#legends zero

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First Stories Tag

Tagged by the darling @perasperaadastrawriting. Thanks for the tag ❤️

What’s the first thing you ever remember writing?

The first thing I wrote was the original starting of Legends Zero (titled something different, but I don't remember what). I was twelve, in middle school, and my friends and I loved to roleplay. It only seemed natural that characters I had loved as a child -- Pokémon, Digimon -- had come to influence the story, and with my friends' help (including one that still offers inspiration now. love you swimmer), the story came to be.

What’s one piece of advice you wish you could give yourself for writing it?

Don't let your expectation become what you rely on. I'm a pantser by nature, so when I make a plot, I'm rough on making sure I stick to that plot diligently. To a fault. I have learned now -- thanks to Answers Buried in Time -- that letting the story go where it wants to works for me. And it has helped to make my stories something that I'm very proud of (or at least most of them). I think twelve year old Maybe would be proud of where we are today with our works.

No pressure tagging: @gaycey-sketchit, @torchickentacos, @lmaoirrelevant, @residentdormouse, @eccaiia, @void-of-many-colours, and anyone else who wants to participate!

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Happy Halloween!

🎃 Trick or treat! 👻

Treat 🎃🎃

Have another from Legends Zero!

Hailey looks up at the blade, its sharp point only inches from her nose, eyes wide. This can’t be the end. She’s only just begun, there’s so much more to do.

“They’re mine,” a familiar voice calls, and Riyu steps up to the left of where Hailey lay; a low growl rumbles in her throat at the other men.

The soldiers lower their swords, looking at Riyu’s face, but avoiding her gaze, “I— I’m sorry, hero. We saw these two lurking near the base of the wall, I don’t recognize this girl; I planned to bring her to the Lieutenant for questioning.”

“Your Lieutenant placed Monotome and I in charge,” Riyu all but snarls, electricity flickering dangerously in the still air surrounding them. She glances slightly to her left, meeting Hailey’s eyes for a second before turning back to the Bleu soldiers, “She looks like less of a threat than the rest of the rebellion; if this is who you’re afraid of then you aren’t ready to fight this war. Now, go back inside the walls before I tell Lieutenant Pine that you’re interfering with my mission.”

“Yes, ma’am,” one of the soldiers gulps, Hailey doesn’t look at the two to know which one. The two soldiers turn and hastily return to the entry gates of the city.

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Trick or Treat?

Treat 🎃🎃

From the latest draft of the first chapters of Legends Zero. Enjoy!

Hailey stands in the middle of what looks to be a throne room, sleep tank top and shorts flowing in wind that shouldn’t exist in a dream. She’s breathing heavily, anxious for how the ending of this nightmare will play – the blonde woman being captured in Hailey’s place to keep her safe, or Holt fading as she tells Hailey she believes in her? It’s becoming too much; they feel too real.

A familiar figure in a hooded cape materializes from the back of the throne room, and Hailey blinks back tears as she roars, “What do you want from me?! Haven’t you shown me enough? I won’t go to the Monk’s Village again, I swear. Just please – stop.”

Sobbing, Hailey drops to her knees, hugging herself tightly. She’s seen too many times where she wasn’t fast enough – never fast enough to stop the demise of those in her dreams. The person stops, staying where she stands on the opposite side of the throne room. Lifting a palm to the air, they shoots a beam of soft yellow light at the top of the room, the room being illuminated as particles of light spread about the room.

After the lights fade, the room begins to light up again as fuzzy memories from the dreams start to come into focus in little displays on the walls. Hailey watches as one memory begins, the first of the series of dreams.

An all too familiar voice speaks from under the hood, “Are you ready, Maiyu?”

Hailey's eyes dart up at the person. What did they call her? Is that the name from the dreams? Is that her name?

The figure removes their hood, and Hailey is suddenly face to face with herself...

Holt.

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Happy STS!

Which of your ocs would run away or go alone if the group would argue or split up?

Happy STS!!!

Hailey will leave — every single time.

Hailey Tockett is a leader, and she just wants to keep her people and friends safe. No matter which world she is in, Hailey will always be the one to split off.

Reasons change in different worlds — depending if she's a Pokémon Ranger like in the Ranger series, or if she's the new semi-powerless leader of a rebellion in Legends Zero.

Hailey takes her duties very seriously, nearly to a fault; and in L0 does at one point have to initiate an argument with her friend for their plan to work. Ultimately ends up with her leaving her team behind until their mission can be completed.