A/N: This is based off of a very crazy dream I had recently,
but it inspired me. I'm not going to guarantee anything very
good, and the plot is pretty faulty, since it was a dream, and they
don't generally make sense and fit in with a book's
plot line, yes? It's just been fun for me to write. I'd
also like to note that anybody interested in finding out what the
Scarecrow's plans were, shouldn't read this, cause I
have no idea myself, so I plan so sort of skim over that subject.
Please R&R. Mostly book-verse, after Son of A Witch, some
could call it AU I guess.
Prologue:
Fire and Snow
The Scarecrow trudged up the steep and slippery pathway, a bundle of thick sticks tucked under his arm, as he made his way up the Kells about half a mile, maybe a mile max, to the small cave he'd found the day before.
It's as good a place as any to hole up for the winter, he had reasoned. After all, as much as he hated fire, it wouldn't do his plans any good if he fell asleep one night and woke up to find he'd turned into a Scarecrow-shaped ice-cube, now would it?
He lifted his free arm in front of his face to shield his eyes from the snow, and a few of the sticks slid from the bundle and rolled down a slight slope, into a snow bank.
Thankfully, he was still pretty close to level ground and could get them, but he frowned anyway, as those sticks would have to be left to dry longer than the others, which were only slightly damp, having been protected by the forest.
The Scarecrow half walked-half slid down the slope, and bent down to pick up the firewood, when an unexpected splash of color caught his eye. And then the wind blew and it was gone.
He furrowed his cloth brow and slowly crept around the rock the color had disappeared behind, and once he saw what was on the other side the rest of his precious firewood clattered to the snowy ground.
A/N: Ooooh, a cliffie! Read and Review,
please? Chapter one is already in the works, and if I get reviews I
just might put it up tonight by tonight.
Much thanks to Seventh
Bell Astarael, my awesome and totally groovy Beta, and
AnUnknownWriter, for reviewing even before I put up the prologue!
