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xfirefly9x ([personal profile] xfirefly9x) wrote2010-05-10 04:55 pm

Fic: Trial By Fire (Willow, Buffy)

Title: Trial By Fire
Fandom: BtVS
Characters: Willow
Prompt: #019 Trial by fire
Word Count: 170
Rating: PG
Summary: The fire burns brightly in front of her.
Notes: Written for [livejournal.com profile] 16candles_fics. 2/12/09.

The fire burns brightly in front of her. She turns, covers her mouth with the corner of her sweater, and the fire in that direction also. She blinks eyes that sting from the smoke. Coughs into the material at her face when her attempt to swallow earns her blistering pain. Trial by fire.

Cringing, she searches around her for a way through the flames. Her movements are sharp, frantic. Her heart is beating twice it’s usually speed. The flames grow higher.

There is nothing.

All her paths are blocked. She drops to the floor, feels tears pricking at her eyes.

Failing.

Flames.

Fire.

Buffy.

Buffy?

She staggers to her feet again. Waves her arms about. Coughs more. “I’m over here! Buffy, I”m over here!”

Buffy looks her way. Eyes widen. Fire consumes the slayer when a wooden beam falls unexpectedly.

Her hope dies out, extinguished like the flame on her candle should have been before she went to grab a snack.

Her fault.

She falls to the ground and weeps.

[identity profile] urania-calliope.livejournal.com 2010-05-10 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
This is strangely far more upsetting than any evil demon 'fic. Well done.

[identity profile] anna-sg1.livejournal.com 2010-05-10 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow.

Awsome. Very sad, but still awsome.
meridian_rose: pen on letter background  with text  saying 'writer' (firefly)

[personal profile] meridian_rose 2010-05-14 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
Very dark! I hope it's some AU or a nightmare :P

[identity profile] adja999.livejournal.com 2011-03-25 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
:( This just plain sucks.

Not the fic, I mean. What happens in it.

What a stupid, tragic way to go. :s

It's sad that she'll die blaming herslef on to of that.