THE PRINCESS PROTECTOR
By Ele Cambria and Iluvnunya
My husband Mark and I are team-writing a story – as in, we take turns writing a few lines. I wonder if you can tell which parts he did and which I did, lol.
Here's the first chapter, (sorry it's so short) but there's more to come =D
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Chapter 1
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Mark stared upon the soaring beast with anxious eyes. He had spent the better of three years hunting it. And now, at last, they met in a conflict that only one would live through.
Mark double-checked his weapon – a vial containing a spell of amazing power. Once released, this spell would take hold of its target and crush it down, pushing, pressuring, collapsing everything inherent in its target creature until it formed, in a matter of moments, a gem of incomparable worth – more so, the greater the beast.
Yet, as he faced the runite dragon, Mark knew those moments could be long and deadly. The dragon, now sitting just outside its den, looked around his lair as if it sensed its fast approaching doom. Then /she/ stepped out. She looked like... but no, Mark knew that was impossible. She caressed the feet of the beast, and it seemed to release a snort of approval, or even delight. Those clear blue eyes, those delicate, almost shimmering white hands – the Princess Cambria!
The dragon lit a fire in the midst of the cavern, illuminating everything inside, including his hiding place.
The princess took another step forward, putting herself between him and the dragon. The dragon glared at him from behind her, and Cambria gracefully avoided its lashing tail.
She looked Mark up and down, noting every flaw, he was sure – every stain in his old cloak, every hastily-patched hole, every scorch mark on his anti-dragonfire shield, every little thing about him that screamed “peasant”* - a label he had long worked to overcome.
She asked the obvious question: “What are /you/ doing here?”
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*old word meaming "noob"
22-Jan-2008 22:24:13
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30-Nov-2009 14:50:07
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Ele Cambria