The cavern glows with red-gold light. Long stalactites, broken stalagmites resonated the hue. She adjusts her knapsack, and steps into the luminescence. Her skin feels warm, radiating; yet her breath hangs in puffs on the chill air. A snap of her fingers sends off orange-streaked sparks. Her call, “Hello,” echoes back in waves of light and sound.
Finding a suitable rock, she sits, placing her knapsack by her feet. Closing her eyes, steadying her breath and heart beat, she lets her mind drift. Images of dragon’s fire, twirling wand, huge shadows against cavern walls played against her eye-lids. Silence was shattered by roars, magic incantations, clash of talon against shield, sword against scales. She sits for a minute or a millennium; she isn’t sure.
She opens her eyes, and takes out the mirror she brought. One glance tells the story. Her once clear hazel eyes now are shot through with flecks of gold; eyes glowing bright against the paleness of her face. Merlin’s Lair is said to hold residual magic from Ancient Times.
For Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt #writephoto deep
March 24, 2017 at 8:31 am
Ooh – I like this!
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March 24, 2017 at 9:25 am
Thank you, glad you liked my story.
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March 21, 2017 at 4:18 pm
Nice…there is always a feeling of magic in these places for me.
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March 22, 2017 at 7:42 am
Thanks — I haven’t visited many, but residual magic seems to cling to the walls.
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March 22, 2017 at 11:45 am
It does… and some look like they belong in another world :)
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March 19, 2017 at 9:29 pm
Exciting! I love the ending. So much potential for more :)
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March 19, 2017 at 3:48 pm
Great story!
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March 18, 2017 at 4:30 pm
I like the idea of sitting in the cavern and been taking elsewhere!
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March 19, 2017 at 12:26 am
Thank you. The image looked like the sort of place magic might lurk, and wait for someone to reawaken it.
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March 18, 2017 at 10:34 am
Cool – and well done …. at first, I was wondering if this could or might be part of the Culleen series, it might do, but even as it isn’t – there is fire and magic and mystery here – wonderful :)
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March 19, 2017 at 12:22 am
Thanks — I wrote a Culleen last week/prompt, I never posted. Not sure just where she is going — at least she isn’t telling me the whole story. She is stuck, for the moment, waiting to answer if she is ready for a real adventure. I hope so, and I wish she would tell me soon!
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March 20, 2017 at 12:34 pm
everything in due course and time, sometimes we just aren’t ready for what the characters have to say? …. either way, I’m sure she will let you know when both of you are ready
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