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Battle for the world

3 min readMay 20, 2026

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Orange liquid flows around me as I move through the searing heat of the under Earth. I carry the weight of a continent on my back, an impossible burden that I move forward with in an unstoppable momentum.

My body causes seismic waves to tremble and vibrations to rattle the ground above. The earth is shaking, and voices cry out as hundreds of years of construction are torn to pieces.

My mass is a natural disaster in itself until I meet another force that is equally strong as I am. I feel the bulk of another magma monster. I’m prepared for a fight and push forward with centuries of progression.

A massive struggle takes place in the liquid magma, which surrounds us. Our edges meet, and I push against an insurmountable weight. I hear the other monster groan as he feels my strength.

I’ve felt it before and bear the burden, but the land above me reacts differently. There is a great upheaval as I try to push the other plate beneath me. However, the other monster does not give in easily.

New mountain ranges are formed as we battle to gain dominance, but I can’t get the upper hand.

Instead, the land is lifted.

For us, it seems only a few days, but on the surface, thousands of years have taken place.

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Ali Mai
Ali Mai

Written by Ali Mai

Blending stories from the real world for your reading pleasure.

Microcosm
Microcosm

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Home for flash fiction. A place for excellent tiny stories that capture something much larger. A single frame of a moving picture. Microfiction between 100 & 1000 words, any genre.