The Woman Who Moved | Part 6
Women with the power to stop time are the heroes of this story!
I’m co-writing this round-robin style challenge with two friends on Steemit, @mandelsage and @lilyraabe, the only real rule is we are not to consult with each other between rounds, which throws some challenges of its own. Lucky @lilyraabe jumped in to save the day and swapped parts with me. The story should end with @mandeldage in Part 7, but you never know, we haven't been all that good at following the rules... lol... I hope you enjoy it!
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Although no one could explain why I had aged two years in what seemed like an instant to them, I knew, I had lived those two years in between those moments in time, the first few months scared, bored and depressed before growing adventurous and then getting bored again. That’s when I bumped into the red woman, Ygrid.
Finally I had someone who I could talk to that could possibly explain some of what was happening, but soon after she arrived, she disappeared again leaving an unimaginable scene before me with no way to rectify it, or so I thought. Ygrid had another option which started to shed some light on the purpose to this whole adventure. You see Ygrid had the option to take someone’s time, to weave in and out of moments in time and take time from individuals as she deemed necessary.
A responsibility I was only just starting to grasp the enormity of soon after making that first decision to take that man’s time. Ygrid was waiting for me outside looking impatient, as soon as I exited the house she walked off not even looking back to see if I was following her. I was of course as I hadn’t seen another breathing soul in months, I had so many questions I didn’t know where to start and every time I went to speak I seemed lost for words.
We walked in silence for what felt like hours but given the sun never moved it was always hard to tell just how much time had passed, I tended to follow my stomach and right now it was telling me I was hungry, so imagine my surprise when I walked straight into Ygrid, who had stopped outside a shop I had never seen before, it had an exquisitely carved set of doors that took up the whole shop front.
The closer I looked the more captivated I became, there was movement, as I went to touch it, it changed to a solid and Ygrid was at my side shaking her head. She pressed her palm to a cog and the door swung open to reveal a humble abode set up for one. Ygrid laid out some food and set about making a pot of tea, it was only when the kettle boiled that I realised time no longer stood still.
In my excitement I jumped up from my chair and burst out the door only to find everything silent and still frozen in time. When I turned back to face the shop, it no longer existed. I was left standing in the street to wonder if I had finally lost the plot and imagined everything.
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