Writing Contest

[Leafy]

This is the same as the one in off topic, but posted here.

This is a contest to see who the best writer is.

All participants must have good grammar.

The topic this week is a Haiku poem.

Rewards will be rep, and your name edited in the op

Judges: You can apply to be a judge for this round.

You may post your story here, or you may pm it to the judges, or me.

Winners
Chuckness-short story-9/19/10

[lolohwd]

how short would you say a short story is? exactly

[Leafy]

No longer than a page.

[Kunoichi]

You should put a word limit on it.

[Leafy]

How many words do you think the limit should be?

[Kunoichi]

How many words do you think the limit should be?
Ummm well, the average short story can be anywhere from 1-5 pages, you already said you wanted to limit it to about a page. The average page is about 275-300 words give or take, so I guess about 300 words? But that seems a bit small, maybe 500?

[Leafy]

500 words is the limit.

[Kunoichi]

Hey can I be a judge for this round?

[NarutoxSakura4ever]

Can I be a judge?

[Leafy]

Ok, you all will be the judges.

[NarutoxSakura4ever]

Alright.

[Invisible Fog]

I will probably post mine tomorrow.

[Kiseki]

Can I use a part of my story Izumi I just wrote?
Or does it has to be something completely new?

[Leafy]

You can use part of your story.

[Monster Addict92]

here's mine:
He walked along the bridge, knowing what he had lost. He remembered er body, laying there, in his arms and her last breaths. He kissed her on the lips their last, and final kiss. Tears ran down his face. He opened up the small black box in his pocket. It had a beautiful sapphire ornated in silver. The sapphire was as blue as the deep ocean. He didn't know what to do. His journey still was in need of him, yet, he couldn't go along with it. He knew who killed her, and why. Which made him hurt even more. Then he thought about what came back from the autopsy, which didn't help. He felt like he was going to have a heart attack from this pain, or he wanted it to happen. He felt like there was nothing left. Why should he continue his journey when all it has done has brought him nothing but pain. Then he remembered that it actually had brought good memories, meeting his friends, doing his job, and most of all, meeting the love of his life. He almost threw it in the pond, but decided to keep it. His phone rang. After awhile he said: "Understood, I'll be there in a few." Then he walked back along the bridge, knowing that part of his life ended on the other end of the bridge, but a new part had begun on this side.

[Kiseki]

I made something new. Not from my story Izumi, but completely something else.

Crystal clear waters with birds floating around in it. As the top of my finger starts to make contact I suddenly forgot who I am, what I'm doing here. The wrinkles on the water are shaping very precise and keep on growing larger and larger. The longer I look at it, the more I'm hypnotized by this beauty of nature. What if I fall in? Will it hurt if my body slowly floats to the bottom of the lake, not getting any air? Slowly taking steps into the water, the wrinkles become larger and all go out of shape. I feel like I'm messing with nature and I feel amazed. Faster and faster I start to walk into the depth of this lake, until I realize... It's not dark! Suddenly all movement stopped, bubbles of air rising around my body and I look around, slowly creating one gigantic bubble around me. A shadow of another person rises from the depth and slowly puts his hand on my bubble. I walk towards him and gently put my hand on the same spot at my side of the bubble wall. Within seconds the entire wall starts to collapse and I snap out of it all at the moment I see my own blood. He stabbed me. My body started to feel cold and I realize something important. Give yourself, then you give your soul. Pain always surrounds us, waiting for you to open up.

[Leafy]

here's mine:
He walked along the bridge, knowing what he had lost. He remembered er body, laying there, in his arms and her last breaths. He kissed her on the lips their last, and final kiss. Tears ran down his face. He opened up the small black box in his pocket. It had a beautiful sapphire ornated in silver. The sapphire was as blue as the deep ocean. He didn't know what to do. His journey still was in need of him, yet, he couldn't go along with it. He knew who killed her, and why. Which made him hurt even more. Then he thought about what came back from the autopsy, which didn't help. He felt like he was going to have a heart attack from this pain, or he wanted it to happen. He felt like there was nothing left. Why should he continue his journey when all it has done has brought him nothing but pain. Then he remembered that it actually had brought good memories, meeting his friends, doing his job, and most of all, meeting the love of his life. He almost threw it in the pond, but decided to keep it. His phone rang. After awhile he said: "Understood, I'll be there in a few." Then he walked back along the bridge, knowing that part of his life ended on the other end of the bridge, but a new part had begun on this side.

I made something new. Not from my story Izumi, but completely something else.

Crystal clear waters with birds floating around in it. As the top of my finger starts to make contact I suddenly forgot who I am, what I'm doing here. The wrinkles on the water are shaping very precise and keep on growing larger and larger. The longer I look at it, the more I'm hypnotized by this beauty of nature. What if I fall in? Will it hurt if my body slowly floats to the bottom of the lake, not getting any air? Slowly taking steps into the water, the wrinkles become larger and all go out of shape. I feel like I'm messing with nature and I feel amazed. Faster and faster I start to walk into the depth of this lake, until I realize... It's not dark! Suddenly all movement stopped, bubbles of air rising around my body and I look around, slowly creating one gigantic bubble around me. A shadow of another person rises from the depth and slowly puts his hand on my bubble. I walk towards him and gently put my hand on the same spot at my side of the bubble wall. Within seconds the entire wall starts to collapse and I snap out of it all at the moment I see my own blood. He stabbed me. My body started to feel cold and I realize something important. Give yourself, then you give your soul. Pain always surrounds us, waiting for you to open up.

Both of these stories are sad, and focus on pain, and have great detail. Awesome stories.

There's still time left, so everyone get your short stories in!

[Monster Addict92]

thanks,
and your story is amazing Kiseki

[Kunoichi]

I think Chuckness is going to write one too, and I see NarutoxSakura lurking toooo ;)

[NarutoxSakura4ever]

here's mine:
He walked along the bridge, knowing what he had lost. He remembered er body, laying there, in his arms and her last breaths. He kissed her on the lips their last, and final kiss. Tears ran down his face. He opened up the small black box in his pocket. It had a beautiful sapphire ornated in silver. The sapphire was as blue as the deep ocean. He didn't know what to do. His journey still was in need of him, yet, he couldn't go along with it. He knew who killed her, and why. Which made him hurt even more. Then he thought about what came back from the autopsy, which didn't help. He felt like he was going to have a heart attack from this pain, or he wanted it to happen. He felt like there was nothing left. Why should he continue his journey when all it has done has brought him nothing but pain. Then he remembered that it actually had brought good memories, meeting his friends, doing his job, and most of all, meeting the love of his life. He almost threw it in the pond, but decided to keep it. His phone rang. After awhile he said: "Understood, I'll be there in a few." Then he walked back along the bridge, knowing that part of his life ended on the other end of the bridge, but a new part had begun on this side.

I made something new. Not from my story Izumi, but completely something else.

Crystal clear waters with birds floating around in it. As the top of my finger starts to make contact I suddenly forgot who I am, what I'm doing here. The wrinkles on the water are shaping very precise and keep on growing larger and larger. The longer I look at it, the more I'm hypnotized by this beauty of nature. What if I fall in? Will it hurt if my body slowly floats to the bottom of the lake, not getting any air? Slowly taking steps into the water, the wrinkles become larger and all go out of shape. I feel like I'm messing with nature and I feel amazed. Faster and faster I start to walk into the depth of this lake, until I realize... It's not dark! Suddenly all movement stopped, bubbles of air rising around my body and I look around, slowly creating one gigantic bubble around me. A shadow of another person rises from the depth and slowly puts his hand on my bubble. I walk towards him and gently put my hand on the same spot at my side of the bubble wall. Within seconds the entire wall starts to collapse and I snap out of it all at the moment I see my own blood. He stabbed me. My body started to feel cold and I realize something important. Give yourself, then you give your soul. Pain always surrounds us, waiting for you to open up.

Both of your stories were amazing!!!!

@Kunoichi Yes thats what I do... stalk a thread! :twisted: Lol XD

[Monster Addict92]

and i see we have a nemesis Batman

[Chuckness]

Sweet! Here's my entry:

The raven soared over the dark, sad city, ignoring the smog and smoke arising from the population. The sounds of sirens, gunfire, and screams rang out from the alleyways and streets. Warfare had broken out from one accident, which was taken to be purposeful. A sudden, large explosion caused the raven to dart to its right, to avoid flying bricks.
A plane flew from the heavens and smashed into the tallest building in the city. The raven, unable to comprehend what was occurring, flew on as if nothing was happening. But you can't pretend nothing happens if you get dragged into it.
The raven fell slowly to the city, a misfired bullet finding its way into a small, delicate heart. It landed next to a child, who stared at it, wide-eyed.
A burly man, grasping a pistol, ran up to the child, with red eyes showing madness. He pointed the gun at the kid. She whimpered, backing into the wall. The man stared at the girl, then the raven, and the girl again. He dropped the gun, and sank to his knees, crying like a baby. The kid stared at the man, and walked over to him, comforting him. The raven's lifeless eyes still stared blankly at the sky.
Some wars can be prevented. Some cannot. Some wars have only hatred and mindless killing. This one does not. And some wars never end. This one is one of them.

[Kunoichi]

and i see we have a nemesis Batman
That's "holy nemesis" to you former boy-wonder!

[Monster Addict92]

odd story, but inspiring i would say Chucky
@kuniochi we meet again-wait, you're not one of our old nemesis' oh well

and i'm going to laugh my ass off if me and Kiseki win again xD

[NarutoxSakura4ever]

Sweet! Here's my entry:

The raven soared over the dark, sad city, ignoring the smog and smoke arising from the population. The sounds of sirens, gunfire, and screams rang out from the alleyways and streets. Warfare had broken out from one accident, which was taken to be purposeful. A sudden, large explosion caused the raven to dart to its right, to avoid flying bricks.
A plane flew from the heavens and smashed into the tallest building in the city. The raven, unable to comprehend what was occurring, flew on as if nothing was happening. But you can't pretend nothing happens if you get dragged into it.
The raven fell slowly to the city, a misfired bullet finding its way into a small, delicate heart. It landed next to a child, who stared at it, wide-eyed.
A burly man, grasping a pistol, ran up to the child, with red eyes showing madness. He pointed the gun at the kid. She whimpered, backing into the wall. The man stared at the girl, then the raven, and the girl again. He dropped the gun, and sank to his knees, crying like a baby. The kid stared at the man, and walked over to him, comforting him. The raven's lifeless eyes still stared blankly at the sky.
Some wars can be prevented. Some cannot. Some wars have only hatred and mindless killing. This one does not. And some wars never end. This one is one of them.

.....I loved it.

[Leafy]

Sweet! Here's my entry:

The raven soared over the dark, sad city, ignoring the smog and smoke arising from the population. The sounds of sirens, gunfire, and screams rang out from the alleyways and streets. Warfare had broken out from one accident, which was taken to be purposeful. A sudden, large explosion caused the raven to dart to its right, to avoid flying bricks.
A plane flew from the heavens and smashed into the tallest building in the city. The raven, unable to comprehend what was occurring, flew on as if nothing was happening. But you can't pretend nothing happens if you get dragged into it.
The raven fell slowly to the city, a misfired bullet finding its way into a small, delicate heart. It landed next to a child, who stared at it, wide-eyed.
A burly man, grasping a pistol, ran up to the child, with red eyes showing madness. He pointed the gun at the kid. She whimpered, backing into the wall. The man stared at the girl, then the raven, and the girl again. He dropped the gun, and sank to his knees, crying like a baby. The kid stared at the man, and walked over to him, comforting him. The raven's lifeless eyes still stared blankly at the sky.
Some wars can be prevented. Some cannot. Some wars have only hatred and mindless killing. This one does not. And some wars never end. This one is one of them.

I like your story, it's dark and unique.

and i see we have a nemesis Batman

Yes we do Nightwing, be on gaurd.

[Monster Addict92]

*pulls out staff thingy* speaking of batman, have you seen Batman:Under the Red Hood?

[Leafy]

No, but I will see it.

I pm'd Sage Mode to see if he sticky this thread, but he hasn't responded yet.

[XxblackxX]

I wanna see how good I am.


The October winds swept through her darkly colored brown hair, leaves floating gently across her arms. She stared into the sky, watching the orange sunset. "Maiya..." A young boy next to her whispered. Maiya brought her eyes to his, nodding slightly. "Maiya...." He whispered again, gazing into her gentle green eyes. "Math..ew?" She murmured, the boy bringing his hand to her check, caressing it ever so gently. Maiyas' face darkened a bit, making it feel warm to Mathews' cold hand. A warm, soft smile spread on Mathews face. He leaned to her, grazing his lips to hers, lingering for a few seconds. Maiyas' face darkened once more. She looked to the boy when he withdrew slightly, smiling gently, "Mathew...I..." "Love you." Mathew finished her sentence, bringing his lips to hers once again, the wind blowing leaves at them, grazing their skin. Mthew withdrew once more and stood up. "We should leave, my princess" He said, smiling and offering his hand. Maiya smiled and nodded, taking his hand. Together, they walked along a dark dirt road, hand in hand.
Later that week, a story on the news was told, of a young couple died that week, brutally murdered on that same night, on that same dirt road.

[Kunoichi]

This is great we've gotten more entries!

[XxblackxX]

What do you think of mine?

[Leafy]

I wanna see how good I am.


The October winds swept through her darkly colored brown hair, leaves floating gently across her arms. She stared into the sky, watching the orange sunset. "Maiya..." A young boy next to her whispered. Maiya brought her eyes to his, nodding slightly. "Maiya...." He whispered again, gazing into her gentle green eyes. "Math..ew?" She murmured, the boy bringing his hand to her check, caressing it ever so gently. Maiyas' face darkened a bit, making it feel warm to Mathews' cold hand. A warm, soft smile spread on Mathews face. He leaned to her, grazing his lips to hers, lingering for a few seconds. Maiyas' face darkened once more. She looked to the boy when he withdrew slightly, smiling gently, "Mathew...I..." "Love you." Mathew finished her sentence, bringing his lips to hers once again, the wind blowing leaves at them, grazing their skin. Mthew withdrew once more and stood up. "We should leave, my princess" He said, smiling and offering his hand. Maiya smiled and nodded, taking his hand. Together, they walked along a dark dirt road, hand in hand.
Later that week, a story on the news was told, of a young couple died that week, brutally murdered on that same night, on that same dirt road.

It's really good, you put great detail to it. Although the ending was sad.

How come all the stories we got so far involve death. xD

[XxblackxX]

Thanks. It should have been expected.

[NarutoxSakura4ever]

I wanna see how good I am.


The October winds swept through her darkly colored brown hair, leaves floating gently across her arms. She stared into the sky, watching the orange sunset. "Maiya..." A young boy next to her whispered. Maiya brought her eyes to his, nodding slightly. "Maiya...." He whispered again, gazing into her gentle green eyes. "Math..ew?" She murmured, the boy bringing his hand to her check, caressing it ever so gently. Maiyas' face darkened a bit, making it feel warm to Mathews' cold hand. A warm, soft smile spread on Mathews face. He leaned to her, grazing his lips to hers, lingering for a few seconds. Maiyas' face darkened once more. She looked to the boy when he withdrew slightly, smiling gently, "Mathew...I..." "Love you." Mathew finished her sentence, bringing his lips to hers once again, the wind blowing leaves at them, grazing their skin. Mthew withdrew once more and stood up. "We should leave, my princess" He said, smiling and offering his hand. Maiya smiled and nodded, taking his hand. Together, they walked along a dark dirt road, hand in hand.
Later that week, a story on the news was told, of a young couple died that week, brutally murdered on that same night, on that same dirt road.

Awww romantic and sad.... I loved it black!

[Chuckness]

.....I loved it.

Thank you :D

I like your story, it's dark and unique.



Thank you, too :mrgreen:

And thanks for that, monster addict ^_^

[XxblackxX]

Tankyou NS4! I didn't put much thought in it. I guess I am a good writter, especially for mah age xD

[OnyxBlossom]

I wanna enter! Alright, here goes:

The grass was green, and flatened as the group sat on the lavender blanket, enough room for eight. The air was warm, and the sun was high, giving off a calm aura. The day gave enough time for the group to spend together under a shady tree whose leaves were above their heads. Four sat calmly under said tree, peacefully in their dreamlands. Two were quietly eating from the basket, smiling under the bright yellow above them. The last two were happily wading through the crystal blue, it's droplets slowly sliding down their legs, falling back in with a 'plunk'. The wind was peaceful, softly ruffling their hair as they all spent the last moments they could together, happily smiling at the scene in front of them before dusk had overcome the sky, the day slowly fading away into the darkness.

....I'm not sure if that's long enough, but that's all I could think up.

[Leafy]

I like your story Ony

We're getting a good turn out`:))

[NarutoxSakura4ever]

Thank you :D



Thank you, too :mrgreen:

And thanks for that, monster addict ^_^

Tankyou NS4! I didn't put much thought in it. I guess I am a good writter, especially for mah age xD


Your both are welcome! `:)


I wanna enter! Alright, here goes:

The grass was green, and flatened as the group sat on the lavender blanket, enough room for eight. The air was warm, and the sun was high, giving off a calm aura. The day gave enough time for the group to spend together under a shady tree whose leaves were above their heads. Four sat calmly under said tree, peacefully in their dreamlands. Two were quietly eating from the basket, smiling under the bright yellow above them. The last two were happily wading through the crystal blue, it's droplets slowly sliding down their legs, falling back in with a 'plunk'. The wind was peaceful, softly ruffling their hair as they all spent the last moments they could together, happily smiling at the scene in front of them before dusk had overcome the sky, the day slowly fading away into the darkness.

....I'm not sure if that's long enough, but that's all I could think up.

Not bad, not bad.

[Bacon]

When I reached the top of the stairs, I found a rare variant of the infected. These abominations were deemed runners, fanatics, or Zealots. There were no scientific names for such a horrific beast that was once your loved one. So the global community just called these bastards zombies because they would undergo a frightening transformation. Their muscles would liquify while their bones would twist and contort. Their brains would press up against their skulls and cause additional nerve damage. All this lead to the common zombie being a slow and uncoordinated beast. Yet, the runners were different. Their minds would fall into darkness and their bodies would not suffer such grotesque afflictions. Rather, they would grow faster because they didn't have the chains of fatigue to wear them down.

There was a large closet that forked the path leading to different bed rooms on the second floor. The runner was continuously thrusting its arms into the already damaged door when it broke through. So I focused optical sight for the beast's kneecap and opened fire. The result looked minuscule from the entry wound,but the exit wound was a different story. Its entire kneecap was torn to ribbons as the muscle decorated the wall. The beast was now focused on me as it stumbled over. Its arm was caught in the door, so I shifted my aim to its skull and opened fire. I had taken down my first hostile, which felt both good and bad. However, there was still a matter of the victim to attend to, so I sucked up my fears and approached the door.

I found a young woman huddled up in the corner behind a few coats. Tears were coursing down her cheeks; so I offered my hand to her. At that moment, I couldn't understand why her eyes bulged until I heard a soft growl.

The ghoul bum rushed me so quickly that I only had enough time to shut the door in front of me.The beast slammed me into the door with incredible force as I felt its infamous iron grasp. In retaliation, I dropped down on my ass to throw the lunging assailant off balance. With my free arm, I drew my knife and thrust-ed the cerrated edge into its Adam's apple. Immediately, I carved into the bastard's neck until I felt the spine.

I felt the beast sporadically start a series of spasms as its efforts still were going strong. Yet, I felt its grip loosen and took advantage of this by wrapping my arm around its leg. With this, I could use the attacker's weight as leverage to slam him into the ground. After shaking its death lock, I rolled over and grabbed the hilt of my knife and its upper chest;with one thrust towards opposite directions, I severed the head of the runner.


I will enter this establishment. xD

[Monster Addict92]

mine's dark for a reason `:P
@bacon now i see the scrubs pic

[Kunoichi]

Hey leaf when is the deadline? Cause I'm thinking it's soon and if so NS4 and I should start talking.

[Kiseki]

Thanks for commenting on my mini-story!

Btw, don't make a winner thread.
Just post the winner's name in the first post.
And eventually there will be a winners list etc.
Like this:

1. username / subject contest / date

[Leafy]

Hey leaf when is the deadline? Cause I'm thinking it's soon and if so NS4 and I should start talking.

The deadline is Sunday.

Thanks for commenting on my mini-story!

Btw, don't make a winner thread.
Just post the winner's name in the first post.
And eventually there will be a winners list etc.
Like this:

1. username / subject contest / date

Ok, that's what I'll do.

[Kunoichi]

ok i'll PM NS4 on Sunday then, and do we still pick two winners?

[Leafy]

Nope, just one winner.

[Kunoichi]

and the plot thickens!!!

[Leafy]

When I reached the top of the stairs, I found a rare variant of the infected. These abominations were deemed runners, fanatics, or Zealots. There were no scientific names for such a horrific beast that was once your loved one. So the global community just called these bastards zombies because they would undergo a frightening transformation. Their muscles would liquify while their bones would twist and contort. Their brains would press up against their skulls and cause additional nerve damage. All this lead to the common zombie being a slow and uncoordinated beast. Yet, the runners were different. Their minds would fall into darkness and their bodies would not suffer such grotesque afflictions. Rather, they would grow faster because they didn't have the chains of fatigue to wear them down.

There was a large closet that forked the path leading to different bed rooms on the second floor. The runner was continuously thrusting its arms into the already damaged door when it broke through. So I focused optical sight for the beast's kneecap and opened fire. The result looked minuscule from the entry wound,but the exit wound was a different story. Its entire kneecap was torn to ribbons as the muscle decorated the wall. The beast was now focused on me as it stumbled over. Its arm was caught in the door, so I shifted my aim to its skull and opened fire. I had taken down my first hostile, which felt both good and bad. However, there was still a matter of the victim to attend to, so I sucked up my fears and approached the door.

I found a young woman huddled up in the corner behind a few coats. Tears were coursing down her cheeks; so I offered my hand to her. At that moment, I couldn't understand why her eyes bulged until I heard a soft growl.

The ghoul bum rushed me so quickly that I only had enough time to shut the door in front of me.The beast slammed me into the door with incredible force as I felt its infamous iron grasp. In retaliation, I dropped down on my ass to throw the lunging assailant off balance. With my free arm, I drew my knife and thrust-ed the cerrated edge into its Adam's apple. Immediately, I carved into the bastard's neck until I felt the spine.

I felt the beast sporadically start a series of spasms as its efforts still were going strong. Yet, I felt its grip loosen and took advantage of this by wrapping my arm around its leg. With this, I could use the attacker's weight as leverage to slam him into the ground. After shaking its death lock, I rolled over and grabbed the hilt of my knife and its upper chest;with one thrust towards opposite directions, I severed the head of the runner.


I will enter this establishment. xD

Great story, I love zombie based fictions.

[Kunoichi]

Btw, incase you guys are wondering I have been reading all the stories. I'm just not going to comment until we choose a winner, srsly gotta keep you in suspense right?

[lolohwd]

i think black should win

[Leafy]

I was just commenting, not criticizing. But that's good Kunoichi, I'm not judging anyway.

[Kunoichi]

I was just commenting, not criticizing. But that's good Kunoichi, I'm not judging anyway.
LOL no i got that, I just didn't want you guys to think I was slacking off, I swear I'm reading them really!

[Maikeru D. Shinigami]

500 words? X.X I can never write less than 6,000, and that was because it was meant to be a short story. xD I'll try. >.>

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Explicit Cessation

The sounds of the chariot flying overhead startled the people of the land. Clarence, Hariet, Soriano and Trisha, all ran quickly out of their classrooms and into the street. Upon arrival, a scream of horror could be heard from Trisha at the sight of that which stood before them. A monstrous large black fire phoenix, carrying a chariot which held the darkest of all wizards known to humans. His name was Laridorn, infamous criminal, who was until this day, locked up in prison. He escaped easily with the help his phoenix, Ralton, who destroyed the prison, leaving it in shambles. The prisoners even ran for dear life, but none could stop the wrath of Laridorn. The sight was horrendous to the four teenagers, as the streets were littered with devoured bodies. Blood rushed through the cracks of the sidewalk, across the roads and down the buildings. Seeing enough as Laridorn continued to have his way with the town, the four devised a quick plan to try and kill the man and his creature. They split up, and jumped to the rooftops of four buildings, which surrounded Laridorn on all sides. With a leap of faith, they charged toward him with the force of a nuclear missile, each surrounded by a shield of an element. Clarence, the wind, Hariet, the water, Soriano, the fire, and Trisha, the lightning, their elements correspond with their personalities. Clarence, calm as the wind. Hariet, unpredictable as the tide. Soriano, fiery like fire. And Trisha, wild as the lightning. As they got within twenty feet of Laridorn, Laridorn was suddenly paralyzed in place by their teacher, Iliat Johnson. Cursing under his breath, the wizard and his creature suddenly disappeared, but not before sending a curse into two of them. They all four fell feet first onto the street below, as if the 50 foot fall was nothing. It was the end of the world as the people of Calahan knew it. Luckily for Clarence, Iliat and Hariet, as well as a few others, they were able to escape with their lives in tact, as Soriano and Trisha feel lifelessly to the ground. Clarence looked at Hariet, who was in tears at the thought of losing her best friend Trisha, and went over to hold Hariet tightly into his arms. If Clarence had known his father would grow up to be the most evil wizard of all time, he swore he would have killed him as soon as he was able to walk. And thinking in their minds, they know that if the foul beast ever returns, they, and the rest of the people of Calahan might meet the same fate.

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443 words. I could have made a book out of that.

[Leafy]

Great story Maikeru. You would have actually used 6,000 words for a short story? xD

Oh and Invisible Fog pm'd his story to me, but most of it got cut off, so post it here Invisible Fog.

[XxblackxX]

i think black should win

Awe, thank you, Lolo<3
I really don't think my story is any better than anyone elses.

[Maikeru D. Shinigami]

Yes, 6,000 words lets me develop the characters somewhat. xD

[Monster Addict92]

my chapters are usually about 1,000 characters each or so

[Leafy]

Ok that's it, the round is over. This was a great round, and great stories from all of you all. Now it's decision time. Kunoichi and NS4 will determine the winner.

[Kunoichi]

I'm reviewing all of the entries right now and PMing NS4 ATM.

I have a few thoughts on each one, but I will say that overall I think everyone did a great job. You guys are making the judging part very difficult and that's a good thing!

[XxblackxX]

Yay! >w< I wonder who will win.

[Kunoichi]

hold on a second I just read something leaf wrote, does invisible fog have a story? because if so I have not seen it at all.

[Leafy]

He pm'd me his story, but most of it got cut off. So I told him to pm it to me again or to post it in this thread. And he responded "Awe come on", so then i said did you save your story, and he didn't respond back.

So sorry about that Invisible Fog.

[Kunoichi]

umm ok. Well I sent my thoughts to NS4, just waiting for her to reply.

[Kunoichi]

AND THE WINNER IS *drum roll*

[NarutoxSakura4ever]

Chuckness!!!!!


AWESOME STORY!!!! I loved it a lot! Congratulations!!!!

[Leafy]

Awesome, Chuckness story great and unique.

[XxblackxX]

Congratz!

[NarutoxSakura4ever]

All of the contestants did well! I couldn't really choose one! But Chuckness' story impressed me a lot.

[XxblackxX]

What's the next topic?

[NarutoxSakura4ever]

I want to know, so I can be in the contest this time.

[Leafy]

Hmm...I'm still thinking. You all can suggest what the next topic is, but pm me.

[Kunoichi]

oh one quick thing I wanted to say, if you ever do another short story contest I think you should expand the word limit. I think 500 words was a bit short, you guys were able to do it and do it well but I think if we had a limit of 1000 words the stories would have more development and been even cooler.

That's just my own personal thoughts. Otherwise I agreed with NS4 you guys all did really well, the stories were descriptive and thought provoking. But at the end of the day Chuckness really stood out and went above and beyond, kudos!

[Leafy]

You're right, next time I do a short story topic I'll make the limit between 1,000 to 2,000 words.

And kudos to everyone who participated. :D

[Tucker]

perhaps i should have done the part where she actually died.....*uses time machine*

[Chuckness]

Thank you all!! I'm so happy! :D It makes me wanna...

*Urp*

http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i/000/049/588/original/awesome_face.png?1273875550

[Leafy]

The next topic is a Haiku poem, simple short and easy. Looking for new judges.

[Tucker]

darn, i'm no good at Haikus xD

[Kunoichi]

Maybe Chuckness could be a judge, since he won and all, you should send him a PM.

[XxblackxX]

Haikus are usually about nature , correct?

[Kunoichi]

Haikus are usually about nature , correct?
They can be about anything really, you just have to fallow the 5 7 5 rule, 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second, and 5 in the third.

[Leafy]

I pm'd Chuckness, anyone else wanna be a judge?

I'll start the contest tomorrow.

[Kunoichi]

I don't think I'm allowed to be a judge twice in a row otherwise I'd volunteer.

[Leafy]

Yeah I'd like to change it up every round.

I'm going to compete in this round.

[Kunoichi]

Hmm I dunno, maybe you could PM some of the other contestants? See if any of them would like to judge?

[Chuckness]

I think I can judge! :D I'll make this thread easy to get to, and I'll check it a few times a day... and if you ever need me to judge again, I'd love to! Just tell me when there's a story writing contest of some kind. *Favorites this thread*

[Chuckness]

/Bump

[NarutoxSakura4ever]

Whats the next? What do we have to write this time?

[Kunoichi]

No one else has done anything so here's a few I came up with:

Shikamaru Haiku

How lazy am I,
My wit is that of a God,
I am the Shika.


My Family Haiku

Sisters love Bieber,
My Dad is singing Ga-Ga
Shall I face palm now?


Haiku Haiku:

To write a Haiku,
Five, Seven, Five is the key,
You can do it too.



Edit:
Whats the next? What do we have to write this time?
This weeks challenge is Haiku Poems.

[NarutoxSakura4ever]

Oh okay! Thanks!

[Kiseki]

I don't find this subject so interesting. I pass this once, sorry.

[Kunoichi]

I don't find this subject so interesting. I pass this once, sorry.
You could always be a judge this round

[Chuckness]

No one else has done anything so here's a few I came up with:

Shikamaru Haiku

How lazy am I,
My wit is that of a God,
I am the Shika.


My Family Haiku

Sisters love Bieber,
My Dad is singing Ga-Ga
Shall I face palm now?


Haiku Haiku:

To write a Haiku,
Five, Seven, Five is the key,
You can do it too.



All three were good, and the middle one was very funny.

[Kunoichi]

LOL thanks, my dad just informed me that I need to stop telling everyone about his obsession for Lady Gaga.

[lolohwd]

doggy haiku

bark, the cry of pain
woof, the lonelyness of rain
the sound, emotions

birdy
to fly is a dream
a dream out of reach now
not impossible

life
swimming in the sea
flying through the open sky
life is in motion

[Kunoichi]

awww that one was cute!

[lolohwd]

the doggys ones cute?

[Kiseki]

You could always be a judge this round
I dont feel so good, sorry.
My sense for creative things is kinda blocked at the moment.
Thats why I cant write new Izumi chapter either.
I tried like 3 times. I'm just emotionally not able atm. Sorry.

[OnyxBlossom]

Not so good with haikus, but...I guess I'll try if the contest has started...=S

Love:


Heart beats fast, like rain

Red gets to my sun-kissed skin

You make me love you


Ok, that one sucked. `|(

But I tried...

[Kunoichi]

I dont feel so good, sorry.
My sense for creative things is kinda blocked at the moment.
Thats why I cant write new Izumi chapter either.
I tried like 3 times. I'm just emotionally not able atm. Sorry.
Aww I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you feel better, I know I miss Izuma but I totally understand. I hope you're ok Kiseki, *huggles and stuff*


the doggys ones cute?
Yes, I thought it was cute, kinda sad though, made me think of when I stepped on puppy's tail once, I felt terrible!


Not so good with haikus, but...I guess I'll try if the contest has started...=S

Love:


Heart beats fast, like rain

Red gets to my sun-kissed skin

You make me love you


Ok, that one sucked. `|(

But I tried...
That wasn't bad all! You need to give yourself more credit :)

[lolohwd]

badda bing badda bumpu!

[Chuckness]

Not so good with haikus, but...I guess I'll try if the contest has started...=S

Love:


Heart beats fast, like rain

Red gets to my sun-kissed skin

You make me love you


Ok, that one sucked. `|(

But I tried...

Dude, that was great. Like Kunoichi said, you should give yourself more credit.

[Leafy]

Oh wow, people actually submitted Haiku's. I was just about to bump this thread, but great we have some entries....I'll postpone the deadline to Friday. And anyone else wanna judge? I'll type my haiku(s) soon.

[Leafy]

/phoenix down

This was a pretty cool contest, sad that it had to die. If anyone's up to help, I can start this thing again...if not then I'll just let it R.I.P

[Bacon]

Haha,I'd help.

[Kunoichi]

ahhh i remember this, ironically enough i remember Bacon's zombie story the best.

Do it leaf, DO IT!

[Bacon]

I had a zombie story D=

[Kunoichi]

yeah, it was a short story

[Bacon]

I must have forgotten it. :3

[Kunoichi]

When I reached the top of the stairs, I found a rare variant of the infected. These abominations were deemed runners, fanatics, or Zealots. There were no scientific names for such a horrific beast that was once your loved one. So the global community just called these bastards zombies because they would undergo a frightening transformation. Their muscles would liquify while their bones would twist and contort. Their brains would press up against their skulls and cause additional nerve damage. All this lead to the common zombie being a slow and uncoordinated beast. Yet, the runners were different. Their minds would fall into darkness and their bodies would not suffer such grotesque afflictions. Rather, they would grow faster because they didn't have the chains of fatigue to wear them down.

There was a large closet that forked the path leading to different bed rooms on the second floor. The runner was continuously thrusting its arms into the already damaged door when it broke through. So I focused optical sight for the beast's kneecap and opened fire. The result looked minuscule from the entry wound,but the exit wound was a different story. Its entire kneecap was torn to ribbons as the muscle decorated the wall. The beast was now focused on me as it stumbled over. Its arm was caught in the door, so I shifted my aim to its skull and opened fire. I had taken down my first hostile, which felt both good and bad. However, there was still a matter of the victim to attend to, so I sucked up my fears and approached the door.

I found a young woman huddled up in the corner behind a few coats. Tears were coursing down her cheeks; so I offered my hand to her. At that moment, I couldn't understand why her eyes bulged until I heard a soft growl.

The ghoul bum rushed me so quickly that I only had enough time to shut the door in front of me.The beast slammed me into the door with incredible force as I felt its infamous iron grasp. In retaliation, I dropped down on my ass to throw the lunging assailant off balance. With my free arm, I drew my knife and thrust-ed the cerrated edge into its Adam's apple. Immediately, I carved into the bastard's neck until I felt the spine.

I felt the beast sporadically start a series of spasms as its efforts still were going strong. Yet, I felt its grip loosen and took advantage of this by wrapping my arm around its leg. With this, I could use the attacker's weight as leverage to slam him into the ground. After shaking its death lock, I rolled over and grabbed the hilt of my knife and its upper chest;with one thrust towards opposite directions, I severed the head of the runner.


I will enter this establishment. xD

Right here.

[Bacon]

Oh now I remember, that was when I was into zombies. >.> I kinda wanted a zombie gf for some reason.

[Kunoichi]

That's a terrible terrible idea bacon. Zombies do not make good girlfriends.

[Bacon]

Yea,but that one movie by tim burton made it seem plausible. xD

[Kunoichi]

she was a corpse not a zombie

srsly bacon get with it :roll:

[Bacon]

P: Dat corpse was lovely

._. Burton makes me scared

[Leafy]

Alright good, I have some volunteers. Now I just need to get some people to participate. :lol:

I remember when this was XxBlackxX's contest, and I won with my rock song...good times.

[Bacon]

xD lol your rock song?

[Leafy]

xD lol your rock song?

Yeah, the topic was songs. So I had written a rock song, lol. If I can find it, I'll post it up. But yeah, I also remember Kunoichi's song...it was so stupid. :lol:

[deadtaka]

What are we going to do for the first contest to start this up?

[Leafy]

I don't know. People don't visit the fan fic section like they use too, so it'll be hard trying to find people to participate.

[deadtaka]

I noticed that. *stumped*

[Kunoichi]

Yeah, the topic was songs. So I had written a rock song, lol. If I can find it, I'll post it up. But yeah, I also remember Kunoichi's song...it was so stupid. :lol:
are you talking about my pirate rap? cause that sh*t was golden son :cool:

[PlatonicZombie]

Well, I tried getting a poetry thread going a while ago, and it was doing good; till, I had a major personal event happen, and then it kind of died. I think the initial response might not be that great, but if you guys do some type of banner for the winners, it might pick-up. You know, the whole word of mouth thing, only it's word of banner. People will see the banner on the persons sig when they post through out the forum, and that should bring more people in... I mean advertising works like that all the time, that's why I feel like living the High Life right now... hahaha!!

[Leafy]

OMG THIS WAS AN AWESOME IDEA...IT HAD SOO MUCH POTENTIAL! ;~;

We should definitely get going again.

[Leafy]

No one?

k

[The Second Pornkage]

I don't think the things I write are acceptable on this site

[Bacon]

There's never been much interest in the section leaf. Or at least as far back as I can remember

[Maikeru D. Shinigami]

This is a haiku.
I can win if no one joins.
Give me my trophy.

[Hidden Ninja45]

I might be interested in this, as long as I see that such a contest exists, and the requirements are something I have the time and/or the ability to do.