Stopped

by Never Explain

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Wild-eyed, I swung the knife down to stab the man who had brought food to me and gave me protection, his name was Clayton, and I was going to kill him. He wasn’t my father, I don’t remember my parents, but he was the closest thing to a parent I ever had.

The knife was inches away from piercing his heart, ending his miserable existence.

“No.“

I heard a sound similar to the snapping of a twig and the knife was stopped by a gnarled wooden hand. My knife had pierced the scarecrows hand. I slowly turned my head around in shock to see the wooden man’s eyes locked into mine.

“I-I-I’m sorry.” I said breathlessly.

He is okay. The red-eyed crow said, flying through the window and perching himself on the scarecrow’s wooden shoulder as the scarecrow pulled the knife out of it’s, no, his hand and the wood reformed together seamlessly.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

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    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great! Wasn’t expecting that the man would be his guardian. Now I guess I’ll see who the scarecrow really wanted him to go after – if, indeed, he wanted that in the first place.

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 2 months ago

    I’m so confused. I thought the scarecrow was egging him on to kill the guy. It’s very exciting, but I must have missed a step.

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    Never Explain's Buddy Icon Never Explain

    Posted 2 months ago

    actually, the scarecrow has two voices…you know what, never mind. Just read the next ficlet

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