Bloodlust

by greaterthanthree

Summary:

No one thought a fern would get bloodlust from the Pit...

Notes:

• For forevercharmed320.

This is for forevercharmed320, who told me about the video where Oliver put the fern Felicity got into the Lazarus Pit. Also, it was just her birthday, so...
ETA: I forgot to mention. This, like everything I write, is beta'd by readingislifeblood. Look her up on wattpad. Like, actually.

Chapter 1: Rise of the Dark Plant

Star City is dark, save for a handful of lit windows twinkling like stars. The sky is black and covered in clouds. Silence covers the streets like a thick blanket; night has come to the city.

Out of a basement that should not exist in a building that should not be used, a shadow rises from the shadows.

It is dark and the silhouette can hardly be seen, but it's shape is distinct. From a cylindrical base, feathery fronds rise up, like the leaves of some impossible plant. Though it lacks any way of moving, somehow the thing travels. Along the darkened streets it travels, a shadow of a shadow. After a time, it appears in front of a window; no longer a simple shadow, the light reveals its true form: a potted fern.

 

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