Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Writer Wednesday Flash Fiction - The Road Not Taken

NaBloPoMo Post #30

Prompt: The Road Not Taken


The road not taken leads me into trouble. Again.  And this time, literally. What can I say, my curiosity overpowers my reasonable side. Time and time again. So instead of taking the sunny bright path to find my runaway cat, I of course chose to take the creepy dark road overgrown with strange plants and sinister old trees.

“Buffy, where the hell are you?” Yes, my cat is named Buffy. The vampire-hunting, butt-kicking Buffy. Because I think that if my cat turned into a person, she would totally be a kick-ass chick.

A few pairs of glowing eyes stare at me from both sides of the path. 

“You better not have eaten Buffy,” I say to them, my voice bolder than what I feel. They just blink and keep staring.
I keep walking until I reach a dark lake. Mist is rising above it in spades. Very dramatic. Even more dramatic is the mermaid sitting on a large boulder in the middle. She flaps her green scaly tail at me and giggles. The mermaids here have the brain power of twelve a year-old. 

I’m about to pass her because I have no interest in mindless talk just now, but I pause to ask her if she saw Buffy.

“Oooo, a kitty. They are so cute,” the bubble head mermaid says. “You know, kitties don’t like water.” 
Great, she’s a fountain of useless, and unsolicited, knowledge. 

I’m about to walk away when the mist lifts a bit and I see Buffy curled up on her lap.

“Can I have my cat back please,” I ask her, my words dripping with honey. 

“Come and get her,” the mermaid says and giggles again. 

Ugh, great. She wants to play. Now I have to get wet.  I slowly proceed to step into the water. It’s weirdly warm and I plunge in. My head deeps below the inky depth and I feel water entering my nose.

I start coughing and open my eyes. I’m in my bed. Buffy is sitting on top of my chest and persistently licks my nose.

5 comments:

  1. Now that is a twist on the dark path at night, love it! I also love the idea of mermaids being a bit bubbled headed. Too awesome! And ewe, my cat does that if I sleep to heavy...

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  2. LOL Glad you liked it. I had a bit of a block today with the flash fiction and then it just flowed out.
    My cat just stands on top of my head and screams at me until I either figure out what he wants or let him under the covers lol

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  3. This is fantastically written! Oh, and does this post wrap up your nablopomo challenge?

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  4. Thank you Rebecca! :) Yes, today is actually the last post. It was great to do the challenge and finish it.

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  5. YA! YA! YA! As in YOUNG ADULT! You NEED to write a YA story pronto. I'm serious. You have an amazing and natural talent for a teen voice - and I mean that as a compliment. :D

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