February Writing Contest ~Special Edition ~ Normal Category [Winner Announced]
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Addelyn
Lotus Crystal
Title : GC's Official Nephrite Posts : 8024 Join date : 2012-08-04 Age : 34 Location : Canada
Subject: February Writing Contest ~Special Edition ~ Normal Category [Winner Announced] 23rd February 2016, 2:14 pm
Entry 1:
She stood looking at her viewing pool watching the time line that had begun the moment her princess was born and she wasn’t liking what she was seeing of this future version of her princess, but there wasn’t much she could do, other then watch and maybe give that stupid cat the queen thought made a good adviser to her princess a much needed warning. Yeah that would make her feel better for the moment.
Entry 2:
Chaos swallowed the Moon Palace, and the silver orb that hung in Earth’s sky engulfed itself in flames and darkness. People screamed and shouted over the clashing of blades and collapsing buildings, and the air was filled with an inhuman, oppressive force as the being known as Queen Metallia grew closer to them.
Mercury stumbled out onto the streets, clutching her side in a useless attempt to cover her wound. Inside, the frostbitten body of a once loyal general lay still, weakly clutching a red stained crystal dagger. She was of no use to her princess in this condition, but she did not want to spend the rest of her time bleeding out alone in a corner. After seeing a flash of lightning in the sky, her glossed over eyes refocused, making up her mind. It was a chore to stay awake, but she had to see her at least one more time…
Minutes felt like hours in her pained haze, but she followed the crackling bolts of power in the distance until she was looking out at a once peaceful town square.
Mercury leaned against a broken column and watched as Jupiter ripped through another row of shambling soldiers. Hot white electricity filled the air with the sharp smell of ozone, mixing with the sicker scent of death as the poor soldiers disintegrated before her eyes.
Jupiter fell to one knee, already covered in cuts and slashes from the lucky swords that had gotten close enough to touch her. Her hair was, miraculously, still tied up in her ponytail, and a weak smile crossed Mercury’s face. Even in this state, she still saw Jupiter as beautiful. Mercury’s knees went weak from blood loss as Jupiter finished her battle with one last burst of flower petals, and she slid down into a sitting position, resting her back on the ruins.
“Mercury!” Sometime between blinks, Jupiter had crossed the yard to kneel next to her. “You’re hurt…” She felt her hand being moved from her side as her vision blurred, and and heard a curse. Mercury struggled to catch her breath enough to speak, determined to say what she’d been avoiding for years now.
“W-wait..”
“Shh, you don’t have to talk right now…” Jupiter picked her up with some difficulty, and Mercury felt like cursing too. Why was she so stubborn? But her annoyance faded quickly, along with most of her awareness as she started to drift off, distracted by how nice it felt to not have to move anymore. She could sleep for a moment, and then she’d confess….
Ami Mizuno wasn’t that interested in ice skating, but her friends had managed to drag her into the indoor center anyway. She could never quite seem to say no to Usagi when she wanted to do something with her.
While Usagi did her best to not fall over on the ice, Ami watched from the sidelines. And that’s when she saw the other girl across the rink. The skater was at least a head taller than Ami, but she moved with enough skill to be mistaken for a professional. Ami’s eyes never left the girl in the green dress as she built up speed with a few powerful strides, and then did a spinning jump, landing perfectly balanced on one leg.
Yet she was alone.
“Who’s that?” Ami jumped as Usagi seemed to materialize out of nowhere to talk to her.
“U-um, I have no idea, I was just watching…” The girl turned into another tight spin, this time firmly planted on the ice.
“Well whoever she is, she’s really good!” Usagi said, clinging to the wall to stay upright. “You think she’d give us lessons if we asked?”
“No! I mean...she looks busy, I wouldn’t want to interrupt her…” Ami looked down and blushed, not entirely sure why the thought of approaching the stranger was so intimidating. She’d probably just disappoint her with her lack of skating ability anyway.
“Aw, I’m sure she’s nice, but if you think we’d be bothering her…” Usagi pouted and went back to practicing, though this time her constant falls had attracted a dark haired older boy to see if she was alright.
She wasn’t sure what drove her to do it, but every week after that, Ami showed up at the ice rink again. And every week, the brunette girl in green was there at the same time, skating by herself. Ami never approached her, her rented pair of skates sitting beside her on the bench. It was completely illogical, but she couldn’t help but be drawn back in just to watch one stranger.
It took at least two months before Ami finally worked up the nerve to even get on the ice. It was a waste of money to come and not at least attempt to skate, she reasoned, though she did her best to stay out of the other more accomplished people’s way.
About an hour’s worth of wobbling and clutching the wall for dear life, Ami was finally balancing well enough to push off into the middle of the rink. Until the blade of her skate caught a rough patch of ice, and she pitched forward with a yelp. Ami’s eyes squeezed shut as she braced herself for a hard landing, only for a hand to catch her by the elbow. It pulled her back in the other direction, and she ended up using another person’s chest as support. A pair of arms steadied her, and she slowly opened her eyes to see a familiar green dress.
Ami’s face reddened.
“That was a close one!” Her savior said. She looked up, and bright green eyes met her own. Her mouth went dry. “You okay?” Ami nodded quickly, and the other girl smiled and let her go, though they were still close enough for her to catch her again if needed.
“Good. I noticed you were having trouble earlier, so I kind of...was watching you to make sure you didn’t need help..” The other girl blushed too, but not as bad as Ami was now.
“...You saw all of that?” Well there went her plan of not embarrassing herself. Maybe she should just go home before this became any worse.
“No wait, it’s alright! If you want to, I can give you some tips or something.” Ami looked up again, unable to believe her ears. “I’m Makoto, sorry for not introducing myself first...”
“I’d...I’d like that, if it’s not any trouble. My name’s Ami.”
“Don’t worry about it. I’m usually just here by myself, and that gets really boring. Skating is better with other people,” she said, though her eyes told a different, lonelier story. Ami just couldn’t wrap her head around why she didn’t seem to have any friends, but she certainly wouldn’t object to her company.
Makoto grabbed Ami’s hand to lead her to a more open area, and for the first time since lacing up her skates, she didn’t stumble on the ice.
Last edited by Addelyn on 7th March 2016, 5:50 am; edited 1 time in total
Sailor Uranus
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Subject: Re: February Writing Contest ~Special Edition ~ Normal Category [Winner Announced] 23rd February 2016, 3:11 pm
Voted!
JupiterThunderCrash
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Subject: Re: February Writing Contest ~Special Edition ~ Normal Category [Winner Announced] 23rd February 2016, 6:06 pm
voted!
Addelyn
Lotus Crystal
Title : GC's Official Nephrite Posts : 8024 Join date : 2012-08-04 Age : 34 Location : Canada
Subject: Re: February Writing Contest ~Special Edition ~ Normal Category [Winner Announced] 25th February 2016, 3:18 pm
bump! there's still time to vote!
Addelyn
Lotus Crystal
Title : GC's Official Nephrite Posts : 8024 Join date : 2012-08-04 Age : 34 Location : Canada
Subject: Re: February Writing Contest ~Special Edition ~ Normal Category [Winner Announced] 7th March 2016, 5:51 am
Thank you to everyone who voted!
Entry 1: GreaPea501 Entry 2: JupiterThunderCrash
And the winner is...
JTC! Congratulations!
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