Éirinn go Brách
The sunlight played with the raindrops, breaking into bold colors – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. It was the best rainbow yet this spring. Mairead knew what that meant. Just through the trees, she could see the glint of light on gold. She’d get there first this time, by faith! With a twist and a twinkle, through the mist she darted. Swooping to earth just ahead of the troll, she grabbed the gold and darted off, leaving behind a comet’s trail of sparkling dust. All’s right with the world when the faeries win.
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The photo prompt is courtesy of Madison Woods. Her story can be found here, along with links to all the other Flash Friday Fictioneers.
©EKLeary
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*giggles and grins* I’m always for the fairies 😉
Thanks, Jeannie. I had to go with Fairies. 🙂
Got it! Woot. 🙂
My attempt: https://unduecreativity.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/fields-of-wildflowers/
I really enjoyed yours Erin 🙂
Nicely written with lots of finely worded imagery. Mine is here: http://readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/friday-fictioneers-sinking-low/
I could see the trail behind her. Happy times.
Wonderful! I love that she beat the trolls. All is right when the faeries win! 🙂 Great imagery and powerful words. Loved it! Thank you for your comment on mine. I truly appreciate it – http://theforgottenwife.com/2012/05/17/friday-fictioneers-2/
Hard to root for the troll here!
Two edit notes if you want to hear them, if not feel free to stop reading. 1: you seem to have left blue out of the colors, possibly on purpose because it’s the “best yet” meaning it may not be perfect, just pointing it out. 2: At the end “win the faeries win.”, should that be “when the faeries win.”?
Thanks, Brandon! Both good catches. I will correct. Blue was on my mind, but I guess it didn’t make the 100 word cut. Ha! 🙂
Fairies 1, Trolls 0. Nice little fairytale there, with some good fairy tale imagery too. Enjoyed that.
http://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/pursuit-friday-fictioneers-may-2012/
Thanks, Sandra. With a name like Erin, had to go with an Irish fairy tale!
‘Mon the faeries! Lovely tale.
Thanks for stopping by me already 🙂
http://mysocalleddutchlife.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/friday-fictioneers/
Ah, more fairies. And gold; I was surprised to see that! I particularly like the description of the gold trail like a comet.
http://littlewonder2.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/friday-fictioneers-rainbows/
Third or fourth reader who loves the golden comet trail! (And of course…all’s right with the world from the faeries’ point of view! The trolls probably see it differently.) Clever story.
My is http://newpillowbook.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/friday-fictioneers-finding-the-gold/
Fantastical fairytale storytelling, excellent stuff!
I’m glad there’s a lot of happier stories around today. 🙂
http://garybaileywriting.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/fridayfictioneers-rainbow-memorial/
This is a new angle for you. I like it.
The trolls lose again! Good job. Mairead is one of my favorite names; it was my Irish grandmother’s name, though she changed the spelling to Marie when she came to America.
fairies rule!
The first half sucked me right into the photo … concise & vivid word usage captured the scene we were all looking at but few actually took the time to describe. Then the magic takes place, ending with a comet’s trail of sparkling dust. Well done! Mine is more “heroic” at http://scottcheck.blogspot.com/2012/05/rainbow-promises.html
I could see this whimsical fairy … ‘with a twist and a twinkle..’ coming alive in my mind’s eye. You may want to consider writing a childen’s picture book (w/illustrations, of course) based on this adorable fairy. A delightful read. Here’s mine:
http://www.triplemoonstar.blogspot.com
faeries do rule……this is a truth that must be repeated it seems
I must be the only one who feels sorry for trolls. They don’t have an easy life, you know. Their living conditons aren’t the best and they tend to be looked down upon and disliked by everyone. No wonder they are grumpy and mean.
But it was a cute story, Erin. Nice job 🙂
Dear Erin,
Nice of you to let the good guys win one. i enjoyed the voice, the story and the happy ending.
Aloha,
Doug