They where closing up on me, her quards. I was runing trought the forest as fast as I could. I knew I wasnt fast enough. Suddenly some of the quards appeared infront of me. I was surrounded. A woman on a horse came closer. "Well, isnt this the lost princess Aria?" The woman smiled evily. It was the Queen, got of her horse and walked closer to me. "Did you really think you could hide?"I looked at her. I wasnt scared, I was mad. This woman killed of my family, she made me live in the woods for over a year. "No" I said and I walked closer to her. "I'm not hiding anymore" I smacked her in the face and she stumbled back a little. "enough of this"she said. "Take her." The quards walked up to me and I felt something hitting the back of my head. I fell on my knees and blacked out.
Its been a few days since Regina's curse broke and I got my my memories back. I'm back to my old life, hiding in the forest. I'm sitting with my back against a tree, eating some berries I found. I hear someone come closer so I jump up. A girl walks closer, she is tall, skinny and has long hear with red stripes in it. she smiles at me. "I tought I heard someone up here" I back off a little. I dont know the girl, I dont know if she wants to hurt or help me. "Dont be scared, I wont hurt you. I'm Ruby, but everyone calls me Red". I've heard of her, back in the echanted forest. She is a friend of the princess, Snow White. "I'm… Elena" I say. Ruby looks at me like she is trying to figure out why I'm here. "Ehm…" she says "What are you doing out here alone?"I have to think about what I answer. She cant know who I am. "Just…. Walking". Bad answer. Ruby frowns but, she doesnt asks. "I should go back to town, do you wanna come?" "Sure".
She had trown me into a jail cell, I was whaiting for her to come and kill me. But she didnt. The only company I had was the quard infront of my cell. In the begining I tried to start a confersation with him, but I gave up on that. He never answered. I spended most of my time looking at his back. So much that I can regonize it anywhere. I knew his name was Jace, because the other quards called him that when they walked by. He was very quit. He never spoke. The only times I saw his face was when he brought the food. The First days it was hard, hatefull. But as the weeks past by it changed. He looked more… sadly. Like he was sorry for me.
I'm sitting at grannies with Ruby. We're talkin gabout, for her, normal stuff. Like family, I lie a lot. Then Regina walk in and I look down. I'm scared she will see and regonize me but, she doesnt. I hear Ruby sighs. "Poor guy"she says. "Stuck with Regina, probelly cursed. I wish someone knows him and helps him" I'm curious to know who she is talkin gabout. So when they leave, I look up. I only see there backs, but its a back I'll always remember… Jace.
