On this page were going to lock into my inmagination. Such a wonderful place, because it has no limits, and no demands. Prepare yourself, and settle back. Were going into that realm where there is no looking back.
I took journey one night as I slipped into a deep meditation. Once I reached my transendental state of mind, I had an outer body experience. This experience took me into deep space. Far beyond the milkey way, thousands of light years away. I found myself in the Traumion galaxy. Which is this 300 years older than the earth's solar system. This is a solar system that has twin stars which serve as suns and five planets. Three of them are inhabitat by humanoid beings. Each of these planets are millions of miles from each other. The third plant from the twins stars with three small moons circling it called Brauma. Its medium in size compared to the other four planets. It has a polar cap, blueish gray in color from outer space, and is dense with clouds. It spins at slow rate taking six earth days to complete one rotation.
This is where our story begins; Welcome to Brauma, and this is one of many stories of the legendandary warrior called JaaKorano.
Jaa-Korano
Chapter One/ Once Was
Brauma used to be a forest lush planet, vegetation stretching for miles in every direction, as far as the eyes could see. Rivers some narrow, and wide use to weave their way through these forest like swiggley lines drawn in sand. These forest once inhabited hundreds of variations of land, water, and flying animals. Villages were scattered through out the forest, some larger than others. There once was a large kingdom that sat high on the foot hills on the feet of the one mountain range. There were three million people living on this planet, with out conflict among each other, and the government in the kingdom made sure it stayed this way. Although each and every generation of ruling kings of Brauma caused havic on other planets. It made it a policy to keep peace among the villages in thier home world.
Three days of sun, and then three days of night is how time was kept and only two seasons. One blistering hot season, that lasted to the equivalant of seven earth months and then eight cooler months. But the beauty of this planet was no longer. Because 20 years ago it was bombarded by a freak meteor, and asteroid shower. That killed over a couple of million people, the forest burned for months. Rivers were destroyed and the ground polluted with radiation. The skies darkened with smoke for months and wild life perished. The few thousands of humanoids from the villages who survived united and became one large village. The children who were born after this disaster looked nothing like thier ancestors. There was no kingdom any longer, and the new village had to create its own society.
Chapter Two/ Aspa
It had rained that morning, and the damp ground prevailed smells of the fire rain of twenty years ago. There were a few squaking sounds from the tree tops, some of the flying creatures alerting the other tree top dwellers of movement in the foilage below at the base of the trees.
Two young male figures work their way over the overgrowth forest floor, trying to cut some sort of pathway. One was pulling a dark brown wooden cart fill with wooden barrels made from the ebony tree trunks, the other was working and pushing the cart from behind for additional support. They were working way down to the one and only river that was clean enough to drink from. Here they would fill up the barrels one by one, reload them on the cart and tote them back to thier village for rations.
Toi who was the strongest of the two he wrestled each large barrel down one by one from the cart. He then tied a hemp rope lasso around each bar, and toss into the rushing water. When each barrel submerged and filled up with water he then would pull them in, and create a stockpile on the shore before reloading the cart.
Ta is his working companion, he would climb a tree and work his way out on branch that over looked the river. His job was to watch for crocks, which were large amphibian reptiles that lived in the river. They were known to jump out and snatch a man of any size into the river and swallow them whole. Ta would take rocks up the tree with him and throw into the river from his perch, to distract the crocks, when the rocks hit the water the crocks would raise thier monterous heads, so that he had an idea on where they were lerching. This toiling work would last for hours.
Three barrels in and twelve to go. Toi was pulling in the fourth barrel when he noticed something unusual floating near the rim. As the barrel got closer to the shore, he stared harder at the object. It was head of a humanoid it appeared to be an adult male, but it was hard to say it had been mangled. Toi let out a scream that sounded like a wounded pig. Ta looked down at his friend who appeared to be traumatized. He scurried down the tree to rush to his side. They both forgot about their duties and ran off screaming towards the village.
An hour later, a few of the elders came down to the river where the boys left their work behind.
They were acompanied by Aspa, who was one of the leaders of the village. He use to be a Superior Guard at the kingdom before the destruction. There were only a hundred of them who could hold that post of protecting the king and his family and policing the villages. 88 of them were killed on the fatal day of world destruction. The remaining guards who rose out of the ashes became nomads and fled off in different directions. But they knew how to summons each other if one needed help through telepathy. These men were considered to be masters in security, these post were past on from generation to generation. As young boys with a destiny they had learn and master the hand to hand and weopantry fighting art forms. They had to develop a power internally simliar to chi so that could control the elements in nature around them. Most of all they had to learn how to levitate. The elders were mumbling among themselves standing around looking at the horror of this find. Aspa was wearing his traditional royal purple robe garb with a hood from the old days. He looked at the head floating in the barrel closely, examining it with out touching it.
"This doesn't look good." He remarked. He turned to the elders and told them that they must go back to the village, and that he would take of care of this. They all hesitated but they slowly backed away from the scene and dissapeared into the forest again.
He scratched at the beard on his face as in deep thought, took a look around the river and its banks for other evidence.
Chapter 3/ Gather And Summons
Aspa; stood tall, his body as straight as an arrow you could get feel on how strong this man was by standing next to him. Other than his white medium lenghth beard, and his white hair that fell to his shoulders at the age 125 he hardly showed any sign of his age. He crouched down and took a hand full of dirt. He played with it in his hands as if he was studying it as he stood up. With a open palm he tossed the soil in the air playfully to see which direction the breeze was coming from. He looked around and smiled, putting his palms together in front of his chest. He took a deep breath in and closed his eyes and starting chanting in a ancient language. The breeze turned into a strong wind. His snowy white hair was blowing across his face. His concentration was hard and his chant became louder. White caps appeared on the rivers surface, dust and dirt was swirling into a funnel shape. In the middle of the turbulant funnel, three figurines started to materialize slowly becoming solid. Aspa suddenly opened his eyes and clapped his hands together twice. It created a sound like thunder and all activity stopped suddenly as if this tubulance never happened.
Three men in same colored robes manifested from the small funnel cloud with thier hoods on, all you could see is their long white beards hanging out. The three of them were looking towards the ground with thier hand folded as in if prayer . Then their heads rose at the same time. Aspa smiled showing his dimples. "Bright moments my brothers, my friends, it has been awhile." Aspa greeted them joyfully. The three man dehooded themselves at the same time. "Peace be upon you Aspa and may the quantum axis always grace you." The three of them said this at the same time. Aspen addressed each one of them by name. "Arrono, Taspire, Etone. I brought here in the wind from your humble surroundings because I need your help."
"We are a cosmic link and we will always answer a call from another no matter far." The three men said in harmony. Taspire stepped forward with his palms sandwiched at chest level in front of him. He too was as old as Aspa and not showing his age. He looked at Aspa straight in the eyes and then looked at the loose head in the barrel. He then looked at Aspa again. They were communicating through their minds. Etone turned to the river and raised his arms straight up over his head and his hands open wide like he was summoning. Within seconds the river boiled in a isolated spot a headless body rose from the water surrounded by thousands of tiny bubbles cushioning it like a cloud. Arrona joined him at his side and watched silently the headless corpse levitated to shore slowly with the mystical power from Etone hand's.
Arrona stooped to one knee beside the lifeless wet figure, and touched it by its wrist. He sighed; " Horrible. " Shaking his left to right in sorrow. "This poor, poor young soul was tortured first before he was beheaded. He was from the Phi- toa village at one time. He only survived 25 years. His new beginning happened 12 days ago." The four of them deeply sighed together. Arrona who was 75 the youngest the living Superior Guards stood up and looked at the assembly. "This is bigger than you and I. Even if we were a hundred young and strong, we couldn't handle this mission." He said with a sad look on his face. Etone,Taspire, and Aspa said at one time "We agree."
Aspa ran his fingers through his beard and said. "I find it nessarry to summons the historic one, he is the only one powerful enough to handle this." He looked upon his piers for approval.
"That would be the wrong thing to do." said Arrona. "Let history retain the blood from those days of battles and wars on neighboring home worlds." said Taspire. " Let he rest where he should rest."said Etone. "But what choice do we have?" asked Aspa looking concerned as if he had lost this debate before it started. "My brothers, this was brutal murder, and we all know this wasn't the hands of one being. Truly what other options do we have?" Aspa said looking for any help of approval from them. The three looked at each other confused and speechless. Aspa shouted out. "Then I motion that we do what must be for the good of all!" The other three nodded reluctantly in agreement. "And so it is; may the grace of the quatum axis be upon us all." They all said in que together. Aspire broke off and created a stick from a stem and bent over and drew a large circle in the dirt. Taspire took the stick from him and devided the center of the circle into four sections like a pie chart. Etone created a wax material out of thin air and lite it like a candle and placed it on the cross point of the sections. Arrono placed a stone in two of the sections and peice of bark in the other in other two section. They then joined hands and created a circle on the perimeter of the drawn circle. They started a chant together that started off in soft and low voices and gradually grew louder and louder.
Chapter 4 Jaa-Korano Rising
The four of them held a tight circle. Looking up at the sky and then looking down at the ground. The chanting became louder, echoing off the trees and rock walls that surrounded the river. Some of the younger villagers hid in the distant and watched this ceremony. They only heard about these rituals from thier fore fathers.
Their voices grew louder. "Great high, most mighty, my praise, rock of my refuge, my banner, axis, el shaddai, abhir, palet, zur. " They called out. "Hear our tounges." Then they spoke in a ancient language that no one had spoken in a 1000 years. As guardians of the kingdom, they had to master this language, so that they could communicate among each other in secret. "Teb ra hallaya, teb ra hallaya, ono si bresno, chi saki enna, rarebe bien todo, jaa-korano, tepe, boa et arrane no" These words were said over and over again aleast a hundred times like they were singing. Dark clouds started filling the skies, a warm air system moved in. Lightening rods shot towards the earth, thunder rumble. The river became very turbulant with whirl pools, and several funnel high wind clouds moved around. For two hours this went on. Then the earth around the circle started to tremble, like a earth quake. But this never disrupted their concentration. The drawn circle sunk into the ground and a black plume of smoke erupted. A very large man appeared in the middle of the spurting ashy cloud. Jaa-Korano was awaken. The smoke cleared, Jaa-Korano stood motionless in suspended animation. This warrior stood seven feet four inches tall, three hundred pounds. He wore leather ankle high foot wear. He wore a dark kilt made of thick animal hide, and waist belt surrounded by small weopens, with a very large sword hanging on his right side and battle axe on the left side of his waist. His massive upper body had a molded torso plate covering it. Spiked elbow guards and fore arm protection, animal skin gloves with a metal strip going across the knuckles. A customed dome shape helmet covered the top of his head. His eyes dark and were shadowed by a large forehead. A nose that was wide spread, with a small hoop in the nostril, and thick brows with a beardless face. He was truly equiped and bred for war. His thick black hair was braided it fell to the center of his back, and a bone like razored peice held the braid together. His skin was bronze in color and scars stripped his body like markings on a animal. The four guadians kept their circle tight. You could see the concern on thier faces as they weaned out of their trance to looked at the warrior they took out of hybernation. They slowly released each others hands and the gleaming field around Jaa-Korano slowly disapeared.
Chapter 5- Time Has Changed
Jaa-Korano slumped to the ground like a pile of rags. He was groggy you could feel the vibration in the air from him breathing heavy. He grunted a couple of times as his limbs slowly moved and jerked. He sat up and supported his self by his left muscular arm, he squinted, he looked bewildered. Aspa left the others and walked into clear view. "You, you; you're a guardsman." Jaa struggled to formulate words his right hand swiftly moved down and touched the handle of his sword to make sure his favored weopan was there. "Why have you awaken me?" Jaa grunted.
"We woke you great warrior, because your services are needed." Aspa replied.
Jaa- Korano glanced over his right shoulder at the other three. He then towered himself as his energy quickly restored. "Tell me more as I am being fed." he growled. Aspa looked up at the erected giant. Aspa and the others were 5.7 that was considered to be average height on this planet. Arrono, Taspire, and Etone used their magic to create pounds of food. Meats ,fruits ,vegetation, gobletts of water and brew appeared out of no where. Jaa -Korano ate as fast as it appeared without acknowledging the providers. He ate and drank for three hours and then belched loud enough to knock ku-ku nuts for the trees a half a mile away. "I am forfilled." Jaa-Korano said as he yawned.
"Now that you striped the land of food, lets get to the reason you are here." Aspa remarked with a slight chuckle. He glanced at Taspire and sent him a message through his mind. Taspire grabbed the large barrel with water and the head floating in it effortlessly. Jaa looked at the guadian approaching him and said. "More food?" "Uh; No, not quite." said Taspire startled at first by Jaa- Korano's comment. Jaa looked in the barrel, reached in grabbed the head. He bought the neck up to his nose and sniffed and then sniffed again along the severed neck line. "The blades Betlia. He was killed by a blade made in Beltelia. Jaa said as he put the head down and sniffed the air.
Beltelia was planet surrounded by a ateroid field in the Kelpa system which was 13 million miles aways. One hundred years ago, Jaa- Korano was ordered by the King of that time to attack that planet and bring back the silk dust which was very valuable. Jaa and his brothers led soldiers like him into battle, and they fought for 120 days non-stop. Killing off the tribes and stealing the silk dust for his king. The Beltians were a proud nation of tribes with no enemies. They traded with astrogypsies and armies for their fine craftmanship in sword making. "There are other swords of these here. Many, many of them." Jaa concluded after sniffing the air. The guardians nodded their heads as they listened. " I will bring the swords home to our King!" Jaa roared.
Etone spoke " Um - Jaa; uh the King is dead. The Kingdom was destroyed by ateroids 20 years ago." "You were put to rest forty years ago after all the near by planets were conquered." Jaa looked around as if he was puzzled. " Where is my brothers? Where is my army?" Jaa asked painfully. "They're all dead." Taspire spoke. " The last King; King Tullola the third put you to sleep, because there were no more wars to fight. He sent your brothers and men to take on a small battle and drive the astrogypsies off our planet , who occupied The Valley Of Queens. They lost the battle in a fearless fight in 10 days." Jaa showed anger and shock as he looked down at the guadians. Jaa experienced a moment of silence, he sighed, his heart felt heavy.
Chapter 6- Forward
Jaa-Korano gathered his thoughts and started to march forward away from everyone. Aspa yelled. "Stop I'm coming with you." Jaa looked over his shoulder slowing his march down a little. The other guardians pleaded to Aspa to not to go. But Aspa told them this was something he must do and wished them well.
The two of them hiked for miles and miles that lead into hours, and hours that lead into days along the river edge. Aspa had to levitate sometimes to keep up with Jaa's long leg stride. They camped to rest when the suns finally went down. Some evenings they had to fight off some of the night creatures and the crocs who came on shore to feed. Days later they came to clearing in the Valley Of The Ministers Pocket.
This was a hilly area of the planet with high, wild grasses, about four and a half feet high, fifteen miles across small mountains with caverns surrounding the valley. The two marched into the valley. Jaa summons to Aspa to crouched behind some boulders sitting on a slope. He withdrew a dagger from his belt. "They are here, I can smell them. " Jaa said quietly. Crouching lower in the grass like a tiger on the hunt. Aspa didnt see anyone, so he used his magic to create a loud sound that deflected from another direction. Two soldiers popped their heads up from the grass with their swords drawn looking in the direction that the shreek sound came from. They moved slowly towards the inmaginary source thier backs vulnerable. Jaa smirk in approval and took out a second dagger. His vision locked in the two men moving away from them like he was ready to pounce. Aspa studied him. In a blurring second the two jaggers created a home in the back of the necks of the men. They never knew what hit them. Jaa and Aspa moved low and quetly through the high yielding golden and green field. Aspa examined the bodies he slayed, claimed his daggers, holstered them and they crept forward. Creeping up on two other men and then four with ease. Aspa was amazed on how easy Jaa moved through the grass with out moving a blade. He became one with his environment. Aspa thought to himself that the guardians might have perfected the art of defence. But this soldier, this warrior perfected the art of offence he was a true killer. It was good to be on his side.
Chapter 7 - Waves
They moved for a couple of miles, plucking off enemy soldiers one by one who were not grouped. They moved a quarter way through the valley. When Jaa signaled with his massive hand. Aspen was hoping to be able to communicate with him telepathic. But every try he tried to get in to Jaa's head. It was like talking to himself.
Jaa whispered " Some one has cut the grass." Aspen closed his eyes for a minute to concentrate and then opened them. "Yes I know, I feel the energy of several ahead. They dont know were here, but if we move any further we will walk into a trap. Jaa- Korano moved several yards slowly ahead, Aspen stayed in his shadow. Jaa stopped and even got lower. They were on the outer perimeter a perfectly cut circle about four miles wide to the next hedge of grass. "We'll stay here and watch." Jaa whispered. "Good, because someone has spotted us. " They are not sure what it is that thier seeing. Their in that tree over there. Aspen said. Aspened motioned to the wollow which was a native of this region. The old large tree stood two miles away from their location on thier left. "Snipers". Jaa whispered.
Aspen closed his eyes for a brief second his fingers rubbed together on his left hand. He was summoning the birds in the grass between them and the snipers to take flight to see their reaction. Twelve birds took flight in a second but the snipers didn't flinch. Jaa studied the tree and studied the distant across the circle calculating like a fighter. A hour had passed the two stayed still. The wind had shifted, Aspen raised his right hand about head level, just in time to stop two reed arrows in midflight from reaching thier target; Jaa's head. The arrows just froze in mid air, with his other hand he touched Jaa.
Jaa vanished instantly and reappeared right behind the snipers who were camoflauged by the tree's branches. Aspa broke both of their necks vanished in thin air again and reappeared by next to Aspa once more. The arrows just dropped from their frozen state to the ground. Jaa was amazed on what just happened.
Hours passed the two warriors studied the hedge across the circle. Neither side moved. Jaa was growing frustrated and Aspen could feel it. Aspen stood up so that he was quit visible, Jaa tried to pull him down. But Aspen floated into the sky fifty feet above the ground. There was a war cry from the other side. Arrows and spears shot out of the grass like porchipine quils arching high towards the target. Some of them came very close to striking Aspen but he remained calm and tried to float higher. Jaa drew his battle axe and charged across the circle in rage. Only a few of the opposing side saw him coming and by then it was too late. Thirty men were brutally killed, as Aspen watched in horror from the sky. Aspen lowered himself near by Jaa. "That was a good job Guardian. I never suspected that you be that brave." Jaa complimented him. "Well the battle isnt over yet. I saw another 75 men moving in before I came down." Aspen told Jaa.
Jaa-Korano just sneered. "Insects, nothing more than insects, and I will squash them." The two of the squated among the dead. " I smell smoke." said Aspen. Jaa sniffed and his muscles flaired. "Wave two, plan two and they will lose." Jaa said staying focused and gripping his battle axe. The soldiers were throwing torches ahead of them as they moved forward with swords drawn. Hoping to scare, or burn, or smoke out Jaa and Aspen.
Aspen looked up at the sky. "With the power around and force of the Axis within I summons the wind!" Aspen yelled waving his hands towards the sky, he then opened his palms near his mouth and blew into his hands. A hard gale wind gushed towards the flame throwers. Driving the torches and the traveling flame backwards toward the attackers. Jaa's energy raged and he ran forward to attack swinging his axe over head. Forty of them went down in a blood bath, twenty of them ran away. Jaa charged on after them. The next wave attacked was with spears, bows and arrows as the thrown blades clouded the sky. Clubs, swords, and knives followed up in the next wave . Jaa avalanched the competion. Blood curdling screams unfolded, body parts dropped to the ground in deep puddles of red. Steel clashed sword to sword, lashes went across Jaa's body. But undisturbed, he delivered more than they could return. Aspen shot fire balls from his finger tips. The battle raged for an hour, Jaa never grew tired dodging arrows, slashing, stabbing, punching, breaking bones like sticks, knocking the spears out of the air at super speed. His battle speed was flauless, he moved through their resistance like a tidle wave. He truly couldn't be defeated by these men of any amount. Aspen did his best to hold his own, but was struck twice by arrows. One arrow had a poisonious tip. He dropped like a brick clinging on for life. Jaa never noticed, his martial skills slaughtered the wolves like they were lambs. Soon the waves was reduced to small ripples and the battle cries were whimpers. Life force laid life less.
There was no else to fight. Jaa stood proud, and well alive among the dead. Dripping stripes of blood, prevailed on his exposed skin but he was un bothered by these superficial wounds. He saw his living side arm laying among the dismembered and he went to Aspen's side.
"Rise old friend because victory is ours to claim." Jaa boasted. Aspen coughed and gasped for air. "Victory is yours again Jaa. But at what cost?" " One or two animals bite and we wiped out the whole herd. This is not for us to boast, for this is the mistake of yesterday that is written." Aspen tried to get air into his blood filling lungs. Jaa looked down at him at Aspen's trembling features as if he just had a revalation for the first time in his life.
Jaa bent over the barely holding on Aspen with concern. "Shall I carry you home cosmic one? Jaa questioned Aspen in a whisper. "No; I, I soon will be home." Aspen said struggling. He touched Jaa on the arm.
A light surrounded Aspen's body as his eyes closed and he exhaled for the last time in this life. The his body vanished from underneath his garb. Jaa thought he heard the wind whisper and say "May the quantum axis always grace you. " Jaa sighed and almost shed a tear.
Then he heard; "You blood thirsty animal, you stench in death!" Jaa turned to see where the voice came from. From a cavern in the distance came out a woman's figure in warriors armor. Her sword was drawn as she motioned a challenged. Jaa didn't hestitate, he climbed the rock to ledge where she stood. She was in bow stance with a shiny 25 pound sword drawn. Jaa moved closer his sword drawn as well snarling as he studied the his opponent when he got nearer. They faced off like two master swordsmen.
"Brenia?" Jaa said looking puzzled. "My slave name! Dog of the king." Jaa slightly lowered his sword. "Dont lower your weopan too low, because I will plunged you to no end. She said in a growl.
She was a tall, with long blonde hair, beautiful, striking features, olive skin woman with armor on from head to toe. Showing some her feminine side she had red and green gem stones hammered in the chest plate. "Raise your sword you filth. You taught me everything I know about fighting and I will defeat you with no effort. " She shouted.
"I will not battle you Brenia."Jaa said. "Are you a member of these troops?" Jaa asked. "No you swine, I lead them. Now you will die like them!" She shouted. Her crystal blue eyes narrowed studying Jaa Korano's every breathing move.
"Dont, dont make me kill you before I know everything Brenia ." Jaa commented.
Keeping her stance she told the story in anger. She was one of his wives. The boldest of the woman in the warriors tribe in the hills of Jasstone. These were the lush acres where the King gave his army to live among their own kind.
When the warriors went to battle and to war for the king to claim other lands and other planets riches. She protected the colony of wives and children. One the day Jaa didn't return, the king had him put to sleep and placed away like a forgotton trophy. One day the Jaa's brothers and their army went to battle for the King and never returned.
The warrior tribe was attacked by shadow soldiers one night, killing and enslaving woman and children. The slaves were taken and sold on other planets. Brenia managed to escape slavery in a bloody fight and lived in the wild for years. One day a army found her, and she fought her way to the top rank. They traveled far and wide stealing from Kingdoms and feeding the poor. Now they were on the run.
Dictator Nebilsor a ruler of a small world was hunting them down for his freeing slaves on his planet. She bought her army to her planet world to hide. Two of her soldiers had killed a villager for asking too many questions. They thought he was a spy. She told Jaa this story with out ever losing her battle stance. She was angry at him for not returning and protecting them, and also being used by the Kingdom.
Chapter 8 - Blade to Blade
"Now Die!" Brenia's attack was as fast as lightening. Jaa Korano's countered never letting her know that he was takened by surprise. Steel swung, reflecting the sun in a flash. They drove each other forward and backwards. Her sword ripped his flesh a few times it never broke his concentration. His sword tip came dangerouly close to her face at times, but she never flinched.
He attacked she defended, she attacked he defended. They were evenly matched as if they were shadow fighting. This clash went on for two hours straight until they exhuasted each other. Niether one of them were able to raise thier sword's any longer. Jaa panted, Brenia struggled for breath and still on the defensive.
"No more." Jaa said dropping his sword. "I should pull your weak heart out." Brenia proclaimed. But she was too exhausted to raise her sword. She dropped to her knees and they just stared at each other for a long moment.
An hour went by and the sun was about to set for 3 days they slept in the cavern together and soon made love. Two days later Jaa woke and Brenia was gone. She left a knife carving on his torso protection he noticed as he put it on. It read I never stopped loving you king's dog. Jaa smirked as he redressed into his full garb and left the cavern.
Walking for miles back to the river, shadows of battle cruiser ships hovered in the sky. Jaa noticed companies of dark blue, pressed uniformed soldiers marching among the banks with guns. He tried to go in a different direction to avoid them. When of the soldier leaders shouted. "Hey you over there; ancient looking one come here." He marched his troops into Jaa's path. "Who are you?" The bannered soldier asked Jaa. The soldier looked a little intimidated. Jaa didnt answer him. "Well tell me and I will let you be. Have you seen this bandit?" The soldier showed Jaa a photo. It was wanted poster of Brenia. Jaa shrugged it off like he didn't know what he was talking about. "Well be gone lone wolf and if you see her, there is a reward for her capture from Sir Nebilsor dead or alive. " Jaa just walked away. He knew that Brenia was long gone and safe. Soon Jaa Korano found refuge and slept again.
The End
By Roland Cummins 2008
THE STONES.
A METAPHORIC SHORT STORY
Several stones and one rock sat on the banks of a pond basking in the sun. One stone said to the other stones. "You know, life is good here. I wouldn't change this spot to unearth all the pebbles in the earth." "Nor would." I said another stone. "You know, life is good here with you other stones. But I sure would like go across the still pond to see what the other stones and rocks are doing." Said a rock. "What have you become a nut?!" Shouted another stone in a angry voice. "We have it all. A nice sunny spot, just laying here. They just sit over there in the shadow where its cold and mizerable." The stone continued to say. "We dont have be seperate from them you know to enjoy this privledge." They should be able to enjoy this luxery too. Said the rock. "Let them suffer I'm not going anywhere, Said one of the stone's determined not to move. "
"Nither am I." Said the other stones.
Moments later some human boys approached the pond. Yelling with joy they grabbed and started throwing some of the sunny stones across the pond seeing who throw further. Eached stoned screamed in frustration and terror as it soared through the sky and landed in a thud among the shadow stones and rocks. One of the boys looked down and saw the sunny rock. "Hey guys!" "How much do you want to bet I can throw this big rock across the pond further than your puny stones?" Boasted the boy. He grabbed the rock. The sunny rock forced his weight down, to make it's body heavier. The boy heaved the rock in the air with all his might. The rock shifted his weight mid-flight sending it off course. The rock bounced off a tree trunk hanging over the pond in bent position, reflected and knocked down some branches and landed in the pond with a huge splash.
The sun shined over the shaded areas bringing warmth to the stones and rocks in the shadows. The rock slowly sank towards the bottom of the pond and it thought to itself. Sometimes risking it all is worth it.
By Roland Cummins 2008
