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For some reason I got inspired by on of Smeeze's stories last night (sotd3) and felt like writing :O And I could! :O
I don't know if there are any rules against posting a short story on your own long story thread, but I'll take my chances. Enjoy if you want to, with special thanks to Ms. Smeeze :D
A bond that cannot be broken, by Sigurdur130.

Tami slowly walked towards the cliff face, the cool breeze keeping her hair out of her face. Her eyes watered from the constant irritation of it, even though she was used to it.
That was what to expect from living in a village on the top of a small mountain; the wind never ceased its harassment. It was much calmer now than usual, though, and Tami was thankful for that. A sudden gust at the wrong moment could easily send her soaring off the cliff face to the jagged rocks below.
Her eyes watered as she reached the cliff, only partly from the wind in her face. Sitting on the edge of it was Isaac, her father, his feet hanging over the long fall below. His eyes were staring into the distance, at the large chain of mountains a few miles from their own, as if he expected a loved one long-gone to wave to him from the summit of one of them.
She could only see the back of his head, but she knew it was him; he had longer hair than any other man in the village. He had always prided himself of that, especially when he came to the age where most of the men his age were either bald or balding. Right now it was falling down to his shoulders in three thick braids, each almost as thick as Tami’s fingers.
She sat down next to him, now two pairs of feet (dangling) over a (giant) drop. For a while they just sat there, staring into the unexplored mountains ways in front of them. Then Tami broke the silence, muttering a simple ‘hey’. It went unanswered.
She wanted to apologize, but out of shame, couldn’t bring herself to utter the words. The result was a long silence.

07-May-2007 14:14:05

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Isaac didn’t show any signs of having heard her, but she knew he had. After a small while Isaac spoke.
“You asked me before what I lived for, why I even bothered continuing my miserable, pointless life,” Isaac said with a bitter smile, still not taking his gaze from the ever distant horizon.
Tami’s face seemed to deflate with regret when he so blatantly reminded her of her own words. She opened her mouth to speak, to apologize, but Isaac raised a hand to stop her. Out of habit she closed her mouth again, a child being silenced by its parent.
“This,” he said as he waved dramatically towards the horizon, “is the reason I continue my life. This is the reason I bother living.”
For a single second Tami couldn’t see anything; then she gaped at the amazing sight. The sun was slowly surfacing over the mountain range, coloring their world in the most amazing of reds. The sky, the earth, the mountains; they all took part in the amazing light show, unbeknownst to the village only a ten minutes’ walk behind them.
She had seen that mountain range a thousand times before, from the village, but always took it as a given thing, just another part of the boring landscape. She had never realized how beautiful it was until now.
A minute of silence followed, as both took in the amazing sight of the sunrise.
“This is actually where I found you, fifteen years ago,” Isaac said, continuing like nothing had happened. He took his eyes off the wonderful sight in front of him to look Tami in the beautiful emerald swirls people called her eyes.
She was surprised that he mentioned that part of her past, as he had never told her how or when he took her in, and she hadn’t asked since she was so young she took the explanation ‘you’re an angel that fell to earth’, as a fact.

07-May-2007 14:14:25

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Isaac’s aged face became melancholy as he let the memory wash over him. “It was on the same time of the day, even. The sun was rising, bathing you and the entire world in its rays much like now. Before that time I came to this place every once in a while, when the world was weighing too heavily on my shoulders, to witness the sunrise or sundown.
“After that, however, I’ve come here every day of the week, and every month of the year. Even that winter when the hunters couldn’t leave the village for game, and the village suffered half and whole starvation. Remember that winter, Tami? You were so bored from not getting out I let you do this to me.” With a thumb he pointed to the braids in his hair. “It’s grown on me wonderfully, though. Anyway, I came here just to look at the sunrise. It gained a new meaning to me. It wasn’t just that beautiful sight you see now. It reminded me of you.
“*You* are why I continue living, Tami. I’m an old man, with no wife, children, or even a family to speak of, but in you I found a reason to live.” The old man ended his speech, as a lump in his throat blocked any words that might want to escape his mind. He looked back at the mountain range, partly to catch the last few moments of the sunrise, and partly to try and hide the tears in his eyes.
Tami smiled, and returned her gaze to the closing stages of the sunrise as well. “I’m sorry for what I said earlier, father.”
Isaac smiled kindly, and gently took one of Tami’s hands into both of his. “I know you are, sweetie. And I forgive you for it.”
She hugged her father tenderly, the feeling of safety in his arms dismissing even the thought that anything bad could possibly exist in the world. They sat there for a while, perfectly content in each others’ embrace. All too soon the sunrise had passed, and the mountains returned to their usual dull brown.

07-May-2007 14:14:45

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Isaac kissed his daughter lightly on the forehead. “C’mon, let’s finish our chores before noon for once, eh?” he said as he stood up, helping Tami to do the same.

Together they walked back to the village, father and daughter hand-in-hand. A bond that cannot be broken.


End.


Hope somebody thinks it's any good. I thought it was pretty good, but it doesn't matter what I think. Hope I still have some writing talent in me :P

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