TITLE: Guilty Conscience
AUTHOR: Kakia
DEDICATION: Well, NOT to the stupid WB, that's for sure.
DISCLAIMER: Not mine.
Summary: After her death in Wipe Out, Courtney writes to Tess. Part of the Letters from the Edge collection. The rest can be found at envy.nu/roswelldead.
Dear Tess,
Have you ever heard the Earth legend of Angelus? He was this vampire--this horrible, evil vampire who was feared more than Dracula himself. One day, an angry gypsy cursed him. She gave him a soul, and he had to spend the rest of eternity trying to gain redemption.
Sound familiar, Queen Ava?
It should. Because you remember, don't you? You are the only one of the Royal Four to remember your past life. you remember how you were the one who sentenced me to death for my actions. Now, weren't you surprised when you found out who "Courtney" was?
No wonder you hated me. You remembered me as the evil Larianna, murderer of your family and many others. No wonder you kept looking for ways to prove my guilt. You felt bad about condemning me after I had gotten a conscience, so you tried to deny that you did anything wrong.
Poor, conscience-ridden Tess. You have, what--a hundred or so years to live with the guilt of having condemned a murderer who didn't even die when you tried to kill her?
What about me, Tess? I have to live forever, knowing that the eight lives I saved today will never account for the thousands of people I've murdered over the years.
You always were a selfish bitch. Oh, you were a great queen, sure--but selfish as hell.
I can see your pretty little face screwing up in confusion. Live forever? Yes, it's true. I'm not dead. Just...biding my time in the other realm. I'll be back. What, you thought I killed myself? No, but Nikolas wasn't lying--he truly thought I was dead. Stupid boy.
Imagine that, Tess. My powers of deception are superior to yours.
I am immortal. Never forget that.
I have bigger problems than you do.
Your highness.
-Courtney-
AUTHOR: Kakia
DEDICATION: Well, NOT to the stupid WB, that's for sure.
DISCLAIMER: Not mine.
Summary: After her death in Wipe Out, Courtney writes to Tess. Part of the Letters from the Edge collection. The rest can be found at envy.nu/roswelldead.
Dear Tess,
Have you ever heard the Earth legend of Angelus? He was this vampire--this horrible, evil vampire who was feared more than Dracula himself. One day, an angry gypsy cursed him. She gave him a soul, and he had to spend the rest of eternity trying to gain redemption.
Sound familiar, Queen Ava?
It should. Because you remember, don't you? You are the only one of the Royal Four to remember your past life. you remember how you were the one who sentenced me to death for my actions. Now, weren't you surprised when you found out who "Courtney" was?
No wonder you hated me. You remembered me as the evil Larianna, murderer of your family and many others. No wonder you kept looking for ways to prove my guilt. You felt bad about condemning me after I had gotten a conscience, so you tried to deny that you did anything wrong.
Poor, conscience-ridden Tess. You have, what--a hundred or so years to live with the guilt of having condemned a murderer who didn't even die when you tried to kill her?
What about me, Tess? I have to live forever, knowing that the eight lives I saved today will never account for the thousands of people I've murdered over the years.
You always were a selfish bitch. Oh, you were a great queen, sure--but selfish as hell.
I can see your pretty little face screwing up in confusion. Live forever? Yes, it's true. I'm not dead. Just...biding my time in the other realm. I'll be back. What, you thought I killed myself? No, but Nikolas wasn't lying--he truly thought I was dead. Stupid boy.
Imagine that, Tess. My powers of deception are superior to yours.
I am immortal. Never forget that.
I have bigger problems than you do.
Your highness.
-Courtney-