In a lockdown, we had to write a story on pobble and I found the invasion and the picture looked really cool so I wrote about it enjoy.
The invasion
Present-day.
I could hear the war horn blast and all the men tense. I readied my spare as the giant monsters advanced towards us. They were huge, their bodies taller than the mountain we were standing on. I could feel sweat start to form on my forehead and the terror that hung off my men's faces I felt defeated as if we had already lost this fight. The giant's loud thumping feet could be heard throughout the entire valley. Their walk was a mile long with the sound of trees snapping, getting closer and closer. We all looked up towards the floating beast, amazed to see this sight while being terrified at the same time. The archers readied their bows aiming at the giants ¨hold, hold, hold fire”?.
1 month earlier
Awoken suddenly from a shake on the shoulder by my friend Shay. He was holding a lantern in his left hand and he was wearing his cloak. I looked at him, my eyes still adjusting to the light. It took everything I had not to pull the covers back over me but braving the cold would be well worth the look he was giving me. I grabbed my cloak heading out and shoved my hands into my cloak as I left. The morning was cold and the footpaths were covered with a thick layer of snow. The village was asleep with lanterns making the village seem alive.
He led me down the pathway towards the valley. The path was barely seeable but he seemed to know where he was going.
It was about 5 minutes until we had arrived and I gasped when I saw it. I knew straight away why he had brought me to this place.. There was a body lying against a hill nearby. His face was monstrous, his body was made entirely out of iron. I could hear Shay praying to god for whatever this creature was, it would be the only one.
I approached the giant's body, edging forward alert for anything that might happen. I put my hand on the giant's foot. Wondering where this beast could have come from. His body was lifeless and dead but the size of this beast's body was still scaring me. ¨How did you find this¨
¨I was going for a walk when I saw its body.¨ Let's keep this between me and you okay Shay¨ ¨okay¨. We were just about to walk back when suddenly we started hearing screams. We looked up and saw smoke slithering across the skies.
We raced up the path towards the village without stopping for a breather. When we saw our village. The giant we had just seen had been with others. We could see families running out of their homes, some sobbing and others holding their children closely. Houses were either destroyed or lit up in flames.
I could see a small arm in the rubble of a destroyed house.
The soldiers had gathered a small party of warriors to attack. One of the soldiers saw where I was and rushed over towards me. His entire body was shaking with fear. ¨Where have you been commander? ¨We thought you had died in the fire¨. ¨Shey woke me up to show me something¨. What was it? ¨It was one of the giant's bodies¨. ¨It was down by the valley laid against one of the hills¨. ¨ What the heck do you think they are commander¨ giants, massive giants.
¨Their bodies are made entirely out of iron and they are taller than mountains¨. ¨How the heck can they even move? ¨Their bodies are out of iron¨. ¨They must be demons that what the soldiers think¨. ¨A soldier said he thought he saw something flying in the sky too¨. ¨But we haven't seen anything yet ̈.¨ What do you want us to do? ¨Retreat we can't fight them now as the soldiers are depleted and we still don't know how many wounded we have and we don't have a strategy to attack¨. Tell the soldiers to retreat towards the hills and get as many wounded as you can. I will tell the villagers that are left to grab what they can to go towards the hills. Okay. I saw him scrabble towards them and tell them the order. Their Fearful eyes all turned my way. Then they all took off towards the homes looking for the wounded, lifting them on their shoulders, others grabbing the medics. I raced towards houses telling families to spread the message, grab food and blankets and some lanterns, and head towards the hills. They nodded slowly while still sobbing.
I headed towards the hills with the wounded lantern in my hand lighting the sad faces of the crying families that surrounded me. I could hear the voices of mothers hushing their babies when they screamed and soft prayers.
I could see the giants rampaging across the village destroying everything that dared stand in their way. We managed to plant 10 tents down; they were all full with the wounded. Each tent could fit 20 people inside. but there weren't enough there were still wounded, each spread out in the tents. As I came into one of the tents of the wounded 2 medics came up to me. We don't have enough supplies for the wounded and there isn't enough room. We need more tents and supplies.
I closed my eyes not knowing what I should do. We must sound the alarm to tell our allied nations we are under attack. And that we need reinforcements, supplies, and soldiers. No, we don't have enough men, and it's too risky we can't risk losing more men. Also, the signal is by the giants that our men will be killed instantly and the healing tent has been destroyed. It's better than letting our men die. Are you suggesting I send more men out there to die? no, I suggest you try to gather some men and try to signal them before there's more blood on your hand. I signed loudly annoyed but I knew she was right, grabbing a small party of 5 soldiers
I started towards the signal making haste to get there while keeping my eye on the giants as we walked I could see my men were having second thoughts about coming I could blame them if they ran off back up the hill but I had to light the signal for my men Even if it was the last thing I do. We could see the rubble of the old houses that once stood there, my soldier's eyes saddening from the horrid memory. The signal was getting closer and closer. My legs were no longer supporting my body. I felt wobbly. I just wanted the memory of the destruction to go away. I could still hear the screams of the families. screaming and screaming
in my head. We got to the stairs relieved nothing bad had happened slowly walking up the oak plank steps. The stairs felt like forever but we finally reached the top. We reached the signal grabbing my flint and steel. After 6 tries a flame appeared lighting the signal. We all high-fived each other. Then we saw the giants turn around and look at us. I cursed under my breath as they started towards us. We ran down the stairs racing towards the mountain They were gaining. We weren't fast enough, we were going to be destroyed and we would lead them to the others. I told my men to run away from the mountain or our families would be found but they didn't listen. I knew running there might stall them but all the injured would die. the giants were right behind us we were so close We all, most made it one of the soldiers was in front Running his heart out but I tried to warn him that there was a rock in front but he couldn't hear so he ran and tripped and fell I looked back knowing he was dead we were at the bottom of the mountain going up when I saw the leg crush the fallen soldier he was gone forever. We made it to the top telling everyone to go hide run leave Everyone panicked and gathered their children Families rushed to the woods others down the other side of the hill. I saw the giants trying to get up. When they did they shook the mountain I tripped and hit my head on a rock. I looked around my sight and my last thought was sorry.
