Mini Short Stories

While looking through all of my notes and assignments from the past school year, I came across two stories that I wrote in my AP English class. We were given the first line and our assignment was to come up with a story. The line in CAPS is the prompt.

HE HAD WARNED HER ABOUT THE BOOK. NOW IT WAS TOO LATE.

It had only been a few weeks since they had discussed the dreadful book. Titled simple The Book it seemed harmless. Just another boring book that Nikki had been forced to read for her English class.

We were talking of books we disliked and had varied off to the tangent of the reading she had been doing in school. She began to explain the bizarre things she had experienced that she was relating back to blame the novel of growing legs and appearing where she went. It would randomly appear on her nightstand or on her dashboard. Little did she know it did have a strange form of legs that would lift it to follow her wherever she went.

The Book was about a giant plant that hung off the edge of the world into the great unknown. One brave man, Ayden, decided he was going to venture down and make the land of the unknown known. What Ayden did not know was that the plant had a mind and a plan of its own. It would only let one person explore its mysteries and what it so carefully guarded. This person, yet to attempt the exploration, was Nikki.

Though she did not know it, The Book was trying to pull her in, but every time it would get close Nikki would wake up or glance over.

Finally The Book managed to end up right next to Nikki as she drifted off to sleep. Now was the perfect chance. Quickly the plant escaped the pages and engulfed Nikki, ever so quietly, into the pages.

When she awoke she thought she was stuck in the strangest dream in a world with two suns and a blazing red sky. Dazed, she glanced around trying to establish herself into her surroundings. Not three meters away she noticed a sudden end in her visibility. She stood and scooted closer to explore. Over the edge was a net of twisting vines laced in intricate patterns that moved and changed to allow passage as she stared, awed by what she was seeing. Glancing behind her and realizing only desert lie behind her, she climbed down the vine and descended into the vast nothingness below her.

As she descended she noticed many gleaming lights down below. Under the Rainbow Mist was a beautiful city full of flittering fairies and fire breathing dragons swooping low that took her breath away. Detailed buildings filled the landscape and the soft buzz of everything in motion seemed to pause as they all took her in. It was replaced by loud commotion, the sound of rejoicing. Riendland finally had a queen and a ruler.

And the second one... Titled "Harris Burdock and the Bump"

TWO WEEKS PASSED AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

Harris Burdock sat quietly contemplating his steaming coffee cup, when suddenly from behind he heard a muffled bump. Ignoring it at first he went back to his hot drink concentrating on not singeing his tongue.

BUMP!!

It was louder this time and made poor Harris jump nearly covering his front in steaming liquid. He glanced behind him trying to find the source of the awful noise.

BBBBUUUMMMPPP!!!

It rattled the entire house, or so he thought as his chair toppled over flinging coffee all over his rug. Harris sprang to his feet quickly turning in a circle trying to find the source of the ‘bump’.

The dresser beside him rocked two and fro as if it were on a rampant wave of the sea. There it was, rolling out and scurrying quickly across the floor. Harris grabbed his chair and held it high above his head at the ready for when the ‘bump’ came within hitting distance.

“I’m warning you!! I’ll crush you!” He yelled at the ‘bump’ in fear and frustration.

The ‘bump’ seemingly ignored his threats and continued burrowing under the rug in giant circles around the room.

“Harrisssss,” the bump hissed. “Harrisssss, I’ve come for you.”

“AH!” Harris screamed as he jumped up and fell off the bed with a resounding ‘whump’.

Hope ya liked them!