#113 • Secrecy Would Suffice
It looks like I'm a touch late with this, but what's written is written.
Title: Secrecy Would Suffice
Author: graycardinal
Rating: G
Wordcount: 100
Challenge: #113 (secrets)
Fandom: BtVS, Birds of Prey (TV)
Spoilers: None. Occurs post-S7 in the Buffyverse and probably post-series in BoP television continuity (although I'm of mixed minds about that).
Helena and Dinah couldn’t know. If Alfred suspected, he kept silent.
The changes came unheralded. A toe moved unexpectedly - then bone knitted, nerves and muscles stirred. In a week she was whole, in another, better still. Secretly she tested herself. Only time could restore mastery - but now, it could.
Answers trickled in slowly: reports of Sunnydale’s cataclysm, of Slayers whose abilities matched her newfound gifts - all far younger than she. Higher powers evidently thought her deserving, a distinctly unsettling notion.
Still, Oracle kept silent. Her weapon now was knowledge. Someday, strength might yet be needed; until then, secrecy would suffice.
Title: Secrecy Would Suffice
Author: graycardinal
Rating: G
Wordcount: 100
Challenge: #113 (secrets)
Fandom: BtVS, Birds of Prey (TV)
Spoilers: None. Occurs post-S7 in the Buffyverse and probably post-series in BoP television continuity (although I'm of mixed minds about that).
Helena and Dinah couldn’t know. If Alfred suspected, he kept silent.
The changes came unheralded. A toe moved unexpectedly - then bone knitted, nerves and muscles stirred. In a week she was whole, in another, better still. Secretly she tested herself. Only time could restore mastery - but now, it could.
Answers trickled in slowly: reports of Sunnydale’s cataclysm, of Slayers whose abilities matched her newfound gifts - all far younger than she. Higher powers evidently thought her deserving, a distinctly unsettling notion.
Still, Oracle kept silent. Her weapon now was knowledge. Someday, strength might yet be needed; until then, secrecy would suffice.