Yikes. Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but we were up to other things in English class and weren't doing vocabulary. And then there was one other one I did which I haven't gotten back yet so I can type it up. I should have that here later this week though. And just so you know...not all of them will end up funny. Sometimes I'm in a serious mood...But anyway, I hope you still enjoy these shorts and the vocab words in them, lol. Here's the latest! I can't wait to hear from you. :) Thanks!
Round 3
The inexorable moment had arrived. The ships were ready for flight, and the soldiers were ready for battle--even her usually diffident husband. The lack of disparity in the attitudes of the people of the village was suffocating. 'Everyone' was rooting for the conversion or destruction of the unbelievers in the distant galaxy their men were about to travel to. Their rancor was almost palpable as they lined the main street to extol the soldiers on their way off.
It all felt like on big cliché. Right now, Vala's life could have come out of a war story. Well, except for the being nine months pregnant with a child planted in her by the Ori part.
In all honesty, she hadn't expected to be allowed on the ship Tomin had been assigned to. Yet the prior hadn't given it a second thought when he asked their permission for her to come. Ostensibly, she was being allowed because of the 'knowledge of the people of the other galaxy' she'd told them she had gained from using that communication device. Yet she couldn't help feeling that it had something, if not everything to do with the child inside her.
Vala hefted the small bag that had been the only thing Tomin would let her carry, and followed her husband out of the village. They joined the ranks of soldiers marching adamantly toward the clearing that contained the warships--their opus. One last time, before they were too far away, she turned to look at the house that had been her home with Tomin for so many months.
She didn't expect to ever see it again. Strangely enough, she felt she would miss it. Or maybe it wasn't so strange.
She couldn't help remembering the short days she had spent in a similar house in a similar village with Daniel almost a year ago now. And then she couldn't help worrying about him. There wasn't a clement bone on these soldiers' bodies, except maybe for Tomin. Vala didn't want either of them to perish in useless battle.
Finally she realized that she was falling behind, and that Tomin was gently urging her along. Vala sighed heavily and turned to face the future.
