emm, a certain person I know, said that I had to post something on here, so I decided to post the first chapter of a story I wrote here. It is by no means anything great, and it's pretty rough still. but, oh well. enjoy.

Chapter one

Going into the forest was never frightening for me. In fact I live just beyond the edge of the forest. I’ve played there thousands of times. Nothing is different, or wrong with the forest. I’m positive. I used to be afraid to go in there, because of the stories told about it. It didn’t take long for me to overcome my fears though, for the simple fact that I’d never in my life seen anything out of the ordinary about it. When people told the stories, I always want to speak up, tell them that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the place. It is quiet, and peaceful, and can be quite beautiful at times. I always wanted to say that, but I never did. It is better not to draw attention to myself. So I just stayed quiet while one of the old townswomen told a new tale about the forest.

                “Creatures live in that forest,” she started, “creatures so beautiful it breaks your heart just to look at them. The minute you see them they have instant power over you.” Her old voice was eerie, even though I knew what she was saying wasn’t true. “They can lure anyone they want into their evil abode. There, they practice their evil arts on you. And then,” her voice lowered conspiratorially, “then, when they have no more use for you, they let you go. You come out of the forest and three hundred years have passed! Even if it felt like you were only there three days. Your body starts becoming the age it is. You feel yourself aging all those years, feel your bones breaking, collapsing. You feel death. And then, you are nothing but dust on the ground.” Then she walked away cackling. Something was definitely not right in her head. And people thought I was weird...

All of the others that had been listening to the old lady looked slightly shocked and horrified. I was inwardly rolling my eyes. So a group of extravagantly beautiful people that weren’t humans lived in the forest. Right. I’ve never even seen a footprint in there, much less an actual person. Or being. Whatever you want to call them. Which is why with absolutely no hesitation at all, I took a walk in the forest later that day. That forest is one of the only places I don’t have to watch myself. In the town, every single move I make is calculated to bring the least attention. Here no one was around to care. I could take the stupid pins out of my hair, I could take off the restraining shoes, I could run, sing, do anything I wanted. No one cared. Freedom is exhilarating. On this particular day, I decided to go a further into the forest then I had before. I walked for a long time, randomly choosing my direction. When I found a little glade full of thick grass, I sank down eagerly. Sitting in the warm sun, I fought to stay awake, but it was a losing battle.

It is unnerving even in the best of circumstances to have someone staring at you when you wake up. It is much more unnerving when you are in a forest, the light is rapidly fading, and the person staring at you is quite obviously not human. All the stories I’d ever heard about this forest came sweeping back, bringing paralyzing fear with them. The man in front of me was definitely inhumanly beautiful. But I felt absolutely zero urge to follow him to my death. In fact I really wanted to leave. Immediately. So, when my brain started working again, I jumped up, tearing through the woods as fast as I could, or fear made me five times faster than usual. I could only register one thought in my head. Get away.

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“Venarion.” I tilted my head at our commander’s cold voice. “You have been assigned perimeter for tonight. You leave in five minutes.” I replied with another barely noticeable tilt of my head, all the while groaning internally. Those assigned to the perimeter had to travel the edges of the forest and make sure everything was normal. In other words it was boring as hell. However, doing the perimeter was better than listening to one of the commander’s speeches on responsibility or duty. God knows I’d already heard those more than enough times. I threw a small pouch of food in a bag, slung on arrows and a bow, grabbed a cloak and headed out to my doom. I was soon to face the jaws of a most terrible and evil monster, one who stalked me at every turn. Boredom that is.

Imagine my surprise when I actually found something worth reporting, or rather someone. I found her while she was asleep, although she sure woke up quickly enough. She stared at me for about ten seconds. Then she dashed away like hell itself was on her heels. I sighed in frustration and took after her. It took me about twenty seconds to catch up. I know, I know, twenty seconds right? But really, she was uncommonly fast for a human. Maybe she wouldn’t run away if I introduced myself? I jumped off the tree I was on. “Hello,” I said enthusiastically. My lips curved into a smile. I’d never met a human before, so I was fairly excited. I’m pretty sure my expression faltered somewhat when she let out a small scream and burst into tears. I pride myself on not being overly obsessive about my looks, but here was a girl acting as though I was some kind of monster. “Are you okay?” I tried to say it soothingly, but she started trembling when I spoke. When I took a step closer she looked up at me, eyes flashing.

“Stay away from me.” Her voice was quite clearly shaking. I took another step forward.

“I just want to help you,” I tried explaining. “It’s not like I’m going to hurt you or anything.” My words didn’t seem to be doing much, if the amount of fear still rolling off of her was anything to go by. When I took yet another careful step towards her, something about her seemed to snap.

“I said, stay away from me.” Her eyes blue eyes were blazing with a strange mixture of fear and fury. In a quick motion she grabbed several rocks from the ground and started pelting them at me. I avoided the missiles without seeming to notice them. This seemed to infuriate her even more. I kept on walking towards her, through the ever increasing number of rocks thrown at me. I tried reasoning.

“I’m really not going to hurt you.” I swerved slightly to avoid the rock flying exactly where my forehead had been half a second before. “I’ve just never met a human before. Although I’ve read a lot about your species.” I was very close to her now. “You’re definitely not quite what I expected though.” She pulled back an arm into a fist and then slammed it towards me. I caught her wrist easily. I looked closer and saw tears of hysteria in her eyes. The fear slamming into me was enormous.

“Leave. Me. Alone.” Her words were clipped, as if she was restraining herself. I cocked my head slightly. Then all of the sudden I felt her pulling in power, a lot of it. She pulled it inside herself, letting it mix with her fear, anger, and frustration. Then she shoved all of it out, straight at me. I cast it aside only by reflex, still slightly shocked. The very first thing I had learned about humans was that they couldn’t conduct power. We are the only race with that capability. So how on earth had she just done that? She took advantage of my confusion and took off out of the woods. I needed to have a talk with my tutor.  

End of chaper one. what do ya think? AND THAT BETTER BE A LONG ENOUGH POST.... *coughs* um yes, well, anyways. I think I'll change my layout now! just for the fun of it. hehe.

some days.... some days I feel like I'm wasting my time. WHY am I sitting here doing nothing all day, when I could be, I dunno, learning, doing, seeing. If I focused on one thing, and worked for it steadily and consistently, I would achieve it before too long. So why don't I? I ask this question to myself now. I don't really have an answer. there are kid genius's out there. Why not me? There are some kids who make thousands of dollars before hitting 18. why not me? something to ponder. maybe all of our expectations have been a little low. When I think about my life's plan that I made... go to college, get a job, maybe get married somewhere in there, I never really planned out this point in my life. I guess I just assumed id be doing... nothing. But now that I think about it, that sounds really boring... when I think about all the hours I've wasted... on the computer, watching movies, and being lazy in general... It makes me sad, what have I accomplished this year, or even this summer? the answer is....nothing. I should change that, but how?