Hero

Where could he be? The whole family is looking for him. And even though they still can’t find him.

“Hero, where are you?” dad calls.

“Don’t be scared and show us yourself.” tries mom.

But the tomcat knows this tone, in which they are calling him, very well. That tone, when someone wants to do to you something that you dislike, and try to make you come to them. Exactly in this tone they were calling him – mom, dad and two children.

“Helooo!” shouts small Jane.

“Come on, kitty!” comes from Thomas.

“Hero, come to us.” says dad.

“Oh boy, we probably won’t find him.” mom sighs.

“Don’t worry, honey, I am sure he will show up every minute.” dad comforts her

.

“Kitty, kitty!” Jane still runs around.

“And why are we looking for him?” asks Thomas.

“Because he needs a bath, he’s had once again rolled around in some dirt and now he’s horribly dirty!”

 Explained his parents before they all had went back to looking for their cat.

And behold, a while later they finally found Hero! He was hiding behind the kitchen cabinets! Mom found him when she was going to prepare some food for her hungry children.

You can be sure that they immediately grabbed him and ran with him to the bathroom. They didn’t even give him some to defend himself, and before he knew, Hero was already in the water! Of course, he tried to get out and scrape, but mom and dad were adamant and skilful. Together they washed the tomcat and got all of the dirt off him. Even though it probably won’t stay like this for a long time....

“See, it wasn’t that bad in the end, right?” Thomas whispers to Hero, as he holds him while the cat is still shaking, wrapped in a towel in his hands.

The Rabbit And the Fox

"I can't sleep, Witty!", I sat on my bed whining and frowning on my butler Wittson. An elderly man in a butler suit quickly but silently approaches me.

"Is there any problem, Milady?",  he asked. I looked at him and thought that when I sit like this on my bed he doesn't seem that tall.

"I said I can't sleep!", I repeated.

"May I turn off the night lamp, Milady?, he said, almost touching the switch..

"N-no!.. I mean, I do not mind the light. I could fall asleep even in a brighter light than this one. ", I can't possibly reveal my weakness against the absolute darkness.

"My apologies, Milady. Is there something else the princess wishes for?", he continues with his questions.

"Mhmm.. I got it!", I blurted out. "Tell me a story until I fall asleep."

"B-but Milady. I do not know any story.", he looked at me in confusion.

"What are you for a servant when you cannot do it! Any story will do, Witty! I demand you to tell me stories until I fall asleep!", I looked at him with an angry expression.

"Y-yes Milady!" he faltered as he looked on the left and right side, maybe he is looking for inspiration?

"What should the story be about?"

"Anything will do."

"Ah... uhm... One day, in the evening.. I mean. One day in late evening hours a rabbit went for a walk. Suddenly a fox appeared in front of him. The rabbit got scared and thought of running away but the fox approached him, saying: "Calm down, rabbit. I want to be your friend, I will not harm you.", as she continued with the sweet talk that soon the rabbit fell into her trap. Day by day the rabbit became a closer friend of the fox.".. he paused and checked if I have fallen asleep.

"Continue.", I assured him that I am still wide awake.

He nodded and continued.."So... One day the fox invited the rabbit for a lunch. The rabbit agreed and dressed in his finest suit, reached fox's house. The fox gave the rabbit a warm welcome and offered him his favourite food, the carrot juice. But even after the juice the rabbit was still hungry so he asked the fox: "My friend, has the lunch not been cooked yet?". The fox smiled and replied: " Mine is ready because I can have raw lunch." and with these words the fox pounced on the rabbit and ate him up."

"Haha!" I laughed.

"Is this an appropriate story to tell before going to bed?"

"Oh, you did not like it?" he said with a sad expression.

"Oh no, I liked it, bit you really don't know how to tell a story"

"Indeed, I truly am bad at this." he replied with a slight smile.

The Tale of Suns II. – Golden Heart

The boy is nervously shaking in the bed and up tightly watching the door. He waited for all the day for the continuation of yesterday’s fairy-tale, and now, in every moment, his governess will come and finally tell him the rest of the story. Yes! The doors slowly opened and she came in.
“Hurry! Hurry,” he called as he was eagerly hopping. “You promised me the continuation!”
“All right! All right! Just let me catch a breath,” she laughed and sat down next to the boy on a bed.
“Last time I told you about how one sun was created, right? Now I will tell you the story about the second one.”
“It happened that long time ago, when you and your siblings weren’t even born. The people who got to know about what Halvar did and voted him their new king – The King of Kings, which was his given name. He was given a kingdom and because he was very wise, even the other rulers were asking for his advice. He had to prove that he is also strong enough few times, because the kings from other distant kingdoms didn’t believe in miracles. It took a while, but in the end he gained the same respect as he has now. But he still was missing something,”
 “Do you know what it was?” the governess asked.
“Um,” he pondered. “The Queen!” he blurted and lit up.
“Yes, you are right. But to find a fitting wife wasn’t an easy task, King Halvar looked everywhere, among princesses, among noble ladies and even among ordinary town girls. None of them was as what he wished for, he loved neither of them.”
One time he was sitting in the garden bellow the castle while looking at the sky. It seemed hot, but not as hot as it is now. He himself noticed that it would be better if the sun heated more, but no matter how many times he tried, it didn’t happen. And then the loveable voice, which first adviced him, that only one blood drop is enough, spoke again. It said, that if he sheds his blood again, the next sun will be created and so will the women of his heart.”
“Was it mom?” the boy jumped in her speaking.
“Of course!” his governess laughed and stroked his head. “King Halvar didn’t hesitate; the blood fell on the ground and as before with the first sun, from the ground like from a sunlight a beautiful flower grew. It took a shape of woman, and after the sunlight came off, a beautiful young woman stood there, with a brown hair and golden eyes. And she was wearing the most beautiful dress that the king Halvar ever seen,” she paused. “She still wears them on festivals sometimes,” she added.
“The golden ones?” the boy asked.
“Exactly! She just stood there for a while, and then she smiled as only she can, and they both knew that they are meant to be together. In the moment the king kissed her, and the other sun was created.
And from that time there are two suns in our sky that orbit our planet together.” 
 

Author: Erishika

Translator: Envy

The Tale of Suns I. – A Blood Drop

„- and they lived happily ever after,“ the governess ended the tale and straightened.

„One more!“ pleaded the small boy as he was flapping his tiny legs.

„No, it’s too late! You should go to sleep,“ she said with a calm voice and covered him with a blanket.

„But I won’t fall asleep otherwise,“ the boy frowned.

„All right then, but this is the last one,“ she smiled, bitter her lip and then she slowly started telling the tale. 

„Long long time ago this planet had only one sun and it was slowly fading away, before it disappeared for all. The world fell into darkness and it started to be horribly cold. People panicked, ran, rebelled and called for the Almightyone. But before the sun fade away, it send here one last ray. This ray travelled a long way here and then it was finding a place where it should land.

It landed on young boy, just a little older than you! This absolutely last ray of sunlight carried power of the whole sun and that young man absorbed it all. His eyes started glowing and then they were blue again. But that was all, nothing happened. He did not know how to control this power. That's why he decided to go around the world and see that horror. He came here - on this hill, where this castle stands now and he looked at the sky.

There was no sun and almost no stars. The world rushed to perdition and he knows that,“ she said mysteriously and the boy straightened up.

“What happened then?” he asked with a fear in his voice.

“How do you think it ended?” she laughed. “When you look up to the sky, what do you see?”

“Suns!” he said and his eyes sparkled with happiness.

“Yes, this man with blond hair told himself that he have to do something with that. He started with yelling at the sky. Do you know why did he do that?”

“No,” he confessed.

“He bargained with Almightyone. At first it was anger then he was bargaining, cried and then he understand that Almighty won't help him. And so he took a dagger which had been laying on a stone behind him. He hoped that maybe if he sacrifice himself, he will set free that last ray of sunshine and the sun will come back.

Fortunately something stopped him. It was a kind voice saying that he don't have to sacrifice his life, that it can be just a drop of his blood. So he spilled his blood. For a second nothing happened, but after that like a shining flower the ray of sunlight grew up to the sky. And that young man could just by using his mind, his courage and the drop of a blood create a new sun. And do you know how was he called?” she asked quietly. The boy shook his head.

“His name's Halvar – your father and our king,” she smiled at him and stood up. “And now – goodnight!”

“Wait! But we have two suns! And he created just one sun, didn't he?” he protested.

“Yes, and I will tell you about it tomorrow. Now goodnight,” she said and blew out the candles.

 

Location: Planet Solaris Regnum

Author: Erishika

Translator: Envy and Erishika

62 Nights of Fairy-Tales

What is it about?

Frankly it is about writing fairy-tales during summer. DS founder Envy likes reading and writing fairy-tales (thou she is not that good at it, but it’ll come with time…), and so she thought how awesome it would be, to be able to read so many new fairy-tales during summer. And so she decided to make this event, named 62 Nights of Fairy-Tales, in which, hopefully, more people will participate and write fairy-tales.

Fairy-Tales?

Fairy-tales about dragons, princesses, normal people, modern fairy-tales, fairy-tales about smart and dumb people, adventure fairy-tales, fairy-tales for adults, fairy-tales like those from Grimms or Andersen. So many types and genders of fairy-tales to write in, just to choose!
Upon a request from U.N.Owen it’s also possible to write myths.

What do I need to participate?

Imagination, mood to write. Pen/pencil, paper, keyboard. Whatever you like.
We’d like you to send us your fairy-tales too!

More info:

Fairy-tales can, but not necessary, take place in the Dreamer’s Ship universe.
The start of this event is on 30th June 2013 and end with 30th August 2013.
Fairy-tales don’t have to be intended only for children, everybody can read fairy-tales. And also everybody can write fairy-tales, it doesn’t depend on age or not having past experience with writing fairy-tales/stories.

Tip: You can also write about your otp telling fairy-tales to their kids.



 We are looking forward to your participation! Dreamer’s Ship team






Author: Dreamer's Ship team