Today in Drabble
Wednesday something a bit different. I bring you three stories, three settings,
one person in three alternate world circumstances…
Anticipation
For the moment she is
alone.
She looks in the
mirror. The bright sun streams in the window, casting sparkles over her beaming
reflection. She smiles. Everything is perfect. Just as she imagined. Outside
the door she can hear the commotion of the day, the voices, the chatter.
Soon it will begin.
She leave this room, this temporary respite from what was to come, these last
few moments of simply her.
A knock echoes on her
rumination. It is time. She picks up her bouquet, and opens the door. Her
father stands there, waiting.
The wedding march
begins to play.
~*~
Apprentice
For the moment she is
alone.
She looks in the
mirror. The fading sun streams in the small window, illuminating the faint scar
on her cheek. She examines her appearance. Everything is perfect. Not a button
out of place on her regalia. This day will happen just as she imagined.
Outside the door there
is silence. All her fellow students and teachers will be assembled on the training
grounds for the ceremony. Soon it will begin.
A knock sounds, and
she opens the door.
An officer of the
Royal Guard awaits her, ready to escort her to her induction ceremony.
~*~
Annihilation
For the moment she is
alone.
She looks in the dusty
mirror. The sun streams past the cracked window, casting shadows on her pale reflection.
She wants to cry. Everything is ruined. Nothing has gone as she imagined.
Outside the door she
hears commotion, roaring voices, the sound of shooting, screams. Here, in her
temporary refuge, she wonders how it came to this. To war. To genocide.
She picks up her gun
and stares at the cold metal. One bullet left.
As ferocious pounding
slams against the door, she knows it’s too late. They’ve found her.
A gunshot rings out.
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