Once upon a time...
The battle raged back and forth. Shadows fell before shards of ice and the ring of steel pronounced the valiant effort put forth by the unlikely allies. But though the shadows failed and thinned with each assault, the Knight found herself outmatched against her gargantuan opponent. The Queen in her magical guise was relentless in her pursuit of the Princess, för magic had clouded her mind and taken hold of her senses.
And a giant wing swept out and knocked the Knight off her feet, and suddenly the path to the child lay open. Like a fawn in the path of an eagle she stood paralyzed; but just as the talons were about to grasp the girl, the Knight lept between them with a defiant cry!
And for all that it was a fairytale, and even though stories couldn't actually hurt them... the talons that buried into her back and stomach felt awfully real. There was pain, of a muddled and hazy kind - but what would linger in Maea's mind surely had to be the taste of her own blood as it gushed bright red from her mouth.
"Sorry - " she gasped - for now Hadama was left to face all the danger on his own. If only it was possible to change an outcome already written...
And a giant wing swept out and knocked the Knight off her feet, and suddenly the path to the child lay open. Like a fawn in the path of an eagle she stood paralyzed; but just as the talons were about to grasp the girl, the Knight lept between them with a defiant cry!
And for all that it was a fairytale, and even though stories couldn't actually hurt them... the talons that buried into her back and stomach felt awfully real. There was pain, of a muddled and hazy kind - but what would linger in Maea's mind surely had to be the taste of her own blood as it gushed bright red from her mouth.
"Sorry - " she gasped - for now Hadama was left to face all the danger on his own. If only it was possible to change an outcome already written...
The End
