Fiction Activity

Competition
Maximum Brevity Series IX: The First Snow
Textual submission

It had been a stressful seventy two hours and thirty six minutes. Not to mention all the preamble beforehand. However, it had been worth the wait. All the uncertainty. All the waiting. All the preparation. But all that was over. An even scarier adventure lay ahead. And this was one neither of them, or anyone else, could prepare them for. All they could do was hold tight for the biggest, terrifying, yet undoubtedly the best adventure of their lives...

It had been a stressful seventy two hours and thirty six minutes. Not to mention all the preamble beforehand. However, it had been worth the wait. All the uncertainty. All the waiting. All the preparation. But all that was over. An even scarier adventure lay ahead. And all she could do was lay there helplessly. Totally dependent on others. And the only way to communicate with these giants was to make an ear-piercing noise. The biggest, terrifying and the best adventure ever was beginning to unfold.

Tabby and Mostynn stepped out of the medcentre and headed towards a speeder. They proudly looked down at the bundle in their arms. The snow was starting to get heavier. The baby opened her mouth and a snowflake landed on her tongue. As it melted, the new parents chuckled. Her father shushed her gently.

"I think Kooki likes the snow!"