Wangxian Prompt/Self-fill Dump

The Desert Lotus Pt 1

Ok, so I am suffering from a serious case of Writer's Block and it is preventing me from updating HSL and for those of you who read I see in Moonlight or Light in the Dark. As for Paint my Heart in Clouds, Tae is busy with school work so we are gonna be hella slow updating that one, but it will be updated.... eventually.

With that out of the way, this idea came to me after I reread the Dune book, watched the Original movie, the mini series that Syfy had and just recently the remake that recently came out. So this little bunny came jumping at me, both figuratively and literal too, since I'm bunny sitting for a friend of mine. Mochi, the bunny's name in case you ask and she is a Holland dwarf, managed to startle some brain juices into high gear so I am gonna write this while the iron is still hot!

In this story, I need to take some creative liberties. Lan Zhan is an only child, though he still calls Lan Xichen his brother. Lan Xichen is a cousin and bodyguard for Lan Zhan. He is basically Duncan, though I will be taking liberties again. House Harkonan is gonna be the Wens while the Emperor and his court is gonna be the Jins and the other sects, both major and smaller. The Nies and Jiangs, minus Madam Yu, are the Frehma, the natives of Arakas or Dune. This pretty much covers what I can safely tell you without spoiling!

Also if you have not read or seen any of the adaptions of Dune, then please consider this your SPOILER ALERT!

Snippet:

Lan Zhan stood beside his father, dressed in full regalia, though the materials used in this one was of lighter more breathable cotton than the imported silks he is use to. They are standing in the hanger bay of their ship and already it feels like a sauna. He can only imagine that it is so much worse outside. His mother, the Lady Long Miyoung, his father's concubine stood on the other side of his father, a few feet further back. She is dressed in a an almost see through dress with a long sheer veil hiding her beauty from others. It leaves a bitter taste in his mouth that his mother, who clearly loves his father and his father her, cannot take her rightful place as his wife because only a woman of noble blood and standing could do so. His mother is part of an order of Sorceresses, Enchantresses and Witchs. The Bene Gesseritt Sisterhood. Lan Zhan has learned about their history and their roles in society at his mother's knee. Has been trained in most of their arts. A dark scowl steals over his face for a second as he recalls just three nights ago, the woman who trained his mother, Reverend Mother Yu Ziyuan, had come to their home in the dead of night and dared to order his mother about as if she were a mere slave in her own home. His mother was from a noble house, was of noble blood and thus was superior in status. But that woman managed to make his mother tremble in fear, made her weep. The reason for this was because his mother had broken a rule of the Sisterhood. Only bear daughters. Lan Zhan is clearly not a girl. He is the first male of the Bene Gesseritt Order. Mother Yu had demaded to see him and had tried to make him lesser than he is, compared him to an animal. She made him take a test with a nueral emitter box, which was set to slowly cause pain and build upon it until he cannot take it anymore. She held a Gom Jabar to his neck as he was made to kneel before her and endure the pain. However, she was not expecting that his mother was so thorough in her teachings nor does she know the Lans nearly half as well as she thought she did. He endured the pain for nearly two hours before he finally could not restrain the growl. He had passed her test, was deemed 'human' in her eyes. Mother Yu had stated they would be keeping a close eye on him. To see if he was worthy. If he was not; they would simply start again. The unspoken 'we will kill you' that she had thought he had not picked up on heard loud and clear.

"A' Zhan?" His mother calls softly and he blinks his eyes slowly and turns his head just slightly to let her know he is listening. He rarely speaks and is normally blunt and to the point. He chances a glance at her and seeing the unasked question on her face, the concern in pale gold eyes, he gives an almost imperceptible shake of the head and she sighs, a fond and yet exasperated tilt to her lips.

The hanger doors finally open and the blazing heat of Yiling, Dune as many call it, nearly bowls them over. The brilliant glare of the sun has them all squinting as they begin heading out of the hanger bay and to the ships that would carry them into the palace proper. There is a very large gathering of people outside, natives of the world. They stand in light colored robes and scarves, turbans and long jackets. They begin cheering and shouting in their native tongue. Lan Zhan having studied everything about Yiling rather thoroughly, even the dialects they spoke, picked up on the chants of a promised Messiah. They called his mother the Bringer. He could not discern anything else with the overlapping voices and noise. Lan Zhan looks out over the crowed, curious as they get closer and for a moment he gets a brief flash of a vision when he catches something black among the sea of creams and light browns, blues and purples. He sees a figure dressed in black, moving seductively, the glare of Yiling's double suns black out the face, but he sees the eerie blue glow of eyes, the glow more noticeable in shadow than in direct sunlight. He thinks he sees silver dancing in the blue. A laugh, bright and happy echoes and a voice yet to be heard says his name. Lan Zhan is quickly brought back to himself as he catches sight of Lan Qiren, the half human, half super computer, who leads his father's army and has been his tutor since he first learned to read and write. He cannot help the small smile as they are met half way and the ever so serious Lan Qiren gives a detailed report even as he helps the royal family onto their ship and soon they are taking off. They have to be quick because it is approaching midday and Yiling's suns are unforgiving at that time only those insane or from the Burial Mounds, the deep desert where the Sandworms and many terrible and deadly beastts live...