Downtown Legends

Ficiton by Kish

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Labored Slumber

Terror of the night, let me be!

Let me awake from this reality.

Cure the illness with a pill.

Erase the pain with a drink.

Forgive me my beloved for awaking without saying ‘goodbye’.

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Floating Ashes

Ashes floating with the wind.

Born from fire in a pyre.

Now clean and free.

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Burning Ember

Something that crept in my sleep

Burning ember red and bright.

In the dark chasm where it now lay.

Still glowing for the one who lit it.

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I don’t know how to say I love you when the sun showers you with warmth,

I don’t know how to say I love you when the rain quenches your thirst,

I don’t know how to say I love you when the bees shares your nectar,

I don’t know how to say I love you.

I only know that I adore you,

I only know that I treasure you,

I only know that I am one with you.

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Enchanted Crowns

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“And how are you supposed to help us fight a den of trappers?” Zakhira asked. Drayk ran his hands through his beard and Zakhira took this silence as his answer. “I thought so, I think you have wasted our time.” She turned to Shiv. “We have to hurry.”

“What’s the hurry?” Drayk asked still stroking his beard.

“Every second that passes is one less for our companion.”

“So, you are only here to save…

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The Village of Abstinence

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Shiva and Zakhira willed their gargoths forward with the two men sitting behind them. Zakhira gathered that the young man wearing the bandanna on his head was named Owain.

“We’re here.” Owain said pointing enthusiastically to a nearby village.

They moved toward the village on foot, leaving their gagaroths in the middle of a field with other beasts grazing on some grass. “Where are we.” Shiv asked…

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Search Party

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Shiv grunted as he fell on the ground. His body felt cold and numb, his blood circulated slowly returning the movement of his limbs.

“Are you okay?” Zakhira asked as she got up on one knee.

Shiv nodded, he retracted the blades of his gauntlet and stared at the crooked path left by the monster. “What was that?” He asked.

“It’s a trapper.” She looked over at her gagaroth and it was shivering in…

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The Quest

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“What are you doing Nigel?” Shiv said as he walked out to the courtyard. Nigel turned and noticed Anastasia’s hand in Shiv’s. He smiled and said. “Just finishing up the preparations.” He gestured towards Anastasia beside Shiv and continued. “I see you were a little bit occupied.”

Shiv unclasped his hand from Anastasia’s and coughed. “Yes, well.” He looked around before asking Nigel. “Where is…

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Restless Night

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“Zakhira, where are you ?” Esen’s voice sang softly in Zakhira’s ears and she cringed. “Father, the queen is summoning me.”

Shesha raised his head and hissed. “Then you must go child, you must take Shiv to the seer.”

“But father…”

“It is his destiny to undertake this quest and it is your destiny to accompany him.”

“No! I don’t want to go, I don’t want this responsibility! Why does the lives of…

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The God of Serpents

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“What is your name child?”

“Shi…Shiv.” Shiv swallowed a huge lump in his throat. “Who…who are you?”

The large serpent hissed. “I am called by many names, in this realm I am known as Shesha.” Shesa slithered close to Shiv, the chains dragged along the bare ground and rattled to a stop. Shesa bent low and stared at Shiv with glowing yellow eyes. “You look like him, yet somehow you are different.”

“…

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The Dungeon Captive

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Hanuman thumped his staff on the ground and screamed. “Get your hands off me witch!”

“Watch your tongue hermit!” Zakhira raised her arm, palm-facing Hanuman. “That is the queen you are talking to.”

Shiv lowered Zakhira’s arm and gave her a fierce look. He turned to Hanuman “Hanuman what is going on?”

Hanuman hopped on his staff and scoffed. “It is not of your concern.” He looked at Esen and…

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The Queen's Summon

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The days passed into weeks and weeks into months. Shiv’s training with Nigel turned his fragile body into a sinewy and agile. He now could move almost as quickly as Nigel. Although Nigel was still much faster and stronger, Shiv’s mind raced, he could calculate movements and thoughts of his sparring partner in a blink of an eye.

Zakhira had avoided Shiv throughout this time always confining…

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None nor some, only one

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Tis a fine line, From here til there, It’s bold and colorful, Stirs the emotions in directions none but one.

Tis a fine point, Sharp as a sword, Blunt as a hammer, Strikes the soul in no ways but one.

None nor some, Only one, A droplet falls into the the river of all, Stirs the emotions and strikes the soul in no ways but one.

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Child of Esen

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Shiv stood in the middle of a large coliseum, the stands that surrounded the oval ground was empty but Shiv marveled at how high they reached. Rows of seats spanned like layered steps toward the sky.

“Get ready.” Nigel stepped onto the dusty ground from a shallow tunnel a hundred meters from Shiv. He wore full battle armor and wielded a large battle-ax.

“Ready for what?”

“Your training!” Nigel’s…

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The Eternal City

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A strong chill blew past Shiv and he rubbed his arms. “It’s cold here! Aren’t you freezing?”

Hanuman chuckled, his brown shawl neatly covered his arms. “You will feel better when we reach my home.”

Shiv frowned. They walked out of the large palace into a vast courtyard. It was unlike he had seen before. There were tall leave-less trees and shimmering bushes. As he passed the cracked paved road he…

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Tower of Esen

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Shiv’s body felt numb, he could not feel anything, not his limbs, fingers not even the tight grip that the large red haired man had on him. He tipped his head back and a swirling cloud enveloped him.

His vision was slight and he noticed a dark desolate place but he knew he was moving somewhere, he didn’t know how nor where he was going to. The only thought that entered his head was his mother.

“S…

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Strange Beginnings

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Shiv crouched on a thin checkered cloth on the dusty ground and took a deep breath from the hand-rolled joint. One more deep drag and he inhaled the medicinal smoke deep into his lungs.

“Pass it over here.” Hanuman picked the edges of the joint with the tips of his fingers and smiled, his eyes were bloodshot red and he took in deep puffs while holding tightly on his long wooden staff. It was a…

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