She stared at the fallen figure, in spite of its crumbling facade she saw the power and beauty that was disintegrating and rejoining the sands of the great desert.
"So this is all that remains?" she questioned aloud, her master nodded but remained silent "I thought there would be more" her voice shrank with the words.
"You had to see with your own eyes to know the truth, whilst it still remains to be seen. Your people were capable of unimaginable feats, but it was all destroyed - all but this." the master stated.
"Who was she?" the young girl questioned.
"She united the people against the Ogren, she gave the people a chance for alone all would have perished to their wrath and together they held for three years. Until the end when she led the armies into battle knowing they would not survive, allowing others to escape she was the reason thousands survived including yourself - she was your mother." her masters eyes welled with tears.
What is a Flash Fiction?
Flash fiction is not a short story, short stories are completed tales with all the story there on the page.
Whereas flash fiction is like a snapshot of a story, it can be set during the beginning, middle or end of a story - but it isn't the whole picture just a short part of the text that can stand alone.
The goal here is to set the scene, establish characters and build a storyline - and hopefully leave the reader imagining what is going to happen next.
Each flash fiction piece is inspired by a picture or image that I will include in the post, and from that the story is built or at least a fragment or moment within the story.
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