Today's #flashfiction #ATaleOfThreeCities

“Just put your mind to it.”

Woody Woodpecker* #quote

Today I read words with letters that were all inside sentences. Anyway onto the flash fiction!

A Tale Of Three Cities

        Three cities and two rivers in one valley. All in a line. If you wanted to travel from West to East you would go through them all. First you would hit Stonewood City, then the Crying River which would lead to the Silver City in the middle. After the Silver City came the Nesting River, named after the large amount of birds flying south that would nest there. And finally the third city in the East was Garden City.

       Silver City held the greatest economy of all three cities. Being in the middle it took trade from the other two cities as well as it's own work and held access to both river's water. The guarded church bell of the city was made from pure silver, giving the city its name. At least that's what most people thought. In truth a man funded the start of the town with a little silver and after the town turned to a city they created the bell.

Many silver attractions adorned the city. People were allowed to gamble in the city for silver. Generations passed and the city created a culture and legacy. The towns around it merely became facilitators for the trade town. It benefited from them and sometimes they benefited from the tourists going to it.

      But the Earth didn't see it fit that Silver City stand. An earthquake struck. Earthquakes hit the city, but none as massive as this one. Buildings collapsed. The silver bell fell down the church tower. The quake started fires that spread. The bridges leading into the city from both rivers crumpled. Silver City was torn to shreds. Eighty percent of the people inside the crowded trade city that day died.

      It took a decade and half but something makes the world move even more than disasters and quakes. Economics dictated that the bridges be rebuilt. Then people put rest stops and outposts over the ruined cities. And over time New Silver City was born over the ash and debris of the disaster.