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[APRIL 4TH] [SNOW WHITE] BITTER
Title: Bitter
Day/Theme: April 4/under the shade of flowers
Series: Snow White (Not Disney’s)
Character/Pairing: Dwarf... possibly a slightly Pratchettesque dwarf
Rating: PG
Word Count: 280
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Bitter
She wasn’t anything, really, just a dwarf without a mine who lived among trees. They didn’t belong anywhere, not now. But she had been a part of saving their lady, and that made all the difference somehow.
It was easy to see why someone had admired that beauty so much that it hurt, but a dwarf knew little of jealousy, and could not understand why anyone would try to harm her. The white lady was only kindness and giving and soft songs in the night. Perhaps it was another sign that there was more evil in the world beyond thievery and the destruction of mines.
But then their fair princess was gone again, and they did not have enough bitter human anger to try to avenge her. She and the other dwarves, who loved the lady almost as much, only wept.
As she seemed incorruptible they dared to place her in a coffin made of the last of their crystal, and covered it with a carpet of flowers. The others visited, but only this one came each day to bring more flowers, checking first to see if her still-perfect form was somehow drawing breath again.
On the day the prince came, tossing the flower aside and insisting on a kiss, she was the dwarf who protested the most. But princes will have what they wish, and he kissed her, and then she awoke.
They all celebrated that night with the prince and the lady he had rescued to be his princess. As happy as she was to see her fair one alive and happy, one dwarf hid herself away from the celebration. She understood jealousy just a little better now.
Day/Theme: April 4/under the shade of flowers
Series: Snow White (Not Disney’s)
Character/Pairing: Dwarf... possibly a slightly Pratchettesque dwarf
Rating: PG
Word Count: 280
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rosehiptea and safficBitter
She wasn’t anything, really, just a dwarf without a mine who lived among trees. They didn’t belong anywhere, not now. But she had been a part of saving their lady, and that made all the difference somehow.
It was easy to see why someone had admired that beauty so much that it hurt, but a dwarf knew little of jealousy, and could not understand why anyone would try to harm her. The white lady was only kindness and giving and soft songs in the night. Perhaps it was another sign that there was more evil in the world beyond thievery and the destruction of mines.
But then their fair princess was gone again, and they did not have enough bitter human anger to try to avenge her. She and the other dwarves, who loved the lady almost as much, only wept.
As she seemed incorruptible they dared to place her in a coffin made of the last of their crystal, and covered it with a carpet of flowers. The others visited, but only this one came each day to bring more flowers, checking first to see if her still-perfect form was somehow drawing breath again.
On the day the prince came, tossing the flower aside and insisting on a kiss, she was the dwarf who protested the most. But princes will have what they wish, and he kissed her, and then she awoke.
They all celebrated that night with the prince and the lady he had rescued to be his princess. As happy as she was to see her fair one alive and happy, one dwarf hid herself away from the celebration. She understood jealousy just a little better now.