Post by aurorax on Jan 2, 2010 3:15:54 GMT 10
Title: Other Girls
Rating: PG
Prompt: #16, Lies
Summary: Jon screws up. Again.
She was ten, she was beautiful, and the world was at her feet. She remembered sitting with her father when she was very young, feeling the rough scratch of his beard on her cheek as he whispered in her ear. “This is Tortall,” he had said, “a place where women can do anything. You can be whatever you want”. The words had echoed through her mind, speaking of freedom and ambition and silver keys that could unlock any door. She spoke them softly under her breath as she jumped her horse for the first time, and held her first bow. During the attack on the Swoop, she was too frightened even to whisper, so she played them in her mind, a fiery blaze of hope when the darkness seemed eternal. It made it that much harder, to learn that it had all been a lie.
She was ten, she was beautiful, and the world was at her feet. And in the end, it still wasn’t enough. Because she was a princess, she was a Conte, and dreaming was for other girls.
Rating: PG
Prompt: #16, Lies
Summary: Jon screws up. Again.
She was ten, she was beautiful, and the world was at her feet. She remembered sitting with her father when she was very young, feeling the rough scratch of his beard on her cheek as he whispered in her ear. “This is Tortall,” he had said, “a place where women can do anything. You can be whatever you want”. The words had echoed through her mind, speaking of freedom and ambition and silver keys that could unlock any door. She spoke them softly under her breath as she jumped her horse for the first time, and held her first bow. During the attack on the Swoop, she was too frightened even to whisper, so she played them in her mind, a fiery blaze of hope when the darkness seemed eternal. It made it that much harder, to learn that it had all been a lie.
She was ten, she was beautiful, and the world was at her feet. And in the end, it still wasn’t enough. Because she was a princess, she was a Conte, and dreaming was for other girls.
This entire scenario makes me so sad, because Jon isn't completely wrong - but it's still so horrid for Kalasin (assuming she still wanted to be a knight, that is, as in this story's case). Poor girl.
Maybe once we'd have seen it during Smackdown!