Steampunkville

So let’s return to the 19th century, to Steam-punkville, high up in the clouds. Wow, pretty much everything was powered by steam. It baffled me that this whole city was held up in the sky by colossal turbines completely powered by steam! If it hadn’t been for those turbines, this island would have been a woeful sight. Great! We landed our sky ship in the harbor. Steam-bots were hauling large metal boxes, filled with parts, around. They scoffed at me when they saw the light-weight bags I carried.

This city was so beautiful with those wooden streets leading this way and that. All the buildings were built erect and glistening in the sunlight. The harbor was filled with cobblestone and was very large, and little children and Steam-bot kids alike played in the street. Well, I was very tired from my long journey, so I had find an inn. “What’s this?!” I thought. Sentinels and steam soldiers were shouting at each other and running about! I found myself alone on the abandoned street.

Suddenly I heard a roaring sound that shook the ground like an earthquake. As I tried to find out what was the matter, I saw Steam-bots blundering around. It was then that I decided to look up into the sky. As I looked through the cloudy sky, I detected a colossal adversary, a humongous worm, half visible through the fog. Sprockets creaked as it swerved into the sunlight. It was covered in brass plates and steam surged from its mechanical belly, out of its mouth and nostrils. The worm had a sinister mouth full of billions of iron teeth, also made of machinery. It was a mechanical beast.

I gulped as its one eye pierced me, seeming like it was peering inside of me. I was overpowered to just stand there, my legs rooted to the ground. There was no doubt that a siege would not be needed for the worm to destroy the city. Suddenly with a large sweep of its tail, the worm broke the island in half. I was thrown off the island, high up into the air. Suddenly it was like everything went into slow motion, and as I drifted away from the island, music started to play in my head….

Suddenly I found myself back in this age, sitting at my desk, writing this story. I know not who the victor of that great battle was, but I will rejoice that it was all just a vision.

THE END