Fic: First Steps
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meridian_roseTitle: First Steps
Fandom: Original
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 119
Prompt: For the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
writerverse prompt 'take the first full sentence of page eighty seven from a book'; Sentence: With each movement, his confidence swelled all the more.
Summary: He finds his feet.
Warnings: None
He yawned, stretching his neck as far as it would go. He put out one foot, then another, trying to get his balance. He slowly lifted himself to a standing position.
Walking was tricky but he was determined. With each movement, his confidence swelled all the more.
In a few paces he reached the edge of the water and looked down at his shimmering reflection. He was a handsome little hatchling and he spread his wings. They weren't big enough to lift him off the ground yet but they glistened in the sunshine.
He took his first ever drink of water and, when he was sated, sat on his hind legs and puffed out a small cloud of steam.
Fandom: Original
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 119
Prompt: For the
writerverse prompt 'take the first full sentence of page eighty seven from a book'; Sentence: With each movement, his confidence swelled all the more.Summary: He finds his feet.
Warnings: None
He yawned, stretching his neck as far as it would go. He put out one foot, then another, trying to get his balance. He slowly lifted himself to a standing position.
Walking was tricky but he was determined. With each movement, his confidence swelled all the more.
In a few paces he reached the edge of the water and looked down at his shimmering reflection. He was a handsome little hatchling and he spread his wings. They weren't big enough to lift him off the ground yet but they glistened in the sunshine.
He took his first ever drink of water and, when he was sated, sat on his hind legs and puffed out a small cloud of steam.
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Date: 2012-05-24 01:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-24 02:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-24 07:37 pm (UTC)You did a great job of incorporating the sentence into your fic, too :D
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Date: 2012-05-25 09:57 am (UTC)If I'd thought about it more, I could have made it so this is Elspeth's pet dragon, Calico, newly hatched :D
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Date: 2012-05-27 09:30 pm (UTC)I was visualizing a baby penguin at first. LOL. Then realized how wrong I was when I read the last few words.
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Date: 2012-05-28 06:55 am (UTC)