Post by pixydust on Jun 20, 2007 13:07:04 GMT -5
Here's my WIP: The Willow Door
Synopsis~
LANEY'S mom hit the road right after she was born, and speaking of the woman is like speaking the name of the dead. But suddenly her dad does a one-eighty. Not only does he put her on a plane headed for a swamp, he talks about her mom's family like they've always been there.
She's sent to New Orleans to meet them at this plantation that's Gone With the Wind meets Salem's Lot in the bayou. And in the first five minutes she's there a guy named BRACKEN, wearing bark and sporting pointed ears, blows dust in her face and makes her black out.
She wakes up in a forest, but before she can get her bearings a creature chases her through the wood. She's saved at the last second by a winged guy, named FALCON. He's been ordered to guard her and makes it clear he doesn't want the job. He'd rather spend his free time killing members of the Unseelie Court--faeries corrupted by darkness.
As it turns out Laney's a faerie on her mom's side. But not a nice one. Her mom is a leanan sidhe--a.k.a. vampire faerie--who's been MIA in the faerie world too. So now the Unseelie are trying to capture Laney, saying she's The Key. She's suddenly got all these scary powers to contend with (ie: sucking the life out of people or healing slimy toads). And she's getting this serious crush on Falcon, who won't give her the time of day (most likely because of the life-sucking thing). Then she sees a vision of her dad in the mirror pool. Without Laney his life is draining away from the curse her mom had put on him.
Now Laney's got to get back home fast and no one seems inclined to let her. So she goes to Issa, the forest witch, and asks for help. The witch has just the thing: follow where her dreams are leading her--The Willow Door--and open it. Inside there's a way home and help for her dad.
But when Laney opens the Door she finds her mother trapped inside. She'd been held by the Dryads since Laney's birth, and the Unseelie had used Laney's link with her to set their queen free. Now Laney has to choose: will she risk death and use her newfound powers to put her evil mother back in the Willow, overcoming her connection to the Unseelie and breaking the curse on her dad? Or will she allow the pain and weakness of her dark blood to pull her into the sweet oblivion that's offered to her by the Unseelie?
Laney chooses to fight her dark blood, but she's stabbed by the Unseelie leader and begins to die. Falcon sacrifices himself, giving his life force to Laney--which turns him into a Shade. Laney's mother sees this and gives over the last of her power to keep Falcon from losing his soul. Her first love was lost the same way through her own vampire blood.
The precarious balance is set back in place, and the curse on her dad is broken. Bracken, the faerie leader, tries to convince her to stay. Perhaps one day she could be queen. Laney decides to think about it, asking to return home to her dad. She promises to come back someday and learn more, but for now she feels her place is with humans.
Bracken reluctantly agrees and Laney says goodbye, wondering if Falcon will be watching over her in the shadows.
~~~
Later books:
There is a bargain struck by the Unseelie and Feeorin toward the end of book one where Laney will marry who was chosen for her before her birth (this is for book three) and book two is about her faerie brother, son of a dark alfar--it takes place in Venice Beach/Santa Monica area and shows the fae in the human world and how they've been among us for centuries. Mermaids, goblins, and sidhe. Venice is very fae in it's own way; book two is going be a blast to write.
~~~
The paradox of Laney's blood:
She has the blood of her mother, a muse faerie (or vampire faerie) and so therefore the power to drain the life-force from any being she touches. There is another gift she posses, however, that doesn't seem to make sense: she can give life as well--growing plants, and healing small animals (the life comes from her own, and this drains her--could kill her if she isn't careful). Both sides of the coin. A giver of life as well as a taker. The problem is, she has very little control over how to use them. This is what she begins to learn in book one and will begin to control in book two. In book three it will find it's purpose.
Synopsis~
LANEY'S mom hit the road right after she was born, and speaking of the woman is like speaking the name of the dead. But suddenly her dad does a one-eighty. Not only does he put her on a plane headed for a swamp, he talks about her mom's family like they've always been there.
She's sent to New Orleans to meet them at this plantation that's Gone With the Wind meets Salem's Lot in the bayou. And in the first five minutes she's there a guy named BRACKEN, wearing bark and sporting pointed ears, blows dust in her face and makes her black out.
She wakes up in a forest, but before she can get her bearings a creature chases her through the wood. She's saved at the last second by a winged guy, named FALCON. He's been ordered to guard her and makes it clear he doesn't want the job. He'd rather spend his free time killing members of the Unseelie Court--faeries corrupted by darkness.
As it turns out Laney's a faerie on her mom's side. But not a nice one. Her mom is a leanan sidhe--a.k.a. vampire faerie--who's been MIA in the faerie world too. So now the Unseelie are trying to capture Laney, saying she's The Key. She's suddenly got all these scary powers to contend with (ie: sucking the life out of people or healing slimy toads). And she's getting this serious crush on Falcon, who won't give her the time of day (most likely because of the life-sucking thing). Then she sees a vision of her dad in the mirror pool. Without Laney his life is draining away from the curse her mom had put on him.
Now Laney's got to get back home fast and no one seems inclined to let her. So she goes to Issa, the forest witch, and asks for help. The witch has just the thing: follow where her dreams are leading her--The Willow Door--and open it. Inside there's a way home and help for her dad.
But when Laney opens the Door she finds her mother trapped inside. She'd been held by the Dryads since Laney's birth, and the Unseelie had used Laney's link with her to set their queen free. Now Laney has to choose: will she risk death and use her newfound powers to put her evil mother back in the Willow, overcoming her connection to the Unseelie and breaking the curse on her dad? Or will she allow the pain and weakness of her dark blood to pull her into the sweet oblivion that's offered to her by the Unseelie?
Laney chooses to fight her dark blood, but she's stabbed by the Unseelie leader and begins to die. Falcon sacrifices himself, giving his life force to Laney--which turns him into a Shade. Laney's mother sees this and gives over the last of her power to keep Falcon from losing his soul. Her first love was lost the same way through her own vampire blood.
The precarious balance is set back in place, and the curse on her dad is broken. Bracken, the faerie leader, tries to convince her to stay. Perhaps one day she could be queen. Laney decides to think about it, asking to return home to her dad. She promises to come back someday and learn more, but for now she feels her place is with humans.
Bracken reluctantly agrees and Laney says goodbye, wondering if Falcon will be watching over her in the shadows.
~~~
Later books:
There is a bargain struck by the Unseelie and Feeorin toward the end of book one where Laney will marry who was chosen for her before her birth (this is for book three) and book two is about her faerie brother, son of a dark alfar--it takes place in Venice Beach/Santa Monica area and shows the fae in the human world and how they've been among us for centuries. Mermaids, goblins, and sidhe. Venice is very fae in it's own way; book two is going be a blast to write.
~~~
The paradox of Laney's blood:
She has the blood of her mother, a muse faerie (or vampire faerie) and so therefore the power to drain the life-force from any being she touches. There is another gift she posses, however, that doesn't seem to make sense: she can give life as well--growing plants, and healing small animals (the life comes from her own, and this drains her--could kill her if she isn't careful). Both sides of the coin. A giver of life as well as a taker. The problem is, she has very little control over how to use them. This is what she begins to learn in book one and will begin to control in book two. In book three it will find it's purpose.