WWC: Bad Tidings, PG (Skating By)

[Rosie]

Series: Skating By
Title: Bad Tidings
Rating: PG
Event: A Chill in the Air
Words: 100
Summary: Gwynnen finds her charm has failed her.

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December was nearly upon them when the thing Gwynnen had been dreading was confirmed.

She had plenty of time to muse as the Queen had been in poor health since All Hallow's Eve. Gwynnen found herself alone and, it turned out, much altered.

She sought out a healer in the Lower City to ensure secrecy, and trudged back to the palace on her own. She paused by the pond, wrapping her arms around her stomach, and reflected that there would be no skating for her this winter.

Shivering, she managed to pull herself together long enough to reach her rooms.

[mistrali]

I admit to having completely forgotten who Gwynnen is, but the concise writing here is great.

[Rosie]

Thank you! She’s a bit of a blink and you’ll miss it feature in ITHOTG, but I’d featured her in other fic before, and thought it might get me back into the swing of writing!

[devilinthedetails]

Oh, wow so much sorrow in this short piece. My heart breaks for Gwynnen, and you were able to really reflect her inner emotions in the outer world as well with the Queen's sickness and impending bleak winter without skating.

[Kypriotha]

This is beautifully written, short but very much packing an emotional punch. Poor Gwynnen