ThePinkTeenager t1_jdatcl2 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 1:34 AM Reply to [CW] Flash Fiction Challenge: An Enclave and a Figurine by Cody_Fox23 I looked at the map. "We're almost there." I said. "Just need to get into the village." "There's an entrance, right?" said Jack. "Somewhere." After about an hour of searching, we found it- an ancient stone gate nestled between two mountains. It was closed, but not locked. "You have the Lady, right?" I asked. "Yup." "Good." I opened the gate and followed a dirt road to the cluster of houses. On the way, we passed a villager. "Who are you?" she asked. "Charlie and Jack." I said. The woman looked skeptical. Clearly, this place didn't get many visitors. "What's your business?" Jack pulled the Lady out of his backpack. "This figurine came with a map that led here." The woman looked at the Lady in awe. "It can't be..." Soon, the entire village was crowded around us, talking over one another. After some time, I shouted "WHO'S IN CHARGE?" Everyone went quiet. An old man said, "I am. My name is Chief Rafael." "Well, Chief, have you seen this before?" I pointed to the Lady. He nodded. "It is Goddess Bettina- guardian spirit of our village. But why do you have it?" "It was in my basement." I said. Rafael looked at me analytically. "Who are your grandparents?" I told him, then asked why. "Many years ago, we had too many children. Some of them left the village for homes elsewhere. One was named Eleanora." "My grandmother?" I asked. "I believe so." "She died 20 years ago. I never knew..." "This means you are one of us. Welcome." Permalink 2
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Reply to [CW] Flash Fiction Challenge: An Enclave and a Figurine by Cody_Fox23
I looked at the map. "We're almost there." I said. "Just need to get into the village."
"There's an entrance, right?" said Jack.
"Somewhere."
After about an hour of searching, we found it- an ancient stone gate nestled between two mountains. It was closed, but not locked.
"You have the Lady, right?" I asked.
"Yup."
"Good."
I opened the gate and followed a dirt road to the cluster of houses. On the way, we passed a villager. "Who are you?" she asked.
"Charlie and Jack." I said.
The woman looked skeptical. Clearly, this place didn't get many visitors. "What's your business?"
Jack pulled the Lady out of his backpack. "This figurine came with a map that led here."
The woman looked at the Lady in awe. "It can't be..."
Soon, the entire village was crowded around us, talking over one another. After some time, I shouted "WHO'S IN CHARGE?"
Everyone went quiet. An old man said, "I am. My name is Chief Rafael."
"Well, Chief, have you seen this before?" I pointed to the Lady.
He nodded. "It is Goddess Bettina- guardian spirit of our village. But why do you have it?"
"It was in my basement." I said.
Rafael looked at me analytically. "Who are your grandparents?"
I told him, then asked why.
"Many years ago, we had too many children. Some of them left the village for homes elsewhere. One was named Eleanora."
"My grandmother?" I asked.
"I believe so."
"She died 20 years ago. I never knew..."
"This means you are one of us. Welcome."