Write a story about a warrior who doesn’t want to kill the dragon.

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“The Breaking of The World” by Jacob Chagoya

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“She didn’t deserve this. She didn’t…fuck, she didn’t deserve any of this.” Zuri mutters to herself a distance away while the setting sun dips below the mountain overlook she paces on. I don’t know if she knows we can hear her, but knowing her, she probably doesn’t care. Wiping her spotless blade mindlessly, she curses this journey, and us, for taking from her. James sits behind me in front of the circular golden gate that we’ve spent the last month looking for. His sword lays beside him as he runs his red hands through his sun-kissed...

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“This Mountain Follows Its Own Rules” by Bernadette Beauchamp

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The intel for this assignment was a mess and the only reason why Marksman James Pearson bothered to volunteer was the possibility that he could help recover seven missing girls. Kidnapped by sex traffickers made his blood boil. That's all he needed to know. The other intel, the witnesses' reports had to be a mistake or the people in these mountains were doing a lot of drugs. Their statements…they couldn't be possible. "You're here," rang out from a man in uniform approaching Pearson's truck, "I'm Police Chief Hawkeye. Glad you found us easil...

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“In The Name Of The Prince” by Joanico Casseus

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William reached the edge of the forest as the sun had almost finished its slow and gracious downhill slope behind the mountains. An eerie spectacle unfolded before the young man’s eyes. From his point of view, he could see nothing ahead but a vast, dried, dusty and dark land, filled with steep stones of all dimensions and- he hardly held his gasp- skeletons. Skeletons of many young men whose pride, courage, or perhaps despair and resignation have brought there, to their end. Most of them were facing the forest. They probably saw in it a refu...

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“Parker's Revenge” by Tanya Humphreys

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The entire town was cheering in the square. Banners of every color waved. Horns, lutes, and flutes sang out. The celebratory cacophony was was punctuated by screams of terror as an enormous black warhorse with shaggy booties trampled one too slow to get out of the way. More screams as blood geysered up and splashed the laggers. “HO HO HAAAA! Get out the way ya idjots!” the lead knight bellowed. The next cried out, “Make way for Prince Maddox! DRAGONSLAYER!” A hundred of the prince’s stiff-backed men marched through the crowd on horseba...

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“The Culling” by Fotini Vlahos

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“Ayame, please!” Hana whispers harshly into her daughter’s ear. “You don’t have to do this. There’s still time. I can get you out.” Hand in hand, fist clenched tightly around her daughter’s slighter frame, Hana scans the other Ryushi Clan tributes and their warrior parents for listening ears as they traverse the dark tunnel towards the arena floor. “Mom, no.” Ayame shakes her head, squeezing her mother’s hand once as she whispers back. “I have to do this. You know that. It’s the only way.” “You’re wrong.” Hana stops, pulling her daughte...

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“War of Dragons” by Sydney Luan

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I was tired of being controlled by her. The queen was like a parasite in my mind. She was slowly gnawing down at the whole of my being until I was only a husk of what I used to be. I used to live in the forest, hunting and exploring with my dragon clan. I was the only human, but I had the spirit of the Great Phoenix. In a desperate attempt to save the phoenix kind from the shadows, he gathered all his magic in attempts to repair the rift in our world and therefore banish the shadows. He died alongside the last of the phoenixes. In th...

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“Demon of The Chasm” by Anthony Beska

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Demon of The Chasm Spirit drained from the journey, the weary villager barged into the tremendous estate. He can’t even bring himself to be lost in the grandeur the noble warrior indulges in. The common area was aglow with life; a troupe of bards played and sang such sweet music of the warrior’s stories of conquest from the great war. The noble warrior, mighty and cunning Apevti himself had glistening goblets studded with jewels overflowing with the finest wines he’d been gifted and acquired in war tours all across the continent in eve...

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“Lydia” by Alexia Barrail

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The taste of the bar of soap used to hand wash her father's trousers injected bitterness into Andrea's cheeks. Floral notes of artificial jasmine mixed with the taste of battery acid on her tongue brought tears to her eyes. "Maybe this time you will learn not to talk back to me." Lydia yanked on the hairs at the nape of Andrea's neck as she pumped the wide bar in and out of her mouth. "If your mother was not already dead, I would murder her for leaving me such an ungrateful brat." She pushed Andrea into the sink in the small corner of the s...

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“Xalares, The” by Clairine Daphne Tjahjono

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The steel grew heavier and heavier in his hand as his breath turned to heaving, and with every heave the dragon’s swipe, the dragon’s bite seemed to grow more ferocious – faster, too close for comfort. But with the lives of the thousands waiting in prayer – the thousands who should be prepared for death the moment his blood spilled over the cold, wet cavern floor – on his shoulders, he mustered the strength for one last strike… With a great leap, he soared over the dragon’s gaping maw, legs barely missing the pointed end of a giant, elongat...

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“Sir Vordle and The Not So Typical Dragon” by Justicelee Auman

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Mr. Ettings rushed towards the throne room, eager to alert King Soloman. He ran past guards, too slow to stop him. “Halt!” They cried, chasing after him. He crashed through the old carved golden throne room doors, filled with unspoken stories, told by sculptures trapped in the metal. The king looked at the man sternly, “What’s wrong, citizen? Who are you?” He asked simply. “My lord, ple-, please, a dragon. I saw a dragon. My name is Mr. Ettings. Up on Mt. Eesrek. I don’t know where my boy is. He’s a curious one. I think he ...

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“Peace” by Danielle Hall

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Peace Written by Danielle Marie Hall Young Gladwin was a curious boy. He preferred the company of creatures to people any day. Luckily, he was raised a shepherd and trained well by his parents. He loved his sheep and his dog who helped him in the work. He loved watching the sun rise and set from the grassy hill his sheep lived in. He loved the fresh bread and cheese his mom and sister prepared. He loved the sound of the wind passing by. He was happy from the moment he was born. He saw nothing in his future that would change that, fo...

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“Vanquishing Dragons” by Sande Harris

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“You look too dumb to be a hero,” commented the iridescent green dragon sunning himself in front of the rock wall opening, “Are the villagers running out of them and sent you instead?” Two other dragons sunning next to him gave the human long lazy looks. “He looks like a study in brown. Not good brown, more like a boring brown? The brown of burlap, potatoes, dirt that gets under my scales…” said the dragon wearing a large sapphire around their neck. “Is he wearing a bathrobe? Can heroes slay dragons while they a...

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“A Veil of Amethyst ” by Alex Soto

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Dalton had a lifelong fascination with the varying uses of fire. It could bestow warmth and life, or its light could shine the way through certain darkness; but the smoldering embers before Dalton told a different story: one of an end. The putrid, steaky odor fumigating Dalton’s sinuses was one that could only be created through the scorching of the human body. Dalton gave an involuntary snarl at its stench. This was the second victim discovered this year. Only two months had passed since they lost Bremmer. Clivedale dismounted...

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“Claws” by George Hughes

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Curtains twitched in the quiet and quaint English village of Nimby. A removal lorry had pulled up outside the house recently acquired by a stranger. Curious neighbours stretched sinews to get their first glimpse of the interloper. Janet and Edward Booth were horrified when they saw who was moving in next door. “Oh my god”, Janet shrieked, “she’s a dragon”. Prejudice against such creatu...

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“One unlucky day” by Quinn Harper

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They were scared. scared of leaving the world too soon, scared of feeling the cold steel and sliver press against their body once more, scared of leaving the village with no defender and open season to any of the cowardly and superstitious but most importantly, they were scared of him, Zeveres. Zeveres the mighty, a powerful hero that had slain many great foes, defended people from the smallest outpost to the biggest empire, rescued whoever or whatever and did it all with a smile and go lucky attitude. The one thing he couldn't do however,...

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Write a story about a warrior who doesn’t want to kill the dragon.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 92 stories

“The Breaking of The World” by Jacob Chagoya

“This Mountain Follows Its Own Rules” by Bernadette Beauchamp

“In The Name Of The Prince” by Joanico Casseus

“Parker's Revenge” by Tanya Humphreys

“The Culling” by Fotini Vlahos

“War of Dragons” by Sydney Luan

“Demon of The Chasm” by Anthony Beska

“Lydia” by Alexia Barrail

“Xalares, The” by Clairine Daphne Tjahjono

“Sir Vordle and The Not So Typical Dragon” by Justicelee Auman

“Peace” by Danielle Hall

“Vanquishing Dragons” by Sande Harris

“A Veil of Amethyst ” by Alex Soto

“Claws” by George Hughes

“One unlucky day” by Quinn Harper

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