Among the Autumn Leaves

by Syke Jr

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life
Length: 209

A collection of 100-word stories, glimpses into towering legacies never to be told in full.

This is a collection of exactly 100-word stories. Some will tell a narrative, some will not. Some will give only the tiniest glimpse into a legacy too large to ever fully comprehend. Each story may seem independent, but everything is connected. Sometimes we just don't know how to see the link.

I'm doing this because I want to write more often. I hope to post a new story every time one occurs to me.

Some will be good and some terrible. Please, feel free to point out the terrible ones. Constructive criticism is a mediocre writer's best friend.

Note: For some reason, FiMfiction counts contracted words (they're, it's, wouldn't etc) as two words. Since that's stupid, I will be going by the word count of every other site/program in existence and count them as one word. If the word count on a chapter is over 100, that's why.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-05-01 12:55:18 UTC

A New Day

Waking up was a difficult task. Facing the harsh sunlight that drifted in through the window… the young filly always hoped for a thunderstorm. Thunderstorms soothed her, somehow.

She rolled out of bed. Brushed her hair like her mommy taught her. Did the breathing exercises her Daddy had shown her, the calming motions to keep the anxiety away. Then, she went through her mental checklist.

Be sure of myself.

Do my best.

The depression and anxiety are not my fault.

I can beat them.

I can reach my goals if I stay positive.

Smiling, Lightning Dust pushed her worries away.

Among the Autumn Leaves

The park was beautiful today. As Twilight walked along the airy, twisting pathways she passed other Ponyvillians, who gave the young alicorn the same warm smiles and nods that they would on any other bright fall afternoon. And why wouldn't they?

Twilight knew she might never see other ponies in the same light again. Not now. Twilight wondered why Celestia had waited so long to tell her. She hadn't asked.

The ponies she walked among were forever transformed in Twilight's mind. They were as ephemeral as the autumn leaves, now that she knew the truth. Now that she was immortal.