Celandine's Chronicle (celandineb) wrote in cels_fic_haven, @ 2009-05-19 13:28:00 |
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Entry tags: | narnia ficlets nikabrik |
Narnia ficlet: Bring Them Back [Nikabrik, general]
Title: Bring Them Back
Author: celandineb
Fandom: Narnia
Characters: Nikabrik, the Hag, the Werewolf
Rating: general
Length: 251 words
Summary: All Nikabrik wants is to destroy the Telmarines.
Note: For realpestilence, who wanted Nikabrik, reverence.
With scant reverence, Nikabrik eyed the object that the Hag had laid before him. "Are you certain this will work?" he asked, the skepticism heavy in his voice. "It doesn't seem like enough to me."
The Werewolf growled at him, but the Hag only cackled. "It will work, never fear. However little of the physical survives, as long as there is some fragment, we'll see to it that the witch returns. Even a finger bone like this is enough."
"And she will have all the power she ever did?"
"More," the Hag assured him. "Death brings its own power as well."
"But we will require payment," the Werewolf snarled. "Before the spell is cast."
"I understand," said Nikabrik.
Had that not been the case, he would have told the two to go ahead with their spell right then, regardless of what the stripling and so-called king Caspian might think. Unfortunately Nikabrik had but little gold of his own. Nor did Caspian, really, but the Hag might be willing to bargain with him over the terms of payment, though plainly she would not do so for Nikabrik himself.
"We shall see if our young king can be persuaded to act in his own best interest," said Nikabrik grimly.
If that wretched horn had not summoned Aslan -- and it certainly seemed as if the call had gone unanswered -- then it was time, more than time, to seek power somewhere else. The destruction of the cursed Telmarines was the beacon that lured Nikabrik onward.