Awoken

I'm doing flash fiction for this year's A to Z challenge, hope you enjoy!


Awoken:



I approached the old, weathered slab, a cross etched into the stone. I heaved it to one side, panting with the effort. The light from my torch shone on the exposed ground, revealing plenty of dirt but nothing out of the ordinary, but I knew what would be found, buried beneath.

The sound of my shovel digging into the hard ground filled the silent night as I worked slowly, careful not to damage anything that might lie under the soil.

That’s when I saw it; the top of a skull, gleaming in the light of the full moon above. I extracted it carefully, brushing the soil from the eye sockets. I put it to one side, then carefully extricated the rest of the bones, laying them by the skull. When I’d got them all, I stood back and gazed at my discovery. A big part of our sleepy little village’s history, right in front of me.

The bones began to glow, and I backed away, glancing all around to see if someone was shining a light on them, but the glow seemed to be coming from within the bones themselves. The light became so bright I could no longer make them out; suddenly it shot upwards, out of the canopy of the trees, hurtling through the sky like a shooting star.

When I looked back at the ground, the bones had gone.

Comments

  1. Great piece of writing, I could see it all happening. All the best for the challenge.

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  2. Now you have me wondering what your digger has awoken :)

    Sophie
    Sophie's Thoughts & Fumbles
    FB3X
    Wittegen Press

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  3. Ooh, now I want to know what happens next! What were the bones? What was the light?
    Tasha
    Tasha's Thinkings | Wittegen Press | FB3X (AC)

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  4. What a great piece of flash!

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  5. Well Done Miss Laura . . . . . I hate it when I dig up bodies and they do that.

    Rob Z Tobor

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  6. Ooh, creepy--glowing bones that then become stars? That's what I like to imagine happened anyways. A constellation of bones sounds like a story in its own right.

    Great little story, Laura. :)

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  7. I like this, all creepy. I wasn't expecting that ending. :-)

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  8. Lesson learned. Don;t dig things up. They will only cause you problems. Better to leave them buried.

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  9. Oh, eerie and creepy...my favorite kind of story. I liked it!

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  10. Oh, eerie and creepy...my favorite kind of story. I liked it!

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  11. This is a great piece! Creepy and well written. Great start for A to Z!

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  12. But, but, but...where did they go???

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  13. Creepy! This is a great story! :)

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  14. Great writing! Very cool! I could have continued reading for hours. :)

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  15. Wow! I guess she set them free by digging them up.

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  16. Yipes!! Waiting to find out what happened! (smile)

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  17. Cool. I can't decide whether it was a miracle or something scary and creepy.

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  18. Ejoyed that! Thanks for sharing - I'm A-Z Blogger number 596 Leaning On The Gate - and having great fun so far!

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  19. Brilliant start to the challenge! Looking forward to seeing what you do next.

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  20. Woah! Very intense. Maybe they weren't meant to be there.

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  21. Whattah..! why how sneaky of you, I want to know the rest of the story Grrr! Great start, looking forward to more flash fiction from you :)

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  22. Very nice start to the challenge. I'm looking forward to seeing tomorrow's post.

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  23. Great writing, quite enjoyable!

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  24. Oh good one! I bet the bones were glad to be un-earthed and returned to where they wanted to go!

    betty

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  25. I love flash fiction. This is a well written piece..loved it :)

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  26. Wow, I loved this. Great description, had me gripped to the end, well done.

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  27. I was reading your post sitting on the edge... suspense till the end.. it was nice to read...

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  28. This is great, Cathy! Can't wait to read more. :-)

    Cherdo
    www.cherdoontheflipside.com

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  29. Gr8 story..wondering what has been awoken

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  30. Gr8 story..wondering what has been awoken

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  31. Why do I get the feeling that's a bad thing...

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