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Flash Fiction # 449 -- The Fae Underground/25

 The darkness was not utterly black.For the first few steps, I focused on the light ahead of me, so far in the distance that I couldn't guess how long it would take us to get there.  I could only see it as a distant point of brightness.  Maybe it was just tiny.Like we'd had that kind of luck so far.Then I noticed that the facade that I had thought was a solid black shifted in design and hue. 

Flash Fiction # 447 -- The Fae Underground/24

The closer we moved to the wall of darkness, the colder and darker it became.  I could see my breath, but only by the occasional flash of light back behind us.Yating had moved up beside me.  He brought a tiny ball of light to his hand.  "I think we had better be able to at least see where we put our feet.  I'll drop the spell if it seems to be creating a problem.""Yes.  Good idea," I said.  I

Flash Fiction # 448 -- The Fae Underground/24

The closer we moved to the wall of darkness, the colder and darker it became.  I could see my breath, but only by the occasional flash of light back behind us.Yating had moved up beside me.  He brought a tiny ball of light to his hand.  "I think we had better be able to at least see where we put our feet.  I'll drop the spell if it seems to be creating a problem.""Yes.  Good idea," I said.  I

Flash Fiction # 446 -- The Fae Underground/23

 I sorted out the groups in my mind, trying to decide how best to handle whatever we were facing.  Far behind us, hidden in the ground, the mass of Faeland beings hid in their huge cavern, most if not all of them without their natural leaders.  Next came a multitude of humans, not nearly as many as the others, but dangerous enough because they were, well, humans.  The Queen and Yating held them

Flash Fiction # 447 -- The Fae Underground/23

 I sorted out the groups in my mind, trying to decide how best to handle whatever we were facing.  Far behind us, hidden in the ground, the mass of Faeland beings hid in their huge cavern, most if not all of them without their natural leaders.  Next came a multitude of humans, not nearly as many as the others, but dangerous enough because they were, well, humans.  The Queen and Yating held them

Flash Fiction # 445 -- The Fae Underground/22

 Lycan was the one who said what was in my mind."Running," he said.  "Running would be very good about now."I gave a quick nod of agreement.  There was just one problem."We can't run back and disrupt the Queen's work.  They have us blocked off in other directions.  Our only choice is to run straight ahead.""Sounds good to me," Sylph said.I glanced her way.  She was serious.  So was Lycan.  And it

Flash Fiction # 446 -- The Fae Underground/22

 Lycan was the one who said what was in my mind."Running," he said.  "Running would be very good about now."I gave a quick nod of agreement.  There was just one problem."We can't run back and disrupt the Queen's work.  They have us blocked off in other directions.  Our only choice is to run straight ahead.""Sounds good to me," Sylph said.I glanced her way.  She was serious.  So was Lycan.  And it

Flash Fiction #445 -- The Fae Underground/21

 We stepped out into the utter darkness that we had left behind in the Fae Lands.  Somehow it felt more forbidding here.  Colder.  I thought about the humans huddled in the cavern below, bringing all the light they could find, setting up their watch against the darkness.And fighting each other because humans were territorial and prone to overreaction whenever they faced danger.  I'd done my best

Flash Fiction #444 -- The Fae Underground/20

 My leg gave way.  I hadn't expected it after all the insanity that I'd already gone through, but apparently, being dragged from one reality to another was more than my leg and Sylph's cast could take.  It fell apart.  I just fell.Yating moved quickly -- that was part of his training, and as odd as I suddenly felt, I thought his fast action was probably saving my life.  I thought the world was

Flash Fiction # 443/ The Fae Underground/19

 I looked back as one of the guards closed the outer door, and for a brief second, I thought I saw a ripple in the darkness.  But then it was gone, the door closed, and we were heading downward as fast as we could manage.  Yating glanced my way once and nodded.  I thought it meant he had seen the ripple as well."Slower," I dared to say as we passed the next level.  "I should hate to see what