There is no sun without shadow,
And it is essential to know the night.

Albert Camus, THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS: AND OTHER ESSAYS

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The saddest word in the whole wide world is the word almost.
He was almost in love.
She was almost good for him.
He almost stopped her.
She almost waited.
He almost lived.
They almost made it.

Nikita Gill, TINY STORIES

In the silence of your presence, in the loudness of your demise, I find myself scarred, as I once feared.

Just like an oblivious and desperate traveler, you found me.

The finding of your eyes ignited something in you.

They always say that fire can't go with water, the unquenchable thirst of one meets its match in the consuming inferno of the other.

I liked the sound of that.

We liked the sound of that.

But two sides of a same coin can't stand still, one has to take over, for when the desert awakes — nothing survives.

So amidst the sandstorm that engulfed us, like rebel kids we fought against the one thing that could kill us both — sand suffocated water, sand dug fire its own grave.

And so we fought, for as long as we could, but fighting was never enough.

In an unheard of tale, fire consumed the water.

Full of regrets, you consumed me whole.

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THEY SAY THAT PEOPLE WHO LOOK ALIKE COME TOGETHER.
We'd say that opposites relentlessly attract each other.

Beyond the lands of the Atreides, on the edge of the dune, an exceptional saw the light of the day. Like a wizened prey, she managed to escape from the claws of the predator ― the altar to which the Bene Gesserit sought to lead her.

In the fiery lands of Arrakis, Madhavi grew up, oblivious to the danger that constantly loomed over her head. Taming the desert and learning the hard way to blend in with its hostile nature, she was unknowingly bracing herself for a fate that had been thrust upon her.

The arrival of the Harkonnen had torn her from her mothers' womb.

They made her leave her nest. Too soon. Too hastily.

Too bloodily.

Blood had been spilled, and lives have been lost. The Sand remembers it all, as if it was yesterday.

The legend died that day, the lamb was on the way to the altar. Greedy claws glistened in the sky, cornering the children of the dune.

The Sand wept.

The survivors cried to her, their last tangible hope having been ripped away from them.

Qalb Suhraa was gone.

She was now apart of those tales parents told their children about. Forgotten, for no legend survives except in the unswerving faith of fanatics.

The Sand grinned.

She braced her for what was to come. She let herself tamed by her.

She nurtured her.

The Sand remembers the blade that gouged its mantle, the murderous hand that tore its children from its arms. The jealousy of the gods will never rival the destructive wrath of an indigent nurturing mother.

Blood always call for blood.

Beware of the wounded beast, for a wounded person is the most dangerous of all.

The blood spilt shone in the iris of her eyes. Her gaze full of horrors, bewitched anything that tried to venture too far ― just like the desert in a sandstorm.

One day she will come back.

Qalb Suhraa will return to the land of her ancestors. She will bring us the Lisan al Gaib. Both will reform what was and what remains.

They were, they are and they will be.

Past and future no longer matter ― not as long as the messiahs come to rescue Arrakis from its servitude.

You were born dust, you will return to dust. You are nothing on this earth but the blood of those who came before you.

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MADHAVI IDAHO. QALB SUHRAA

MADHAVI IDAHO: You should be careful what you wish for Atreides. Fate doesn't spare anyone.
PAUL ATREIDES: I am my own Fate.

PAUL ATREIDES. LISAN AL-GAIB, KWISATZ HADERACH

PAUL ATREIDES: It is my duty! Mine, and nobody else's!
MADHAVI IDAHO: What about your duty to me?

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⌰ . F E A T U R I N G . . .

Jason Momoa / DUNCAN IDAHO
Oscar Isaac / LETO ATREIDES
Rebecca Ferguson / LADY JESSICA
Josh Brolin / GURNEY HALLECK
Zendaya / CHANI KYNES
Javier Bardem / STILGAR
Austin Butler / FEYD-RAUTHA HARKONNEN
Lesley Ann-Brandt / KORI NYCTEUS
Violet McGraw / ALIA ATREIDES
Viggo Mortensen / SHADDAM CORRINO IV
Florence Pugh / IRULAN CORRINO
Amber Midthunder / CHAHLA-EMEL RAMZI
Rami Malek / TYRIL BEN EBEID
Bridget Regan / ANIRUL CORRINO
Brenton Thwaites / ASLAN ISFAHAN
Rina Fukushi / ISAMI LATZKO

PART OF THE ECHOES OF THE SAND SERIES

FEY FATE.
talyra krefey x leto atreides

HOLLOW-HEARTED.
kori nycteus x duncan idaho

SANDSTORMS.
madhavi idaho x paul atreides

D E D I C A T I O N S

To equaIs, amidalaology, matalinghaga-
&& hyucksunz

To all the persons who read this story.
This story would have never been there
without all your support.
Never stop believing in you.
Love you <33

─── Izia.

W A R N I N G S

Written depictions of violence, swearing, death,
gore, sexual content (mild), sexual assault, pregnancy,
self-harm & blood will be mentioned.

Please, read at your own risk,
and do not come complaining
about any of this in the comments
(especially towards pregnancy).

Nobody is forcing you to read this story.

All rude comments will be deleted.

C O P Y R I G H T S C L A I M S

I do not own the Dune universe, all rights go to Frank Herbert. However, I do own the plot, my original characters, their backgrounds and their dialogues. Do not steal.

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