Yuletide Reveals

It's that time again!

I wrote one story this year, despite a grand ambition to write many treats (so many good prompts!), but oh well! I wrote a story! Success and joy to all!

My recipient asked for Horizon Zero Dawn, specifically the relationship between Aloy & Elisabet Sobeck. They were especially interested in the moments when Aloy read Elisabet's journals and her quest to learn more about her mother.

Sunrise (4269 words) by lorata
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Horizon: Zero Dawn (Video Game)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Elisabet Sobeck, Aloy (Horizon: Zero Dawn), Minor Characters
Additional Tags: Past Character Death, Pre-Canon, During Canon, Missing Scene, Mother-Daughter Relationship, Grief/Mourning
Summary:

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[function: true]
{{When this pine sapling}}
{{grows to flower...}}
{{who'll be here?}}
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--found in the Sacred Land, inside the Ancient Armory

FARO Plague. HADES. Two apocalyptic events nearly a thousand years apart. Two women united by more than genes: in strength, compassion, intensity, the need to know, to see, to learn. Respected, even loved, but always one foot apart.

Aloy has moved mountains and shaken kingdoms in search of her mother, and now she has to save the world. With battle looming, Elisabet Sobeck's corrupted journal entries come online one after another. Even with all the preparations, how can Aloy do anything else but stop to read?

I'm not sure how many of you are HZD people, but here you are! :)