Thursday 3 January 2019

In the darkness


Image source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiIXLKWXmBw

Aeons ago, long before time itself existed, lived a clan of miserable beasts: the damonians. The damonians lived in a world of nothingness. All they felt was hunger, exhaustion, sorrow, regret and depression. There was nothing around them but darkness. No land, no water, no food, no other living beings… they survived by killing and eating one another – or they starved to death.

For a long time, their kind searched and searched for something more, all in vain. Most died of hunger and exhaustion, while some even took their own lives.

They gave up hope that there was something beyond this loathsome, rebarbative world. Soon, they reached the brink of extinction. Their race might have been wiped out completely if not for Wolvian.

Wolvian, a young damonian lived in constant terror as he knew that if he wasn’t alert during every waking moment, he would be killed by his own relatives in an attempt to satisfy their hunger.

After a long time span of this miserable existence, Wolvian, not unlike his great ancestors, desperately longed to change his way of living. He had willpower and ambition, and he sincerely believed that there was more to life than what his clan knew, and all he had to do was discover the right lens to see the true picture.

He searched, walking in a single direction for a long period of time, though he grew old and weary.

Finally, he found something he had never seen before. It was stunning and at first, he couldn’t move, frozen with shock, surprise and so much more. What he was looking at was huge. So huge, in fact, that he couldn’t see its end. It seemed to go on forever and ever. He used the last of his energy to run towards it.

It was in a colour similar to his fur, but lighter and more beautiful. Slowly, cautiously, he dipped a paw in it. It felt wonderful…. It was cool, and it left little circles of itself on his paw. The circles disappeared quickly but he could still feel them in his fur.

He put his paws into this strange miracle again, and it splashed up against him. At that moment, he felt something he didn’t understand. It made him want to screech, jump, and run around wildly. It was tingling sensation, so lovely he didn’t know how to describe it. It was a feeling that none of his kind had ever experienced before.

Joy.

17 comments:

  1. Something so abstract as joy, could not be expressed more beautifully. Love your creativity

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  2. I thought it was going to be water. Didn't think of joy at all...

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    1. Actually, it was water. That was what made him feel joyful as he realised that there was something more than nothingness.

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  3. Brilliant piece - truly exceptional

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  4. Awesome... very nicely expressed

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  5. Outstanding imagery and use of language Netra! Superbly written, keep going!

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    1. Thank you....stay tuned as there will be a second part coming up soon!

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  6. Great story, very creative. Enjoyed reading it.

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  7. Beautiful description Netra. Very interesting. You seem to have followed the Bahubali trend...making a sequel. Can't wait for the second part.

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    1. Thank you so much for reading and sending me feedback. I will write part two soon!

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  8. The idea of joy beautifully expressed. Can't wait for the next parts.

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  9. A sparkling little piece. I can see this developing into something much bigger. And so much better than some of the rebarbative tripe that gets published these days! Congrats and keep going.

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    1. Thank you. I will write part second soon and I hope you find that as intriguing.

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