Wedding of the Crocodile and the Raven - 2/?
Title:The Wedding of the Crocodile and the Raven
Author: ageofalejandro
Beta: hyde_the_body and honeyycomb
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, tragedy, romance, family (a tad), humor (also a tad), AU of the mirror!verse variety
Pairings: Jim/Bones, Winona/Frank, Pike/Gaila, Spock/Uhura, Pike/Jim, Jim/Gaila, implied Pike/One, Jim/Marlena, Chekov/OCF Chekova...probably others.
FYIs: politics like whoa, revisionist history books (Terrans might believe in a heliocentric solar system, but the universe revolves around the Empire), creative abuse of history in general, mangled pieces of classic literature/folk tales/mythology.
Warnings: non graphic non con (one variety of which amounts to repeated date rape), slavery in general and sex slavery in particular, mentions of genocide, violence, torture, murder, attempted incest, and general Mirror!verse triggery warnings.
Summary: Almost everyone had a few close allies because they were necessary to survive, but not many had someone like Bones. He was more than an ally. He was Hephaestion to Jim's Alexander.
A/n: List of books I have mangled here and each main chapter will be separated by an interlude of sorts - mirrorized folk tales, excerpts from books on academic subjects (history, theology), literature, etc. Bones’ entry scene’s dialogue pulled from the script and modified a bit. This is a bit different than what I’ve written in this fandom before, too, since there’s multiple threads attached to multiple characters.
ALSO, thanks go to antesqueluz , who is super and helped me with a bit of medical stuff. :3
Part One: Iowa
Once upon a time, a slave named Androcles escaped his master and fled into the forest, running until he could run no more. He found a cave and sought to take refuge there, lying down near the mouth to sleep. But before long, he was woken by little panting sounds from further back in the cave.
Androcles thought to himself, "Perhaps it is a wounded deer which I may eat for my supper." And so he searched for the source of the sounds, finding a large, but skinny lion curled up deep inside the cave. Androcles was frightened and turned to run away, but stopped when the lion cried out to him:
"Man! Man! I am hurt! There is a thorn in my paw! Would you pull it out for me?"
Androcles turned around at that and approached the great beast, seeing him with his paw outstretched where indeed there was a large and wicked looking thorn embedded in his skin. Androcles took pity on the lion and removed it, binding the cat's wound as best he could.
The lion pushed his face against Androcles's hands. "Thank you, man! Your kindness will not be forgotten!"
Eventually, Androcles began to miss the company of his fellow man and returned, only to be chained up and taken back to his master. His master decided to make an example of him and sentenced him to be thrown to the lions at the next public amphitheater event.
The day came and Androcles was sent to the arena, where fasting lions awaited him. An especially large one charged to the forefront of the approaching lions and Androcles recognized it as the one he had helped in the cave.
"Do not eat me, Lion! I pulled the thorn from your paw and healed you!" he cried.
"You are going to die either way, Man," the lion replied. "Who better to eat you than I?" With that, he killed Androcles and ate him all up.
Next: ( Summer 2255 )
Author: ageofalejandro
Beta: hyde_the_body and honeyycomb
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, tragedy, romance, family (a tad), humor (also a tad), AU of the mirror!verse variety
Pairings: Jim/Bones, Winona/Frank, Pike/Gaila, Spock/Uhura, Pike/Jim, Jim/Gaila, implied Pike/One, Jim/Marlena, Chekov/OCF Chekova...probably others.
FYIs: politics like whoa, revisionist history books (Terrans might believe in a heliocentric solar system, but the universe revolves around the Empire), creative abuse of history in general, mangled pieces of classic literature/folk tales/mythology.
Warnings: non graphic non con (one variety of which amounts to repeated date rape), slavery in general and sex slavery in particular, mentions of genocide, violence, torture, murder, attempted incest, and general Mirror!verse triggery warnings.
Summary: Almost everyone had a few close allies because they were necessary to survive, but not many had someone like Bones. He was more than an ally. He was Hephaestion to Jim's Alexander.
A/n: List of books I have mangled here and each main chapter will be separated by an interlude of sorts - mirrorized folk tales, excerpts from books on academic subjects (history, theology), literature, etc. Bones’ entry scene’s dialogue pulled from the script and modified a bit. This is a bit different than what I’ve written in this fandom before, too, since there’s multiple threads attached to multiple characters.
ALSO, thanks go to antesqueluz , who is super and helped me with a bit of medical stuff. :3
Part One: Iowa
Once upon a time, a slave named Androcles escaped his master and fled into the forest, running until he could run no more. He found a cave and sought to take refuge there, lying down near the mouth to sleep. But before long, he was woken by little panting sounds from further back in the cave.
Androcles thought to himself, "Perhaps it is a wounded deer which I may eat for my supper." And so he searched for the source of the sounds, finding a large, but skinny lion curled up deep inside the cave. Androcles was frightened and turned to run away, but stopped when the lion cried out to him:
"Man! Man! I am hurt! There is a thorn in my paw! Would you pull it out for me?"
Androcles turned around at that and approached the great beast, seeing him with his paw outstretched where indeed there was a large and wicked looking thorn embedded in his skin. Androcles took pity on the lion and removed it, binding the cat's wound as best he could.
The lion pushed his face against Androcles's hands. "Thank you, man! Your kindness will not be forgotten!"
Eventually, Androcles began to miss the company of his fellow man and returned, only to be chained up and taken back to his master. His master decided to make an example of him and sentenced him to be thrown to the lions at the next public amphitheater event.
The day came and Androcles was sent to the arena, where fasting lions awaited him. An especially large one charged to the forefront of the approaching lions and Androcles recognized it as the one he had helped in the cave.
"Do not eat me, Lion! I pulled the thorn from your paw and healed you!" he cried.
"You are going to die either way, Man," the lion replied. "Who better to eat you than I?" With that, he killed Androcles and ate him all up.
Next: ( Summer 2255 )