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Published:
2013-09-02
Completed:
2013-09-15
Words:
187,851
Chapters:
27/27
Comments:
48
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113
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A Castle of Twigs and Thistles

Summary:

In 8-year-old Louis Tomlinson’s world, things were bleak and desolate. Yet, when discovering the boy swaddled to his jumper that had been watching him pass everyday from primary since his arrival to the other side of the thicket, Louis’ life takes a turn in brilliance and beauty that had never graced him until the clouds were brushed from his eyes by the tiny hands and arms littered with the bruises of a conflicted past and a wary future. Swept into imagination, Louis must learn to love and let go when life interrupts the adventures that carry both boys far from the gloom of the tiny village nestled away to the hills just out from London’s crawling city limits. In again falling to his desires of a bustling, full life and the hidden world he’d never known to be reality tangled within the brambles and weeds, Louis must take reigning place to the side of the invisible boy and his kingdom no one had dared to find where nothing is what it seems.

Notes:

This is an originally Tumblr posted fanfiction and the story can be read in FULL at: flowerheaddress.tumblr.com/post/52557641118/acotat-masterlist! If you have a Tumblr, I would love it if you would come give a little love to acotat's masterpost with a like or a re-blog, as most authors love to have any kind of reciprocation toward their work in knowing that they're putting out quality work! Kudos and comments here are welcomed and loved as well! I decided I'd post here as a courtesy to those who aren't able to access Tumblr, or would like the chance to download the story. Of course I'll shamelessly offer acotat's original link at the top of every chapter, seeing that Tumblr is where I post all writing updates! Happy reading! xo

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Chapter 1: Preface

Chapter Text

“Ladies and Gentlemen, skinny and stout,
I'll tell you a tale I know nothing about;
The admission is free, so pay at the door,
Now pull up a chair and sit on the floor.

One bright day in the middle of the night,
Two dead boys got up to fight;
Back to back they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot each other.

A blind man came to watch fair play,
A mute man came to shout 'Horray!'
A deaf policeman heard the noise and
Came to stop those two dead boys.

I watched from the corner of the big round table,
The only eyewitness to facts of my fable;
But if you doubt my lies are true,
Just ask the blind man, he saw it too.”

                                                            - True author unknown


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