Stories tagged “cloud”
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Raindrop
Awakening to a new and strange world, I fall briskly through the turbulent air. Freshly birthed from Mother Cloud, I descend with my brothers and sisters to the unknown lands below. The wind whips me from side to side as I continue towards my place of ...
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Black Cloud
As the bus heaved down the road, bouncing at every pothole and piece of trash in the way, Jonathon Roberts suddenly realized he had never met the driver. The man that operated the vehicle Jon needed to survive the trip outside was an anonymous figure. ...
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The Weather Woman
All ye viewers, with eager ears, attain! Hark but a moment, and hear my name For though a name is trivial and lame, Reputations precede, thus giving thou An inkling, a featherful white pillow On which to rest thine head, a comfort gained. Joan Key, fam...
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Goodbye, Blue Sky
It was quiet. Some would say “too quiet”, but she didn’t go in for that kind of cliche. A gentle breeze caressed her body and annoyingly pushed her hair into her eyes. The sun was out. Warm. Here in this open field, far from the cacophony of TV n...
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Ashes Remain: Chapter Two;; Part 1
I flew, taking the small cement stairs in great leaps. Eight flights later, I burst through a maintenance door, into one of the many side streets of the large city. Adrenaline pounded through my veins as I raced through the city streets, dodging the bu...
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Shadow Meadow
The grass turned yellow, as it grew long in the summer heat laying flat on the ground. Where thick forests stood was now a maze of ashen totems of an earlier time. The simple gate way far back held with wood and nails still protected the fields from wh...
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Melody the Lost UniCloud: Marring Perfection
The sun was shining brightly in the middle of the sky. Butterflies bounced lazily through the air. Everything seemed so nice. Melody beamed internally and forced her cloud form to drift down to the earth. Today was much too nice to spend as a cloud. Wh...
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Melody the UniCloud: Ruminations and Investigations
The smoke was pouring from inside a small patch of woods far in the distance. While Melody knew that she could turn back into a cloud, that would take both time and energy and honestly clouds didn’t move that quickly anyway. Well not unless one o...
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Melody the Unicloud: Smoke Signals
Heedless of any danger or threat to her own well being, Melody charged into the forest determined to stop whatever was going on. Weaving through the trees, leaping over fallen logs, she relied on her powerful sense of smell to guide her in the right di...
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Melody the UniCloud: Standing Up To Giants
“Hey, hey! Stop this!” Melody cried. Her voice seemed to disrupt the rhyme and rythm of their song and the three men fell silent. They looked around for the source of the noise and Melody made no attempt to hide. She wanted them to see her....
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Melody the Uni-Cloud: Unfair Dealings
The three giants continued to stare down at the uni-cloud, expressions of disbelief on their faces. “Grimmstuff,” Red said to Green, “Wot’s wiff dis wond’rous speaking beast?” Grumstuff passed the buck. Eying Blue, h...
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Melody the Uni-Cloud: Willowreek
This time the notes were long and leaden. Whereas the first song was meant to set the pace of their labor, this one was ponderous and sung low. Despire her current situation, Melody felt the song resonate with something inside her and she listened to t...