Sunshine Challenge

[tellshannon815]

Prompt 3: Bluebell
In the language of flowers, the bluebell is a symbol of humility, constancy, gratitude and everlasting love. It is said that if you turn a bluebell flower inside-out without tearing it, you will win the one you love, and if you wear a wreath of bluebells, you will only be able to speak the truth.


A Pretty Little Liars pre-series drabble:

Emily couldn’t remember where she’d originally heard that if you put a wreath of bluebells on someone, it would make them only able to speak the truth. Probably something her parents had said once. But it happened that she’d mentioned it to her friends once, and Alison had laughed, told Emily it was just some stupid story and she didn’t know why Emily would take it seriously.

“I know how we can find out if it’s true,” Spencer suggested after Alison had gone. “Let’s put a wreath of bluebells around her neck, see if that makes Ali tell the truth for once.”

In the end, it didn’t tell them anything, because Hanna, desperate to find out if it was true, had asked Ali a few strange questions that raised her suspicions, and Ali had thrown the wreath at Spencer in a temper.

“Obviously she didn’t want to take the chance that it would make her tell the truth,” Spencer smirked as Ali ran off. Emily watched her go, not saying anything in response to that. There was another legend she’d heard, one she hadn’t shared with her friends, where if you turned a bluebell inside out without tearing it, you would win the one you love. Emily hid her successfully turned inside out bluebell behind her back, wondering if Alison would ever notice her.

Comments

[enemytosleep]

Awww, the hidden ritual/wish at the end though.

[queenslayerbee]

Pre-series Emison is so heartbreaking (well, nearly every Emison I guess lol). You really captured Emily's brand of hopeless hope </3

[facethestrange]

I've been rewatching the beginning of PLL recently, so it's really fun to see this story. :D The dynamics between Alison & Spencer and Alison & Hanna are so spot-on in just a few words! And I really love the almost childish excitement and magical thinking that even Spencer is indulging in, highlighting just how young the girls were pre-canon.

[dreamkist]

*sigh* I love those two. :)