Re: FIC: "Dragonkind" (1/1)

[Nathan Campbell <NathanCampbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Marie-Claude! *Very* interesting vignette! Are we going to see any
more?

Nathan Campbell
NathanCampbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx

When sun sprays the earth
with straight-falling flames,
a cricket rubs his wings,
scraping up thin sweet song.
-Sappho


Marie-Claude Danis wrote:

Hello, list!

I'm new on here, and it just now occured to me that I would enjoy
reading good B/W fic. Name's Marie-Claude Danis, I'm 21,
French-Canadian, I live in Ottawa and I was a film production
major and am now going into linguistics. 

I usually write Spike/Xander (or Spike/Buffy or Spike/Wesley or
Spike/Tara or somesuch) and the only BtVS femslash pairing that's
even occured to me (until now) was Tara/female, sans Willow. But
I gotta say, I'm tempted by this.

Furthermore, I have this little vignette to post here. Hooray!

* * *


TITLE: "Dragonkind" (1/1)
AUTHOR: Marie-Claude Danis
EMAIL: mc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
SITE: http://verticalcrawl.com/fic
DISTRIB: My site, or just ask.
SPOILERS: none
NOTE: Not beta-read, and I wrote this a while ago, so my English
isn't polished at all.
PAIRING: Originally intended to be Buffy/Willow. But as it is,
there's no pairing per se. Just some Buffy, and some Willow.
SUMMARY: Spectacularly AU. I started this with the plan of
writing a huge Buffy/Willow fantastic epic, but I don't think
that'll happen, so I'm posting what I have as a vignette. Feel
free to smack me in the back of the head with a shovel. 

* * *




For the first time since she was a child, the Slayer is scared.
She can hear her own heartbeat in her chest, in her throat, in
her ears. She is panting, her breath condensing as it comes out
of her mouth, freezing her cracked lips. The thick foliage
overhead shields her from the much-needed moonlight. Now that the
storm is over, the full moon rises high above, casting a silvery
light upon the trees and across the plain ahead. Rain is dripping
from the leaves. With an involuntary shudder, the Slayer curses
the unseasonal cold. She can feel it slither down the bare skin
of her arms, crawl up her neck, creep down her legs. Her
leather-clad feet leave deep impressions in the mud with each
step. At times she has to sidestep large roots emerging from the
soggy ground, at times standing as high as her. This forest has
never before felt uninviting. The Slayer doesn't like it.

Ignoring the deep chills coursing down her neck, she plows
through the dense underbrush. She stops to change her grip on the
limp form in her arms, the resumes her laboured way. If it
weren't for the constant, reassuring warmth against her chest,
the Slayer would have stopped long ago and climbed a tree to
spent the night. But the smell of blood - not her own, and not
demon - drives her forward, unable to rest until she reaches her
village.

She finally reaches the edge of the forest, where she can see the
small group of stone houses from across the glowing field. It is
easier to walk now, and the feeling that she is only moments away
from home makes the Slayer finally breathe out her relief. She
hesitantly peers down at the young woman in her arms. She's never
seen a dragonkind from this close before, let alone touched one.

The female dragonkind has her face nestled against the Slayer's
tunic, her breath raspy on the worn fabric. Most of her delicate
face is hidden by the wild elfish bob of fiery red hair, the
awkwardly cut strands clinging to her damp skin. She is
unconscious; her leathery wings are wrapped around her body,
instinctively protecting her from the humid cold. One of the
wings rests awkwardly on her, broken. The gash across her stomach
still bleeds profusely, and her skin feels too warm. The Slayer
doesn't know the creature, but she is deadly afraid of losing
her.

Never had patrolling gone so wrong.



END




-- 
Marie-Claude
http://verticalcrawl.com

"Josh, you wouldn't know mojo if it fell into your groove thing."


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