The Old Mill

A long life

would be left behind and the mill. He was the last descendant of many generations. One last look, farewell there was nothing he could take along on his very last journey.

Goodbye, home, this is where our roads part.

He gently touched the walls, stroked the millstone and knocked on the door for the very last time. It would never be opened by him again.

A sound in the air startled the elderly and before it was over, he had left. The sky seemed as blue as before although a grey veil seemed to be slowly dissolving a few metres away from the front door.

It's a fiasco stepping inside I mean.

The toad didn't feel as satisfied as she wanted to. The old mill should have been the last straw to comfort her soul and keep the species alive. No matter what all had said it didn't turn out very well.

On the top of a shelf, an urn stood, it shouldn't have been there and was left behind.

Old fool, why didn't you listen?

The note left behind was a puzzle, letters left behind. Only the one able to read with his soul could end the curse left behind by the messenger of another world.

Too high, she sighed, mumbling words which only could be understood by whom it was intended. Science was enough to revive the magic of words.
Dust swirled and turned into a cloud in which she rose to carry the urn with her legacy.
The eldest shrunk in her aid would survive and from its ashes, the offspring would rise.

The old mill's door remained closed until the fog moved on and the new race went out and spread across the world.

The old one smiled. From a distance, he figured that this world managed without him. One surviving star was enough to energetically welcome life.

12-6-2024
Prompt: The Old Mill

Prompt: Toad Fiasco

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