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The Forgotten Bridge: Prologue- Waking Up

by MydnytRayn


She sneezed.

It was the fist indication that she had woken up. Every muscle was working, her breathing shallow but alright. She started shivering, the sudden chill in the air unexpected. As to keep warm, she tried curling up, but stopping as her arm rubbed up against a surface all to familiar with her. Grass.

She opened her eyes, a pitch black canvas dotted with the billions of stars of the night sky. She sat up fast, a small ache spreading in her head, however, went unnoticed by by the frightened girl. She sat on the edge of a forest in a small strip of grass by it. The grass area was around half a mile wide, the length unknown. It seemed to go on forever in both directions, as was the forest and the hill right across from her. The full moon shown bright, barely touching the horizon of the hill with its bottom edge, as it slowly began to rise. Tears began forming is her eyes, as to not seeing her own home. She couldn't keep it in. Tear streamed down her face as soft cries escaped her mouth.

She lay back down, getting as comfortable as she could before closing her eyes, one last look at the sky before drifting off to sleep. Where she was she had no idea. As to who she is is important. Her name.

Moonglow Winters

To be Continued...


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Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:24 am
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Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Night(whichever one it is in your part of the world),

Hi! I'm here to leave a quick review!!

Anyway let's get right to it,

She sneezed.

It was the fist indication that she had woken up. Every muscle was working, her breathing shallow but alright. She started shivering, the sudden chill in the air unexpected. As to keep warm, she tried curling up, but stopping as her arm rubbed up against a surface all to familiar with her. Grass.


Hmm, an interesting start to the story here, we've got a sense of someone waking up from a very long nap there...although judging by the random chill and the grass that appears to be surprising this person here, I don't think they're walking up from a simple nap here, I almost get a feeling this is someone that's waking up after being knocked out for some reason or drugged or something along those lines.

She opened her eyes, a pitch black canvas dotted with the billions of stars of the night sky. She sat up fast, a small ache spreading in her head, however, went unnoticed by by the frightened girl. She sat on the edge of a forest in a small strip of grass by it. The grass area was around half a mile wide, the length unknown. It seemed to go on forever in both directions, as was the forest and the hill right across from her. The full moon shown bright, barely touching the horizon of the hill with its bottom edge, as it slowly began to rise. Tears began forming is her eyes, as to not seeing her own home. She couldn't keep it in. Tear streamed down her face as soft cries escaped her mouth.


Well that reaction suggests either the land is familiar and her home has been destroyed by something leaving this strip of blank grass almost as if this home had been wiped clean from the land or she's in somehow found herself in an unfamiliar place. Either way it looks like she's definitely waking up after some sort of ordeal, the little hint there about the hurting of the head also seems to be supporting that idea here.

She lay back down, getting as comfortable as she could before closing her eyes, one last look at the sky before drifting off to sleep. Where she was she had no idea. As to who she is is important. Her name.

Moonglow Winters


Well that was a pretty calming end to this story...which is surprising considering the note that it started on there....but well, it definitely leaves room for a lot of questions there...one hand its confirmed she's in a place she knows nothing about, but the fact that she's supposed to be important in some way and how she just decides to go back to trying to sleep..definitely makes you ask a few questions here. Its a pretty intriguing end to this here prologue and well, this seems like a story I would certainly continue to read here.

Aaaaand that's it for this one.

As always remember to take what you think was helpful and forget the rest.

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Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:36 pm
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Hey MydnytRayn!!! Silver here to review your chapter here today!! :)

First of all, what an interesting story! Even though the chapter length was short, it was full and I could picture everything that was going on. On to the:

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her breathing shallow but alright


I don't know about the use of the word "alright" here, maybe "steady" might be more appropriate?

As to keep warm


This sounds a little clunky. Maybe try:

To keep herself warm...

all to familiar with her


The "to" should be "too"

She opened her eyes, a pitch black canvas dotted with the billions of stars of the night sky.


Sorry about the chunk but the two parts of the sentence seem almost separate. You need to indicate somehow that she's seeing the sky. For example:

She opened her eyes, a pitch black canvas dotted with the billions of stars of the night sky filled her vision.

It just makes the overall sentence flow a little better. Nice metaphor though, with the canvas, I really liked it.

As to who she is is important.


You can't have a double "is" without something separating it somehow, like a comma. Also the sentence itself I find very confusing and am not really sure what it's trying to say.


Overall I think that this is a very promising start to your story! It's filled with intrigue and I can't wait to see what happens. Keep it up and happy writing!! :) :)

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Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:58 pm
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Hello there! I've come to help review your wonderful writing. I want to start off by saying how much I enjoyed this piece. I loved the little details that just made the scene feel more right. I also thought it flowed very well. I wanted to point out one little thing, that in the beginning it mentions that 'every muscle was working', just a nitpicky area for me to say, the girl isn't exactly flailing around, is she? Also in spots it was a tad repetitive with the grass, I didn't see the significance of it. Either was I thought it was very well written and I can't wait to see more about this idea! Good luck continuing this,
~Wolfare




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Well thank you very much for this review! I will try to make things more clear in future chapters. Anyways, thanks for this!




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