peskywhistpaw (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} peskywhistpaw) wrote,@ 2008-04-13 13:00:00 |
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| Current mood: |  weird |
| Entry tags: | *fic, character: fawkes the phoenix, character: the basilisk, community: rarepair_shorts, fandom: harry potter, genre: general, rating: pg, ship: fawkes/basilisk |
Bloodbloodblood
Title: Bloodbloodblood
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Fawkes/the Basilisk
Prompt: challenge #1 (non-human) for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small}
rarepair_shorts
Rating: PG
Word Count: 145
Summary: Bloodbloodblood and then no heart. The Basilisk tries to come to terms with its deadly gaze.
Author's Notes: I finally got around to the first challenge! This takes place a bit after the Basilisk (who I have made a girl) has been born - and therefore her thoughts are less coherent than they are in Chamber of Secrets. If you read it aloud rather fast, it sounds neat. (Also, this is NOT a poem. Really. The lines are just short.)
Slither.
Left, right. Feel the leaves. Dirt. A flick of the tongue. Smells damp.
This is not home.
Take another taste of air. Blood.
Pause. Turn. Look to the side.
Eyes widen and it falls stone dead. Turn again.
The same. Again. Bloodbloodblood and then no heart.
Just like at home.
Left, right. Over, under. Eyes straight ahead now.
Do not want to keep them open.
Cannot see when they are closed.
Pause.
Something is burning.
Look up. Stop.
Red and orange, then smoke and fire.
What is left?
A bird?
A bird.
Look away. Look away. Please.
Stares. Eyes meet. Wait for it…
Bloodbloodblood and then no heart, then no heart, then no—
Head tilts to one side. Red. Calls out.
Hello.
Still a heart. STILL A HEART.
Not like at home.
Here, now.
Head tilts to one side. Green. Hisses back.
Hello.
