His Dark Materials
E/O Drabble Challenge: word count 100
Challenge word: dust
Warnings: None. Sam and Dean face a new foe but find a strange ally from another world.
Cold washed over Dean, a tidal wave of agony. He opened his mouth to scream but ice slid inside him, oblivion following.
Sam staggered backwards, stumbled over something on the floor. As he pushed himself up, he felt a smooth wooden handle under his fingers, grasped it tight. It felt strangely warm in the ambient chill.
A knife, its blade dark and worn.
Sam didn't hesitate to use it.
The knife did something subtle and unexpected. It cut through the mist like a curtain, and something came through the hole.
Shining, glistening, dust settled over Dean and banished the dark.
A/N If you haven't read Philip Pulman's His Dark Materials – you should!