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Author's Note: I feel this needs a bit of an explanation. Some time ago I wrote a collection of drabbles, completely random and having nothing to do with each other, and just recently I found them again. I rather liked them, so I decided, why not post them? Some are confusing, some are simple, some are absurdly short and some are a tad bit longer than a drabble should be. Multiple characters are used in these, so I may jump from Toph to Azula to Cabbage Man. Who knows? Each drabble focuses on two characters and whatever their relationship may be... whether it's friendship, love, hatred, family, or even if they are complete strangers. I've already got a few written out, so I may update a new drabble every few days. I'm curious to see if I can keep one "project" going, since I've never been able to write a full-fledged story. And now that this author's note is longer than the stinkin' drabble, I will introduce to you...

Something of a Mess

by Looly

"You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that..."
-Charlotte's Web


Holding him in her arms, feeling his chest struggle in attempt to draw in breath, hearing him murmur in his sleep… she would begin to cry, happy that he was alive, guilty that she had failed him, horrified of what lay ahead of the boy in her arms. She couldn't hold onto him forever. The time would come when she could no longer rush to heal his wounds during battle. He needed her. He needed all of them. How could anyone expect a twelve-year old to face the strongest and most malicious man alive—let alone defeat him and all those who stood before him?

"He's only one boy," she whispered. She clutched him closer, not yet ready to let him go.


Well, it sure does seem short and insignificant now. Ah well. Here is the first of the drabbles. I hope you all enjoy it! And reviews are love, mes amis.