One hundred Lemon Trees

Like a lot of people, I’ve wanted to get to know some of my original characters a bit better but mostly to kick-start my creativity. I’ve put the list together by myself so if there are any double words that’s all on me. If anyone finds anything: tell me and you get to pick the replacement word.

Don’t hesitate to comment, I like responses and constructive criticism.

These drabbles will centre around a medieval fantasy town because that way I can have several characters interacting at once. They will all also be 100 words.

I hope that you’ll have fun reading them!

The drabbles I write will be at random. I'm using a random number generator to tell me which theme I'll be using.

1. Poison
2. Morning
3. Dream
4. Summer
5. Young
6. Home
7. Storm
8. Sleep
9. Colours
10. River
11. Lies
12. Darkness
13. Family
14. Snow
15. Noise
16. Light
17. Cat Done
18. Hero
19. Connection
20. Late
21. Evening
22. Fairytale
23. Calm
24. Books
25. Ocean
26. Truth
27. Spring
28. Sunset
29. Rain
30. Silence
31. Imagination
32. Knowledge
33. Singing
34. Peaches
35. Thunder
36. Bad omen
37. Doll
38. Scarlet
39. Writing
40. Day
41. Letters
42. Winter
43. First
44. Forbidden Done
45. Wind
46. Friends
47. Guilt
48. Food
49. Flying
50. Lightning
51. Midnight
52. I’m alright
53. Luck
54. Dawn
55. Broken
56. Hurry
57. You
58. Death
59. Sun
60. Start Done
61. War
62. Water
63. Alive
64. Return.
65. Awake
66. Ground
67. Me
68. Sacrifice
69. Fall
70. Run
71. Foreign
72. Always
73. Perfect
74. Hugs
75. Night
76. Clouds
77. Fire
78. Chase
79. Destruction
80. Pain
81. Sky
82. Spirit
83. Flowers
84. Change
85. Afternoon
86. Stop
87. Surrender
88. Cruel
89. Children
90. Kiss Done
91. Play
92. Earth
93. Soul
94. What If?
95. Love
96. Dusk
97. Chance
98. New
99. Life
100. Happy Ending

#017. Cat

The two crouched in silence, staring under the couch with a pair of yellow eyes stared right back.

“So what are we doing?” Christian finally asked.

Next to him, Briannah shifted to get comfortable. “We need to catch the demon.”

“Why?”

For some reason, the young man didn’t feel like reaching under the couch to grab the beast that he knew to be hiding there.

“It tore my favourite blouse.”

She dove forward and immediately, a white, fluffy cat came bursting out and ran to the other side of the room. No one would take this feline without a fight.

# 044. Forbidden

Silence. A pair of two shadows sneaking away from the village. They were giddy with excitement and nervous because they knew they were doing something forbidden.

Children weren’t allowed out of bed after hours and certainly weren’t supposed to creep into the forest.

“Sssh,” David warned his partner in crime and twin brother Jonathan when he threatened to make a noise.

They couldn’t get caught!

They were seven and on a mission.

Not even a minute later they came running back, screaming the entire village awake. “Monsters!” they yelled in fear.

In the forest, a pixie giggled: that was fun!

#060. Start

Bright sun light poured in through the window, brushing over Briannah’s eyes as if to tell her to wake up. She groaned and tried to bury deeper into her blankets and pillows. Last night had been late and there had been wine. An indulgence she rarely allowed herself.

She was a healer and healers were supposed to be responsible at all times.

“I know you’re awake,” a voice rumbled, sounding amused, not far from her and in the bed too.

She smiled: even healers were allowed to drink a little on their wedding day. The start of their life together.

# 090. Kiss

It was hot and oppressive outside, the first real heat wave of the year and already Briannah found herself hoping that it would be the last.

At least it was evening now and people had left the fields and stores to go to their own homes.

With a sigh, she sank down on one of the chairs.

“Rough day?” her husband of three months asked, walking to the chair. He knelt and looked into her eyes with dancing brown eyes.

“The cure is a kiss,” he told her with a smile and leaned closer to her, their lips gently touching.