(Late Response) Prompt #77 / "Child by the Pyre"

[ap0cryphal]

Title: "Child by the Pyre"
Challenge/Prompt: #77 / Pure
Original Fiction or Fanfiction: Original
Characters/Pairings: N/A
Rating:PG-13 / K+
Warnings: Violence
Disclaimer:  Original work, my own stuffs, etc.
Summary:  He waits by the pyres, the black hearted child.
Author's Notes: been away, playing catch-up.

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He waits in the castle still, the black hearted child.

Coal dark eyes and teeth cast in silver. A loyal servant for all seasons. Favourite of the queen, and her mother before her. Beauty withers, cunning overtakes wisdom; the child remains. 

He waits by the pyres, the black hearted child.

Flames buffet his face. Skin chars, heals. Coal dark eyes flicker red then black. The kindling in the pyres has stopped its screams; the last of the winter queens is ash and bone now.

He waits by the ruins, the black hearted child.

Until another queen calls him to service.

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Comments

[cydling]

this is dreadfully delicious. i utterly love it!

[ap0cryphal]

:D Thanks! I'm not sure what i was aiming for, but dreadful + delicious = awesome in my book. I'm glad you enjoyed! :D

[cydling]

I did enjoy and in utter honesty, this sounds like it's a smaller tidbit from something much larger. is it? because if it is, i would love to read more of it. if it's not then well, it's still awesome but i'm sad-cakes because it should be longer or more drabbles or something! i love wicked little things like this. it makes my toes curl and want to know back story and such!

[ap0cryphal]

the drabble stuff tends to be one-off usually, but it's excellent for revving up the muses. i <3 flashfic in general because it forces me to try and tell a story in the most stripped down way possible.

if you wanna read more of this particular story i guess you're in luck lol. i have a backlog of prompts to run through and the drabble for #78 ended up being a sort-of-prequel to this one. :P

[cydling]

yay! i'm super happy that there was something else from that world of muses!
flashfic is so much love for getting them all revved up. i should probably do that more often with them. but for right now, they're doing just great!

[originalpuck]

I love this. The concept is eery, as is the child's seeming devotion/servitude/slavery. The whole section about the ashes and kindling is just beautiful. The imagery is amazing. Great job!

[ap0cryphal]

Many thanks! :D

i'm kinda torn between being sorry for the child and being creeped out by what he is.