Monday, November 14, 2011
Turkeys and Zombies and Goblins, oh my!
Once apon a dark and stormy night, it was Thanksgiving in the haunted house of Longhoard, where the bad goblins were preparing to find a turkey for their feast. The good goblins were perfectly content with their tofu turkey, and knew that once again, they would have to try to stop their bad brethren from obtaining a live turkey. And nearby, in the high school of Feasthaven, the turkey principal held his position as he knew that the goblins would be coming again to steal one of his star pupils. The turkey he believed they were out to get this time was one of his best students, the one named Faythere. Faythere was a star student among star students. He was one of the best of Feasthaven High, and sadly, he was also the most plump. Perfect for goblins to feast on. The principal had stood his post for so long, that he had grown lean, so no goblin would even dream of trying to eat him. Which was one of the main reasons that he stood the post instead of one of the younger turkeys. He had been watching out towards the horizon to give warning for when he saw goblins coming. Eventually, about 5:13pm, on the dot, the good goblins had come running over the hill towards the school to warn the turkeys of the oncoming invasion. However, the principal had known no such thing as a vegetarian goblin, so he immediately locked and barricaded the doors so none of them could get in. He should have checked whether or not Faythere was inside first, for Faythere was outside the gates, tending to the Pilgrimberry bushes. The good goblins came up to the door and found that it withstood all resistance. So they tried to yell their warning out over the walls, but it didn't work, as the winds were blowing too strongly, and their sound was just carried away in the mist. They had walked around, searching for an alternate way in. About this time, Faythere had realized that the gates were locked, and he feared yelling too loudly, as though the goblins might hear him and come back. After he had come to this realization, he had jumped into one of the pilgrimberry bushes, hoping that the goblins wouldn't be able to see him as he shivered from fear and cold. The goblins continued around the school, and were on their way to trying to stop their bad brethren diplomatically. As the group ran along, one goblin called Smalls had looked back to make sure that there was no way in. He saw a bush that was shaking a lot differently than the other bushes nearby, and he knew that there must be something hiding behind it. He sent the rest of the good goblins ahead to settle the dispute with the bad goblins, as he went to go find what was hiding. As he came up along, Faythere noticed that a goblin was coming back, and he instantly panicked and tried to find a way inside. He had no idea that this goblin was a good goblin, and so the second that Smalls had arrived to find him, Faythere was already clucking like a chicken and trying to fly up the wall. Smalls tried to calm Faythere by saying poetry and calming phrases, but Faythere thought it was all a ruse to get him to land. Only after Smalls had put down a piece of tofu turkey and stepped a good distance away did Faythere land. He tried the piece of tofu, and he immediately learned that he could trust this goblin to get him to safety. As all the bad goblins wanted was meat, the good goblins had trouble convincing them to turn back and ignore the turkeys. By this time, the storm had calmed enough so that Faythere's calls could be heard through the gate by the principal, so Faythere and Smalls had gotten inside the school, and began to plan their strategy, as Smalls knew the bad goblins and the turkeys knew the building. They also knew that there was a stash of mice that their administrative owls had liked to eat that were hidden in a school. So, they had gone to these owls, which were awake, as it was starting to get to be later in the day, about 9:26 pm, to be exact, to convince them to give up their mice for the greater good of the school and the turkeys. As they knew that they had to have students to have a school, they simply said yes, and that they would only have to find more mice to replace the ones lost after the conflict. After they had heard this, they immediately opened a path directly to the room with the mice, and hid in other rooms. As was assumed, the bad goblins weren't convinced not to come, so they had arrived, and the good goblins, except for Smalls, had given up and gone home. The bad goblins had followed the path they were given, following the scent of fresh meat, even if it was only a small amount. They went directly to the mouse room, and completely ignored the the hiding turkeys on the way. After they had eaten their fill, they had simply packed up and left just as quickly as they had come, leaving the turkeys to live their lives as they pleased, at least for another year. The miraculous find of Faythere by Smalls had saved the turkeys, and in doing so, the turkeys had gained the trust of at least one goblin, who they knew was good.
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