Familiar Path: A Grown Up Fairy Tale 6/28/08

Pending title for the novel I'm currently writing. basically, it deals with children and innocence. (all familiars are cats?)

Helen is the tentative name of the main character and she has a cat familiar/partner tentativelly named Phillip.

in this story, things start out in a world of eternal innocence. Children are children forever and live happily here alongside a few animal familiars, creatures who were once in the "other world" as they call it, but have come back as animals to help the kids of this world. The story focuses on Helen who rather randomly and sort of casually mentions to Phillip, a black cat familiar, that she thinks she wants to go to the other world now. He's surprised, saying that that is a big decision, but she really wants to go. So they go to the judge and creater of this world; an old lion. He asks if she's sure and she says yeah and so he says she has a 9 month waiting period and can change her mind before month 6, but it is not reccomended to wait too late. Philip says that he'll be with her as long as she needs him.

Pretty much, the "other world" is, well, this one and 9 months is of course, the gestation period and so 9 months later, baby Helen is born. So she goes through life with Philip watching over her and does stuff and such. I like the dance scene where Philip tells her to live with no regrets and she dances with some guy. So she pretty much lives a human life of ups and downs and such and stuff happens blah blah plot.

Then at the end, everything about her life and Philip's is revealed and we learn more about both worlds throughout the story. It explores ideas behind birth and conception to death and the afterlife. It's what it says; a fairy tale for grown ups. I think the story will be both beautiful and touching as it follow the life of this free-spirited young girl and an animal familiar.

Flirty Knight and Princess 6/21/08

I don't remember why I wrote this, but apparently it's from a novel idea I have.

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“Another day leads, as always, to another night, or should I say knight?” Princess Talle grinned at the man who stood under her window, adjusting his leather gloves nervously. “I’m dressed, you can come in,” she called down to the man who looked up at her, his eyes bright with a smile hidden by the tall collar of his shirt.

“Milady, did anyone bother you while you, umm,” the knight blushed at the words paused on his tongue.

“Oh Dunsy, you don’t have to be so modest, you know.” Princess Talle grinned at him seductively. Dunsy swallowed hard, clearing his throat while his face colored. “No, everything is fine as it always is, day in and day out. It’s so boring,” she sighed, sitting down at her vanity and taking off her pearl earrings. “So what’s on the agenda for tomorrow; more sitting around and looking important while not actually doing anything?”

Dunsy chuckled, “No, milady, actually there is something to do tomorrow, and it’s a task for you.”

“Really?” Princess Talle raised an eyebrow.

“Yes, apparently another suitor has arrived,” Dunsy coughed lightly at this in disapproval.

“Another one? Oh when will father learn that I’m not interested in war heroes or dragon slayers or Princes of no-man’s land. I’m more of a knight kind of girl.” She winked at Dunsy, causing him to blush considerably. She laughed.

“I’m afraid what we have is forbidden because of your social status, though,” he sighed, removing his gloves and shoving them into a pocket of his dark green vest.

“I thought in fairy tales the handsome knight usually came to rescue the princess and win her heart or something along those lines.” She picked up a brush of silver and encrusted with sapphires that matched the color of her eyes. Gently she ran the brush through her long, flowing, blonde hair. She looked the princess in every way…except when one examined her attitude and love life. It was common knowledge that the princess and her knight bodyguard were romantically involved in the kingdom of Seneria. It was also common knowledge that the king did not know and that the people were to keep their mouths closed or face the consequences.

Princess Talle stood from the vanity and crossed the room, slipping between her red silk sheets and blanket. “It’s so cold tonight. I think I need someone to keep me warm.” As she said this, she loosened the top buttons on her blue gown, spreading it over her shoulders so that a considerable amount of cleavage winked out at Dunsy.

“Milady, this isn’t decent,” he smirked, playing the role of the bashful knight. He tossed his green vest to the floor; his gloves falling out of the pocket. He walked lightly to her bed, sitting down beside her.