All right, I think I'm a little tired of humor/romance/family oneshots. Or perhaps it's because I'm rather sick right now... Well, I've decided to write one or two sad things. I've already picked two of most tragic words. Here's the word "Alone'. Genre: angst/tragedy.
87. Alone (set right after the Scarlet Hand was defeated)
The members of the Scarlet Hand were running away from the battlefield. Charming's army was chasing and capturing them, one by one. Mirror could hear cries for mercy.
"NOOO! Don't kill me, please!" the Queen of Hearts yelled, falling to her knees. The Sheriff of Nottingham, her usual companion, was already captured. He was murmuring "I haven't done anything it's all their fault I haven't done anything it's all their fault..." The Beast was also standing on his knees, begging his ex-wife and daughter to forgive him and confessing that he had been all wrong.
Mirror looked around. He noticed the Grimms, who were cheering and laughting with everybody else. They had once considered him as a close friend before they discovered that he was the Master, and now they didn't even look at him.
All the Scarlet Hand members were captured. Every single one of them was crying, begging for mercy, shouting "It's all their fault", and nobody paid attention to their Master. Mirror remembered how they respected him, how they sang praises to him. It was all a lie. "They thought about themselves, and themselves only," Mirror realized. He had been sitting in the bushes nearby, hoping that someone would care and worry about him. But Charming's army was praising each other and clapping, and Mirror's former followers were whimpering and crying. Mirror was absolutely alone.
He looked at the Grimms, who were the happiest of all.
"Starfish has changed so much," he thought. "She's now nineteen... She's become less angry and suspicious, as I see. Puck is the same mischievous boy, only he's older than before. They're such a pretty couple now. And Daphne's all the same: grinning and cheerful. Their brother, Basil - I remember him as a naive smiling toddler, and he's grown up into a young boy, full of energy. Goodness, their parents and uncle wipe away happy tears when they watch their children.
"Relda's health had become worse since she got free of me. But she has the same smile and bright eyes. Canis and Red - oh, they care about Relda so much. It's a perfect family, and I could have been its member," Mirror sighed and closed his eyes. It hurt him to watch all this happiness. Tearsf formed in his eyes. His heart was full of guilt and sorrow. He was alone, and it was his own fault.
At last, Charming remembered about Mirror.
"Where's your Master?" he shouted at Sheriff Nottingham. Sheriff trembled:
"He went somewhere over there please don't kill me..." he sobbed as Charming raised a sword above his head. Mirror groaned. Nottingham had once been his most devoted follower - and now he betrayed his Master. Charming walked to the bushes where Mirror was hiding.
Mirror couldn't stand all that anymore. He stood up and stepped forward.
"Don't waste time killing me, Charming," Mirror said and shot lightning into himself.
That was tragic, but I think Mirror deserved this. Don't you agree?
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