The Apprentice: Chapter One
Apologies: lately ive been dreaming up stories and I have a need to get them on paper. This story may not be well thought out, or well written, but here it is.
Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon a Time or any of its characters, im only torturing them here for a brief time. They belong to ABC. The character of the Apprentice belongs to me
And now The Fairy Tale
Once Upon A Time…
There once was a young girl who lived with her parents and her brother at the edge of a small village. They were a poor family, but they were happy together. They kept chickens and pigs and worked a small plot of land, just enough to feed the four of them.
One fine morning, the girl put a rope around the neck of the largest pig and took up her staff. It would be a grand day as she was taking the pig to market in a town not far from their village. With the money from the sale, she would buy cloth for a new dress for her mother and leather so that her father could make new boots for her brother. The money left over would buy seeds for their small plot so that they would not starve through the long winter.
On the way to town, she felt faint and sat by the side of the road to drink some water. Her vision grew hazy and she became very dizzy. Suddenly before her, she saw her home. It was on fire. She heard the screams of her family, her mother and brother trapped inside, her father attempting to break them out and in the process, burning up.
Villagers ran a bucket line to their house. A healer tended to her father's burns, but as the image in front of her faded, he breathed his last.
She awoke covered in sweat, the pig gently tugging at the rope as it attempted to get closer to the nearby treeline. She got up and walked home with the pig trailing behind her.
She knew in her heart that her family was dead.