Thursday, October 15, 2009
Cave Troll Prompt
A sudden thud awoke me from my deep sleep. I had been asleep for many months and my back and neck were very sore and stiff from not moving. I stood up shakily, every movement hurt but I couldn't stop now. I knew it must be another bothersome adventurer coming to fight me. The sound of creaking stairs floated into the blood stained, battle marked room.The smell of a human was faint but slowly growing stronger every second. I knew I couldn't loose against a lousy weak human, after all I knew trolls were much stronger. The skulls of my old opponents lined the cave floor and sat in piles in the corners, their empty eye sockets staring back at me. The sound of footsteps stopped and all I could hear was something shuffling toward my cave. I quickly grabbed my favorite weapon, an axe and stood ready for battle. Ever so slowly a human came into view illuminated in a faint yellow glow holding a brass lantern in one hand and a glowing blue sword in the other. The human charged at me, a flash of blue light flew before my scarred face. I fell to my knees with greenish brown blood dripping from my side. I bellowed out in pain and rage as I swung my axe in a mad fury. The human dodged and slashed again. Full of anger I rolled and stood up avoiding a swing from the glowing blade. Roaring I lunged forward and swung my axe. I felt the it connect to the blade and I knocked the sword out of the humans hands. It skittered across the stone floor and stop a couple of feet away. I swung again and missed as the human rolled out of the way and quickly grabbed the still glowing sword. The human stood up and ran behind me. I tried to turn but I was to slow. Suddenly a huge burst of pain filled my chest. I looked down and saw the tip of the glowing blue sword covered in my own blood sticking out of me. My legs buckled under me and I fell to the ground. I couldn't believe a human had beat me. The last thing I saw was the faintly glowing sword being pulled out of me and the human slowly walking away toward the next room.
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Hannah, I really liked your writing for this assignment, it was very visual! I really liked the line "The skulls of my old opponents lined the cave floor and sat in piles in the corners, their empty eye sockets staring back at me." When I read it chills ran up my back! And I enjoyed how you told us about the battle scene. So over all I really liked the writing, keep it up!
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