Calcifer

Okay, so my internet connection at home is faulty, so I can't post pictures. I know Ellen can, and the rest of my fellow "bloggers" probably can. But right now, I'm in environmental Science class, so I'm going to experiment putting up a picture.This is Calcifer . He's a fire demon from the movie "Howl's Moving Castle". He doesn't like to be used to cook food, so you see him fighting the frying pan here. This is one of my favorite movies of all times. So even though it's a bit strange, if you haven't seen it, you should watch it.
"And here's another curse. May all your bacon burn!"

Yeah it would suck to be famous but...

Here are my solutions to the fame problem:
1. People would swarm all over you the moment you stepped out the door,
Solution: Live in a tent
2. asking for your autograph.
Solution: It’s called a copy machine
3. Reporters wouldn't stop watching you, waiting to inform the world what you had for breakfast, what time you sneezed, what sort of soap you used.
Solution: Hire a personal lackey to document all that stuff for you and give it to the press. Also ask the companies that make your breakfast, tissue, and soap to ensure you get a lifetime supply of whatever you use.
4. And the moment you put one toe out of line, for example tripping on a bump in the cement and falling, a huge scandal would ensue.
Solution: Use your fame to have all cement replaced with bubble wrap. It’s safer and more fun to pop!!
5. The public would want to sue the cement for making their celebrity trip.
Solution: With bubble wrap we would never have that problem. The only problem would be having the public pay taxes to replace the bubble wrap every now and then. But since it’ll be so much safer and more fun no one will complain. And it’ll cost less than to repair potholes!
6. And it would be claimed that the celebrity has a false leg because he/she has no coordination. Solution: If you are naturally clumsy I’m sure the public will soon be acting the same way just to follow the so called “trend”. Or they’ll all buy fake third legs or something. Unless they already have a third leg…then they’d already be “in style”.

Fame

(Heheh. I'm doing this during government class)
I have very interesting taste in music for a high school girl. I hate rap, and the only rock and roll I listen to is the Beatles. I like sound tracks to my favorite movies, and I like most of the songs we play in our school band.
But one thing the Beatles taught me is that it sucks to be famous. I would never in my life want to be that famous. People would swarm all over you the moment you stepped out the door, asking for your autograph. Reporters wouldn't stop watching you, waiting to inform the world what you had for breakfast, what time you sneezed, what sort of soap you used. And the moment you put one toe out of line, for example, tripping on a bump in the cement and falling, a huge scandal would ensue. The public would want to sue the cement for making their celebrity trip. And it would be claimed that the celebrity has a false leg because he/she has no coordination.
Yes, it would absolutely suck to be famous.

Fern

Okay, ignoring Ellen's last post, I'm going to go onto my next summary. Whoa... I just had de ja vu (I think that's how you spell it). But I just forgot what I had the de ja vu about. That's really weird. It was sort of that "I've been here before" feeling. That's really strange. Gah! Now I want to remember what previus incident made me get de ja vu!
Okay, moving on. My next summary is about Fern. I mentioned her earlier. If you've ever seen X-Men, she's a mutant I made up. (I still don't know why they call them mutants. It doesn't sound very pleasant, but I guess you get used to hearing it). So, either way, Fern is a shape-shifter. She turns into plants and animals. When she was a baby, her parents were murdered and this family found her. They adopted her, and as she grew up, strange things started happening, such as injured wild animals coming to them for help, and the plants in their garden growing like crazy. Then, when she's old enough, she discovers her power to shape shift. Her adopted brother, Z, is also a mutant. He can freeze time. Z is actually bassed off a friend of mine who I haven't seen in a while. You'll know who you are if you ever read this, Z, so you better call or write or something because you're an evil deserter!
Okay, getting back to the summary. She meets the X-Men and ends up going to visit Professor X's mansion with them. She likes what she sees, so she stays there. This story consists of several shorter incidents more than one big plot.
But Fern has a much bigger role than just hanging out with the X-Men. If I see a movie I really like, or a movie that I'm not satisfied with 100%, I'll stick Fern into it and have her change things around so that the movie/book ends more satisfyingly (if that's even a word). Some of these include Lord of the Rings, Maximum Ride: the Angel Experiment (You should check out their blog. It's really cool), Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (I didn't want Dumbeldore to die) and I think even Spiderman 2. I did it with X-Men 2 and 3 also.

Being weird

:D ^_^ Well I'm not the only weird one...I mean...well...there might not be anyone as weird as me but you guys come pretty close ^_^ Hm...now I dont really have anything to talk about and the title of the post doesnt really have a specific topic now does it? Hey can anyone verify a rumor for me? I heard that if you put a fish in milk that when you cook it, it wont smell. Has some one tried this before? Has someone tried fish tacos before? That reminds me of those ducks I fed chicken to. Jen made chicken sandwiches and cut of the crusts so we fed them to the ducks, but some of the breadcrusts had chicken on them...the ducks ate it though...they ate a lot of it. CANNIBAL DUCKS!!!!! After a while we started to throw the crusts at the ducks...I hit five ducks! The problem was that I wasnt really aiming for them...after that I got to try some duck! (Not the ducks from the pond) Ducks kind of taste like chicken...I hear cobra tastes like chicken too. Must go find a cobra now.

Weird

Yes, Americans are wierd. We've got living proof in the post before this one. And yes, my computer told me there were 30 posts before this as well. So I don't know why it says there's only 30 now.
Okay, so for my next story summary, I'll write about the dragon story I recently "finished". That's in quotes because it's really kind of a piece of garbage. I wrote part of it, and then got a brilliant idea into my head about how it could go. And then I realized that it was almost exactly like that book Eragon! Stupid! How dare it steal my brilliant idea! Oh, yeah. Parts of it were very different, but the overall plot was too similar for my taste. Bla. So, I started writing this years ago. I worked on it VERY SLOOOOWLY. Finally near the end, I got sick of it and just rushed through. So the climax isn't as exciting as it could be.
Heres a very rough outline. Just because I think it's lame doesn't mean that anyone can steal my ideas though, so don't get any ideas. Just because the overall plot needs lots of work doesn't mean that I can't use other parts of it. And just so you know, the summary makes it sound a lot less like Eragon than it really is.
Basically, three kids (from our world) one night meet a woman riding a huge dragon. She says she's from a different world, and there are dragons living in that world. So, other people see the dragon and freak out. But they manage to escape, and the 3 kids decide to go with the "dragon lady" to her dragon world. There they each get a dragon egg that hatches. But unknown to them, this world's way of life is dying. Almost all of the dragons have died, and evil spirits have taken over 2 of the dragons and their riders. Weird monsters plague the land.
Then, after spending a year in this land with their dragons, the monsters and spirit-controlled dragons/riders attack. The three kids and their dragons call on Draco, the dragon god who is said to be only a legend. And he comes down to earth and saves them. He leaves behind dragon eggs to replenish the planet.

Post #31

Since my dashboard says there's 31 posts (before I posted this one). But the blog says there's only 30 I've posted this one to create a paradox. Stephanie/Shay is my witness that there were 31 posts before this one on my dashboard!!!! why is it called a dashboard anyway, we're not in a car...silly blog people. Why is the car's dashboard called a dashboard?...I mean...we dont "dash" on it...it's like the we drive on the parkway, but park in the driveway. Americans are weird

New Additions

Here's post #30. And I'm pleased to welcome Kelly and Paean to my blog. Paean is pronounced like the letters PN, hence the username PN. And Kelly is Ellen's younger sister. Her username is Hai. And for those of you who don't know, Hyperactivebluechipmunk is Ellen, and Shay is Stephanie. Now we need to get our new comers to actually post something.

Deal

Okay, Nicole. I'll make you a deal. I've got an idea how to start the wyvern prequal. So, once you post your wyvern dream that the prequal is based off of, I'll start writing the prequal. Okay?

Old summaries

Okay, so I said I'd add summaries of the stories I started in 6th/7th grade. I think.
I said Shaggy. That was my first real story (as pathetic as it was). I warn you, all of these are really lame, although some more than others. Now that I look at them, they seem to be my own versions of books I've read or movies I've seen. Hmmm. If I ever wanted to get any of this stuff published, I'd be thrown in jail for plajairism. I didn't seem to have any original ideas back then. Phooey. Amazing what you can discover from looking at old files of stories you've written( yes, I'm loking through my binder of old stuff I wrote).
Yes, my story ideas have improved quite a bit since I came up with these, so if you're new to the blog, don't think this is the extent of my writing skills.

"Trail to solitude." A girl gets lost in the woods and has to survive on her own. The part I have is pretty much "Hatchet" (the Gary Paulsen book) from a girl's point of view.

A story about a couple girls who have special powers and end up going to a school for people like them (this one's like X-Men).

One was another survival story. Except this one was a whole classroom full of kids getting lost. I completely forgot about that one! I forget what the title was supposed to be too...

One about a race of people that lives with dinosaurs. (Practically copied from Dinotopia).

Ooh, here's one I didn't copy. It's actually a little interesting, even though I only have the first few pages. It was going to be about a 7th grade girl who found an injured hawk and nursed it back to health. That must mean I was in 7th grade when I started this.

Here's one I remember absolutely nothing about... It's called Orange Fort for some reason (orange as in the fruit, not the color). The first three pages I write are about two girls meeting up after school to help each other on homework. I wonder what the plot I had in mind for this was....

This one doesn't have a title, and I didn't copy it from anything. At least I don't think I did. This is the only one I actually finished. It's about a girl (all my characters seemed to be girls back then) who lived at a horse ranch. Then these strange creatures show up and start attacking people. She convinces them to stop. I think it's more complicated than that, but I don't feel like reading it now to refresh my memory. aybe in the future I'll fix it up.

There was on I started writing about a girl who played volleyball.

There's another about a girl who discovers an island way out in the ocean (when her plane crashes) and it mirrors her dreams and wishes. I didn't get very far on it, but I remember what was supposed to happen.

One about a group of kids who has to travel around and capture a bunch of creatures that escaped from a labaratory because something's wrong with them. (I think this one stemmed from Cardcaptors).

Here's a strange one about a girl who lives on a ranch of strange creatures. (I think this one was supposed to be my own pathetic version of Pokemon).

Eventually, I got tired of making fake Pokemon and started a sort of Pokemon fanfic. That is, I made up my own character and sent her away on a Pokemon journey.

Ooh, even the title of this one is pathetic: "Tale of the Talking Rabbits." It's about a girl (yes, another girl) who's staying at her grandparents' house in the woods. She meets up with a warren of rabbits who can actually speak. I forget what the plot was supposed to be. Oh well.

There's a whole bunch of outlines for stories, but I don't understand a lot of them, so I'll just ignore them for now.

Arith Pics

So here are some pics of Arith and his dragon. The second one is more like Arith's debute picture though...click on the second picture, it looks so much better close up!!! The computer kinda squishes some lines together so it looks weird on the webpage!!!

I've been shot!

Aiiiii! Arith shot me! That's completely awesome though! It reminds me a little of that one picture of Link where he's aiming his bow at your face.... (ooh wierd. This post somehow got transferred before the post with the Arith pictures. So look at the post after this to see what I mean.)
Shalia's great, but I think her horns (especially the top set) should be a little longer and thinner. But other than that, fantastic as usual!

Right

I like the one on the far right.

Arith Concept Sketches

Ignore the bad quality! These are concept sketches for Tara's character Arith, in the dragon story the two of us are working on! And now you the viewer can help choose which one will be Arith!!! the one on the far right is #4, it got cut off cause my scanner is being dumb!

Notebooks

And yes, Shay. It's good to carry around notebooks. I get ideas at the most random times (like right before I fall asleep, and during school), so I always have a notebook with me to write them in. I keep one in my backpack. Over the weekend, I emptied out my last notebook (which was full) and filed all my notes away. There were only a couple pages that weren't story related.

Nice

Wow Stephanie!
You went all out on your story list! I'll do something like that eventually. But probably one story at a time. I should put when I started them too... or when I finished them if they're stories I actually finished. (For those of you who can't open the link Stephanie gave, I posted her story list in the comments. You can tell which one it is because it's really long.)
Yeah, we do have 20 posts don't we? They're mostly us two bantering, huh LN? YEah, I don't want to study for Government or Environmental Science either. But I already know Environmental Science stuff anyway, so I guess I'm not too worried about that. It's gov. I have to worry about. I never have to study for environmental science becaus I know it! I love not having to study and still getting A+ all the time. I wish all my classes were that good.

Celebratory Post!

YAY!!! we've reached 20 posts...not including this one in 3 days!!! Which in my opinion is an accomplishment to be celebrated...that and I want an excuse to procrastinate from studying for my Government and Calculus test tomorrow!!! So i'm going to go celebrate and if you're reading this you should too!!!

Writer's Dump

Everyone has been writing about their old stories, so I'll just jump in the bandwagon.

Note: I can edit the blog templates to include pictures and make it look less squished. Comment if you want something done, I'll see what I can do.

I've been writing since middle school mainly, but none of my works from there remain in written form, anything that was significant now sits in a dusty corner of my memory until something reminds me I actually thought of it. High school is when it mostly started and I discovered the wonders of RP (role-playing), which is basicly you and several dozen other people taking turns making a story in 3rd person. All my original ideas are in several tiny notebooks that I drag around with me everywhere.

WRITERS! Always bring something to write on! Who knows when the raving rabid plot bunnies will get you?!

This list is more or less in chonological order.

The Astrea Sorai
Approx. Beginning Date: Japanese Finals, Freshman Year
Genre: Mixed, mostly Action/Adventure & Tragedy; both Science Fiction & Fiction based
Plot Count: 2-3
General Info: Pending


The Dreamers Realm
Approx. Beginning Date: Sophomore Year
Genre: Mixed, mostly Action/Adventure & Tragedy; both Science Fiction & Fiction based
Plot Count: 3-4
General Info: Pending


Fortune's Forest
Approx. Beginning Date: Sophomore Year
Genre: Mixed, mostly Action/Adventure & Tragedy, some Religious ties; Fiction, Feudal System based
Plot Count: 1-2
General Info: Pending


The Fox Princes/Draven
Approx. Beginning Date: Junior
Genre: Mixed, mostly Action/Adventure & Tragedy; Fiction, Medieval based
Plot Count: 1
General Info: Pending


Elysian Fields
Approx. Beginning Date: Sophomore
Genre: ???; Fiction, Greek Mythology based
Plot Count: 1-2
General Info: Pending


The Summer Colonies
Approx. Beginning Date: Junior
Genre: ???; Fiction, Mythology based
Plot Count: 1
General Info: Placed across the world from the Winter Colonies in the Moist Tropics and Dry Deserts, the Nations are governed by the magics of the Phoenix, both the Old Empire and the new States, for in the Beginning where was Chaos and the Golden Bird, Phoenix, and their struggles created the land People now inhabit. Now the Golden One's children will be brought from the Temples to the Thrones and they will make or break the fragile peace.


The Winter Colonies
Approx. Beginning Date: Junior
Genre: Mixed, mostly Action/Adventure & Tragedy; Fiction, Mythology based
Plot Count: 1
General Info: Perched on top of the World, it is a land of Life and Wastes. 6 Months out of the Year there is little to no Sun, and the remaining 4 Thaw and Bloom for a short while. Living is harsh and always a test on One's skills. The Ice Wolfe King reigns in the Arctic lands and stalks the spare Woods, but Leviathans stir in the natural harbors and sinewy creatures present unique challenges for the Young and Old. Apprenticeship is common and their lifestyle strange as they burrow into Rock, Ice, and Wood.


The Chimers
Approx. Beginning Date: Junior
Genre: Mixed, mostly Action/Adventure & Tragedy; Fiction, Medieval/Mythology based
Plot Count: 1
General Info: Inspired by Greek Mythology, the original 6 'children' of Echida and Typhon are the greatest Chimeras ever created; fierce, powerful, sophisticated, and capable of complex emotion, they are almost akin of humans. There are other's as well, simply known as Chimes, capable of understanding and some times speaking the human language. and their teachers and handlers, the Chimers.


The Four Horsemen (Ellen & Steph)
Approx. Beginning Date: Junior
Genre: Mixed, mostly Action/Adventure & Tragedy; Fiction, Medieval/Magic based, purposely Dark
Plot Count: 8
General Info: Even in a World of Light there is Strife that follows, and it has taken it's the toll on the Land. Shining Nations are broken and scattered and those still faithful face evil from all sides, but this is not a story of their struggles, it is a tale of the Exploits of Destruction. 8 Remain at the top, taking the place of the Old Strife that challenged the Old Peace, and their tale may shape the World to come.


The OathBound
Approx. Beginning Date: Junior
Genre: Mixed, mostly Action/Adventure & Tragedy; Fiction, Medieval/Magic based
Plot Count: 1?
General Info: The very rocks hold an unyielding power to bind a person's word, the more precious and rare the stone, the stronger the power that binds them. Should the OathBound ever step out of line, that power is there to face them. Kingdoms have grown because of their bonds, but they also fall with them. The Blood Stones have been created and the OathSpeaker's Power over the People dwindles.

Kay

All right. Ellen asked me to summarize my old stories. I'll do my newer ones after I give summaries of my lame stories I started when I was several years younger. But not tomight. I have stuff to do. I'l do it tomorrow after school.

My History

Since I commented on Tara's history and said she should post summaries of her work, I guess I cant be all hypocritical, now can I? Now I have to go digging through everything I've written!! Surprisingly it's actually a lot. I have the bad habit of starting things and then they die out after a while ^_^. I like to write stories with a little bit of strangeness, not like my normal weird-ness, but something different. I wrote stories from theives points of view, villans POV, and how perfect people really arent all that perfect. A long time ago I started writing a story on fictionpress.com, it was about a group of 13 kids of varying teenage years, who had control over (you guessed it) 13 elements. Each had their own power, but instead of making the angry person fire, I decided to make the Wind person angry. ^_^ like I said unconventional! I also have a fanfic of Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time from Zelda's POV, and an Avatar: The Last Airbender fanfic about what I thought would happen before book 2 (Before it came out of course ^_^). Now I'm working on a story about a school of warriors and mages, but only girls can be mages, and boys warriors, and some kids from different areas come and turn the school inside-out! They dont get along though...actually they hate each others guts (or they will as soon as I get that far). And another one is Demon King of Shadows...not! yes that's the title. It's about a notorious theif/murder at large in a medevial time period. Unknown to the government it's a girl, about 14-15 years old. If you havent noticed I kind of stink at writing summaries ^_^

Woohoo!

Yes! We got Nicole posting! I take back the lazy part! (Mostly. I'll take it back all the way once you actually post your wonderful dream!) I just invited Stephanie/Shay. I hope you don't mind me using your name, but post something about your writing, Stephashay. Ha! I'll just combine your two names! Maybe something about the story we're supposed to be writing together even though you haven't written anything yet! Cough cough, hint hint, wink wink (yes, I stole that from Ellen). And don't worry. Nicole's not really that mad. She just likes to do funny computer faces.

>:0

Okay, okay, I'm here. Sheesh. I can't believe you guys called me lazy. Talk about a warm welcome, I tell ya.
Okay, so eventually I'll put up that dream where I ended up with prequel to the wyvern story. But not tonight. Not cuz I'm lazy, but because I was called lazy.
So there.
>;P

Zelda

Okay, so I just remembered that I should give you guys the links to the two Twilight Princess Fanfics that I wrote. It would probably help if you've played "The Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess," or at least heard of the Zelda games. Twilight Princess is my favorite. I've also played Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and Wind Waker.
Ocarina was fun. I actually wrote a mini-symphony based on all of the ocarina songs, plus Sheik's theme. It was last year, my junior year at Aragon high school. It took me an entire year. First I had to play through the entire game and record the music. That was the fun part. Then came the hardest part. I had to listen to my recordings and write out each individual part. Then I had to write out the parts for the 10 featured instruments: flute, clarinet, violin, piano, trombone, bassoon, tamborine, snare, cow bell, and xylophone. Ellen played piano! Thanks Ellen! You were an excellent Sheik!
Majora's Mask was fun, but incredibly frustrating.
Wind Waker had funny graphics, but it was still fun.
All right. Links to my fanfics.
#1: Hands of Power.
Don't read the summary if you intend to read the actual story, because it contains spoilers.
Takes place after Twilight Princess and stars a girl named Laina who has been friends with Link all her life. Link gets kidnapped by Ganondorf's heir (that is, he inherited the Triforce of Power after Ganondorf was killed), Nazun, and Laina has to go and rescue him. But she gets sucked into Twilight by accident and meets up with Midna, who is again Queen of the Twilight. Midna and Laina return to Hyrule and rescue Link, only to discover that Nazun wants to capture Zelda too so he can get all the Triforce-bearers together to unock the Triforce. So they have to race off to rescue Zelda. Then Laina discovers that she has the power to unlock the Triforce. So, they race off to have Link battle Nazun. And once Nazun is defeated, Laina unlocks the Triforce and returns it to Zelda.

http://www.fanfiction.net/secure/live_preview.php?storyid=3715092&chapter=1

#2: From the Eyes of the Twilight Princess. Short and simple, this is Twilight Princess from Midna's point of view.

http://www.fanfiction.net/secure/live_preview.php?storyid=3955460&chapter=1

History

So, I guess I'll write a little about my writing history.
So, I remember I wrote a story a REALLLLLLY long time ago, but I don't remember what it was about. And I have no idea why I remember this, but I 2nd grad (I think) I wrote a story called "Polar Bear goes to the Moon." I don't remember what it was about, but the title sounds stupid. I sort of remember the teacher liking it.... Because it had chapers. One really long chaper, and then a couple of paragraphs in chapter 2. I think I did a couple more for school, but I don't remember what they were about at all.
So, in 6th grade, after the 911 attack, I decided to write a story about the attack. It was called "Shaggy," which was the name of a stray sheepdog who eventually gets adopted by a girl. And he saves a bunch of people in the Twin Towers. I still have that somewhere, but it was pretty lame. As most things are that are that were written by 6th graders....
Then , I started writing a whole bunch of silly little stories, and I only ended up finishing one of them. I probably won't give summaries of any if these, since they were pretty stupid. Even the one I actually ended up finishing. If someone wants me to, I will though. I think my mom made me keep the parts I had written just because she thought I should keep all the stuff I've written. Just like she kept all the pictures I drew as a little kid. Sigh. Moms are like that I guess.
So, I'll eventually write out summaries of all the other stories I've written. I probably won't do much more tonight.

Yello!

So now I'm gonna talk about...i dunno what to talk about. Right now I'm at school so I dont have the other stories I'm supposed to edit...or maybe I do, on my USB, but I'm too lazy to check right now. Tara's Wyvern story is done, but it needs to be edited and stuff, at least I think so. Soon Stephanie will be posting on this blog too!!! So we'll have more people to contribute to our insanity!!! YAY INSANITY!!! Stephanie and I have been working on an idea for a videogame, but more on that later 8D

Teaser

So, here's a little part of my story. It'll make more sense if you've actually read it, but here's the info. Clara just escaped from the palace, and the guards are chasing her. Suddenly, one of the huge viscious wyverns flies out of the forest and attacks the guards. Clara thinks she's next. By the way, all the summaries/ideas/story clips I post are all my "property," so don't you dare steal them anyone! (this is mainly aimed at people who are visiting this blog, not the actual posters).

The wind slammed me into the ground as the wyvern hovered overhead. I felt the scales of the wyvern’s foot brush my back, but instead of crushing me, the clawed toes wrapped around my body, pining my arms to my sides and lifting me off the ground.
I watched in horror as the forest and stream drop swiftly away beneath me.
I opened my mouth to scream, but no sound came out. Wind, either from the powerful wing beats or the speed at which we were traveling, made my voice choke in my throat. I tried to wrench my arms free, but the powerful talons didn’t give way. My feet were also unable to move, try as I might to kick. I was at the mercy of this beast. But where was she taking me? Was she going to eat me?
Trees passed by in a blur beneath me. The ride can’t have lasted more than a few minutes, but the wyvern must have carried me miles in that time. We were flying so fast...
Finally I gave up struggling, realizing that it was useless. If I saved my energy, maybe I could run when if she put me down. But then I was finding it difficult to breathe. The foot was placing enormous pressure on my ribs, and the wind was so powerful that I could only gasp for short breaths. If this thing did put me down, I would probably not have the strength to run.
In my slightly dazed state, I noticed that we were drawing towards the mountains-to the north of the palace. The mountain range was made up of tall, jagged spires of rock that cut into the sky like so many swords. Only a few hardy trees were able to attach to the sides of the cliffs. The sight made me shiver. Or as much as one can shiver when the breath is being squeezed out of them by an enormous set of claws. Back at the palace, I had stared at those mountains from the windows, thinking that they would be a much more pleasant home than the palace. Everything felt like a better home than the palace. But now that I was being carried there in the claws of a wyvern, the mountains looked much less inviting.
Eventually I noticed that we were losing altitude. Below us lay a large patch of rocky ground that interrupted the forest. It was up against the cliff-side of a small plateau, which rested at the foot of the mountains. And dotted about the rock patch of ground and perched on the plateau cliffs were wyverns. As we dropped further nests came into view, dispersed throughout the rocks. It was an entire gale of wyverns, for just as there is a herd of buffalo or a flock of birds, so too is there a gale of wyverns.
My captor dropped low over the rocks and hovered above one of these nests. Then her talons opened and I flopped into the pile of debris of the nest-twigs, leaves and discarded wyvern scales.
I stumbled to my feet to try and scramble out of the nest, but the wyvern landed in front of me, blocking my path. It was useless to run. There were several wings-lengths of rocks between the forest and I, and I would never be able to outrun all of the wyverns. Besides, where would I go? Better to die quickly here than starve to death in the vast forest. There was nowhere to run.

I get the point

Ellen, I plan on posting parts of the story, but I want to do something with the actual story. And enough with the coughing! (I do however agree that Nicole is lazy, and I hope she reads this. Bla). I'll do that in a minute. I"m keeping a secret now because I have no idea if it'll work, and I don't want to get anyone's hopes up besides my own. Let's just say I've spent long hours searching for something on the internet. But yes, there is a reason I've not yet put up my story. I will put up some teasers.
That colored picture took absolutely FOREVER! Mom and I went up to Nevada City at the end of winter break this year. There was a huge storm the whole time, and it even snowed. We don't get snow down here, sadly. But there was also a blackout for all of the 4 days we were there. I got sick of sitting in the dark so I grabbed a flashlight and my sketchbook and drew the whole thing by the light of my flashlight. It almost killed my eyes, but it turned out pretty good. Thanks for loading it, Ellen. My computer is far too slow to load big files. It's really annoying. But yeah. I hope people like my picture. The details in the picture all relate back to my story. And unfortunately, if you click on it, it becomes huge, and REALLY blurry. So, just appreciate it in its small state. And id doesn't help that this image was scanned from the scan of a photo copy. I kid you not.

Wyverns

These are concept drawings of Wyverns for Tara's Wings of Wyverns story. The colored one is Tara's, I really like how she can draw and color these things by HAND!!!!! I'd go insane doing all of that. The other sketch is mine, Tara has a color copy, but my coloring is nowhere near as cool!!! Maybe one day she'll actually post her story on the blog *cough* hint hint *cough* *cought* Really sorry bout that, that awful cough, should really get something to fix it.

Great!

That's great Ellen! FOr any person who may eventually show up at this blog, these are Ellens' sketches of the dragons from the story we're writing together. THe bottom is a drawing of SAleera (the girl) and Zuben (the dragon). According to my research, Zuben means claw. I got it from the name of a constellation. Scorpio, I think. THe translation of the star's name was "the claw of the scorpion," or something like that. Saleera and Zuben are Ellen's characters, along with a little ferret named Kailo. Arith is my main character. HE's a boy, and his dragon's name is Shalia. He is also friends fith a hippogriff named Syrinx. A syrinx is an ancient sort of flute. I think they're pan pipes.
YEah, so in our story, I'm in charge of naming everyine. Ellen calls me the name master. But she's the map master because she draws some really awesome maps! I can't draw maps for my life.

Testing out the photos application

Trying the photo adding thing, it didnt work for my comic on my blog...maybe it'll work here for my other pictures.

Sigh

We'll have to find you your own smiley face. One that better expresses your hyperness. And I don't want to do my government homework either. If any of you happen to be my government teacher, look away. Because I'm about to say that government is my least favorite class in the history of school!! Well, that was a pretty irrelevant post. Oh well.
Oh by the way Ellen, that would be awesome if you could post your comics. I've been trying to find a way to put my wyvern picture on the blog, but I can't figure it out. I think I know what to do, but my computer just doesn't load scanned pictures very well. The internet connection is far too slow. I'll have to put the picture up at my uncles house, probably. Or maybe you could help me.

Smileys

Since I'm bored and I really don't want to do my Government/Econ. homework I'm going to post again!!! XD I need to find better smileys that fully incorporate my...ellen-ness...sure we'll go with that! Many people have tried to find smileys to match my face but none have succeeded DUN DUN DUUUUUN!!!! XD Anyway if anyone out there (assuming that you are in fact out there) has some really awesome smiley faces please post them!!! XD

Haha!

Okay, I have to reply to Ellen's post. Yes, We're working on a story together. And In addition to the ones Ellen listed, I've also written "The Magic Flute," "Grip of Faith," and "Cliff of no Return." Written in reverse order. I think they get better as they go along, because the first one is pretty lame and my latest one is (I hope) better. The last one I finished is the Wyvern one. And I am currently working on the werewolf one, and one sort of sci-fi thing that stars a shape-shifting alien named Reein and a girl named Katy. Haha! It's fun to mix completely normal people with really strange people. I've actually written two fanfics on Twilight Princess. One I finished is something I made up that takes place after the game. And the other I'm still writing. It's from Midna's point of view. I love Midna! It's hard not to. So far, people have been telling me that I'm doing a really good job representing Midna. But I better not let that go to my head. And one I've been working on for a while is a sort of X-Men story. I created my own chracter named Fern. She can turn into plants and animals, and her book consists of several interesting adventures she has. Fern is based off me a little partially because I really would love her power. And she also has friends based off of Ellen, Nicole, Brian, and Chris. And Fern's brother Z is based off of a friend I knew in elementary and middle school. ANd by the way, I have no idea what inu yasha is. I probably didn't spell it right. It's one of the animes Ellen and Nicole are so crazed about.
Well, this turned out a little longert than I intended. But Oh well. If I think of anything else to add, I will.

Posting and Invisible Buttons

:D I'm back!!! So I'm glad I actually found the post button this time :D One time I was trying to take an IQ test and it said to push the blue button to begin...I couldnt find the blue button :D I guess my IQ is lower than zero!!! I should make a comic about that...oh speaking of which since it seems that I can in fact post images I'm going to try to post my comics on the blog...eventually :D Like I said I'm extremely lazy :D

A (LONG) Random Post of Insanity!!!

So this will be the first installment of my Random Posts of Insanity!!! with three (count them!!!) THREE exclamation points. So anyway the three of us are doing some free writing, i.e. fictional stories, fanfictions, short comic strips, and other stuff!!! ^_^ But if you're reading this chances you are actually Tara and/or Nicole...well i guess you can't be both...or can you...??? Tara has a whole bunch of stories, some of which I've read, like Wings of Wyverns (title pending), Lullaby of Awakening, a Twilight Princess Fanfic, a story about a werewolf, ghost, vampire, and a normal high school boy (Title in debate), and together we're working on a joint story about dragon familiars!!! Nicole has a somewhat fanfic about Inuyasha and Miroku, because she thinks it's funny when they have conversations and was mad at Rumiko Takahashi for lessening the amount they talk to each other, it's really good though!!! Right now it needs some work *cough* Nicole's lazy *cough* *cough* oh sorry bout that ^_^ I have a bit of a cold right now. I have a few stories right now, but their on hiatus because I'm especially lazy!!! and I dont have another me to tell me to work on them ^_^...I need to find a better smiley

Okay

All right you two. Now this blog is officially known by three people! I have no idea what I'm going to do with this yet, but try posting something just for fun, will ya? If anything ever ends up happening with this blog (which it won't yet) you'll know right away. Oh, Nicole, for the record, could you post your dream? Since it is the entire basis for the wyvern prequal, and you could do a much better job of writing it than I could since it's your dream. Yes, I made Nicole read my wyvern story, and not long after, she had a dream about wyverns that's a perfect prequal to "On Wings of Wyverns." Thanks Nicole! And Ellen, thanks for helping me think of a plot for the prequal (since Nicole's dream is the ending of the story, not the beginning or middle.)

WOW!!

Okay, so at the moment, I'm the only one on the planet who knows this blog exists! That means I better invite some friends to join! I have two in mind already, so where are you guys? Okay, I don't know what's going to happen yet, but if all goes well, you two won't be the only ones reading this story! Ooh, mysteriuus, huh?