Three Sentence Ficathon 2013

[caramelsilver]

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[heliopausa]

"It must be this one," Tumnus said, wheezing a little, as much from his gathering fear as from the dust raised in his cave by the myriad books already ransacked and discarded.

He passed the book to Lucy's eager reaching hands, and closed his eyes as she read aloud, exultantly: "A ritual to infallibly disclose to the view foul Spectres and Lych-Horrors".

She was already so much changed by the drive to destroy the remnants of the Witch's army, to stamp out, as the High King had said, all that foul brood; what might she become, he wondered, if they followed this path to its end?

[edenfalling]

Oooh, interesting! It sounds as though Mr. Tumnus is afraid of what Lucy might become, more than of the ghosts and specters she wants to hunt. Take care, you who fight monsters, I guess.

[heliopausa]

Yes, indeed! :) Thank you!

[silvr_dagger]

This is fascinating, surprisingly and satisfyingly dark - I love your interpretation of the prompt.

[heliopausa]

Thank you - it surprised me, too!

[wingedflight21]

Oh this is wonderfully dark. Lucy's so passionate that it's surprisingly easy to see her falling down this sort of path, with the right motivation.

[heliopausa]

In my head, the motivation was to protect someone vulnerable (Mrs Beaver?). But yes, very dark. :(
(Thanks! :) )

[rthstewart]

Oh, VERY good. I know that you've got head canon on foul brood and vermin and this develops that idea wonderfully -- that such prejudices are troublesome indeed.

[heliopausa]

Thank you! And yes, very troublesome. :(