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Flash Fiction #521 -- The Long Way Home/20

 Rory knew that people tried to grab the horse and stop them, and Jamison cursed and shouted for them to get out of the way. Until then, Rory hadn't been sure who had taken him up on the horse and -- so far -- saved his life.Rory thought they would break through until he felt a surge of magic. He hadn't the strength nor the time to counter it --The horse stopped and nothing more, except that the

Flash Fiction # 520 -- Ten Years! (Drabble)

 "I DID IT!"The giant plot bunny's scream sent cats flying.  I raised an eyebrow. "I'm working on The Long Way Home --"She shook her head, ears flopping.  "520.  Ten years."Musette was right.  I moved episode 20 down a week and wrote about the achievement."I'll be famous forever!" Musette declared.  "A flash fiction every week for ten years!""I wrote --" I began.She  stared into my eyes.  Did I

Flash Fiction #519 -- The Long Way Home/19

 Rory looked frantically from one side of the road to the other, trying to decide if he had enough strength to pull everyone out of the way in one fast sweep. Would he have better luck knocking down soldiers on one side or the other? Could he make a shield to stop --"Halt!" someone in the Euriday troops shouted. "Lay down arms."The Euriday army put their weapons at their feet. Everyone stared in

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Flash Fiction #518 -- The Long Way Home/19

 The others told him a few more things, most complaints from the troops. Supplies had not arrived, and they'd not prepared for a march of this length.They did not want to go up against the Sciwen troops."Some wisdom there," Andora said with a smirk. Rory laughed."What can you tell me about Unanik, Jamison?" Rory asked. " He wasn't someone I paid that much attention to since I arrived. I thought

Flash Fiction #517 -- The Long Way Home/17

 "Eket priest," Andora said, as though she only now remembered what they had discussed on the journey.  She paused, looked at the group, and then nodded.  "We go on."Rory would have gone on alone anyway and wondered if that might not have been a better idea.  Why hadn't he considered it?Too late now.  Rory didn't try to dissuade the others.  Besides, they'd come this far and faced a lot of

Flash Fiction #516 -- The Long Way Home/16

 The Euriday troops should have seen them on the ridge, but three things worked in their favor. First, Andora made quick work of destroying their prints. Second, a dense stand of ancient oak trees stood between the Euriday troops and them.The third was the half dozen deer that Rory conjured -- not real deer, but they ran off as the troops first appeared and no doubt convinced them that any

Flash Fiction #515 -- The Long Way Home/15

 Rory stopped and signaled the others to be still. That wasn't to keep them from being spotted since they had already been seen. He just didn't want them to get in the way.The figure stood. Human. That didn't make him any less dangerous.Her.That gave Rory an idea of what he saw, and this could go any way at this point. He hadn't thought they were that far south and inland, but this must be at

Flash Fiction #514 -- The Long Way Home/14

 They had covered the table, and some of the benches, with papers, all of which had official seals. Rory found nothing remotely important enough to have gone to the trouble of hiding them.Rory leaned back and glared at the papers, a look not lost on his two companions. Then he stopped and picked up a piece --"This is Alis's writing. Not Ambassador Tranthin's hand. There was no reason for Alis to

Flash Fiction # 513 -- The Long Way Home/13

 "Zorian," Rory said with a touch of frustration. There was no doubt about the voice."Admiral Zorian, if you don't mind.""Well, that's a step up from gutter snipe," Rory replied and shifted slightly. The room went silent, and Jamison looked as though he thought Rory had gone mad. "Do you mind letting go? I did get stabbed in the shoulder.""Damn. Sorry." Zorian released Rory's arm and turned him