Creative Writing: The Forest Of The Dragons

It began in a land called Trenborough. Trenborough was beautiful. The trees were greener, the water was bluer, and the daises were brighter. There were rolling hills, Colossal mountains, endless seas, and glorious kingdoms. There was a particular kingdom, and a particular town, where the biggest change in all of history occurred.

Our story starts in the kingdom of Rosium. Rosium sat comfortably in the center of Trenborough, surrounded on all sides by The Forest of the Dragons. The royal family used this placement to their advantage. King Damien, and his predecessors before him, would tell extremely exaggerated stories of the forest. They believed that if the citizens feared the unknown dangers of the outside world, no one would leave. And it worked.

The subjects of Rosium lived

Members of The Community were dangerous and to be avoided. If someone were accused of having the gift, they would be shunned, forced to venture into the forest. The Forest of the Dragons was filled with all sorts of creatures. Ogres, vampires, werewolves, witches, and yes, as the name entails, dragons. Dangerous beasts roamed those woods and it was unlikely anyone would emerge from them sane.

The border villages were the poverty-stricken towns. Faced with starvation and fear of the forest that they neighbored. Swan, a girl of 16 years, lived in one of those villages. Swan had always been odd. She could never seem to fit in with her fellow townsmen. She would talk of adventures and the outside world. This kind of talk made the whole village uncomfortable. It didn't help that her father had been accused of possessing "the gift".

Her father used to tell stories of The Forest of the Dragons. Some were quite fond of him. Others, however, saw him as a threat. One night, when he was telling a legend of The Community to a group of children, a set of parents became