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The Lone Bird
“ Ouch ! Uncle I told you several times not to pinch me or I will complain to mom”, I shouted at my uncle who was training us how to fly. He gave a dirty crowish look and once again pinched me. “Dear mother’s pet , better do your exercise properly or next time it would be a kick on your lazy back!” He lifted his crow feet to kick me but smartly I ducked.The drill continued. “Stretch your Left wing , right wing stretch, flap, flap, fold your legs, head forward and take off”, shouting my uncle supervised a dozen of us learning to fly long hours. This entire activity was to prepare us for the up ...
No greater stakes
This year was going to suck.I knew that. I’d known that for years.The trials were beginning, and soon, Keith Harrison would be next in line.Well, Keith Harrison, was me. 18 years old, everyone always told me that I had my whole life ahead of me, my mom just told me that I had time. Time, no one ever really knew how much of it they had left, and for me, time was running out.The trials were held every five years, whoever was 18 on those years, would probably hate their birthday. The Kesians, or “Keys” would round up every single 18-year-old in all of Atlantia, and throw them into a controlled oc...
Descent
“Something's wrong with the pumping station,” Tadia said. Her eye was fixated on a blinking red light. The rest of the panel was cold and black. Irvine Cobb looked up from the alarm and out at the barren lunar surface. It had turned gray as the sun passed but it would soon be lit up in warm yellows when the sun rose. Tadia swore under her breath. In twenty four hours she was scheduled to see her children and husband on Pisces 1, have dinner, watch the water flow from orbit into the lunar lake they had spent a year planning. Now the red light blinked back on her face, over and over, monotono...
Trees and their apples
It was a crisp afternoon in September. Gabriella was busy at work at her clinic, when all of a sudden a person walked in. Normally, this wouldn’t surprise her. Many people walk in all the time, but this person was different. Their hazel eyes sparkled, looking directly at her. Their black hair shone under the fluorescent lights. She looked down shyly, trying to get back to work. “Hey Gabriella” they said, pushing their hair back. “H-hi..” she said, tucking her hair behind her ear, wondering how they knew her name. “Your name tag. It says Gabriella. That’s how I knew your name if you w...