Young Writers Society

No one had expected the storm. For weeks upon weeks and months upon months, the most severe weather the Knights' Castle had experienced was heavy downpour, which was really quite alright because they could always use another bath.

But this day was different. Around dusk on the night of the storm, as members of The After Watch sat out front on benches to watch for Green Room Beasts, Knight Ink (@PrincessInk) noticed something strange. The sky had been tinged with a dark, brooding yellow.

"Hey, looks like a storm's coming," said Knight Kayla (@Nikayla). "We'd better get the horses inside."

"I'll pack up the banners," volunteered Knight @Aley. "And I'll make sure the books are safe, though I wish some Knights would pick up their own books after fun fictional adventures," said Lady Lizz (@LadyLizzLovelace) with a sour smile. Knights Tallygirl (@tgirly) and @RippleGylf rushed to help.

The Knights set to work preparing for the weather, and then settled down to bed as the torches burned low.

But just before dawn, the worst of it hit, and Knights throughout the castle were woken by a hair-raising crumbling roar. Knight @Dino was the first out of bed, running down the corridor still half asleep.

"Knight Dino, wait up!" called Knight @Lumi, grabbing the candle from his bedside table and chasing after. Within minutes, all knights, from the oldest Knight Attack (@PenguinAttack) to the newest Knight @VegasLights, were gathered around the rubble of what had once been the Library Tower.

"What do we do now?" whispered Knight @Castor.

Knight @BlueAfrica and Knight @Hannah looked at one another and nodded in unison, because there was only one thing the Knights could do.

"We rebuild."

Kale/Kyllorac
work/Kyllorac/Keep-Driving-137647#c631461

Lumi
work/Lumi/Base-Jump-135334#c617449

Querencia
work/Querencia/How-Was-Your-Day--Chapter-162-137747#c633350

Steggy
work/Steggy/Feelings-137360#c629533

Kaylaa
work/Kays/Every-Single-Poem-About-the-Sun-and-Moon-in-Existence-Summed-Up-By-a-Quatrain-136351#c623169

fraey
work/fraey/One-Rink-Two-Men-11-143792#c667391

Aley
work/Aley/Haiku-on-Death-in-the-Family-and-Reactions-of-Those-I-Love-143552#c665735

Biscuits
work/BiscuitsLeGuin/The-Ballad-of-the-Brenerit-Curfew--Chapter-21-137308#c629243

Audy
work/Audy/The-Demon-Truth-Excerpt-from-Luneset-novel-137621#c631359

1.) work/VegasLights/what-i-never-said-135496#c618577

2.) work/Willard/nuclear-holocaust-so-and-so-summer-135431#c618083

3.) work/Hannah/overexposed-moments--smeared-captions-135414#c617982

4.) work/BlueAfrica/The-Chosen-Grandma-Chapter-61-135362#c617914

5.) work/Aley/Ten-Gallon-Tank-135367#c617627

6.) work/Casanova/The-nightly-questions-135342#c617529