Writing Prompt

My time at Sorseffera had not been easy. The majesty of its stratospheric architecture belied it’s hidden chambers of isolation and torture. It was once a venerable place of most high virtue and Pius worship – an ancient spiritual place where the high priests and priestesses convened with the sky gods and goddesses of yore. But now, in the age of feudalism, it’s heavenly reaches had become a sky-h...

Siempre supe que no pertenecía, todos los demás ángeles siempre fueron tan superficiales para mi, pero yo sabía que todo estaba en mi cabeza, todos ellos eran reales ángeles, no fingían, todo lo que hacían era genuino y era tan extraño para mi, no ser como uno de ellos, pense que era algo de tiempo, y puede ser, recién me habían empezado a crecer una especie de alas, aunque no eran tal cosa.

No f...

A gravelly path wound its way through the lush green land, finding itself in the best places to be traveled. Three journeyers trekked through the overgrown forest, trying to get to the same place the path was going to. Treeg wasn’t bothered by cutting through the dense trees, but he was sure the “Great Lady Sailia” wasn’t enjoying herself at all. She was doing pretty good about not complaining tho...

Jessie ran with all her might dragging a stolen sword.

Growing up all her life at this elevation, her heart and lungs were used to this exertion.

“Stop the girl! Kill her!”

Running straight towards the chained and bloody beast, she swung her sword with both hands.

Clang!

The magical sword sliced cleanly through the thickest chain.

Catching up, two beast keepers readied their spears to skewer...

I wake up in my cell to the sounds of the city outside stirring to life. I roll over and add a tally mark to the wall. One hundred and Seventy-Four days. It may as well be a lifetime. I rise, stretching out the soreness from the cot the guards so graciously provided, and head toward the door. Unlocked, like it always was.

It took me a week to try the door the first time. I remember the excitemen...

I was walking in the sky castle one night, trying to escape. The stars were really bright that night, and I couldn’t get away. I tiptoed in my blue water dress and and layed my crown on the pillar. I left a goodbye note, for I didn’t want to be rude. I just didn’t want for them to know that I was leaving…they are very strict. I lept and flew.

“I am leaving” I thought “ I am leaving to see the ea...

**Title: *Escape from the Sky Fortress***

High above the clouds, where the sky burns gold at dawn and purple at dusk, the Sky Fortress hung like a citadel of steel and glass, suspended by anti-gravity engines that hummed with an eerie, ceaseless power. It was a marvel of ancient engineering, a relic from a forgotten age when humanity had sought refuge above the ruined lands below. Few who entered...

“Jim. Help me!” I say as I pull up on the bars.

I start chiseling away at the cement at either end of the bars.

“Why should I? We’re not getting out unless we do something crazy.”

I sit there trying not to belive in those words.

I hear footsteps signaling for me to retreat back to my corner.

“Wait” he says as he jumps up and runs to the side of the door.

“What are you doing?” I say in hushed whis...

Her eyes began to well up, the first traces of realization. They blurred her vision, and yet she did not blink them away, instead letting the droplets build and flood out what she thought was an impossible thing. Though the rest of her remained in a subtle state of shock. As if time had slowed the moment they arrived. She was still there, standing among the curious crowd, waiting to see why they h...

Jack never imagined the startling outcome that awaited him at the top of the beanstalk. All Jack could think about was, “I need to earn enough to cover this month's rent,” especially given the grave condition of his parents' health. Unbeknownst to him, they had fallen victim to the Bubonic Plague, a relentless disease ravaging his small seaside town.

Yet, that was far from the extent of his worri...