FIC: As the World Shuffles Along (Multi-Fandom) April Set
...And Here is the April Set.
And a couple more obscure/tiny fandoms.
Title: Bets and Pride
Fandom: Tortall -Protector of the Small
Characters: Dom
Timeframe: During First Test
Theme: Dumbledore’s Army - Order of the Phoenix
~*~
Dom was feeling a little in over his head. Joining the King’s Own had seemed like a good idea at the time.
However, two months in, he realised that it was going to be harder than he ever thought. This last week has been one of the first times that he’s not been coated in mud and covered in bruises. And now they were about to head out again. He really hoped that Qasim was right and it was a false alarm.
So stopping to watch the pages start their tilting was fine with him. If he happened to see his cousin knocked off his horse at the same time, well... it might make him feel better to see smart-mouthed Neal take a walloping. Neal didn’t get more than a light whack from the dummy though, and Dom was almost disappointed.
“Look at the size of that gelding,” one of his squad members exclaimed quietly.
“The page doesn’t look big enough to be on a monster like that,” Dom head someone else say.
“Is that the Girl?” came from behind.
Sure enough, the page on the monster of a horse was Keladry of Mindelan. Dom had already heard much about this girl from Neal’s letters.
It wasn’t hard to see that her tilting run was going to be disastrous. “Bet she doesn’t stay on,” the men quickly started a pool.
“Don’t think she’ll even hit the target at all.”
“I think she’ll stay on,” Dom interjected. The men stared at him, the shrugged. No doubt figuring that if the newbie wanted to lose his money, it wasn’t their problem.
From what he knew, Keladry seemed like a stubborn girl, and for all Neal’s dramatics, the meathead was generally a good judge of character.
The horse reared, and Dom winced along with everyone else. Then grinned as she recovered, still in her saddle, quickly trying to hide behind the rest of pages as Lord Raoul entered into conversation with Lord Wyldon.
He decided he rather liked this girl page.
~*~
Title: Freedom
Fandom: Secret Countess (A Countess Below Stairs) by Eva Ibbotson
Characters: Lady Westerholme/Mary Frayne, Cyril Proom
Theme: River Runs Through It - Doctor Who series 5
~*~
The household was currently between a sense of relief and shock. Muriel had pack her belongings most hastily, or rather, ordered her Swiss maid to pack, and had vanished along with Dr Lightbody.
Downstairs, Louise has suggested fumigating Miss Hardwicke’s room just to ensure there wasn’t any more of the woman’s toxic presence still lingering there. Proom indulges her with a rare smile, and Mrs Park fusses over Wyn with an gleam of satisfaction in her eyes as the events are related to her.
Lady Westerholm calls Proom into the sitting room, and for a while just stares at the faithful butler.
“Thank you,” she says softly, after studying the aging man.
“My Lady,” he responds, not sure of what else to say.
Mary Frayne sighs, “It was underhanded, that ploy, and had every potential to blow up horribly. But I thank you,” she looks away for a moment. “I don’t know what’s going to happen to Mersham financially, but I think any options ahead of us are still better than being under the thumb of that girl.”
“We all agreed that as well, My Lady.”
“And I don’t think I could have beared to see her destroy Rupert. And she would have.”
Proom just nodded.
Silence reigns for a moment before the older woman asks one last question.
“Do you think we can find a way to get Anna back up here?”
~*~
Title: Risk Taking
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Jackie Tyler
Timeframe: Somewhere in season 2
Theme: Aquarius - Within Temptation
~*~
They say I'm seeking out the danger.
That one day you won't let me go,
I’ll drown, you’ll take me down.
~*~
Jackie Tyler is by no means a stupid woman.
She isn’t academically gifted, but her knowledge of people has served her well during her life.
Rose is her world, and as much as she wants her daughter to be everything she herself could never be, she wants to keep her safe and protected.
The Doctor was a direct threat to her Rose’s safety. She knows that. She’s seen it in action. But during Rose’s assosication with the infuriating man, Jackie has seen her girl blossom into a strong minded woman with drive. And she is so immensely proud of this woman that her daughter has become. And begrudgingly, she will credit part of this change in her daughter to the Doctor.
But somewhere in her heart, she knows this can’t last. One of these days, Rose is going to step into that blue box, and she won’t see her again.
And Rose will never leave the Doctor. Jackie knows that Rose has fallen in love with him.
All she can do know is eye the lanky alien each time, imploring him to bring her daughter back to her again.
~*~
Title: Unyielding
Fandom: Deltora Quest
Characters: Jarred/Endon
Timeframe: Around 'Dread Mountain'
Theme: Untitled - Simple Plan
~*~
So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can’t explain what happened
And I can’t erase the things that I’ve done
~*~
The steady drip of water entering the cell was starting to drive him crazy.
The blacksmith sighed, and tried to distract himself from the noise. He wishes his wife was here. She’d always had the spirit to lighten even his darkest moods. He did his best to return the favour when her own worried threatened to overwhelm her. Fallow had managed to let slip that she was still being her wilful self, which gave him hope.
He couldn’t help but laugh when the Shadowlord’s servant thought that it was Endon travelling with Lief. Hell, it still made him chuckle. Hard to do that when they have Endon trapped in a cell here.
It was weird hearing that name thrown around. He’s so used to answering to Jarred. He isn’t entirely sure who he considers himself to be more, the childhood friend he had adored, or the hiding king. He loved those memories of the childhood their shared. And it wasn’t the opulence that made those memories. It was the two of them, as brothers more than friends.
He prays everyday for the safety of Jarred, Anna and their child. He didn’t deserve a friend such as Jarred, though he’s strived to make that sacrifice worth it.
He can’t change the past, no matter how much he wishes it. But Leif... his precious, brave, headstrong son has the power to change the future.
That is the hope he is clinging to.
~*~
Title: Of Pain and Hope
Fandom: Tangled
Characters: The Queen
Timeframe: Post prologue
Theme: We Believe - Good Charlotte
~*~
There’s a woman crying out tonight
Her world has changed
She asks God why
Her only son has died
And now her daughter cries
She can’t sleep at night
~*~
She spends hours sitting by Rapunzel’s crib.
It’s not healthy. She knows that. Her husband has had to carry her to bed more than once.
Food has little interest for her. Her duties as queen hold even less appeal. Her husband has offloaded as much of his official duties as he can, for the time being, onto the advisory council. He instead spends much of his time with the officers searching for their baby girl.
Sometimes, when she dozes off in front of the empty crib, she forgets for a few moments when she awakes. Her half-awake brain sees the mobile still swinging gently, and expects to see her golden-haired daughter, her miraculous little girl, beneath it.
But that blissful moment shatters, and she’s left feeling worse than ever.
She wont give up on seeing her daughter again though. She can’t. They can’t.
They will keep searching until Rapunzel is found.
~*~
And a couple more obscure/tiny fandoms.
Title: Bets and Pride
Fandom: Tortall -Protector of the Small
Characters: Dom
Timeframe: During First Test
Theme: Dumbledore’s Army - Order of the Phoenix
~*~
Dom was feeling a little in over his head. Joining the King’s Own had seemed like a good idea at the time.
However, two months in, he realised that it was going to be harder than he ever thought. This last week has been one of the first times that he’s not been coated in mud and covered in bruises. And now they were about to head out again. He really hoped that Qasim was right and it was a false alarm.
So stopping to watch the pages start their tilting was fine with him. If he happened to see his cousin knocked off his horse at the same time, well... it might make him feel better to see smart-mouthed Neal take a walloping. Neal didn’t get more than a light whack from the dummy though, and Dom was almost disappointed.
“Look at the size of that gelding,” one of his squad members exclaimed quietly.
“The page doesn’t look big enough to be on a monster like that,” Dom head someone else say.
“Is that the Girl?” came from behind.
Sure enough, the page on the monster of a horse was Keladry of Mindelan. Dom had already heard much about this girl from Neal’s letters.
It wasn’t hard to see that her tilting run was going to be disastrous. “Bet she doesn’t stay on,” the men quickly started a pool.
“Don’t think she’ll even hit the target at all.”
“I think she’ll stay on,” Dom interjected. The men stared at him, the shrugged. No doubt figuring that if the newbie wanted to lose his money, it wasn’t their problem.
From what he knew, Keladry seemed like a stubborn girl, and for all Neal’s dramatics, the meathead was generally a good judge of character.
The horse reared, and Dom winced along with everyone else. Then grinned as she recovered, still in her saddle, quickly trying to hide behind the rest of pages as Lord Raoul entered into conversation with Lord Wyldon.
He decided he rather liked this girl page.
~*~
Title: Freedom
Fandom: Secret Countess (A Countess Below Stairs) by Eva Ibbotson
Characters: Lady Westerholme/Mary Frayne, Cyril Proom
Theme: River Runs Through It - Doctor Who series 5
~*~
The household was currently between a sense of relief and shock. Muriel had pack her belongings most hastily, or rather, ordered her Swiss maid to pack, and had vanished along with Dr Lightbody.
Downstairs, Louise has suggested fumigating Miss Hardwicke’s room just to ensure there wasn’t any more of the woman’s toxic presence still lingering there. Proom indulges her with a rare smile, and Mrs Park fusses over Wyn with an gleam of satisfaction in her eyes as the events are related to her.
Lady Westerholm calls Proom into the sitting room, and for a while just stares at the faithful butler.
“Thank you,” she says softly, after studying the aging man.
“My Lady,” he responds, not sure of what else to say.
Mary Frayne sighs, “It was underhanded, that ploy, and had every potential to blow up horribly. But I thank you,” she looks away for a moment. “I don’t know what’s going to happen to Mersham financially, but I think any options ahead of us are still better than being under the thumb of that girl.”
“We all agreed that as well, My Lady.”
“And I don’t think I could have beared to see her destroy Rupert. And she would have.”
Proom just nodded.
Silence reigns for a moment before the older woman asks one last question.
“Do you think we can find a way to get Anna back up here?”
~*~
Title: Risk Taking
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Jackie Tyler
Timeframe: Somewhere in season 2
Theme: Aquarius - Within Temptation
~*~
They say I'm seeking out the danger.
That one day you won't let me go,
I’ll drown, you’ll take me down.
~*~
Jackie Tyler is by no means a stupid woman.
She isn’t academically gifted, but her knowledge of people has served her well during her life.
Rose is her world, and as much as she wants her daughter to be everything she herself could never be, she wants to keep her safe and protected.
The Doctor was a direct threat to her Rose’s safety. She knows that. She’s seen it in action. But during Rose’s assosication with the infuriating man, Jackie has seen her girl blossom into a strong minded woman with drive. And she is so immensely proud of this woman that her daughter has become. And begrudgingly, she will credit part of this change in her daughter to the Doctor.
But somewhere in her heart, she knows this can’t last. One of these days, Rose is going to step into that blue box, and she won’t see her again.
And Rose will never leave the Doctor. Jackie knows that Rose has fallen in love with him.
All she can do know is eye the lanky alien each time, imploring him to bring her daughter back to her again.
~*~
Title: Unyielding
Fandom: Deltora Quest
Characters: Jarred/Endon
Timeframe: Around 'Dread Mountain'
Theme: Untitled - Simple Plan
~*~
So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can’t explain what happened
And I can’t erase the things that I’ve done
~*~
The steady drip of water entering the cell was starting to drive him crazy.
The blacksmith sighed, and tried to distract himself from the noise. He wishes his wife was here. She’d always had the spirit to lighten even his darkest moods. He did his best to return the favour when her own worried threatened to overwhelm her. Fallow had managed to let slip that she was still being her wilful self, which gave him hope.
He couldn’t help but laugh when the Shadowlord’s servant thought that it was Endon travelling with Lief. Hell, it still made him chuckle. Hard to do that when they have Endon trapped in a cell here.
It was weird hearing that name thrown around. He’s so used to answering to Jarred. He isn’t entirely sure who he considers himself to be more, the childhood friend he had adored, or the hiding king. He loved those memories of the childhood their shared. And it wasn’t the opulence that made those memories. It was the two of them, as brothers more than friends.
He prays everyday for the safety of Jarred, Anna and their child. He didn’t deserve a friend such as Jarred, though he’s strived to make that sacrifice worth it.
He can’t change the past, no matter how much he wishes it. But Leif... his precious, brave, headstrong son has the power to change the future.
That is the hope he is clinging to.
~*~
Title: Of Pain and Hope
Fandom: Tangled
Characters: The Queen
Timeframe: Post prologue
Theme: We Believe - Good Charlotte
~*~
There’s a woman crying out tonight
Her world has changed
She asks God why
Her only son has died
And now her daughter cries
She can’t sleep at night
~*~
She spends hours sitting by Rapunzel’s crib.
It’s not healthy. She knows that. Her husband has had to carry her to bed more than once.
Food has little interest for her. Her duties as queen hold even less appeal. Her husband has offloaded as much of his official duties as he can, for the time being, onto the advisory council. He instead spends much of his time with the officers searching for their baby girl.
Sometimes, when she dozes off in front of the empty crib, she forgets for a few moments when she awakes. Her half-awake brain sees the mobile still swinging gently, and expects to see her golden-haired daughter, her miraculous little girl, beneath it.
But that blissful moment shatters, and she’s left feeling worse than ever.
She wont give up on seeing her daughter again though. She can’t. They can’t.
They will keep searching until Rapunzel is found.
~*~