#bless you for understanding that by 'prompt' i mean 'zelgan'
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rottenappleheart · 10 years ago
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[shuffle prompt 1/5 - "only hope" by switchfoot]
When the wizard broke his bonds, the crowd that had been screaming for his blood began screaming in panic instead. Those who had been pushing close, eager to watch the executioner’s blade swing, now struggled against the press to get out of the way.
He spat a curse at the executioner, who fell heavily, magic swarming around him like a flock of evil crows. The royal guards fumbled bolts into their crossbows but hesitated to fire into the mass of innocents. In their uncertainty, the wizard ran—not for the gates and freedom, but for the dais, where the princess waited to witness her enemy’s end.
Those in the back of the square saw only his broad shape rising like a mountain, erasing the princess from their view.
If you had been there, jostled and straining on tiptoe to see, the clamor would have deafened you. Instead of slaying her where she sat, the wizard threw himself on his knees before her.
If you has been much closer, you might have heard the distant-thunder rumble of his voice.
But only the princess herself heard his actual words.
He bowed his head until his forehead rested in her lap. Just for a moment, she laid her white-gloved hand on his head.
[ETA: illustrated by the wonderful ponthion!]
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