“I forgot to send him a card for father's day!”
Luke Skywalker* #quote
Today I read on the Internet that things will happen. Better panic.
Because when somebody tell you they read that something will happen
from the forever reliable source that is the Internet you must panic.
Anyway onto the flash fiction!
I Wished To Save The World
I once wished I could save the world. Well I wished it many times. I
really wanted a grand adventure or something. I live in a world of
dragons and wizards so that could of thing could happen. A normal
girl like me could go on any adventure.
I did get my wish granted to save the world.
I was at the marketplace in town. The same bustling marketplace that
was boring for me but exciting for any traveler. I could see the
king's castle in the distance. So magnificent. But as I did every
Tuesday I just sat at the fruit stand, trying to sell fruit. Being a
pretty girl I could actually sell a good amount of fruit compared to
my dad, the experienced salesman. While I was peddling fruit and
waiting for Dad to return for his shift I saw a wizard walking along
through the marketplace. He was with knights and other upper class
people. I could tell he must have been in the employ of the king. The
people gazed at him. Then swarmed around him. The presence of a
wizard was a spectacle. He tried to ignore the people. The knights
worked to push away the crowds without using violence. The crowds
were smart enough to not dog pile the wizard.
However someone got close. Someone I noticed because they had that
look. The look of a thief.
Thieves try to adapt a face of “I'm minding my own business”
before pickpocketing. So many people have tried to swipe fruit from
the edges of the stand and money from our pockets as we sell that
I've gotten accustomed to the it. I saw the thief go after the wizard
and manage to pickpocket his robes. I didn't know there were pockets
in there. Well I wouldn't be surprised if the wizard wore some suit
under there to carry everything. Robes were largely decorative and
ceremonial.
I dashed for the thief before he could get too far away from the
wizard. I tackled the theif to the ground. He was a scrawny man.
Probably to slip into the crowds. He had taken some sort of potion.
The wizard and knights saw me tackle the man down and the wizard
walked up took out his wand and cast a spell on the thief. The thief
couldn't move. I think it was some kind of paralyzing spell.
“Young lady, I don't know if you understand what you did...that
thief was a hired professional. Hired by the Nightmare Clan of
wizards. That potion is a spell component in one of my most powerful
spells. A spell that will stop their wicked plans. You're good deed
may have saved the world. I thank you.” The wizard, who was many
ranks higher than me in the class system of our land, bowed to me.
It wasn't exactly an adventure, but I got my wish.
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