<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797348801135333475</id><updated>2011-07-30T13:20:22.047-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Rising Darkness</title><subtitle type='html'>Yeah, I felt like posting it cause everyone else was. I know that the prologue is kind of very very dark, but it sets up the mood for the rest of the story. I'm going to be lazy so it's going to be a while between chapters. Oh, also if you find any errors and I'm sure theres going to be a lot, please tell me.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forestofdoom.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797348801135333475/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forestofdoom.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bert Shao</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12117053237299487102</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8ZGMqUBThFU/SdvQbx4ErgI/AAAAAAAAABY/T8iBqAo1LTo/S220/God+Damn+Hippies.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797348801135333475.post-732598315572776786</id><published>2008-06-27T14:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T14:36:23.260-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Chapter 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;We met up with Gram, Corn-dawg, Philip, Fredrick and Elizabeth. Of course, Corn-dawg was not his real name. His real name was Coleman, but everyone called him Corn-dawg. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The bell rang and we all marched inside. The bell was like those bells in train stations, a monotonic beep. The morning was normal. We went to homeroom then went to the buses. Everyone was on the same bus. After about 10 minutes of loud talking and attendance calls, our crappy, hot, and noisy bus slowly began to move. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;I sat next to Jessica of course, Gram sat next to Elizabeth, and Fredrick sat next to Corn-dawg. Jessica and I started to talk about whatever came into our minds; music, movies, shows and food. Then all of a sudden, the buss began to shake and smoke. The bus driver pulled over to see what was wrong.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He lifted up the engine try to fix the problem. There was nothing wrong. The entire bus was filled with smoke, but the engine was fine; not even a drop of grease. The bus driver continued to tinker with the engine as there had to be something wrong with it to cause the bus to break down like that. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;All of a sudden, everything started to move slower, at least to me. Peoples voices began to distort, the birds seemed like they would fall out off the sky. I said to Jessica, “Is everything slowing down or is it just me?"&lt;br /&gt;“Yeah, what’s going on?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;“I don’t know.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;Gram, Corn-dawg, Philip, Fredrick and Elizabeth also felt that time was slowing down. I said, “Are we the only ones to see this?”&lt;span style=""&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Philip said, “I guess so.”&lt;br /&gt;“What’s with this thing?”&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I don’t know max.”&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I stared at the forest next to the mysteriously broken down which seemed to go onto oblivion. I wondered what creatures could reside in its never-ending darkness. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;From the dark depths of the forest flew out think vines that latched onto me. These demonic vines threw me violently into the forest.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797348801135333475-732598315572776786?l=forestofdoom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forestofdoom.blogspot.com/feeds/732598315572776786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797348801135333475&amp;postID=732598315572776786' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797348801135333475/posts/default/732598315572776786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797348801135333475/posts/default/732598315572776786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forestofdoom.blogspot.com/2008/06/chapter-2.html' title='Chapter 2'/><author><name>Bert Shao</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12117053237299487102</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8ZGMqUBThFU/SdvQbx4ErgI/AAAAAAAAABY/T8iBqAo1LTo/S220/God+Damn+Hippies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797348801135333475.post-2130743764975353998</id><published>2008-06-27T14:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T14:21:14.014-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Prologue</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;A dark figure wreathed in darkness, shrouded in shadows enters a stone circle in the middle of the forest of the dead, the sign of death everywhere and the scent of doom strong in the forest. The greatest evil spawns here and none who entered has ever returned the same. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;He carries a dark book of incantations with cryptic and ancient cryptic writing. He has no name. His followers only refer to him as “The Master”. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;He and his minions drag a beautiful young woman onto the large stone in the center. The figure walks up to a stone door in the centre of the forest. He begins reading from his cursed book. A large bulky minion draws a dagger and prepares to strike. The blade still crusted with the blood of the slain and reeks of death. The woman, awoken by the sounds of “The Masters” incantation, panicked at the sight of the occult ritual. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;            “No! No! Please! Please!” She screamed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;            “I’m sorry, wife.”&lt;span style=""&gt;                                                                                                                &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;            She screams as he slit her throat.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;He sheds a single tear as he strikes her down upon the stone as her blood flows to the ground.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;Her screams echo through the forest.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:16;"  &gt;The gate glows and the ground quakes. Cracks appear and fire seems to come up from nowhere. A great dark void ripped open in the gate. A demonic figure with black horns crusted with blood, jumps through the gate and bows. It says in a low booming voice, “I have come to serve you, Master.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797348801135333475-2130743764975353998?l=forestofdoom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forestofdoom.blogspot.com/feeds/2130743764975353998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797348801135333475&amp;postID=2130743764975353998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797348801135333475/posts/default/2130743764975353998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797348801135333475/posts/default/2130743764975353998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forestofdoom.blogspot.com/2008/06/prologue.html' title='Prologue'/><author><name>Bert Shao</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12117053237299487102</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8ZGMqUBThFU/SdvQbx4ErgI/AAAAAAAAABY/T8iBqAo1LTo/S220/God+Damn+Hippies.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
