i've got to get around to my julia/rosaly roleswap au but i keep getting distracted, so i'm just gonna write whatever comes to mind
sweet devil forgemaster rosaly beguiled by Lady Lisa to join her in her castle, because she too was once hunted as a witch, and a woman so kind and gentle as Her would not do harm, even with such a big scary castle and teeth! She is only misunderstood... rosaly could help keep her safe and herself safe, and besides! look, there are other children here too, a shy girl with pretty red hair and the Lady's son, much younger than them
rosaly and julia are bestfriends, julia won't go anywhere without her and rosaly can't stand to see her big eyes well with tears if she cannot cling onto her sleeve how they grow, how rosaly blossoms an interest in love - for one much like her Lady Lisa's and her husband Mathias's, julia grits her teeth with jealousy and tells her, do not become distracted, that marriage is only one in many, why would you need another? i've always been beside you
julia can't understand this yearning look out the window, she understands even less when The Prince brings his Fathers corpse into the throne room, they have killed the Lord, in the name of superstition a wave of grief cascades all through the castle - and julia understands, grief, one who you promised to love for eternity is now gone, she felt closer to the Lady than before, and when She erupts in a rage she hadn't thought was possible in such a patient woman, she understands then too rosaly understood, at first, in the moment, yes - the Lady is hurting, the people have done a horrible act and they must repent, The Prince is bereaved of his father and he is not seen again after there is naught any consolation in murder, when she and julia burn the village rosaly surprises even herself how long she's able to remain stone-faced during, only when they return does she calmly lock the door to her room, lay on her cold bed, and allow herself to weep she is not alone for much that long, as julia picks the lock and finds her place there - rosaly, hating to think of it, julia has become suffocating, unbearably so, ever since rosaly would like, even for a day - just to herself and a few devils, the mere suggestion caused julia to shriek - for what if something happened and i'm not there? the younger sister seeks to become the elder one, possess her, she is loved more by the Lady and that is fine, her own parents preferred her brother, now he is gone because she failed to be a good sister rosaly cannot leave her, rosaly will never leave her, even if they argue among dismembered corpses, the one with a small hand in it's mothers - that would have been us, had we stayed in the pens with those animals rosaly can be mad, she can be upset with her, it is never for long, julia fixes herself to please her rosaly is missing, rosaly used to leave to visit human settlements for brief times, julia forbade it after that horrible thing happened, stricken with anxiety julia searches every pebble in the castle rosaly is still there, in the courtyard with her fairies and dragons, rosaly complained about wanting to see the sun - julia is a good sister, so she compromised, for her, everything for her rosaly is a bad sister, she jumps the high fences, she leaves for a day - where does she go? julia watches from the highest window, with her eyes and with the one in her mind, she pretends she doesn't know, the dragon devil writhes and cries for it's master, bring me along! rosaly is gone, Lady Lisa wants to know why, julia has seen why, she says she will find out a priest, of all the occupations, led rosaly astray, told her lies - told her julia isn't good enough! if he doesn't speak or move he can't whisper in her ear, cannot stop her from running back to julia's arms if his hands are red and stuck to a wooden post, hector cannot touch her, the witch is hung the witch is dead, it satisfies the cruelty of humans julia is a good sister, so she saves both her siblings, even if the other one is ungrateful, julia is a good sister, she does what is best for them rosaly is a bad sister and must be punished, if rosaly won't come home, then neither of them will julia was not good enough, her shaking painful grasp is not strong enough - rosaly crawls away from her arms, she moves until julia cannot see her julia is gone, rosaly does not want to die, but she says this is the way it has to be, an encounter with a certain witch is the last thing she sees rosaly is still here
