Mobile Home
Title: Mobile Home
Fandoms: BtVS, Howl's Moving Castle
Characters: Willow, Howl
Words: 200
Challenge: 116 Home Sweet Home
Disclaimer: I sure wish I'd thought of inventing these characters!
Willow stood on a rock at the edge of a wide heath. Mountains rose up into the clouds to her left. The landscape fell gradually to her right, the sea shimmering in the far distance. Something rumbled loudly within the fog.
A large, square-ish form emerged from the mist that clung to the upper part of the broad valley, quickly resolving itself into a castle. It was wholly unlike any building she'd ever seen. For one thing, it was moving like a great blocky glacier, yet somehow not plowing up the ground. Smoke billowed from its turrets. Its walls flexed and moved as though caught in an earthquake.
She reached toward it and was startled by a voice behind her.
“You like it?”
Willow spun around to face a young man in his mid-twenties.
“It's magic,” said the man.
“I know,” said Willow. “I can feel it.” She looked back at the castle. “It's remarkable!”
“Would you like to see it?” he said. “I mean, REALLY see it?”
Willow's face lit up. “Could I?!”
At that, the man placed his hand on her shoulder and they vanished as the castle ground onward.
(note: need tag for Howl's Moving Castle)
Fandoms: BtVS, Howl's Moving Castle
Characters: Willow, Howl
Words: 200
Challenge: 116 Home Sweet Home
Disclaimer: I sure wish I'd thought of inventing these characters!
Willow stood on a rock at the edge of a wide heath. Mountains rose up into the clouds to her left. The landscape fell gradually to her right, the sea shimmering in the far distance. Something rumbled loudly within the fog.
A large, square-ish form emerged from the mist that clung to the upper part of the broad valley, quickly resolving itself into a castle. It was wholly unlike any building she'd ever seen. For one thing, it was moving like a great blocky glacier, yet somehow not plowing up the ground. Smoke billowed from its turrets. Its walls flexed and moved as though caught in an earthquake.
She reached toward it and was startled by a voice behind her.
“You like it?”
Willow spun around to face a young man in his mid-twenties.
“It's magic,” said the man.
“I know,” said Willow. “I can feel it.” She looked back at the castle. “It's remarkable!”
“Would you like to see it?” he said. “I mean, REALLY see it?”
Willow's face lit up. “Could I?!”
At that, the man placed his hand on her shoulder and they vanished as the castle ground onward.
(note: need tag for Howl's Moving Castle)