"The Turn of the Wheel"

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TITLE: "The Turn of the Wheel"
AUTHOR: Melody
EMAIL: melodyunity at yahoo.com
SUMMARY: River knows some things are real.
RATING: G
CHARACTERS: River
SPOILERS/TIMELINE: Set during "Safe."
WORD COUNT: 414 words
DISCLAIMER: Firefly and River and Simon Tam belong to Joss Whedon, not me. I am infringing on his copyright. Um. Sorry.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I need your help. A while ago, I had an -- admittedly, very wacky -- idea for a story, and I wrote what was intended to be the first part of it. However, later I decided the idea was a bit too wacky and I never wrote the rest of it. My problem is, I really like this introductary bit that I wrote of it -- I think it has a cool River-voice -- and I'd like to post it. But I'm not sure if it actually makes sense if you don't know the context of the larger story that this was supposed to be a part of.

So. I'm going to post it here. Please tell me if you think it makes sense or not. Please be as specific as you can -- I plan to use your comments to make any revisions that are needed.

Also, any sugestions for a better title would be appreciated.

Thank you all so much; I'm very grateful!

( Follow the fake cut for the story. )