The Apprentice

by limbosplaything

A girl plagued with visions of what could be steals a powerful artifact with the intent of hiding it from the Queen. A former resident of storybrooke returns to ally herself with Emma for the final battle. Rumplestiltskin/OC now with new RumBelle flavor!

7. Chapter 7

The Apprentice chapter 7

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.

The Fairy Tale.

There once was a maid who lived in a big fancy castle. She worked very hard but also very quietly. You see, she was hiding. She had taken a precious object and she was afraid that someone would find out. She would dream at night of soldiers coming to take her away. But she knew that her dreams at night were only dreams, it was the ones she had during the day that she worried most about….

One day a man came to see her, demanding the precious object back. He claimed he was the real owner and that she had no right to take it. He offered her so many wonderful things if she would give it back to him. He threatened her, he tried to bribe her, and finally he begged her quietly, hoping afterward that she wouldn't remember that part.

But still she held fast to her resolve. She would keep it safe, and she knew it was not safe with him. And so the man left… for now, he said. He promised to come on the first night of every new moon and when the sky was dark, he would ask her again.

And so he did.

And again.

And again.

And when he was gone, she began to miss him.

She worried about him when it was cold out.

Or when it rained.

But he always came.

And when he left, she waited for him again.

And again.

And while she waited, she dreamed.

And she finally learned to read.

Author's note: So it was brought up that at some point I mentioned Lissandra reading a road sign, but later she mentioned that she couldn't read. What is actually going on is that she can't read well, as opposed to not at all. While she can understand her alphabet and read things like See Dick Run, Run Dick Run, and count to about 20, she can't understand more complicated syllables. So reading a road sign is a question of looking at the sign, seeing that something is written there with the number 3 under it, and concluding that the sign says "3 miles to town blahblah". Anyway, sorry for the inconsistency.