Alyd in Tantra's Fairy Tales by ADALBERTO ATONDO SAINZ - HTML preview

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There were these huge warships like being brought from other dimensions with enormous cannons and wooden decks the size of an apartment building. I could read the acronyms

“U.S.S.” and the rest faded from time. We also use these sea motherships but our fighters take off vertical y, these seem to have been used as runways. Lots of fighting gear from different times and dimensions it seems.

Apart from the airplane cemetery there was a cabin. This cabin was so big but proportional y correct as if it was made by a giant for a giant. As if al these war hardware were toys for a giant baby. My jet landed by itself in the cemetery and I climbed off the pit. The airplane cemetery was located inside a big sandbox. Then there was the tal grass area leading to the cabin. I walked through the grass. Each piece of grass was tal er than me. There were ants and worms the size of a human looking at me from the darkness. I reached the cabin. The door was so big I would need an elevator to reach the doorknob. Then someone whistled at me. At first I did not locate the source to it but I walked some steps to the side of the cabin, climbing down the entrance stairs and up in the window frame there was a person wearing a scuba diving suit. He made some signs with his hands for me to climb the vines from the ground to the window. Some 30

climbing meters i’d say…

“Who are you?” I asked when I reached him. He was in a navy suit, the ones Tantra uses. “Did you also see God down there?”

“I’ve been here for a few days,” To my surprise she was a woman. “My name’s Alyd and I need to tel you the story of how I got here”.

She started tel ing me about it.

“We were on a routine route across the line dividing the waters from Tantra - Brodel. Nothing we haven’t before. Those neutral divisions change through time as the war advances but it has been the same for some years. Some kilometers away is normal to spot enemy warships and we keep the cold war peace.

But there was this sudden mist and the warship stal ed in the water unable to move. At first we thought the elves were doing some kind of operation but we never received enemy fire and 102

since no one tried to board our ship, the captain ordered me to investigate underwater. I got into my patrol boat with my diving suit, went underwater but everything was fine so I headed to the surface again but when I reached it there was only my patrol boat and the mothership was gone. I climbed to the boat and spent some days alone. Suddenly one night I fel asleep and I woke up in that sandbox.”

“I have been eating the worms I kil , they’re a little tasty, but look! This is why i asked for you to come”

She made me look through the window. It was like a normal house with everyday furniture. I could see a dining table, a chimney, everything was overal made out of stone and wood. Cozy.

But on the table there were some coins made out of gold. Coins the size of a person made out of gold. I can see where she is headed. She started asking me to come up with a plan to go inside and steal the coins.

“But we need to be careful of the giants,” She said.

I took a moment to real y look at her once she took off the suit. Beautiful. Sun’s rays kissed her hair in a beautiful aura.

At that moment some footsteps were heard coming down the stairs. Each step made my feet crumble a little. There was an old lady with a giant baby in her arms. She placed the baby in the baby chair, she turned around and from the kitchen she brought six pigs which the baby ate them whole alive. I could hear them whining.

“They would eat us too if they found us,” Said my new friend.

Then a big rat climbed beside us and looked at us with distrust. I thought he would eat us but it went inside the house and climbed onto the giant’s shoulder.

“What?” Exclaimed the lady giant “Who wants to steal my coins?”

She walked towards the window looking for us. We climbed down as fast as we could and hid in the grass. “Where are you little humans?” She said coming out of the main wooden door into the garden we were. She carried a big ass shotgun on her shoulder and moved her head looking everywhere for us.

“If I see you planning to steal my coins I wil make sure my baby eats you” Said, then stepped inside again.

She closed the door so hard a piece of wood broke leaving enough space to enter the cabin.

We waited for the night and went inside. Candles lit up the place, the inside was like walking through Light City’s downtown. Tables, couches, chairs the size of buildings were al around us.

The big rat was asleep on the couch. We saw the gold coins in the ground beside the legs of the 103

table. They fel down after the old lady giant shut the door so hard. We took as many as we could each carry and we were on our way out when my radio went off.

“Giant Kil er this is HE, please respond” I tried to shut it off but my hands were busy. Then loud static noise was heard as an interference malfunction “Giant Kil er can you hear me? five minutes without any contact, we’re searching for you in the clouds” Five minutes? I've been here at least 12 hours!

To make matters worse the rat woke up and cal ed out for the lady giant but this time an old giant came from upstairs. We tried to run but the coins made it very hard. I left them behind.

“What are you doing?” said my Alyd. She refused to leave the coins behind and even stopped to pick up the ones I left. As I ran, each step of the giant made the ground crumble.

“Fee Fie Fo Fum, i smel the blood of a human” He took my new friend, but somehow she managed to escape from his hand and climbed up to his head and pul ed his hair. Giant screamed in pain trying to make her stop.

“RUN!” She yel ed at me. I saw the giant grab her and crushed her inside its hand, blood came out through the fingers.

I run like hel not looking behind into the cockpit of my fighter jet. I started it and flew away in the night.

I flew at Mach 5 getting as fast as I could from there. Then the big clouds again. The night turned into day. My comms were useless again so I flew back to the base by myself where the General arrested me upon landing under desertion and possible conspiracy with the enemy's cooperation. I plead for my life as al I have written is true and I have my word to stand by.

Please Emperor, you have to believe me, this is no joke. She saved me.

Emperor’s response to Pilot Jack 09990

The Emperor does not believe the lies and every man deserting their post wil be shot.

Every man conveniently disappearing behind enemy lines, shutting off his own communication system is, surely, conspiring against their own country with the enemy's help.

What is the motivation behind such treason acts? We do not know and we wil not find out.