I-am-Leonidas

    A symbol. The color of the earth, the trees and the sea, all composed in one mark glowed in the depths of my mind. I reached out to it, called to it, and it called back. The words it called formed in my mouth and I spoke it's name aloud- "Kehkoni, Noshaf ti, Von Alos!"   From a gentle pulsing, the mark shook violently and ripped itself apart. The state of my mind then crumbled as it too was tearing itself to pieces. I shrieked, as my body began creaking and moaning, the shifting of bones, the stretching of sinew and muscle under such force that they were at their breaking point. A new wave of screaming erupted from my body as my back w

    Lying underneath a twisted tree she lay gazing out into the meadow. The stars spun around and the reflection was mirrored in her eyes; she rose upright, a mess of long bronze hair streaming behind. She turned slowly away from the open field and set her sights towards a distant cluster of trembling pines. The trees almost appeared to part ways as a Kodiak bear the colors of the Earth, emerged, set it's sights on the girl, and began to approach. Leonidas rose and walked towards the enormous creature, keeping her eyes averted and her hands down. When the beast came close to hear, it produced a grunt and dropped its head low, backing away sl

The rain beat down on my scarred back, glistening drops of Ichor fell from my body, sizzling as they hit the forest floor. I looked up at my attacker, a stranger dressed in shades of grey and black, his face blurry from the haze. I let out a beast like snarl  "Aww, poor little kitten has lost her way" He purred. "time to take you home." I got to my knees struggling to keep my balance, "You will regret attacking me human." I stood, wobbling on my two new legs. The man laughed and kicked me back onto the muddy forest floor "A insignificant infant like you can do nothing. You can barely stand on two legs you are so weak!" I looked down at my bo

Dragonfly, oh dragonfly i'll lend you my ear So that you can whisper secrets that you hear I will pay my mind to you, so that I may learn to sing and dance in glory, of the life that now shall turn Tell me of the hiding side, of those who lie before me Judging them or loving them. She, me, or he Tell me secrets, sacred one, illusion is your key Reveal sacred dragon, all that lie before me I wish to learn the secret of this ancient medicine So that I feel fulfillment in teaching all my kin