October Prompted Fiction: Afterlife Collection: Richard - An Old Soldier Dies: 508 words

Written for ysabetwordsmith's prompt on 'Richard convincing an old soldier's soul to go to the afterlife'.

Richard stepped quietly into the room, knowing that his presence might scare the soul of the old soldier. He hated Fireworks Night but understood at the same time why it was important that the living remembered the past. It was seeing souls like the one he knew was hiding under the bed that made him angry. People didn't seem to care that there were those who had once been in situations that were filled with the same smells and noises because it was a war zone. Trying to rein in his anger he knelt down by the soldier's bed.

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October Prompted Fiction: Afterlife collection: Richard - Samael shows Richard a picture - 521 words

Written for meeks's picture prompt.

It was the day before Halloween on Earth, and Richard was spending some time in his favourite house. As with all his houses it had three rooms: the sitting room; the reading room; and the room he built because he thought it was stupid to call two rooms a house. He found that it would change depending on who was visiting. If Caitlyn was over then it would turn into a study for her, complete with filing cabinets connected to the 'afterlife filing system'. With the appearance of Samael, who had decided to make friends with Death for the first time in millenia, it would turn into a bedroom. That house was his favourite because of the view he had from all the windows.

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October Prompted Fiction: 'Astral' World collection: Amber - Samhain Dance - 521 words

Written for forgottenspirits's prompt on Samhain in the 'astral'.

Amber stared at Christophe. He shrugged and held the dress out to her. With an eyebrow raised, she poked it with one finger, wondering why he had done something so out of character. Sighing, he put it down on the bed.

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October Prompted Fiction: Aurora's World collection: Aurora - Blooming on Sauin's Day: 527 words

Written for forgottenspirits prompt about blooming on their equivalent of Samhain.

Blooming on Sauin Day wasn't something Aurora would wish on anyone, even her worst enemy. Along with the ability to use water magic and memory magic they could also converse with the dead. It was rare, which meant that when the dead found someone with the ability they wouldn't leave that person alone and that could easily overwhelm the magic user. Since the day Aurora had taken on the responsibilty of looking after all the users in the country she hadn't met anyone who had bloomed on Sauin Day. She was grateful for that, because she didn't know how to help someone in that position. In several books a form of crystal was mentioned that could help to shield the user from the dead but it was one that hadn't been seen in hundreds of years.

 

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October Prompted Fiction: Aurora's World collection: Sauin Day celebrations: 519 words

Written for meeks's prompt about Aurora's world's equivalent of Samhain.

Harrison looked around the square, even though he knew that Aurora wouldn't be there. She avoided all of the celebrations she could, which was understandable, and Sauin Day was the hardest of all. If Harrison had a choice he wouldn't have been there either, but he didn't because he was the Crown Prince. Sighing, he sipped his drink again and wished for the absinthe that Aurora had brought down from the mountains. It would knock him out in about ten minutes so he wouldn't have to listen to the same speeches again. First his father would talk about how grateful he was that another year had passed safely, thanks to the work done by the Prime Minister and Head of Security; followed by the Prime Minister giving his speech on how wonderful the King was and how he was thankful that they were kept safe from magic users; and finally there would be a speech from the Head of Security, and the Army, who would reiterate what the Prime Minister said.

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October Prompted Fiction: Deities World collection: Callie - Learning from Lakshmi: 528 words

Written for ysabetwordsmith's prompt on 'what Callie would do if she helped Lakshmi on Lakshmi Puja'.

Callie had just put her one hand into her pocket to find her keys, attempting to keep control of the two puppies' leads with her other hand, when a deity appeared next to her.

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October Prompted Fiction: Pagan collection: Anna - Saying Goodbye to Charlotte: 529 words

Written for ysabetwordsmith's prompt on a mourning ceremony for Charlotte.

Slowly Anna looked around the room. After seven weeks it was beginning to feel like it was hers in some small way, but the ghost of Charlotte still haunted her. Items that she had bought were scattered around the room mixed with things of Charlotte's Anna didn't feel comfortable getting rid of. Other people were still clinging to the thought that her memories would just magically reappear like they did in some films. Anna knew that it wasn't going to happen. If they did return it was going to be a very slow and painful process, one that she wasn't sure she wanted to go through. 

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