Not Again!
I am back at Pemberly—again. This time, I am playing the piano with Lady Catherine de Bourgh watching from behind. I cringe to the shadow of her majesty. Her regal grace is creeping on my spine like a snake.
Wait… what am I doing here in the first place?
As if to answer my query, Mr. Darcy came barging into the hall with his eyes fixed on Lady Catherine. “Your highness, I am baffled and enraged”, his voice raised. “Why do you have to take her here?”
“My nephew, you astonished me.” Lady Catherine, with all her arrogance and flair, walked towards Mr. Darcy. “I expected to find a more reasonable woman. But heaven and earth! Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?”
“Leave me and my choice be, please!” He retorted and snatched me out of the mansion.
“Ria…” Mr. Darcy stopped, his breaths catching up to mine.
“Riaaaaa!” a loud voice came out of nowhere, “RIA. Wake up!” mom yelled, shaking my senses.
“MOM! Not again!” I wailed
“What again?!”
Word Count: 175
Here is for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers prompt. This week’s photo prompt by Louise of The Storyteller’s Abode which surprisingly reminds me of my favorite classic, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It was January 2016 when I first wrote the fiction, Daydreams, which fantasizes Fitzwilliam Darcy and I believe it’s about time that I write a follow-up. Sorry Lizzie! ❤
Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers is a weekly writing challenge where a photo is used as a prompt for a piece of fiction using 150 (+/- 25 words). Thanks for another fun prompt, PJ! 😀
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March 28, 2017 at 8:34 pm
Haha! Good one, Maria! 😂😊
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March 28, 2017 at 9:00 pm
Haha! Glad you enjoyed this Shweta! Have a lovely evening. 😊
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March 28, 2017 at 11:01 pm
Keep writing! Hope you have a great evening as well 😊
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March 28, 2017 at 9:56 pm
A beautiful take on the prompt maria
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March 28, 2017 at 10:20 pm
Hahaha too good Maria… even Jane Austen would approve 😀👍
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March 28, 2017 at 10:28 pm
Hahaha! It was a dream! Love it Maria!
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March 28, 2017 at 10:52 pm
Hahaha! I’m official nuts to the outside world 😂😂 Laughed out loud reading this.
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March 29, 2017 at 12:54 am
Was it a dream Maria or a reflection from a former life? Great writing.
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March 29, 2017 at 5:04 am
LOL! I loved this! I absolutely cracked up when I got to the end and read this all over again ❤ It's every fangirl's fantasy 😉 Ah, if only there were real Mr. Darcys for all of us!
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March 29, 2017 at 5:26 am
Great yarn, brilliant conclusion. I like it, a lot!
My tale is called ‘One beautiful day’
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March 29, 2017 at 5:40 am
Oh the heart beats hard for Mr Darcy!! and it was a dream I too don’t want to wake up from! Such a lovely tale Maria I like the shift in your tone from the olden day start to modern day wake up call. Brilliant!!
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March 29, 2017 at 11:51 am
awwwww!!! i have read it Pride and Prejudice (and i am… not… uhm. okay. haha) but this one is tooooo adorable!! nice take dear!
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March 29, 2017 at 9:43 pm
Which girl *hasn’t* dreamt of Mr. Darcy! Poor Ria. She was having such a lovely dream too. Though I’ll admit – Mr. Darcy did not grow on me until I had my… third read of Pride and Prejudice, I think.
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March 30, 2017 at 2:56 am
Hahaahaha, I’m pretty sure that is one dream Ria did not want to be awakened from. I have to ask Maria, did you actually dream pride and prejudice?
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March 30, 2017 at 3:23 am
Please let her go back, to sleep and dreams of Mr. Darcy. Well done.
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March 30, 2017 at 4:00 am
Ha! Ha! Great take on the prompt, and well done!
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April 1, 2017 at 3:27 pm
ha ha loved reading this dream ! 🙂 very creative
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April 2, 2017 at 3:26 am
I love the sudden shift when she wakes up. Great story!
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April 4, 2017 at 11:12 am
Nice fan fiction for P & P. It’s a very interesting book, chiefly that, so many modern romances are based off its story. Bridget Jones’s Diaries for one and I’m sure there are many more 🙂
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