Stories tagged “Spain”
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The Duel
The music lead me as I danced El baile flamenco. My opponent met me step for step as we danced Flamenco puro, each of us dancing solo, in tandem, and at counterpoint to each other. None would judge us but ourselves. Felipe was young, and did not feel t...
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Legend of Gabriél (1)
I never thought I would have a story to tell, I was just a peasant boy living on a plantation in Spain. My mother taught me at home, while my dad helped the other men who worked on the plantation, plant, water, and cut the crops. We were not rich, yet ...
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Legend of Gabriél (2)
“Por favor, ayúdame,” The boy said, he needed help. He had a potato sack over his head and he was drenched from head to toe; the rags he wore stuck to his skin. Mother rushed him in, while Father lit a few more candles. “¿Estás bie...
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Legend of Gabriél (3)
I believe this is where my story started, the Barcelona Festival. Mother was wearing her beautiful traje de faraleas; ruby colored layered dress, while Father and I wore our trajes cortos; a traditional cowboy wear. We danced to the music and danced wi...
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Legend of Gabriél (4)
The Prince followed the soldier as Mother pulled me away to dance with her. The grand entrada would happen soon and I needed to be relaxed. “Atención!” The soldiers called to everyone. Everybody dropped what they were doing and looked in t...
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Legend of Gabriél (5)
“¿Qué estás haciendo?” The Prince asked as he tugged his arm away from me. “You’re a prince?” I asked. It was clearly a stupid question. “Si, I am a Prince,” He said to me as if I had known before. “Th...
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Legend of Gabriél (6)
A few nights passed after the wonderful festival when the Prince came knocking on our door, but this time, he wasn’t begging for hospitality. I bowed down as soon as I saw him, the last thing I needed was to be beheaded. He chuckled and rose his ...
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Legend of Gabriél (7)
“That man was just a guard,” The Prince said. He did not seem to be defensive about it; he answered it like he knew for a fact. I wasn’t convinced, though. The royal family was born to put on an act, “I’m here to talk abou...
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Legend of Gabriél (8)
Mother and Father didn’t mind Andres visiting the house, they actually encouraged him to come more often. I had no other siblings so I enjoyed having someone else to have a pleasant time with. Over the many weeks we spent together, Andres and I b...
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Legend of Gabriél (9)
Andres left early the next morning and Father needed me to work on the fields. The sun beat hard on our bare backs, as we guided the oxen plowing the fields. I hadn’t seen Father, but just assumed he was working somewhere else for he had a lot of...
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Legend of Gabriél (10)
I hadn’t notice until I reached el Palacio that I didn’t have a shirt on, but I was so happy and honored that I did not really care. The guard gave me a look as if he had seen an Englishman, but I gave him the letter, secretly keeping the g...
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Legend of Gabriél (11)
“El jardín es precioso!” I complimented. He smiled politely and glanced at my bare chest. “What are you doing he—” Andres didn’t finish, because la Princesa walked over and interrupted him. “¿Es este el nuevo...
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Legend of Gabriél (12)
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, not only were my parents burning at the stake, but so was the plantation my Father worked so hard to make successful. “¡Mamá… Papá!” I kept screaming over and over. The tears flowed down ...
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Legend Gabriél (13)
Andres picked me up from the ground and wrapped his arms around me. This was absolutely unmanly of me to do; my Father would have been skeptical, but he wasn’t here. Mother and Father were gone and I was all alone. “Lo siento, Gabriél. Lo ...
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Legend of Gabriél (14)
I couldn’t think of anyone who would want to hurt Mother or Father; they were such good people. I didn’t understand why Dios would let such a horrible thing happen to such faithful believers! That’s when I began to figure it out. The ...
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Legend of Gabriél (15)
After I prayed to el Señor about where I would go from there, I headed home. My parents were dead and I had no other kin, so that meant I was on my own; nobody would take care of me now. A month passed since the burning of mis padres and I had success...
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Legend of Gabriél (16)
Before I could ask what the present was, Andres took me into the city. A million thoughts ran through my head as he stopped in front of la tienda de ropa. Confused I took a glance at him, but he just smiled at el empleado. “What would you like mi...
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Legend of Gabriél (17)
I told Andres I would have to think about it. It was such an amazing offer, but am I really worthy of living in el Palacio? I walked in the direction of mi casa and I just went through the facts and fictions. If I do decide to live in el Palacio, then ...
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Legend of Gabriél (18)
“Yes, and speaking of la Organización,” Andres said. I looked at the man in black, his face covered everywhere but around his eyes. “Hola, señor. Soy, Erikson, de la Organización,” The man said and bowed down. I was confused ...