Prison's Embrace
The silence in the air hangs heavy on my head. The cold cell walls encompass my will, my freedom. Every breath I take is another breath that I am alive. Pain knows no bounds where I am. It is given mercilessly and ruthlessly, I cannot seem to get any...
New World...Same Problems: Part 1
**StarLight Nova:** What would you do if you were given the power to save your world, or maybe the universe? Would you use it for good, or for evil? For the balance is a precarious one. If one side gains too much power, the whole universe could be...
Prologue: The loss of a son
**Back-story:** In a world similar to earth, where humans go about their normal lives, working for money, caring for their children, and having fun if they are bored, this is where our story takes place. For many centuries, even millennium, there...
Chapter 1: Confused and Disoriented
I can feel myself drifting away, my soul gradually leaving my body as it rises up. It is like nothing I have ever experienced before, the weightlessness as I float away, guided by some distant force that is calling me. I can still hear my mother's...
Prologue: Dark Days
The rain fell like meteors on a barren planet. The trees were few and scattered on the vast plain. Craters and boulders; debris the size of cars lay thrown haphazardly on the scorched earth like Armageddon. In the distance, a once proud city now stood...
Chapter 1: A Hero's Beginning, part 1: Loss
Morning, on a Saturday. What a lovely day to wake up to. The sun is shining, there are a few clouds in the sky, and the birds are singing. The only thing that could make it worse was if a villain similar to those in comic books suddenly appeared to...
Chapter 2: To know where to go
**Earlier in the Day:** ** ** After the sighting of the dragon, Marvin called for backup while the two officers that were with him set up a parameter. The neighborhood citizens of Taylorville were out to try and find what the shooting had been about....
A Hero's End, A Legends Rise
Series: _A Hero's End, A Legends Rise_ Book 1: _Protectors of Earth_ Prologue: Dark Days: [https://www.sofurry.com/view/587784](https://www.sofurry.com/view/587784) Chapter 1: A Hero's Beginning, Part 1: loss:...
Chapter 2: Mysteries and Revelations, Part 1: Rescue
The Wind rushes up to meet my face as I begin my perilous descent. My screams are carried away on the wind, scattering in all directions. I flail my arms as I fall faster, bandages flapping wildly behind me. As gravity takes control, I only just...
Chapter 1: A Hero's Beginning, Part 2: Recovery and Discovery
Two weeks pass while my various injuries heal. Every morning I would wake up feeling energized, but come night I would slump into bed like a bear. Anea said it might be the toxins helping me, but I was not sure. She did some research to try and find...
Chapter 2: Mysteries and Revelations, Part 3: Plans
Brick and mortar crumble softly onto the cracked tiles as I walked along an abandoned hall. Hallway lights dangle from the ceiling on bare threads of wire, broken. The pristine white walls of the lower section of the hospital are now plastered with...
Chapter 2: Mysteries and Revelations, Part 2: Secrets
The wind whips past my face as I streak through the night sky, looking for a safe place to land. The various clouds glimmer in a dark radiant gray glow of the night as I dance in and out of their cover, feeling the cool touch of precipitation on my...