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BtVS Drabble, Prompt: Knight
Apr. 2nd, 2009 12:35 amThe flames rose around her, turning her countenance demonic. Gasps rose from the watching crowd, male and female alike horror-struck and fearful.
Cowards.
When she was chosen, she expected death at the hands of the demons she fought and feared for her good name on the tongues of the neighbours.
She didn’t anticipate those gossiping neighbours would bring about her death.
Before the cries of ‘witch’ and the smoke overtook her, she spotted golden eyes and bright fangs grinning from the shadows. This community would soon learn that banishing the knight does nothing to alleviate the suffering of the peasant.
Note: Quote paraphrased from CS Lewis.
Cowards.
When she was chosen, she expected death at the hands of the demons she fought and feared for her good name on the tongues of the neighbours.
She didn’t anticipate those gossiping neighbours would bring about her death.
Before the cries of ‘witch’ and the smoke overtook her, she spotted golden eyes and bright fangs grinning from the shadows. This community would soon learn that banishing the knight does nothing to alleviate the suffering of the peasant.
Note: Quote paraphrased from CS Lewis.
