300 Writing Prompts (No. 1)

I received a 300 Writing Prompts journal as a gift, but I decided to finally start using the prompts to write short snippets of conversations between character to help with character building.

 

Quote: What is your favorite way to spend a lazy day?

(Conversation between Priscilla and Gabriel from "Fairy Godmother" series)

The Babbling Brook

"What is your favorite way to spend a lazy day?" I asked Gabe. He stared at the rippling water of the brook. Then he stooped and picked up a flat pebble. With a flick of his wrist he sent it skipping downstream. 1... 2... 3... I counted ten skips before the pebble struck a twig and sank. I thought he hadn't heard my question, so I repeated it.

    "I haven't enjoyed a lazy afternoon until today," Gabe said quietly, "Those years of twiddling my thumbs in prison could hardly be called enjoyable."

"You didn't like being a wizard's apprentice?" I asked quickly, hoping to turn the conversation from the reason for his being in prison in the first place.

"Mother would have me join the Society of Wicked Uncles." Gabe said with a wince.

"I didn't know you were an uncle." I gasped. I knew none of his brothers were married, which made me wonder if there was a lost sister.

"She hoped one of my brothers would provide me with a niece," Gabe explained, "I joined the Wizard Apprentices to stop her plans."

"But why a niece?" I wanted to know.

"Because a girl cannot inherit the throne of Lower Gingerbread, therefore, according to my mother, she wouldn't be much use for anything else."

"I never liked your mother!" I declared vehemently.

"Better look to yourself," he reminded me, "When you learn to stop meddling my mother will learn to as well." I turned to glare at me and realized he was teasing me. But secretly I wondered if this was another reason the princes of Lower Gingerbread had sabotaged their mother's attempts to marry them off.