"Textual Evidence 1" drabbles by Elizabeth O. Smith

Fall Of Rome

Textual Evidence 1

"...back up your claim in under five minutes. Whoever proves themselves first will be the crowned the victor of this competition."

Lies... young Demetrius mused as a large clock, decorated in roman numerals, struck twelve.

His Exam had begun.

Every year, all children under the age of eighteen were called into the capitol city, were marked, and took a test that would determine their future.

Or, so this woman before him claimed. But, it had all proved to be a lie in the end.

A girl leaned forward,

"Read between the lines, everyone here is gonna to end up dead."