For October, the theme of the challenge will be Healing. It is quite easy to break something or to hurt someone: a moment of inattention or a few ill-chosen words can be enough to shatter something precious. It is much harder to heal what was broken. Sometimes it's impossible. For this challenge, we want you to focus on this process of healing.

Feel free to take this challenge literally: Write a hurt/comfort story focusing not so much on the hurt, but on the comfort. Get all the arrows, swords, knives, potions and teas you can think of and write a story about healing. Show us Aragorn's healing hands or give us a glimpse of Elrond's sickroom!

You could also write a story about healing a friendship, or healing the relationship between two countries. Or you tell us what happens when something cannot heal, with whatever consequences that entails. Interpret the theme Healing in any way you see fit!

There are lots of winners this time around. Congrats to all!

A Cage of a Different Type by Alanic 2nd place
Friendship is the Best Medicine by Elrayen Greenleaf
Healing the Healer by Linda Hoyland 1rst place
His Life in Their Hands by PeppyPower 2nd place
Morning Star by Lady Roisin 1rst place
The Parting of Our Ways by Jedi Sapphire
Shield by Firefly-Maj
Sometimes Healers Need Healing Too by StarLight 3rd place
Trees by Jamie-Erin
Truly Madly Deeply by Pentangle

Your Teitho-moderators,
Alina & Michelle