Sir Gawain Drabble Eleven
The eleventh of my four Sir Gawain challenge drabbles! (yes, really.) The aim was to write 100 words in response to a section of the poem. I have two more of these to write and post (I'll try to spread the posts out so as not to flood flists) and then I will post the masterlist, probably today before I go home.
Then let the lord decide.
“Oh well” won’t help me here.
I might well lose my life
but freak sounds hold no fear.
The witch’s cottage was empty, with only sound - a strange, far-off whistling, like wind through bone. Elyan and Percival shifted uncomfortably on either side of Merlin, and the two guards behind them seemed frightened. Merlin, however, was calm.
“The sound won’t do you any damage,” he said quietly, trying not to smile. “Guards, keep watch outside. Elyan, Percival, help me look for the stone.”
The guards left and Merlin and the knights began their search. While Elyan and Percival pried carefully, the court sorcerer stood still, his eyes glowing, feeling for the gem that had been stolen.
“In the cupboard,” he said, pointing. Percival found it; Merlin repressed a laugh as the two knights edged out of the cottage with far more haste than necessary.
Behind him, something in the darkness seemed to twist with the sound of the wind.
Then let the lord decide.
“Oh well” won’t help me here.
I might well lose my life
but freak sounds hold no fear.
The witch’s cottage was empty, with only sound - a strange, far-off whistling, like wind through bone. Elyan and Percival shifted uncomfortably on either side of Merlin, and the two guards behind them seemed frightened. Merlin, however, was calm.
“The sound won’t do you any damage,” he said quietly, trying not to smile. “Guards, keep watch outside. Elyan, Percival, help me look for the stone.”
The guards left and Merlin and the knights began their search. While Elyan and Percival pried carefully, the court sorcerer stood still, his eyes glowing, feeling for the gem that had been stolen.
“In the cupboard,” he said, pointing. Percival found it; Merlin repressed a laugh as the two knights edged out of the cottage with far more haste than necessary.
Behind him, something in the darkness seemed to twist with the sound of the wind.