image


image
The Storyteller Within
Vedh
FANTASY
Report this story
Found something off? Report this story for review.

Submitted to Contest #2 in response to the prompt: 'The lines between fiction and reality get blurred when your character starts writing a new book.'

Nova Avic have always been disappointed and frustrated about his life and also felt that he was an outcast who doesn’t fit in any crowds, so he was afraid of his reality and wanted to escape the chains of his life. So, he started to live in stories and in daydreams. One day, he decided to create an ideal story for himself as a new world, in order to escape his reality.

Nova started the story like this;

‘In a town named Rosealia, there lived a boy, Max Creed, he is out-going and is liked by all the people in his town. Max steals all the spotlight by helping the people and protecting the town. He is called the hero of the town by the citizens.

One day, Max was sent out of town for an errand given by the town mayor. The mayor asked Max to guard and escort some important guests from the town. Max agreed to this request and prepared all the required essentials like food, weapons etc. He met the important guests and they began their journey to the neighboring town. The three guests planned to steal the goods and tried to attack Max as they underestimated Max’s strength. He taught them a lesson and suddenly there were huge roars and the land was shaking, when Max checked, there was a huge monster with blood all over the body, stomping in the direction of Max’s vehicle. The three guests were frightened and to save themselves from the monster, they threw some dirt in Max face and ran back to the town, Rosaelia.

Max decided to fight against the giant monster to save his town and his people. The battle was ferocious and it lasted a whole night. In the end, Max won against the giant monster and he also fell unconscious due to the injuries caused in the long battle.’

Max woke up by the sound of thunder and gained his consciousness. It was raining heavy and he pulled himself to take steps and dragged the cart inside a cave to take. When he entered the cave, there was a person lying on the ground near a rock which looked like a portal. Max tried to wake the person up. The person who was still not fully conscious told Max that his name was Nova Avic...

Max got some sticks to make fire camp in the cave and he applied first aid to his wounds. He helped the confused Nova to sit down and they both introduced themselves as they befriended each other.

Max told Nova about the things happened to him and Nova understood that he actually is in the fictional world he created. He started to panic and then he cooled down as he always wanted to live in another world than in his own world. Nova’s face was beaming with joy and excitement. Max asked Nova, what is wrong with him as his emotions are changing as fast as a light. Nova smiled and said ‘nothing’.

After a while, they both decided to go back to the town. Max said he would help Nova as Nova is new to the town. Their journey to the town began and two hours later, they reached the town. Max was excited to see his town and his people.

The people in town showed hatred and disappointment towards Max as those three guests lied about Max to the mayor. Mayor after hearing that max abandoned the guests and stole the goods, the mayor decided to exile Max from the town.

Max and Nova were shocked to see what’s happening in front of them. They went back to the cave to understand the situation and to solve it.
Nova explained Max about his story and that he actually entered this fictional world. Max trusted Nova’s words and they decided to solve the problem they were facing. Max and Nova went back to the town and searched for the driver of the cart. The driver was kidnapped by those three guests and Max tracked the shed where the driver was tied up. Nova called the mayor and the people to the shed to prove Max’s innocence. After hearing the whole story from the driver, the Mayor felt ashamed to see Max as he was blinded by the Guests’ words. The mayor asked the guard to arrest and punish the three guests and asked for Max’s forgiveness. Max was thankful to Nova as he played a role in creating him and also helping him regain his name as Hero.

Nova decided to go back to his world and told Max about it. They told their goodbyes in the cave and as Nova about to enter the portal, Max asked Nova, ‘Why does he wish to go back as he wanted to live in this story that he created?’

Nova with a gentle smile replied, ‘After entering this story and meeting you, I understood that “Every person and every life have their own stories with different genres and endings. I want to create my interesting life stories, more interesting than any stories in books, movies etc. Every person have their own roles in their life story. Every person is a storyteller deep down and their life is their biggest masterpiece.”

Nova then returned to his world and decided to live and accept his life by adding more memories and stories into his life journal. He also created stories for his dear friend Max Creed.

The End.

Share this story
image 50
Points Earned
image #207
Current Rank
image
1 Readers have supported this story
Help This Story win

Tap below to show your support

10
Points
20
Points
30
Points
40
Points
50
Points
LET'S TALK image
User profile
Author of the Story
Thank you for reading my story! I'd love to hear your thoughts
User profile
(Minimum 30 characters)