'Friday Ficlet' for Anna
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:54 pm
Anna recently posted on her blog a call for a 'Friday Ficlet' where our characters have a nightmare, and this is Channi's entry. I know it's probaly longer than the prescribed 500 words, but my muse hit me in the middle of a Monday Rush of stuff here at work and I had to obey! (Isn't that the way it ALWAYS works?)
This has also been cross posted to Arren's Forum here.
Enjoy!
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Channi had joined Kalenedral on one of the boats in the Stormwind canals fishing and had a nice quiet time. She had just started learning to fish, and it was comforting to be with someone she knew while trying something new. It gave her the chance to watch someone else's technique, as well as allow her to become more social.
She looked up and noticed the sky was getting dark, and remembered that she wanted to see the sunset in Stormwind Harbor. She said as much as she packed up her gear hoping she hadn't missed it already.
It was then that Kalenedral turn to her, "Why would a Soulless Doll like YOU want to see a sunset?!" she sneered at the young Deathknight.
Channi's eyes blinked in confusion. She had always thought Kalenedral was a nice person, and even felt somewhat close to her, so the attitude change caught her completely by surprise. She stood up and tried to ask what was wrong, but nothing came out of her mouth.
Kal approached her menacingly, her eyes burning with hatred, "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" She snickered as she motioned toward the dock. There was Windstar playing with a small piece of meat like some sort of toy. Channi realized that it was indeed her tongue as it flopped around trying to get back to her. But Windstar just chuckled and scooped it up in her mouth and swallowed it whole.
Then Kal was there, right in front of her. The pure hatred flowing off her was enough to force Channi to stumble backwards and fall back into the water of the canals. The water chilled her to the bone, worse than anything she had felt since her time on Archerus. She heard the two of them laughing as she flailed in the water. And then she was in her full armor, sinking toward the bottom of the canal. Panic set in and try as she might to scream for help, nothing came out but the air in her lungs. Which was soon replaced by the fetid water of the canals. The laughter continued, joined by others. Loreli. Takani. Zha'ane. Aedis and Cristoph. Pitch. Wildlark. Paul the Flower vendor. Bricu. Threnn. Roulette. Elly and the rest of the Langstons. It seemed the entirety of Stormwind was there pointing at her and sneering. "Souless Doll" and laughing was all she could hear, even over the rushing of water into her ears as she struggled to get off the bottom of the canal. But then the water around her froze into a solid block of ice. She couldn't even struggle anymore even if she wanted to.
I'm NOT a Soulless Doll! I'm a person! I had a family once.... Loreli adopted me.... Even if I can't remember it...it's true! It has to be true...! And it was then she realized she didn't know if any of it really was true. If she couldn't remember, how could she be sure of anything?
And then HIS voice sounded in her head. A voice that sent chills far worse than the ice that currently encompassed her. You do not belong with them. I am all you truely know. It is I that holds the key that you seek.
And then she was covered in shadow from something large that came up from behind her. A set of jaws slowly enveloped her and closed in around her, swallowing her up whole. Everyone above her continued to sneer and laugh at her. The last thing she saw was Paul, the Flower vendor putting a rose in Kalenedral's ear and leaning in for a kiss as the darkness cut her off entirely from the light. And she felt a pain that she never thought possible feel as if it just ripped her heart out from her body.
She suddenly sat up in her bed in the hunter's lodge, covered in sweat yet chilled further than the Great Sea. Her eyes were wide in shock and fear. And then, for the first time that she could remember, she cried. It was a new experience for her, and it frightened her that she could lose control of herself and become so helpless, but she had no choice in the matter. So much pent up fear and uncertainty finally found it's release, and it would not allow her to contain them any longer. All she could do was curl up into her blankets and sob until morning.
This has also been cross posted to Arren's Forum here.
Enjoy!
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Channi had joined Kalenedral on one of the boats in the Stormwind canals fishing and had a nice quiet time. She had just started learning to fish, and it was comforting to be with someone she knew while trying something new. It gave her the chance to watch someone else's technique, as well as allow her to become more social.
She looked up and noticed the sky was getting dark, and remembered that she wanted to see the sunset in Stormwind Harbor. She said as much as she packed up her gear hoping she hadn't missed it already.
It was then that Kalenedral turn to her, "Why would a Soulless Doll like YOU want to see a sunset?!" she sneered at the young Deathknight.
Channi's eyes blinked in confusion. She had always thought Kalenedral was a nice person, and even felt somewhat close to her, so the attitude change caught her completely by surprise. She stood up and tried to ask what was wrong, but nothing came out of her mouth.
Kal approached her menacingly, her eyes burning with hatred, "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" She snickered as she motioned toward the dock. There was Windstar playing with a small piece of meat like some sort of toy. Channi realized that it was indeed her tongue as it flopped around trying to get back to her. But Windstar just chuckled and scooped it up in her mouth and swallowed it whole.
Then Kal was there, right in front of her. The pure hatred flowing off her was enough to force Channi to stumble backwards and fall back into the water of the canals. The water chilled her to the bone, worse than anything she had felt since her time on Archerus. She heard the two of them laughing as she flailed in the water. And then she was in her full armor, sinking toward the bottom of the canal. Panic set in and try as she might to scream for help, nothing came out but the air in her lungs. Which was soon replaced by the fetid water of the canals. The laughter continued, joined by others. Loreli. Takani. Zha'ane. Aedis and Cristoph. Pitch. Wildlark. Paul the Flower vendor. Bricu. Threnn. Roulette. Elly and the rest of the Langstons. It seemed the entirety of Stormwind was there pointing at her and sneering. "Souless Doll" and laughing was all she could hear, even over the rushing of water into her ears as she struggled to get off the bottom of the canal. But then the water around her froze into a solid block of ice. She couldn't even struggle anymore even if she wanted to.
I'm NOT a Soulless Doll! I'm a person! I had a family once.... Loreli adopted me.... Even if I can't remember it...it's true! It has to be true...! And it was then she realized she didn't know if any of it really was true. If she couldn't remember, how could she be sure of anything?
And then HIS voice sounded in her head. A voice that sent chills far worse than the ice that currently encompassed her. You do not belong with them. I am all you truely know. It is I that holds the key that you seek.
And then she was covered in shadow from something large that came up from behind her. A set of jaws slowly enveloped her and closed in around her, swallowing her up whole. Everyone above her continued to sneer and laugh at her. The last thing she saw was Paul, the Flower vendor putting a rose in Kalenedral's ear and leaning in for a kiss as the darkness cut her off entirely from the light. And she felt a pain that she never thought possible feel as if it just ripped her heart out from her body.
She suddenly sat up in her bed in the hunter's lodge, covered in sweat yet chilled further than the Great Sea. Her eyes were wide in shock and fear. And then, for the first time that she could remember, she cried. It was a new experience for her, and it frightened her that she could lose control of herself and become so helpless, but she had no choice in the matter. So much pent up fear and uncertainty finally found it's release, and it would not allow her to contain them any longer. All she could do was curl up into her blankets and sob until morning.