Toy Soldiers Title: Toy Soldiers
Author: Amedia (amedia@fanfic.tv)
Word Count: 229
Rating: G
Summary: Azkadellia puts her toys away.
Note: Initially posted on livejournal on 12/24/2009.
Response to koslorollo's prompt "After the witch melts from Azkadellia, the Longcoats turn back into toy soldiers, which is what they were to start with." I found myself wondering how that would fit in with the universe of her shimmering saga A Cold Wind Rising, in which she fleshed out a number of Longcoat characters (as well as other secondary characters) with backstories, relationships, hopes, and dreams. Here's how I responded to the prompt, keeping Zero's relationship with Malcolm Erdmyss in the aforementioned story in mind.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Imagiquest Entertainment. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Cain opened the suit with a feeling of apprehension, knowing what he should see, afraid of what he might see. With a sigh of relief he bent to pick up the little figure that had fallen into the foot of of the suit. He stared at it for a long moment before tucking it into his pocket and beginning the long journey back.
Azkadellia was collecting the little soldiers at the royal residence, replacing them in the original boxes they had come in so many years ago. For most people, childhood was a long time ago in terms of time. For her, it was a long time ago in terms of innocence.
Cain brought her the Zero figure and she exclaimed softly with satisfaction. "That one came as part of a set," she said, pulling an open box from the "incomplete" pile. "I was afraid you wouldn't find him. The other one would have been unhappy if I separated them." She almost sounded like a child talking about her dolls; Cain stifled a chuckle and bowed as he left.
Azkadellia carefully put Zero into the shape cut out for him in the packing foam, arranging the figure so that it was touching hands with the other soldier in the box. "There, Mal," she said softly as she closed the lid. "You don't have to go into the dark alone."
THE END
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