Eris was once a sweet-natured child, she was not always the terror she is now. The tale of how is simple.
As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Knowledge Tree she found one of its children lost among the roots that formed the foundations of The World Before.
Believing Wizards had gained their power from the tree’s fruit, Eris sunk her teeth deep without another thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse her mind with the knowledge of Chaos, Discord and Destruction.
It would be enough to kill most. It merely drove Eris mad.
Written for the 100 Word Challenge on Thin Spiral Notebook; the prompt was the word, Chaos.
In a way, this is a bit of a cheat as it retells part of a story I wrote around six years ago, Eris, vessel of an organised chaos; which formed part of a larger series called Myths of our Solar System (which, this link shows, I have added to before via a prompt, though from a different site as well as on a non-prompt occasion).
Initially I was going to re-write a different part of the tale, but it was all too long and I didn't like the version I nearly shortened down enough.
Here, just for fun, is everything before the final version above (the first story was called Eris on her way):
Eris carried on determined to find the others and wreak her revenge. Being locked up for years will do that to you. Even if you had/have tried/did try to cut your brother’s ears off, which in itself was down to the rotten fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. But set free by the destruction of the old world/world as it had been/First World, Eris sought to further the chaos before This World established itself.
Each day, though, she grew a little less angry as, each night, her Mother whispered to her, to the little girl that had been before the fruit had begun to make her chaotic. The angry young woman tried to ignore these dreams but knew as she reached/saw/started to glimpse the First Settlement that she would enter quite calmly and reunite with her siblings as the sister they had once known.
But would it be enough? What the fruit had told her, that which had made her uncontrollable, was still inside; and acceptance into the First Settlement would bring her closer to the man who planned to take or destroy it. If the two were to come together and the information given up… then perhaps Mother’s intervention would be for nought.
*
Being locked up for years can make you vengeful. True, Eris had entered a spiral of destruction ending in the attempt to cut off her brother’s ears but, as she had tried to tell her parents many times, it was what the rotten fruit from the Tree of Knowledge had done to her; or what it had shown her.
Thrown far from her siblings as the World Before ended, Eris headed toward the This World’s First Settlement to wreak her revenge. At night her Mother whispered to her, to the little girl she had been, seeking to calm her. If it would be enough, only time would tell.
*
Being locked up for years can make you vengeful. True, Eris had entered a spiral of destruction ending in an attempt to cut off her brother’s ears but, as she told her parents to no avail, it was all down to the rotten fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and what it had shown her.
Thrown far from her siblings as The World Before ended, Eris headed toward This World’s First Settlement to wreak her revenge. At night her Mother whispered to her, to the little girl she had been, seeking to calm her. If it would be enough, only time would tell.
*
Being locked up for years can make you vengeful. True, Eris had entered a spiral of destruction ending in an attempt to cut off her brother’s ears but, as she told her parents to no avail, it was all down to the rotten fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and what it had shown her.
Thrown far from her siblings as The World Before ended, Eris headed toward This World’s First Settlement to wreak her revenge. At night her Mother whispered to her, to the little girl she had been, seeking to calm her. If it would be enough, only time would tell.
***
The story of how Eris turned from a sweet-natured young girl to the bringer of chaos, however organised, is a simple one. As she played beneath the empty boughs of the the Tree of Knowledge she caught sight of one of its children, lost among the roots that buried themselves beneath the tower.
Believing that this was how the Wizards had gained their power she dug her teeth deep into the fruit without a moment’s thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse Eris’s mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most, it was enough to drive Eris mad.
*
The story of how Eris turned from being a sweet-natured young girl toward war and destruction? is a simple one. As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Tree of Knowledge she caught sight of one of its children, lost among the roots that buried themselves beneath the tower that was The World Before.
Believing that this was how the Wizards had gained their power Eris dug her teeth deep into the fruit without a moment’s thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse Eris’s mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most. It was enough to drive Eris mad.
*
The story of how Eris turned from being a sweet-natured young girl toward war and destruction? is a simple one. As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Tree of Knowledge she caught sight of one of its children, lost among the roots that buried themselves beneath the tower that was The World Before.
Believing that this was how the Wizards had gained their power Eris dug her teeth deep into the fruit without a moment’s thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse Eris’s mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most. It was enough to drive Eris mad.
*
Eris was once a sweet-natured child, she was not always the terror you see before you. The tale of how is a simple one.
As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Tree of Knowledge she caught sight of one of its children, lost among the roots that buried themselves beneath the tower that was The World Before.
Believing that this was how the Wizards had gained their power Eris dug her teeth deep into the fruit without a moment’s thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse Eris’s mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most. It was enough to drive Eris mad.
*
Eris was once a sweet-natured child, she was not always the terror you see before you. The tale of how is simple.
As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Knowledge Tree she found one of its children lost among the roots that formed the foundations of The World Before.
Believing Wizards had gained their power from the tree’s fruit, Eris sunk her teeth deep without another thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse her mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most. It was enough to drive Eris mad.
*
Eris was once a sweet-natured child, she was not always the terror you see before you. The tale of how is simple.
As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Knowledge Tree she found one of its children lost among the roots that formed the foundations of The World Before.
Believing Wizards had gained their power from the tree’s fruit, Eris sunk her teeth deep without another thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse her mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most. It merely drove Eris mad.
*
Eris was once a sweet-natured child, she was not always the terror she is now. The tale of how is simple.
As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Knowledge Tree she found one of its children lost among the roots that formed the foundations of The World Before.
Believing Wizards had gained their power from the tree’s fruit, Eris sunk her teeth deep without another thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse her mind with the knowledge of Chaos. It would be enough to kill most. It merely drove Eris mad.
As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Knowledge Tree she found one of its children lost among the roots that formed the foundations of The World Before.
Believing Wizards had gained their power from the tree’s fruit, Eris sunk her teeth deep without another thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse her mind with the knowledge of Chaos, Discord and Destruction.
It would be enough to kill most. It merely drove Eris mad.
Written for the 100 Word Challenge on Thin Spiral Notebook; the prompt was the word, Chaos.
In a way, this is a bit of a cheat as it retells part of a story I wrote around six years ago, Eris, vessel of an organised chaos; which formed part of a larger series called Myths of our Solar System (which, this link shows, I have added to before via a prompt, though from a different site as well as on a non-prompt occasion).
Initially I was going to re-write a different part of the tale, but it was all too long and I didn't like the version I nearly shortened down enough.
Here, just for fun, is everything before the final version above (the first story was called Eris on her way):
Eris carried on determined to find the others and wreak her revenge. Being locked up for years will do that to you. Even if you had/have tried/did try to cut your brother’s ears off, which in itself was down to the rotten fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. But set free by the destruction of the old world/world as it had been/First World, Eris sought to further the chaos before This World established itself.
Each day, though, she grew a little less angry as, each night, her Mother whispered to her, to the little girl that had been before the fruit had begun to make her chaotic. The angry young woman tried to ignore these dreams but knew as she reached/saw/started to glimpse the First Settlement that she would enter quite calmly and reunite with her siblings as the sister they had once known.
But would it be enough? What the fruit had told her, that which had made her uncontrollable, was still inside; and acceptance into the First Settlement would bring her closer to the man who planned to take or destroy it. If the two were to come together and the information given up… then perhaps Mother’s intervention would be for nought.
*
Being locked up for years can make you vengeful. True, Eris had entered a spiral of destruction ending in the attempt to cut off her brother’s ears but, as she had tried to tell her parents many times, it was what the rotten fruit from the Tree of Knowledge had done to her; or what it had shown her.
Thrown far from her siblings as the World Before ended, Eris headed toward the This World’s First Settlement to wreak her revenge. At night her Mother whispered to her, to the little girl she had been, seeking to calm her. If it would be enough, only time would tell.
*
Being locked up for years can make you vengeful. True, Eris had entered a spiral of destruction ending in an attempt to cut off her brother’s ears but, as she told her parents to no avail, it was all down to the rotten fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and what it had shown her.
Thrown far from her siblings as The World Before ended, Eris headed toward This World’s First Settlement to wreak her revenge. At night her Mother whispered to her, to the little girl she had been, seeking to calm her. If it would be enough, only time would tell.
*
Being locked up for years can make you vengeful. True, Eris had entered a spiral of destruction ending in an attempt to cut off her brother’s ears but, as she told her parents to no avail, it was all down to the rotten fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and what it had shown her.
Thrown far from her siblings as The World Before ended, Eris headed toward This World’s First Settlement to wreak her revenge. At night her Mother whispered to her, to the little girl she had been, seeking to calm her. If it would be enough, only time would tell.
***
The story of how Eris turned from a sweet-natured young girl to the bringer of chaos, however organised, is a simple one. As she played beneath the empty boughs of the the Tree of Knowledge she caught sight of one of its children, lost among the roots that buried themselves beneath the tower.
Believing that this was how the Wizards had gained their power she dug her teeth deep into the fruit without a moment’s thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse Eris’s mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most, it was enough to drive Eris mad.
*
The story of how Eris turned from being a sweet-natured young girl toward war and destruction? is a simple one. As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Tree of Knowledge she caught sight of one of its children, lost among the roots that buried themselves beneath the tower that was The World Before.
Believing that this was how the Wizards had gained their power Eris dug her teeth deep into the fruit without a moment’s thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse Eris’s mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most. It was enough to drive Eris mad.
*
The story of how Eris turned from being a sweet-natured young girl toward war and destruction? is a simple one. As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Tree of Knowledge she caught sight of one of its children, lost among the roots that buried themselves beneath the tower that was The World Before.
Believing that this was how the Wizards had gained their power Eris dug her teeth deep into the fruit without a moment’s thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse Eris’s mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most. It was enough to drive Eris mad.
*
Eris was once a sweet-natured child, she was not always the terror you see before you. The tale of how is a simple one.
As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Tree of Knowledge she caught sight of one of its children, lost among the roots that buried themselves beneath the tower that was The World Before.
Believing that this was how the Wizards had gained their power Eris dug her teeth deep into the fruit without a moment’s thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse Eris’s mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most. It was enough to drive Eris mad.
*
Eris was once a sweet-natured child, she was not always the terror you see before you. The tale of how is simple.
As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Knowledge Tree she found one of its children lost among the roots that formed the foundations of The World Before.
Believing Wizards had gained their power from the tree’s fruit, Eris sunk her teeth deep without another thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse her mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most. It was enough to drive Eris mad.
*
Eris was once a sweet-natured child, she was not always the terror you see before you. The tale of how is simple.
As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Knowledge Tree she found one of its children lost among the roots that formed the foundations of The World Before.
Believing Wizards had gained their power from the tree’s fruit, Eris sunk her teeth deep without another thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse her mind with the Chaos of all times before and since. It would be enough to kill most. It merely drove Eris mad.
*
Eris was once a sweet-natured child, she was not always the terror she is now. The tale of how is simple.
As she played beneath the empty boughs of the Knowledge Tree she found one of its children lost among the roots that formed the foundations of The World Before.
Believing Wizards had gained their power from the tree’s fruit, Eris sunk her teeth deep without another thought. That one rotten bite was all it took to infuse her mind with the knowledge of Chaos. It would be enough to kill most. It merely drove Eris mad.
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