Hey guys! I’ve been missing my og stories that are not poems, so I’m going back to that!!! Also, I’m inspired by Just Another Teenage Girl, so I'm now doing QOTD. Look in the comments for it! I want to get to know my amazing community better! Also, guys, why do my five min writings get 12 likes and the ones I spend months on get 2 😭♥︎♡♥︎♡

A young Ember began banging on the piano keys. Her mother rushed up to her. “No love, don’t do that.”

Ember looked up, confused. “You’re making too much noise and not enough music,” her mother said, picking her up.

She set Ember on the table and sat next to her. “Would you like to hear a story instead?” She asked.

Ember nodded her head eagerly. Her mother smiled.

“Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, lived a duchess. Now, this wasn’t just any duchess, she was a sorcerer.

“She wanted to use her power for something bigger. So, she became ruler of a small village and eventually, her kingdom rose.

“They were rich and bountiful, and they were happy with the duchess as their ruler.

“But one day, the duchess found their good fortune gone. Cursed. The farmers crops were dying, and the money was gone.

“The kingdom began to struggle, and one by one, the people died.”

Ember waited for the prince to come and save them, or the duchess to cast a spell that fixed everything, but her mother had gone silent.

She cocked her head, and her mother smiled sadly.

“What happened to the kingdom?” Ember asked.

“That is for you to find out one day, my love.”

Ember walked through the ruined field, the still burnt tips of the grass swaying in the breeze.

The indent grass was soft beneath her as she knelt.

A small bunny hopped quickly past the field nearby.

The trees and mountains surrounding her were glowing and bright.

Something had happened here many years ago.

A story her mother had once told her.

Told all wrong.

Of the rise and fall of a kingdom.

The peaceful slumber of a dragon interrupted.

A sorceress seeking power.

It had taken her many years to figure it out, but she finally understood.

Some things are not as they seem.