{"id":373,"date":"2026-08-05T21:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blakelavia.brownrice.website\/?page_id=373"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:47:28","slug":"contact-fantasy-flash-fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/index.php\/contact-fantasy-flash-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact &#8211; Fantasy Flash Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blakelavia.brownrice.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Contact-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Contact-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Contact-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Contact-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Contact-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Contact-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Contact-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Contact.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">               \u201cIt\u2019s working!\u201d Serena whooped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The circle was glowing, the colors shifting from blue to silver and gold. I held my breath. I couldn\u2019t believe what my eyes were seeing. We had made contact, magical contact with\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A buzzing sound fractured the air. The happy colors winked off, and a red glow emanated from the circle. Darkness filled the room, a dense fog that occupied all available space. We were soon engulfed, lost in a shapeless void.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">               The buzzing intensified. It now sounded like the scratchy static of a broken radio. Voices were coming through, voices that sounded gravelly and ominous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">               \u201cThis isn\u2019t good,\u201d Serena croaked. Her face looked ashen, even in the eerie red light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                \u201cThat\u2019s an understatement,\u201d I whispered. This wasn\u2019t good. It was a total disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                My experiment hadn\u2019t been approved by any of the teachers. We thought we could get away with breaking the rules if we got everything right. The worst case scenario was that the experiment wouldn\u2019t work. After all, we were just sophomores, magicians in becoming. However, magic is unpredictable and has a mind of her own. Magic makes the impossible happen. She breaks all the rules, when there are rules to be broken. And we had been breaking the rules. Magic had decided to help us, just in her own way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">               The voices became louder, clearer. They were chanting, and I finally managed to make sense of what they were saying. Blood froze in my veins. Serena turned to me, her eyes wide and horrified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">               \u201cI think we made contact\u2026\u201d Serena whispered, \u201c\u2026with\u2026with\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">               \u201cYes, I know,\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt\u2019s working!\u201d Serena whooped. The circle was glowing, the colors shifting from blue to silver and gold. I held my breath. I couldn\u2019t believe what my eyes were seeing. We had made contact, magical contact with\u2026 A buzzing sound fractured the air. The happy colors winked off, and a red glow emanated from the circle. 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