One Less Dream, One More Nightmare :: 50 Word Story Challenge

This is an entry for the Fifty Word Story Challenge coordinated by @jayna.

The prompt this week: field

As Hive account@jayna informed me last week, although we don't necessarily have to use the prompt word in the story (the prompt word can just be an inspiration or a theme for the story), I feel I want to try my best to incorporate the word in the story in a normal, realistic fashion.

I sighted down my rifle.

Clear the town. Kill the enemies. Go home.

The war was done. I was done. I wanted to go home.

There. Someone running. Just a shadow in my rifle’s field of view. I pulled the trigger.

A girl tumbled to earth amidst her pink dress.

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