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Title: A Tale of Heaven Author: seraC Email: seraphcelene[at]yahoo[dot]com Spoilers: Vaguely for The Gift and Bargaining Rating: G Archiving: House of Leaves. Everyone else please ask. Summary: There are stories told even in Heaven. A/N: Written for the Beatles' Challenge at Open on Sunday using the lyrics from Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Feedback: Is like air and highly addictive. In other words, yes, please. Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and all related characters belong to Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, the Warner Company, UPN et al. I’m just taking them out for a little exercise. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds belongs to either the Beatles or Michael Jackson, one or the other, I'm sure. "Your heart breaks for something you'll never have." -- Armand, The Vampire Lestat “Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,” they say to the shape of a woman with red hair and point to a lane half hidden by vines. “She spends her days laying beneath a cloud staring at a woman with stars in her hair. It is said they are mother and daughter, although which one came first is a mystery.” They are not surprised that someone has come seeking her. Ancient before she was born, destined for death before the Heavens had thought to imagine her. Here there are no names, only descriptions, and they call her the one who slays when she isn’t looking. Her bright, carefree laughter slices open the sky, and there is something about her that makes even the angels uneasy. First names are forbidden, but she doesn’t seem to care. She defies the law, caps her corner of Paradise with a marmalade sky, and calls her mother Joyce. She eats grapes all day and ice cream, weaves daisies into chains and wears them like crowns. If you should visit her, they tell the indistinct idea of a woman who comes seeking, she will feed you marshmallow pie and chocolate, fold parchment into hats and cut champions from the clouds. Then one day she is gone, that girl with the sun in her eyes, the one who slays. Some say she dived, quite suddenly, from a tower that grew overnight in her garden. Others say she was dragged away screaming by a woman with the iridescent glow of blood on her face. On that day, it is whispered, the flowers in Heaven turned to cellophane and all the angels sighed. end |