Blue Skies Prompt #6: Wildfire (Alice in Wonderland 2010 Fandom)
Title: Wildfire
Author: thelovelylydia
Prompt: Prompt #6; Wildfire
Fandom: Alice in Wonderland
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Tarrant Hightopp/The Mad Hatter
Ratings/Warnings: K+ (subject matter)
Word Count: 318
Summary: The Tugley Woods are burning
Destruction: that was all that was left. The smoldering of the wildfire in the warm August day. It didn’t feel like it was supposed to be warm. Nor did it feel like the sun should be shining in the sky. It was hidden now by the smoke which lifted from the smoldering trees. He couldn’t breathe well through the thick cloud but it was only doubled by the pounding of his heart. It beat loudly in his ears. They were gone. That monster had come to destroy the Queen but instead left his home burning in the wildfire.
They lay in pieces, in ashes on the ground of his feet. Nothing was left of their memory except all that he had in his scattered mind.
He should have been among them. His black dust should lying among theirs.
But he had grabbed Mirana in his moment of fright. Her horse had stumbled; her crown had fell with a muffled clang in the grass, she had faltered. He grabbed wildly the reigns of her steed and ran with her. He had lost his hat in the process. It had lit fire, he had seen it as he turned in panic. It was gone.
He stood in the burning wood. Not breathing.
That’s when he noticed it. Its brim was tarnished, its salmon ribbon slightly charred. But it stood among the ruins. Its familiar gentle golden Boteh design over the maroon brown silk outside. He slowly approach it, the smell of smoke and charred skin permeated the air. Kneeling down he reached out for the hat, taking it gingerly in his hands. With renewed assurance he placed it firmly atop his mass of orange waves. He looked out into the ashen remains of the Tugley Wood.
Revenge was best served cold but it was much too hot today.
The wildfire was spreading.
And so was the madness in his mind.
Author: thelovelylydia
Prompt: Prompt #6; Wildfire
Fandom: Alice in Wonderland
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Tarrant Hightopp/The Mad Hatter
Ratings/Warnings: K+ (subject matter)
Word Count: 318
Summary: The Tugley Woods are burning
Destruction: that was all that was left. The smoldering of the wildfire in the warm August day. It didn’t feel like it was supposed to be warm. Nor did it feel like the sun should be shining in the sky. It was hidden now by the smoke which lifted from the smoldering trees. He couldn’t breathe well through the thick cloud but it was only doubled by the pounding of his heart. It beat loudly in his ears. They were gone. That monster had come to destroy the Queen but instead left his home burning in the wildfire.
They lay in pieces, in ashes on the ground of his feet. Nothing was left of their memory except all that he had in his scattered mind.
He should have been among them. His black dust should lying among theirs.
But he had grabbed Mirana in his moment of fright. Her horse had stumbled; her crown had fell with a muffled clang in the grass, she had faltered. He grabbed wildly the reigns of her steed and ran with her. He had lost his hat in the process. It had lit fire, he had seen it as he turned in panic. It was gone.
He stood in the burning wood. Not breathing.
That’s when he noticed it. Its brim was tarnished, its salmon ribbon slightly charred. But it stood among the ruins. Its familiar gentle golden Boteh design over the maroon brown silk outside. He slowly approach it, the smell of smoke and charred skin permeated the air. Kneeling down he reached out for the hat, taking it gingerly in his hands. With renewed assurance he placed it firmly atop his mass of orange waves. He looked out into the ashen remains of the Tugley Wood.
Revenge was best served cold but it was much too hot today.
The wildfire was spreading.
And so was the madness in his mind.