[FIC]? Well, just some bits and pieces of it :)
It's 5 am. I've been trying to sllep since 2am. I get up at 8ish. And I just can't fall asleep!
But there is good news for that. My muse decided this was the perfiect time to finaly stick it's head! Only problem it, the bugger just won;t work from the beginning, oh no!
I have a... snippet. Less than 200 words. Not beta read, not proof0read not ANYTHING. Since I'm too tired for that now. It's probably somewhere like the eight part (or part of the eight part) of a ten part fic. I KINDA have it planned out in my head, but I'm not so eager to write the whole getting to it part... since I kinda have it in my head as a whole, and it will be a bitch to sort out and write down. XD But I'm very eager to write the intrigue that happens LATER, and this is a small part of it.
Ok, midle of the post EDIT: I was writing this entry, and another idea hit me. So I wrote it down XD Maybe... maybe I'll write down them all before I finish this entry. XD
Ok, finished.
Want me to share it?
I have about 1300 words. Ok. So UNBETED! NOT PROOFREAD. BEWARE OF MISTAKES. It may be rewritten still, but I just wanted to write down the ideas I had so far :) I'm not so happy with the last two scenes. They sounded shorter in my head :/
Title: No idea.
Genre: Fantasy AU, slave!fic
Warnings: Slavery? some minor violence or mention of it, but nothing too drastic. slash... hmmm can't think of more.
Pairing: 1x2
Rating: R?
AN: ok, so the first bit is situated somewhere the second part of the story? Right before they, you know *wink wink* DO it, for th first time ;) The second is near the middle, maybe beginning of the secound half of the fic? and the third part comes soon after it. Now the fourth part (the one I've written first) comes some time later, when the priests seek revange on Duo.
Now, enjoy! :D
"But... what of your wife, my Lord?! Will she not ba angered that a mere slave-"
"Hush! You are so much more than a mere slave. You are my concubine, and I will cherish you above all." He saw that Duo was about to protest again so hi silenced him with a finger to his lips. "My duty with my wife is already fulfilled as I have produced an heir. And besides, she far more preffers the delicate touches of her Maidens, then the rough hand of a man." he let his finger travel from those sweet lips to a pale cheek and carres it gently. "She will not care."
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Duo was pulled roughly from his sleep as someone manhanded him to the floor.
"Get up, slave!"
The boys eyes snapped open and ge looked to the man towering over him. He was one of the men overseeing the castle. Not a slave himself, he was responsible of making sure the ones that WERE did their job propperly.
"How dare you sleep in the Kings bead when your Lord is not present?! What impertinance!" he backhanded Duo in the face, and the boy reciled from the blow, curling up on the floor.
"You shall not taste what is not yours to be sampled, scum! I'll teach you where your place is!" the man spat angrily, and reached for the short whip at his side. The men raised his hand and Duo closed his eyes, waiting for the strike. But it never came.
"Who gave you the right to raise your hand on him?" a cold voice asked, and Duo quickly opened his eyes to see Heero, standing behind the man and holding his uprised hand with the whip in a tight grip.
"But my Lord! He was showing impertinance! A slave should be aware of his place!"
"As you should know yours! You have no right to damage what is the kings property!" the mans eyes turned ferful, "Now get out before I decide to punish you!"Heero let go of him, and the man run to the door, almost tripping in his haste.
The King aproached Duo, and slowly helped him onto the bed, grasping his chin gently and turning his face this way and that, worried eyes looking for any sighn of bruising. "Are you allright?" he asked finaly.
"You need not worry, my Lord. Your property was not damaged in any way." Duo satted in an emotionless voice, his eyes refusing to meet Heero's gaze. But Heero would have none of that. Putting both of his palms on either side of his slaves face, he forced him to look forward. "Love, I thought you knew by now that you mean so much more to me." Duo's eyes softened a bit, but they still looked wary.
"To me you are the sun and the moon. The stars and the clouds. But to those outside... they do not understand that. They understand slaves and masters, property and fear. In my eyes you are higher than any God." a soft carres acompanied the reashuring words, and Duo let his face turn into it.
"But to them... "the boy looked sadly at the king, "To them I will always be naught but a thing. Less than a human. An animal."
"But never to me love! It is not enough?"
Duo looked at the man before him. A mighty king, feared and loved by many, known to strike horrible vengance. A man gazing with love and concern into his eyes, seeking reashurance. He smiled weekly and turned his face to kiss the caressing hand, "It is."
Heero gathered him into his arms and sat stroking his hair. "You are still not convinced." he stated sadly.
Duo winced a bit, but decided to be honest. "It's just... I have known slavery all my life, Heero. I have seen how ugly it can get. How terryfying and despicable it turns, when the eyes of law can not reach it. I count myself lucky, not just as a man, to have found someone who loves me like you do. But also as a slave, who found a master as good, as you are. Many others have not had such luck.
I've seen slaves tortured and mistreated, punished for no apparent reason but the glee of their masters. I have seen them beg for death, and not be granted even that. I've seen them shackle the slaves to a floor, far away from anything they could use to harm themselves, unable to move almost, forced to eat and drink so they would not starve. Tell me Heero, who gave them the right to do that? Who decided uppon who shall be treated in what way?!" he took a deep breath and calmed himself. "I'm sorry. I got carried away. This is pointless..."
"No."Heero protested, "I'll have the priests speak to the people, strike fear in them. I'll have the hauseholds checked-" a quiet snort from his lover stopped him.
"The priests? Those old perverts should be the first to have fear strike them!"
"What do you mean? The Temple has no slaves in it."
Duo looked curiously at the King. "You do not know of the girls?"
"Girls?! Duo what are you talking about?!"
"They keep young girls. In the dungeones. They... they use them."
"But... but the priests are supposed to maintain chastity! They... Duo! How do you know of this?!"
"They took a friend of mine once. We.. I and a few others, decided to get her back. When we found her she was with a bunch of other young girls. They begged us for help. The priest treated them awfuly, and..." the boy swallowed, and his features looked pinched with sorrow. "They said that the priests killed them when they got toold, and got new ones." Duo buried his face in Heero's neck and shook slightly with the sad and cruel memories.
At the same time a slow, burning rage rose inside the King, his arms tightening slightly as they circled his love. His eyes burned with anger, and his mouth set in a hard line. He knew Duo never lied. To have his priests, people who were supposed to represent their Gods and Law to the people, betray him so...
He would have justice brought uppon them. His voice cold from the powerful emotions, he whispered to the figure curled up in his arms:
"Show me where they keep them."
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"I will ENSURE that you keep your chastity from now on! You will ABIDE MY LAWS! MY RULES!" he signaled the guards to his side. "Take them! Make sure they are unable to repeat their mistake ever again." the King gazed directly into the eyes of the former High Priest, "And make sure that the punishment is carried out in public."
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"My Lord! That whore has been poisoning you mind with trecherous thoughts and ideas! You musn't-"
"That who- "Heero started to yell but caught himself mid-word. "HE is of far higher status that you ever were or will be, and you will treat him WITH PROPPER RESPECT!" the kings voice was steadily rising untill he was shouting with all his might. His chest heaving with anger he grabbed the front of the priests tunic and drew him close to his face. "Or you will die."
He threw the priest onto the floor and turned his back to all the stunned people in the room. "Out. Out!"
"Heero..." Wufei tried aproaching him, but he just waved his arm angrily at the door, "I SAID, OUT!"
The room quickly emptied and Heero slowly mounted the few steps to his lonely throne and sat forlornly in it. Putting his elbows on his knees and resting his head in his hands, he finaly let the anger seep away, and the burning anguish to sweap through him. Squeezing his eyes shut the young king sat in his throne... and wept.
This is it for now :) It still needs a lot of work, but at least I'm WRITING something, right? XD