Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon A Time nor any characters; I do not own also the power of the little demigod whom I decided to be the protagonist. It belongs to Rick Riordan.
Now I think you guys have a gist of what will she be huh?
"Get up, you're leaving this place,"
She looked up from the book she was reading only to be greeted by her mentor who looked like he had participated in some kind of marathon. She peeked through the curtain to see the condition of the underworld . She looked back to her mentor and raised her eyebrows. "Hello to you too, Thanatos. To what do I owe the pleasure?" She asked sarcastically, glaring at him for interrupting her reading time.
The man gave her a pointed look and did not move from his place. "You heard me."
Her glare harden. Why won't he leave it alone? Hadn't he learned anything from her past attempts?
"You, more than anyone, should know how bad of an idea this is, " she sighed, the temperature around them suddenly dropped, a sign that her emotions shifted from annoyance to resignation. "That if I were ever to so much as step foot out of this horrid place, she would know and you would find yourself chained in the fields of asphodel faster than you can blink."
Thanatos stared through hooded eyes, his normally stoic unyielding gaze wavered with uncertainty as he searched her irises for the answers for they knew that she can never hide her feelings and thoughts from him. Things have become difficult in the underworld recently, ever since Hades left with that woman, Thanatos has been left in charge of the realm (since his mistress ,Persephone, the goddess couldn't be bothered) and has come across a rather unusual and dangerous new soul in Underbrooke who seems to be plotting a coup involving the unwilling participation of his princess. And while under normal circumstances he would have quickly dealt with the situation, the unsettling way she was quickly gaining power was disturbing and the princess needed to be moved to a safer location. They both knew that she is dying to leave the Underworld but since her step-mother came back from her 'vacation' from earth, she was forced to leave her plans of escaping.
"True," She looked at him in surprise, there was something disturbing in seeing her mentor so... lost. "But if you don't do this, then she would have complete reign of you for the rest of your life and you will never be able to leave this place, even if she takes her vacation."
There's pure chaos in the realm- kingdom- she grew up in. Her father, the supposed ruler, is nowhere to be found; she suspected he ran away to be with that wicked witch of the west she had heard so much about and her step-mother, Persephone, the goddess of spring, is supposedly on a vacation on earth (since she was in charge of changing of earth's seasons), leaving her in Thanatos' watch as a prisoner of the queen of the Underworld, while the Underworld is being run by that no good dog trainer who can't move on because everybody knows where she'll end up in.
She watched Thanatos peek around to make sure no zombie guards were stationed near her cell-no, wait- room before looking at her once more, waiting for her response to his proposal. In her sixteen years of existence, she had always planned for her escape but in each year she planned those escape route, her father or step-mother would always be one step ahead of her, foiling her plan of leaving.
But this year seemed to be different as her parents had let their guards down and left her with freaking Thanatos (big mistake on Persephone's part) so as they could gallivant without anyone holding them back this time.
"Is the coast clear?" She asked him instead, finally relenting to his plan of escape. After all, this might be her chance to escape her destiny.
The man looked back at her in surprise. "So you'd do it?" He asked, knowing that she had very well given up on the thought when her last plan failed.
"What's success without taking a risk?" She shrugged, trying to act nonchalant even when she knew there is chaos around them. "I'd rather punish myself for the failure of another escape rather than feeling regret for not taking the opportunity." She said to which earned an approved nod from the man. "Though I like the idea of remodeling this place now that Father is gone," She added wistfully to which her mentor gave her a pointed look to which she sneered at. "It's such a shame now that I can't even remodel it to my liking." She grinned while she simply watched as the man gestured for her to carefully leave the room before anyone else suspects of what they were about to do.
When they reached the abandoned hallway (though she supposes that can be said about any hallway here. No one would dare roam around Hades' castle when he had placed death traps at almost every possible place), they both made a run for it, Camryn waving her hand in front of them, making a shadow appear out of nowhere.
They both made a mad dash towards the shadow where they were transported outside of the castle, and into the courtyard where there are a hordes of skeletons and zombie guards are stationed.
Camryn swore in Greek as she glanced at Thanatos worriedly as he was sighted by guards.
"You couldn't at least teleported us near the graveyard, highness?" Thanatos hissed as they watched their doom coming closer at them.
She rolled her eyes. "Shut up," her formal bravado slipped slightly before glancing at him worriedly.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." He said as he grabbed her wrist and steered her to the other side of the courtyard, trying to evade as many guards as he can. "Come now, Camryn. We must hurry then if you want that freedom you desire so much."
Adrenaline is pumping inside of her as she watched him summon his famous scythe. Despite the number of guards, she knew that he is powerful enough to send them to the 'worst place imaginable' or as what she fondly calls 'pits of Tartarus'. Grinning widely, she pulled away slightly so as she may be able to use her other hand to generate the ability he had so harshly honed while she was still a little girl.
With a flick of her wrist, the ground crumbles engulfing the guards following them deep within the earth. They should be there for awhile but since this the Underworld, it would be a matter of time before another set of guards were deployed, her mentor shared her thoughts.
He grabbed her wrist and made a run for it. "You need to use a different passage- she might sense your departure, but she'll never know how." He said when they reached an abandoned graveyard- much different than what her father's portal had used when he escaped with Zelena since this particular graveyard was designed by Hades for his powerful enemies who had died at some point, though the landscape looked like the main graveyard, the tombstones are somewhat outdated-they are standing on the same graveyard used millenniums ago- the age of Olympians. "She may have been his queen for so long, but she never bore that power of the Underlings."
She took one glance, and she knew just how he wants her to leave- through the same portal Orpheus had used when he bargained with Hades just to get back his love. "Oh you've got to be kidding me," she deadpanned. "Is this even safe for me?" She asked, rhetorically.
The man bared his teeth, growling as he sensed souls approaching them. He knew it was a moment of peace when she had banished those guards they passed earlier. Now, even the trapped souls knew of her escape. "They can sense you, you must hurry then. I can try to buy you some time and maybe if we're lucky, Cruella might not-"
"Thanatos," she called out, her tone is regal,he wasn't used to hearing her as such authority from her. "I knew that by escaping, I am accepting a hard task- a hard quest that no one has yet to emerge victorious. So, until I succeed, you are to be in charge here." She said with no second thoughts.
She knew about that fraud of a mayor, and she knew just how far she is willing to go just so she could return to the land of the living, thus, sending merciless souls- creation of Hades when he was in a torturous mood- extracting the souls' senses, leaving them nothing with thirst for vengeance and bloodlust, making perfect soldiers out of them- after Thanatos and her. So if she were to stay another minute or so, she would be facing a battle-though she may win, she could lose her time to escape.
"Milady, what about-"
She looked at him, silently daring to go against her wishes. She is, after all, a princess in their realm- a rank that is far above than Cruella DeVil's mayor rank. Who is he to go against her? She may haven't ruled anything yet because she was her father and step-mother's prisoner but that never stopped her from being wiser than her years.
If she were to go through all of these, she may be the only hope of the Underworld to redeem its reputation- and if she was lucky enough, this quest she has to go through may be her chance to redeem herself and to be free from her destiny at last.
Thanatos bowed down in response. "If the princess wishes it." He sighed as he waved his hand, making a sword appear out of nowhere.
Black as night, forged from the rarest metal in the underworld, Stygian Iron and cooled into the River Styx. This sword was the first ever weapon she had personally made and was taken from her by her father when he had learned about it. Nonetheless, she was glad that Thanatos had kept it with him for all these years.
"You can't leave without your weapon, your highness."
She rolled her eyes. "How many times do I have to ask you to drop the formalities already?" She asked as she graciously accepted the weapon while the man shrugged in response.
She took one glance at the place she had called home before giving the man before her a hug. She waved her hand so as she could at least help lessen the damage those souls might do on her mentor.
"Take care of yourself, Thanatos." She whispered, afraid that if she were to speak up, she might shed tears. This is the first time her escape will be of success, this is the first time she'll leave him behind.
"Is that an order or a friendly suggestion?" He squeezed her tight before pulling away to get one more look at the young woman in front of him and wonder where the little girl he raised gone.
She rolled her eyes. "Just…take care."
"Best of luck to you then, your highness." He responded. "Now I believe you have a journey to go to?" He stepped back as he nodded at her, finally giving the signal she had longed for- she is able to use that one ability he had taught her years prior. She immediately faced a blank tombstone and took a deep breath before raising both of her glowing hands as she waved it in front of the marble, creating a portal of black, blue and white.
The moaning sounds of the souls can be heard, signalling that they had already caught on their scents.
She turned around only to see her guard fending off those souls. She knew he could handle it, given with his power and abilities as the collector of souls and the right hand man of Hades himself. He is the Grim Reaper, he can take care of himself.
"Princess," he shook her out of her reverie as one of the soul latching on him vanished quickly. "I can handle this, don't you worry now. I'll be fine." The tone of his voice became soft as if he knew of the conflict she is having.
"Are you sure?" she whispered, her foot is almost one step closer to the portal. She can leave but she wasn't sure anymore if she is leaving Thanatos behind.
Thanatos looked at her once more, flashing her a confident grin that she often wore. "Always," he assured her. "Now off you go!" he said, snapping Camryn out of her second thoughts.
"I'll see you again, Thanatos." She promised before letting the portal take her to her destination. Once the portal was closed, the souls returned to the blank state they were before the whole ordeal, as if nothing ever happened in the first place.
Thanatos looked up as he sighed. He needed to make up a lie because once the queen hears about the commotion- no doubt from the dog whisperer's big mouth, he might not be able to do what he is asked for.
End of Chapter 1.
Storybrooke will appear in the next chapter so... hopefully I'll be able to pull it off.
A little author's note for you guys: I managed to find a beta reader and well, we were working on how to polish my writing which is why I am a little bit late in updating this. In lieu with that, I will be editing the first three chapters before I continue on with the story so for that, I will be taking down the next two chapters after this chapter in order to edit it and to avoid spoilers for any new readers out there. I apologize for such but please bear with me. On the plus side, this chapter has made longer with 2k+ words rather than the first one which only consists of 1k+ words!
Thank you also to my dear beta for putting up with me for this!