A Noble Quest

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Round 1.2 prompt from Multigenre Mashup Flash Fiction Smackdown, July 2023: Write a dabble (exactly one hundred words) that includes the word quest. Genre: Fantasy with humor.

Word count = 100


"Folly!" they had cried. "Madness!"

Even my betrothed tearfully begged me to reconsider.

But every knight needed a noble quest.

And so, atop my trusty steed, feather and gleaming blade at my side, I had scaled the craggy peaks to the caves of woe, where stiff winds blew cold and men feared to tread. But not I.

Feather in hand, I faced the foul beast within the deathly darkness — talon claws, razor teeth, and breath of fire. But now in defeat, I retreated, wounded and singed with only my life.

True was the wisdom of ancients: tickle not the dragon.

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