#langtree

I met this masterpiece thanks to the wonderful @kellystar321 <33

This edition of “Theresa decides to start and finish some fanart well past her bedtime just because 🤷‍♀️,” we have Ms. Langtree from Over The Garden Wall

This is going off my personal roleswap, where Audrey is the Bard, Kiwi is the Witch, and Miriam is the Hero

Audrey landed back on Earth with a huff. Her arms crossed over her chest, red hat slipping down a bit as she pouted. All that work in singing ghosts away and learning the Overseer song… only for the King of Hearts to refuse her the Earthsong. Useless!

Sure, there were others, but why bother with them? She wasn’t a hero, and she wasn’t planning to be one. She preferred singing to saving the world, thank you very much. She stood, ready to go back to her home in defeat, when a large shadow passed her overhead.

She jumped, managing to grab her hat and scarf only a second before the breeze followed the shadow. Her eyes traced its path to the road to town, where a massive white bird had landed.

Climbing off that bird was a…witch. Wizard? Warlock. She landed on warlock to describe the person in a long green cloak and a pointed green hat that happened to be sliding off the giant white bird. The warlock smiled, humming to the bird in such a beautiful voice Audrey was jealous.

Nonetheless, she stormed towards this warlock - only because they were blocking her way home, obviously! She was forced to stop a few feet away from the warlock, arms crossed and foot tapping on the ground.

“Uh, hey, nerd in a weird hat?” Audrey tilted her head, gaining the warlock’s attention with her sharp words. “You’re in the way.”

The warlock blinked at her, before breaking out into a grin. “You’re the bard, right? The one that sang all the ghosts away?”

“I don’t see how that’s relevant to you being in my way.” She rolled her eyes, straightening her back. 

The warlock frowned a bit, and Audrey had to bite the inside of her cheek to keep herself from instinctively apologizing. They were just so cute. “Well, I uh… I was hoping to learn the Overseer song from the bard, as I heard they knew it.”

“Well duh, of course I know it. My… mentor used to sing it for me when I was young.” She ran a hand through her hair in annoyance, just wanting to leave. “But that dumb Overseer refused to teach me the stupid Earthsong, citing me being not the Hero. So I’m going home.”

She tried to get around the warlock, but they grabbed her arm. “You’re… giving up?”

“Uh, yeah? No point going to the other Overseers if they’re not gonna teach me their songs.”

“But they will! I’m sure of it!” This warlock seemed… way too optimistic. “You should come with me to talk to them! I know we can make it work!!”

Audrey gave the warlock a long, loooooong look.

“Yeah, no.”

She shoved past the warlock, ducking under their bird and heading back towards Langtree. However, halfway down the path, the ghosts reappeared.

Audrey prepared herself to sing them away again, but… it felt like something was different this time. She could understand them, could hear what they were saying. And the ghost in the center…

Redheart

“Ruby?”

Audrey’s voice shook as her mentor shifted from being just an amalgamous white blob to her human looks.

Redheart, what the heck are you doing?

“Ruby, I… I don’t know-”

Go with the Warlock, Redheart. Be the Hero I raised you to be.

“It’s so hard without you, Ruby.” Audrey reached out for her mentor, forgetting the warlock that was watching from behind her.

Go.

And with that, the ghosts all vanished. Audrey was reaching into air, finding nothing behind her hand. She slowly closed her fist, keeping the tremor in her shoulders from spreading throughout her body.

Ruby had always said she could be a hero, if she dropped the negative attitude. If she picked up the faith in this world that she had lost, then she could make it better. 

So, with a heavy heart, she turned to face the warlock.

Okay, so December 10th! 1/3rd of the way into this chilly month, and I am excited to bring you my possibly favorite prompt yet! I chose to swap the roles in a way I haven’t seen it done so far, and hope you all enjoy! Today’s writing is in headcanon format.

I gotta make this short, my computer is about to die and it is 10pm but here’s the next day! I am really satisfied with how this turned out, and hope you all enjoy!