I've decided to name this after Steel Magnolias and Scarlet Pimpernel.
My first fic. I've had some experience, but this is my first to post. I promise I'll get all the way through it!
A NejiTenten fic. Rating may change...
Tenten sat on the love sofa, back perfectly straight, legs together, looking the perfect lady. She sat there and cried. And cried. And cried more. For how long, she didn't know. The maids all avoided her. When she looked up, she saw that it was dark. She must've cried right through supper. Lee, Lee! How could I go to supper when Lee isn't here!? No, I mustn't cry again… Oh, Lee! She stood up, sniffling. Her older brother, Lee, had been executed earlier that day. How can I go on? She slowly walked to her room, dreading what might occur in her dreams.
Tenten was at the town center. She was in the carriage, or rather, the cage. She was next in line. She looked up. The top of the machine was a dreadful silhouette in the sunshine. She walked up the stairs, seeking pity from the crowd, as if someone would call out, 'She's not guilty! This woman did nothing! Why kill her!?' but no one did. They all shouted for her death. She reached the top step. But what's this? Some one was already in her place. She screamed as she recognized the man. "Lee, no!!!" She yelled, desperately as she ran to him. It was too late. The terrible man standing next to Lee picked up his head. "Long live the Republic!" "Long live the Republic!" came the answer. Tenten fell to her knees, unable to move. She felt a terrible tugging. She stood up, her hair being pulled. They dragged her to the dreadful guillotine, cutting off her long, silky hair that she had been so proud of. She tried to go with dignity, but alas, she couldn't stop crying! 'Why can't I stop??? Why can't I stop?!?' She was slid into the bloody wooden prison. It was where she would be when she died. As the blade fell, she screamed one final time. The still warm blade made contact with her neck.
"-AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" She panted, exhausted, but fully awake.
"You all right, miss!?" A flustered maid came in.
"Yes, I'm alright. A nightmare is all…" Tenten said, rather faint.
"Oooh, they outta be ashamed of themselves, gettin' a poor pretty thing like you all worked up like that. Nearly scared me to death, 'sides." The maid left, shaking her head sympathetically.
Tenten sighed. No more sleep for her tonight. She looked out her window longingly. Just because we're aristocrats. Just because we're aristocrats, Lee had to die. Why, Lee? Tenten left her room. Lee was all she had, so she didn't need to worry about being indecent in her nightgown. She absently walked into her brother's room. She sat on his untidy bed, running her hands over the wrinkled covers. "It's okay, Tenten! I'll come back tonight so I don't have to make my bed now!" He would say every time she scolded him. "You didn't come back today, Lee…." Tenten said lovingly with tears falling from her face. "I don't know what to do…."
It was not safe anymore. At the tender age of 17, Tenten hardly had really thought that anything could really hurt her. Besides her close friends, it was easy enough to ignore what was going on, but now they got her brother, and it hurt. It hurt terribly.
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