A Message

Here is another story created by yours truly, after Fable

Teague stood in his room in the castle on the Fae realm. He was staring at the beautifully carved full length mirror in front of him, but he didn't care about that beauty. His bright blue eyes only saw the beautiful brown haired girl in the mirror.

So much had changed since she had brought him back together with his other half. It wasn't the same as it used to be before the personalities were separated. Good still had power and even though evil was more dominant and powerful, the good - or Jared- still held his own. Teague would find himself suddenly lose control and Jared would be in the front of his mind. They were not fully one again, but battling for control with shared power. Jared was losing energy, Teague could feel it. But Jared was the more stubborn side and he would not give up. Teague continuously tried to find out why, but the only answer he could think of was the power of love. Ew.

He thought the word with distaste. Love was powerful, supposedly the most powerful thing in the world. Jared obviously loved Mina Grimm. But the thing that angered Teague the most was that even before Mina ever started the quests Teague had felt a pull towards her. When the Story power interfered those feelings grew. Now that he was whole again- or almost- the feelings were overwhelming. Teague's feelings were nothing compared to Jared's but it was more noticeable now. That also angered Jared.

He had discovered when he could wrestle control away from Teague that he could have 'conversations' with him. Servants often walked by rooms and heard the prince yelling at himself. So Teague tried to stay away from everyone.

Teague was pulled out of his thoughts as Mina moved inside the mirror. She slammed the door to her room and sat on her bed. She was holding a small slim red notebook. Teague's lip curled in contempt: the Grimoire.

Mina looked at the notebook and stroked the cover gently. A tear fell from her eye.

It had been three weeks since she completed the last quest with Temple Stitskin. Teague found great joy in making Mina think a new quest was coming. He would randomly send hints from different tales and watch her reaction. At first she would immediately be on guard, eyes darting around everywhere. Now she barely looked up. He waved the image away with his hand.

Mina opened her eyes. She had fallen asleep while holding the Grimoire but something was wrong. She wasn't in her room in the Grimm mansion. She was in a room that had a deep red floor and the walls were black, but they appeared to be endless, just darkness in every direction. She was standing in a circle of light on the floor, but she couldn't see the light source.

"Hello?" Her voice echoed throughout the darkness.

"Mina...?"

She whirled around just in time to see him step into the light out of the shadows. "Jared..." Her voice was a breathy whisper. He nodded and stepped towards her but she took a step back. "This isn't real. You can't be here. I'm dreaming," She muttered to herself.

"Mina, this is real. I think you're doing the jump thing the GMs told you about!"

"But you aren't my Jared! You're Teague and this is a trick!" She was breathing hard, trying to figure out what was happening.

"Mina please! Listen to me, we don't have a lot of time! Something went wrong when we converged into one again! I can still get control from him but only for a little time! You have to believe me!" His voice was desperate. He could feel Teague fighting against him.

"No, you're lying!"

"Mina please..." He stepped closer to her and grabbed her arms before she could step away. He leaned down and kissed her. She struggled for a moment but then her trust returned. She wrapped her arms around him.

Jared pulled away as soon as he lost control. Mina gasped when she saw his eye color change from grey to blue. That was the only difference between the personalities in this mysterious place. Jared, now Teague, started laughing. The sound was evil and made Mina shiver. He stopped abruptly and the eyes switched several times before landing on grey.

"Mina, you have to leave! I'm losing control!" He fell to his knees and closed his eyes. Mina knelt in front of him.

She kissed him. She put her hands on either side of his face and looked at him. "Don't give up, please! I'll find a way, I promise." He nodded a hugged her. They pulled apart and she stood to leave the jump.

She could feel herself slipping away when a cold hand wrapped around her wrist. She turned to stare at Teague.

"Don't make promises you can't keep, Mina," his voice was threatening and his grip was tight but she pushed him away and felt herself be pulled out of the jump.