"Come on." Elektra growled as she concentrated. "Come on you stupid piece of wood. Light!" She glared at the small pyre of sticks, as though that would finally get it to light, but of course nothing happened. She sighed and kicked the sticks away and stood up, placing her hands on her hips.

She needed a way to learn magic. She needed a teacher. Obviously, she wasn't going to learn on her own. It was going into week 4 of her adventure beyond the lands of the White kingdom and so far, it was fun. The taverns were full of interesting characters from all over the lands and it was always fun to listen to them tell tales of their own adventures.

Elektra sighed again and walked towards the sprawling village that she'd come upon. Shadow and her things were safely tucked away in her camp while she went to the nearest library.

The place was small and stank of mold and dust to the point where she needed to cover her nose while she perused the shelves. She searched for almost an hour before finally finding something that caught her eye. A thick black volume, laced with silver designs that resembled dragon scales. She picked it up and a smile crept it's way across her lips. It was a spell book, written by none other than the Mistress of all Evil, Maleficent.

"That'll be 300 gold."

"300?! For a book that's clearly never been checked out or bought or used! I mean it's brand new, just look at it! Clearly you don't want it if you haven't even cracked the spine!" Elektra snapped.

The man behind the counter simply shrugged. "Take it or leave it."

Elektra scowled at him before flipping open the book and walking away. To her surprise, her name was written on the inside in faint blue letters, that began to lift off the page. The letters became vapor and she wasn't sure what possessed her to do so but she leaned forward to inhale it.

"Hey!" The man behind the counter got to his feet. "I said 300 gold or put it ba-" Elektra turned and blew softly, a blue mist pouring from her lips to swirl around him. His eyes rolled into the back of his head and he collapsed to the ground with a loud thud.

She smiled at her accomplishment and quickly took off out of the bookstore. She was almost out of town when she heard shouting and running feet behind her. She ducked into the trees, sprinting hard and fast with her pursuers just behind. She burst into her camp, sliding across the ground and grabbed her bow, nocking an arrow in barely a second and turned to fire just as a Black Soldier burst into the tiny clearing where she'd made her home. She fired, hitting him straight in the chest and prepared another arrow automatically. Suddenly, she couldn't move.

"Well, well, well, what have we here?" Said a sultry and mesmerizing voice from her. Elektra struggled to move. "Now, now, none of that trying to escape stuff, dear. The more you struggle, the more it will hurt." Elektra groaned as pressure was applied all over her body and nearly screamed in pain.

A dark haired woman came into her line of sight, dressed in the ugliest, gaudiest dress Elektra had ever seen.

"Now, why were you trying to steal this spell book, hmm?"

Elektra watched as she leafed through the pages. She tried to call upon her own magic, but nothing came forth. All of this for a fucking book?!

"Take her to the dungeon. Thieves deserve death."

Black Soldiers entered the clearing and grabbed the frozen princess and carried her away.

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"This is bullshit!" Elektra roared, savagely beating at the cell doors. "I stole a book and I get sentenced to death?! What the hell?"

"Getting tired yet?"

She turned her head as the same woman as before walked into the light, revealing herself.

"Who the hell are you?"

"I'm the Evil Queen's apprentice. You can call me, Morgana."

"Nice name, now let me see the Queen." Elektra snapped.

"I don't think so. She doesn't lower herself to talking with prisoners."

"Go to hell."

"Why the hostility?" Morgana grinned.

"Are you delusional? Release me at once! I am a princess, I am royalty, and I am starting to get pissed off." She said. Her voice lowered threateningly. "Now let me out or you'll regret it."

"I don't think so, dear. I just wanted to watch you squirm. It'll be a shame to kill you, but i will take great pleasure in doing so." She wiggled her fingers and disappeared in a cloud of red smoke.

Elektra sat back down and sighed. She needed to escape. Sitting here and doing nothing was not an option. She needed a plan.

A very boring hour later, two guards entered to give the prisoners their meal. They placed a tray on a large spatula like piece of wood and slid it into her cell. She wasted no time in grabbing the object and yanking it through the bars. It took two sharp whacks to break into a spear and she leaped against bars of her cell, stabbing one guard in the chest. The other moved to run and she quickly launched it through the bars and speared him through the back.

Step one:kill the guards. Task completed. Step two... "Wow, did not think this through." Elektra said to herself, looking at the keys that was still attached to the guards' belt. She sighed and started to dig.

Another hour later, more guards came, only four and found their dead comrades. Elektra launched herself out of her hole under the bars of her cell and attacked the guards. For an infamous ruler like the Evil Queen, her guards really sucked. Elektra stole a sword and made her way through the castle as stealthily as possible. She had no choice but to go through the throne room with so many guards around, and she was almost free when Morgana appeared, barring her path.

"Did you really think that it would that easy?"

"Did I think so? No. Did I hope so? Just a little bit." She readied her sword for a fight.

"Stop." They both turned as Regina appeared on the throne.

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