Yup, Sugary Snicket's feeling very musical today, because this is my second songfic in one day that I'm posting! THIS time, I've created a WhatIf fic involving the question "What If Olaf's marriage plan had actually worked, and Violet was really trapped as Olaf's Countess?" (Yeah, I know it's been overdone, but I've yet to see any songfics about it. Big whoop. Wanna fight about it?)
Lightning flashed.
Thunder roared.
And Contessa Violet Baudelaire stared out of her murky bedroom window, watching the rain pour down. It had been three long, miserable days since the wedding. Her siblings were both dead. And now, she was alone, waiting for him to come.
I'm
so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And
if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
cause
your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
Nothing could save her now. Nothing, not even the world's best invention, could turn back time. And nothing could fix her.
These
wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's
just too much that time cannot erase
She missed her brother and sister so very much. Sunny's cries of "Bite!" and "Serophin!" still echoed in her ears. Klaus' calm manner and impressive intellect still shone in her mind. And all of the memories continued to replay for her, over and over.
When
you cried I wiped away all of your tears
When you'd scream I
fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all
of these years
But you still have
all of me
She allowed the wedding scene to play in her mind. Olaf's eyes had shone as he watched her sign, then she herself watched in absolute horror as Olaf took the document and yelled that the fortune was his, that she was his. Indeed, she had the ring on her finger, she had signed the document, and the law had done the rest.
What she watched next, however, made her actually begin to weep. Her siblings, bound in chains, crying out for her to save them, Olaf approaching menacingly with a knife. She had turned away, not wanting to see her siblings get mercilessly slaughtered by the horrible man she was now forced to call her husband.
You
used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound
by the life you've left behind
Your face, it haunts
My once
pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All of the sanity
in me
Violet shook her head, as if she could knock the terrible memory out of her head. She felt guilty, as if she should have done something to stop the terrible pain she was feeling now. There was nothing, of course, that could be done, and even if there had been, would it really have made a difference?
These
wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's
just too much that time cannot erase
When
you cried I wiped away all of your tears
When you'd scream I
fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all
of these years
But you still have
all of me
She knew that they were dead, but felt like they were standing there with her, smiling and saying "It's not your fault. You did the best you could."
But she had not done the best she could. She had not protected them from Olaf, and she had not kept them out of danger. She had simply not been a good older sister.
I've
tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're
still with me
I've been alone all along
Violet was alone now, and it was all her fault.
When
you cried I wiped away all of your tears
When you'd scream I
fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all
of these years
But you still have
all of me
END
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