Summary- One of Emily's butterflies got caught before she could be free. Now she has a choice to make. Life or death!
Disclaimer- I do not own any of the Corpse Bride characters, they belong to Tim Burton but I do own some new characters that are coming soon.
A/N: Alright people you may get a bit confused on what's happening in the first chapter, so that means you'll just have to keep reading to know what's going on. Oh yea and if you don't like my story then please flame me but don't tell me I should delete my story cause I'm not going to delete my story for you. I mention this because someone told my cousin to delete her story and she got all pissed off and stuff... it scared me, I thought she was going to kill someone. I just like my cousin can not control my temper then I'll get all pissed of and end up saying something very mean to you and I don't want to do that.
Now moving on. Please read and review. Thanx : )
Never Was Free
Chapter 1 – The Creed
She flew far up into the dark night sky, she flew away as beautiful little butterflies and she flew away as freedom. She never had to feel pain again but right now the pain in her heart was so unbearable that she felt like she was being murdered all over again. As the butterflies flew higher into the moonlit night sky one of the butterflies flew away from the group and to the forest and landed on an old tree stump just sitting there flapping it's wings slightly. This little butterfly did not realize how important it was, if it were for some reason caught or killed then Emily could never be free she would forever be stuck in eternal pain. In the darkness of the woods someone was watching the innocent butterfly on the old ugly tree stump and that someone smirked in happiness. "It's her." The mystery person thought then quietly took out a small glass jar from his cape pocket then quickly yet quietly tiptoed over to the butterfly then quickly trapped the defenseless creature within the jar. The butterfly flapped around madly trying desperately to escape because it now knew that because of it Emily would never be free and sadly the butterfly knew it could not escape and that now Emily could never have the freedom she so desperately desired.
"Do not worry little one. She'll have her freedom soon enough." The mystery person exclaimed soothingly to the butterfly but the butterfly did not stop trying to escape. The mystery person walked into a creepy old castle still holding the small jar with the butterfly still in it. The mystery walked into the entrance and sighed. He knew his master would be proud that he retrieved the corpse bride but he wasn't sure if the corpse bride wanted to go through what his master was going to put her through.
"Bryant! Where have you been?" A British voice shouted out, Bryant looked up and saw a catlike woman with black fur standing on the railing glaring down at him with golden eyes and her arms crossed over her chest.
"I've been in the forest, Ursula." Bryant said irritation clear in his voice. Ursula jumped down to him landing gracefully in front of the man. Truthfully Bryant wasn't a man at all, he was a gargoyle.
"Oh and what were you doing in the forest?" Ursula asked clearly wanting to get on Bryant's nerves. Bryant rolled his eyes then showed her the butterfly in the jar.
"Are you saying that you went into the forest in the middle of the night to catch a pitiful little butterfly?" Ursula questioned him with annoyance dripping in her tone, Bryant glared at her.
"It is not a pitiful butterfly; it's so much more than just a butterfly." Bryant told Ursula angrily and Ursula scowled him.
"What ever you say Bryant." Ursula said waving her hand in boredom then started walking away.
"It is the corpse bride." Bryant said and Ursula stopped walking abruptly then slowly turned around to Bryant.
"What?" Ursula asked in astonishment and Bryant nodded his head/
"This is the corpse bride I can sense it." Bryant said with a glint in his eyes.
"Then let the ritual begin." A voice boomed out, both Bryant and Ursula looked over to the entrance door to see an overly pale man standing there with long black hair, blood red eyes, wearing a pitch black suit with a dark grey cape, and an emotionless face.
"But Dorian are you sure you want to do this. What if she does not want to go through with this?" Ursula asked and Dorian didn't even bother to look at her.
"She does not have a choice." Dorian said then walked towards a large door with Bryant and Ursula following him. They all walked into a very large dim lit room, there were many potions and lots of books everywhere, there was a large pot in the fire place but nothing was cooking, there was a large wooden table in the middle of the room, there was nothing on it, it was just an ordinary large wooden table. "Bryant put the jar on the table." Dorian demanded and Bryant quickly obeyed. setting the jar abruptly on the table. Dorian grabbed a large bowl and set that on the table as well then carefully grabbed a bunch of potions and then set those on the table. Dorian started pouring potions in the bowl then grabbed what looked like a ravens feather and dropped it in the bowl then started mixing everything together. When Dorian was done mixing everything it became a glowing green color, he grabbed the jar with the butterfly in it and opened it, the butterfly flew out flapping around everywhere but then after a while it landed on the table then Dorian poured the glowing green matter that was in the bowl on top of the poor butterfly.
All of a sudden, there was a large gust of wind in the room, blowing papers off desks and books out of their shelves. The weird thing was that there were no windows but that didn't seem to bother anyone. "My blessed gods here my plea, set this woman free, let her be one of us, she is one to trust, this woman deserves life! Set her free, SET HER FREE!" Dorian shouted over the wind, his voice getting louder with each word he spoke then the wind got harder and the glowing green liquid glowed brighter and brighter that now Dorian, Bryant and Ursula had to cover their eyes then the wind stopped and the glowing light was completely gone….
A/N-Well there you have it chapter one. Now review and I shall write some more!