Tales of Avalor ch. 1 by thecuttestpuppy, literature
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Tales of Avalor ch. 1
There are two types of people: Those who think four decades are a damn long time and those for whom two score of years pass in a blink of one’s eye.
The grandparents, two living relics of an age long gone trying their best in a foreign world. First sister smiles brightly like only an innocent child can but the pain of losing her parents is oh so fresh. The second sister is an adult woman in a young girl’s body with a mind warped by magic and years of loneliness, now she faces the challenges of ruling a nation. The boy who one fateful day has lost everything he cherished the most: his family, their love and his freedom.
Who has l
The Library at the End of the World by thecuttestpuppy, literature
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The Library at the End of the World
Prologue: Here comes Nara
Something nudged her in her shoulder blade. After she opened her eyes she saw that it was a hoof of a zebra centaur. Even his human half was black with white stripes on his chest, waist and arms and he had no hair except for a single strand of braided dreads hanging almost to the ground.
“Hi, I’m Meerkat Stu, I was sent to pick you up,” said the zebra-man with a flash of his white teeth. Nara managed to make a similar smile. She took a look around.
She was lying on a rather small island. She didn’t know where she was and how she got there but she felt good and the zebra guy seemed harmless.
The Fairest day of Spring
The clouds were an unappetizing mix of oily green, brown and purple shades. The air smelled as something that someone put in a larder and completely forgot about it for at least ten years. Whatever after it has been before it was now putrid and icky. Darling Charming, the princess who’s dream was to be a knight, has come to Wonderland.
The girl has put on one of old practice armours she smuggled out of the Charming mansion. With all the dents and scratches, she mused, the set of armour has probably remembered the times of her grandfather but as old as it was she could have been sure that no one is going to lo
Saga of the wor(l)ds timeline - December 2015 update
BC
356 – Alexandros was born, Miltiades was born
355 - Aigidion was born
340 – Miltiades and Aigidion share their secret ability with Alexandros, the prince hears the prophecy (16/15 years old)
336 – Alexandros becomes the basileus of Macedonia (20 yo)
334 – the conquest of the Persian empire begins (22 yo)
331 – In April Alexandros founded the city Alexandria in Egypt, the building of the Great Library starts (in both worlds) [25 years old]
- Alexandros grants Miltiades and Aigidion the titel the Bibliobasileos = kings of the atoryworld
- Octo
The Quill chronicles (4) by thecuttestpuppy, literature
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The Quill chronicles (4)
340 BC
On a hill over the city of Delphi climbed three boys on the verge of manhood. One of them was a young prince with great ambitions and his two friends who asked him to come to an abandoned place because they wanted to tell him something only he was supposed to hear. The young prince was suspicious of why no one else was allowed to hear it but he trusted only a handful of people and these two were among them.
The hill wasn’t high but the landscape surrounding it was so flat one could see far in the distance. Down there were herds of goats feeding on short grass and brown bushes and gardens of olive trees. But they weren’t
The Quill chronicles (3) by thecuttestpuppy, literature
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The Quill chronicles (3)
The Origins – part 1: Miltiades and Aigidion
In one wealthy household a son was born. He was big and strong even as a child but the strength of muscles was accompanied by the strength of mind. A year later the family was granted another blessing, another boy. Fair haired and leaner than his darker and larger brother, but he, too, was gifted in many areas. They grew up together and although the family had more children after them, these two were the closest both in age and in hobbies. One thing that united them most was their greatest ability. It wasn’t a talent for playing lyra nor archery. The boys learned that they could enter
The Quill Chronicles (1) by thecuttestpuppy, literature
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The Quill Chronicles (1)
331 BC
The tent was filled with high ranked officers of the Macedonian king’s army. Mostly Greeks but there were also Egyptians and Persians. They all looked at their king and two men kneeling in front of the basileus.
The young king stood in all his pride, a physical god in his gilded armour and surrounded by aura of power and invincibility. When he spoke up, the whole world listened for he was making history.
“For your loyalty, bravery and your services to the crown, I hereby proclaim you to be the rulers of the lands beyond the veil, the kings of the realm of myths. Your title shall be bibliobasileos. You shall bow to no one
September 2013
The room was as dark as its owner’s thoughts. It was as if he didn’t dare to light not even a small candle, afraid that he may see the shadows of his black conscience. Even the stars were shrouded by big heavy clouds that gathered that evening. Some farmers from the nearby village began expecting an all-night rain.
A man pacing between the large window on one side, stone hearth without a flame on another and a book in glass case in third corner of the room.
He made few steps and stopped, his haunting thoughts following him like hungry hounds in pursuit of a wounded deer. His effort was futile because he was seeki
The rejected princess (part 1) by thecuttestpuppy, literature
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The rejected princess (part 1)
It was time for break at the Royal Prep and all the aristocratic offspring gathered on the courtyard. This time they talked about their chances of inheriting the throne. “I’m the second in line to succeed my father on the throne, because I have an older brother.” “My uncle and aunt don’t have any children so they decided to formally adopt me.”
Sofia looked at her older stepsiblings:“How is it in Enchantia? Is there a rule that only a son can inherit the throne?” “Does our little sister harbour a secret desire for the crown,” teased her Amber. “No, no, it’s just that I&rs