Deviation Actions
Literature Text
In the fairies’ fortress within a mighty oak, Illaya, warrior princess, wept over the body of her sister, still wearing the artificial steel wings they had thought would be their salvation.
At the gnomes’ encampment, half-buried into the earth, Commander Scor celebrated another victory. They had become proficient at shooting fairies from the sky. Even their metal flying machines were no match for their catapults!
“Commander?” Ithian fluttered his wings in apology. Illaya almost cursed, but he was her trusted lieutenant—he would only interrupt if it was urgent. “There’s a… monster at the roots.”
Illaya flew to a trunk and looked down. The monster’s bark echoed throughout the branches, and her people to draw back. But Illaya recognized the beast. It could be useful! She just needed more…
Commander Scor knew victory was nigh, and this human country, Suburbia, would be theirs for the taking. Certainly, the humans would put up a good fight, but they knew no magic. It would take time, but they would fall.
Bubbles reared up, his tiny forelegs flailing in the air. Illaya lifted her sword into the air. Fairies rode upon the backs of a dozen corgis into the smoldering encampment.
The gnomes were baffled by the sight. Fairies had never ridden mounts! They had always flown. Gnomes panicked and scattered. Their weapons were useless against the dogs, who quickly routed their encampment. Bubbles grabbed, thrashed, and then swallowed Commander Scor. The flying machines picked off the rest.
Illaya looked directly at the witness. “Hey, it worked, didn’t it?”
July 24:Challenge #10: Crowdsourcing
Element ONE: DEPTH OF FIELD:- "Photographers and filmmakers use a technique called "depth of field." Write a scene in which you move back and forth between two "fields of action." Have two things going on at once-- one involving your characters in the fore ground and a second having to do with the background." Suggested by Twin-Earth
Element TWO: ALL IN A NAME:-"The name of your favorite song is now the name of your story. Write the story without quoting the song." Suggested by FieryDownpour479
Element THREE: MR GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL:- "One of the challenges should totally include breaking the fourth wall. That would be fun to write." Suggested by Lexi-Cat
Element FOUR: BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF WIT:- Maximum length: 256 words (that's 4^4)."i'd also like to push for a word count based challenge because i love those haha. economy of words is a difficult thing to master but it's so much fun trying." Suggested by TheFellDragon
Prompt: Once upon a time, the fairies rode brave and mighty corgis into battle. by Augmented4th
Mother of pearl, this one was tricky.
Just saying.