OS 10 : My friend, my sister.
Part 1 : I just want one last dance.
Warnings :Murder.
Belle/Rapunzel friendship.
The witch of the tower frowned, being deeply annoyed.
Well, for sure, she didn't expect it at all, and she had to recognize it, she didn't like it either.
Looking again into her mirror, she could just face the cold and cruel reality.
Belle, well, indeed, the Beast, as she was now called, lying on her bed, with a man just above her, who just woke her up, as he took from her the point that was still in her finger.
And which was, in fact, supposed to keep her still asleep for one century, until her death.
Except that fate just took a detour from its initial road, that wasn't supposed to happen.
The witch cursed, grimacing to what she was seeing, and which happened just two hours before.
It shouldn't have ever happened.
All her plans were just right now destroyed.
And yet, everything began well, she made this deal with Rumplestiltskin, in exchange of his daughter, Rapunzel, who was now living in the tower, with her, and who was beginning to learn magic, even though she didn't like it.
The old man left, cursed Belle, and the rest of the kingdom, and nothing should have changed until hundred years, at least.
Except that a certain prince interfered with a story with was not his business.
The witch grimaced again, realizing more and more that she was forced to act in this story, in a more direct way, and not let things happen.
Which meant that she had to send Rapunzel kill the Beast, and then free the young woman, who would accept to do it just in exchange of her freedom.
The old woman who lived during already many centuries sighed.
Too bad, she was a good apprentice.
§§§§
The young woman first refused.
And then, the witch told her about what was going to happen, if Belle again did bad stuff, behaving as the Beast.
And Rapunzel then understood that she didn't have other choices.
It had been since three years that Belle was asleep, three years that Rapunzel was not there anymore, that she didn't come back to the court, and obviously, well, people were going to talk about her return.
But she didn't care.
It didn't matter, the rumors which were probably going to be on her, her heart was already breaking because of the simple idea of what she was going to be forced to do, all the gossips and all commentaries about her didn't matter for her.
Belle was her friend, her best friend, but she was the Beast too, a monster, bloodthirsty too.
It was what she had to do, what would be the best for the other, for the kingdom.
It didn't make all this story less painful.
Rapunzel was now twenty-one, one year older than Belle, and to return there was kind of… disturbing.
Because she was seen as the daughter of the monster, of the one who cursed the poor little princess (no, the queen, the queen, so, the king was dead, right, did Belle kill him ? Yes, of course she did) and people were looking at her with suspicious.
Even if Belle welcomed her with open arms.
But Rapunzel, well, she knew.
She knew what her father had to sacrifice to be able to save the kingdom, shit, she was even the living proof of what he had to give up for them.
But them, they had no idea of it.
§§§§
A ball was going to be organized.
A ball to which Rapunzel would participate, just as Belle, obviously.
A ball during which she would have to kill her friend, her sister.
(She already hated herself.)
But it was the only way to protect the kingdom, to protect Belle against herself too.
(Rapunzel really wished there was another way.)
The evening was long, and magnificent too, and, despite the threat being more or less on her (the one of the Beast, of course) Rapunzel succeeded to have some fun.
After all, it had been since three years that, except the witch, she saw no human face – none which was really friendly, in fact.
So, even if she was completely focused on her future task, the one she had to do, well, she tried not to get annoyed, with success.
But, the most time passed, the most the more or less forced, more or less real smile, that Rapunzel had on her face, became less big, as she felt that soon, she would have to act.
Soon, her and Belle would be alone.
And there, she would have no other choice.
She looked discretely at the dagger she had on her, which was hidden, and she almost screamed.
This story was not going to get a happy ending…
§§§§
They were two, now, in the room of the ball, and it was as if they were alone in the world, Rapunzel just feeling relaxed that the Beast wasn't there.
Rapunzel was afraid, it was true, but, when Belle approached her, she did everything so she wouldn't show her she was.
"A dance ? She proposed to her friend, the one she had since forever, just as it used to be, when they were children, before Belle's magic woke up, before she became a woman, and that her beauty acted as a charm on everyone, men and women.
And Belle began to smile.
- Of course, she told her."
The dance lasted since already some minutes, when Rapunzel began to cry.
Her friend was going to ask her what was wrong, when suddenly, her breath stopped, and she gave a choked look to Rapunzel, who just stabbed her into her belly, at this moment.
Blood began to flow abundantly, and Belle looked at her friend with pain :
"Why… Rapunzel, why ?
- I did what I had to do, she whispered with a half-certitude, as the queen was falling on the ground. I did what I had to do, she repeated, falling as her."
§§§§
They were going to kill her.
Rapunzel, after she committed her crime, ran away, using the window, and she heard then the other' screams.
"Find her ! Find Rumplestiltskin's daughter ! She murdered the queen.
- I'm sorry Belle, she whispered for herself, sobbing. But it had to be your life, instead of the one of the other inhabitants of the kingdom. Forgive me, please."
And her and her father, that she finally found, with a wolf, ran away from the kingdom, as fast as possible.
