Prompt: Canopy
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Genre: Fantasy | Word count: 200 words
“She’s tired! We should find someplace to rest!” the man
said holding the hunched-over woman as she reached.
“Fála is on our trail,” Raven said softly to the woman.
Her eyes widened. Straightening up, she held the man’s hand,
“I’m fine. We should move.”
***
Fála walked along the edge of the circle of light. Bending
down, she picked up some dirt and smelled it. Her eyes shot up to a tall dead
tree, some fifty feet away. “Raven”, she smiled to herself.
***
”Runa! Look!”
Runa looked up from the ground to see Einarr pointing
forward. Turning, she saw it too.
A line of trees.
A tear rolled down her face. She put her hand on her belly,
“That’s home, dear.”
***
Fála stood on the hillock. The Magnolia tree stood tall and
proud in the meadow before her.
Her lips bulled back when she saw the army of
creatures behind her, cowering in fear. She nodded to one of the humans, “Burn
that tree to the ground!”
The human stepped down into the meadow toward the
century-old tree.
***
Einarr smiled as his breath rose into the shallow canopy of
trees, “Are we safe now?”
“No”, Raven looked behind, his eyes glassy.
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