The darkness in the sky gave way to the aureate first rays of the sun. The pristine waters of the lake gave birth to languid ripples as they were kissed by the stubborn but gentle breeze. Somewhere in the distance, a songbird sang lilting melodies welcoming the dawn. The Princess looked at the breathtaking vistas in front of her and sighed. She was did not enjoy the serenity of her surroundings anymore. The bird’s dulcet tunes didn’t make her heart soar like it once did. The indolent water ripples didn’t catch her eye now. Even the ride atop her favourite courser excited her no longer.
She led the magnificent beast to the edge of the water. It whinnied and stepped back. A crinkle of anger coursed through her pulchritude and it vanished the very second she became aware of its existence. She hung her head in despair. It had been exactly one and thousand days since the wicked witch cursed her whole life into this single wrinkle of time. All she did was see the sun rise and the water ripple, hear the bird sing and ride her horse to the water. And then she did it again, and again, and again.
She prayed for salvation, she prayed for an end to this tranquil nightmare, she prayed for an end to the sickeningly sweet bird song, she prayed for a tornado to churn the lake inside out, she prayed for a lion to tear her horse’s guts, and she prayed for an arrow to her breast.
She knew none of her prayers would come to fruition.
The darkness in the sky gave way to the aureate first rays of the sun…
‘Dude, change this bloody screensaver. It’s so boring. I’ve got some High-Res Ferrari images. They are sick…’
Written for Day 6 of the Festival of Words hosted by Write Tribe. #WriteBravely.
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Lol (Literally Laughed out loud”) !! Anti-climax twists are the best!!! 🙂
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What a wonderful take on the prompt! Screen saver! Brilliant!
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Thanks, Priya. The first thought that came to my mind on seeing this pic was a screensaver 😀
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Darn it – just as I was getting invested in the princess she turns out to be a screen saver! That was grand twist.
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Haha! I’m a little bit sneaky that way. Thanks for the kind comment 🙂
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Ha ! After a long time I actually had to reach out for my dictionary. Pulchritude now that’s a word I haven’t heard since my school leaving days of spelling lists ! I thought this was a boring picture too and would never have chosen it for a screen saver !!
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Lol! Don’t let Corinne hear you 😀 I didn’t have a word list in my school, but do so now 🙂
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The awesome part was the end. I need check on my screensavers😃
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These days the windows bring us screens savers from awesome stock photos that keep changing on a periodic basis. I miss those old days when a bouncing cube or twisting name moves on the screen, irritating me a lot. 😀 Thanks for the comment, Deepa.
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Agree..totally..😃 seeing u again at barathon.. If u understand tamil “vidadu karuppu”
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Haha, of course I understand Tamil. யாமறிந்த மொழிகளிலே தமிழ்மொழி போல் இனிதாவதெங்கும் காணோம் 🙏
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I wanted to write rofl because that’s what I ended up doing. What a brilliant twist in the tale again.
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Haha! Glad this gave a laugh to you, Sonia. Thanks for the comment 🙂
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I had written it down as fantasy when the end caught me off my guard. Brilliant! Funny too at the end!
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Haha! Thank you, Anshu 🙂
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A fabulous twist that caught me off guard.
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Thank you, Sudha. Glad you liked the story 🙂
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This is something with great twist!! Loved reading this
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Thank you, Ruchie 🙂
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Now you really caught us off guard Varad. Very cool.
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I’m quite sneaky that way 😀 Thanks for the comment, Natasha 🙂
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this was another stunner Varad
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Thank you, Akshata 🙂
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Ha ha! Good one! We do get bored of screensavers and Dps!!
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Yes, indeed. I’ve hated screensavers right from the Windows 98 era.
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What a surprising twist in the end, for a moment it took me to Lord of the Rings era and suddenly back to gen net 😉 That’s creativity.
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Haha, Thank you very much for the kind comment. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Reblogged this on Vartikasdiary.
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Awesome post! Loved it, reblogged
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Thank you very much, Vartika. I’m glad you liked the story. 🙂
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My pleasure Varad, by the way, just to share with you, Varad was one of the characters in the first ever blog I wrote 🙂
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