Friday Fictioneer: End of the Tunnel
PHOTO PROMPT © Stephen Baum
“Light at the end of the tunnel, we’re dead aren’t we?”
“That means we’re almost there. Keep whining and I’ll be only one who survived this ordeal.”
“You promised Mom.”
“I promised I’d get you here. Didn’t promise what I’d do after that.”
“Thinks she’s all right?”
Rupert stopped. He was breathing hard. He refused to speak until he’d gathered his emotions. No good scaring the little guy more than he already was.
Buddy growled. He knew. Buddy was small, but he was fierce.
They might be the last dragons, but they’d take the kingdom down and be victorious.
The End
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Friday Fictioneers is a challenge to write a 100 word story from a picture prompt. It’s hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, anyone can play.
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Lt. Jessica M. Hewitt can’t find peace for her own life, yet her mission is to bring peace between two worlds 28 light-years apart. Her orders are to convince the rough Pegasus Colony that they are still an Earth colony.
Soon after she lands on the alien planet, her nonexistent negotiation skills immediately prove their worth, within seconds she’s failed. Their leader has walked out on her.
The colony wants nothing to do with their home planet. They’ve been on their own for over 300 years. They’re not about to give up their independence.
At last that’s what they say is the problem. But there’s something else going on.
Why has the Earth team has been exiled to the farther reaches of the colony habitat? Why are the colonists so secretive about one particular garden? What are they growing? And why will not one colonist speak to anyone from Earth.
Most importantly what will it take to convince the colonists to just speak to her? The answer to that question may cost Jessica her life.
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Nice, I wasn’t expecting dragons!
Me either. I just started writing and they showed up at the end.