Assorted Short Stories

by Titanium Dragon

One Hundred Words: The Incomplete Essay

"Twilight, what is this?"

"It's my report!" Twilight paused nervously. "Is it alright?"

"Twilight, I asked you for a hundred words. This is only ninety-eight."

"I'm sorry! I just couldn't think of any more!"

"Twilight, this is completely unacceptable. I asked you for one hundred words. But perhaps it was my mistake in trusting you."

"Princess, what are you saying?"

"You are no longer my student, Twilight Sparkle. GO!"

Twilight woke with a scream. Seizing her incomplete essay, she counted the words once more. Her eyes lit up; grasping her quill with her magic, she appended two words.

The End.

Author's Note:

I was challenged by Karrakaz to write a one-hundred word long story at 3 am. I threw this together in six minutes. Not my greatest work, but it was fun to try; I had never actually tried writing something of exact length previously.

Comments

[Lurks-no-More]

Very meta. Twilight's neurotic subconscious approves.

[goaway]

This actually happened to me once. I couldn't think of another word to reach one-hundred. My teacher said it was fine, but I totally freaked out about the whole thing.

[PresentPerfect]

But it's 119 words! D: