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Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Ralph Part One


I want to show you guys and gals, a story I wrote way back in March. It is far too long to fit in one post, so I'll show you the story in three parts. You'll read the ending on Friday. The beginning is not too exciting, but I promise if you can get through today, you'll be very pleased with how the story moves along. Well I hope you enjoy part one!

This story takes place in a galaxy, far from the reaches of the Milky Way; on a planet called Blue. Blue is relative in size to mars. Over sixty percent of the planet is uninhabitable by humans. The temperature of the Northern hemisphere, reaches to below -100 degrees during the summer.  On average humans live for about one hundred and fifty years; there have been accounts of a human living far beyond that. The oldest ever recorded was 325 years old.
 Two Kingdoms that were once allies, Klondike and Lux are now stuck in a war. Klondike is the most Northern Kingdom in all the land. They have a very skilled army, but quite small compared to Lux. The two Kingdoms had fought in many wars together. Klondike uses Polar bears as chariot pullers and to get through the enemies first line of defense. Polar Bears are sacred animals in the Kingdom of Klondike. There are many sanctuaries around Klondike for these majestic beasts. Humans also live in the sanctuary to watch over the bears.  

Every year the King and Generals of Klondike go around picking out two of the strongest five year old bears. These bears are trained for five years until they are battle ready. After fifteen to twenty years of service the bears are sent back, to their sanctuary to live the remaining years they have left. Since Polar Bears are treated well, the life expectancy is around fifty years. There are about 1000 battle ready Polar bears at a time. 
This war has been ongoing for over thirty years.  The war all started because Klondike had found a large deposit of a rare metal called “Diem”. It was found by two hikers in “The Northern Outskirts” Diem is the strongest metal in the entire known world. It is a dark red metal. The King of Lux wanted to get his hands on it. Nothing he offered the King of Klondike was up to par.

The King of Lux got fed up and decided he would just take it by force. The deposit was far from the borders, so The King of Lux thought he would slowly make his way up there.  Since Klondike is surrounded by a mountain range, it was the only option for Lux. Lux started off by pushing through with much strength. Just in time, Klondike had forged new weapons out of “Diem” These weapons were far superior to the Silver weapons, Lux were using.
The “Diem” weapons were still no match for the enormous army Lux had. Klondike finally finished the wall they were building years before the war had started. The wall was intended to keep the peasants and farmers away from the middle and upper class citizens.  So after a decade of bloodshed, Lux was stopped by a giant wall. Lux had taken over fifty percent of the land in Klondike. Klondike was running low on supplies, but they couldn’t do anything about it. The Kingdom had no hope of gaining the farm land back.

  Lux would come back every week or so, to test Klondike. Every week the amount of attackers increased. Klondike fended off the attacking army every single time. Hundreds of Klondike Archers were lined up across the wall. After about twenty years of defending the wall, the attacks became less frequent and eventually stopped all together. Klondike thought that it would be the right time to gain some of their land back. That summer, they sent two of the best Generals they had with around three hundred men. They managed to take back two farming provinces.  Klondike sent a faction of fifty Polar Bears to guard the land they gained. After about a year the Kingdom of Lux, took away the land once again.
The King of Klondike was about to give up to Lux. During the yearly reaping of the bears, something extraordinary happened.  A bear with incredible agility and intelligence was discovered.  The King went to the Royal Sanctuary. He had found one; all he needed was one more. Just as he thought he found the second one, something amazing happened.  A much smaller bear weighing around 700 pounds walks in front and stands up tall at 7 feet. The King being 6 foot 9 and 475 pounds is close in size.

The king laughs out right. The king says “Sorry little guy, you won’t be cut out for such intense training.” The bear lets out a giant roar and socks the King square in the face. The King falls to the snow; something that not even the toughest warrior bears had ever been able to accomplish. The King gets up off the ground with blood dripping down his face.  The King says “Lucky shot, let’s see if you can do that again” He unclasps his purple cape and it drops to the ground. The King stands in his traditional boxing stance and starts dancing around the bear. The Bear copies what The King is doing and socks the King a second time.
The King gets back up and immediately starts boxing with the bear. The King lands a few punches on the Bears gut. The Bear lets out an even bigger roar then his first. He knocks the King down a third time. Something fantastic happens immediately afterwards. The Bear says “Stay Down this time, King” With a perplexing look on his face the King stands up and turns to face his right hand man. He says “Did that? Did that Bear just speak to me?” His right hand man responds “Yes Sir, I believe he did!” The King says “Hey, where did you learn to speak?”

The Bear says “I have always been able to understand and talk human. I always go fishing with a human that lives in this sanctuary. He would talk to me and I’d understand. He even taught me how to box on his lunch break.”  The King says “Where does this human live?” The Bear says “he lives on the other side of the stream. I’ll show you” The Bear went on all fours and gingerly walks toward a little log cabin. The King Follows and knocks on the door. The door slowly opens and a fifty something male appears. He is about seven feet tall and five hundred pounds. He bows when he recognizes that the person at his doorstop is the King of Klondike.

The large male spoke “What can I do for you, your highness?”  The King responds “Do you recognize that Polar Bear?” as he points towards the Bear. The fisherman says “Ya, that’s Ralph! Hey Ralph!” The Bear runs up to him and starts lightly jabbing the Fisherman’s right arm. With a puzzled look on his face the King repeats the name “Ralph?! Why do you call him that?! And did you teach him how to box?”
The Fisherman says “Ya, Ralph. We give all the Bears nicknames” He pats Ralph on the head and said “I started calling him Ralph and he liked it…he won’t answer to anything else now. Yes, I taught him all his moves. He used to get picked on, so I taught him to use his small size to his advantage. Now none of the Bears wanna mess with my buddy.” The King replies “Where did you learn how to box? Those moves Ralph made on me looked eerily familiar.”

The Fisherman says “Well, that is because my father taught you how to box, Sir.” The King shocked says “You are the son of Marcus Cole, The Great? I thought he moved to Brimstone about fifty years ago…no?”  The Fisherman says “Yes that I am! Oh he did. My mother and he moved to Brimstone to have me. It was my dad’s home nation after all, known for boxing.  He started to teach boxing to me when I turned seven.” 
The King responds “So when did your family move back to Klondike?” The Fisherman replies “My parents died about forty years ago, when I was nineteen. My dad got me to the annual boxing championship for the fourth year in a row. Days before I fought, they were involved in a wolf attack. I vowed to win the match that year for them. I won the match by knockout in the third round. “
The King says “Well that is a depressing thing to hear…So you moved here shortly after?  It became dead silent for a few moments. The Fisherman finally breaks the silence “Months after, still living in my family home; I wanted to start a journey of my own. I heard that Klondike was looking for Fishermen. I sold the home and ventured fourth towards the Great Kingdom of Klondike. A year passed when I finally arrived where the work was available. Been here ever since” The King responds “Well, you taught Ralph well. He was the first Bear or Human to knock me down in a fight.”


The Fisherman lets out an enormous laugh “That is too much!” He looked at Ralph and winked at him. Ralph put his paw up to his face and covered his eyes.  The Fisherman says “Good Job Ralph! You show The King that you deserve to be in his military!” The King says “Well I definitely want him fighting by my side. He may just help us get those Lux scum out of my kingdom! Ok you and Ralph are coming back to the castle to train with me and my Generals! I need you for war. You know what?! We need all the Bears we can get! Let’s bring all the young males to train!”

Okay that is thee end of Part One. I hope you enjoyed it enough to come back tomorrow for more! Tomorrow, you will see into  The Castle of Klondike. This is the end to yet another post. Peace! When in despair eat a gummy bear!

QOTD(Quote of the Day)

"Life is beautiful, as long as it consumes you. When it is rushing through you, destroying you, life is gorgeous, glorious. It’s when you burn a slow fire and save fuel, that life’s not worth having." -D. H. Lawrence   

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