Hello:
Me too, and keep it up! remember that the first thing is that you must be the first to feels confortable with your own creations, then it comes the rest of the world. Don't give up anything and accept the most ideas than you can get, from any source (of course your own ideas are the very very best), but the thing is, it is always fun to walk in the less transited path, we know fantasy is a very explored area of literature, so that can help you with your story too.
I myself am working in a story like yours, so I know exactly how you feel, so keep it up and the best of lucks!