1. The Law Of Fire And Ice


    Date: 8/28/2015, Categories: Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Author: ChrissieLecker, Rating: , Source: LushStories

    clad in nothing but a flimsy gown, and she was beautiful beyond mere words. “I’m snapping,” Holly mumbled to herself. “I’m -- oh God, Lucy!” Her wail of anguish battled hard against the wind but lost and faded. The woman’s expression stayed unreadable. She came to stop just an arm’s length away and looked Holly slowly up and down. Holly wanted to rage, to scream at her to do something to rescue her friend, but what good would shouting at her figment of imagination do? The eyes, once more, came to rest upon Holly’s own, and the terror welled up anew. The full, glowing lips parted slowly, and puffs of swirling mist carried the softest voice she’d ever heard towards her ears. “You saw. You see.” “I do not understand. But you’re not real!” Two sleek hands reached out for Holly’s face and took her by surprise. A soft, pained smile flickered over the woman’s face for just a moment. Then there was darkness. No, not darkness, but the swirling, cold green blue of the deep sea. Then fire welled, and she watched on as molten rock spewed from the bottom of the sea and rose and rose in pillars to the top. It broke the surface, steaming, bubbling, and she gasped for air with wide, astonished eyes. Before her eyes, an island came to be, the flowing lava hardening to stone. Wind and rain assaulted it at once. Rocks turned to sand under the onslaught, and even while huge plumes of smoke still spread above the newborn land, birds built their homes and trees and grass sprung from the barren ...
    ground. The plumes dissipated. Men came on wooden ships. Sheep grazed the grass, small horses raced along the tracks and huts and fires became visible along the shores. Black sand and ashes soon replaced the grass again. The trees were gone. Hunger filled the air and desperation covered blanket-like the land. Fresh plumes of smoke rose from the ground and lava spewed from hundred growing mountains, thundering a song of rage. Then she saw her. That same white hair now fluttering behind her in the storm, she crouched down in the middle of jagged rocks and ice and trembled. Pain wracked her face and tears streamed down pale cheeks, but through sheer will the woman pushed away all that and reached a finger to the ground. The thunder stopped. Volcanos went to sleep again and where she touched, the ice thawed and fresh grass grew from the soil. The sun broke through and songs of birds filled up the air. Geysers blew hot steam towards the sky, creating pretty rainbows, and rivers started flowing to the sea. “Oh God!” Holly stumbled backwards, landing awkwardly on her behind, not knowing what to think or say and overwhelmed by what she’d seen. A soft smile played around the woman’s lips. “Now you know.” And Holly knew. Deep inside her, the knowledge’s root was planted, and even though her mind still screamed of madness, understanding came, and with it also… hope? “Lucy!” she gasped and scrambled to her feet. “My friend! She’s…” “Come.” The woman’s hand reached out for hers, but for a ...
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