A Collection of Caraval Oneshots {Fanfic}

Little Teared Rose and Water {Act 2}

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Anyways
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   "Please don't be angry"

   Destiny pleaded with her father as he carried her away in his arms to clean her wounds. Her bloodied hands dripped down creating slides of red down his shirt. The young princess recoiled at the scent of copper as her thoughts drifted childlike; She didn't want her reckless actions to hurt her chances of being in this years Caraval; she mentally scolded herself for it.

   He looked down at her with narrowed eyes, signaling it was indeed to late for her to beg. It was her mother the princess truly preferred to see when she had done something brash, Tella was always more light with her punishments; usually a ban from magic for a few days. But her father didn't give punishments, he taught her lessons.

She laid her head on his shoulder, the night time activities taking a hold of her at last. But she knew their conversation was far from over.

   She just hoped the luck of her cards would be in her pocket tonight and the moonlight would shine it's golden stars onto her wounds.

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   Minutes later the young princess sat on the brim of the marble bathtub whilst the Master of Caraval pricked bits of glass out of her sensitive fingers. Somehow the removal of the foreign objects from her skin hurt more then when they were inserted. She squirmed as the white towel beneath her fingers turned rouge.

"Isn't there anyway you can numb all the pain?"

He took a sharp breath, "yes"

The princess tilted her head, "may you?"

"No"

"Why not?" she questioned innocently

Without looking away from her bloody hand he responded, "if you never feel the pain of loosing a game of chess you'll never learn to win"

She scrunched up her nose at the feeling of another shard coming out, "I don't understand"

He finally made eye contact with her, making her head swirl from guilt, "I understand your only six, I've dialed the pain down to where you won't cry- but, you need to learn the pain of your actions so your weary when you use them on others and now how to pick yourself up when you've fallen"

   "I don't understand?"

   He exhaled a sharp breath standing up whilst holding a cup of bloody glass shards. Turning he set it on the counter and grabbed a cleaner towel, answering after.

   "Destiny, this world isn't as kind as you may believe. It hard for people without castles and imaginations, but it's even harder when you've got a power stronger than you can conceive. You need to learn how to control your recklessness or it may hurt others around you; namely your cousin"

   She flinched, Sebastian was hurt? The princess hasn't recalled hearing his screams of pain or sickening tears. Maybe she was to wrapped up in her own world, perhaps her father was right. She knew her power was inconceivable, but she didn't know it would hurt her cousin.

   She looked up at him with pleading eyes, "I hurt Sebastian?"

   Legend shifted, "he's only a year older than you princess, he thought you had been knocked asleep or worse".

   Her heart broke. Yes, she and the prince had got in fights more than they were worth but they were always the closet of friends. People hadn't always been there for Destiny, but Sebastian had- and always would be.

   Tears clouded her eyes, "I don't want to do magic if it means my cousin gets hurt".

   Legend tilted his head and moved to sit down next to his daughter, she leaned into him as he did. Brushing his hand through her midnight curls he thought for a moment before answering, "It's about learning, butterfly. Just like how you've gotten better  over time by learning to throw knifes, over time you'll learn to control your power and you'll find it's quite a useful skill"

   Destiny looked up at him, her tears drying, "promise?"

   He smiled, "I promise"

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Hopeful this resembles what you wanted, whoever requested this ❤️

This ones a bit shorter but I have to work on my Folk of Air collection of Oneshots (first chapter will be up prolly tonight)

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