World Lit. Journal # 3

Love’s Lair

You say you care and you won’t dare,
Hurt the one, whose love you share.
Maybe it was fate that put her in that snare,
Cruel it seems, but life is not always fair.
Maybe you were just a victim of love’s lair,
Unseemingly, you wandered there.
With your youthful innocence you didn’t even care,
Of the gem that you’ve already found, which was so rare.
Blinded by your plight, you never knew,
She was always by your side, always ready to renew.
Only with you she’ll abide, but wondering if ever you would recover,
Or will you be trapped in the love’s lair, forever.

" In Lemuria "

She could hear them moving all around her; the forest seems to be alive. Xinca feels the adrenaline rush as she spots one who has strayed from the pack, slowly she crept closer took aim and released three arrows from her bow soon the beast’s anguished cry pierces the night’s calm. And the pack’s howls of anger broke all about her. They’ve been alerted by the cry of their comrade. She tries to run as far as she could, but they’ve caught her scent hordes of minions are hunting for her. She has no choice but to stand her ground and fight, summoning her assassin to aid in battle while surrounding herself with a temporary shield. She drinks a draught of mana to increase her strength for added damage to her blows...

It all started in her homeland of Noria, a peaceful place surrounded by trees and grasslands. Home to the Elves they lived in harmony with their land taking only what is needed for their survival. Until some of their race became power hungry and started enslaving the creatures living in the northeastern area.

Eventually their ties with the stone golems, goblins, hunters, and the other creatures were broken. Xinca was asked to travel to Lorencia, home to the Knights and Wizards hoping for an answer to their dilemma. But it seems that they too have a problem. The lich or warlocks that had been dormant for months has been sighted in their forests, which accompanied by their skeleton warriors is a cause for suspicion. While more rumors has been spreading about an uprising in the dungeons.

Our two lands seem to be in peril of a hostile takeover, and fleeing to the mountains of Davias wouldn’t work. There are a lot of very dangerous beast’s living there and the most dreaded one is the Ice queen. It is said that if you come across one in Davias you’d better run for your life, those who had the misfortune of crossing one and had lived to tell the tale says that she laughs maniacally as she slays her victims one by one.

How I came to my current situation...

I was accompanied by a wizard named Hisoka and a young knight named Katryona hunting for budge dragons and spiders for our midday meal. When suddenly we were greeted by a pack of Elite bulls with their hounds it seems that they were also hunting. This was their territory so we were the trespassers, both groups were shocked not expecting the confrontation. The panic came next, and we ran in different directions to avoid being captured; that is how i got singled out.

Now alone already getting low on mana and with my inventory full, I thought about Hisoka and Katryona they have their own skills, powers, and weapons. They would do the same thing if they were in my situation. Then and there I know that my fate is decided I'm going to have to use my secret weapon in order to live I opened my inventory and clicked on my town portal scroll. In a blink of an eye I was back in town safe, counting my day's earnings and looking over the weapons, which I have acquired along my journey that day in the land of Lemuria.

My sisters and me talk about our characters conquests as we drive home after an afternoon of playing computer RPG (role playing game) in a nearby computer rental shop.

This is somewhat of a bonding thing for the three of us that we usually do if we’re free on a weekend. Our being able to spend time with each other even if its just for a few hours in a fantasy world, keeps us from growing apart as sisters and as we grow older I hope we’ll still remember the times we had… in Lemuria.