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A little boy finds a strange girl while running errands for his mother. He brings her back to his mother, but nothing is as it seems...
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It's a sci-fi, but it's more of a theme than the main genre. It's not very detailed, but it's a short story with mystery and intrigue as the main themes. Please read it light-heartedly without expecting much :)

Which One Was Not

Watching the fire roar, the woman walked away from the scene on a path made by cutting out a wall from the cave. She walked up the stairs, watching as the girl jumped futilely towards the spot... 


The girl actually jumped high enough for her arms to go through the spot... but she couldn't pull herself up, because one of her arms were occupied by something. A small piece of paper, with red writing. 


The woman watched as the dark barrier took the arm that held her note, and the girl fell towards the fire with her eyes shut tightly. 


The woman turned and walked away, towards the outside of the cave. It led to the border of the forest; on the opposite side she came from. 


For two days and two nights, the woman walked non-stop through the forest, not stopping for danger of animals nor to go around rivers. 


At the end, she reached the house, where her child was happy at home. 


The woman opened the door to the house. Her clothes were bloodstained from the king bear, and torn by the trees. 


On the floor lay her son, starved and dehydrated. 


The woman cried there, thinking of her late husband, a poor man without the smarts to become more. A peasant who wanted to eat meat, but couldn't afford the high prices of a world that favored the rich in a world with meager meat and plenty of poor. 


So, the woman devised a way to get meat without relying on their planet's meager supply of animals. 


She created meat that was bred and raised on a farm. 


She didn't think about the feelings of those farm animals, trapped in a fake world, in a limited space. 


She didn't think they could affect those outside of the farm. 


So, she had neglected to consider the feelings of anyone. Not her son, the trapped, nor even her husband. After seeing what she'd done, he'd left her, trying to bring her son with him, but she couldn't understand him... leading to his unfortunate passing. 


After realizing her errors, it was already too late. 


She could never make up for the lost lives. 


So, she left as well, down the steep slope leading to the void.


8 - An Unfortunate Discovery (Part 3 - End)