Composition of Short Stories

Short Story #9

Prompt 1

Never trust a survivor until you find out what they did to stay alive

Prompt 2

For what it's worth – Springfield

Diamonds and Silver

She ran to the nearest tree, and threw herself underneath the roots, the panther that had been chasing her had climb up the tree thinking she went up. She got out and ran back to the hidden village. "Stardust, where's the panther?" someone asked, a guard named Mirkwood to be specific.

"I led it to the flytraps," Stardust replied, she then made her way to the gate, once inside she went to where their healer was. Papaya looked up, "Ah, Stardust, what brings you here today?" she went to the stores to grab something to wrap the wound.

Stardust looked at Papaya, "a few scrapes, nothing more," she let Papaya bandage the damage that was along her arm.

[Tom's p.o.v.]

He hid in the forest, breathing hard, he had never seen a place so difficult to survive in. The forest it seemed, was out to kill him. He had met someone named Rose yesterday. He wasn't sure if to trust her or not. Who knows what she did to survive out here. He frowned as she came towards him.

"Look what I found," Rose said, handing him a map. He looked up when they heard a deafening growl sound. They quickly hid under the foliage; A lizard of large size walked into the clearing; it had scales of silver that glinted like metal would have. It had two legs, with two large wings, its mouth extended a little past its head and into its neck. Its small eyes were almost impossible to notice, the creature in front of them was a solid color. It looked like a walking pile of silver. It let out another deafening growl. It whipped its head around; it opened its mouth then stared at the bush they were in. Like a cat... he realized as its mouth closed. It opened its mouth once again, but instead of growling, words came out, "I see you... I know you're there..." the voice sounded like metal rubbing against metal, but also like water dripping.

Beside him, Rose was shivering in fear. The metallic dragon stepped forward, "come out, I won't hurt you,"

Rose and Tom stayed still unsure if to trust him or not. It could very well be lying to them. It raised its head as it spoke again, "The plant behind you will kill you though..." its gaze moved to behind them.

Looking behind them, they saw a rather giant flower, tentacles that looked like green vines were on the ground around it. They moved toward Rose and Tom. The petals on the flower opened to reveal rows of teeth, the tentacles shot toward them. Tom winced as something dashed and pulled him back. He stared at the dragon, it tilted its head, Tom knew he couldn't trust it, something in it's gaze made him worry about trusting it.