100 word Prompt – The Bartimaeus Trilogy (Jonathan Stroud) – Tyranny.

More of a personal Tyranny here.  I did a bit of reading and decided to go with a personal tyrrany.  I read some articles and some summaries and i love you nonny, I hope this wasn’t too off mark.  If I had to read this book i never would have gotten to this prompt!

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Nathaniel (no, Mandrake.  He was John Mandrake!) stood over, literally over, the tiny and pitiful creature that he had summoned as practice. “You will do as I command.” He said in a commanding tone, looking over to his mentor for quick reassurance.

He received a frown.

He turned back to the imp, rage on his face as he repeated himself sharply, causing the creature to cower before him. Yes.  That was good.  He thought about what he wanted, what he could do. He grinned. He knew what to do. What his master would do.  He raised his hand and spoke.

100 word prompts – Temeraire and Snow

Temeraire normally did not care one way or the other for snow.  It did not bother him and he did not bother it.  For the most part.

Today was different though.

He snorted, sending a plume of vapor from his nostrils and surged to his feet.

Today was new.

In a flash he ran outside of his warmed and sheltered overhang, rolling and frolicking in the snow as if he’d never had a chance to before. In a way, he hadn’t.  From his birth it had been sailing and learning and war.  But today he was free.

Today he played.