Advertisement
FluffandCrunch

Flash Fic: Misha/Drought: Council Orders

Dec 21st, 2012
1,130
0
Never
Not a member of Pastebin yet? Sign Up, it unlocks many cool features!
text 2.84 KB | None | 0 0
  1. It was the hottest summer on record.
  2.  
  3. Misha never noticed. She was at Shichan's house again, that was what was important.
  4. But as time passed and the summer dragged on, school started again and it just got hotter and hotter. Every day was warmer than the last. Summer passed and fall came and still it was hot. It wasn't until it was supposed to be winter and the pavement was hot enough to cook eggs on that everyone, including Misha, knew something was wrong.
  5.  
  6. Mmm, she thinks.
  7. Eggs.
  8.  
  9. Misha checks her crossbow one more time. A soldier had to be at her best no matter the situation, that's what Shichan said. She was the best soldier Shichan had, and Misha couldn't let Shichan down. It was her job to guard the water tower on top of the school from thieves and bandits or even the few remaining students who got the idea to take a little more than their ration of water allowed.
  10.  
  11. It wasn't just Shichan and her on the Council anymore. Everyone was on the Council, it was mandatory. The water had to be controlled to ensure the survival of the school. It had been months since they had heard from the outside world. Looking out over the twon around Yamaku, the landscape was blasted, browns and yellows where grass and green used to be. No one came anymore to help, no police or emergency workers. Yamaku has been forgotten. Now the only people who came tried to steel their water or try and take the students away.
  12.  
  13. Misha wouldn't let them. Shichan said to stop them.
  14.  
  15. She does her rounds one more time, walking along the buildings edge, keeping on eye out for sneak thieves and unfriendlies, that's what Shichan called them.
  16. Not one of us.
  17. Down below, what used to be the track field had been converted into a makeshift tent town, where people worked and lived, trying to make things grow from the hard ground. Food had been their first concern after water had been taken care of. Thankfully, the Garden Club had a wide selection of seeds and plants to grow and the students were really good at keeping them alive even in this condition.
  18.  
  19. Misha wipes her arm across her sleeve, wiping away sweat. Peeking over her dark goggles, the sun beats down on her, making a trickle of sweat run down her back and pool down the back of her leg. Uniforms had been impractical and most everyone got rid of them when it became obvious that there wouldn't be water to wash clothes with. Now they just wore whatever they wanted and what modesty demanded.
  20.  
  21. Still, Shichan finally got everyone to wear those nametags she wanted, Misha thinks with a giggle.
  22.  
  23. A sound behind her causes Misha to whirl around and loose an arrow. It smacks into the side of the water tower, right above the head of a student trying to climb the ladder to the water.
  24.  
  25. Kenji falls screaming to the floor and lands fat on his back.
  26.  
  27. “Wahaha! Kenji, you already had your ration today~! Everyone gets one! Council orders!“
Advertisement
Add Comment
Please, Sign In to add comment
Advertisement