《The Princess's Feathers》95. Stories Told By a Fire
Advertisement
“Is this the story about your other mentor? The one you always talk about?”
The light of a crackling emberoot flame reflects off Kuro’s curious eyes. I’ve promised her a stirring emberfire tale, one that’ll teach her plenty of new facts about the Farlands. With nothing else to do but listen to our empty stomachs, I thought now would be a good time to share the story of a particularly infamous event in my life.
“Oh, no,” I reply, shaking my wings dismissively. “This happened long before the incident with my mentor. I had only known her for a few months when this took place.”
Kuro inclines her head. "So, this is something that happened when you were young.”
“That’s right. I was, um… 28 seasons old.”
“You were still a fledge,” Enyll observes, lying to my left.
“Kit,” Kuro chides. “Lemurs call their young kits.”
Enyll rolls his eyes so hard they could fall out of their sockets. “Yeah, Kit, whatever…”
Ignoring their squabble, I continue, “I was young, sheltered, and knew nothing about the Kingdoms of the Farlands. If I were even a year older, I would have thought twice about what I did.”
Ironically, I managed to do something far more dangerous as a teenager — that particular event. Mom will never stop complaining about her and what happened to us, but it was the right thing to do.
Kuro’s brow rises. She seems intrigued. “You did something wrong. Asha, I can’t imagine you being disobedient.”
SKREE!
Oh, man! I can’t help but laugh aloud at that. “As a kit, I was a terror.” I shake my head in dismay, recalling every terrible detail from my youth. “And this was one of my most infamous stunts.”
Advertisement
The sound of moving feathers caps the end of my sentence. I twist my neck around and gaze to the back of the den, the room the Loner retreated to. It seems he was listening in on our conversation.
“Um, mister Loner…?” I call out. “Would you like to listen to my story as well?”
Ruefully, the longeared Loner snakes his head around the corner. His facial feathers are sullen, and he has a look of guilt scrawled across him. “I… I would, umm…”
An uneasy silence hangs in the air like a feather caught in a cobweb.
“Yes, very well, then. I will listen to your tale from the Farlands. It would be interesting to learn how Farlanders live, would it not?”
I flash a gaze to Kuro. She isn’t the slightest bit amused, but she’s not objecting.
“Take a seat,” I say, splaying my talons before me. “You’re going to learn a lot about the Farlands.”
Slowly and uncomfortably, the Loner emerges from his den. He holds his head low as he trods before the fire, settling against the ground between me and Enyll. He raises his head to feign a smile and nods for me to continue.
“Now, then!” I announce, finally ready to begin. “This all occurred many seasons ago. To you Dragons, I was 28 seasons old. But to a Farlander, they would say I was…”
Advertisement
- In Serial87 Chapters
Carn Online: Second Chances
The future belongs to the rich. Corporations make the laws, while the poor are forced into medically-induced comas, all in the name of profits. The impoverished flock to a hero who vowed to fight back—not in the real world, but in immersive games. In these virtual competitions, the ultimate prize holds the key to changing the world. Damian was one of the penniless, a follower of the hero's revolution. A former teacher turned analyst, Damian gave everything to help the hero, but in the end, the hero was a lie. The corporations created him as a pawn to hold the rebellion in check. When Damian tried to reveal the truth, the corporations had him executed— but it didn't work. Damian didn't die, but woke up alive, six years in the past. Neither a warrior nor rich, but equipped with knowledge of the future, Damian has a second chance to take down the "hero" and the corporations. //This synopsis was created with help from the amazing Etzoli, please check out her work.\
8 123 - In Serial358 Chapters
Tower of Hell
A wicked tale of good, evil, and everything in between. This web novel follows eighteen-year-old Jonas Ariel and his dangerous adventure through the Tower of Hell, searching for his older brother. Jonas is a daring youth who attempts to climb the harsh social climate of Hell, all while training himself to master a strange, evil power called Sin. However, in his crusade to be reunited with his beloved brother, Jonas stumbles upon a world of shadow and blood, where he later learns that his being is much more significant than he once thought. How could an orphan from Kansas have so much impact on the fate of Hell? Tower of Hell is an adult 18+ story, viewer discretion is advised. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, business, events, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. © 2022 Chaosverser Web Novels
8 136 - In Serial8 Chapters
Kalui
- Human beings are divided into four types, namely: Elementals, Fortifiers, Metamorphic and those who do not have powers are pejoratively called Void. In this fantastic world devoid of magic and spirits, Kalui finds himself alone, without memory and about to die, when he meets Roldi, a strong and kind man, who makes his first family. The threat of the big monstrous animals is nothing compared to the danger involved with the boy's unknown past, which forces them to flee looking for answers. No place is safe in a world where virtually everyone has some kind of power. ------------------------------------------------ OBS:For Speech: -For Thoughts: " "For Observations: - New chapters every 15 days
8 183 - In Serial10 Chapters
Crafter's Heart (Preview)
(LitRPG) A young man has gotten a job with Ludo, the AI who runs the video game Thousand Tales. That means he gets to move to a sea-surface colony off the coast of Cuba, working at a VR center with unlimited time to use the hardware himself. He also gets to watch what goes on in the building's lower floor, where rich customers use "brain uploading" technology to enter the game world permanently. As he grows in rank in Ludo's organization and within the game, will he end up as the cultist of a game-obsessed god? Or will the three brilliant women he meets help him become something more? This is a preview of a book, which can be found at https://www.royalroad.com/amazon/B07JJCC5QL . It's a direct sequel to "Crafter's Passion" AKA "Gleaners' Guild", a version of which is on this site at https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/14593/gleaners-guild . You can understand this story without having read the first one. (Several chapters are coming here.)
8 105 - In Serial10 Chapters
The Harmony System
Welcome to the Harmony System Initializing…. Joseph was out camping with his oldest son, Noah when it happened. Harmony had arrived and with it came the colonists. Joseph and Noah survive the trip home only to find his younger son, Michael, and ex-wife missing. Had the crazy ex kidnapped Michael again or had something unspeakable happened to them? As Joseph tries to secure safety for Noah and himself, he is suddenly thrust into an unwelcome leadership position in the fight against the settlers. As the daily struggles to rally humanity against the onslaught mount, two questions plague Joseph’s thoughts; how can we survive? And what happened to Michael?
8 89 - In Serial56 Chapters
"You are mine and mine only slut!""I'm not your slut I'm your...!""Shut up skank and stop fighting me you will never win!"Darcy was one of the many humans taken and abused by a vampire. But as the world of vampires slowly takes over her life between death, mates and wars between the different night creatures she learns that she isn't human at all and as all the secret and prophecy's unfold she learnes that she has several people wanting her dead in order to keep the Untold story untold.On the night when old memories become clearThe world will become quieter and queerOnce thought gone forever will come back from the neverAs an angle raises from the thought dead
8 125
Prev Chap
Next Chap
Chap List
Boy
Girl
