Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers
Writing challenge week 5. This weeks photo prompt provided by pixabay.com
“PACT”
Garnet and Damon stood by the large castle window. This was the place they stood to reinforce their pact to each other every day.
Now, after six years of captivity they were still fighting for their freedom. Having been kidnapped by Mr. Marshall when they were eight years old, they knew very little about the real world. Their world consisted of constant training to fight, and they were soon to be assigned their first mission.
Even at the young age of eight they knew they didn’t want to be forced into the militia. On the first day of their captivity they made a secret pact between them. It was to be strong, learn everything they could and prepare to use that knowledge against their captor.
They stared down at the lifeless body of Mr. Marshall and neither of them had even an ounce of remorse!
(145 Words)
Copyright © Written by Jessie Cross ~ All rights reserved
This is in response to a challenge hosted by Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers. The goal is to write a story between 100-150 (give or take 25 words) based on the provided photo.
Great story! I’m glad everything he was teaching the boys about being in a militia turned against him! Serves him right. I enjoyed reading this. I have a question. How did you get your drawings to go into your sidebar as a grid?? I have some drawings I would love to do that with, but I don’t know how.
I enjoyed your story. 🙂
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Thank you so much. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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I did! 🙂
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Joy you need the plugin Image(jetpack) and you cab choose to do a slide show like I have on two of my blogs or toy can do a grid. It’s all in the setup. 🙂
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Sorry, I guess I don’t know what you’re talking about.
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You had aaked how to get your pictures on you’re site.
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Oh okay, now I know what you are referring to. My brain works slow. lol
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that was a great take on the prompt Jessie – very original, and I like the ending 🙂
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Thank you, I’m happy that you enjoyed it.
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I loved how this unfolded… he got what was coming! Good job 🙂
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Thank you. You’re right, he absolutely got what was coming to him.
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Yay, the good guys won! Well done 🙂
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Thanks so much. I’m glad you liked it.
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Ah, it took them going as far as ending a life to take theirs back.
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Yes, that is the sad part. They were really pushed into doing that. I appreciate your commenting.
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This is a really nice story, they won in the end. But it is bit sad still because I feel like they lost something as well, their compassion.
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Thank you for commenting. I guess they had no room for compassion at that particular moment since they spent many years of their young life trying to get free. However, I’d like to think that they did have compassion for others.
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So all that military training of his captives backfired on Mr. Marshall … What a fitting ending, Jessie. Nicely done. 🙂
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He got what he deserved and the irony of it is, he trained them to do it! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for commenting.
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Good story Jessie. I am glad that they escaped.
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Thank you, I’m glad your enjoyed it. It was a sad way for them to escape, but sometimes there are no other options.
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This is a brilliant imaginative story that uses the photo prompt fully . The two captives who learnt to kill and bided their time to exact revenge are now free to roam as deadly killers to get into many more adventures, You have a mini series leading to at least one book here Jesse ~ Good luck!
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Great story and great title. Loved the ending too.
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Thank you so much for your comment. I never thought about a mini series, but it sounds like a great idea! Now, you’ve really got me thinking.
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Oh good! I wasn’t sure if they’d just escape when they went on their first mission, but I guess killing him was a better revenge.
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Thank you for your comment. Actually, I tend to believe that killing him was their only escape sience they would be sent on a mission and I had in mind that they would not be on this mission by themselves and the others were probably already brainwashed toward this type of activity.
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so many dark stories inspired by this photo. Glad yours had a happy ending!
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Thank you. I had to really study the photo to come up with something and when I enlarged the photo looking for some special part of it I had my beginning and had to work from that. I looked at the front part of the building but nothing seemed to fit.
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Hi Jessie! I just wanted to stop by and thank you for participating in these challenges. I sure hope you will continue! I enjoy reading your stories! PJ
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Thank you so much. I really enjoy the challenge and enjoy reading posts from the others. It is facinating to see how differently people write and the amazing ideas they come up with. I’m looking forward to more.
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Jessie,
Nice story! I guess Mr. Marshall trained them too well, or at least underestimated them. I’m curious what they will do next. There is a lot of back history hinted at here. Really well done.
-David
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Thank you so much for your comment. I’m glad you like it. I’m considering adding chapters, but I’m not sure which way I want to go with this yet.
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