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#1: The Day the Horses Came repost Author: Mel, Location: UP NORTH

Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 10:04 pm
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The harsh strip lighting bounced off the stark, white walls. On a chair sat a woman, proud and upright, flanked by two grim captors in black leather. The taller, thinner man leaned closer, menacingly.
"Are you going to tell us?" he asked in a dangerously quiet voice.
"Never!" came the scornful reply, though the woman's voice was weak and her face grey with fatigue. A harsh laugh erupted from the flabby mouth of the shorter, fatter guard. "Never is a long time," he said in a jeering tone. "We've got all the time in the world. You'll talk."
The two men exchanged inscrutable glances. This prisoner was hard to crack. So far she had withstood all their terrors, mental and physical. Now it was time for their trump card.

#2: Author: Tara, Location: Malvern, Worcestershire

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 12:23 am
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Eeeeeek! Very nasty. More, please, before I get nightmares.

#3: Author: KathrynW, Location: London

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 1:44 am
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Thanks Mel, a very disturbing start! Please come back and tell us more Very Happy

Kathryn

#4: Author: RuthY, Location: Anyone's guess

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:43 am
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Thanks Mel, this has a scary start.

Please tell us more.

#5: The Day the Horses Came Author: Mel, Location: UP NORTH

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:55 am
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Silently they carried the prisoner and her chair outside the French doors.
"What are you doing to me now?" she quavered, but with a sharp note in her voice.
"You'll see."
As yet there was nothing but a dreary, flat landscape with an unwelcome chill breeze.
"Listen!" ordered the tall man. All three strained to hear.
"You are wasting your time, said the woman wearily.
"Hush!" barked her captor.
The sound, far, far away was a faint rumble. Not at first recognisible. It grew louder, but for a while nothing could be seen. The black-clad men were tense with excitement, their faces glistened with anticipation. Three pairs of eyes simultaneously saw what had been unleashed. The woman's eyes widened.

#6: Author: Chair, Location: Rochester, Kent

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 11:19 am
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Thanks, Mel. I wonder what is going to happen next.

#7: Author: Rosy-Jess, Location: Gloucestershire-London-Aberystwyth

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 2:58 pm
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Shocked

Crikey. Whatever is going to happen next?

#8: Author: RuthY, Location: Anyone's guess

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 4:34 pm
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Shocked

What is it? What is goiong to happen now?

Thank you Mel.

#9: Author: Mel, Location: UP NORTH

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 12:48 pm
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With a roar of hooves and a tossing of proud manes, a herd of stampeding horses approached, their backs drenched in sweat. As the inevitable drew nearer, the two men prepared to retreat, with one final question: "Well - will you tell us now?"
"No - I 've always maintained that even wild horses wouldn't drag it out of me!" the woman retorted sharply.
"Drag what out of you?"
"That Joey Bettany is my darling!" she snapped.
Matey slumped in her chair, covered in shame, tricked at last, a defeated woman, while two black-clad men shook hands, smirking.

#10: Author: Fatima, Location: Sunny Qatar

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 3:50 pm
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Laughing

Well, I never expected that! Thanks, Mel. Laughing

#11: Author: Chair, Location: Rochester, Kent

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:41 pm
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Thanks, Mel. That was definitely a surprise!

#12: Author: francesn, Location: away with the faeries

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:44 pm
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*smirks*

Nice twist!

Thanks Mel

#13: Author: grover, Location: Dublin

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:15 pm
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Nice one! Very Happy

Thank you,Mel.

#14: Author: Mel, Location: UP NORTH

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:58 pm
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Well... it does say 'mad as toast' for St Clare's. That line about Matey always amused me.

#15: Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!!

Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 9:49 pm
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*grin*

It did cross my mind that that might have been where this one was going! Very Happy

Nice one Mel!

#16: Author: Tara, Location: Malvern, Worcestershire

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 12:22 am
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Total surprise to me - forgot this was St. Clare's! Great, Mel. Wink

#17: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 12:44 pm
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*giggles*

Thanks, Mel Laughing

#18: Author: Tiffany, Location: madthesispanicargh

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 1:50 pm
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Brilliant! thanks, Mel!

(given that wild horses wouldn't drag it out of her, I've always wondered how everybody knew....)

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