Word Count: 100
“See there? Walking the trestle? That’s her, the little one with the long dark hair.”
“Why she’s only a child.”
“And who was it that said, ‘.. a child shall lead them?’”
“I guess you’re right.”
“When are you going to let her know we have come for her?”
“Soon. A train has been sent to create a diversion. When it gets close enough, I’ll let her know it’s time to go..”
“You don’t think she will refuse do you? I mean, she could.”
“No, she’s always known some day we would come for her. Today she will just know when.”
Prompt supplied by Friday Fictioneers
This story was created in an effort to make sense of the following real life incident. Jeanine Moran was a classmate of mine at the time. We were 14. She still is.
Thru Violet's Lentz 
Well done. And such a sad story.
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Thank you Tina. A trestle will forever have but one memory attached for me..
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That must have been traumatic for everyone, such a sad waste. I’m hoping those that came to collect her treated her well.
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She continues to be cherished. Thanks for stopping by.
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This must have been especially horrifying for her friends and sibling who were out with her that day. This is a parent’s worst nightmare.
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It’s something you never really make sense of. Thank you for stopping by and commenting.
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For me, there was hope in this
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Thank you Neil.
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A beautifully written story about a sad situation, but they took her to a better place. I’m so sorry for this loss you endured.
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It through quite the learning curve on growing up. Thank you so much for stopping by.
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Threw. Sounds the same looks different.. It’s gonna be one of those days…..
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That’s … poignant. Lovely.
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Oh, what an awful thing. A very sad memory for you.
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Quite a growing experience. Thanks for stopping in.
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Was she trying to test the theory that you could have the train go over the top of you if you were in the middle, maybe?
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I thought that for years until I read the newspaper article, and it said all she had to do was step into the center of the tracks. I guess we’ll never know for sure. Thanks for stopping in.
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Such a sad story, a life ended to suddenly.
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But her story is still being told 43 years later. Kind of makes you wonder huh?
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Dear Violet,
Beautifully written tribute. A real heart-breaker. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you Rochelle. For your view, your comment, and your hard work in keeping this wonderful prompt moving forward every week.
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A terrible story, in reality. I love that you’ve given her death a greater purpose in fiction.
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Thank you Magaly, some how sharing her story after all this time makes me feel like there is meaning in everything.
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too young to die. may she rest in peace.
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What a story, and I can really see how the picture was immediately her story… so sad when accidents strike
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Exactly, when I saw the trestle how could I write anything else. Thanks for dropping in.
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Sad story – yours and the newspaper one – but I fail to see how dropping through could have saved her. That’s one hell of a drop.
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I believe they meant stepping between the two sets of tracks. I do not know if that is how the others survived or not. I never read this article till I saw this prompt and looked for it. Everything I knew about the accident I heard in school when it happened and that was 40 odd years ago.
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So sorry about your friend. Loved the story!
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Thank you on both counts.
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Such a sad heartbreaking story. As it is based on real life, it hits you harder.
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Yes it does. Thank you so much for stopping in and commenting.
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What a traumatic experience to lose a classmate that way. The story you’ve written contains both mystery and hope.
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Wow, Violet. That was brilliantly done. Such a sad story but you’ve written it beautifully.
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Such a tragic event. Some things that happen in life one can not understand. I know that from experience.
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Oh, that’s such a sad story. You give it an intriguing fictional twist, but it’s still very sad…
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That is so sad! Something similar happened when I was 15 but my friend survived but was horribly injured and never recovered. Two years later he was knocked down by a car on a pelican crossing and survived again but suffered still further terrible injuries. There but for the grace of God…
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Wow, that was powerful. We always ask Why? when someone that young dies in an accident. I like this explanation. It adds closure and comfort.
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Thank you Russell.
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Oh this is so sad. What a loss. Forever young. Terrible
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You tell this sad story with delicacy. Nicely done.
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It’s a tender place in my heart. Thank you.
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