Hey guy's! It's been so long, and I'm sooooooo sorry. but school was so much work and I had a lot of bad stuff happening at home, which I don't want to bother you guys with, but anyways. I'm participating in this month's NaNoWriMo! I'm really excited, and it's the first time I do this. I'm not seriously taking part, but a few of my friends and myself are doing this right now. I'll probably upload once in the three, four days, but expect the first week to be a bit rocky since I have a test week. I apologize in advance for any mistakes. Please review, because because that'll keep me going this month. If you have any ideas or prompts, please let me know! I'm always happy to steal, as quoting the writers of this show. ;) Enjoy!
When I wake, it's as if I've run 10 kilometres without any training. Every muscle in my body hurts. I slowly open my eyes to examine my surroundings. I'm in a dark room, laying on a cold, flat surface. When trying to move I discover I'm strapped down. I groan, not being able to speak.
"Don't move, or I'll knock you out again." A harsh voice comes from a dark corner of the room. I squint my eyes, and see a broad figure moving towards me. He's wearing a mask, covering his face, and big gloves. Then suddenly a bright light appears above me, and I close my eyes to shut it out. I know what is coming next. Taking a deep breath, I mentally prepare myself for the pain.
"They tortured me for weeks. Burning me with hot iron, stretching my limbs, he'd even beat me with a stick. And not once did Snow show her face. I have a faint memory of hearing Charming talk, but I was not conscious enough to hear what they were saying."
Tears are streaming down her face now. Her breath is fast, and I can hear her heartbeat increase. Instinctively I put my hand on hers, to calm her down, but she flinches, and I drop my hand. She doesn't trust me. She doesn't trust anyone anymore. With sadness filled eyes I lift her chin to get her to look at me.
"I'll tell you no more. You understand what happened. And it is in the past."
She nods, and wipes away her tears, trying to get a hold of herself. "All right, but there are still things I need to know. Firstly, how did you get here? How come no one recognizes you?"
"Pff, fine. Number 1. Hades. He saved from that rotten place. He just came, grabbed me, and went. No idea why, but I've been stuck here ever since. Number 2. As he told me when kidnapping me, he said that in honour of my record, he made everyone forget my face. Not me, not that he took me, just my face. Again, clueless as to why." I spit out the words as if I'd been repeating them since I was here. Not that I have. She blinks, overwhelmed by this sudden stream of information.
"What the … Why in the world would he do that. He has no need for you."
"Well, thanks. Appreciated. Maybe he has this secret plan to take over the world. That's also why I tried to escape."
"Because you were afraid he had a secret plan to take over the world?"
"No, of course not! Because I didn't know his motives for taking me! Jeez…"
I let out a chuckle and let my eyes drift over her face. She's not crying anymore, but still has tears on her face. I wipe them off, and she lays her hand on mine.
"I missed you…"
"I missed you too. Please don't leave me here." She looks at me as if I have two heads.
"Why in the world would I leave you here?! Are you crazy?" She has a firm grasp on my hand, and I whimper a little bit.
"Gina, my hand. Auw, auw!" She quickly lets go.
"Sorry, you just piss me off sometimes."
I stick out my tongue. "Oh shut it you!"
She looks daringly at me, but before she makes a move she stops herself.
"I have to ask you something." I nod. "Do you know the person who led the rebellion? We came here on the advice of someone who was part of it, but it doesn't seem to lead anywhere yet."
I take a step back. The playful atmosphere from before is gone, and though I understand why she asks, it still saddens me a bit.
"I don't just know her. I am her." "What? But I thought- You said-" "In my own defence, I never actually said something. I just didn't answer the question" I smirked at her, but it isn't returned. "How could you not tell me? This is important! We need to find a way out of here and if you ever came close we need to know how!"
"Sorry." I don't want to get angry. I used to have temper issues, but I got over them. So I'm keeping my calm right now. I look at her with a blank face, and I can see her feeling guilt. She takes a step back, because in her rage she stepped nose to nose with me.
"You know, I didn't want to tell you. Because it failed. It didn't work."
"It might work for us. What happened?"
"I gathered around 30 people. Most were worried they'd go someplace worse, and I convinced them I could help to get out of the Underworld. Of course they were dead, so it'd never work, but that's beside the point. So we had this whole plan to get into Hades 'palace', as you might call it an we got in. Our goal was to find a hidden doorway, which is written about in Greek mythology, that would lead to the world of the living. But it doesn't exist. All of the people who joined Hades has locked up, and he enclosed me in the Underworld, with a tracker to monitor my every move. So I can't leave without getting that off first."
Regina looks defeated.
"What are we going to now? This only made things more complicated. Well, whatever we're going to do, we need Emma's help, so lets go and find her."
"The blonde? Okay, cool. I like her, she's hot."
I dodge a hand headed for my head and run downstairs. Regina follows me, and together we walk out onto the street.
"Your house is pretty nice.
""Thanks, Hades dumped me in it when I got here."
She laughs, which makes me smile as well. Oh god I missed you.
"Where are we going anyways?"
"Snow's loft, it's probably where they are." Regina's gets a bit uncomfortable when she mentions Snow's name.
"Are you angry with them?", I ask carefully, because she's usually a bit prickly when she talks about someone she dislikes.
"Yes. No. I don't know. It's wrong what they did, but I got so far in my relationship with Snow that it'd be a shame if we lost that again."
"Yeah, I get that. And I don't want to create a rift between you two. No matter how weird that relationship is."
She chuckles, but then her face falls. She looks at me with such a destroying look, that I immediately shrink into myself, and take a few steps back.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"There are 30 people locked up in Hades' dungeons because of you stupid plan?! Are you crazy?!"
She enters the building and races up the stairs, with me on her tail.
"Regina, I-", I start, but she knocks on the door, a bit louder than necessary, and the blonde, ehh, Emma, opens the door. Regina storms inside, almost knocking Emma of her feet, and I follow slowly and quietly.
"Woah, is something wrong Regina?" Inside face palm. Aren't you like her friend? DON'T YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO LEAVE HER ALONE WHEN SHE'S ANGRY?!
"What does it look like, Miss Swan?" The ice-cold tone makes me shiver in my heels. I wear heels to pretend I'm older. And longer. Besides the point. Where was I? Right, Regina's mad.
"Miss Hothead over here ensured 30 souls to be locked up forever. But of course she doesn't break a sweat about it."
"That's not true! I do feel guilty! And since when do you care about the dead? If you want to know so badly, I did it for you. Because I wanted to come back to you! Not just because I love you, but because I wanted to unsure you didn't kill yourself, or everyone on the planet!"
"I never had any plans to kill myself! I was just waiting for you to come back…" Regina is crying by now, and I feel tears in my own eyes as well.
"I know dear. And that's why I did it."
Emma's look of confusion has spread until her toes by now, and is only growing bigger. "So you two do know each other from before the curse? How? Who are you?"
She looks at me, and then at Regina. I open my mouth to say something, but Regina's quicker.
"She was my right-hand soldier. And the most deadly assassin in the enchanted forest."
I can't help but notice the was in her sentence. I look at her with hurt in her eyes, but she doesn't look at me. Then I hear a noise from upstairs. I look up a fraction before everyone else, due to my excellent hearing, and see Snow coming down the stairs, with big eyes looking at me. Once she's down she walks straight towards me and stops just in front.
"It's you, isn't it?
""You'll have to be a bit more specific dear."
"The lady of Maren."
I smirk at her with every ounce of evilness I have in my being, and step right up in her personal space. I let my hand trail the figures of her face, and respond.
"I prefer Raena. But you can call me Rae. Princess."