Write about a character coming out of a long hibernation (either literal or metaphorical).

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“The Bug Test” by Al P

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“Please follow the light with your eyes. Mr. Allen, do you hear me?” The excited doctor asked. “Yes.” Coughed John Allen. Slow and groggy. The light was a little blurry but he was still able to follow the slow movements from the doctor. He placed the light into his white coat pocket and started delivering the status, “Most of your tests have come back and so far everything looks good. We will need to perform the Biometric Unilateral Gradient test tomorrow. The machine is down for some upgrades. Your memory will probably start coming in over ...

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“Awakening” by Matheus Souza

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To him, all days look the same, with very small changes worth mentioning. Slowly, his routine was turning firm, solidified in an adult and responsible stability. It happened right at the point when his hands used to hurt by how much he would practice his art, constantly writing, to the point of complete exhaustion. Before, there were pain every night, but his spirit was in peace and that internal fraction of the Man responsible to take care of his Inspiration looked satisfied. It was like a Bird, tired of flying, taking small and resto...

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“A broken awakening” by Sabina Topčić

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She could feel the light seeping through the haze of her consciousness. She tried to open her eyes, but like everything around her, they went about it at their own leisurious pace. The warmth spread through her like a liquid kiss, bringing comfort and a sense of hope. She felt her muscles expand, and bones crack as they tried to adjust to this extra space. The light was getting stronger and stronger, and she could feel something, like a cape from either side of her small body, trying to break free. Just as the light turned into blue heaven a...

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“Frosted” by Angele Gougeon

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“Bloodroot and blue cohosh and bearberry,” the voice lilted. “Hepatica, saxifrage, and Jack-in-the-pulpit.” Fingers trailed over delicate leaves. Bright sprouts, desperately reaching from the melting snow, turned white, and then black. “Oh dear,” said the voice. Pale purple prairie crocuses lay squashed between her toes. She bent low, staring for a long moment as the branches above groaned. In the silence of the forest, ice-melt dripped to the mud and loam below. Wind shrieked lowly. Far off, someone crept over the last dredges of crackling ...

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“Coma” by Joy Mason

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My eyes opened suddenly, immediately being blinded by the light that shone directly in them. Somehow, the room was completely dark when the light went away. Breathing heavily, I tried to make sense of the audible confusion and panic I gleaned from the blurred figures around me. I heard the quick tempo of a beeping heart monitor to my right, the sounds of someone weeping to my left. I couldn't tell if they were crying from fear or joy.Where am I? Who are all these people? What is happening? I wasn't quite sure until I regained my vision and m...

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“Hibernation” by Artemas Lazaro

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I woke up, today is a good day wind is still cold but bearable and there is clouds in the sky but a small ray of sunshine coming towards land. Let me tell you about myself, where i should i start, my name is Joseph Ohaio, I am 30 years old and had been sleeping in my home for last 4 months almost if i remember right. There is a rule implemented by govt. long ago that everybody has to sleep in winters till spring because it gets terribly cold on earth it drops to -230° degree Celsius in December and January, humans can't survive in that so w...

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“The great witch of white” by Soha Awad

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No voice was heard in years. No sound was made in ages. Everyone was asleep. Everything laid still. In the deep earth kingdom, time stopped since 200 years ago, after a spell was cast on the realm and its inhabitants. Sleep descended on the people as a fate, as witchcraft, as a curse. All entities surrendered to the pressing sultan of slumber. Even animals, insects, and ants. They all rested on the dead grass unconscious, as time looked the other way and left them alone, not dead nor alive. Just mere portraits of themselves. Only the grea...

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“Metamorphosis” by Amy Jayne Conley

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Trigger warning: eating disorder No-one had seen her for months. Just over a full year. It had been spring when she’d suffered, and then she’d gone away. Disappearing was easy. The global pandemic had forced everyone inside. When the world had come back out, she hadn’t. She’d remained behind closed doors, living silently, quietly, like a shadow. She’d worked on herself, on her surroundings, on her body, her mind, her soul. She’d healed herself, her trauma, her wounds. She was a better person for it… but no-one knew about it. Rosie had been f...

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“Couch Potato” by Katelynn Holden

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I liked being at home. After hearing that we’d have school virtually made me happier. I wouldn’t have to go through the whole getting up at five in the morning, worrying if I had everything for school. Splendid. AND, I can finally get enough vitamin zzzzzz each night. “Rebecca, please get up. You can’t keep waking up at eleven. Now your breakfast is cold.” my mom scolded. “Eh, I’ll eat it later. Lemme sleep for a few more minutes.” “We’re having scones with blueberry jam.” I perked up as she said that. Jumping out of bed with my bla...

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“An Ancient Awakening ” by Christopher Doriott

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She opened her eyes and saw only darkness. She was comfortable and warm within a strange bed but she could not allow herself to become complacent. She was in the unknown and must not betray her waking to potential prying eyes watching from the shadows. Cool air filled her lungs as she steadied her breathing and concentrated on remaining still until her eyes adjusted. Gradually her sight returned and the darkness retracted. She was in a room, but the room was unlike any she had ever known. Both the walls and ceiling appeared to be of a...

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“The Awakening” by Pina Bastos

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Walking by the beach, on a sidewalk that she knew so well, she sees few people staring at her. Why? Has she forgotten to put on her mask? It seems a nightmare but she is not sleeping. What is it, then? She passes by a car and sees her image reflected on its glass window. Suddenly she realizes her hair is a mess. She has just forgotten to comb it. Is this what people are so upset about, even in those days when "everything goes", as the music says? Perhaps it is. She picks up a comb in her purse and combs her hair. She looks much better now. S...

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“Il Reveille!” by Sarah Chet

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It was the faint buzzing in his ear that brought on the first flutters of consciousness. He could just about recall a vague dream about being at an airport, rushing to catch a flight he was already late for, and when the buzzing began, he felt his anxiety ease up a bit, as he realised he wasn’t really about to miss an important flight. But once his eyelids fluttered open and he tried to reach out reflexively to shut off the alarm, his true bearings dawned on him, and a new, much stronger wave of anxiety hit him like a tsunami. The pod w...

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“Awakening” by Anes Nia

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We went back to the entrance we came through. But no visible sign that shows that the rebellious group came through here. The officers left behind to watch in this spot didn't see them come out, nor report any strange movement from near that haunted room."But there is only one way that leads out from this place." my assistant said with confusion printed all over her face. “How could they possibly pass through here without being instantly noticed?”"A couple of you stay in here, and two more at the entrance of the room," I ordered. "The r...

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“An Unexpected Encounter” by Holly Cook

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Sunbeams streamed through the window, a subtle breeze with displaying hints of sweet onion and sounds of song birds returning back home after a long, brutally chilling Pennsylvania Winter. Olivia rubbed her eyes awake as she stretched, waking her sleepy muscles out of stupor. Another glorious day to be alive, she thought to herself. Melody, her calico cat sprawled in a similar stretch, letting out a long yawn with claws fully extended. “Well, good morning there, Melody!” Olivia sang. Melody replied in a high trilling sound, now alert and r...

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“Cold Shiver” by Heather Ann Martinez

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TW: murder Cold Shiver By Heather Ann Martinez Becky’s Diner was the only place to grab food for more than twenty miles along Route 55. Linus Stillman had been frequenting Becky’s for the majority of the past twenty-five years. It was where he met his wife. It was where he met his birth brother and birth father. It was where he went to when he lost his sales job, when he picked up another and where he felt most at home spring through autumn. Every November, he disappeared from his daily routines. He would emerge the last...

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Write about a character coming out of a long hibernation (either literal or metaphorical).

Submissions are closed

✍️ 158 stories

“The Bug Test” by Al P

“Awakening” by Matheus Souza

“A broken awakening” by Sabina Topčić

“Frosted” by Angele Gougeon

“Coma” by Joy Mason

“Hibernation” by Artemas Lazaro

“The great witch of white” by Soha Awad

“Metamorphosis” by Amy Jayne Conley

“Couch Potato” by Katelynn Holden

“An Ancient Awakening ” by Christopher Doriott

“The Awakening” by Pina Bastos

“Il Reveille!” by Sarah Chet

“Awakening” by Anes Nia

“An Unexpected Encounter” by Holly Cook

“Cold Shiver” by Heather Ann Martinez

🌟 Similar prompts

Set your story at a park during a spring festival.

Write a fairy tale about someone who can communicate with woodland creatures.

Start your story with one character pointing out the first sign of spring to another.

Write a story where flowers play a central role.

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