#FiveSentenceFiction is a flash-fiction event hosted by Lillie McFerrin. She provides a prompt and participants post five-sentence stories—inspired by the prompt in some way—on their blogs. This week’s prompt is “potions.”
With a grunt the old wise woman reached up and snapped off a piece of the dried rosela plant hanging above her head, the final ingredient for the last potion she and her grandson apprentice would mix together.
He had learned all he needed to know from her, and now he must learn the most important lesson of all if he was to be the leader of their tribe.
“Tonight, she will be mine,” he said, eyes shining.
She forced a smile, wishing it could be different, wishing he weren’t so prone to attachments, wishing the young woman didn’t have to die.
But he had to learn detachment.
Damn! This packed a whallop! Good job. I haven’t been able to come up with anything so far on this one.
Thanks! And it didn’t take long (doing a little dance)!
How cruel, how real, for some.
Ooh, how true, my friend.
ooh, how nasty and difficult it is to become a professional in your field.
Randy
Hello Randy, so nice of you to drop by.
Damn, that’s cold.
What a cruel world where one may not both rule and love.
Good job, but eeew.
JzB
Perhaps his loving her was not the right path in the greater scheme of things.
Good story, nicely written and formatted. Sounds like his mother could have ambitions for her son or be protective, or both. I would be interesting to see the longer story based on many of these FSF entries.
Thanks! This idea came from another story I wrote, but quite a different outcome and motive.
Nice twist Rossandra! It makes the relationship between grandmother and grandson so much more rich…and twisted.
And perhaps best for him? She was sad after all.
What a haunting piece! Chilling on so many levels; nicely done 🙂
Thanks Lillie! And thanks to you with your brilliant Five Sentence idea, I’m learning a whole different angle of writing.
That packed quite a punch at the end! Some lessons are harder to learn than others. Lovely work Rossandra.
Thanks so much, Andrew.
An uncomfortable choice…very well written!
Thanks so much Lisa.