A/N: Before I start writing this, I need to say something. I am pretty much done with what is on ABC right now. I'm not just talking about SwanQueen. I am GDMF tired of investing heart and soul into a TV series, any series and have the producers use creative license to kill off a character. There was a time when someone was written out of a show, they would be sent to Aunt Bertha's or something like that.
This week, Disney/ABC (who owns the show, not I. Disclaimer done) is getting a lot of mileage with a hashtag #OneWillDie. I'll tell you what will die...and want, need, or desire to watch OUAT, The ABC Television Network, or TV in general. It has come to this.
My fic will continue no matter (this, I am sure comes as a disappointment to many), and in MY fics, I will not be killing off anyone (no this does not limit my options...it frees them.).
This is the final chapter in volume one.
A note about the Shadow People: They came from Episode 44 of a radio show called The Hall of Fantasy. called "The Shadow People" by Richard Thorne. I'll give him that credit, since I do not know the producers of the show.
I'll start on Volume II VERY soon. Please review.
One more thing. Regular=Regina, Henry, OC Holly, and OC Maddie at the Mansion.
Bold=The Book.
Italics=The action ongoing.
Got it? Good...Movin' on...
Update: This will be published AFTER "The Miller's Daughter." No matter what happens on TV, everyone is safe here. I promised. That includes Cora
Update 2: Lets just say that by the time this story started, someone gave Regina a hug!
VOLUME 1 Final Chapter
Holly's POV
"So...what the hell ARE shadow people anyway?" I wanted to know because Henry read about them in that book, Mallie and everyone else could be in trouble, and Regina was the only thing stopping me from getting out there. And SHE was pretty antsy herself. Don't say I blame her because of her answer...
"Ok...you know I told you about the wraith that tried to get me...?" I nodded. She continued.
"Shadow People are worse. Emma calls wraiths soul suckers, and for once she's accurate. They pull the soul out of your body and eat it. Shadow People are worse. They go for everything, body and all.
I cringed when hearing of this. And those things were the ones that got this Nova person. The one that Mallie, Emma and the others were trying to rescue. I cringed even more when she finished the thought.
"I know of only one thing who could command the shadows. And it's not the dark one. He does go by several names. Abaddon...Pocker...Mammon...Old scratch..."
"Satan...?" Again, Madison proved she was the smartest person in the room..
But the devil? The devil is REAL?
"Guys..." Henry wanted to finish the story...
The Shadows surrounded the heroes. They seemed like human shadows, dark...alive. This is what they do..surround you, let you know they can take you at anytime, then strike.
Their first target was Emma. They may be shadows, but their actions were painful. The shadows knew that the power of the White Knight would be diminished without the darker power of the Evil Queen. They attacked Emma's legs first. Snow and David tried to pull their daughter free from the grip of the Shadows but to no avail. Red went wolf, hoping sharp teeth could do the trick. Tiny realized that brute strength could not hold a force that grab you, but you could not even touch them.
And all through this the Blue and Pink Fairies were holding each other, frightened to near death. Leroy clung to his love, maybe hoping that could hold the shadows off...
Maleficent's POV
It isn't easy.
The last time I did this transition quick was chasing the Prince in that castle. The transition takes time...and that I don't have.
But there was motivation...
Regina, who was my friend when no one else would be...
Emma...the noblest woman I ever fought, the kindest woman I ever cared for.
Snow and her prince. I never told them how much they meant to me...maybe this might be the time to show them...
There was Leroy, the fairies, the new one Tiny.
And Holly. I wanted to get back to her. I wanted her to be proud of me...I want to show her how much I...
Yes...I do love her..
It hurts.
It's the only transition I do. It hurts and it takes a lot out of me, But I did it. Full dragon form.
More time...it doesn't come automatically, but I can make it come. For them.
I can see the shadows and I can hear the screams.
Now or never.
I force a blast towards them...hot hitting them, I know they'll feel the heat...Yes! The light from the fire blasted the shadows.
They're reforming. Takes a lot out of me...Another blast...
The shadows are shredding. The guys are fleeing...shadows reforming...another fire blast.
The shadows are shredding more. One more blast of fire. The light should kill for now...One...long...blast...
The blast of fire was the longest and most sustained. Probably the longest she had ever let out. But the light of the fire destroyed the shadows, or at least made it so that they did not return.
Any celebration would have to wait. The ogres and trolls were cuffed. David and Red agreed to take care of them at sheriff's headquarters. The Prince and the Big Bad Wolf kissed both Snow and Emma before the White Knight magicked the lot away. Blue, Nova, and Leroy also said their goodbyes. Something about the three of them having a long talk...
This left Snow and Emma alone. They called for Mallie. No answer. Then not too far away they saw a prone body. A nude woman with long blonde hair. They ran to the body and when they got there, they knew who it was.
Maleficent. Out cold.
Regina's POV
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
I tried to console Holly...it was near impossible. I tried to tell her that transforming into a dragon takes a lot out of her. She was probably exhausted. But how could this girl know all this. Last week she live a normal life in a normal city, Now she's fallen in love with a dragon.
Even I have a hard time with that line.
It took all three of us to get Holly to a point where she wasn't hyperventilating. However I understood. I had lost a lover, a father, a mother...I know the feeling. But I know things would be alright.
That was until Henry said the book stopped writing.
Holly's POV
This I did NOT need.
A part of me wanted to go right back Boston. A part of me would have been very willing to give up my repaired heart so I could just go back, take care of Chicken, and corral rugrats all day. A part of me just wanted to leave all this fairytale bullshit back in the books where the came from.
The part that overruled that was the part that was in love with Judge Maleficent Crow. The part that felt my heart crumbling again, not from some degenerate heart condition, but from the possibility that I would lose the one person who actually loved me back.
And now...no...I didn't want to think it. In a town filled with miracles, there had to be one more.
That was when the living room of Regina's mansion suddenly filled with red, white, and green smoke.
And when the smoke cleared, I knew I had my miracle.
There was my Mallie, flanked by Emma and Snow. She was weak, she looked like she was about to faint, but she was alright.
After Mallie was placed on the sofa, Regina almost tackled Emma, embraced her and kissed her passionately, Henry bolted to hug her grandma. And I walked over to the person who held my heart.
"Don't you ever do that to me again," I nagged. My falling tears betrayed me.
Mal weakly raised The Finger in reply. He smile and her tears betrayed her.
Then when I sat and kissed her, I just felt like magic. Maybe because it was.
And as Chicken looked at as all, shaking her head while smiling broadly, for one silent moment, we we one happy family.
Once upon a time...
There was a city named Boston that once held dragons and sorcerers and various beasts. They never knew they existed because their war was held in another dimension.
It did lose two of its own through love, the most powerful force in the world.
There was mayor and a sheriff who loved each other very much. They would die to protect the other. And their son. And their town. They had no idea how close they would come to that.
There was a young woman who a had a niece who fell in love with an extraordinary woman. A woman who was once the epitome of evil. But as the younger woman melts in the arms of the older one, she does not feel evil. She feels the power of true love. A power they will both need...
There once was a king who had a diabolical plan to give him great power in a new land. His plan was going well until he was informed that a key to his plan was liberated by combined forces of good and evil. When he ended his communication, he pressed the red button ending his call, looked deeply into the fires in the fireplace. Then he made a call..
"Yes...this is Spencer."
"Yes, things are not going as planned. We're going to have to go to plan B."
"Yes. You know which package...find it, pick it up...and deliver it. Now!"
With that, Albert Spencer pressed the red button again, placed the phone in his suit pocket, and drank his glass of sherry.
There was a older woman who had done much viciousness. She wanted redemption. She could not see with her eyes, but what she could see with her could she could communicate to others.
And what she saw was frightening. Everyone needed to see it. Almost everyone did.
For there was a woman who did not come into town often. She stayed in her home with her husband. But her husband was in the hospital. And she could not visit.
And as she sat in her chair reading, she could not see the approaching shadows until they engulfed her and captured her.
She was paralyzed from speech. Black smoke surrounded her, and when the smoke cleared, she looked like she was laying on a gurney in what looked like the inside of an ambulance truck. There were several men surrounding her prone body, and one woman. The older woman looked up, and noticed the younger, with dark hair and hazel eyes. The older woman recognized the younger with a tinge of horror.
"Eva...?"
The younger woman touched the older woman's forehead. And everything for the older woman went black.
And outside, black smoke emveloped the ambulance. And then the smoke and the truck vanished.
And so began the final battle.
End of Volume 1.
Volume 2 will commence shortly as a separate entry
To all who have helped, especially Holly M., and to all who have commented. Thank you. See you on the other side...
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