Wrote this on a rainy day in Florida. This small paragraph, turned excerpt, started an adventure of pure imagination, excitement, and imagery for me. The story of Kara, although not completely worked out yet, excites me immensely! Many have already seen this on my Facebook but for the blog's first excerpt I wanted to begin with this!
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The rain came down in jaw clenching, bone numbing torrents. Thunder rumbled in the distance echoing around the grey city of Anthros. No one was out on the streets if they could help it. Kara, like so many her age, couldn't. The chilled water ran in streams through her soft brown hair splashing onto the cobblestone alley. She watched as two Royal Guards strode by importantly. Their metal covered hands, held to their breastplates, shined in the dim light. They took no notice of her and turned the corner. Kara was just resolving to sit down under an overhang, that didn't quite block the rain, when a thickly cloaked man slid around the corner breathlessly. His shoulder smacked the slimy wall. Pushing himself off he flew down the alley towards her. Shouts of angry men followed just around the alley's mouth. Kara braced herself ready to fight back. In the city even the girls knew how to fight, if they had to. The man, whom Kara could now see had a short trimmed white beard, skidded to a stop feet from her. His vibrant blue eyes looked her up and down finally locking on her dull grey ones. Kara breathed calmly staring the man back down. He was tall but that was his only impressive feature. Besides that he was just like the rest of Anthros. Well, besides the eyes too. Kara thought her curiosity pulling at her. He smiled slowly as the shouts neared and the two soldiers that had just walked past Kara rounded the corner, weapons drawn. The man looked back and then snapped his fingers toward the end of the alley. A roar of tremendous wind crashed into the Guards, dinting their armor and sending them off clattering into the street. Kara's eyes widened and to her shame a small but audible gasp breached her lips.
"Now," he said in a soft whisper looking up at her bemused, "let's learn to fly, shall we?" He extended his hand that was covered in a grey glove with the fingers cut out. To this day Kara can't explain what made her take the strangers hand. But she did know that once her feet left the muddy, cold, and wet cobble of Anthros her life was changed for an eternity. She closed her eyes as they rushed upward feeling the wind caress her cheek.
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