Saturday, July 5, 2014

Linkup

Hey! So, my sister is a writer. And she's doing something called a Character Encounter. It came from a blog called Knitted by God's plan. The idea is to write a story about you 'encountering' one of your characters. This month, I'm supposed to encounter my character in my backyard. So, hear it is:


They've Found Me

    I step outside, It's just starting to rain. But it's not one of those humid, suffocating thunderstorms that make you want to close the windows and barricade the doors for fear of a hurricane. No, It was cold. And it had that feel to it, the ozone layer crackling, ready to strike with it's amazing power. It was a lightning storm. It's already quite dark outside. Just a few minutes before, the sun had been shining brightly. But now, clouds have quickly blotted out any light trying to seep through. 
I give myself a quick once over before walking to my backyard, where I often spend much of my time. I have my notebook, in case I get struck with inspiration (Inspiration usually comes when I least expect it, so I have learned to always be prepared. I have my flashlight, because although I can still see enough to write, (barely) it gave me a sense of security. My blanket is tucked under my arm, I despise sitting on the ground, ants and grass covering my legs as I try to find a comfortable position. I also brought my camera, though I'm not sure why. I just had this feeling, something strange was about to happen, and I wanted to capture the moment while it was running its course. I step down the stone stairway by my garden. I should probably tend to my garden soon before the weeds take over and I'm left with a weed fest to take care of. I jump off the final step, and land on the ground. As my feet touch the mixture of grass and stone that make up my families rather secluded driveway, lightning flashes. It was so sudden and bright, I have to bite back a sudden, gasp. I quickly cross the garage doors, I am now in my backyard. I turn on my camera, fixing the settings to adjust to the lighting. I leave it hanging around my neck like a necklace as I take the blanket out, and lay it on the grass. 
      I sit down, and close my eyes. The cold wind is blowing my hair back and leaving me refreshed, though slightly cold. Lightning flashes again, illuminating the entire backyard. This time, a screech escapes my lips before I can stop it. There is a girl. standing not five feet away, and I'm absolutely positive she wasn't there before. She blinks her eyes, and looks at me. She has the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen. They're electric blue, I can almost feel the lightning strike me as she looks point blanc - at me.
  "Hello?" I say, uncertain of how to act. She had the most beautiful black hair that fell well beyond her shoulders. she looked to be about eighteen.
  "They've found me." she says. Her voice is as beautiful as her eyes. "They've found me." she repeats.
  "Um, okay, who? Who's found you? And what's your name?" Maybe she's a new neighbor... funny, you'd think I would have noticed the moving vans.
  "I'm Electra." she says. She seems to be in a daze, I'm not even sure if she knows that I'm really here, she seems to be in a dream.
  "Do you need some help? my parents are inside, I can..."
  "No!" she exclaims, backing away from me. 
  "Okay," I say, standing to my feet. "It's alright, I'm Reyna, you're safe here. Whoever's found you, they probably aren't dangerous." I take a few steps closer, and her eyes come into focus.
  "Dangerous? You have no idea. They are Thanasimos dolofonos."
  "What?" I say. Maybe she's from a foreign country, an illegal alien.
  "Deadly Killers."
  "Oh, um," Yah. Just making a wild guessing but i'm thinking she's probably hit her head a little too hard. "should I take you somewhere safe then, or..?"
  "Safe..." she drifts back into her sleepy state. "I will never be safe again." Lightning flashes, and my heart skips a beat. She's gone, just like that. She has disappeared as suddenly as she appeared. I stand shakily to my feet, and walk slowly back to the front of the house. It has finally started to rain, and I'm afraid to get my camera wet. Then I realize, It's still on. I go to turn it off, but a sudden urge cause me to hit play and view the pictures I've taken the past couple of weeks. And then I see it. It's a picture. Blurry and barely visible, but it's a picture. Of her. The flash of lightning must have set off the automatic capture mode.
       After some editing, I am able to focus it better. Now, it looks almost like a photo of a person, instead of the blur of light like it was before.. Her face is turned in the cameras direction, and although it was only black and white because of how dark it was outside, It's there, I have proof. I'm not crazy, she was really there.
            I still shake at the memory of her stare. The hurt and fear in her eyes. "They've found me." She'd said. "They've found me."


The End
                                                     - Rissa Pearson
                                                                          July 5th, Saturday, 2014
                                                              I hope you enjoyed!

Friday, July 4, 2014

My Characters (Well, the ones that I know of so far)

JSYK;
I am not certain on them, this blog is just for my rough draft. the storyline isn't very clear yet either, so I might decide to change the whole story line somewhere down the road.

Title: Two Moons?

Setting: New York, US 2001, and Helike, Greece (373 B.C.)

Genre: Sci-Fi? Teen

Charis: Alstan's little sister. blonde hair, not sure of eye color, age 8

Phoebe?: curly, dirty blonde hair, green eyes, loves the outdoors. age 12

Alstan: Blonde hair, blue eyes that sparkle with mischief. Fun, crazy, (Unless Ceress is around, then even more so) loves to convince Ceress to join in with him on what ever scheme he's currently working on. Age 13

Vanessa: Brown hair, brown eyes. normal New York Highschooler. Age 14

Tyler: Blonde hair, green eyes, extremely sarcastic. Vanessa's boyfriend. Age 15

Ceress: Happy, Cheerful, kind, stubborn, pretty. Hazel eyes, and long, wavy brunette hair. Age 15

Cassiopeia: Auburn hair, Green eyes. I think she's 16

Taylor: Tyler's older brother. Fiery red hair, Hazel eyes. also very sarcastic. age 17

Evander:  Dark brown, almost black hair. Bright, dazzling green eyes. Mysterious, cold. Age 18

Electra: Electric blue eyes. Stunningly long curly black hair. Beautiful, dark, prideful. Age 18

Kylen: Dark brown eyes, dark brown hair. Cruel, smart, powerfully minded. Age 19

Kyros: Black hair, dark blue eyes. not sure of age. but would be older than all of them.

Myron: Kylen's mentor.

Pictures of the characters WILL be coming soon. =D

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Intro

Hi! So, I'm trying to start a blog and keep up with it. The last time a had a blog I posted about 2 things on it and left it there for two years. 0.o  So, for this blog, i'm going to be posting snippets from a story i'm trying to write, and any other things I feel like. I hope you enjoy it!