Fic: Fire on the Mountain

keyofjetwolf:

IT’S LONG ENOUGH TO GET A CRAPPY TITLE I GUESS

This was my effort yesterday, File it as another under “Holligay demanded posting”. I like the idea behind this, which I won’t spoil for you, but I’m not thrilled about my execution. WOULD I BE THOUGH I DON’T KNOW

It’s about 1700 words, and I’ll leave it to you to see what it’s about.

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The rumours spread first, as was often the way. How it started was always a mystery. A neighbor had the first report, a friend of a friend knew something interesting, someone overheard someone else at the bar. No one would ever claim to be the origin. That seemed to go against human nature, but who could guess what that meant anymore.

A friend of a friend, then, who heard there was someone with a house in the forest now, a feat no one in living memory had dared. A neighbor who had never seen her assured everyone she was beautiful and terrifying. The chatter at the bar was that she would curse you, or bless you, or perhaps both, and you would never know the difference.

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