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Submitted to Contest #78
“Mom, I’m home.” “Shhhhh. One must not disturb the creative flow of an artist.” I stared aghast at the once beautifully adorned living room. Now a giant easel was propped up in the middle of the room. The fluffy Persian rug from mother’s adventures in antique collecting was splattered with paint drops. Grimy newspapers littered the floor, also dotted with paint blobs. Regal paintings from the Baroque time period that had once been hung up around the room were now stacked in a pile in the corn...
Hello! Try and see if you can find the part where I got inspired by the prompt... I remembered nothing. All I knew was that I had powers of the earth, or in fact, was earth. I had been asleep for some time, evidently. I blinked a few times and saw nothing but darkness. I felt drowsy, and sluggish, but not uncomfortable. I realized I was IN the ground. With a grunt I pushed myself out of the ground. Where am I? When am I? How long have I be...
Part 5 of War of the Elements! Nainika the Menacing... read other parts if you haven't already. Or if you haven't, should still make sense.ok i'm rushing. Bye love y'all have a nice day.“We promise to exterminate all other elements except for the Darkness Kingdom.” -------------------------- Twenty Minutes Ago “Dad, I don’t think we should be attacking other empires.” I was Nika the Menacing (no prim, prissy princess title for me), the eldest daughter of the Sand King. We were a tribe of onl...
Part 4 of War of the Elements (read other parts first :D)Dedicated to my new friends Celeste and Priya! Check them out when you have a chance...Celeste’s POV I WILL GET OUT OF THIS GODAMN PLACE Alright, so that’s been a goal of mine for wayyyy too long. Five years, three months, and twenty-two days, to be exact (and probably three hours, seventeen minutes... nah I'm just kidding). Every year that’s my main goal, but I’ve never been able to accomplish it. Well, then again, if you’re in MY circumsta...
Part 3 of War of the Elements (read the first two) NOTE: welp this doesn't REALLY fit the prompt... but oh well. I promis this story will start moving WAY FASTER after I get Celeste's part out. These are the backstories. The maximum amount of parts are 10 so yah... ENJOY KATE + FEMALE EMPOWERMENT :DDDD _________________ “Mom! Mom! Look.” I handed my mom the envelope. She put down her glasses as she took the envelope from my hands. I had recognized the crest of the Iceberg Dynasty on it, but I had been to afrai...
Part 2 of the War of the Elements(Read part one first)Luke Alverra’s POVOnly the royalty had the powers of the elements. That’s why they were so formidable. But could a regular peasant have the powers of the elements? No. That’s what my intuition tells me. But I’m the complication. The outlier. I have the power to make fire obey my will. However, sometimes it gets out of my control, and I accidentally burn things I don’t mean to.So now I stared at this bird which my brother had given me. I supposed it was some sort of Christmas present, but ...
*Part 1 of the War of the Elements!!!The seven elements that make up the world as known are Fire, Water, Land, Air, Sand, Ice, Light, Darkness. Long ago, when the world was made, each element needed a place for their soul to live. Thus, the elements each inhabited the body of a man. The power of the elements soon became the power of men, and each of the men had the powers of elements. Soon, these men with their powers created empires and since they were so formidable with their powers, nobody dare...
The static buzz of the alarm was dreaded, as it meant a day of haggling and hassling was about to begin. 5:00 AM. Mei-Zhou sat up in bed, and shivers ran through her body. It was colder in the morning, but a deep breath of fresh air could always awaken her. The rest of the family was still sound asleep, so Mei-Zhou steamed some buns for herself as breakfast. Once she was moderately full, she gathered the cart containing all the bags of rice and harnessed it on her bike. Maybe she coul...
Submitted to Contest #71
First story at Reedsy!Each year the Sorenson's held the most flamboyant cookie exchange in all of Durinsville This was partially due to the fact that they were the most well-known bakery in all of Pennsylvania. Of course, there were certain people who were not invited each year, and they had a most horrid time, since Durinsville was a small town, and the Sorenson's inhabited the biggest house (or mansion as we shall say?) which of course could be seen from any point ...
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