A/N: Should this fragment evolve into a story? Yay or nay! Speak up!
Just a little something to tide you all over until I finish the next chapter of An Untraveled Road later today. Don't mind me! Hope this warms your heart and lifts your spirits.
I suppose you could consider this...a teaser...maybe...sort of...Now prepare!
As ever, I own no references, quotes, memes or themes~!
"Y'know, the butterfly effect is an amazing thing.
You just had to press that button. Didn't you?
I asked you to stop. I begged. I cried.
But you didn't listen."
~?
Enjoy the Silence
They say its always the quiet ones.
Its always those who bite their tongue, who keep their mouth shut, who hide away from the rest of the world. They're wrong. You see, its not the quiet ones you should watch out for. They're dangerous, sure, but you forget yourself. No, its the ones who smile all the time; those who laugh the loudest, who acted the fool. Those who wear a mask. Watch out for them. They're the real monsters.
Hmm.
Maybe I course-corrected a little too hard, tried to be too normal, pretend I was something I wasn't. I understand. Really, I do.
What happens when the mask breaks?
I'll tell you what happens.
Enjoy the silence.
(.0.0.0.)
...he told me to give you this."
Ozpin considered the note in his hand.
Weary eyes rose to regarded the soaked child on his doorstep.
She was a tiny little thing all in all, wrapped in white cloth, her dark hair messy and dirty. Fearful golden eyes regarded his. Thunder crackled just outside and she flinched as the storm raged anew. She must've been fifty pounds tops. When was the last time she'd seen a good meal? He shuddered to think of it. With a sigh, he turned his attention back to the note in his hands.
"Hey, Oz.
Found this one in Atlas. Her name's Cinder. She's ten. Take care of her.
I mean it! Be nice! Or we'll be having words.
Your best friend,
~Naruto.
It was entirely too early for this. He hadn't even had his coffee yet and the new term began next week. Glynda would absolutely have his hide if he did this.
...
...
...
And yet.
"Mute bastard. How he can be so cheeky through the written word, I'll never know."
A keen eye turned to the shivering wreck. Gods above, she was just a child.
"Well, are you hungry?"
The girl perked up.
"Food...?"
A/N: There we are.
Feels good to keep some ideas in the bin, lets me stretch a bit without having too many
Lord knows I'm trying to keep the new ideas to the minimum and avoid requests, but its hard sometimes...
So in the Immortal Words of Atlas...
...Review, Would You Kindly?
And enjoy the previews!
Potential ones!
(Previews!)
This is why we can't have nice things!
Explosions!
Good boy, Zwei. Be sure to go for her throat next time, eh?
R&R~!