Friday Fictioneer: Broken Trail

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A very big thanks to Rochelle, our fairy blog-mother for hosting the Friday Fictioneers.

PHOTO PROMPT © Alicia Jamtaas

Broken Trail

Word Count: 99

The traveller stared hopelessly at the broken rails. He walked so long, so deep in the forests, so high up the hills… for this? No, he could not go back to the other said of the rails. His “friends” were waiting. After what he’d said to them… no, that was impossible.

“There must be a way out,” he whispered desperately. A little cobbled path down the side. Could be a ditch or a snake’s den. But it could also be an escape, a trail to somewhere new. Besides, it was a beautiful forest to explore. So, he walked on.

I made a little drawing of the traveller to go with the story.

Note: For me, the story is a metaphor for choices we make in life. Sometimes we go on a path to find a dead-end to our goals. We’re scared to turn back in fear of backlash from others. And perhaps, if we look deeper we may find a little outlet that may lead to something bigger.

String On Road: Friday Fictioneer

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Many thanks to our fairy blog-mother Rochelle for hosting this Challenge.

PHOTO PROMPT © CEAyr

String On Road

Copyrights: Den of Dreams. Here’s my drawing of one of the three boys, Zya. (:

Three boys on abandoned streets, under sun,
Deserted streets, nothing on sight, just a string on road, a string alone.
“Must be the string of fate.” Said one,
“Nay, isn’t red.” Said another one,
“Might be a shoelace.” said another one,
They kept up their pace, and soon they were gone
In the deepest, darkest parts of streets— run,
They wanted to. But as they spun,
A dark shadow blocked them. Then begun
A futile fight. The shadow won.
A trace was left by the previous victim who never returned,
Stringed together by a string on road, a string alone.

Thank you for reading,

Warmest regards,

Dragon Warrior

FOWC with Fandango

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A big thank you to Fandango for hosting this challenge.

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So this guy is the ‘you’ in the poem who just gave a nice lecture with his limited knowledge :’)

“Everyone would leave me,” my worries grow,
What others think is something I shall never know,
A let-down? Burden? Distraction? Worry?
No, I ain’t certain, yet I say ‘sorry’,
Until you come up to me and with a smile,
Say, “Just close your eyes, a little while,
Some things are,
The way they are,
And it hurts that you can’t change ’em,
Things are mess at times ‘n you can’t arrange em,
But if there’s three reasons to give up,
I’m give you hundred reasons to stay,
You’ve come a long, long way
Till now, and you’ve a long, long way to go,
You’ll manage somehow, you’ll outgrow
All your worries to be the you wanna be.”
You look at me
And say, “I needn’t eludicate
That you’re life’s a blank slate,
And what you write comes true:
So stop thinking what others’ thinking,
And just be you!”

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A little doodle to go with the poem.

This poem is written in the point of view of this boy who calls himself Zya. What do you think of him? And thank you so much for reading.

Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Challenge – Rectify

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A big thank you to Sammi for hosting this challenge. Here’s my take on it.

Though I try
To rectify
My mistakes—
To lower those stakes
Built for years
In endless spheres
“Better late than never” they say,
“If there’s a will, there’s a way”
But I’m stuck in dead-end.

What do you think of him?

I know doesn’t make me much sense, but it’s written from the point of view of my imaginary friend, Yhorri (there, I drew him)

Thank you so much for reading and have a great weekend ahead~

Sweet Sixteen

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So, um, I’m really sorry for being so infrequent, but then, life’s a bit busy. But still, I really, really miss being here because WordPress is totally like my home.

I don’t really know how to word it out but well, but since I’m turning sixteen today, I’d love to say a thank you to all of you.

Drawing of my favourite boys of anime: Hiyori. Copyrights: Dragon Warrior

Firstly, a biig thank you to all the seven hundred and thirty two people who joined me in this journey… Honestly, I can’t express how much grateful I am to have you with me.

A big thank you to all those who talk with me, it really makes my day 🙂

And, since it’s impossible to name all of you here, my apologies to the ones I missed but…

Thank you …

  • Crispina for always being with me, and talking with me, and really making my day ❤
  • Tatterhood, you are one of my first friends at WordPress and I’m really glad we met~
  • Renee, and Hilary for being so kind and motherly and the epitome of goodness 🙂
  • Elyan White and Sheree, I really miss talking with you but I still think about you a lot~!
  • Steve and Yeka for being positive beams of sunlight always radiating happiness 😀
  • Ceridwen for staying beside me and being such a good friend~
  • And everyone I missed, you are awesome and I’d love to talk to you someday!

Lots of love and warmest regards to everyone. Hope you have a great week ahead ❤

~Dragon Warrior

Meowsome Muffin!

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Dearest Muffin,

May this letter find you in good health and spirits! Can I just say you’re the most a-meow-sing and who always makes me feline good?~

Not only that, you’re talented blogger cat and with Steve, you make the purr-fect duo! And you’ve got a strong purr-sonality!

A pity I can’t capture how purr-ity you are, so I imagined you as a human girl too!

You always make my day paw-sitive! Stay as meow-some as you are~!

Lots of love,

Dragon Warrior (or Sophie for you) 🐱 

Late Night: Poem For Hiyori Tono

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Been a while since I last posted, but you know, I’ve been more online in my Tumblr but here’s a little poem I’d written from the point of view of one of my favourite fictional characters, Hiyori Tono.

Fanart of that boy. Copyrights: Dragon Warrior

Late Night

Look, I’m sad tonight,
But look, I can’t cry,
I’m just holding myself tight,
My knees to my chest,
I just wanted to be the best,
But I’m worse than the worst,
I’ve lost the thing I needed most.
Love myself? Huh, kidding, aren’t you?
I’m such a letdown to all the few
Who looked up to me.
A failure, a loser, a sucker, you see.
And you thought I can be
A hero?
I’m a total zero tonight.
Let’s just end this fight.
I’m tired of fighting my head.
Tired of all thoughts invading my bed.
Worries
Pretend to be necessary.
Too bad, I’m tricked by ‘em.
Didn’t want treasure, didn’t want fame,
Just wanted love.

The book on self love lies at the corner,
Read it all morning,
Now’s night and I’m mourning
Self-love? Oh thanks for such a sweet lie,
How do I love myself, baby, when I just wanna die?

Have a great day or night ahead.

Warmest regards,

Dragon Warrior 🐉

Sunshine Blogger Award

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Thank you so much, CeridwenSilverHart for nominating me for this award. Your blog is beautiful, I love the way you write about mythical creatures. A magical emporium of myths and legends. Be the way you are!

The Rules:

  • Thank the person who nominated you and provide a link back to their blog so others can find them.
  • Answer the 11 questions asked by the blogger who nominated you.
  • Nominate 11 other bloggers and ask them 11 new questions.
  • Notify the nominees about it by commenting on one of their blog posts.
  • List the rules and display a Sunshine Blogger Award logo on your post and/or your blog site.

Her Questions:

  1. Do you prefer pens or pencils? Pens actually.
  2. Name a bird that sings near you. Cuckoo bird
  3. Do you prefer tea, coffee, or water? Usually, I’d say Coffee but being in a Free! obsessed state (free! is an anime, haha) I’d say water.
  4. Which of these views would you rather have outside your window? An ocean, a misty mountain, a sunny meadow, or a bustling city? I’d really love to see misty mountains but again, since I’m in a Free-obsessed state I’d say an ocean in spring season.
  5. What do you do when it rains? I love rain! There’s one of my character imaginary friend who loves rains and storm so sometimes I write his diary. Or, I love to bath in rain.
  6. Do you write posts ahead of time or publish the day you write? I publish just after I write.
  7. How often do you remember your dreams? When I kept a dream journal, I used to remember my dreams but now, not very often. But today, I remember, I dreamed about Haru and Rin (from Free!) strolling and chatting.
  8. If you could safely visit any planet, what would it be? Fictional planets are allowed! Earth because I live in Cygnet 😉
  9. Do monsters exist? Yes, inside us.
  10. What do you give people? I try to give them smile or escape from reality through writing or art, I guess?
  11. What do people give you? Well, it depends, but mostly, motivation. If I love them, I’d be motivated to do good and if I hate them… I trap them in my stories and torture them. *evil laughter*

My Nominees:

Everyone. I really love you all and I’d be really grateful if you’d answer the questions 🙂

My Questions:

  1. What are you watching now? (can be anime, TV shows or YouTube videos)
  2. What are you reading now?
  3. Do you have a OTP (one true pairing)? If so, who?
  4. What are your obsessed over right now?
  5. What do you prefer: anime, cartoon or YouTube/Netflix originals?
  6. Who’s your favourite fictional character?
  7. What’s your spirit animal?
  8. What does your name mean?
  9. What is your current favourite song?
  10. If a genie grants you three wishes, what would it be?
  11. If you would end up in deserted island with 3 things what would it be?

Ten Of My Favourite Feelings Tag

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Many thanks to James A. Best for nominating me for this tag. He is a great, kind, god-loving person who writes from his heart and makes WordPress a much better place.

Ten Of My Favourite Feelings

Copyrights: Dragon Warrior
  1. Realising that you have a great, loving family (for me, my family best in the world) who are always by your side.
  2. When you finish a story.
  3. After spending much time on a drawing, when it finally turns out how you wanted it to be.
  4. Reading a heart touching story. (especially Neverending Story for me)
  5. When your characters (imaginary friends for me) whisper their stories to you.
  6. Reading or writing letters.
  7. When you look back into the past and realise how much you’ve changed and how cute you were back then.
  8. Hearing your favourite songs and they touch your soul.
  9. Reading comments in WordPress and realising there are people who are there to hear what you want to say.
  10. Loving someone with your whole heart (for me, my family 😀 )

My Nominees:

(This is really simple to answer. All you have to do is list 10 of your favourite feelings)

Anyone and everyone reading this is nominated. You all are awesome! I’d love to hear from you.

Only A Week To Go…

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Summer greetings!

I am just so excited for the first year birthday of my blog. I am still confused how to celebrate the day so, in the meantime, here’s a few pictures from my current projects (:

1. Habul’s Diary

  • So meet Habul, who lives at Calcutta, and here’s a little snip from his “digital bullet journal”.
What do you think about this?

2. A Love Journal By Hamza And Shi

So these two guys are the most lovey-dovey guys, real sweeties and hard work though

A Few Questions For You…

  • What do you think about these? Do you keep diaries or journals for your characters?
  • How long have you been blogging? How did you celebrate your first blogging birthday?
  • What would you like to see in Den of Dreams?
  • Thank you so much for reading (: Warmest regards and have a great day/night ahead.

~Dragon Warrior