I've done one 15 min fic before and just decided to come and see what the word was this week and see if I'd be inspired. I also wanted to see what kind of speed I actually can write in. Didn't expect to tackle original material, but there you go. Although this is kinda AU...
Title: And She Saw the Light Fandom/original: Original (My Before Dawn vampire verse) Characters:Gwen Rating:PG-13 (for the dark and death) Word count: 500
There was no place for her in the world anymore. There was no-one for her to love, no-one loved her. They were all gone. Gone like morning mist from the mountains, gone like shadows in the light. And she had nothing but herself to blame.
She was lost in the void of the world, in the endless meaningless humdrum of it's flow. She was timeless, she was nothing, there was nowhere for her to go any more. She had seen everything and been everywhere. Had reached the highest mountains, with their tops covered in everlasting snow. Her eyes had gone wide as she had seen thing through her preternatural eyes which mere mortals could only dream of.
She had done it all and was tired.
Lost in the mundane of the world as it now was, moving around her like a separate entity, something she was no part of, she was so tired. She often thought of ending it. Putting a stop to her misery. For all whom she loved were gone. Him with his golden smile and deep chocolate eyes, her with her golden locks and eyes like forget-me-not. All were gone. And now the horror of her parents struck her again. How could it still, after all this time? It had been centuries. Centuries since their passing and she still wept like a frightened child on a thunderous night. Wanting her mother to come and hold her and say it would be alright. That she didn't need to fear anymore. To tell her there were no real monsters.
Even while she all too well knew, now, that there were. She was one of them.
As she watched the golden patch of light creep slowly up the quilted bead spread, she smiled. It would all be but a half there memory. She felt groggy. She couldn't move now if she'd wanted. She looked at the lace pierced with light, saw it contrast with the blooming red roses of the curtain. Soon. She sat there, half gone already, and looked at the light. And her life, what there had been of it, flashed in her eyes.
“It's a girl, Gwen!” “I always loved you, you know that?” “You killed them? How could you? Your own parents?!” “I always knew this day would come, my love, but not so soon...” “You do not get to die now, not like this!” “I always loved you and only you... Gwen, ma chérie... Adieu... Gw---”
She jolted back into the now. Into the small room and the air which felt dank and used around her. And hot, so hot. Dusty. She could not breathe. Dust danced in the light. She looked and she saw. She saw that reached for nowhere... She saw the light and burst, flames licking her smile, her hair dancing wild in flames around her. She was content.
“Goodbye... I am coming, I am coming for you... Nicholas...”
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on 2009-10-17 07:23 pm (UTC)Title: And She Saw the Light
Fandom/original: Original (My Before Dawn vampire verse)
Characters:Gwen
Rating:PG-13 (for the dark and death)
Word count: 500
There was no place for her in the world anymore. There was no-one for her to love, no-one loved her. They were all gone. Gone like morning mist from the mountains, gone like shadows in the light. And she had nothing but herself to blame.
She was lost in the void of the world, in the endless meaningless humdrum of it's flow. She was timeless, she was nothing, there was nowhere for her to go any more. She had seen everything and been everywhere. Had reached the highest mountains, with their tops covered in everlasting snow. Her eyes had gone wide as she had seen thing through her preternatural eyes which mere mortals could only dream of.
She had done it all and was tired.
Lost in the mundane of the world as it now was, moving around her like a separate entity, something she was no part of, she was so tired. She often thought of ending it. Putting a stop to her misery. For all whom she loved were gone. Him with his golden smile and deep chocolate eyes, her with her golden locks and eyes like forget-me-not. All were gone. And now the horror of her parents struck her again. How could it still, after all this time? It had been centuries. Centuries since their passing and she still wept like a frightened child on a thunderous night. Wanting her mother to come and hold her and say it would be alright. That she didn't need to fear anymore. To tell her there were no real monsters.
Even while she all too well knew, now, that there were. She was one of them.
As she watched the golden patch of light creep slowly up the quilted bead spread, she smiled. It would all be but a half there memory. She felt groggy. She couldn't move now if she'd wanted. She looked at the lace pierced with light, saw it contrast with the blooming red roses of the curtain. Soon. She sat there, half gone already, and looked at the light. And her life, what there had been of it, flashed in her eyes.
“It's a girl, Gwen!” “I always loved you, you know that?” “You killed them? How could you? Your own parents?!” “I always knew this day would come, my love, but not so soon...” “You do not get to die now, not like this!” “I always loved you and only you... Gwen, ma chérie... Adieu... Gw---”
She jolted back into the now. Into the small room and the air which felt dank and used around her. And hot, so hot. Dusty. She could not breathe. Dust danced in the light. She looked and she saw. She saw that reached for nowhere... She saw the light and burst, flames licking her smile, her hair dancing wild in flames around her. She was content.
“Goodbye... I am coming, I am coming for you... Nicholas...”
And she was no more.