Awesome: a ficlet witchburning tale

by Disturbed Youth

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I watched as the flames swirled around me. My life put to an end by the very thing i loved the most. Fire. It has always intrigued me with the way it seemed to be alive and yet still managed to be only an object. I struggled against the ropes that help me to the stake, but to no avail.
Mother had always said my strange habits would one way get me in trouble. At the time i thought that she was just trying to get me to stop talking to all the living things in the forest if not to keep from going into the forest at all. But now i see that she meant, truly, that i would be accused of a witch. A witch about to be burned at the stake.
A smoke curled around my face as though caressing away my fears. it lingered there for a moment before dissapating into the air allowing one single tear to slide down my cheek as the flames claimed my body.

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  1. Awesome: a ficlet witchburning tale

    OrangeOreos' Buddy Icon OrangeOreos

    Posted 2 months ago

    That’s a frightenening prospect…

    I think I would have been burned for being a wizard back then…..

  2. Awesome: a ficlet witchburning tale

    Storykeeper of Fae's Buddy Icon Storykeeper of Fae

    Posted 2 months ago

    Ooh. Witchburning. Fascinating, angering. Almost as bad as the Holocaust in my eyes.
    LoA

  3. Awesome: a ficlet witchburning tale

    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted 2 months ago

    Reminds me of Farenheit 451. It is a good book! Good and heated story!
    LoA

  4. Awesome: a ficlet witchburning tale

    paper flowers' Buddy Icon paper flowers

    Posted 2 months ago

    ooo witchy! ;-)
    LoA

  5. Awesome: a ficlet witchburning tale

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 2 months ago

    Very tragic and sad. Well told. So sad.
    LoA
    Did I mention it made me sad?

  6. Awesome: a ficlet witchburning tale

    Kermitgorf's Buddy Icon Kermitgorf

    Posted 2 months ago

    wow.. that was a tearjerker. sad tale well told.. witches make for awesome stories.
    LoA

  7. Awesome: a ficlet witchburning tale

    flute faerie's Buddy Icon flute faerie

    Posted 2 months ago

    Wow, I totally agree w/ the above. Good story.

  8. Awesome: a ficlet witchburning tale

    invisibility_disability's Buddy Icon invisibility_disability

    Posted 2 months ago

    Wow, i’m going to have a nightmare about that…
    and you used the word “caressing”!!
    LoA

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