The Apprentice chapter 10

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.

And now off to the Fairy Tale!

There once was a maid who lived in a big castle. She had a friend who would visit her on the first night of every new moon.

But one night, he didn't come.

So she waited.

And waited.

She didn't see him again for a full year. It was a long time. She made the year pass by reading many wonderful books, each more wonderful than the last. Soon she began to read books about magic. Some were new and some were old. Some were quiet, while others hummed with power in their pages.

One book spoke of old curses and how to break them.

One book spoke of old curses and how to make them.

And one book told her of a dagger. The dagger held power, the book said. Whoso ever held the dagger held power over the one whose name was written on the blade.

But such things would have to wait, for the maid had visions of the future. While they had once been quite powerful, now they were lessened somehow and would only give her tiny inklings of the future. Since the fateful day with the vision that led her to the precious object she stole, none of her visions have given her such clarity.

But now one overwhelmed her.

It hurt her.

And when it ended, she knew her next path. She must leave the castle that had been her home for a short time, and she must travel far away. Her path led to an evil sorceress who lived alone in an even greater castle.

A sorceress who once turned herself into a dragon.

A sorceress named Maleficiant.

And so she traveled far and wide searching for the castle. On the way she met trolls, dwarves, kings, mermaids, princes, giants, heros, villains, and even a lost rakshasa. But nowhere did she find her friend, though she searched as often as she could. She contemplated the object she had stolen, but felt it would be rude to simply summon him. He was her friend, how could she command him?

Finally she found the great castle she sought. She was brought before the sorceress and asked the question that the vision had burned into her mind.

"May I be your Apprentice?"