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Urban Legends: Fairytale Style-Chapter 10
The Devils Dance
"I'm sorry, Astrid, but you know how inappropriate it would be" said Mother Superior, and the novices face fell. They were stood in Storybrooke's town hall and the lead nun was monitoring the citizens of the town that had so kindly volunteered to help set up the venue for the Spring Dance, an annual event that the whole town had been known to attend.
"But, Mother Superior...it would just be one time!" Astrid tried desperately, and Mother Superior sighed, placing a gentle hand on the young woman's shoulder.
"Astrid, I can't let you attend the dance. Haven't you heard?" Mother Superior asked seriously. Curiously, Astrid shook her head, and the older woman moved closer to her, turning so that her back was to the volunteers:
"Astrid, this dance...it's cursed!" she said, and Astrid jerked back in surprise.
"Huh?!"
Mother Superior shushed her, and then continued "My dear, this dance is fated to be attended by an ancient evil, by someone so dark and monstrous that people quiver in fear at the mere mention of his name!"
Astrid frowned "But...I thought Mr Gold hated social events?"
Mother Superior softly groaned "Not him! Astrid, I have reason to believe that this dance is going to be attended by the Devil himself!"
The novice pulled away, an odd look on her face. She watched Mother Superiors face for signs that she was joking. There were no signs. She was serious "The De-Mother Superior, are you quite sure about that?"
"I am absolutely certain!" she said with complete conviction "Which is why you must promise me that you won't attend the dance!" she moved forward and gripped Astrid's shoulders in her hands, the look on her face almost frightened "Promise me, Astrid! You know He likes to pray on young women!" She looked like she was ready to weep, and the novice quickly nodded, feeling her hopes crushing as she signed away a night that promised laughter and entertainment.
"I promise!"
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And Astrid had meant to keep that promise. Really, she had. But with each hour that had passed until the dance started, she had found herself more and more drawn to the event until, by the time it did start, she found herself pulling out a pretty-but modest-pink dress she had bought in the hopes of wearing it to the dance. Putting it on, she made sure that no-one was watching and sneaked out of the convent.
There's really no harm in it, Astrid assured herself, pulling her hair out of it's tight bun and letting it fall around her shoulders, Mother Superior never needs to know as long as I'm back before dawn!
Soon she arrived at the Dance, and it was everything she'd hoped it would be. People in beautiful dresses and handsome tuxedo's were dancing on the polished floor, music pulsed from speakers on the stage of the hall, and the room was filled with the sound of laughter and happiness.
Smiling softly to herself, Astrid walked over to the refreshments table at the side of the room and got herself a non-alcoholic drink. She started up a conversation with Mary Margaret Blanchard-who was wearing a beautiful violet dress with spaghetti straps that hung from her shoulders, and beautiful mock-diamond studs in her ears-who told her that she was delighted that she had come.
"I didn't think Mother Superior was letting any of you out of the convent tonight!" she said, and Astrid almost choked on her drink.
"Oh, well, uh...s-she changed her mind" darn it! She'd never been good at lying.
Mary Margaret's green eyes narrowed at the nun, her red lips parting in suspicion. Astrid was just about to run for it when, out of nowhere, she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Excuse me" said a deep, male voice. Astrid turned, and had to forcefully stop herself from gasping aloud when she saw the man who was stood behind her, for he was, without a doubt, the most beautiful man she had ever seen!
His skin was pale, almost as pale as Mary Margaret's, but looked as smooth as porcelain and stretched gracefully over his high cheekbones. His hair was an extraordinary raven black, and was just a little long, so that a small part of it hung over his forehead and almost fell into his ice blue eyes. He was tall too, at least a head taller than David Nolan, and was wearing a beautiful black suit that would rival any of Mr Golds collection.
Astrid heard a chuckle, and looked away from the mans body-which was creating sensations in her that were not at all appropriate for a woman of the cloth!-and up to his face, where she saw an amused smile gracing his full red lips, which were pulled apart so she could see a hint of his pearly white teeth.
"My lady, I was wondering if you would like to dance?" he said, his voice as smooth as velvet and utterly enticing. When Astrid looked down, she saw that he had a strong looking hand stretched out to her.
"I...uh..." Astrid stammered, knowing that she should refuse-she was a nun for goodness' sake!-but something about the man was...completely overpowering, and, almost as of it had a mind of it's own, her hand placed itself into the handsome mans and she allowed herself to be led onto the dance floor. Once there, one of the strangers hands went around her waist while the other took her left hand, pulling her close to his chest as the speakers move onto a slow song.
She wanted to ask him his name, ask why she hadn't seen him around Storybrooke before, but she seemed to be incapable of speech, and could only let him waltz her around the room.
All at once, the handsome stranger pulled her away from his body and started to spin her, slowly at first, but then gathering speed until Astrid started to feel dizzy, she tried to tell him to stop but all that came out of her mouth was a gasp.
Faster and faster he spun her, until the inside of the town hall became nothing but a brightly coloured blur. Those watching the dancers paused in their own steps when they saw the smoke emanating from the nun's feet, some of them gasping in shock.
"Oh my God!" cried Ruby Lucas, pulling away from her dance partner, Billy "She's on fire!"
"Somebody help her!" Mary Margaret shouted as the smoke became so thick that neither Astrid nor the man could be seen. But all at once, the man stopped spinning the young woman, and quickly-far too quickly-the smoke cleared. Everyone in the town hall stared in shock when they saw that Astrid's dance partner was standing alone, and right in front of him-almost exactly where he'd been spinning the young woman-a large, black scorch mark was burned into the floor.
It was at that moment that everyone realised that Mother Superior had been right. The man standing before them was clearly no ordinary man: He was the Devil, and he had spun Astrid to Hell.
O.k, this was originally gonna be the Blue Fairy's legend, but I changed my mind because "Gullible and easily led" didn't really fit her character. Also, I never took her to be a rule breaker, so I'm still on the look-out for a legend for her so if there are any reviewers that know of any good ones for her please PM me.
Until then, as usual, if there are any other legends you wanna see (with other characters) you can PM me for that too.