Maybe I might upgrade this from 20 words per person to one paragraph to help with creativity and flexibility.
Aqua, you know your character best. I think that should introduce her into this story.
Yeah, I probably should. Think e should switch to the option to to either just 20 words OR a paragraph per person?
The 20 word rule seems to be working.
It's called Flash Fiction. Some writers challenge themselves to tell entire stories in 40 words. I think we might have all seen the meme story which calls itself the shortest horror story in the world: The last man on earth heard a knock the door. I got annoyed by that and once wrote a horror story with half as many words: She felt her skin crawl -- away.
All right, that sounds good. Without further ado...
Riding a gallant gust, Selena arrived, confident that she could never be defeated. The winds may howl, but she would roar!
The bird spread its wings to meet her, its shadow an inky black mass that seemed to blanket the lands in every direction.
Even as zephyrs pressed her, Selena elegantly spun them behind her. She accelerated towards the storm like a racing yacht.
The bird screeched angrily and beat its wings even harder, whipping up a titanic tornado and sending it at Selena.
Selena made the tornado disappear with just the snap of her finger.
Well, that was a surprisingly anticlimactic way to get rid of a tornado....
Enraged, the bird flapped its wings with all its might, increasing the hurricane. Unafraid, Selena smiled smugly and continued her flight.
But by then, the bird had dropped three feathers into the sea. As they touched the saline waters, they began to grow.
21 words, but that's fine, I hope!
It's okay, I cheated a bit and did 21 words as well.
Three creatures stood on the water surface. Harpy, Phoenix and Pegasus—all stared fixedly at Serena with an obvious animosity.
Why those three creatures? I dunno, but all of them have wings. Ehehe.
The trio began to flap their wings, their tornadoes blowing the dark clouds around Selena, trapping her in a stormy prison.
Selena, now batted about in the whirlwinds, cried out, "Why are you doing this? I have no qualms with you!"
The creatures replied all at once, "You have abused the abilities given to you, now face the consequences you deserve!"
"What dost thou mean?" She yelled. "We have used these powers to help others since the day we got them!"
Wonder when she's gonna use her signature hurricane breath?
Harpy rose out of the surf and shrieked, "Wind cares not for helping, it covers all or none at all!"
"Well, this wind does care about helping others!" Selena bellowed back at the blustery beasts, "Prepare to be blown away!"
Sorry for the double post, but I really want to keep this thread alive because I want to see where this story goes and how much fun we can have with it.
Also, here's the drawing that this story was inspired by and based on again: https://i.imgur.com/EcaVbSQ.jpg
Can't wait to see how this all turns out!
