Baby Arachne never cried. That was the first thing Bliss and Elsa noticed about the little girl that was put into their charge.
Actually, no. The first thing the fairies noticed was the soul of the child, and the curse that was latched upon it. The child was a snow baby, cursed to have a frozen heart and the powers of ice. But strangely enough, she had another curse cast upon her, possibly by a dark fairy mad about not being able to curse the poor innocent thing. Arachne was "gifted" with the communication and control of spiders, perhaps the reason for her namesake or an ironic spell cast by a dark fairy. Mira and Viv shuddered when they heard this, picturing the baby having black, hairy spiders crawling all over her. Bliss and Elsa explained that it was a form of Freddie's talents with furry animals, except the girl would only be able to communicate with spiders. Snow and spiders, a double whammy.
Blair rushed over when she heard the news, along with an out of breath fairy named Salya, the same one who lightened Blair's curse.
"I can try to help the poor girl, but with so many bad things placed upon her, it could be difficult to unwind the dark magic wrapped around her," the new fairy explained to a worried Bliss and Elsa. Children were only placed in the care of fairy godmothers in the story of Sleeping Beauty, but this was an entirely new curse, one never before seen in Beau Rivage.
Only told of in the darkest of fairytale books, it tells of a girl who has the powers of ice, but who's heart slowly begins to freeze until she suddenly has a heart of ice and murders her entire family to take over the kingdom and become queen.
Salya holds her wand above Arachne and begins to chant. Mira prays to whatever god will listen, hoping that they'll help make the spell work.
A white light begins to shine out of Salya's wand and lands on the peacefully sleeping Arachne, making her look white as snow. "I ask to be able to lighten this child's load, her curses, her burdens. Arachne Bay Evansley, may your heart full of ice thaw at the hint of true love's kiss. One kiss and your ice shall melt. May you demonstrate control of your ice powers at an early age, preparing you for being aware and not accidentally hurting those you love and care for. May you only use your control over spiders for good uses and purposes, not for cruel jokes or pranks. May your Prince find you and save you little one, before all is too late."
An icy chill fills the room, washing over all in the little house. Mira shivers, and Bliss takes Elsa's hand. Salya bows her head, completely exhausted from the spell she just performed. Elsa escorts her to the guest bedroom, soon-to-be nursery of Arachne.
Mira picks the child up from her basket and rocks her with the utmost care, already falling hard for the cute, angelic face. "She going to be treated like a spoiled princess, all right. Arachne's such a mouthful. Any nickname suggestions?"
Blair steps around an upset Viv and comes up to Mirabelle and the baby. "Ari?"
Bliss pats Blair on the shoulder. "Ari is perfect."
Mira kisses the soft forehead of the sleeping child. "Welcome to the family, Ari. You're going to be well taken care of here, I promise."
Mira wakes up in the middle of the night, feeling as though she's being watched. She rolls over to go back to sleep, shaking off the strange feelings she's having, when she catches sight of Blue sitting in her window nook through her mirror. She screams and jumps out of bed, startling Blue and making him crash to the floor.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Mira shout-whispers, trying to not wake her godmothers or baby Ari.
Blue shrugs up at her from the hardwood floors. "Watching you sleep."
Mira frowns and takes a step away. "That's extremely creepy, Blue."
He makes his way slowly to his feet and snarls at her. "I bet you'd find it endearing if it was Freddie watching you sleep."
Her eyebrows crease together at his threatening tone. "Control yourself, Blue Valentine. And no, definitely not. I'd find it extremely creepy if he did it too."
Her boyfriend crosses his arms and stares at her through the dark. After a few moments of silence, he sighs and uncrosses his arms, letting them dangle at his sides. "Sorry Mare. I'm just really wound up right now."
Mirabelle raised an unimpressed eyebrow. "By staring at me during the night and accusing me of wanting Freddie to watch me sleep?"
Blue flinches at her cold tone. "My dad is sending me away to boarding school in England. He thinks that now that my curse is broken, I should have a real life, spent going to school and making non-cursed friends."
Mira's mouth opens in shocks. "It's because of your lightened curse, isn't it? This is all my fault!"
Blue laughs, startling Mira out of her self-blame. "Are you serious? You made my life worth living, Mirabelle. I finally got to kiss you without sucking the life out of you. Imagine, me getting to kiss the girl of my dreams whenever I want? You've made my life magical."
Mira wiped away a stray tear. "And now you're leaving."
Blue pursed his lips. "I don't want us to have to suffer through a long distance relationship. I think that you should give me my key card back. You deserve better than having to wait for me, and I've seen the way you look at Freddie."
This was a side of Blue that Mirabelle had never seen before. It was almost like she was talking to a different person.
Mira nodded reluctantly and walked into her spacious closet. Inserting the key to the locked box, Mira cautiously took out the key card and handed it over to Blue. When she had finally pulled away and wasn't touching the Dream key card, her mind was wiped. She fought to remember the number of Blue's cursed suite but couldn't. She gasped in shock and a blinding smile overtook her face. There was no chance of her ever getting murdered by Blue.
Looking at her soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend's rejected face, she reached over and brushed her fingers along his stony expression. She lightly kissed him on the mouth, once, twice, three times before finally pulling away and escorting him to her front door.
"I love you," she whispered out into the dark night as Blue walked away.
"I love you more," Blue calls back.
A/N- I can't believe how much support I've been given over this story, considering that I didn't even know this many people read Kill Me Softly fanfictions. Sorry about not updating in a while, but school is sucking the life out of me! I'll try to update soon, pinky promise!