09-01-2015, 05:28 PM
Annihilate
burn everything you love then burn the ashes
Anni dug in her heels and pinned her ears at the grown-ups’ insistence that she couldn’t go to the playground by herself. She damn well could, and it would be a better idea than letting a stranger take her somewhere, that was for sure! She wasn’t stupid, she knew that she wasn’t supposed to go places with strangers, not even strangers who seemed nice. So nope. She set her jaw, and was about to go off on them again, when they got awfully distracted all of a sudden. She was about to turn around and look, when a snarly, growly, delightful voice addressed her.
“Daddy!” Anni whirled around to face her favorite person ever, excepting of course for Maul. Definitely Maul was the best. But Daddy! She cuddled up against him, rubbing her face on his big, broad chest and beaming. Daddy was here! Ooh, he could teach her how to get home from…wherever it was she’d ended up. That would be a handy thing to know.
He was, of course, berating her for scaring the everliving fuck out of him. And that was fair, really, but it was hardly her fault she’d won the game. “Uh-huh! I could have been kidnapped, or murdered, or put under a spell, or ooh, maybe hexed by a mean old witch! Or stolen by the fairies and dragged into a wild and crazy adventure! Orrrr I could have been trampled by a stampede, or I could have gotten lost or hurt or maybe! Maybe what about if I’d gotten stuck in a hole! If it were deep enough, ooh maybe even a cave! Are there dragons here, maybe I could have been held hostage by a dragon! I bet that would be fun! Oh, I mean dangerous. Bad, very bad, yep!” But her eyes were bright with excitement, and she could barely contain the giddy wriggling of her little body.
The only thing that dimmed her excitement was Daddy’s mention that Momma was looking for her. Ooooohhhh, Momma was gonna be mad. She was nervous for all of a second before curiosity overrode sense. Momma on a rampage could be fun! Probably more fun if the rampage were because of somebody else, but still! Ooohhh. “Daddy, can you show me how to get home, please? Probably we should let Momma know I didn’t drown or get murdered by a lion or stolen away to a secluded mountaintop by an evil wizard. Ooh, or mutilated by a psychopath! Bye bye, Porrim!” Anni called to her so-called Auntie Nova’s back as she retreated.
She turned back to Gryffen for a minute, an excited glint in her eyes as she said, “Thank you for telling me about the Chamber! I think I’d like to see it someday. Maybe Daddy will take me there sometime!” Or maybe she would sneak away again and find her way there herself. Ooooooh, maybe Mauly would like to come with! Yessss, they could have an adventure together! And hear the Chamber’s heartbeat, and see the burning tree, and he’d said something about ravens, right? They were probably cool! “But I’ve got to go home now, g’bye!”
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