Campaign Challenge #1 Into the Light

Yay! The first Campaign Challenge is here! The rules: "Write a short story/flash fiction story in 200 words or less, excluding the title. It can be in any format, including a poem. Begin the story with the words, “The door swung open” These four words will be included in the word count.

If you want to give yourself an added challenge (optional), use the same beginning words and end with the words: "the door swung shut." (also included in the word count)

For those who want an even greater challenge, make your story 200 words EXACTLY!"


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Into the Light

The door swung open. Stark white burned into the darkness; so stunning I couldn't raise my eyes to meet it. 

What trickery was this? 

At first unsure, I waited. 

Yet the door remained open.

I crawled blindly toward it, the cruel ground biting at my knees. Cloying mist, the sweetness of which stuck to the very surface of my teeth, filled my oppressive tomb. Black laced my legs and my arms, slithering over my skin, drawing me back, summoning me into the shadows. The embrace so seductive that for a brief moment I forgot myself…forgot the battle…forgot my way…

Stay

My name played across the air, whispered against my ears, and I hesitated. The moment fleeting as that pause between life and death. So insignificant, yet lavish. Unaffordable.

I sank lower, and with that shift the illusion shattered. It was my panicked soul that lurched me forward, nails finding purchase against crevice. How long before the light abandoned me? If only I could walk! I clawed harder, desperation stabbing deep.

Finally at the brink, I stretched into the light, and my fingers glowed clean. Screaming erupted, furious and hot at my back, I crossed the threshold and the door swung shut.