In Time... (standard:fantasy, 938 words)
Author: kobe xienth	Added: Aug 18 2002	Views/Reads: 3113/2053	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
An old story about the Watcher and what powers he controls in the everyday bustle of life...

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chuckling.  ‘How glad I am not one of those embarrassing beasts.'  His 
disgusted amusement turned to loneliness.  ‘And yet I wish I was one of 
them.' 

~*~ 

She ran through the vast plain with her spear held high.  The kangaroo
jumped swiftly beside her.  A low whistle pierced the air and she 
stopped in mid-run.  She called to the kangaroo and they turned and 
sped toward the sound. 

“Laura!  Time to eat!” 

“Okay Mum!  Let me clean up first.” 

Laura washed her hands in the small creek, which flowed next to her and
her mother's small cottage.  She ran to the cottage, grabbed the bowl 
from the windowsill, set it on the ground, and went inside.  She passed 
a shelf full of miniature glass dragons and paused to look at them; the 
same way that she had when she was little.  They reminded her of her 
father.  He had brought them from all over the world.  He had given 
them to her for each of her birthdays.  There were sixteen of them.  
But she was seventeen.  And her birthday had passed.  Tears filled her 
eyes as the memories came floating back.  His screams flooded her ears. 


“Laura!  Get back in the boat!”  She could hardly hear him yelling over
the howl of the wind.  Her body felt like a million bricks.  She 
struggled to keep her head above the surface. 

“Daddy come back!” 

“I will Sweetheart!”  He took his last breath and disappeared beneath
the water. 

“Laura, sit down Honey.  Let's eat.” 

Laura snapped back to reality.  She wiped away a tear quickly and sat
down at the table. 

‘Aww... Her daddy died.  Well that's too bad...' He stroked his long
white beard and thought.  His gray eyes shined with interest as he 
watched her intensely. 


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