My Nutcracker Sweet
By misterebony
For grublin


"You promise you'll be there?" Anna told her father over the phone. She was cast in a special edition of the Nutcracker Ballet as one of the most legendary roles: the Sugar Plum Fairy. For years ballet dancers consider being in the ballet the highest honor, and the roles of the Nutcracker, Clara, and the fairy signs of high prestige among the most famous da

The young avian walked along, humming softly under his breath. He knew it was a bit cliche for a finch to be musically inclined, but he’d been raised in a family that sang all the time. Of course, he couldn’t sing well, he couldn’t carry a tune with both hands and a sack. But he could play piano a little, and he tended to hum when he was thinking. Right now he was humming a Yule carol as he walked along looking for the right apartment. He tried to ignore the people who kept sta