So I am currently addicted to Once Upon a Time and Frozen. However this is not a crossover. The main character Scarlet/Kali is inspired by Queen Elsa of Arendelle, but they are NOT the same people. This is pretty much going to be the first season of OUaT only with a few extra characters. I hope you enjoy and I'd love to hear from you even if it's just two words, or a I hate/love it.
She followed the prince closely on her own stallion much quieter than it seemed possible. The rider was dressed in black and shadows seemed to cling to her and her mount as she raced with the prince to find his true love. They slowed when they reached a group of people surrounding a glass coffin and dismounted, no one noticed the Prince's company, they only saw Prince James come to see his true love one last time.
"You're too late," a dwarf said with tears in his eyes. They were all misty eyed and extremely lucky there weren't any thieves in the area because they would be picked clean in a matter of seconds by any rookie. The other rider was tempted to just to teach the dwarves a lesson in vigilance but didn't cause anymore unnecessary trouble.
"No-noo," the anguished prince cried out seeing his beloved in the coffin. The girl stepped forward and examined the princess's body unnoticed.
"Kiss her," she said trying to hold back a fit of laughter when they all jumped a foot in the air. "It's a simple sleeping curse. Your so called 'evil' queen really didn't try too hard did she?"
"What do I have to lose?" Prince James said. The dwarves sighed and got up to remove the lid.
"Are you Kali?" One of the dwarves asked the girl dressed in black.
"The one and only," she said returning her attention to the prince in time to see a golden light explode out from where their lips met. "Told you so," she said with a smirk when the princess woke up. She rolled her eyes and smirked at the couple turning away, love always did manage to make her barf.
Kali stood next to Grumpy for the wedding. She wanted to be anywhere but there but when you make a deal with the devil, you have to do your part. Even if it does make you give up a year or two of your life. Besides Kali knew her life wouldn't have been the same if it were't for the dark one. The doors opened with a bang just as the Prince and Snow White were about to kiss and seal their union as husband and wife.
"Sorry I'm late," the evil queen said sarcastically gliding down the aisle while two idiot guards drew swords on her and someone yelled in terror, one of the dwarves.
"She's not the queen anymore," Snow White said drawing her husband's sword and pointing it at the evil queen. Kali stepped up silently behind the queen her hood remaining up. "She's nothing more than an evil witch."
"No no no, don't stoop to her level, there's no need." Her prince consoled her quietly. "You're wasting your time you've already lost, we will not let you ruin this wedding," he said louder.
"Oh I haven't come here to ruin anything," she said with mock hurt. "On the contrary dear I've come to give you a gift."
"We want nothing from you," Snow said clutching her beloved's arm though she was hardly defenseless.
"But you shall have it!" The queen interrupted. "My gift to you," she continued running into Kali. For a moment they had a stare down, one that Kali won as her glare was colder than ice. "Is this happy, happy day," she said with pure disgust, and Kali agreed, it made her nauseous. "For tomorrow my real work begins, you've made your vows, now I make mine. Soon everything you love, everything all of you love, will be taken from you, forever. And out of your suffering, will rise my victory. I shall destroy your happiness. If it is the last thing I do." With that she turned and left and Kali stepped aside to let her leave and rolled her eyes at the Prince who threw his sword at her.
"Scarlet are you all right?" The voice filled with worry snapped me away from my daydreaming and back to reality.
"I'm fine Mom, I'm just worried about Henry." I said glancing at my mother and Graham.
"Don't worry Scar, he's a ten year old kid, he will turn up somewhere," the sheriff said in his Scottish accent. I nodded more to please the adults than myself and returned to glaring out the window for another ten minutes until a bright yellow bug passed by the house.
"It's him! He's back!" I shouted happily seeing Henry and a blonde woman start up the sidewalk to our house. I ran out the front door followed closely by our mother and hugged Henry tightly. "What happened to you, I dropped you off at school watched you go in, and then come to pick you up and Mary Margaret said you were never in school." I fired off as our mother asked pretty much the same questions.
"I found my real Mom," he said running inside. I blinked unsure if I should follow him or not. Wanting answers from the stranger made me stay but I backed near Graham.
"You're Henry's birth mother," Regina concluded looking at the blonde woman.
"Hi," she said awkwardly.
"I'll uh, I'll just go check on the lad," Graham said taking my arm and pulling me in too. I scowled and followed eventually.
"Hey, you okay?" I asked my brother softly. He looked a me and nodded holding onto his book. "Henry you scared us today, I mean Graham almost lost it," I teased the sheriff knowing how to get a smile back on my brother's face, it worked.
"I know and I won't do it again."
"That's right because if you do I will have to use my ice powers on you," I said referring to who he thought I was in the mess of his story book. It would be so much easier if he was wrong about my identity.
"Okay Scarlet." He agreed with a smile. If I know anyone, it's Henry.
"Now go to bed you look like a zombie," I commanded following Graham out of the room. He said his good nights and the blonde woman and my mother stepped into the parlor closing the door behind them. I looked upstairs seeing Henry's door shut I nodded and looked outside to make sure Graham wasn't on the walkway before I slipped out the door and down the sidewalk as swift and silent as a shadow. It wasn't long before the woman walked outside feeling Henry's gaze on her she turned and saw him peering out his window at her before turning off his light and going to bed.
"He's my little brother," I said drawing her attention to where I was leaning against her yellow bug. "Ten years old, a great kid. He has an imagination like you wouldn't believe. Don't be the one that breaks it..."
"Emma," she inserted.
"Scarlet. I'll see you again some time, I'm not an idiot. Goodnight," I said with a wave walking down the sidewalk in the direction of town closing my eyes and enjoying the cool wind on my face as it whipped around my curly white blonde hair that I loved so much.
"Uh goodnight," she called to me a little awestruck. I have a loud personality hidden by my ninja skills, or at least that's what Henry says all the time. I reach town and don't hesitate when I open the door to the pawnbrokers shop.
"Mr. Gold?" I called out.
"You can say my name dearie, there's no one else around to hear you." He said coming into the room from behind a curtain. I smirked at the shopkeeper.
"I just met the savior," I said grabbing his interest. "I must say though, I'm not too impressed. 28 years Rumpelstiltskin, 28 years I've been stuck in this hell hole."
"Not too much longer now dearie, not too long. How about a gift? It is your birthday after all."
"I stopped celebrating birthdays a while ago Rumple and you're early. It's tomorrow."
"I guess you will just have to, as they say, suck it up." He said pulling out a long black box with writing unrecognizable to everyone in this town except me and maybe the man holding it.
"I should've known you'd have this with you. I don't suppose my rings are anywhere in this shop too?"
"You won't be needing those for a little while, happy birthday." He said handing me the box. I smiled and opened it, like it was a giant jewelry box. I set the box down as it was heavy and pulled out it's contents, a katana. Not just any katana, my katana. I pulled it from it's sheath smiling at the weird colored blade. The blade was a blue gray and slightly curved not to mention extremely sharp. I examined the hilt not seeing any damage in the blade and smiled at the black leather grip decorated with traces of gold. The katana could easily sell for thousands of dollars in this realm. The box could go for just under a million to any history buff. Yet I handle the two-handed blade without a care in the world flipping it around with one hand.
"Thank you," I said simply sheathing the sword once more even though I really wanted to use it.
"I believe you should be getting home now dearie. Your mother might start to worry."
"Why do you think she gave herself a daughter?" I asked the question expecting the same answer from him that I always received but was pleasantly surprised.
"I'd guess that you reminded her of a younger version of herself back home. We both know that underneath her reputation as the evil queen she is only a girl who lost her love. She sees herself in you, and I'd bet that she wants to find out if happily ever afters for people like you two exist."
"At least I look better in black," I mumble closing the box and tucking it under my arm.
"Make sure-" he began.
"She doesn't suspect a thing, I know," I finished his sentence walking out the door the bell ringing as the door opened.
"Goodnight dearie."
"Night Rumple," I called back turning and walking back towards my house my sword tucked under my arm and an icy breeze pushing me home.
"Scar? Scarlet wake up," I rubbed my eyes and opened them seeing Henry. "Bus comes in five minutes," he said. I looked at the time, 8:20, shit he's right. I jump up and hit my foot on something hard. My katana case. I freeze, why didn't I hide it last night, my thoughts scream at me.
"Okay okay be ready in a second but you need to get out so I can change." I say easily hiding the fact that I was freaking out inside. He nodded and walked out of my room closing the door behind him. My room is painted with black and white stripey designs, not zebra, with a dark blue trim there's also a door to my own bathroom and walk in closet with the same color scheme only silver instead of blue. I stashed the box in the hidden compartment under my rug which matched the dark blue trim and closed it getting dressed quickly in jeans, black boots that had little shapes cut out at the edges of them that stopped right below my knees, a fallout boy t-shirt and a black leather jacket. I opened my door and let Henry back in returning to the bathroom to run a comb through my hair and brush my teeth while he talked about everything and nothing.
"Hey guess what day it is?" Henry asked as I pulled him out of the house.
"Thursday?"
"Well yeah but..."
"But what?"
"Seriously? How do you forget your own birthday?" He asked astounded.
I just shrugged and said easily. "Are you sure you don't want to walk?" I asked seeing the bus round the corner just as we made it to the stop.
"Yeah I'll take the bus today, see you after school." He called out going to the door.
"You'd better actually attend," I called back. But the bus pulled away and I never got a reply. I walked to Granny's capturing no attention like usual. I sat down at the breakfast bar and ordered a muffin and a hot chocolate from Ruby but was stopped at the door when I tried to leave with my breakfast.
"Oh no you don't, you are not allowed to leave until you promise to meet me here at 7:00 sharp, we are going out tonight," Ruby said excitedly.
"Rub, you are an adolescent trapped in a 23 year old's body," I say with a sigh. "I'll be there, you wouldn't happen to be able to give me a ride to my studio?" I asked hopefully.
"Only if you want to wait an hour until rush is over." I sighed and shook my head.
"That's okay I can walk, I need to finish something up for my portfolio and my mother won't let me stay all day. See you later Ruby!" I said and walked out the door walking towards the pier and turning walking past the canaries and boating houses. I smile at the light blue light house that seemed to shine like ice in the sun. I walked to the door and punched in the code walking into the small dimly lit room at the base of the tower. I ignored the various art supplies, half painted canvases and water color pictures, walking to the spiral staircase that lead to the lantern room. White paint peeling and missing the light, it was my favorite room easily. It was only big enough to have one maybe two paintings going in the room but the view and the windows all around made it seem bigger.
I smiled at the canvas in the center of the smaller bright room holding an image of Storybrooke's pier. I frowned and ran back down the stairs grabbing my paints and returning to the painting mixing a brown on my paper plate palette, I never liked the expensive palettes, they weren't worth it, you lost too much paint in the little nooks and crannies and it was too hard to blend the paints on them. I began painting a shimmering pirate ship, one that's been in my dreams the past few nights. The ship and cold blue eyes that is. Whoever's ship this was, they weren't in Storybrooke, yet. I had a bad feeling that whenever the ship and it's occupants arrive all hell will break loose. Until then, I'll paint it and try to piece it together, prophetic dreams are what you get when you live forever.
I jump nearly a foot in the air when my phone goes off. 1:00, on the dot, time to go. I pack up my paints and walk out of my studio making sure to lock the door behind me. I get home fifteen minutes later and furrow my eyebrows when I see my mother holding Henry's book close.
"Are you okay?" I ask. She blinks and turns to look at me.
"Oh yes I'm fine Scarlet. How was your day?"
"Fine I guess. I'm meeting Ruby at 7:00, absolutely no idea what she's planning."
"With Ruby you never know especially since today's your birthday. I hope I don't hear anything from Graham."
"I'll probably be the one keeping her out of trouble."
"Most likely. Now onto your present."
"What? I specifically asked you not to get me anything this year."
"And I of course ignored you. I'm your mother, I'm supposed to acknowledge you birthday." She said handing me a black velvet jewelry box. I opened it and was unable to keep a smile from my face. It was one of my rings, a silver ring in the shape of a feather that wrapped around your finger. The detail was amazing and I've seen a few copies of this online but the quality could never be replicated, and this one was as cold as ice and wouldn't get any warmer if it was on anyone's finger but my own.
"Oh my gosh I love it!" I squealed pretending I had never seen it before in my life, I didn't have to pretend that I loved it though. The rest of the afternoon passed quickly. I had to yell at Henry after I found out that he skipped school again. We had pizza for dinner because that, next to indoor plumbing, is one of the best inventions from this realm. I walked to Granny's at 7:00 in time to see Emma check into the inn and catch Mr. Gold walking out the door.
"He, is creepy," I said closing the door behind me knowing that he could hear me. I hear him chuckle distantly and I smirk.
"Who's that?" Emma inquired about Mr. Gold.
"Mr. Gold, he owns his place," Ruby answered watching him walk down the sidewalk. The ease I bear around him is not found easily by most. Even the Evil Queen was afraid of him when they met. We've always been more friends than enemies though on multiple occasions we've wanted to kill each other.
"The inn?"
"No, the town," Granny corrected Emma. "So how long will you be with us?"
"A week," Emma answered and I cocked my head.
"I was right," I acknowledged raising an eyebrow at the woman. She just shrugged and took her room key from Granny. "Welcome to Storybrooke," I said to her before turning to Ruby.
"We don't have to go out if you don't want to Scarlet." Ruby said her demeanor much different from when I saw her this morning.
"What do you want to do?" I ask leaning against the wall.
"It's your birthday."
"Well, isn't today Thursday? Let's watch last week's episode and then today's is on at 8:00," I offer.
She nodded and gestured for me to follow her upstairs. The rest of the night flew by quickly, we watched two episodes. Wanted to kill ourselves after the ending of the new episode and I went home five minutes before curfew noticing the clock on the tower was moving once again.
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