She hears the wind whisper, be careful what you wish for and it's already too late.
No takebacks.
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She wished that no one she loved would ever die. She's lost her brother and her daughter and her mother -- all she has left are her sister and her father, and legends of a well that hears what the heart wants and grants it, should the wisher prove worthy.
She is worthy, by however the well measures, and when it is far too late, she is glad that her heart wanted the living to stay alive more than the dead to return from their rest.
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Her sister is taken by bandits and survives, but not unscathed.
Her father is thrown from a horse and stands, though his neck is twisted.
.
She goes back to the well and she wishes to undo what has been done. "This isn't what I meant!" she rages, her sister sobbing at home and her father in hiding.
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original fairy tale (ish), OC, unhappy
Date: 2015-01-12 08:04 pm (UTC)She hears the wind whisper, be careful what you wish for and it's already too late.
No takebacks.
.
She wished that no one she loved would ever die. She's lost her brother and her daughter and her mother -- all she has left are her sister and her father, and legends of a well that hears what the heart wants and grants it, should the wisher prove worthy.
She is worthy, by however the well measures, and when it is far too late, she is glad that her heart wanted the living to stay alive more than the dead to return from their rest.
.
Her sister is taken by bandits and survives, but not unscathed.
Her father is thrown from a horse and stands, though his neck is twisted.
.
She goes back to the well and she wishes to undo what has been done. "This isn't what I meant!" she rages, her sister sobbing at home and her father in hiding.
The wind laughs and she is not worthy this time.