the Kiweg Village. A young scientist named Yeilca worked alone in a hut on the outskirts of Kiweg. She was the first to discover the ability to harness the power within the land. She was terrified of the discovery that she referred to as The Shift, so she kept the discovery a secret and moved her lab to a cave located miles from Kiweg. For years Yeilca focused on controlling The Shift. She worked tirelessly inside the cave to avoid detection. She would only return to the village for supplies.
By Nicholas Hardy4 years ago in Fiction
The Valley
There weren’t always Dragons in the Valley. Vampires weren’t real, and ghosts were a figment of your imagination. At least that’s what the grown-ups in our small town would have us believe. Except I realized that those lies were the stories they told us to protect their secret. That secret? Dragons were real, and Vampires walked amongst us and ghosts, well, ghosts made all things go bump in the night.
By Kelly Maurica4 years ago in Fiction
Valley of Aundun
There weren’t always dragons in the valley. The elders speak of it as if it were yesterday, the day when the sky rained fire and burned all in its wake. Many say they were born of the sun, sent by the gods to punish us for forsaking them. Even though that was fifteen years ago, the air is still plagued by the subtle stench of ash and soot.
By J.L. Cleary4 years ago in Fiction
Wazna Wandering
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. But, right now, in this moment, there were dragons everywhere. Big, scaly, angry dragons blowing swaths of flames across Hayes Valley. People were screaming for help and fainting in place. Wazna had never seen this before. When she opened her mouth, there were now flames coming out of her. In her mind, she was yelling, but, in her current reality, she was literally blowing steam off.
By Seemi Choudry4 years ago in Fiction
Dragon of the Forest
There weren't always dragons in the valley - well, not real ones anyway. When I was four, my dad gave me a green, stuffed dragon. I named the soft toy Dray. I carried Dray around with me for a year. We had great adventures. We searched for treasure. We fought Mono, the one-eyed monster, which was actually a teddybear which had lost a button eye. And we flew - with the aid of a tire swing.
By Julie Lacksonen4 years ago in Fiction
