Prompt: "Bats"
Notes: Part of this is just a straight up reference to Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce. If you like stories where girl heroines save the day with help from animal friends, found family, and fantastical feats of magic, give it a shot.
Pairings: Gen
Content warnings: N/A
Chapter 69: Honestly, some people are so rude
The scream that tore through the western wing of Cair Paravel shook Lucy from her nap in time to nearly collide with Peter and half a dozen guards when they met outside Edmund's door.
Inside, a shaking maid gasped and choked on her fear, the plate of food she'd been carrying in splattered across the floor where she'd dropped it.
Edmund, meanwhile, scowled at her from the other side of the room, covered almost entirely by a writhing, anxious carpet of bats, who'd been terrified at the screaming. "Madam, please," Edmund managed with the last trace of patience he had while his siblings tried not to laugh at him, "you're interrupting a very important military report!"
