A Dark Day

[wufei_w]

Title: A Dark Day
Challenge/Prompt: #6 Spirit
Original Fiction or Fanfiction: Original Fiction
Characters/Pairings: Makeda
Rating: G
Warnings: Angst
Disclaimer: This was written by me, Wufei_W.
Summary: Just another day of the end of the world as they knew it.
Author's Notes: Just a little introspection of a character from a story I’m working on.

 

 

Endless rows of men and women stand before them in perfect formation awaiting their next missions that could send most of them into early graves. They said it was a worthy cause; the honorable thing to do, the only thing they could do now in these times of darkness and the threat of extinction looming ahead.  

 

She looked over to her commanding officer that stood beside her, uncaringly looking over the younger soldiers in front of the two.

 

What was once the vibrant spirit of her friend was now twisted into something dark and horribly unrecognizable.

 

She mourned that day.

 
 

Comments

[magycmyste]

Ooh, very nice! I like it!

I know this probably has nothing to do with your story, and is probably the result of my having watched too much Terminator lately in a row (have watched everything but the new movie), but... I could see this in that series, set after Judgment Day. Or something else equally post-apocalyptic.

[wufei_w]

Thank you! XD! I also love the Terminator series, and now that you've mentioned it, it could very easily fit into that fandom. XD!

It is set in a type of post-apocalyptic world; it's when a lot of empires crumble and then are rebuilt into a new world order. The real story is set waaaaayyyy after this little drabble time-line wise, like a few centuries later.

[thewickedquill]

I wasn't trying to read previous comments but I can't help but notice the same similarities and possibilities of this fitting Terminator, too.

I also have a love of things gone dark and depressing.

And while I don't mind having an ending that is happy or hopeful, rising from the proverbial ashes and whatnot, I don't mind a sad, hopeless, unhappy ending :) So I can't help but wonder what path your story takes - where it came from or where it's going - and it sound cool :)

[wufei_w]

Why thank you very much! I think one of my muses is a Terminator in hiding. ^_^

The funny thing is, is that this is from the perspective of a very minor character from an original story of mine. She plays a very important role despite the fact that she's only mentioned a few times in a past tense sort of way, but a big part none the less. ;D The story itself is pretty much half and half in angst and humor; two things I do well.

But, if I ever decide to do a prequel to my current story she would be the main character; though it would be a very sad and dark story, no real happy ending there, think 'Revenge of the Sith' angst fest. XD

[thewickedquill]

A good character isn't necessarily a big character :)

And the potential prequel idea sounds just about up my alley...

[wufei_w]

I'm gonna have to write it now since all I've been thinking about is the back story of the current story, and I'm not going to use even half of the information I've made. So...I'll use all of it for the prequel. XP

My muse has me at gunpoint. ^_^;

[thewickedquill]

*polishes muse's pretty gun*

[wufei_w]

So that's where they got it. XD