Six Days of Spooky: Day 1
And They Fled in Fear
By illwynd
Disclaimer: Not mine!
Rating: PG for themes
Notes: This drabble was written for the Six Days of Spooky, and it's kind of... spooky to think that I wrote it well before the recent events around here. It's kind of taken on a new feeling for me, but here it is anyway.
x-posted to tolkien100
Anyone who lived in Ithilien and yet did not see the darkness approaching was blind. During the eerie calm of the past months, I had prepared, gathered my family’s most treasured belongings into packs.
But when the moment came, I could not go, and my wife’s face mirrored my resolve. Ithilien was our home. Our son implored us in whispers, but fell silent as I kissed his children goodbye.
We watched as our neighbors rode away, crying out to each other as they went. We waited on the step, defiant, calm. And then the storm came upon us, bringing fire.
By illwynd
Disclaimer: Not mine!
Rating: PG for themes
Notes: This drabble was written for the Six Days of Spooky, and it's kind of... spooky to think that I wrote it well before the recent events around here. It's kind of taken on a new feeling for me, but here it is anyway.
x-posted to tolkien100
Anyone who lived in Ithilien and yet did not see the darkness approaching was blind. During the eerie calm of the past months, I had prepared, gathered my family’s most treasured belongings into packs.
But when the moment came, I could not go, and my wife’s face mirrored my resolve. Ithilien was our home. Our son implored us in whispers, but fell silent as I kissed his children goodbye.
We watched as our neighbors rode away, crying out to each other as they went. We waited on the step, defiant, calm. And then the storm came upon us, bringing fire.