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Drabble 25: AU, inspired by a dream. It's mostly explained in the drabble, but basically each person is asked at ten years old to create a sort-of necklace of beads from thousands of different types. A person's soul-mate will have the same sequence of beads, so they can identify each other. John's chain was destroyed in the same attack that injured his shoulder, while Sherlock refused to make one, so they are both matched by not having one. If anyone wants to create a longer story out of this, feel free.
25. Soul-Chain
John knew, ever since he had woken in hospital clutching the remnants of his soul-chain, he would be spending the rest of his life alone.
Soul-chains reveal soul-mates, that's the rule. On a child's tenth birthday they were sent into a room full of beads and asked to create a string. This string is different in to all others, except that of your soul-mate.
With the loss of his soul-chain, John knew that no one would look his way again. But then, after a bewildering day, he found himself abandoned, listening to Donovan complain.
"Freak doesn't even have a soul-chain!"
Please R & R. If anyone is inspired by any of these to write longer stories please feel free, just please PM me before you post them.