
Bethany rubbed her ankle, although the soft moss beneath her had cushioned her fall, she’d still landed awkwardly; she stared wide-eyed at her surroundings: a swathe of swaying bluebells within a woodland glade, each painted with glassy dew; one thing was certain, she was no longer in the London garden where she and her sister, Bryony had been looking for the little folk.
Hearing voices, Bethany looked around to see two small figures, clad entirely in green, approaching – ‘look, brother,’ one said, ‘the golden-haired child, after all this time’ – the other replied, so quietly that Bethany could barely hear him, ‘hush, sister, wait until we’re sure what we’re dealing with.’
Bethany slowly rose to her feet, thankful that her injured ankle was stable, and took a few steps towards them, ‘I think I’m lost, can you help me please?’
The green-clad man glanced up at her and murmured, ‘if she’s come from Other World, we must tell the Owl-King.’
‘Other World? Owl-King? I don’t understand,’ Bethany held up her hands in confusion; she frowned, seeing them staring at them, ‘what’s wrong?’
‘She can’t be, brother,’ the green-clad woman’s face fell, ‘she isn’t wearing the travelling bracelet we left for her.’
Written in response to two challenges:
– Di of Pensitivity101‘s Wednesday’s Three Things Challenge – GLASS, CUSHION, TABLE
– Denise Farley of GirlieOnTheEdge‘s Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt – DEAL
Bryony, Bethany and Mr Eyre first appeared in my historical fantasy fiction novel, Following the Green Rabbit. They’ve been begging to go on another adventure and it looks like they’ve got their wish!
[…] on to the next episode… […]
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This is so interesting Chris, but too short!
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That’s flash fiction for you! 😉
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🥲
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awesome story chris! Really enjoyed it! X
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Thanks so much, Carol anne 😊
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Hmm, will we get to meet this Owl-King??
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I can already picture him… 🙂
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I shall look forward to meeting him, then!
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Great continuation, Chris! Looking forward to how this unfolds 🙂
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Thanks, Tom!
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Enter stage left the Owl King. You’ve taken this in such a good direction.
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Thanks, Matthew 🙂
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Loving this Chris!
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Thanks, Di 🙂
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🙂
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I’m hooked now
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Excellent! Just what we like to hear 🙂
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Simply delightful Chris. I’ve just read all three and I’m looking forward to episode four!
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Thanks very much, Keith!
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Intriguing 🤔
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I’m pleased you found it so! Thanks, Deb 🙂
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Such fun. I like this. Keep going, Chris.
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Thanks, Selma. Will do! 🙂
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I’m with Keith. Your fantasy story is a delight, Chris. “Travelling bracelet” indeed!
Say, where can I get one of those? lol
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Thanks, Denise! Travelling bracelets are available from the Other World Travel Store in the Magical Mall of All – next to World of Wands. 😉
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good one. really enjoyable.
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Thanks, Paul!
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I’ve always been a fan of fairy tales! New ones don’t get written often enough. Love it, and can’t wait for the next piece!
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An opportunity to let the imagination run wild… Thanks, CJ 🙂
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I wonder if that traveling bracelet is what they found last time. It looks like Bethany’s adventures are beginning.
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It could very well be, Frank… but hush, don’t tell everybody. 😉
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Those bracelets are such a good way of keeping track of people
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Ah, now I hadn’t thought of that, Larry! Tagged by faeries? Interesting… 🤔
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Oh good! This story continues. And begs for continuation.
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Definitely, D. I can’t leave it there…
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Like in those dream sequences in movies or when the protagonist is slowly regaining consciousness and the world presents greater and greater detail, very nicely done.
Favorite phrase.description? “…painted with glassy dew;”
(word envy is all that inspires in this particular Reader…lol)
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I’m pleased you enjoyed, Clark!
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Oh, dear. If she’s not the right one, i hope they send her safely back.
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Knowing Bethany, I’m sure she’d rather stay… for a little while, at least!
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Ahh, so it was the travel bracelet that Mr. Eyre found! 🤔🤔
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Now the cat’s definitely out of the bag!!
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Ooh,I DO like this!
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Excellent! I’m so pleased you do, Liz 🙂
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Captivating, Chris! 🙂 Looking forward to the next episode! ❤
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Thanks so much, Cheryl!
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Curioser and curioser said Alice. A great new episode.
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Don’t we just love a ‘rabbit hole’?! Thanks, Robbie!
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Good one, Chris. Bracelets and owl-kings and brothers and sisters working it out 🙂
What a pretty line: “a swathe of swaying bluebells within a woodland glade”
Loving the ongoing fairy lore here!
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Thanks very much, Ford! 🙂
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Oh, this is good, Chris!
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I’ve been having fun with this.. you can probably tell 🙂
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As a reader, I can sense how much you’ve enjoyed working on this. I can’t wait to read more–this week, hopefully will see a wee bit of time to catch up with where you are on it now.
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