Week 2 Story: Fate of Temptation

Female silhouette by As Novo

A long, long time ago in a world where supernaturals and humans lived among each other. Goblins, witches and fairly ruled the lands with goblins being the most vicious of them all.

Ceylon was a large city where the humans lived, for the most part it was peaceful nothing really happens but that was soon going to change. Because on the other side of Ceylon was a small island that the citizens of Ceylon believed to be uninhabited but was the home of Goblins. For centuries they had lived there secluded from the world. However, one day during a war with the witches, the witches had cast a spell upon the island that slowly began to kill all of the He-Goblins and vegetation. The few surviving witches flew and fled far away for they feared what the goblins could do to them.

As the days passed the goblins grew more and more agitated, their food was becoming less and less and each day more and more the He-Goblins were dying. “If we don’t do something about this, we are all going to die,” said one of the She-Goblins. “Darn, those witches I cursed them ALL!” said another very angerly. They were all shouting at each other about their horrible situation. When suddenly they heard a loud “BANG” coming from behind. They all swiftly turned their heads towards the sound and out came the oldest and most wise She-Goblin of the island, they all bowed their heads and quietly listened to what she had to say. “After months and months of searching through the book of magic and potion after potion, I have finally found the answer to put an end to this curse,” she said, confidence radiating through her voice however with a hint of exhaustion too. The She-Goblins started cheered and began whispering among each other what could answer to end this curse. The wise Goblin spoke again “ In order to end this curse we to make a potion but the most important ingredient is the heart of a married human male that has fallen for a goblin” “Luciphen you will be tasked to go into the human world and bring back the heart of a married man back, the fate of all of us relies on you” with those last words she disappeared into the fog. Luciphen the She-Goblin was left awestruck to have relied upon such a mission.

Luciphen, flew to the city of Ceylon and landed in a dark forest and with a snap of fingers she transformed from a green scary looking goblin to a beautiful young woman with long black hair, green eyes, bright olive skin, long dark eyelashes and wore a very revealing dress. Her voice also changed from a raspy deep voice and a more gentle and sultry feminine voice. Luciphen decided to go look for her bait at the local pubs as that is where the wise Goblin had told her men liked to hang out. Luciphen flirted and used all her skills to trap a married man but the mission became harder than what she had imagined no married man had fallen for her advances and would respectfully show her their wedding ring. She was getting tired and angry at being rejected, however, she decided to go once more to a pub that she had not visited. And luck was on her side, as she flirted with a man running her fingers through his body, the male became more and more intrigued with her. They began to have a love affair and after a few days Luciphen was sure the man had fallen deeply for her, she decided it was time to take him back to the island. That night when they met in a cabin for their usual love meeting Luciphen asked the male to run away with her and leave his family at first the man reclined and said he couldn’t but lust and temptation took over him and agreed to go with her tomorrow night.

The next night when he arrived, eager to flee with the most beautiful women in town. If only he knew of what the future held for him. Through a kiss, Luciphen cast a spell on the men that made fall into a deep sleep. She quickly picked him up and turned into a large bird and began her journey back to the island. When she got back the man was still asleep, the rest of the She-Goblins gathered around cheerful to see her return. She walked over to the Wise-Goblin and put the man in front of her. Before, they could take his heart the man awoke and saw himself tied down surrounded by Goblins. Fear grew in his eyes, as he screamed for help and Luciphen for maybe she had been captured by the goblins too but was surprised when she walked up to him with no distress or fear shown upon her. He gave her a questioning look and before he could speak, she transformed back into her Goblin from before his eyes. The man was so shocked and scared that he lost all ability to speak. She came up to his ear and whispered, “Haven’t you learned to never fall for temptation now your heart will truly belong to me” the man realized what he had done but it was too late for regrets because Luciphen stuck her hands through his chest and pulled his heart out.

The potion was created with the man’s heart and poured over the heart of the island. The island grew green again with plenty of food and He- Goblins stopped dying the curse had been uplifted.

Authors note: This story was inspired by Goblin City from The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse. The city of Ceylon and Goblins came from this story and also the plot of how She-Goblins would lure male travels to eat them. There was many changes but a lot of the inspiration from the original story can still be seen.