I am moving and continuing my Wyrd Girls story from What Happened In Your Game Today? over here to Creative Corner. I plan to repost and possibly expand the existing story here and, of course, continue it. - L
The Wyrd Girls
Gwen https://i.imgur.com/XavjqDx.png Gwenivar Silveroak-Goth Age: Young Adult (Immortal) Traits: Childish, Erratic, Loves Outdoors Parents: Arianrhod Silveroak (mother, deceased), Doug Brown (adopted father), Lillian Brown (adopted mother) Romances: Cassanrda Goth (wife) Children: Miranda Goth
Cassie https://i.imgur.com/oEskWEz.png Cassandra Goth Age: Young Adult (Immortal) Traits: Creative, Gloomy, Music Lover Parents: Mortimer Goth (father), Victoria Goth (mother, deceased), Bella Goth (stepmother) Siblings: Alexander "Xander" Goth (brother) Romances: Gwen Silveroak (wife), Don Lothario (complicated) Children: Miranda Silveroak-Goth (daughter)
Miranda https://i.imgur.com/xffY1N4.png Miranda Silveroak-Goth Age: Teen Traits: Creative, Good Parents: Cassandra Goth (mother), Gwen Silveroak-Goth (mother), Don Lothario (father)
It had been late by the time they'd realized Nick and Miranda were really missing, had taken the truck. Once they did, they had some good guesses where the pair might have been heading
Beth caught their scent in Finchwick. https://i.imgur.com/YkKTvL1.png
"Beth, I'm so sorry. His loss diminishes us all," Kristopher said. https://i.imgur.com/hMTiVX0.png
Turning to Miranda, his face was grim, "What were you thinking? You should have stayed in Moonwood! You were safe there!" https://i.imgur.com/dKuLM01.png
"I told you... I told you we would not fight a war for you," he growled. "Now look what's happened!" https://i.imgur.com/UQt9ewW.png
"Don't talk to her like that!" Jake shouted. "You say you don't want to fight a war for her! Wake up, father! The war is happening, whether you want it or not... https://i.imgur.com/nGysyLp.png
"We can't be diplomatic with someone who doesn't even see us as people. We can't peacefully coexist with someone who wants to destroy us. People are dying. Nick died! No, he didn't just die... they killed him." https://i.imgur.com/0HonuNW.png
"You've always said you wanted me to lead," Jake sighed. "Nick wasn't part of your pack, father. He was part of mine... and my pack is going with Miranda. We're going to stand against the vampires because it's the right thing to do. Because it's not her war, father. It's everyone's." https://i.imgur.com/yBfpzqi.png
The sign said Welcome to Glimmerbrook. Despite it's absence from any map, and the GPS's insistence that there wasn't a road here much less a town, the teens felt no sense of victory upon reaching their goal. The loss of Nick hung heavily over all of them. https://i.imgur.com/oAYtll1.png
"Forgive me," the stranger continued. "My name is Professor John Faust. Though we have never met, I have a long acquaintance with the Silveroak family." https://i.imgur.com/HG8BO4J.png
"Please, sit with me," Professor Faust continued. "Do you enjoy chess?" https://i.imgur.com/OYjjMCK.png
"We were, of course, all devastated to hear about the attack on your family... and we feared for your safety. Where have you been all these months?" https://i.imgur.com/M1nlLHP.png
"Eh... if you don't mind, I'd rather not talk about it," Miranda replied.
"No, of course," Professor Faust nodded kindly. "Forgive me. It is just such a gift to find you well... and here, in Glimmerbrook." https://i.imgur.com/r8bQJeL.png
Miranda considered the Professor, then said, "I... I understand my family, I mean the Silveroaks, had a house here in Glimmerbrook. I was hoping..."
"Of course," he smiled, "Glimmerbrook Watch has long been in the Silveroak family and now, naturally, it would belong to you." https://i.imgur.com/YirjB7V.png
"I would be more than happy to show you the way, you and your friends." https://i.imgur.com/tTmqNQv.png
"There is just one thing I must do first," the Professor said. https://i.imgur.com/o4PuGRy.png
"What?" Miranda gasped.
"Ah, she makes a very good statue," he laughed. "The frog, I admit, is a little on point but I couldn't resist. Oh and Count Vladislaus Straud sends his regards." https://i.imgur.com/L2y9EYj.png
"You >:) :# :# :o !" Miranda shouted, the Moonwood Wand in her hand almost without thought. https://i.imgur.com/flNJfiz.png
"Very good, my dear," Faust grinned. "Now let me show how a real sorcerer duels!" https://i.imgur.com/FCs7hbu.png
"Oh," Miranda snarled, the power of the rising moon surging through her. "You mean like this!" https://i.imgur.com/82QmFIH.png
"Gwen!" Miranda sobbed, throwing her arms around her. https://i.imgur.com/bpRFXPe.png
"Oh," Gwen sighed. "My poor girl. My poor, poor girl." https://i.imgur.com/4li1m49.png
Tears pouring down her face, Miranda told Gwen what had happened... finding the wand, her decision to come to Glimmerbrook, Nick's death. https://i.imgur.com/ClXzv6o.png
"Now Beth and Jake have been turned into... well, this," she continued, "and it's all my fault." https://i.imgur.com/OQakMKZ.png
@luciusstorm Love it! I have to go back and read up to this point, though. Especially got a nice chuckle from this: "I was a frog I think I ate a bug!" ROFL. Just a little extra protein no worries. LOL
@luciusstorm I'm caught up finally. That was so sad, losing Nick. At least he died bravely and bought Miranda some time to stop the attack. I agree with @GalacticGal, that "I think I ate a bug line" was hilarious. Bravo.?
Going back to an earlier post you made about the risque line, I know your thoughts and doubts. Over the last 3 or 4 episodes of my story I've had at least one moment in each where I've asked myself did I go too far. It might be a line of dialogue or it might be a screenshot. The price I pay for writing a good romantic story I suppose.? I guess if I'm not at least a little uncomfortable I didn't make it interesting enough.?
"I've put them in the spare beds," Gwen said. "They need to rest. I'm worried about Miranda. She's been through so much." https://i.imgur.com/3MYnkYK.png
"We'll take care of her," Cassie said. "She's home... also, are you ever going to tell Cally to stay off the counters?"
She took a little time to get to know the young werewolves... https://i.imgur.com/5tE9oey.png
Jake was still star-struck to find himself talking to someone as famous and influential as Cassie! https://i.imgur.com/C2Szy42.png
The panicked cry of Gwen's cat, Cally, and a peal of wild laughter brought them all running to the living room...
Miranda stood in the center of the room, laughing maniacally while flames surged uncontrollably around her. The couch was already engulfed in fire. Flames licked the edges of her clothes and her eyes were wild.
Even as the teens ran, looking for a way to extinguish the flames, Gwen gestured imperiously, her voice hard with command. Obedient, the wild flames died. A negligent gesture restored the couch and scorched floor boards, but Gwen's eyes remained fixed on Miranda.
Tears ran down the young woman's face as her hysterical laughter hiccoughed away.
"The fire... it doesn't even hurt," Miranda sobbed. "I'm so cold... I'm so... I thought ... I thought I could... but Nick! It's too much."
"I know," Gwen said softly. "I know. We've faced so much pain. So much fear and such deep loss. You've carried more than I had any right to ask of you..."
"You don't understand," Miranda wept.
"I lost everything... here," Gwen replied softly. "In the place you are standing, I watched my mother and grandmother die. I fled into the night, like you. I found safety, like you... and it almost destroyed me. I was broken... for a long time. The feelings inside me... I still can't always contain them."
"How... how do you live with it?" Miranda asked.
"Mediation and magic," Gwen smiled sadly. "This potion settles my mind, helps me stay... well, maybe not sane but functional. Drink. It won't heal your hurts but it will make the pain bearable." https://i.imgur.com/88PzmeX.png
(So, that happened. While I'm paying attention to Jake and Beth, suddenly a notification pops up that Miranda found a fire. Turns out, Miranda was on fire and moving rapidly toward dying of hysterical laughter if the fire didn't kill her first. Sorry, I didn't get any good screenshots... I was a little busy keep my main character alive. - L)
"Oh God, Miranda!" Beth cried. "Are you alright?"
"I'm... calmer," Miranda allowed. "I... I'm so sorry...."
"Just don't do that again," Beth declared. "I'm not going to lose you too!" https://i.imgur.com/eefcvwe.png
"I..." Miranda wasn't sure what to say to Gwen. https://i.imgur.com/CiApZrz.png
"Miranda," Gwen said softly, "do you understand wyrd?"
"Yeah, we're definitely not normal people." https://i.imgur.com/iiPsAbo.png
"No, my sweet child. Not weird (though, I agree, we are that as well)... wyrd," Gwen said. "It's an old word... most often translated as Fate. Most people think that Fate is something that happens to you. Something inescapable and predetermined. That isn't what wyrd means. It shares the same root as a word which means "to become" ... Wyrd is that which has happened, is happening and will happen. It is the sum of the events around us and of our choices.
"You're werewolf friends have a closer tie to the wyrd," Gwen continued. "They understand, instinctively. So, they understand that what happened to Nick is not your fault. You made a choice, to find the Moonwood Wand and bring it here. Nick made a choice, to go with you and to risk his life to protect you. The nameless vampire who came for you made a choice, to kill Nick... and all of those choices - yours, Nicks, even the vampires, were shaped by the choices you had all made before, by the choices of others who were not there, even by the wind, the rain and the moon.
"Honor Nick's choice, and grieve, but do not carry guilt over that choice. It was his to make and he made it bravely. I'm only sorry I never got to meet him." https://i.imgur.com/T2QtrBJ.png
Later, while the others rested, Gwen considered the wyrd. She hoped she had made the right choices. Only time would tell. https://i.imgur.com/YdbwtJ1.png
The following day seemed a little brighter. Beth and Jake had howled out their grief and Miranda's emotional storm was calmed. Also, there was french toast in the kitchen.
"When do your moms sleep?" Beth wondered.
"I don't think they do, unless they want to," Miranda admitted. "When I was little, I didn't even know that was strange." https://i.imgur.com/x9Vcnuo.png
Gwen and Beth started to share what they each knew about the Mooncasters, the history of the werewolves and the ancient conflict with the vampires. They also kept an eye on Miranda. https://i.imgur.com/XnkP9Oa.png
"Guy's, I'm OK," Miranda declared. "The potion works. No more crazy." https://i.imgur.com/pz0Sm6s.png
"Alright then, young lady," Gwen replied. "Let's see how well you've kept up your magical studies... and show me what this wand can do." https://i.imgur.com/T9Lq3Z8.png
"Oh!" Gwen said a few moments later. https://i.imgur.com/Pb3B4JZ.png
"Maybe in the interests of the curtains, we should take this outside." https://i.imgur.com/LNDJzNv.png
"I think," Beth said, "that it's time we knew what all of this was about. I mean, we know that this house is protecting some kind of magical artifact from the vampires and the spells are somehow tied to you, Gwen, but..."
"What's it all about?" Gwen replied. "You'll be surprised how much of it you already know." https://i.imgur.com/VkDr5mj.png
"Long ago the ancient sorcerers, in their hubris, tried to create magical servants for themselves... immortal beings who would need neither sleep nor food. The spell failed, disastrously. Those magical beings fell upon their creators, drinking their blood. These were the first vampires and as they fed upon those with magical blood, their magical power grew. https://i.imgur.com/rR1AzBB.png
"Your people, the werewolves, came into being in part to fight these vampires... when the old Mooncasters took into themselves the strengths of their wolf familiars. https://i.imgur.com/Mi5HCzi.png
"In the end, after a long conflict, the vampires were driven from the Magic Realm and settled in this world, feeding and creating more of their kind. The werewolves settled in Moonwood and soon spread out into world. My own people settled here, in Glimmerbrook.
"You still haven't told us..." Jake began.
"I know," Gwen said. "Follow me." https://i.imgur.com/2UA14xK.png
"We settled in Glimmerbrook, you see," Gwen said as she lead them down the path along the river, "not only because it's a lovely, and hidden, place. https://i.imgur.com/VXq1Jwx.png
"We settled here, because it is the chief place where this realm and the Realm of Magic meet. This is what Vlad seeks. What the Coven of Glimmerbrook Watch is bound to protect - the Gateway. If Vlad breaks the spells that protect it, he will return to Realm of Magic and destroy it. The consequences to the mortal world would be devastating. https://i.imgur.com/FW0YxCS.png
"So, I have taken up my family's task" Gwen said quietly. "Soon... I believe in the dark of the year, under the dark moon... Vlad and his vampires will come. None of you have to stay. You have all done more than I should ever ask of you. No magic binds you. No promises hold you. Go... or stay and stand with me." https://i.imgur.com/PdnTi4Z.png
@luciusstorm Miranda is so lucky to have all these people behind her. She's going to need them. As powerful as Gwen and Cassie are I feel like it's going to be Miranda's fight to win. With assistance, of course. I love how with just a handful of pictures and a sentence with each you have really built up an atmosphere of tension, foreboding, and drama. Even if you hadn't mentioned the trouble you were having with the epic battle, you can feel it coming. When I see that posted I'll be sure to have a bowl of popcorn ready to munch on while watching events unfold.
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