Flash Fiction Friday – The First of the Very Short Stories

She leaned back as far as she could on the two legs of her wood chair without losing control. Falling on her back at this moment would be extremely embarrassing. This thought flashed through her mind as she took a deep #drink.
"I believe we have yet to discuss payment."#vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 2, 2019

The suspended #cage swung back and forth. A motion so gentle it was imperceptible at first. But as hours ticked by it became noticeable and then nauseating. Not matter how still I held, it didn't stop. Every shift gave it new life.
Back and forth.#vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 3, 2019

She stared hard ahead. So hard her peripheral vision started to black out. #Knees shaking, she breathed. Not one step. One step in any direction –
She stopped the thought before it could come back into focus. The massive waterfall, the raging river, and narrow hoodoo. #vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 4, 2019

"#Swing!" She screamed. I clentched the vine and looked down the steep cliff face, almost puking.
"Are you nuts?" I screamed back.
"Swing NOW!" The word ended in a shriek. Glancing over my shoulder, my heart leapt into my throat. My feet made the decision to swing for me.#vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 5, 2019

The room in the big city wasn't my style. Tossing and turning had become a norm. Every noise snapped my bleary eyes wide open.
After months in the forest, being chased by the most horrific creatures, the obnoxious sounds of the city didn't allow any sort of restful #Sleep#vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 6, 2019

"But you are a shoe in!" She protested.
"You can't know that." Came his quick objection. "All you have is your lame little #straw polls."
She huffed in indignation.
"Well if you are that convinced you are out, why did you waste my time sticking it out this long?"#vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 7, 2019

Great heaving sobs left her tiny frame. I tried to console her, but my feeble attempts at patting her back her met with harder sobs.
"Everything is #sliding. I can't handle anything anymore."
"I know you miss him." Came my awkward words. "But the kingdom needs you."#vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 8, 2019

"Come on!" He drawled, the tone clashed with the splendor around him. He flopped back in the elegant, straight backed chair, swinging his shiny boots up on the table and leaning away from the ornate footstool.
"Why, change when I can have my #cake and eat it too?"#vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 9, 2019

She paced the uneven stone floor, running her hand and the other along the counter.
"Ok just stop!" The page begged.
"I can't stop. Do you know what happens if the #chef doesn't show up?" The pacing sped up. "Upstairs still expects dinner. And I don't cook people!"#vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 11, 2019

"You would have you kill me before you caught me striking a #pose like that to attract attention."
The battle hardened woman's scarred face sneered at the brightly painted women on the corner. "It makes you wonder why we fight so hard to protect such idiocy." #vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 12, 2019

It wasn't the dark, oppressive lighting that made him uneasy. Nor was it the cawing off in the distance that had set his nerves on edge. Not even the massive size of the being standing before him had mad his blood run cold.
It was her #smile. #vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 12, 2019

"I said kneel, sir!" Her high pitched voice sounding juvenile.
The man looked down on her and smirked.
"I may be short and young, but I have more #drive then men twice my age."
She gave the back of his knee a solid whack with her scepter.
"You will kneel to your monarch."#vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 14, 2019

The wind tossed tall #grass around the pair, standing a breath apart.
"I want you. You make me feel like a person, not a figurehead on a coin." She begged.
"You must be sure. No flight into fantasy." He murmured. "If you choose me your life will become very difficult."#vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 15, 2019

Her nose pressed against his as she forced him back a step.
"Do not #push me Swyn." He felt the snarl almost as much as he heard it. "You don’t want to see what could happen."
Her voice made his blood run cold. She lifted a gauntleted arm and shoved him to the ground.#vss365

— Iso Rivers (@IsoRiversAuthor) January 17, 2019