Sibylle's Short Story: Her Modern Day

The sky darkened to a blood red. Below, the screams of terror could be heard. Smoke was rising from a city drowning in flames as the streets were painted in black ash the littering of burned bodies. But flashes of a blue sky were mixed in. The sounds of birds chirping and people shouting about discounted bread filled the air. Slowly but surely, Sibylle’s sight returned to her modern day life until she was finally reunited with 1890 Paris. It was her city, a city filled with people who would never know the horrors she just saw. This had been happening for years; Sibylle would get glimpses of other cities in other times, both past and future. She recognized some of the past events from what little history her father had taught her, but some scenes included pieces of technology well beyond her time — some of which she didn’t believe would be possible. She had been having breakdowns, confusing reality and her… visions. One second she would be here and the next she’d be in some foreign land, watching people burn at the stake or sink in a ship or be shot down with guns on a battlefield. …show more content…
But she knew the truth — she knew it was more than that. She just wanted it to end. The only place she didn’t seem to get the visions was where she was now, at the top of the Tour Eiffel — the famous “dishonor of Paris”. While most people seemed to hate the new construction, claiming it was unnecessary, ugly, and unsafe, she loved it. It was the only place she could be alone and completely free of the visions — at least it was up until last week. But she should’ve known better than to think it would last; all good things do come to an