Keith, a mouse knight, is set to guard the garden of flowers with all his tiny might. His big ears help him hear intruders and his small form helps him run to warn the others.
His station is next to a row of colors, his favorite being one beautiful and blue. It starts pale but grows more vibrant with every passing day bringing the sky down to Keith's tiny eyes as it begins to sprout above him.
However, his job is lonely. Keith sits diligent next to his flowers and keeps all bugs away that would harm it but he does it alone with not a soul to speak to. So, he starts speaking to the flowers.
Keith can't remember where but he once heard that talking to the plants helps them grow big and strong and with great pride he notices it to be true. His favorite flower flourishes under his tales and conversation. It's colors so magical, so very blue with a sort of glow to it. Seeing his flower has become Keith's favorite part of his day.
Once it's in full bloom Keith's duty extends into the night and he's gifted the blessing of watching the moonlight kiss his flowers soft petals. He wonders if being so vibrant at all hours can be tiring, if being so beautiful can be bothersome. Keith swears to his flower that no matter what he will stand by it, protect it and the beauty it brings.
when he declares this promise something magical happens. The flower glows brighter, this time with real magic, and right before the mouse knights very eyes a new form is born. This one is sleek and just as small as Keith, with ears just as round and big to hear with.
Tiny eyes blink back and a happy squeak sounds before Keith is hugged tight in tiny paws.
His flower became a mouse, a mouse nonetheless beautiful as the petals Keith admired day and night.
The mouse says his name is Lance, and Lance thanks Keith for his loyal guard. He is a prince of many, he tells Keith. His bloodline born from the flowers but the tricky part is no one can ever tell which it will be.
So, as legend says, guards are set to keep watch of the flowers in hopes the next will be a new prince. Thanks to Keith's lovely companionship and sweet devotion Lance couldn't wait any longer to meet.
Lance tells Keith every last thing he admired of the knight from his spot above. How Keiths stories were the best, how his songs he'd hum were better than birdsong. How his words of administration made Lances heart swell.
He tells Keith he is more beautiful than the night sky and the stars within it and Keith finally admits to Lance how he finds him more beautiful than the summer sky.
Together they return from Keith's guard with the news of a new prince and together they rule over the garden as the tiny mice Kings.
Paw and paw, love greater than the spring blooms all thanks to a mouse guard and his flower.
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Summary:
Boil decides to get straight to the point.
“I was told you can bring people back from the dead.”
“You were told wrong,” she replies. “I do not bring anyone back from the dead. You’re the one who has to bring them back.”
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Ykxo5dk5d5od I'm so feral over this ficcccc!
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“The Ballad of the Archer and the Fox” - I am enjoying A Curse for True Love so much that I had to create this illustration. Inspired strongly by Alphonse Mucha and exploring a fairytale vibe, I hoped to capture the dreamy beauty of Evangeline and the two archers of her ballad 💕 this is probably my favorite piece I’ve created this year! So happy with how everything turned out and I hope fans of the series will enjoy this too.
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I suddenly remembered that Jinx by Sage Blackwood (which is quite possibly my favorite book ever, and I have a lot of favorite books, even though it's for a younger audience than me) sort of, kind of, by my interpretation, has a nonbinary character who uses one/ones pronouns? Like not really, but also yes, and I absolutely love it lol
Go read Jinx if you like middle school-age fantasy stories, interesting moral greyness of the truly fairytale variety, nice (in a way) adoptive parent-child relationships, and adorable super angry little protagonists who can be accurately described as chipmunk-like!
Please, I'm literally begging you I love this too much and too strangely not to have a fandom for it lol
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“Well, mind and hold tight by my shaggy coat, and then there’s nothing to fear,” said the Bear, so she rode a long, long way.”
Page 10 from East of the Sun and West of the Moon illustrated by Kay Nielsen, (1914).
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