Title: better to be feared
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 150
Point of view: third
Prompt: shapeshifter (author's choice), being human
She wants to be beautiful, like every other woman. She wants to be loved and respected, and when all three of those dreams fail because, like Ma said, she's a monster ugly so go away, leave me alone, you're not my daughter
not my daughter
I couldn't've birthed somethin' like you
Well. She's not pretty, and no one likes her, and no one will ever respect her if they can't even look at her.
But she is strong, and she is so very clever, and so she changes. It's hard and it hurts, but she changes, becomes someone else, sheds her skin and is suddenly beautiful.
And if people only like her for her looks, she'll still never be respected.
And if people won't respect her, then, like Ma said, she'll just be a monster and let the world fear her.
Fear's better than love anyway, because fear will never go away.