Competition: Part I: Early Childhood

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Part I: Early Childhood

Prompt: In this fiction, depict one key moment from your character's early childhood. Then, explain how this moment helped make them the character they are today. A young child is species dependent so I won't put a number on it, but anytime from birth to before pre-teen years is acceptable.

Note: This is the first part of the Core Memories Trilogy, so feel free to write each part with a trilogy in mind. I will be grading each part of the trilogy separate from the others, but it would be a great writing exercise to weave the three parts together like a real trilogy.

Grading: This will be based on the official Voice Fiction Grading Rubric. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ORZSSPj1_-15s-zHfyyqTuIBrC1s_DyvXkRoDcnzkDI/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0

Rules: Write a minimum of 500 words that cover the fiction prompt. PDF submissions are preferred but you can also use word format(.doc or .docx) or pages format. You may also use the submission box.

Reward: Crescents for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place

Competition Information
Parent Competition
Core Memories
Organized by
Aurora "Aura" Ta'var
Running time
2016-04-01 until 2016-05-08 (about 1 month)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
24 subscribers, of which 10 have participated.
Results
Member
Kookimarissia Mimosa-Inahj
File submission
Early_Childhood.docx
Placement
1st place
2nd place
Kaz Raith
Member
Kaz Raith
Submission
Kaz Raith opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
2nd place
Member
Master Bentre Stahoes
File submission
CoreMemoriesChildhood-14185.pdf
Placement
3rd place
4th place
Qor Kith
Member
Qor Kith
File submission
EarlyChildhood.pdf
Placement
4th place
Member
Lucifer Scorpio Romanov
File submission
When_I_was_only_six_years_old.docx
Placement
No placement
Member
Malice
Textual submission

Just as soon as the ship had touched down, it was gone again, but not before leaving something behind. Whispering promises of magic and adventure, the couple on the ship had set their daughter on the grass below and watched without breathing as she laughed happily, running to the edge of the clearing and to the forest. They slowly made their way back onto the ship,and before the little girl knew what was happening, the ship doors had closed again and her parents were gone. She ran frantically back, the exhaust from the ship blowing her hair around. Tears formed in her eyes as she watched them slowly rise up and disappear out of the planet's atmosphere. The couple let out the breath they were holding in relief. Their lives were saved from the monster they'd created, and perhaps they could go on to have more normal children.

Everything now seemed a lot quieter, and yet louder at the same time. The girl, named Kaila by her parents, was no older than five years old. She'd been so excited to take a trip with her parents. They'd told her it was a beautiful place with big trees to climb and lots of fun creatures. Why had they left her behind? She sat in the grass where the ship had been, sniffing loudly as tears continued to pour out of her eyes. She pulled her knees close to her, wondering if her parents would ever come back. The sun was beginning to set, and with it came a chill in the air. Shadows from the trees stretched longer across the ground as the sun moved, slowly striping the ground she sat on.

From the treeline, her cries had drawn the attention of a small pack of feline creatures known as Nexu. The leader, a female, blinked her four eyes slowly, tilting her head in curiosity at the tiny scrap of a human that sat, curled into itself in the middle of the clearing. It would make an easy meal for sure, but something about this human intrigued her. It's cried drew out her maternal instincts, and after chittering a message for the others to meet her back at their home, she slowly padded out of the forest and towards the weeping child. If this child was all alone, perhaps she would take it in as it's mother.

This was a pivotal moment for Mal. Later on, she would realize she was abandoned because her parents feared her and her growing force abilities. They feared what they did not know, and after the Jedi refused to take her due to her age, they decided to simply drop her off on a nearby planet. Malice would grow more and more bitter, and eventually, it would lead to her opinion that non-force users were weak and pathetic and not worth her time. She would also learn to draw on this memory full of fear and betrayal, and use it to strengthen herself, vowing to never again let herself be as helpless and vulnerable as she was that day.

Placement
No placement
Member
Alishu
File submission
9947Alishu_EarlyChildhood.rtf
Placement
No placement
Member
Lucyeth
File submission
Memories_I.docx
Textual submission

Lucyeth
#13700

Placement
No placement
Member
Mauro Wynter
File submission
Early_Life.pdf
Placement
No placement
Member
Blade Mistress Shadow Nighthunter
File submission
Innocence.docx
Placement
No placement