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Prompt: Rachel: 17, Not a single one.
Song: Hard to Say Goodbye- Dreamgirls OST
Summary: Rachel and regrets go hand in hand.
( no not a single, just several )

Prompt: Rachel, 100, the future's not ours to see.
Song: Burn Out Bright- Switchfoot
Characters: Rachel Caustello, various NPCs
Summary: An attack on the outposts and a conversation with a child bring up more memories than Rachel would care to have about her own dreams and ambitions.

( before i die i wanna burn out bright )

Prompt: The history book on the shelf is always repeating itself
Characters: Rachel Caustello, various family members
Summary: The Fioros have an unfortunate family history; Rachel's past and possible future make that fact very clear.

( is always repeating itself )

Prompt: You only see what I let you see, nothing less, nothing more. What you say is nothing new to me.
Summary: Don't let them see you cry can only be one's motto for so long.

( nothing less nothing more )

Prompt: Edchel, Death be not proud, 55
Song: Alchemy- Kyer England.
Summary: Edgar wasn't the only person Rachel lost, and eventually that burden takes its toll.

( i'd make all the broken things beautiful )

Originally posted here.

Prompt: Rachel: rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, 70
Song: Fame (I'm Gonna Live Forever)- Irene Cara
Summary: Getting more than what she wants simply means she does even more of what she believes she's meant to.

She doesn't want to be Queen, that's the thing.

If she had her way, Ophelia would have lived forever and Rachel could have always been her Ace. Or if the inevitable had to have happened, Lindsey wouldn't have chosen her to take on the role. He would have chosen Säde or some other equally capable Ten. Anyone else but her.

But the fact of the matter is that Rachel is the Diamond Queen, now, and that means a great many things. Chief among them? The fact that it is now her sworn duty to ensure that the Diamonds succeeded.

She is Rachel, Queen of Diamonds, and she has been a child of Ambition since the day someone cut her mother down before her very eyes. Once she knows what she wants, she takes it. So now that she knows she wants her Diamonds to be the best Suit, she's going to make damned sure that it happens. Her Diamonds will be perfect cuts, be hard and calm and exactly what everyone always wanted to be. Her Diamonds will shine.

And if she has to ensure she shines with them in order to achieve that? Well, that's just a plus.

Prompt: Rachel, 40, all the pretty horses
Song: Miss Independent- Kelly Clarkson
Summary: Rachel and her horse.

( Amazon Queens )

Prompt: Rachel @ Eileen, 10, Rose leaf (You may hope)

Song: Cry on My Shoulder- Overflow
Summary: The night Andrew dies, Rachel makes a promise.

The night Andrew died, Eileen, Argine and Rachel gathered together in a secure room to grieve, the final remnants of a shattered family seeking each other in the hardest of moments. Some time in that sleepless night, Eileen twisted her weary, broken face in Rachel's direction.

"Will it... will it really ever get better, Auntie?" she asked, questioning the half-hearted promises others of the Deck had offered her.

Rachel pulled the girl closer and she and Argine's haunted eyes met over her head. It took a moment of working through memories of her mother's death, of Edgar's, of Andrew's, before she finally found the voice to reply.

"We can only hope so, little one." Her voice was raspy with unshed tears as she said it, "But I promise that no matter what, I will do my utmost to get you through it."

And at those words, Argine reached out to Rachel, and the three of them greeted the dawn in each other's embrace.

Prompt: Rachel, to bow or to break, 37
Song: King of the World- Songs for a New World OST
Summary: The duty of a Queen is to know when to bow and how not to break.

When she was an Ace, she never yielded to anyone but her Queen. Everyone else was met with a diamond-hard determination that seemed to exhibit that she should have always been a part of the Suit. She used the ambition she had fostered to gain the position to continuously make herself better, and all who knew she was being sent after them feared her. It was a life that pleased her.

Then she became Queen and supposedly there was no one to yield to. Those who believed as much, she soon realized, were being fooled. As an Ace, you answered to almost no one. As a Queen, you answered to everyone. She had to yield, or be seen as tyrannical, face an end like Medea.

So she was forced to soften, forced to become less diamond-hard, forced to bow mentally while she bowed to no one physically. Sometimes she thought it would be easier to just let herself shatter, leave someone else to pick up the pieces of the Suit. But then she sees the faces of the people she's sworn her life to, and she knows she needs to carry on.

The duty of a Queen was to know when to bow and how not to break, and she had always made sure she did her duty.

Who: Alexander (

livebytheclub) and Rachel (

thediamondqueen)
What: Meeting between the two Royals by request of Alexander
When: June 28, 2011
Where: Clubs Training Room
Why: Alexander wanted to make an alliance [Spoiler: Rachel says no]

( the message had not been entirely unexpected )

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Location: Court of Clubs, Training Hall

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cut a diamond, break it down

and see how bright it shines

Entries tagged with queen!rachel

[FIC] Not a Single One [Queen!Rachel]

[Fic] the future's not ours to see [Queen!Rachel]

[Fic] the history book on the shelf [Queen!Rachel]

[Fic] you only see what i let you see [Queen!Rachel]

[Fic] death be not proud [Edchel]

[FICLET] Rings on Her Fingers and Bells on her Toes [QUEEN!RACHEL

[FIC] All the Pretty Horses [QUEEN!RACHEL]

[FICLET] You May Hope [EILEEN AND RACHEL]

[FICLET] To Bow or to Break [Queen!Rachel]

A Meeting of the Minds (And the Occasional Pointy Object) [For Alexander]

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