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Battle Of The Colonies: A Short Story

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After the battle of the colonies, summer, fall or spring never greeted us again. Survival was eager for all… The world was gravid with the icy breath of winter. The desolate skies oversaw the blanket of pearl-snow. Lifeless leaves crunched as Rena and Sez ambled cautiously in the callous cold. Heaven-kissing mountains, crowned with necklaces of powdery snow, towered over them. They were isolated in the chilliness; they were of the few to have survived from the brutal and murderous battle. The royal colony, Royal Throne, had been defeated by the dominant “Red”. She recalled the cries of death, the intense gunshots, she recalled the 4th of April 3301, the “night of Red”-she flinched at the thought. She lost her whole colony that night; that was when she met Sez, alienated. …show more content…

Rena had spent months with Sez, determined to survive. She was very fond of him, despite the fact that he disappeared every day for 4 hours, returning with his hands full of essentials. Every time he had an unusual stench of dried blood; she had decided that she would keep quiet, that it was just her imagination. Rena’s hair cascaded down her spine like a waterfall of molten obsidian, with an undertone of delicate cocoa, dancing violently in the wind. Her fuchsia iris was rimmed with a gentle touch of lavender, blending in naturally. Her lips were tinted with a hint of magenta. Rena, who was the heiress to the royal throne, was not accepted due to her gender. The “night of Red”, when the royal family excluding her was killed, rebels and colonies ascended to power. Everything, everyone was to be wiped out by

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