Fantasy
Grimm Tidings
Racing footsteps rage forward on the thick ice of the frozen pond. Roars of opposing forces cut through the crisp, cold air. A battle of myths, made manifest, is to be had. A grotesque, giant, monster goose shrieks a horrifying sound as its enemies draw near. The four women who had summoned their mother goose, were engulfed by the very monster they thought to rely on. They screamed in horror as they were swallowed into the monster's body. It needed the energy to fight the encroaching warriors of fable, so it took it from its own kin. Seven bearded dwarves lead the charge, with a beast and five knightly heroes, one whom rode atop a big wolf, following suit. The two Grimm brothers, Karl and Carl stayed back to watch the ensuing mayhem. The child knight, Ruby and her wolf companion, Fen, ran alongside the beast, Adam, to come up with a quick plan of attack. "Ruby and I will attack one of its wings. Come up with a way to get at its head while we have it distracted," Fen demanded as he ran ahead. "Right, on it," Adam caught up to the dwarves, "I'm going to start throwing you at the head of whatever the hell this is. Try to get its eyes, if not do some bigger damage." "I like the way you think, laddie," the dwarf leader exclaimed. "Alright, furball, gimme a good throw," another dwarf said. Fen leapt into the air with Ruby holding tightly onto his tufts of fur, as he bit down on one of the monster goose's wings. It shrieked in pain as Fen pulled the wing downwards. Ruby climbed over Fen and onto the wing and swung her axe into the wing multiple times, trying to cleave it off. The monster goose was about to bite either Fen or Ruby, but Adam started chucking the dwarves at her head. The dwarves let out war cries as they flew through the air and grabbed hold of the ghastly feathers, as they landed on the monster. They began to strike the monster with their pickaxes and hammers. They eventually were able to strike the eyes and blind her. She shook her head more violently and the dwarves were tossed about. They grunted as they hit the ground, some having the wind knocked from them. The armour would see to them having little damage though. The other four knightly heroes, Allie, Anabelle, Pearl and Philip struck the torso with their swords and spears. The monster goose started thrashing about in pain, knocking them all back. Fen saved Ruby from hitting the ground too hard and the dwarves got up to pull the others away from harm. They watched as the monster goose flailed about blindly and bled out. It was almost sad if it weren't a malicious monster. They let out a collective sigh of relief as it lay dead and took a moment.
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By Kenneth Ash II4 years ago in Fiction
