It was so small a thing and yet inside it spun a light capable of destroying all life. Pulsing as it expanded, the World Killer spread its deadly illumination while I cowered in a corner. I felt around for something–anything–to break the glass and shatter its six perfect surfaces. My hands ran over rough stone sending pebbles skittering. Great, my only weapon against glittering death was a handful of rocks.
Hurtling them gave me something to do. As expected they disintegrated in the crystal’s expanding field. Purple rays scythed through the cave’s walls collapsing its ceiling as I crabbed into a side tunnel. Sunlight speared the gloom as dawn broke somewhere east of here where people lived ignorant of the coming apocalypse.
There had to be some way to disarm this thing. All magical constructs had a weakness. I just had to find this one’s before it destroyed us.
Well, she better hurry! This is exciting 😊
Thank you 😊
amazing..good
Thank you 🙂
another mysteriously thrilling fiction from you, Mel! 🙂
Thank you! I love writing about crystals. They are all over my stories about Shayari.
I noticed. 😀 <3
You’re very observant 😉
i’ve learned that in reading your series! 😀
😉 glad I could help
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Great premise, it doesn’t seem like there’s much hope, I hope she finds the weakness. Good writing.
Thank you. I have hope she’ll find a way.
She has the future of the world in her hands. I hope she can destroy it before it destroys her and everyone else! Great chilling story Melinda!
Thank you. I have faith in her. I think she’ll succeed
Something morphing? 😳 Hugs.
Sounds like it to me. Thank you!
Bravo. So short but packed with power.
Thank you 🙂
Wow, what a setup Melinda! I love the blend of suspense and humor. This character has all the chops of a main protagonist 😀 I especially loved this line: “Great, my only weapon against glittering death was a handful of rocks.” Made me chuckle ^_^
Thank you 🙂 She is the protag for a future story set in the past of my fantasy world. Now if only she’d tell me her name… sigh, shy characters drive me nuts!
Ahh LOL names are the wooorst. The amount of time I spend searching for the right name for my characters sigh.
I don’t name my characters anymore. I used to name them but they would change them. So now I just write referring to them as he or she until they tell me their names.
I do exactly the same! For 99% of my flash fictions and short stories, I just use He and She, unless a name instantly jumps out at me that feels right.
🙂 Yay we are on the same page 😉