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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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My Journey.... Chapter 2

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*I get to the other side of the bridge and find a path. I decide to take it, ignore the multiple signs on the way. I come to an elf in the road. He has a hurt foot.*
Elf: Owwwwwe.....
Me: Oh, my. Can I help you??? I have magic...
Elf: No, if magic is used to heal something, the person who has the magic takes on the pain....
Me: Oh......
*I think for a bit.... Then I take the flower out of my hair and put it on his leg. It heals completely, but the flower wilts away and dies. I keep the dried up petals. *
Elf: Wow!!! That is amazing! Thank you so much!!!! I have a present for you brave young girl. Here. *He hands her a rock that looks like a tear drop. *
Elf: That is the moon's tear. It falls to earth once.... Thats it... Just once.
Me: Thank you so much!!! What does it do???
Elf: That's for you to find out....
*the elf walks away as I stair at the Moon's tear.... I continue on my way. On the top of the next hill, I get a good view of the country. In the distance, I see a castle. It has dark and ominous clouds around it. I continue to the castle, not fearing Reiiiki or anything else that I may run into. About half way to the castle, I literally run into a guy in a penguin suit... or is it a giant penguin??? He was running away from the castle as fast as he could...*
Penguin: Run! Get away!!!! Reiiiki has sent his guards to catch anyone on the path!!!!!
*Just as he says that, knights dressed all in black on black horses capture me and the penguin and bring us to the castle.....*
*When we get to the castle, we are brough to a huge room. At the end is a guy with long and elegant long black hair sitting on a thrown. Everything he is wearing is black. The crowd bows around him as we are thrown at his feet. *
All: All hail Reiiiki!!!!! All hail Reiiiki!!!!!!
Me: *Trying to get the courage to talk, but can't*
Reiiiki: Well, well, well.... What do we have here??? A penguin and a useless little girl??? How pathedic.
Me: I am NOT a useless little girl, thank you very much!
Reiiiki: Hmmmmm..
Reiiiki: She is either really brave..... *Walks up to me and makes me look up by moving my head with one finger* Or really stupid..... Which is it???
Penguin: She is just stupid sire!!!
Me: I AM BRAVE!!!!!
Reiiiki: hmmmmmm..... are you??? *He opens his mouth to reveil two really sharp looking fangs....* Are you brave now????
Me: Um..... Not really.....
Reiiiki: Smart girl. *Lets go and walks around* You see, I have made this kingdom dark for eternity for a reason. *He glanses back at me, but gets stuck looking at me....*
Reiiiki: You seem different.... *walks over as if to examine. I try to cast a spell on him, but he is too powerful and dispells it.* Don't try any funny stuff, got it?
Me: Uh... Yeah... I was.... Just testing your reflexes.....
Reiiiki: I hope thats all....

Usagi's picture

It's like a kid's story,

It's like a kid's story, with all the fantastic elements and wild characters. That or an extremely lucid dream.

pineapple_babbit's picture

um....

It is a random story that I came up with while talking to someone online... It is one of my IM stories... *Stories I write while IM ing... *
Someday, this may turn into a real, way better formatted story, but for now, it is what it is....
I think it will be more of a children's story than a dream.... It's really fun to write. ^_^ *I also think I know the ending too.... I just have to find out how to get there.....*
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