No Risk too Great for Fame and Fortune!
Rubble tumbled from a mine into the stream like rocky vomit from a sick giant. Smoke and ash drifted on the breeze. As she ran with her heavy pack, Laruna coughed and swiped sweat from her eyes.
At her back, a roar seemed to shatter the burning sky. The stones shifted, and she fell. Gasping, she scrabbled upright and rushed into the mine.
Gravel showered from the ceiling. Laruna raced downward through stony hail. The tunnel narrowed, and the light failed. Roars shook the earth, but the passage here seemed firm.
She shrugged off her pack and rummaged for a wizard’s flare. The wand flashed with a cold, violet light. She braced the light between stones, reached back into her pack, and withdrew a ruby as large as her fist, the Dragon’s Eye. Laruna smiled. She’d risked her life, but was now, indisputably, the greatest thief in the realm.
Grit sifted down in her face. Laruna shoved the ruby back before shouldering her gear.
Eerie noises echoed from the dark. She fetched the flare, drew her dagger, and went down, hoping to find another exit before her food and water ran out.
Just another adventure to bolster her fame.
Sunday Photo Fiction: 200-word stories
Photo prompt: The first photo credited to The Mixed Bag. The second photo is from Pixabay.
The meta-story: I wrote this as a 300-word flash using the first picture (on testosterone) and the words mine, stream, and maple as prompts from writing.com. I then cut it down to 200 to link at SPF. Maple didn’t make the cut. 🙂
July 3, 2017 at 5:57 pm
Fun story. Loved it.
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July 3, 2017 at 6:22 pm
Thank you. 🙂
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July 3, 2017 at 7:48 pm
Great action scene, that was fun to read! Laruna seems like someone who’s gotten herself out of worse messes than this before (and probably put herself into those, too). 🙂
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July 3, 2017 at 8:34 pm
Thank you. I had fun writing that. 🙂
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July 4, 2017 at 4:28 am
Action packed scene. Loved this no end, Kecia.
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July 4, 2017 at 9:10 am
So glad you liked it, neel. I enjoyed writing it. Thank you.
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July 4, 2017 at 8:44 am
A thief, I did not expect that.
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July 4, 2017 at 9:21 am
Thanks for reading, Michael. I wonder what you thought the threat from behind/above was? I really appreciate your comments each week. ~Kecia
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July 4, 2017 at 11:26 am
Kecia I did wonder, I thought that she may be being chased by a dragon. Mike
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July 4, 2017 at 11:35 am
👍👍👍
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July 5, 2017 at 2:33 pm
Lots of action. I love fantasy thief characters. Well done.
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July 5, 2017 at 3:34 pm
As do I. I write them too often, I’m afraid. Thank you.
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July 5, 2017 at 9:05 pm
I tend to write the thieves and assassins:)
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July 7, 2017 at 9:48 am
A thrill-a-minute in this story, Kecia. Lot’s of action. I thought at first she was an innocent victim. What a great twist that she was a thief. Good writing. 🙂 — Suzanne
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July 7, 2017 at 11:48 am
Thank you. Very kind of you to say so.
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July 13, 2017 at 4:42 am
Great story Kecia. Reminds me of Tomb Raider.
Cutting 100 words from a story is no easy feat. But you did it, and still left it exciting and readable. Well done.
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July 13, 2017 at 7:26 am
I haven’t played Tomb Raider, but have watched it, and video games are a big inspiration to me. I love action! Thank you.
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