Fanfic:
Oz meet world
Fandom: Once Upon A Time
Rating: T but just for safety.
Warnings: mention of murder and possible mild fantasy violence
Pairings: ZelenaxOc (Don't worry he's pretty cool)
Setting: not really an AU. Starts from Zelena being imprisoned in the sheriff's station
Extra notes: for the sake of pointless romanticism the scene between her and Rumple never happened.
Summary: My own personal redemption story for Zelena with soulmates, realm crossing, and hopefully a bit of humor.
Author's note:
Hello I am Ragingstillness. Thank you for reading this story, I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it. We aught to get to the story so I'll keep this short.
This is my first fanfic.
Really.
Thusly, constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I would love nothing more than for someone to point out what would make me a better writer. On the other hand, flames will be made fun of and are not appreciated. Also this fic will be completely clean as it is against my personal values to swear.
Please read and review. Thank you and enjoy the show story.
Chapter one::
She'd been in this cell for three days. Three alternating period of light and darkness spent in the tiny twenty-five foot square space. It was about eight on the third night and that familiar sensation has struck her again. Zelena stood and began to pace a track in the floor already worn black by her boots. Her left hand went up to her chest and gently rubbed the space between her collarbones where her pendant had once rested. Ever since her little sister had ripped it from her neck, there had been not quite a feeling but an absence inside Zelena. Something was not there that should be. However, she wouldn't go as far as to label her discomfort as an emotion. She had always had difficulty feeling emotions. It wasn't until a certain lesson Rumplestiltskin's that she had truly figured out why.
Rapid footsteps suddenly sounded in the halls of the sheriff's station. Zelena stood up straighter, awaiting whomever felt the need to run around at this hour of night. Sheriff Emma Swan burst in through the door and swept her head from side to side, a fearful franticness to her eyes.
"Looking for something, Savior?"
Emma's eyes locked on Zelena. "Have you seen Regina?"
Zelena furrowed her brow. "No I haven't, why?"
"Darn where could she be?" Emma whispered, clearly unfocused on the conversation. Zelena asked again, louder this time. "What's going on, Savior?" Emma looked up and a strange emotion crossed her face. Was that guilt? The shield of anger quickly fell back into place and Zelena knew Emma had just remembered who she was talking to. "None of your business, I've got to go."
"Come on," Zelena sighed, "I'm locked in a cell, magicless, awaiting my execution date, at least you could relieve my boredom."
The guilt crossed Emma's eyes again and she took a deep steadying breath before answering in a rush, "I may have kind of falled through your time portal and brought Regina's boyfriend's wife back from the dead."
"You what?" Zelena shouted.
"Well Regina put your pendant in a magical heart box which must have had some sort of leakage and the magic inside flew out and activated the portal and then I fell through, found Marian, and brought her back to Storybrooke, but then she reunited with Robin and that made Regina upset so she left and I don't know where she is." Emma's voice rose to a panicked squeak.
Zelena stumbled back against the wall and covered her face in her hands. "Good grief. I'm almost starting to feel sorry for Regina. She just can't escape people trying go ruin her life."
"One of which was you," Emma observed. Zelena just shrugged. "Have you checked her vault? The clock tower would also be a dangerous place to find her in." Emma leaned against the desk and narrowed her eyes at the witch. "Why do you care?" The two women locked eyes, light blue on dark blue. "Because no one deserves to face their darkest despair alone."
After a shorg silence Emma nodded curtly to the witch and ran out of the office. Zelena sat back on her cot, rubbing her chest again as she tried to process what Emma had said. Regina's boyfriend's wife? It took a couple run throughs to merely grasp that sentence. Not to mention the time portal actually working. A magic leakage? Nowhere in its definition was magic ever predictable. Currently though, her primary worry lay, surprisingly, with her sister. Although her plans had included killing Princess Ava and ensuring Cora kept her, the few times Zelena had imagined the future after Cora kept her Regina had still been born. They both grew up together. How could just meeting her mortal enemy have changed her so much to want Regina in her life? Maybe it was that strange magnetism, the sense of sadness that freely displayed all Regina's faults that one may have pity and be kind. Or use them against her as Zelena had. Alas there was nothing she could do to help Regina at the moment so the witch fell into an uncomfortable and fitful sleep.