Prompt: Sunshine
| Genre:
Fantasy | Word
count: 250 words
Einarr glanced at her furtively. When he heard the sound of
flapping wings approach him, he busied himself.
“Why don’t you talk to her?”
Einarr snorted, “Now you sound just like her.”
“Oh you humans are such big fools! I wonder why we even
bother.”
Einarr rounded on him, “Then why did you?! She was....” He
looked back at her, clenched his fist, “We were fine before you came. But now?
We are on the run for weeks! She is... what is
she staring at all day?”
Raven straightened himself, his head arched. Einarr gulped.
“You need to grow up, boy. Her life depends on it,” he said
before flying away.
Einarr gaped. He looked back at her, his heart fluttering.
***
She felt someone shake her. Startled, she turned around.
“Let’s go.”
She nodded. Got up. Followed him. But the voices didn’t
leave.
***
Bright red berries glistened in the sunlight that streamed
in through the perfect circle in the clouds. But the house was silent. No trace
of any footprints.
“When did that open up?”
“We... we don’t know, sir.”
He arched his brow, “You don’t know? It’s your job to know.
Do you know what I do to those who don’t do their jobs?”
The rotta that
wasn’t a rotta quivered.
The man kicked the pathetic animal into the circle of light.
It screamed as its skin hissed and burned to ashes.
“Find them. And bring them back alive. If you don’t...” he pointed to the pile of ash.
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