The Phoenix Overture

by ICRepresentative

A series of five drabbles inspired by the recent V For Vendetta movie. V and Evey perspectives on the chain of events leading to the revolution, following a musical theme.

1. Con Fuoco

Disclaimer: V For Vendetta - the movie version - belongs to whoever owns it.

A/N: Best. Movie. I have ever. Seen. Anyway, here is the first of five drabbles inspired by the movie. Self-set challenge - five drabbles in two days. This one - 100 words on the second day.

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Con Fuoco

The night is torn by flames. I feel it and hear it - the fire. I hear it and feel the flames. It takes from me all that I was, stripping me of my past and my pain.

My flesh buckles and warps, reshaping who I was to who I am.

There is nothing here anymore. Nothing but the flames. And then, when the flames die, what will there be?

My purpose. Hate alone to make me strong. Hate stronger than the flames which peel at my flesh. A vendetta.

I am reborn.

Tonight, the phoenix rises from the ashes.