you are here
The Debt of Hollow Bells
fantasy◐ Mature5 contributors · 4 paragraphs deep
Maren knelt by the spot the voice came from. "Who are you?" she asked. "I am the one who taught you to ring the bells," it said. "Long ago you promised me a single grave in return. You owe me a burial, Maren. Mine. And the bell will not rest until you give it."
Maren agreed to dig. "One grave," she said. "That's the debt, and then we're done." The voice was quiet a moment. "Done," it agreed. So she dug all night, and at dawn she laid the strange black coffin to rest and rang its bell once. The debt closed. The bells, at last, fell silent for good, and her gift went silent with them.
↔ version 1 of 2 of this paragraph — hover its sides to flip. The card below is what happens next.
What happens next?
0 ways forwardVote share across the top 0 branches
No futures yet — be the one who decides what happens next.