15minuteficlets: Ack!!

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15minuteficlets,
@ 2004-09-07 13:23:00

Current mood:	okay
Current music:	The TV

Ack!!
Sorry it's a day late!

Falter

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jumpingkitty
2004-09-07 10:46 am UTC (link)

Fandom: Original
Word: Falter
Rating PG-13
Starttime: 1330

I watched the man work silently. He was beautiful, he was deadly. Each movement graceful, each swing of the blade flawless.

I wasnt supposed to be watching. Daddy says that proper young princesses don't watch the armsmen practice. But i cant help it. I watch Captain Arken work through the stances, the movements, his muscles rippling like water. I think further back into the morning, when I was dismissed from thoughts of being used as a piece to further my father's empire because I was a third daughter, fourth in line for the throne.

So I watch the armspractice. I sneak further into the field, Captain Arken has never treated me like less because of my birth order.

I recently reached of marriagable age. Im 14 now. I think Im prettier then my sisters. My hair is perfectly straight, and black as a raven's wing, my eyes are as green as emeralds. But I am not the porcelin white that my sisters are, Im dark, tawny, like a deer. I love to be outside, I love to be with the horses. Its a continual source disapointment to my mother, and amusement to my father.

I creep closer, my bare feet virtually silent on the dirt. Im dressed in my usual, my brothers' castoffs, black breeches and a white tunic, my long hair is pulled into a braid.

Captain Arken is winding his workout down. He shifts into a defensive block, turning his body towards me as he does. Im sitting on the fence, a smile on my face. His concentration falters when he sees me and he grins as he finishes his workout.

"Good Morning Princess," his voice is low and pleasant, it sends chills down my spine "Preparing to get into some more trouble today?"

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zilly14
2004-09-07 11:29 am UTC (link)

Title: Nightmare
Fandom: BtVS - Season 6
Rating: PG/PG-13
Word count: 252

Even with her Slayer strength, it was hard to keep running. She began to gasp furiously, her breath short, lungs filling with the frozen air surrounding her.

It was difficult, but she knew she had to keep going, or else she would die. And dying was not an option.

Each step brought her closer to safety and farther from her enemy. Home wasn't far off now, and once inside the danger would pass.

She smiled when she saw her street – she was almost there – but suddenly she tripped on a soda can someone had failed to throw away properly.

"I've got you now, Slayer," a dark voice snickered behind her.

You have to get up, her mind was screaming. But her muscles refused to work, for they were exhausted from the vigorous exercise.

She felt the vampire's hands grip her harshly, pulling her up to greet his hideous demonic face.

"You'll make a fine mate, pet," he chuckled before piercing her neck, draining the life out of her weak body.

...

She opened her eyes, and realized she was in bed, in a crypt, next to a familiar bleach blond vamp.

"You alright, love?" he asked.

"Just a bad dream, that's all. Kind of wigged me out."

"I'm sorry, pet."

"Yeah..." Buffy replied. "I... I should go."

She got out of bed and began to put on her clothes, wanting to leave as quickly as possible.

As she walked home, she thought about her nightmare. She shuddered, thinking how it almost felt... pleasurable.

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	walpurgis01 2004-09-07 12:09 pm UTC (link)
	Fandom: original Rating: G Word count: 258 Title: Klein Bünzow, Arrive Six-Forty-Five Setting: A village in Mecklenburg, 1885. Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/walpurgis01/91981 (Reply to this) (Thread)

	walpurgis01 2004-09-07 12:10 pm UTC (link)
	Sorry. This link should work: http://www.livejournal.com/users/walpurgis01/91981.html?mode=reply (Reply to this) (Parent)

mrpata
2004-09-07 12:26 pm UTC (link)

Title: Hackwork
Fandom: Originality
Rating: G
Word Count: 340

The which? The what?
huhwhatwtfsorry?
[This sentence is not currently available. Please advise.]

Remove the disk -- re-insert -- abortretryfail is like some recursive exercise
"Did it just do what I think it did?"
(No, fool, it did what you DIDN'T think it did, so if you thought it said File Not Found, actually it did find the file, it just doesn't feel like doing anything else about it right now. Here's Your Sign.)
The What?
Where?

I'm afraid this machine is confused today. Bob in Accounting spilled coffee on it yesterday morning in a bout of caffeine-induced stupor, including but not limited to: Dances With Staplers, Extreme Cubicle Death Golf, and Spinny Office Chair Fu. We tried to adjust the feng shui around the office like hanging potted plants upside down from the ceiling (which mostly resulted in lots of soil on the floor). There is a dangerous witch hiding behind the door of the custodial closet.

* . . . * . . . . . . ---> . . . * --> . . . . ^^^^ . !! --->

afterwhich the coffee soaked itself into the deepestdarkestcorners where Recycled Bin Files go to die if you leave them too long without purging and then the whole place started to stink up like Italian Roast (one packet sugar, more creamer than should humanly be allowed) and by the evening after everyone had gone home there was a decidedly evil aura developing around the terminal, like a virus that -- having nowhere to go -- had begun to inbreed with itself and was now mutating and permutating into a far more powerful program

C:\>_
C:\>
C:\>_
C:\>

8 a.m. the next day. Bob insists that it was like that when he got there. but it is all over now
{and when the wolves come out of the walls it's all over}

. > makes you wish he had stayed in accounting where he belongs

@

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	ranmaxryoga 2004-09-10 10:31 am UTC (link)
	I laughed so hard I had to change my pants. Nice! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	boosette 2004-09-07 02:01 pm UTC (link)
	Title: What You Can't Have Fandom: Tamora Pierce's Tortall Summary: A year or two after revolution's end, Aly feels as trapped as she was before she came to the Isles. Rating: PG Word Count: 327 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2048168/1/ It's at fanfiction.net because the entry in my journal is filtered. So loving this community, by the way. (Reply to this)

	laurel_crowned 2004-09-07 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	Weiss Kreuz ficlet this time, very probably A/Uish, involving Yohji and Schuldig. Yeah. shrugs (Reply to this)

	dgriswold 2004-09-07 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Title: Failure of Speech Fandom: Harry Potter Characters: Hermione/Ginny Rating: PG Disclaimer: I own nothing. Especially not these characters. Failure of Speech (Reply to this)

	chessie_reeves 2004-09-07 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	A Simple Gesture (PG) Fandom: Harry Potter Characters: Draco and Cho Notes: This is the eighth installment in my London Flats Series. (Reply to this)

	naijachiqa 2004-09-07 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	Title: Touch Original Fiction Rating: 13 http://www.livejournal.com/users/naijachiqa/26980.html (Reply to this)

	daralis 2004-09-07 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	of dragons and wolves Fandom - Harry Potter Rating - M Notes - post-war (Reply to this)

annearchy
2004-09-07 07:51 pm UTC (link)

Title - Not An Option
Fandom - Harry Potter
Rating - G
Word Count - 243 words
Disclaimer - JKR owns everything.

From the moment he told her about the prophecy, Hermione knew what she had to do. Every spare minute between classes was spent in the library, digging through the Restricted Section, searching for – she wasn’t exactly sure what. She was hoping to find something, anything, that would give Harry the advantage he needed to defeat Voldemort. For neither can live while the other survives – Hermione was bright enough to know what that meant. Harry had to either kill Voldemort or be killed by him. The thought of Harry dying that way sent chills down her spine and made her light-headed with fear and anxiety. She wouldn’t let it happen – not after everything they’d been through together, everything they’d survived. Helping Harry face this was her sign of fidelity, that she would always be there for him. She could not falter. She could not fail. He needed her – and, she realized, she needed him too, because after five years as friends she couldn’t imagine her life without him. Failure was not an option.

So when the moment of discovery came, it was like a door opening on something she hadn’t considered before. Harry had asked her for years why she was taking Ancient Runes, and now she knew.

“Harry, your scar – did you know it’s an ancient rune?” she said, tracing it with her forefinger as if it were a treasure. “Not just any rune, either. It means magic, and defence.” They would not falter; they would not fail.

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	whimsicalmuse 2004-09-08 07:32 am UTC (link)
	I think you're absolutely right about the rune shape of Harry's scar and what it might mean. I thought I had read somewhere that that rune can also mean "life" but don't quote me until I can check that. I can imagine a scene just like this taking place! Bravo! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	annearchy 2004-09-08 08:36 am UTC (link)
	What I read about this rune (eihwaz) at http://www.tarahill.com is that it can mean the "death" a person goes through when making a major transition in their life. I will probably turn this into a much longer story at some point. But I had only 15 minutes to write, and this is all I managed to write. It does seem to beg to be extended :) Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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annearchy
2004-09-08 03:49 pm UTC (link)

OMIGOD. You're right. It's actually Sowilo, rather than Eihwaz. *slaps forehead* I feel like Hermione when she mistranslated that rune in OotP. Hmmm. Thanks for finding this! I'd looked at this website earlier but hadn't seen these meanings for the runes. The other website I looked at, http://www.tarahill.com, shows a bit different design and meanings for eihwaz AND sowilo. Lots of food for thought here. Thanks again :)

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whimsicalmuse
2004-09-08 02:26 pm UTC (link)

I've gotten the rune you're talking about mixed up with the one I've always thought was the shape of Harry's scar. The name of the one I'm talking about is Sowilo and it's about a two-thirds of the way down this page: http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/meanings.html
Please take a look and see what you think. I need to go back and reread your Harry's scar Y!M discussion but I've always thought the eihwaz vs. ehwaz mix-up by Hermione was more symbolic of her mistaking her feeling for Harry to be a protector as opposed to being in partnership with him as in a romantic relationship. Let me know if you think I'm way off base.

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	junesrose 2004-09-07 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, this has got to be thereason Hermione is taking ancient runes. JKR does not do anyting by accident (well, except her Mark Evans brain fart, as you two mentioned in your chat) Very good little ficlet; I think you're on to something with this theory of yours and Ben's... (Reply to this)

	hamburger 2004-09-08 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	Title: Pycal's Rant Fandom: Lupin III Rating: PG Word Count: 288 http://www.livejournal.com/users/snowcalico/75965.html#cutid1 (Reply to this)

hp; remus/tonks, 900 words I think

erised1810
2004-09-09 05:04 am UTC (link)

"Remus, what's the matter?" Tonks looked at him sharply. "All I asked is where is Sirius. He isn't captured is he? Have they taken him?"

Who would 'they' be anyway, the ministry or the Death Eaters.

"I-I don't know how to say this," Remus said slowly. He hesitantly walked forward. She was sitting in a chair and this house, this room, its walls had ears. Not just the portraits, but the wallpaper too. It had eyes as well. The whole atmosphere around him seemed to darken as soon as he entered the parlor or the kitchen, as if the entire building knew there was a shape shifting monster inside.

"is he safe?" Tonks asked.
Remus was startled. He was caught off guard by the question for a moment. In essence, he was safe now, but if he still could act and think, he wouldn't be as calm about it as Remus tried to be right now. 'don't speak in riddles,' he told himself. He sighed and sat down next to her. As if on instinct, she held out one hand and took his.

"Here," she said. "If it's easier this way. You can just tell me. I mean...I can sense there's something wrong Remus, I know it."
Her eyes told him the rest. He shouldn't lie to her. He should tell her the truth and nothing more or less.
He took a deep breath.

"Bellatrix," he started.

"Lestrange?"

Tonks shot up. She nearly knocked over a glass of water.
And suddenly he had courage.

"Listen to me," he said, holding her hand firmly. "I have to say there was nothing I could do about it, there was immense chaos and in the midst of all that, right before Harry's eyes, she started a duel with him. They went on and on until Sirius was almost with his back against the veil and then..."

"What?"

Tonks knew the rest of the answer. She apparently wanted to hear it from him insstead of filling it in herself.

"And then he fell."

It still seemed to come as a surprise. She had her hands in front of her eyes and looked shocked.

"I'm sorry," he said. It was amazing that he was still so calm, that his voice was still so steady.

"He's gone now though, so in essence he's..."

"Safe, yes," she said softly, much too softly. Then she suddenly shook her head. "No Remus," she called out, "he still has his body. He can think, he can act just like you and me. Oh and he'll be missing Harry and..."

She gulped. "This is so unfair," she choked. "Why did that bitch do it?"
Remus threw an arm around her.

"I think," he sighed, "I think she she was just lucky."

Tonks sniffed. There was a knock on the door, but Remus ignored it. Tears streamed down her face and he'd have to stay here with her and let her cry on his shoulder, even if it'd mean missing dinner. Not that he was very hungry anyway. It was alright, he thought. He'd have his own light dinner later. And then he could cry to himself, in the living room. And he made a note to pour himself a glass of firewhiskey, and to toast with Sirius's empty glass that was still standing there.

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	sarajayechan 2004-09-09 08:03 am UTC (link)
	Worthy Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword PG Angst Lowen thinks about his shortcomings as a knight. (Reply to this)

	Whispered Paths taibhrigh 2004-09-09 11:59 am UTC (link)
	Title: Whispered Paths Fandom: Space: Above and Beyond Blurb: Nathan reflects. (Reply to this)

	marginalia 2004-09-10 12:25 am UTC (link)
	untitled - sirius/remus. double drabble. erm. (Reply to this)

	quatorzefics 2004-09-10 02:51 am UTC (link)
	My contribution. Original, very slight m/m. Read here. (Reply to this)

	faite_ 2004-09-10 06:24 am UTC (link)
	Title: Falter Fandom: HP Word count: 200 (Double Drabble) ( falter ) (Reply to this)

	sethoz 2004-09-10 06:50 am UTC (link)
	Title: Under the surface Fandom: LXG movieverse. http://www.livejournal.com/community/lxg_fanfiction/47963.html#cutid1 (Reply to this)

	supernifty 2004-09-10 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	Fandom: Harry Potter Word Count: 302 Rating: G A scene from my HP fic "In the Name of Set". Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/supernifty/39879.html#cutid1 (Reply to this)

	insanepurin 2004-09-10 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	Title: Be Strong, Green Author: Jigglypuff in Blue Ribbons Fandom: Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga Genre: General Rating: G Warnings: None (Reply to this)

dontlickit
2004-09-11 06:59 am UTC (link)

Title: Destined to Halt
Fandom: BtVS, season 2 / Passion
Summary: The night Angelus goes after Jenny. Partially Angelus POV (in italics).
Rating: PG-13.
Word count: 270.

Destined to Halt

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	raine_winters 2004-09-11 09:54 am UTC (link)
	The Aphrodisiac - Arthur/Lancelot, PG-13 (Reply to this)

	diceandzombies 2004-09-11 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	Hellsing. No warnings. 215 words. Walter knows that ghouls and cigars both decompose to ash. "Deadlights" (Reply to this)

	khohen1 2004-09-11 04:59 pm UTC (link)
	Title: Kill or Be Killed Rated: R, cause it's Sands Character: Sands, my favorite pretty little psycho Notes: for 15minuteficlets, don't click if you don't want to know the word. ( This is what I am. ) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	khohen1 2004-09-11 04:59 pm UTC (link)
	ooops, the fandom: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Reply to this) (Parent)

My first fanfic

cupkeyk
2004-09-12 05:43 am UTC (link)

        The little girl stood in my doorway, the light from behind her made her audacious costume seem all too fantastic. She looked sadly at her curly toed shoes past her tutu styled skirt, averting looking at me.

        I punched the numbers 9, 2, 1, 7, 2, 9 and 8. That is my mother’s number. I haven’t called her in ages but she would tell me what I needed to hear.

        “Good morning. Hello.”

        “ Hi, Hello, uhh where’s Mama?”

        “Who is this?”

        I say my name.

        “I don’t know who you are, I am sorry.”

        But this is my mom’s number. “But this is my Mama’s number!”

        “This is 9217298. This have been my number for over five years now.”

        I hung up.

        So it’s true. I falter at the thought and say so aloud, “So it’s true”

        The little girl nodded.

        “At least now I know why I have always felt so lonely.”

        She paced slowly towards me. Raised an overly large key like some blacksmith over an anvil. “You are the Denial Card. Return to your original form!”

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	aridawn 2004-09-12 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	This doesn't come to a nice closing...but it's a good starter piece... original fic... http://www.livejournal.com/users/aridawn/177298.html#cutid1 (Reply to this)

	f a l t e r cephiedvariable 2004-09-13 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	Title: When You Falter Fandom: Naruto Rating: PG Warnings: Um, Spoilers and bad tense changes... Sasuke's falter came at the wrong moment. Actions reverberate like ripples. (Reply to this)

	Tragically late. >_<; paxnirvana 2004-09-14 09:50 am UTC (link)
	Gundam Wing PG No pairing. You can find it here (Reply to this)

	krazysidhe 2004-09-14 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	Title: Resolve Rating: G Warnings: male/male slash Type: Original (Urban # 10) (Reply to this)

	Sir Humphrey redwolfoz 2004-09-16 04:25 am UTC (link)
	( Sir Humphrey ) — original (Reply to this)

	gryvon 2004-09-16 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	Working Title: Silent Fire Author: Gryvon Fandom: Original Rating: R Warnings: Semi-graphic description of sex and strong violence. Summary: Two young men are caught in an act forbidden by the church. Previous parts of the story are above it in the lj-cut. http://www.livejournal.com/users/gryvon/95655.html#cutid4 (Reply to this)

	God, I am SOOOOOO late.... lady_smith 2004-09-22 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	Oh well. Title: Inevitability Fandom: Matrix Character: Smith Rating: G Synopsis: He hesitated. Right before plunging his fist into the heart of his foe, with the purpose of annihilating him forever, he hesitated. A take on the end of Revolutions. Spoliers: For Everything (Reply to this)

	tarma 2005-06-02 03:27 am UTC (link)
	Title: Child's Play Author: Haruka tarma Fandom: Loveless Rated: PG-13 Charas: Kio, Natsuo, Youji Crossposted to: canadian_haruka, harukahangout, phoenix_fanfic, raburesu (Reply to this)

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