I will offer no explanation for this segment, save that it comes from a larger story that I'm currently working on. As to what happens next, I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave you to wonder about that, since I'm only partially sure of that myself and the story's still in a somewhat skeletal stage, where all I really know is the characters and the eventual outcome of this adventure. I'm pleased with the beginning, though....
By definition, it is impossible to expect the unexpected. Yet somehow, I had a feeling something was about to happen that spring, though I had absolutely no clue what that something could be. I almost think sometimes that I wanted something to happen, and that maybe, through some inexplicable power that I'm not even aware of myself, I pulled a few fatelines that set this whole crazy mess in motion and almost ended in the destruction of an underground government of supposedly mythical beings.
Or not. I'll never know for sure. All I can do is record everything that happened during that month,and maybe even publish my accounts in the Overworld in case there's someone out there who will believe me. If there isn't, that's perfectly fine with me. This can be a work of fiction if you like, and I'm sure every law of space and matter will agree that it's impossible for such a story to be true.
Remember, though, that with every lie comes a little hidden truth. Nothing in this world is truly arbitrary, and there is a reason we once feared the dark.
It was 2011 and I was twenty-two years old.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Some changes...
All right. Due to the sheer amounts of extracurricular activities and lack of time to post that I've had lately, I've decided to make some changes.
First of all, I've decided to start posting on Saturdays, instead of Fridays, because that's about when it gets pushed back to anyway. Second of all, I will henceforth be posting every other week until such time that I'm not completely inundated with homework and places I have to be on time (probably until November or so).
That being said, I hope you continue to read my posts, and I hope you've enjoyed what I've put up so far. And now for something new.
One of the things keeping me busy lately has been the new addition to
our family; she's small, furry, four-legged, and she likes to bite. Her name is Zoey, and this is her story...
(And, for the record, the real Yuki hates the real Zoey's guts).
Have you ever wondered why you're afraid of the dark?
Why you leaped into bed to avoid the darkness beneath, or why dogs bark in the middle of the night when staring at nothing? Have you ever wondered why doors sometimes slam or pets disappear, and why places that are abandoned seem chilled and eerie?
The cats know. They know about them.
The Bible calls them devils, the Greeks knew them as servants of Hades./ They are the ones who wait, silently, for those whose time has come. They're very small, and sometimes completely invisible, but they're there...waiting.
The cats are the ones who keep them in the shadows. They stand watch in the darkness, and we oftentimes find them staring at nothing or pouncing on something that doesn't exist. The Egyptians understood why. They revered cats as guardians of the underworld.
That is their job:
To keep the ones who wait in the shadows.
To keep them waiting.
Our story begins with Zoey, an energetic young guardian-in-training who's been apprenticed under Yuki, a belligerent but widely renowned Senior guardian who's serving out a community service punishment. All seems well until a new transfer student moves in with Zoey's family, and the cats must work to protect their secret under the student's suspecting gaze. To make matters even more interesting, there's been a curious outbreak of dark creatures in the household, and it's up to Zoey, Yuki, and some unlikely allies to find out why.
First of all, I've decided to start posting on Saturdays, instead of Fridays, because that's about when it gets pushed back to anyway. Second of all, I will henceforth be posting every other week until such time that I'm not completely inundated with homework and places I have to be on time (probably until November or so).
That being said, I hope you continue to read my posts, and I hope you've enjoyed what I've put up so far. And now for something new.
One of the things keeping me busy lately has been the new addition to
our family; she's small, furry, four-legged, and she likes to bite. Her name is Zoey, and this is her story...(And, for the record, the real Yuki hates the real Zoey's guts).
Have you ever wondered why you're afraid of the dark?
Why you leaped into bed to avoid the darkness beneath, or why dogs bark in the middle of the night when staring at nothing? Have you ever wondered why doors sometimes slam or pets disappear, and why places that are abandoned seem chilled and eerie?
The cats know. They know about them.
The Bible calls them devils, the Greeks knew them as servants of Hades./ They are the ones who wait, silently, for those whose time has come. They're very small, and sometimes completely invisible, but they're there...waiting.
The cats are the ones who keep them in the shadows. They stand watch in the darkness, and we oftentimes find them staring at nothing or pouncing on something that doesn't exist. The Egyptians understood why. They revered cats as guardians of the underworld.
That is their job:
To keep the ones who wait in the shadows.
To keep them waiting.
Our story begins with Zoey, an energetic young guardian-in-training who's been apprenticed under Yuki, a belligerent but widely renowned Senior guardian who's serving out a community service punishment. All seems well until a new transfer student moves in with Zoey's family, and the cats must work to protect their secret under the student's suspecting gaze. To make matters even more interesting, there's been a curious outbreak of dark creatures in the household, and it's up to Zoey, Yuki, and some unlikely allies to find out why.
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