Theme 86: Somewhere only we know

Sep 14, 2011 21:35

Today's theme:

Somewhere Only We Know1. Submit your drabble that fits this theme as a comment to this post. It should be between 100-300 words, if you go over/under a bit that's fine! If it's longer than say 400 words, I ask that you post on your journal or fanfiction.net and then submit the link to this post. If you find that your story is going ( Read more... )

theme 86: somewhere only we know

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rattyjol September 16 2011, 23:27:53 UTC
Fandom: Animorphs
Claim: Elfangor & family
Rating: PG
Drabbles completed so far: 31/100

The earliest memory I have of my brother is a few days after he returned from his strange disappearance. I was very young, and still wary of the large, grown stranger with the sad eyes who claimed to be my kin.

He took me out to perform our morning rituals together, but his movements were stiff and hesitant, without the fluid elegance that I had grown accustomed to seeing in grown Andalites.

< Have you forgotten how to do the morning ritual? > I wondered with the uncensored curiosity that children of any species possess.

He seemed surprised for a moment, then shook his head -- an odd gesture which I'd never seen before his return. He always looked almost guilty afterwards, as if it was a motion that should have been checked.

< Of course not, > he replied, and almost looked as if there was something else he wanted to say, but he didn't. Instead, perhaps a little too quickly, he added, < Come, Aximili. There's something I wish to show you ( ... )

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