Title: The Fall
Summary: The higher you are, the farther you'll fall.
Genre: General
Rating: G
What do the People know about ruling? What do the common fairies know of law-making? They think I just fiddle with my crown and give oppressive orders. They think anyone can govern.
Well, the revolution has begun, and there's no stopping it. The Council of Traitors has brainwashed every last non-royal fairy with its talk of republic and empowering the People.
They don't realize the power they already have. Everything I've done has pursued their wants and needs. They don't realize how much I account for their opinions, in fear of their rebellion.
They don't realize how far they'll fall.
A/N: Written for the af100 (on LJ) prompt "ladder." This was written mere hours before Crim posted its Revolution challenge, actually; I'm kind of glad, because otherwise I would have tried to make it longer so that I could submit it. Maybe, if I have some nice ideas, I'll extend this fic (perhaps by writing a series of drabbles to show different perspectives on Teh Revolution) for the purpose of winning/trying to win another bronze acorn.
I've just realized that the summaries for The Fall and Red Shift are rather similar. I guess this means I'll have to pretend it was intentional, and that there's some sort of overarching theme.
Oh, yes, I almost forgot - should I repost my individually!posted drabbles in this thing? If so, should I delete the lonesome copies, and lose all those pretty reviews that I can probably count on one hand? ((Of course, these questions are all just a clever - not to mention highly subtle - ruse to make you review.))