Halcyon Rising: Breaking Ground

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This is a writing of fiction. All characters, names, places, items, events, and unintentional likenesses are the product of the author’s imagination and are fictitious.

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“You have no power here, demon!” I yelled, slashing my legendary spear through the air.

Okay, it wasn’t a legendary spear. It was a broom handle with a knife tied to the end of it. And I wasn’t fighting a demon, so much as a middle-aged bat that thought it could take up residence in the temple’s belfry.

The black creature swooped at me, its teeth bared. It was an ugly little sucker, and one that I didn’t want to come anywhere near me. I swiped at it with my polearm, knocking it in the head.

I also, unfortunately, knocked into the enormous bronze bell that hung in the tower’s center. This bell was reserved for holidays, weddings, and the head priest’s fancy. He didn’t fancy for me to ring it today though, so it would only take a moment before –

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