AN: i don't own OUAT.
She ran so far away.
I have walked the worlds. I have seen empires rise and fall. I have seen feats of magic so great you would not believe your eyes and I have seen miracles so divine that you would not be able to doubt that a higher power exists. I am the shepherd of the dead and I have had so many names that I don't care to even keep track, so you may call me Death, for that is what I am.
I do not mean to insult you but you humans are so small and fleeting…..yet you are capable of great feats of courage, love, evil, and destruction that echo through your worlds. All of you confuse me. I am sorry that you must come with me now, there was so much you could have accomplished…but as it is you must walk with me. May I tell you about some of the people I have walked with? Good then this journey will not be so boring.
I have seen sadness like no other but there was one young woman who wore it upon her shoulders like a cloak. Her name was Regina and she was to be queen. Strangely enough I had met the girl so many times I could not help but feel that she was special. The first time I met her though was the day of her wedding. Regina was being forced into a marriage to an aging King who did not love her, in fact her first love had been killed some days before by her mother in front of her eyes. She could not bear to be away from her love so she took a mirror, this would be quite ironic in the future, and shattered it. Regina took the largest shard and slashed her wrists. She laid down and welcomed me with open arms. I smiled at her and just as I was going to take her hand that troublesome mother of hers came and healed her, made her well again. I could have ended her sadness, but her mother was a cruel thing. She was but a shell of a woman for she had not heart beating within her chest. I would not meet Regina Queen of the White Lands and Protector of the Endless Forest for many years, but I would watch the young queen's fall to my brother Revenge.
Are you still interested in my stories? I have so many where that came from. Come let us rest, your soul must be weary. Rest by this fire and I shall think of another tale to tell you. What? No not everyone I meet dies immediately. Most of these stories are interconnected, and though everyone dies, not everyone dies when they meet me the first time. Rest I say. Let me think of another story to tell
AN2: if you like this review and let me know who you would like me to write about. it can be canon complient or not. I'm already planning on doing Cora and Eva.