Board Thread:Short Stories/@comment-26108027-20180330132934

A long time ago, there was a woman living alone in a cave. She loved to sing, but of course this drew people to her home to listen to her sing. They would sit around the fire and listen to her stories, some being of great warriors and gods, others being of loss and hardship. Each night, when the embers died and the woman was in the best part of her story, moonstones lining the walls would light up with the power of her tale.

She was loved by all, and word of her fame reached the ears of a human king across the ocean. He wanted her as a trophy, to prove to a fallen Emperor that he was in control. Her loyal friends and family warned her of these soldiers coming to find hr, and she told them over and over not to worry.

When the soldiers finally discovered her home, all they found was an empty cave filled with moonstones. In the center of the cave was a pool of clear water, and the voice of the woman spoke to them.

"You have done well to find my cave, travelers. Come and rest yourselves by my pool." She said calmly.

The soldiers took her advice and slept by the pool, except one. He hated caves, and was ridiculed by his fellow soldiers for loving the stars. As he stared into the sky, the woman spoke again.

"Why do you separate yourself from them?"

"Because I am not like them. They are mean and selfish." The woman's heart hurt for the poor young man. She began to tell him a story, a long lullaby about a fallen empire that had fallen in a war. There were still scars of the brutality the oncoming force had fought with, crumbling fortresses, burned sections of forest that would never be repaired. She told him of the mountains, of the deserts, of the frigid north, of the rainy west. She painted vivid pictures of bloodstained battlefields and flower-filled meadows. In her final tale, the woman told the soldier about the secret of the Moonstone Cavern.

"Io olan outub ilas plas plasa tawa. Io lun outub elevi plas su plasa ekin."

[ The page is too smudged and faded to read any more. ] 