Here is the last of the short stories I wrote on livejournal.
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Did you ever wonder where the stars go when they don’t shine in the sky? Did you ever wonder if stars are more than just some light twinkling in the sky?
Some people say that the stars are spirits that live in the sky at night and sleep on the earth by day. Nobody knows exactly where they sleep, but some say that they sleep in special lakes known as star lakes.
One day Adam was late for school and decided to take a shortcut through some fields. As he rushed past trees and through hedges he suddenly came to a place he didn’t recognise. He found himself at a lake that he never knew existed. As he looked around he wasn’t around he wasn’t surprised the lake was completely hidden from sight by the bushes and trees around it. Though he was surprised he was still in a hurry, and despite being in a hurry he had to move slowly to that the muddy ground didn’t dirty his clothes and didn’t dirty his shoes any more. As he walked by the edge of the lake his foot slipped and he fell in to the glimmering lake. As he flailed he attempted to call for help, but the shock and the water veiling his mouth kept his cries of help from escaping. Not that it mattered anyways, there was nobody nearby to hear his screams, at least he thought there was nobody nearby, as he had given up hope a hand gently grabbed his flailing arm and carried him safely back to dry land.
The boy opened his eyes to see a nice girl whose entire being seemed to shimmer gently and let out calming waves. She yawned and her voice calmly rang out “Are you ok? Lucky I woke up when I heard you splashing. I’m normally a very heavy sleeper... hmm… what were you doing out here anyways? It’s very rare for me to get a visitor.”
The boy nervously replied “I was trying to take a shortcut to school and ended up here, and then I fell into the lake while I was trying to get by. What were you doing sleeping in a place like this though? I tried sleeping outside before and I caught a cold because of it”.
“I guess you could call this place my home… and don’t worry, I won’t catch a cold from sleeping here” replied the girl with a heart-warming gentle smile.
“This is your home? Does that mean that you’re homeless? You must get lonely here” said the boy with a look of worry.
“Don’t worry, I’m not homeless. I just have a different home to most other people, and I’m not lonely, I just stay here during the day to rest and I go out at night with all my friends… It was nice to get a chance to talk with a visitor, but maybe you should hurry to school.” said the girl with the same heart-warming smile.
With a look of shock the boy realised how late he was and started to rush off towards school again and said quickly to the girl “It was nice talking miss, I’ll come here to visit you again so that you won’t be lonely during the day anymore”. With that the boy smiled and rushed off out between the bushes towards school.
As the boy left the girl spoke quietly to herself “It would be nice if you visited again, but my lake may never appear near you again, and even if it did star lakes are very well hidden from normal people. It’s only at times when I think of this that I do feel lonely…”. As she said that she fell gently into the lake and disappeared into it to continue her sleep until night time arrived.
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Sunday, 7 August 2011
Short Story - Starcrossed
Here is another short story I previously wrote on livejornal
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The full moon shone brilliantly in the starry night sky. The teenage boy ventured to the lake on the outskirts of the city like every other night to gaze at the stars. The city lights rivalled the starry lights in the sky and prevented the boy from gazing upon the stars from his home. Nobody understood why he went through so much trouble each night just to see the stars, in fact he didn’t fully understand himself... he just found the stars beautiful… or more accurately he found a star beautiful. One star always stood out to him, he always knew which star it was in the vast seemingly infinite sea of stars in the sky, and it always captivated him for some unknown reason. This night seemed like every other night. However, little did he know it that on this night he would come to realise why the star captivated him so.
He gazed in awe at the most captivating star in the sky like every other night from the late hours of the night until the dark hours of the early morning. However tonight something seemed different. The star looked almost as if it was moving. Actually it was moving! And it was moving faster and faster and it seemed as if it was coming down to earth to greet him, though the star seemed to shrink smaller and smaller as it got closer and closer. The boy watched in fear and awe as a ball of flame came hurtling ever faster towards him. He panicked running around wondering what to do the whole time only ever briefly letting his eyes avert their gaze from the star that captivated them even now as it rushes ever closer. Then all of a sudden the ball of fire plummeted into the nearby lake. The boy rushed over to the lake as fast as he could to see what had crashed into the lake. To his shock he found a beautiful girl struggling for her life in the shimmering lake. Without a second thought the boy dove into the lake to save her.
Even though he wasn’t a great swimmer he managed to pull the girl to safety, while all the time being captivated by her beauty. She had pale skin and wore delicate silver and white clothes that seemed almost as if they came straight out of some fairytale. And something the boy found really strange as he pulled her out of the lake was that she felt very warm, this was very weird considering she had just been drowning in a frigid lake. Then the thought suddenly struck him! Maybe she was related to that fireball that fell into the lake! “Nah… I shouldn’t let my imagination get the better of me. If I do I really will go insane” he thought.
The girl opened her golden eyes and stared directly into the boy’s brown eyes. After a few moments of them doing nothing but staring the girl suddenly started blushing and started to run away before tripping and falling to the ground. The boy walked calmly over to her and extended his hand to help her up and said “Are you ok? My name’s Lanz by the way”. The girl stared at him still blushing for a moment before blurting out “I’m fine. Th-thanks. My name’s Stella. I’m fine. I’m just not able to walk very well right now”. After helping her up Lanz thought for a second and said “… if you’re having trouble walking maybe you should rest for a while. Don’t worry I’ll keep you company until you’re ok.” Still embarrassed Stella just smiled and nodded ok.
Stella and Lanz sat by the side of the lake and stared at the reflections of the stars and the moon on the surface of the lake. Even though they sat down together not a word had been said between them since they sat down. Lanz was still wondering what had happened to that star that captivated him. It was no longer in the sky, at least he couldn’t see it, and he was wondering if he had just imagined that fireball. Maybe all the nights going to the lake to see the stars had finally taken their toll on him. Even though the star that captivated him was no longer visible he wasn’t very worried about it, because his attention had been stolen by the beautiful girl beside him. It was so late that the darkness was slowly being washed away by the rising run and the silence finally broke as Stella mumbled as if she was about to say something, but then stopped as if she had changed her mind. Even though she had stopped before saying anything Lanz looked at her and she felt pressured to let out what she was about to say. “Um... It’s kind of embarrassing….”. Lanz just looked at her with a puzzled look and said “What’s embarrassing?”. Blushing ever more Stella uttered out “It’s kind of embarrassing… the way you always look at me…”. The puzzled look on Lanz’s face became more cryptic after that statement “What do you mean? I was only looking into the lake until now?”. Stella now with a look as if she just realised something said “I didn’t mean just now. I meant the way you always look up at me every night. It’s kind of embarrassing… though when you look up at me I always look down on you too… I just realised you don’t seem to recognise me, but I’m the star that you always look up to… that you always stare at. It’s embarrassing but I like having you look at me...” Lanz now wondering whether he was just going insane or if this girl was going insane noticed the blushing girl glowing and glittering specks of light slowly rising from her and then disappearing slowly as the sun rose. He had much that he wanted to say to her, but too much was going through his head and he found himself unable to say anything. Stella then started leaning closer to Lanz and said “This lake is special. It’s filled with the energy of the heavens that it always reflects. On nights when the light of a full moon is reflected on the surface of this lake stars can come down to walk the earth. But my time here is almost up…”. As she said this Lanz noticed that as the specks of light were rising from her Stella’s body slowly began to vanish. Stella started leaning closer and closer to Lanz and said “When the sun rises stars disappear… and soon when it rises I will disappear. When night arrives I’ll be in the sky again, and I will be looking down on you, so pleases don’t stop looking up at me. And on the nights of a full moon we can see each other like this again…”. As she said this she leaned ever closer to Lanz and was about to kiss him, and as she leaned closer and closer her figure faded more and more, and then, just as their lips were about to touch she faded completely with the rising sun.
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The full moon shone brilliantly in the starry night sky. The teenage boy ventured to the lake on the outskirts of the city like every other night to gaze at the stars. The city lights rivalled the starry lights in the sky and prevented the boy from gazing upon the stars from his home. Nobody understood why he went through so much trouble each night just to see the stars, in fact he didn’t fully understand himself... he just found the stars beautiful… or more accurately he found a star beautiful. One star always stood out to him, he always knew which star it was in the vast seemingly infinite sea of stars in the sky, and it always captivated him for some unknown reason. This night seemed like every other night. However, little did he know it that on this night he would come to realise why the star captivated him so.
He gazed in awe at the most captivating star in the sky like every other night from the late hours of the night until the dark hours of the early morning. However tonight something seemed different. The star looked almost as if it was moving. Actually it was moving! And it was moving faster and faster and it seemed as if it was coming down to earth to greet him, though the star seemed to shrink smaller and smaller as it got closer and closer. The boy watched in fear and awe as a ball of flame came hurtling ever faster towards him. He panicked running around wondering what to do the whole time only ever briefly letting his eyes avert their gaze from the star that captivated them even now as it rushes ever closer. Then all of a sudden the ball of fire plummeted into the nearby lake. The boy rushed over to the lake as fast as he could to see what had crashed into the lake. To his shock he found a beautiful girl struggling for her life in the shimmering lake. Without a second thought the boy dove into the lake to save her.
Even though he wasn’t a great swimmer he managed to pull the girl to safety, while all the time being captivated by her beauty. She had pale skin and wore delicate silver and white clothes that seemed almost as if they came straight out of some fairytale. And something the boy found really strange as he pulled her out of the lake was that she felt very warm, this was very weird considering she had just been drowning in a frigid lake. Then the thought suddenly struck him! Maybe she was related to that fireball that fell into the lake! “Nah… I shouldn’t let my imagination get the better of me. If I do I really will go insane” he thought.
The girl opened her golden eyes and stared directly into the boy’s brown eyes. After a few moments of them doing nothing but staring the girl suddenly started blushing and started to run away before tripping and falling to the ground. The boy walked calmly over to her and extended his hand to help her up and said “Are you ok? My name’s Lanz by the way”. The girl stared at him still blushing for a moment before blurting out “I’m fine. Th-thanks. My name’s Stella. I’m fine. I’m just not able to walk very well right now”. After helping her up Lanz thought for a second and said “… if you’re having trouble walking maybe you should rest for a while. Don’t worry I’ll keep you company until you’re ok.” Still embarrassed Stella just smiled and nodded ok.
Stella and Lanz sat by the side of the lake and stared at the reflections of the stars and the moon on the surface of the lake. Even though they sat down together not a word had been said between them since they sat down. Lanz was still wondering what had happened to that star that captivated him. It was no longer in the sky, at least he couldn’t see it, and he was wondering if he had just imagined that fireball. Maybe all the nights going to the lake to see the stars had finally taken their toll on him. Even though the star that captivated him was no longer visible he wasn’t very worried about it, because his attention had been stolen by the beautiful girl beside him. It was so late that the darkness was slowly being washed away by the rising run and the silence finally broke as Stella mumbled as if she was about to say something, but then stopped as if she had changed her mind. Even though she had stopped before saying anything Lanz looked at her and she felt pressured to let out what she was about to say. “Um... It’s kind of embarrassing….”. Lanz just looked at her with a puzzled look and said “What’s embarrassing?”. Blushing ever more Stella uttered out “It’s kind of embarrassing… the way you always look at me…”. The puzzled look on Lanz’s face became more cryptic after that statement “What do you mean? I was only looking into the lake until now?”. Stella now with a look as if she just realised something said “I didn’t mean just now. I meant the way you always look up at me every night. It’s kind of embarrassing… though when you look up at me I always look down on you too… I just realised you don’t seem to recognise me, but I’m the star that you always look up to… that you always stare at. It’s embarrassing but I like having you look at me...” Lanz now wondering whether he was just going insane or if this girl was going insane noticed the blushing girl glowing and glittering specks of light slowly rising from her and then disappearing slowly as the sun rose. He had much that he wanted to say to her, but too much was going through his head and he found himself unable to say anything. Stella then started leaning closer to Lanz and said “This lake is special. It’s filled with the energy of the heavens that it always reflects. On nights when the light of a full moon is reflected on the surface of this lake stars can come down to walk the earth. But my time here is almost up…”. As she said this Lanz noticed that as the specks of light were rising from her Stella’s body slowly began to vanish. Stella started leaning closer and closer to Lanz and said “When the sun rises stars disappear… and soon when it rises I will disappear. When night arrives I’ll be in the sky again, and I will be looking down on you, so pleases don’t stop looking up at me. And on the nights of a full moon we can see each other like this again…”. As she said this she leaned ever closer to Lanz and was about to kiss him, and as she leaned closer and closer her figure faded more and more, and then, just as their lips were about to touch she faded completely with the rising sun.
Short Story - Winter's Flame
Here is a short story I previously had on livejournal. This one was wrote for christmass so sorry for being out of season XD
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It was a cold winter’s day. The time of year which once filled me with excitement as a child was starting to leave me as cold inside as it felt outside. Each year the fire of Christmas slowly started to go out leaving me feeling cold and numb, except for that year.
It felt like any other Christmas. I walked casually through the street, the bright red clothes rebelled against the white ground, the lights scattered as far as the eye could see rebelled with the shorter nights and children wore smiles that could melt the heart of any Grinch. It was truly a time of year for being with those you cared about... which was exactly why I wanted it to be over with as soon as possible.
I left my family to work in a far away country, and all of my friends are with those that they care about, and that’s why I walked down the street alone looking at all the presents that I would never again receive or give. Lost in thought I lost sight of my surroundings and before I knew it I had tripped over something that was on the ground.
When I came to be aware of my surroundings I looked at my hand and noticed that it was bleeding after hitting the ground and there was a girl looking at me with a look of shock filling her face. Then I looked at my feet and noticed a bag of presents under my feet. The girl apologised furiously and explained that she had just left her bags down while she was opening the door to her house. After seeing my hand she dragged me into the house and tended to my wounds while all the time talking to me. Every word she said and everything she said quickly started to rekindle the failing flame within my heart. With some courage I asked to spend some time with her the next day, and then the day after that and then the day after that and it continued like a dream which seemed like it was never going to end and every moment spent with her burnt the flame in my heart ever brighter... but all dreams have to end and after spending Christmas day with her and her family she revealed that she was only in town to visit her family and had to leave again in a few days. During those days I knew I had to tell her how I felt I knew I had to unleash the flame that had been reborn within me, but each day went by without being able to build up the courage to say a couple of simple words and all I could say in the end was “Goodbye” with a strained smile on my face...
I counted down the days of the year until I would see her again. I felt like a kid again counting down to Christmas waiting until he could open his presents. With each day that went by and as Christmas came closer the flame in my heart started to flicker more and more with anticipation, until finally the day came. I was overwhelmed when she invited me to dinner and I could see her after such a long time.
As I walked into the restaurant the waiter guided me to a table set for three. I was slightly surprised, but I should have realised I wouldn’t be the only friend that she wanted to see after such a long time... but then I saw her walk in holding hands with a man I never saw before... and on her finger I saw an engagement ring...
As she sat down she had an excited look on her face and said she had something to tell me. She didn’t need to tell me... I could already tell what she was going to say... I knew what was about to happen, my mind didn’t want it to be true, my ears didn’t want to hear it... but she said it anyways. She said that she was engaged. The flame in my heart was suddenly blown out leaving me with nothing left to protect me from the cold of Christmas...
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It was a cold winter’s day. The time of year which once filled me with excitement as a child was starting to leave me as cold inside as it felt outside. Each year the fire of Christmas slowly started to go out leaving me feeling cold and numb, except for that year.
It felt like any other Christmas. I walked casually through the street, the bright red clothes rebelled against the white ground, the lights scattered as far as the eye could see rebelled with the shorter nights and children wore smiles that could melt the heart of any Grinch. It was truly a time of year for being with those you cared about... which was exactly why I wanted it to be over with as soon as possible.
I left my family to work in a far away country, and all of my friends are with those that they care about, and that’s why I walked down the street alone looking at all the presents that I would never again receive or give. Lost in thought I lost sight of my surroundings and before I knew it I had tripped over something that was on the ground.
When I came to be aware of my surroundings I looked at my hand and noticed that it was bleeding after hitting the ground and there was a girl looking at me with a look of shock filling her face. Then I looked at my feet and noticed a bag of presents under my feet. The girl apologised furiously and explained that she had just left her bags down while she was opening the door to her house. After seeing my hand she dragged me into the house and tended to my wounds while all the time talking to me. Every word she said and everything she said quickly started to rekindle the failing flame within my heart. With some courage I asked to spend some time with her the next day, and then the day after that and then the day after that and it continued like a dream which seemed like it was never going to end and every moment spent with her burnt the flame in my heart ever brighter... but all dreams have to end and after spending Christmas day with her and her family she revealed that she was only in town to visit her family and had to leave again in a few days. During those days I knew I had to tell her how I felt I knew I had to unleash the flame that had been reborn within me, but each day went by without being able to build up the courage to say a couple of simple words and all I could say in the end was “Goodbye” with a strained smile on my face...
I counted down the days of the year until I would see her again. I felt like a kid again counting down to Christmas waiting until he could open his presents. With each day that went by and as Christmas came closer the flame in my heart started to flicker more and more with anticipation, until finally the day came. I was overwhelmed when she invited me to dinner and I could see her after such a long time.
As I walked into the restaurant the waiter guided me to a table set for three. I was slightly surprised, but I should have realised I wouldn’t be the only friend that she wanted to see after such a long time... but then I saw her walk in holding hands with a man I never saw before... and on her finger I saw an engagement ring...
As she sat down she had an excited look on her face and said she had something to tell me. She didn’t need to tell me... I could already tell what she was going to say... I knew what was about to happen, my mind didn’t want it to be true, my ears didn’t want to hear it... but she said it anyways. She said that she was engaged. The flame in my heart was suddenly blown out leaving me with nothing left to protect me from the cold of Christmas...
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