Characters: Tilda, Magda
Rating: B

Disclaimer: The author makes no claim to owning the rights of anything to do with Terry Pratchett or Discworld.
     

Freedom
by Amazon Syren

     I strike a match in the darkness — amber-gold flame springs to life, dancing in my cupped hands. I hold her, listening to the whisper of her crackling voice, until she gets too close and, fingers singed, I have to let her go. I watch her fall to the sodden earth. I watch her die.
     Beside me, my Magda breaths again.
     I smile at her.
     Our first night of freedom!
     Not free enough. We're still too close to the grey house, barely into the mountains outside of town, too easy to find — I know she's right: We can't afford a fire.