Story - When you walk through the Mist

Title: Bridge of No Return - When you walk through the Mist
Author: charisstoma
Words: 725

Why did he let himself be manipulated into doing stupid things? This wasn’t the first time and probably wouldn’t be the last, he hoped.

Carefully he placed his feet on the staggered wires woven into a bridge that was more air than substance. It wasn’t as if he could see how far he’d still need to go before he was on solid rock as the rest of the bridge was lost in a heavy foggy mist. He was already past being able to see where he’d started out onto the bridge, not that he’d strained to do that for more than a quick glance. This was one of the journeys you had to get to the end and then were able to turn around to try to make it back.

“You are such a fool, Dave. Really you are,” he told himself.

A voice from somewhere in front of him came back in reply, “You’re doing fine. One step at a time. You’ll make it.”

“How far do you think I have to go?” he called back.

“Does it matter? Not as if you can turn around mid-span. It’s a one way bridge. It’s magical like that.”

Dave laughed. “Yeah, kind of figured that out.”

“You did read the sign on the other side, right?”

“You mean the one that said, ‘You are entering the Demon ‘Verse’?”

“That’s the one.”( Read more... )