Challenge
August 2024 Drabble Challenge: First Day of School
Tell me a story in exactly 100 words using the prompt, "First Day of School." Take it in any direction you want, you don't have to use the exact phrase or keywords or anything, but do draw us in with a return to school as your theme. Please use standard punctuation, grammar, and spelling to spin a prose tale for a chance to score a whopper of a prize: TWO WHOLE DOLLARS! I'll pick the winner in early September, no need to tag me with your entry.
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Schooooooool. Please no. C’mon, I don’t want to.
As I walk into the prison of hell, I take a look around. The crows are calling and the scent of old cigarette butts assaults my nostrils. The sliding gates of doom open for me and I check in with the mean and scary looking secretary. Another four years here and I'll be free, free to live as I like, away from this awful place. It's so close now that I can taste it, the last eight years have been hell, but I'm over the worst part now. I'm on the last leg. Soon I can leave this high school.