50 Word Thursday # 95 – The Fated Outcome.

“If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

Standing on the edge of the lonely, empty graveyard, Tom drew a deep breath and remembered the advice that his grandfather had given him. His grandfather had been a brave man and always took life by the throat.

The rusty iron gates creaked eerily as he opened them and stepped onto the holy ground. He was surrounded by a garden of gravestones planted to commemorate the lives of heroes and the graves were the only flora in this particular garden.

Looking around he found the grave he was looking for as if fated, marked with the very saying his grandfather used to say.

 “If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.”

That’s how he knew where to dig and where the treasure his grandfather had stolen was hidden. The Old man had told him everything and now the outcome was clear.

[150 Words]

This story was written for the 50 word thursday challenge:

https://talesfromthemindofkristian.wordpress.com/2020/10/29/50-word-thursday-95/

I have also included the following word prompts:

FOWC with Fandango — Outcome

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/11/04/rdp-wednesday-flora/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2020/11/04/fated/