Here are my entries for the Twilight Twenty-Five one-shot and drabble (100 word) challenge. For more information go to: http:// community. livejournal. com/ thetwilight25/ (without the spaces)

We were given 25 one-word prompts. In most cases, I'm using the word as the theme, rather than a literal part of the drabble. FYI: I'm not going in alphabetical order.

I've never written drabbles before, so feedback would be great.

The Twilight Twenty-Five
Prompt #13: Plea
Pen name: Juliejuliejulie
Pairing: Jasper/Alice/Bella
Rating: T

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Even after the trip to Phoenix, Bella's blood had reduced my throat to searing flames. I'd concentrated on Alice and Edward, vibrating with contagious excitement as Bella had opened the CD.

Calamity struck, so predictable in hindsight. The inadvertent slice. The scarlet bead of thick, fragrant blood. The haze of bloodlust amplified and echoed back to me six-fold. How could I have resisted?

Much later, Alice admitted that she'd foreseen my attack, but had hoped I'd be strong enough to overcome it.

Why test me, Alice, with crystal plates and wrapping paper? Why not use a damn gift bag instead?

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A/N: Ava Sinclair has a link on her page to Flashfic Fwritedays, examples of what she and some other infamous ff authors wrote during their prompted, timed writing sessions. "Unrequited" by siDEADde is my favorite, and it's also about the birthday incident.

Here are some other Twilight 25 drabbles that I've enjoyed: queenofgrey's Erosion, she-eats-cake's Erosion, Shell29bell's Aesthetic, vanilladoubleshot's Sour, ThisColony's Touch and Crave, americnxidiot's Worship (it's fab!) and Vivid, EllenCC's Awkward (love it!), TheHeartOfLifeIsGood's Crusade and freakyhazeleyes's entries.