Fic: messenger

[meridian_rose]

Title: messenger
Fandom: original
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 119
Prompt: For the writerverse story starters (amnesty) challenge. I chose the story starter Every morning a crow comes and sits at my window.
Summary: He is my black winged familiar.
Content Notes: No standard warnings apply.

Every morning a crow comes and sits at my window. I bring him a choice morsel to eat; a small piece of bread, a thumb sized scrap of cake, a sliver of meat. He gobbles whatever I give him, glossy head bobbing up and down as his strong beak works at devouring the treat.

"What is the news from the forest?" I ask. He tells me, and while his caw is merely a corvid's call, I am able to hear the meaning beyond it, to see what he has seen and know what he knows.

Cats are more traditional familiars, but crows have wings and can travel great distances. He nods, and flies away. He will be back tomorrow.

Comments

[eternal-moonie.livejournal.com]

Absolutely AWESOME!!!

[meridian_rose]

Thank you :) It made me miss the Damon crow from TVD a bit!

[eternal-moonie.livejournal.com]

Me too :)

[hrhrionastar.livejournal.com]

At first I thought the viewpoint character here was imprisoned, but now I'm uncertain. I like the focus on the relationship between person and familiar, and also the excellent point about birds being good for gathering information / going long distances :)

[meridian_rose]

Thank you for your helpful comment, which makes me realise I ought to have given more context :) I dashed it off for the challenge without proper scene setting. I was thinking more of a witch/priestess type living in a cottage and gathering information from the woodland creatures. I can see where you'd get the idea of imprisonment though, as if she's a Rapunzel, trapped with only her bird for company and news, which would be an interesting idea :D
Maybe I'll re-write it at a later date/expand on it, or let her and her crow appear in another fic :D