into the dark

by Ripki

She slithers sizzles inside, leads them into the dark. Drabble

Author: Ripki

Title: into the dark (A Small Steps, Small Words writing exercise)

Fandom: Harry Potter

Character(s): Bellatrix

Words: 140

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into the dark

dead things in the dark

they led her into the dark (you have to mean it) under the canopy of green skulls she was wed to Him to serve Him in glory with devotion and pride and love and desire

she is worthy she is made of Black (pride) Blood (pure) and no sweeter agony than the burn of His mark the tongue of the serpent the hiss

in the dark

whimpers moans rush rapture! (you have to love it)

she is the servant the queen the priestess – His – and

(endless eternal longing in grit and dirt in harsh rock and sea and waiting waiting)

now

she slithers sizzles inside eats their bones flesh blackened ruin and they say mad mad mad

she leads them into the dark

they are dead things in the dark

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