The Four Horsemen

Smoke billowed into the air, shrouding everything in darkness. The village homes, once lively and full of love, now are demolished and engulfed in the flames of death. The dragon spewed bright orange inferno which devoured everything in its path. The beast, flying in and out of the blanket of darkness, displayed its wings that obscured the stars, which normally radiated incandescent light. Villagers could see that it would not stop until their whole world was reduced to ash. Light from the fire illuminated the creature’s hateful face; its scales shadowed with the color of ripe plums, glowed violet in its luminous destruction, eyes beaming a malevolent crimson, specks of gold in the iris flicked like the treasure it so viciously collected. Its scornful intentions could be seen in the reflection of the conflagration it had so wickedly constructed.

A few months later, I found myself riding with Halt back to his quaint little cottage nestled in the woods. He was teaching me about animal tracks. As our horses tread against the snow that lay on the ground, I noticed a massive print next to the cottage, and Halt said it was a giant boar. A man was lying in the bushes and came out to claim that he had seen the boar first hand, and that it was a mad and destructive one. Halt told him to go to the castle and tell the Baron to gather a group of men so that we can all go hunt the boar in the morning. The next day, I found myself on horseback on the outside of a circle of warriors, and Horace. If the boar were to escape through our circle, I was to chase it down and finish it off with my bow.

Riding atop the smaller, mouse-colored steed, the vaqueros shouted, spurred and whipped their horses. I forced myself to look away so I would not begin to scream and shout. I instead turned and looked behind the horses and observed many strange animals with dog like noses and horns as long as a child. These large animals were called Longhorns and were a breed of cattle the white men used for food. After watching the town’s proceedings, I came to the conclusion that white man was not the cold blooded monster with red teeth and a devilish grin I came to picture him as; he was slightly better but a beast none the

Closer and closer the people approach like anxious children touching their toes to test the waters. Farther and farther the landscape is beaten back, receding like the tides, growing restless encased by the awaiting mouths of greed. Once noble legions of trees dwindle and scatter with bated breath, unable to stop the rising tide of numerous enemy forces. Droves of caravan’s influx in with workers, looking to find profit in its destruction. The people loom in with their machines annihilating a tapestry of history in one fatal swoop of its cold jaws, wreaking havoc with reckless abandon. In their wake the Earth laid bare, having been turned over reminiscent to tomb robbers of Pharaohs for its

He looked down at his friends and family with a big piggy smile on his face. The pig began stomping around. He crushed their homes as he bounced around. He destroyed their fences and food crops. The pig's friends and family stared at him in horror as they watched him destroy their homes and all their belongings. They cried for him to stop, but instead, the big pig began stomping on them. He crushed their bodies under his gigantic hooves. The other animals screamed with terror as they watched their friends and family be murdered by their beloved pig. And if that wasn't enough, the pig began devouring their corpses. One by one, he killed and ate all of his friends and family, until there was nothing left but the old ruins of their homes. The pig finally settled down on some grass, satisfied and full and as big as can be. He finally has some time to relax after his long journey, and he accomplished all he wanted to do with his life. The pig was finally

straightened and lifted his horns” then “he roared” scaring the townspeople resulting in his death (Nowlan

Soon the stranger jumped on his horse and pulled Link up behind him. The horse charged away from the mosters and made its way to Castle City. Before he knew it he was in the safety of the castle walls.

There once was a time where religion ruled the world, where the people of that religion would go to any lengths to protect it, and even give up their lives to their beloved god. This tale is a great representative of the determination and wholeheartedness of the followers of a certain belief. This is about the Crusaders, on their quest to take back the Holy land, for their god, called the First Crusades.

Within weeks, the major powers were at war and the conflict soon spread around the world.

On February 1, 1898, the USS Maine suddenly exploded, 266 men were killed. Outraged, we blamed Spain for the sinking of the USS Maine. This blaming resulted in the Spanish- American War, which started on April 25, 1898. This was a conflict between the United States and Spain. Shortly after the start of the war, a group called the Anti-Imperialist League was formed on June 15, 1898. They were opposed to the idea of expansion. This group’s goal was to battle the American annexation in the Philippines. During this time, the first volunteer cavalry, led by Theodore Roosevelt, and was known as the Rough Riders. On July 1, 1898 Roosevelt led his troops up San Juan Hill, Cuba, they won the battle. On August 12, 1898, the war ended with the agreement of Cuban independence.

Both artists were local sculptors and commissioned by wealthy guilds. At the time works that represented the history of the city carried great importance. Many wanted their roles in society to be remembered while the usual pieces of art pertained to religious allegories and purposes.

It was as if the trees were making way for him. Flank, his horse, was confident after seeing lots of obstacles since he had been trained well back in the castle for war. This made a huge advantage for Fleance to escape. But the murders had good horses too. They soon caught up with Fleance. Fleance looked back and could see their knives glinting hungrily behind him. One of the murderers prepared to stab Fleance with his knife. But Fleance was saved by a hand from heaven. Lightening hit a tree near the murderers and they fell from their horses. Fleance was safe and road away into the

As far as the eye could see, the dark jungle awaited our presence. Abruptly, a powerful growl came from the south. The growl intensified to a grim, breathtaking roar. In the midst of absentmindedly running, I tripped and fell on a pile very heavy papaya’s, just as the robust tiger pounced. Lafitte threw one of the papaya’s at the tiger’s head. His aim was accurate, and saved our lives. The tiger was knocked unconscious. The papaya exploded into a rain of gold and jewelry. Immediately, we scrambled to break open as many papaya’s to collect the gold. Then, shockingly Laffite began to act upon his pirate nature and his greed began to take hold of him. As soon as I started to protested, he became even more aggressive, and this worried me. I carried on protesting and pleading “We must equally share the gold.” Just then I saw a shadow of a beast. I found myself feeling an intense pain in my side and throbbing in my veins. I was incredulous to the fact that I was dying, but I knew one day death would take me. I was always wary to the fact that since i had taken the lives of so many others, mine would have to follow. A faint calmness collides with the pain and blackness covers my eyes like a coat of winter snow on the tops of trees in

Once more in open air, she again charged her horn, the glow burning brighter than ever. At its peak, she sent a blast into the ground, causing the entire island to quake. The king, still deep underground, had no time to flee before the cave collapsed on top of him, burying him inside. His furious roar was the last she heard.

1898 saw the United States change from a nation taming a wild frontier to a nation building an empire. The Spanish-American war