Hope Lies Eternal

by UnderLust-Sins

The celebration of Easter is upon us, where 20 villages celebrate Aster, their god of fertility, who grants them a good year of crop, cattle and healthy children. But it doesn't come without a price- they offer a tribute each Easter, one chosen by Aster himself. And this year, it's Jaclyn's turn. NON-CON, ter Bunnymund X OC Jaclyn, rate 'M' DON'T LIKE, DON'T READ! NO FLAMES!

1. Twenty Villages

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Hope lies eternal…

Prologue:

There were twenty villages in total- varying in everything from table manners to religions- and yet, they somehow managed to keep peace between them, the village leaders agreeing that the it was in their best interests to co-operate, if not for themselves…

Then for their god.

I was born and raised in the tenth village- they never got names, just numbers- and I was raised… well, loosely, let's say. I never knew my father, and my mother was sacrificed to the god a few years ago, and was never the same.

See, there lives a god of fertility in the forests surrounding- and spanning between- our villages. And every year, a tribute is offered up from one of the villages for a single night to 'appease' the god.

No one knows what he looks like, nor what he truly does to the girls sent as tribute… all that is known is he somehow chooses the girl he wants- sometimes an older woman, sometimes a younger one- and takes tem deep into the forest or a single night, and the girl is found wandering the forest the next morning, bruised and nervous and… different.

I always thought I was safe because the youngest ones requested had been at least twice my age before… but, when my mother- who had me when she was young, only 17- was chosen when I was merely ten… I knew something was different, and I had a higher chance of being chosen now…

The girls who were offered as tributes never spoke of their night in the forest with the faceless god… yet, mother broke that unspoken-rule.

She never told me what the god looked like, but she told me his name was 'Aster' and that he would make your worst fears come true. For her, since she'd already had me, she knew her fears were already gone… but mine were just beginning…

Every night since, I've had nightmares about a dark shadow creeping up to me… and stealing my one, most valued possession…

My virginity.

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A/N- OMG, I am so freakin' sorry! I know I should be doing 'IDLH' but this story was screaming to be written!

Inspired heavily by Kamo-chan74's 'Spring Tribute' and I cannot, for the life of me, get a hold of them, so I am praying they do not take offense to this in any way/shape/form... *gets on knees, praying*

So, I will finish 'IDLH', but I got a serious case of writer's block for it right now... so, this is what I do, unfortunately.

Writer's block on one story... start another! Crappy prologue, I know... better chapters to come, I promise!

BTW, looking for a beta who is NOT afraid of smutty sex scenes. Still a beginner at this...