Antiheroine
What makes someone the villain of a story?
Themis Lustitia was always the good girl her entire life; she played the roles given to her as a noble heiress of a prestigious bloodline, dutifully following the laws and adhering to an aristocrat's honor. So, why was she kneeling before an executioner's blade at the end of it?
"I have no need of someone who has such a pitiful estimation of their self worth that they would so easily break their word," Themis said coldly, eyes burning like frostbite at her former fiance. "You have no honor and you are thus a stain to not only your esteemed family line, but to your people as well."
Eris Bellona was the Cinderella story that all the other girls envied. From rags to riches, she broke all the rules to achieve her dreams that would never have been possible for an impoverished orphan. So, why was the world in flames and calling for her death?
"Things like pride, tradition, honor - what use are they if you are starving on the street, begging for even half a crumb from people who see you merely as a scourge lesser than even a rat? What use are those things when you are on the cusp of death?" Eris raised her voice, a violent bloom of fire in her cheeks. "Honor is only for those who can afford it."
Two heroines realize that they're not heroines after all, but the villainous antagonists in each other's stories.
geometric_system · Fantasy
