Castle Wyvern

Title: Fights Like a Girl
Wordcount: 400
Rating: gen; contains violence/gore
Characters: Demona, Goliath, Demona/Goliath
Notes: Set pre-series. Written for Three Weeks for Insane Journal; originally posted 4/25/11. Inspired by a Supernatural post complaining about using "fights like a girl" as an insult; loving the female characters I do, I can't see fighting like any of them as a bad thing. Hence the title.

( She hit the ground with bone-jarring force, to a chorus of jeers and cheers, sounds that faded when she raised her head with a snarl. )

Title: Lessons Learned
Rating: worksafe
Characters: Demona
Notes: Originally posted 4/30/11 as part of Three Weeks for Insane Journal.


The humans have taught her many things over the centuries.

Betrayal. Loss. Grief so overwhelming that she wished she had not hidden herself away, that she had crumbled to painless stone with her kin.

Fear. Pain. Horror at seeing the glow of dawn on the horizon, knowing that the day would bring healing, give them a fresh canvas to work on come nightfall.

Deception. Betrayal. That trust was a fool's game, one that she dared not play if she intended to survive.

Yes, Demona has learned many lessons over the centuries.

She intends to pay them all back, with interest.



Title: Broken
Rating: gen
Characters: Demona (Elisa POV)
Notes: Originally posted 5/4/11 as part of Three Weeks for Insane Journal.

It's not that she's inclined to be charitable toward the gargoyle. Elisa has seen people who have walked through hell and back, lost everything, and not become the kind of monster Demona revels in being.

She's seen the opposite, too, of course; what cop in New York hasn't? Heard all the excuses, hard times, hard luck, hard childhood. And yeah, maybe Demona has a thousand years worth of stories to tell, but in the end, they're just more excuses.

It's still easier not to look her in the eyes. That way, Elisa doesn't risk seeing how broken Demona really is.



Title: Almost
Rating: gen
Characters: Demona
Notes: Originally posted 5/5/11 as part of Three Weeks for Insane Journal.

Moon dark; she needs no light to find her way, not even the faint, filtered light from the city below. Every fiber knows the way the air currents wrap themselves around the towers, guiding her flight like the whisper of a lover's wings ahead.

(Xanatos has installed a new security system. She disables it; he knows better, now, than to send men to check on the disruption.)

Dawn is yet distant; still she mantles her wings, digs talons deep into the stone beneath her.

Almost, if she closes her eyes, she can hear her clan settling in around her.

Almost.

Title: A Moment
Rating: Worksafe
Warnings: character death
Word Count: 1,785
Summary: A moment can make all the difference. Goes AU right at the start.
( She settled into a crouch, claws gripping stone. )

Title: Consort
Character/Pairing: Demona/Brooklyn
Rating: Worksafe
Warnings: none
Word Count: 100
A/N: AU; the trio and Bronx were taken from the rookery and hid with Demona while Castle Wyvern was sacked.

( She calls him to her when the moon is dark. )