Title: Fairytale
Fandom: Honor Harrington Series
Rating: PG-13
Length: ~ 200 words
Characters: Allison Chou-Harrington
Content notes: Squint and there's a spoiler for "A Rising Thunder". Kudos if you spot it. (And yes, I'm sorry I posted two entries back to back and three entires today, mods, but I'd forgotten about these two, and wanted to bring myself up to date with the challenges. *grovels*)
Summary: She's not sure if anyone is eligible for the happy ever after this time.



Like every good fairy story this one begins with a Princess (well, she might as well be one for all the choices she's given) who runs away and marries her Prince (he isn't a Prince but she loves him dearly). She worked hard for her happily ever after.

The problem is that they had a daughter and then made the mistake of giving her prophetic name and go one stage further – they teach her to live up to it, and now Allison's stuck in a new fairytale, but she's not in control this time and she's not convinced that anyone is going to be eligible for a happily ever after.

Her eldest daughter is intent on slaying the universe's Dragon and there's a nagging doubt in the back of Allison's mind (she's got a sinking feeling there's a Xanatos gambit in play), but all she can do is believe that Honor can have her happily ever after - and that it won't involve her setting the universe on fire. It probably will though, and she hopes Honor has a plan B.