Chapter 9: Dead
Author: Twi-Ranger
Words: 1,215
Disclaimer: I don't own Once Upon a Time, I'm just playing with the characters.
Author's Note: Sorry for taking so long.
"Cora has Ruby. Why?" David asked, trying to think about how Ruby would help Cora.
Belle and Emma stared at the prince as if he had lost his mind. It was obvious, yet he couldn't see it.
"I don't know. I mean, she's Mary Margret and your best friend. She's a werewolf, but Cora probably has her because it sounded like fun," Regina said, sarcastically. Gold and Emma smirked while David looked annoyed.
"Ruby can't turn though. It's not a full moon," David told them, thinking.
"Cora has magic. She can make anything possible," Gold reminded them.
"A few days ago, I heard a wolf howling, it sounded like Ruby, could if have been her?" David asked, looking at Regina and Gold. Belle heard the howl, but she didn't know Ruby was a wolf. Emma and Mary Margret were in Fairy Tale Land.
"There is a chance. Look, if Cora has Ms. Lucas, then she'll use your friendship to beat you," Regina told them, staring at Emma and Belle.
~Once Upon a Time~
Red was getting ready. She had eaten and slept. She was practicing with her arrows. She imagined Emma and Belle. She wanted revenge, she wanted her heart back.
"Soon," Cora whispered, watching her.
Red clenched her teeth. She wanted to kill now. She held the bow tighter and glared at the squirrel in front of her.
"Kill it with your teeth," Cora told her, watching her every move.
Red turned into the wolf and pounced on the squirrel. It tried to get away, but the wolf wouldn't let it. Red held its tail with her paw. She smirked as it squealed in fear. She dug her teeth on its torso as it squealed in pain. She dug deeper, until the squirrel was dead. She pulled back and licked her lips. She moved back and turned back.
"Who's Ruby?" Red asked. She remembered Whale and Belle call her that.
"She's someone who lived here. Remember when I told you Whale experimented on you?" Cora asked the confused girl.
"Yeah, before I killed him," Red answered, as she sat down in front of her mother.
"This isn't your body. Y-you died, and Whale brought you back in this body. This was what they did to you. They wanted to know about the wolf, about you, so they brought you back. They tried to use you to know more of the gene, they hurt you. Red, sweetie, they killed your father in front of us, and then they killed you. Snow White slit your throat. You, my wolf, you didn't attack her; we didn't raise you like that. She killed you, and not once did you raise a fist," Cora told her, faking sadness.
"S-so they think I'm Ruby?" the young werewolf asked, confused. "Belle was in love with her?"
Cora nodded. "This is why we must attack. They think they know you won't attack. You will prove them wrong. You'll show them that you aren't going to let them push you over. You'll show them that you're not the same. You'll make them regret they ever hurt you."
Red nodded. She was going to get her revenge soon, she can feel it. She saw Cora stand up and Red followed her.
"Let's go my daughter, the people of Storybrooke are waiting," Cora said, walking towards the town.
Red smirked, This was going to be so much fun.
~Once Upon a Memory~
"Do you love her?" Belle asked Emma, glaring at the blond.
"Why do you care?" Emma shot back, glaring as well.
Mary Margret, David, and Gold watched, uncomfortably. Regina had a small smile on her face, watching they two women argue about another.
"Did you? God, can't you just leave her alone? You caused her so much pain. Did you know she would cry over you? But you didn't fuckin' care!" Belle shouted, her small body shaking in anger.
Gold's eye brows shot up. He had never heard the Princess utter a curse word. It did thing to him.
"She would have died for you," Belle whispered, her voice low and deadly.
"Yet she always talked about me, not you," Emma told her, smug. She had a smirk on her face. Belle tried to hit her, but David grabbed her from behind.
"Shut up! I love her!" Belle shouted, tears welling up at her eyes.
"And you think I don't? You don't know how I felt, how hurt I was while I was away, so why don't you shut up huh?" Emma told her, wanting to hurt the princess.
The others tried to stop them. They couldn't have them kill each other.
"Stop, right now, we have to get Ruby away from Cora and to remember who she is. She'll decide who she'll choose," Mary Margret said, as she stood in between both of them.
Both women nodded. They need to get their love back before anything.
"She won't be able to choose who she loves more without her heart," Regina told them.
There was a knock on the door. The knocking was frantic. David released Belle to open the door. Leroy stood there, looking around. He felt the tension.
"What is it?" David asked, looking at the people behind of him. Gold and Regina stood at one side, together. Mary Margret was talking to her daughter. Belle was standing alone, staring at Leroy and David.
"Ruby, she's back," he told them, "with someone else."
"Cora," Emma whispered her eyes wide.
"Where is she?" Belle demanded, walking towards them.
"The library, they are near the library," Leroy told them. Belle ran out. The others shouted for her to return, but the princess didn't listen.
~Once Upon a Memory~
Belle ran until she got the library, in front of her stood Ruby and a woman. The woman smirked.
"Ruby," Belle whispered, staring at the werewolf.
Red glared at the woman in front of her. "Leave, if you want to live Belle," the child of the moon told her.
Belle shook her head. "I'm not giving up; I know you're in there. I won't stop fighting for you until I stop breathing."
Red felt something in her empty chest. She didn't move or said anything.
Cora glared at the girl. She was going to ruin everything. Cora, with magic, made the girl to crash against the wall. Red's eyes widened.
"What did you do?" Red asked, taking a step towards the girl.
"I read her mind, she's stalling. She's waiting for Snow White and James to come," Cora lied, watching the princess stand up.
Red was conflicted. She wanted to make sure the girl was okay, but she also wanted to get her revenge.
She heard footsteps. She saw more people. Emma was part of them. There were two females and two males.
"Mother," one of the women said, the one with shoulder length hair.
Red frowned. She was her sister?
"Regina, nice to see you again," Cora told the woman, smiling.
"Ruby?" the other woman whispered, staring at Red.
The werewolf frowned. She looked at them, and then at Belle, who stood far away from the group.
"Red, it's me, Snow," the woman said.
She was Snow White. She stood in front of her. Red smirked, now she was going to get her revenge.
