drawtober prompt 6 - enchanted masquerade

Final Drawtober prompt: Enchanted Masquerade

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I’m a day late for the last prompt for Drawtober 2025 but it’s fine I guess OOPS

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Drawtober Prompt 6: Enchanted Masquerade

The forest felt much, much older on the far side of the river. Beatrice started to catch glimpses of other figures moving through the trees, and lively voices floating on the breeze. Then she noticed bonfires further on, burning in a rainbow of colors. “Ooh, this one’s perfect!” exclaimed the princess before she darted forward to snatch something off of a nearby tree, and then ran off towards the bonfires. That brought Beatrice’s attention to the hundreds of masks that seemed to sprout from the trunks of the trees. “I think I shall be something else tonight,” said the toad as he selected a mask that looked like an owl’s head. Then he, too, hopped off to join the revelry. Beatrice looked at the many options and found herself drawn to a mask that almost seemed to be made of ivy leaves. The fairies chittered in approval and began to flit around her in excitement. The Messenger bowed as she glanced back at it, urging her on. So she put on her mask and went to the nearest bonfire, and was quickly swept up in the dance. It wound through the trees and around the fires, full of laughter and merriment, with all manner of creatures wearing all manner of masks. Beatrice did not know how much time passed but she danced until her legs were too wobbly to stand on. So she lay down on a cushion of moss and swiftly fell asleep with a smile on her face, listening as the revelers continued on with their masquerade dance.

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Beatrice woke in the garden of her grandmother’s house just as dawn was breaking. She lifted her head from a pile of dry ivy leaves and shook the dew from her coat. “Just a dream..?” she whispered to herself. But it was a good dream, and her heart felt lighter for it. She stuck her hands into the empty pockets of her coat to warm them up. And as she turned to head inside, a small bottle partially filled with pearlescent dust swung from a cord around her neck.

My enchanted masquerade with all my October characters (plus some Extras)

It doesn’t Flow as well as I wanted to

Candlelit Messenger

Toad astrologer

Mushroom fairy

Spellbound Princess