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bjornwildeTitle Silent Night
Characters Thalia Grace, William Evans 3:10 to Yuma
Rating G
Disclaimer No one belongs to me
Summary Thalia feels she owes William for their abrupt breakup, Artemis helps.
Word Count: 593
Written forceitfianna and myself to be honest. = ]
Thalia stood at the edge of the bluff and couldn't help but think she'd been here before with William. She and the Hunters had been casing a manticore over most of the Southwest until their quarry had lead them to about nine miles from Bisbee, Arizona. Now they were resting and enjoying the spoils of a grand hunt; well, everyone else was. Thalia's heart and thoughts were in the past and so she didn't hear when Artemis approached until the goddess said, "You do not feast. You were not hurt?"
"No, I'm fine." Thalia replied unable to take her eyes, and her focus, off the landscape.
"You are perhaps uninjured but I do not think you are fine. What troubles you?"
"Nothing. I just...it's just something from the past."
Artemis watched her for a minute before replying. "Did you know I loved once?"
"What?" Thalia replied shocked out of her revery.
"It is true. I love him still," Artemis replied looking up to the stars to find Orion. "Father feared I would change and forget my duties so he struck him down. I swore then I would never love another."
Thalia thought about this for a few seconds before replying, "Lady, can I ask a boon?"
Artemis shook her head sadly, "You swore an oath as well, sister. You can not be a Hunter and be with this man."
"No, that's not what I mean. He…I met William in Milliways before I became your Hunter. He is from the past, the Old West. Only a few miles from here I believe."
"That place. My brother is fond of it," Artemis replied with an eye roll.
"I like it too," Thalia said defensively. "Any way, William's family is having a hard time. His father is dead and he's only just become a man himself with no one else to guard the farm. Could you give me a token or something that would…I don't know, bless his cattle so they grow or have healthy calves? Or something to keep away predators?"
"I can do either but not both as it would cause too much imbalance."
"Something for the predators then," Thalia said after some thought. She wasn't sure if William could handle the extra calves.
"Very well sister," Artemis replied smiling and handing her a disc of wood. "Bury this on the property. It will work for one year."
"Thank you!" Thalia said taking the disc and hugging Artemis before either of them realized it.
Later that night, Thalia slipped away to find a barn. Through it, she slipped away to Milliways and then with a firm and beseeching word with Bar, she stepped through to William's farm in the middle of the night. Cautiously, she opened the barn door a crack to find the farms yard deserted and the windows of the house dark. She stepped out and looked around for a good spot to bury the wooden disc. It was then she noticed the decorations and realized it was Christmas time here. With a grin, she crept out to the yard and to the outside of the chimney to bury the disc, taking inspiration from Santa.
On her way back she heard a bridle jingle and froze. Carefully, moving very slowly she looked back at the barn and then the house but saw nothing. She took a minute to think about where the sound had come from and decided it must have come from the cattle yard which likely meant one thing, cattle rustlers. They would try to steal William's cattle? On Christmas Eve? Oh Hell No, Thalia thought as she unslung her bow and strung it.
Characters Thalia Grace, William Evans 3:10 to Yuma
Rating G
Disclaimer No one belongs to me
Summary Thalia feels she owes William for their abrupt breakup, Artemis helps.
Word Count: 593
Written for
ceitfianna and myself to be honest. = ]Thalia stood at the edge of the bluff and couldn't help but think she'd been here before with William. She and the Hunters had been casing a manticore over most of the Southwest until their quarry had lead them to about nine miles from Bisbee, Arizona. Now they were resting and enjoying the spoils of a grand hunt; well, everyone else was. Thalia's heart and thoughts were in the past and so she didn't hear when Artemis approached until the goddess said, "You do not feast. You were not hurt?"
"No, I'm fine." Thalia replied unable to take her eyes, and her focus, off the landscape.
"You are perhaps uninjured but I do not think you are fine. What troubles you?"
"Nothing. I just...it's just something from the past."
Artemis watched her for a minute before replying. "Did you know I loved once?"
"What?" Thalia replied shocked out of her revery.
"It is true. I love him still," Artemis replied looking up to the stars to find Orion. "Father feared I would change and forget my duties so he struck him down. I swore then I would never love another."
Thalia thought about this for a few seconds before replying, "Lady, can I ask a boon?"
Artemis shook her head sadly, "You swore an oath as well, sister. You can not be a Hunter and be with this man."
"No, that's not what I mean. He…I met William in Milliways before I became your Hunter. He is from the past, the Old West. Only a few miles from here I believe."
"That place. My brother is fond of it," Artemis replied with an eye roll.
"I like it too," Thalia said defensively. "Any way, William's family is having a hard time. His father is dead and he's only just become a man himself with no one else to guard the farm. Could you give me a token or something that would…I don't know, bless his cattle so they grow or have healthy calves? Or something to keep away predators?"
"I can do either but not both as it would cause too much imbalance."
"Something for the predators then," Thalia said after some thought. She wasn't sure if William could handle the extra calves.
"Very well sister," Artemis replied smiling and handing her a disc of wood. "Bury this on the property. It will work for one year."
"Thank you!" Thalia said taking the disc and hugging Artemis before either of them realized it.
Later that night, Thalia slipped away to find a barn. Through it, she slipped away to Milliways and then with a firm and beseeching word with Bar, she stepped through to William's farm in the middle of the night. Cautiously, she opened the barn door a crack to find the farms yard deserted and the windows of the house dark. She stepped out and looked around for a good spot to bury the wooden disc. It was then she noticed the decorations and realized it was Christmas time here. With a grin, she crept out to the yard and to the outside of the chimney to bury the disc, taking inspiration from Santa.
On her way back she heard a bridle jingle and froze. Carefully, moving very slowly she looked back at the barn and then the house but saw nothing. She took a minute to think about where the sound had come from and decided it must have come from the cattle yard which likely meant one thing, cattle rustlers. They would try to steal William's cattle? On Christmas Eve? Oh Hell No, Thalia thought as she unslung her bow and strung it.
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Date: 2011-12-30 10:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-30 11:44 pm (UTC)I also think this might expand to include William as while I know Thalia would prefer to take care of the wrestlers herself, she'd know she would be out numbered and need to help. I'm guessing she'll wake William by tapping at his window.
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Date: 2011-12-30 11:47 pm (UTC)I've still got lots of ideas about that sort of Indiana Jones' AU that I hope to write up soon.
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Date: 2011-12-30 11:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-30 11:51 pm (UTC)