THE
PIT OF THE SNAKE
Allura always fond it helpful when going to meet a new race of beings to read there ledgens and fairy tales. These things would tell her what they where frighten of and what they tought heroes and villians should be like. Most cultures didn't think to hide there vaules from outsiders this way, you could tell what there children learned. So here she was in the castle of loins library reading the tales of Paradice most of the stories where about how the gods and godess brought rain,sunshine, and made the crops grow, like most other planets tales. She was so bored with books and pictures she was about to return to lounge and the Voltron Force when a gold and silver covered book caught her weary eyes. She quickly reached for it, and in doing so knock half the other books to the floor. The loud nosy made her jump in fright as if she was doing something she shouldn't. Quickly, queitly Allura looked around to see if anyone was comeing to she what had happened,but thankfully no one heard.
"I know"she whisper no one but herself "I'll just take this book with me. Use it to read myself to sleep." With that tought in mind the priness sneeked solftly to her room and locked the door behind her. For some unknown reason this book felt like a secret to her and she needed to keep it to herself. Allura ran and jump on her oversized pink bed, fluffed the pink pillows, leaned back, opened her teasure, and begain to read.
Once apon a time Paradice was the glowing green gem of the rich and famous. Kings and Queens, Rulers and other higher nobles all came to Paradice to get away from their all to busy lives. To better severe the taveler the planet consoul had camps set up for the children, so that the parents would have time to themselves. It is at one of these camps that the unbeivlable happened.
It was a bright sun light day like almost all days on Paradice the happy camp host and hostess were wanting for their most honored guest. The trans arrived on time as always bringing the happy, joyful voices of the children,young ladies and gentlemen, to be right. They all jumped or rushed off the tran but one lagged behind he was dark with face hiden, the others where more than happy to stand away from him. Hostess Rede told them to line up girls on one side boys onther and they would be taken to thier cabins where they would stay for next few weeks. The young poeple did as asked quickly for most couldn't wait to rest or see what the cabins looked like.
"O-O"Rede shouted" the girls will follow me, the boys will go with Tri. Also while you are here as not to be unfair to anyone you will all be given a nick name so that your planets or familys buiness do not get in the way off the fun. " the kids all looked around why not this could be fun to be someone else for awhile.
"O-O,"Rede then begain to name the girls "Lily,Willow,Lark,"she stop short at the next girl, young women, her hair was golden like the sun on warm summer days, her eyes bluer than sky, skin soft and pink, she was so much prettier then the other girls. What kind of name could she call this girl, then it hit her as the light of the sun bonced of that golden head. "Gold" Rede said proud of herself with this she went on with nameing the other girls.
"Boys, names will be given now"Tri said. "Rock, Buck, Tree, "and so on till he got to the last boy the queit aloof one standing alone, all Tri notce was that his hair was white it shonen like silver in the sunlight, "you the last one I think your name should be Silver. Now come boys we have bag to unpack." The boys picked up the packs and follewed Tri on down the well worn path. Rede then took the girls to their cabins.
The campers all took part in the games, hikes, and other actives, all but one Silver would stay behind or hide when it came time for group things. Gold being a freindly, nice, and concerned about everyone, couldn't but notice how Silver stayed away from the others. She took it apon herself to help the boy. Rede and Tri saw how she would go out of her way to make him join in with her in walks into the hills. The consulars could tell the two where becoming friends even if the other girls would tell Gold that he was no good. Gold just could not be bothered with their tripe. She had a freind of her own.
As the weeks went by the two soon would not be seen with out the other. One day Gold had to leave for few days to be with her family. When she returned she could n't find Silver anywhere when asked the others it was just ,for the best that he was gone.
"Rede, where is Silver? The others won't say."Gold asked tears in her soft blue eyes. "Did his parents come for him?"
"No, he ran off after the other boys bullied him about the snake." Rede said plainly.
"Snake? Was he bitten?" Gold said voice going to ahigher pitch.
"No, no there is no snakes on Paradice. "Rede stated.
"Then why would Silver say there was? He must of seen one may-be some one brought one with them."
"No, Gold, you don't understand. Once there where snakes here brought by an evil cult. They wanted to rule the planet, then the galxey, but they where put down. All of the snakes killed and their bodies burned. No one has such creatures here on Paradice. To be found with one leads only to death."Rede replyed.
"Oh, so where did Silver go? He could of been mistaken, and didn't know about the snakes." Gold stated. She looked to Rede for the information she needed to find her freind.
"Down to the boat house he went. Gold the others do not like him they say his father is evil. You should stay away from him too. We have asked for him to be removed from our group of cabins, sent some where else." Rede shakely said to the young girl stareing at her. Rede knew the troubles that had happen while Gold was away, knew that the fears and hate of the other children would only get worst with each passing day. She didn't want them to turn agaist Gold too. Rede tried to stop the girl but was to late she had already ran for the boat house.
The boat house was in need of much repair no one used it. There was holes in the roof and on the sides, and the floor was very unsafe. She slowly, carefully walked the small dock up to the door.
"Go away! Go I know you don't beleive me. Just go." a voice cried from inside.
"Silver?" with that one word Gold steped inside. Rede saw this and ran to get Tri. They needed to do something about this and fast.
They, Rede and Tri, decided it would be best to take a hike to the caves in the mountians where the brave king and his men slew the snakes. They also decide to take Gold and Silver with them, the boy would see no snakes, and she would see the boy in a new light.
"Come with us on the hike."Rede shouted to the boat house "We'll set off on anew leaf and put all our problems behind us!" What seemed forever was really just a few minutes, Gold and Silver came out and went with the others to the caves.
The walk was long and not very interning to the children so they had there fun makeing crude remarks about frighten boys and snakes. Gold just held onto Silver hand, told him not to worry, and climbed on up the mountin. As the dark hole to the cave apeared Silver became more apperhance, he shook and drag behind the others. Gold held fast to his hand and brought him into the cave with her. once inside the cave was large, but not hudge. The light came from torches. The poeple of Paradice had place momentoes of the battle in the cave, along with pitures of the brave fighters. The children were milling around touching things they shouldn't Rede and Tri were having atime trying to control them when the ground shook.
"It knows we're here "Silver whisper to Gold," we had better leave now"He pulled on her arm and started to the entrance.
"O O, now what are you talking about ?"Rede said but as the words left her mouth the floor caved in and Tri, the children all but one fell in. Rede looked into the hole that was the floor hoping it wasn't to deep but it was. Lark the only other to not fall in was glued to a wall unable to move quakeing in fear.
"Rede! Rede! Go get help!"Tri shouted from the darkness of the hole.
"What was that !"
"Be quiet or it will find you. stay still." Silver whispered.
"What do you mean?" Tri shouted at the boy there was hiss, snap, and gush sound then queit.
"Tri! TRI! TRI!!!!" Rede yelled over and over but Tri did not answer and never would again. Rede drop a torch down into the hole. There in the light of the torch the gaint snake appeard. The children in seeing it started screaming and yelling, runing around looking for ecsape, but the more they move and yelled the faster the snake lapped them up.
"Stop! Stop the movement attracts it !" Silver yelled. By now he had found a crack in the cave wall to push himself and Gold into out of the way of the Snake. Some of the others saw this and did the same.
"I've got a dagger in my boot." he told Gold.
"What good is that?"she replyed.
"If I can get above the snake and jump down on its head, plung the dagger into its brain, it will die."
"No! Rede is still up there she can go for help. Bring the others from the town. to help us out. Let the eldres deal with this. "Gold grab hold of him trying to make him see. HE had already pulled away and makeing his way to aledge when one of the other boys came at him.
"This is all your fa....."Was all he got out as the snake took him into its mouth. Silver tried to run back to the place he had left Gold but the snake was fast he felt a fang bite into his left leg. He hit the nose of the beast as hard as he could it jerked its head and released him. He half ran half crawled back to Gold.
"Sorry, I thought, Icould do it."he shook alittle, sweat already forming on his brow. His eyes started to glaze over.
"Whats wrong ? Why are you sick all of sudden like this? The snake its posion?" Gold asked, Silver just shook his head yes and sliped into a coma. Gold panicked what now it must work fast he was only bitten moments ago. She couldn't just wait for help, what if it didn't come in time. Gold took up Silvers jewal dagger slowly, queitly she made her way to the ledge Silver had been heading for.
"No the snake will get you too" some one whisperd from the dark.
It didn't matter now she was on her way. She stood tall on the top of the ledge, looking out at the cavern they where traped in. The snake swayed back and forth looking for more prey. Slow it came closer to her at the right movement of the snakes head she jump forward and down on to her prey. She was surpized at how easly the dagger slide into the skull, the snake did not like the pain and thrast about voilently.Gold held on for as long as she could but flew off. She made her way to Sivler who was barely breathing. She held him till some one came to help them out.
"The others suvivors tell me you slew the beast?" the mayor of the town said, pulling Gold away from Silver. "Don't worry young lady the doctors will take the best of care of your young man. Now we really need for you to come with me." He pulled her along with him in the other direction.
When time became hers again Gold went to the hospital where Silver was to be. She went up to the clerk at the deask.
"The boy with the bite, the snake bite, what room is he in please?" she said. The clerk look around and pointed to a tall doctor by the staff door.
"Dear, thats who you need."
"Thank you"
She walked over to him. "Sir, the clerk said you could help me. It is about my freind, he was biten by the snake, where is he?"she questen.
"Dear girl you mean no one has told you yet. Well you see your freind didn't make it he died before he even got here" He said. Gold fell to the floor a dead fait. Her parents came for her and took her home.
Paradice greived with her for her, she had killed the last snake. She had did for her freind not for them. In the end they had gain she had lost.
THE END
Allura stared at the last page how could it end this way. The boy and girl always end up together. Who could write such a thing. Opening to the tile page it said Rede Tuc. Well when she got to this planet she was one of the first people she wanted to see.
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Allura always fond it helpful when going to meet a new race of beings to read there ledgens and fairy tales. These things would tell her what they where frighten of and what they tought heroes and villians should be like. Most cultures didn't think to hide there vaules from outsiders this way, you could tell what there children learned. So here she was in the castle of loins library reading the tales of Paradice most of the stories where about how the gods and godess brought rain,sunshine, and made the crops grow, like most other planets tales. She was so bored with books and pictures she was about to return to lounge and the Voltron Force when a gold and silver covered book caught her weary eyes. She quickly reached for it, and in doing so knock half the other books to the floor. The loud nosy made her jump in fright as if she was doing something she shouldn't. Quickly, queitly Allura looked around to see if anyone was comeing to she what had happened,but thankfully no one heard.
"I know"she whisper no one but herself "I'll just take this book with me. Use it to read myself to sleep." With that tought in mind the priness sneeked solftly to her room and locked the door behind her. For some unknown reason this book felt like a secret to her and she needed to keep it to herself. Allura ran and jump on her oversized pink bed, fluffed the pink pillows, leaned back, opened her teasure, and begain to read.
Once apon a time Paradice was the glowing green gem of the rich and famous. Kings and Queens, Rulers and other higher nobles all came to Paradice to get away from their all to busy lives. To better severe the taveler the planet consoul had camps set up for the children, so that the parents would have time to themselves. It is at one of these camps that the unbeivlable happened.
It was a bright sun light day like almost all days on Paradice the happy camp host and hostess were wanting for their most honored guest. The trans arrived on time as always bringing the happy, joyful voices of the children,young ladies and gentlemen, to be right. They all jumped or rushed off the tran but one lagged behind he was dark with face hiden, the others where more than happy to stand away from him. Hostess Rede told them to line up girls on one side boys onther and they would be taken to thier cabins where they would stay for next few weeks. The young poeple did as asked quickly for most couldn't wait to rest or see what the cabins looked like.
"O-O"Rede shouted" the girls will follow me, the boys will go with Tri. Also while you are here as not to be unfair to anyone you will all be given a nick name so that your planets or familys buiness do not get in the way off the fun. " the kids all looked around why not this could be fun to be someone else for awhile.
"O-O,"Rede then begain to name the girls "Lily,Willow,Lark,"she stop short at the next girl, young women, her hair was golden like the sun on warm summer days, her eyes bluer than sky, skin soft and pink, she was so much prettier then the other girls. What kind of name could she call this girl, then it hit her as the light of the sun bonced of that golden head. "Gold" Rede said proud of herself with this she went on with nameing the other girls.
"Boys, names will be given now"Tri said. "Rock, Buck, Tree, "and so on till he got to the last boy the queit aloof one standing alone, all Tri notce was that his hair was white it shonen like silver in the sunlight, "you the last one I think your name should be Silver. Now come boys we have bag to unpack." The boys picked up the packs and follewed Tri on down the well worn path. Rede then took the girls to their cabins.
The campers all took part in the games, hikes, and other actives, all but one Silver would stay behind or hide when it came time for group things. Gold being a freindly, nice, and concerned about everyone, couldn't but notice how Silver stayed away from the others. She took it apon herself to help the boy. Rede and Tri saw how she would go out of her way to make him join in with her in walks into the hills. The consulars could tell the two where becoming friends even if the other girls would tell Gold that he was no good. Gold just could not be bothered with their tripe. She had a freind of her own.
As the weeks went by the two soon would not be seen with out the other. One day Gold had to leave for few days to be with her family. When she returned she could n't find Silver anywhere when asked the others it was just ,for the best that he was gone.
"Rede, where is Silver? The others won't say."Gold asked tears in her soft blue eyes. "Did his parents come for him?"
"No, he ran off after the other boys bullied him about the snake." Rede said plainly.
"Snake? Was he bitten?" Gold said voice going to ahigher pitch.
"No, no there is no snakes on Paradice. "Rede stated.
"Then why would Silver say there was? He must of seen one may-be some one brought one with them."
"No, Gold, you don't understand. Once there where snakes here brought by an evil cult. They wanted to rule the planet, then the galxey, but they where put down. All of the snakes killed and their bodies burned. No one has such creatures here on Paradice. To be found with one leads only to death."Rede replyed.
"Oh, so where did Silver go? He could of been mistaken, and didn't know about the snakes." Gold stated. She looked to Rede for the information she needed to find her freind.
"Down to the boat house he went. Gold the others do not like him they say his father is evil. You should stay away from him too. We have asked for him to be removed from our group of cabins, sent some where else." Rede shakely said to the young girl stareing at her. Rede knew the troubles that had happen while Gold was away, knew that the fears and hate of the other children would only get worst with each passing day. She didn't want them to turn agaist Gold too. Rede tried to stop the girl but was to late she had already ran for the boat house.
The boat house was in need of much repair no one used it. There was holes in the roof and on the sides, and the floor was very unsafe. She slowly, carefully walked the small dock up to the door.
"Go away! Go I know you don't beleive me. Just go." a voice cried from inside.
"Silver?" with that one word Gold steped inside. Rede saw this and ran to get Tri. They needed to do something about this and fast.
They, Rede and Tri, decided it would be best to take a hike to the caves in the mountians where the brave king and his men slew the snakes. They also decide to take Gold and Silver with them, the boy would see no snakes, and she would see the boy in a new light.
"Come with us on the hike."Rede shouted to the boat house "We'll set off on anew leaf and put all our problems behind us!" What seemed forever was really just a few minutes, Gold and Silver came out and went with the others to the caves.
The walk was long and not very interning to the children so they had there fun makeing crude remarks about frighten boys and snakes. Gold just held onto Silver hand, told him not to worry, and climbed on up the mountin. As the dark hole to the cave apeared Silver became more apperhance, he shook and drag behind the others. Gold held fast to his hand and brought him into the cave with her. once inside the cave was large, but not hudge. The light came from torches. The poeple of Paradice had place momentoes of the battle in the cave, along with pitures of the brave fighters. The children were milling around touching things they shouldn't Rede and Tri were having atime trying to control them when the ground shook.
"It knows we're here "Silver whisper to Gold," we had better leave now"He pulled on her arm and started to the entrance.
"O O, now what are you talking about ?"Rede said but as the words left her mouth the floor caved in and Tri, the children all but one fell in. Rede looked into the hole that was the floor hoping it wasn't to deep but it was. Lark the only other to not fall in was glued to a wall unable to move quakeing in fear.
"Rede! Rede! Go get help!"Tri shouted from the darkness of the hole.
"What was that !"
"Be quiet or it will find you. stay still." Silver whispered.
"What do you mean?" Tri shouted at the boy there was hiss, snap, and gush sound then queit.
"Tri! TRI! TRI!!!!" Rede yelled over and over but Tri did not answer and never would again. Rede drop a torch down into the hole. There in the light of the torch the gaint snake appeard. The children in seeing it started screaming and yelling, runing around looking for ecsape, but the more they move and yelled the faster the snake lapped them up.
"Stop! Stop the movement attracts it !" Silver yelled. By now he had found a crack in the cave wall to push himself and Gold into out of the way of the Snake. Some of the others saw this and did the same.
"I've got a dagger in my boot." he told Gold.
"What good is that?"she replyed.
"If I can get above the snake and jump down on its head, plung the dagger into its brain, it will die."
"No! Rede is still up there she can go for help. Bring the others from the town. to help us out. Let the eldres deal with this. "Gold grab hold of him trying to make him see. HE had already pulled away and makeing his way to aledge when one of the other boys came at him.
"This is all your fa....."Was all he got out as the snake took him into its mouth. Silver tried to run back to the place he had left Gold but the snake was fast he felt a fang bite into his left leg. He hit the nose of the beast as hard as he could it jerked its head and released him. He half ran half crawled back to Gold.
"Sorry, I thought, Icould do it."he shook alittle, sweat already forming on his brow. His eyes started to glaze over.
"Whats wrong ? Why are you sick all of sudden like this? The snake its posion?" Gold asked, Silver just shook his head yes and sliped into a coma. Gold panicked what now it must work fast he was only bitten moments ago. She couldn't just wait for help, what if it didn't come in time. Gold took up Silvers jewal dagger slowly, queitly she made her way to the ledge Silver had been heading for.
"No the snake will get you too" some one whisperd from the dark.
It didn't matter now she was on her way. She stood tall on the top of the ledge, looking out at the cavern they where traped in. The snake swayed back and forth looking for more prey. Slow it came closer to her at the right movement of the snakes head she jump forward and down on to her prey. She was surpized at how easly the dagger slide into the skull, the snake did not like the pain and thrast about voilently.Gold held on for as long as she could but flew off. She made her way to Sivler who was barely breathing. She held him till some one came to help them out.
"The others suvivors tell me you slew the beast?" the mayor of the town said, pulling Gold away from Silver. "Don't worry young lady the doctors will take the best of care of your young man. Now we really need for you to come with me." He pulled her along with him in the other direction.
When time became hers again Gold went to the hospital where Silver was to be. She went up to the clerk at the deask.
"The boy with the bite, the snake bite, what room is he in please?" she said. The clerk look around and pointed to a tall doctor by the staff door.
"Dear, thats who you need."
"Thank you"
She walked over to him. "Sir, the clerk said you could help me. It is about my freind, he was biten by the snake, where is he?"she questen.
"Dear girl you mean no one has told you yet. Well you see your freind didn't make it he died before he even got here" He said. Gold fell to the floor a dead fait. Her parents came for her and took her home.
Paradice greived with her for her, she had killed the last snake. She had did for her freind not for them. In the end they had gain she had lost.
THE END
Allura stared at the last page how could it end this way. The boy and girl always end up together. Who could write such a thing. Opening to the tile page it said Rede Tuc. Well when she got to this planet she was one of the first people she wanted to see.
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