Alright here's the Freedom ending~!
Crisp, cold night time air filled the seemingly lonely town, a rather sombre ink black sky hung above Beauty's head. Neither a star nor the moon appeared, she lacked anything familiar to her. Then again the whole situation was anything but familiar to her. Cheating, alcohol, and intense amounts of risks and dangers that lingered around every corner. Yes, it all could have been avoidable; she could have lived a stable and calm life in Fable town with the ones she known throughout all the good and bad times in her lifetime. But maybe that was it, she knew everyone and everything, it was too familiar. Beauty knew her husband like the back of her hand. He was too predictable…
She loved him, and she would always love him until her dying day… But she felt trapped. And truth be told, the woman was trapped, trapped in her old job, trapped in Fable town, trapped in a routine and trapped in her life. She was like a cannery locked away in a cage wanting to spread its wings and fly. Life was hard and she hated that about life, she didn't want to work in a shady hotel where people exchanged money for sex right above her, but she had to, to earn money, simply because that was life. But why should life be that? Why life should be working hard and getting barely anything in return? doing stuff you don't like just to get by, have various Fables get sent to the farm because they can't afford Glamour. That wasn't the life Beauty wanted.
To Beauty, it was time to say goodbye to that life. It was an unfair and cruel life, it was time to break the chains that kept her tied down, unlock the cage and fly.
Walking down the surprisingly empty streets she made her way to the pawnshop. It was the last place she wanted to go it. It was a depressing place and the Fable who ran it was no better…but it seemed like her only hope, she needed to seek true freedom and happiness…no matter what the costs were.
She passed a fable who was cussing under her breath angrily. It must had been a common thing that occurred in the shop, it was run by Crooked mans goons…all the more reason she had to come here.
Sure enough Jersey was there, the smug ugly look on his face was enough to make her vomit. At least he was in glamour, a slightly more pleasant thing to look at but not by much. Gulping nervously she entered the miserable pawn shop.
The Jersey devil lit up a cigarette and took a long drag, upon seeing Beauty enter his lips formed a lopsided smile. "Long time no see Beauty," he laughed. Smoke leaving his mouth as he chuckled. Beauty resisted every urge to cuss him out, she hated Jersey. All the times he called her and Beast demanding money they didn't have scared her and Beast senseless. "Ya better have that damn cash on you, its closing time." he huffed. "If I got to listen to your god awful answering machine one more time-" Jersey stopped himself and gave Beauty a glare, awaiting a reason.
Feeling her small frame starting to tense up she straighten her back. "I-I want to talk to Bloody Mary." Beauty managed to say.
Jersey's eye brows raised in slight surprise, surely he must be thinking she was a madwoman. Who in their right mind would actually want to talk to Bloody Mary willingly? Well the answer to that question was Beauty. The woman desired to talk to her again, after the cruel fight with Beast she hasn't seen her since. Jersey took another drag of his cigarette and shrugged. "Well she ain't here,"
"Then where is she?" asked Beauty.
"The hell if I know," he grumbled irritated. "Now you got the damn money or not?"
She buckled her brows in frustration; her dainty hands became a fist. "I want to talk to her." Beauty demanded yet again.
The Jersey devil let his cigarette drop to the ground. He then stomped it out and gritted his teeth. "Look toots, I ain't in the mood to deal with cunts." A white glow appeared from him, shortly the ginger haired man was replaced with a glamour-less monster. Her body shook in fear, her heart raced wildly as he got closer to her face. "Now, do you have the money or not?" he asked again.
Her hands shook as she reached into her pockets; she pulled out a stack on dollar bills. Around four hundred…it was all she had left. His mouth made was she supposed to be a smile, his clawed fingers grasped the stack of bills and took from out of her hand.
"Pleasure doing business with you," Jersey crackled cruelly, "See ya next time."
Beauty narrowed her blue eyes at him. "Now can I see Bloody Mary?" she asked again.
Jersey flashed his fangs at her. "Look, I don't give a shit about who you want to talk to, if there ain't anything in it for me or Crooked man count me out."
A soft sight escaped her plump lips as she undid the diamond necklace Bloody Mary had given her. Back when she lived a life of no worries and wealth, she was surrounded by diamonds and jewels just like this one. Over time Beauty learned about how much each gem was worth, and this diamond alone was worth somewhere in the thousands. Thrusting the necklace into Jersey's face she then spoke again. "Now can I see her?"
Taking the necklace Jersey clicked his tongue as he went over it. "Hmmmm, well I suppose a little payment to see her wouldn't be too much trouble." he snickered. "Just wait here, I'll fetch that psychopath for ya, what's your deal anyway with her?" he asked turning around. "You got a death wish? HA!" he laughed to himself. Beauty could do nothing but cross her arms and wait.
Jersey removed a cover which soon revealed an old and dusty mirror. No it wasn't magic, but there was something unsettling about it. "You know what? You say it." He ordered.
"Excuse me?"
"Say her goddamn name five times in the fucking mirror. I sure as hell ain't." he grumbled.
Taking a deep breath she approached the mirror and wiped off the dust. "Bloody Mary," her voice sounded so raw.
'Am I really doing this?'
"Bloody Mary,"
'Is this the right choice?'
"Bloody Mary,"
'What will she be like?'
"Bloody Mary,"
'I'm putting myself at risk here…'
"Bloody Mary,"
She said one last time; she bit into her lower lip. Fear took over her body, never in her life had Beauty ever felt so tense. After waiting for a few moments a dark blue light emitted from the mirror. Beauty jumped back in shock as it glowed brighter and brighter. It was like something out of a horror movie, an old mirror, a odd magical glowing light, and lastly the way she appeared from it… everything made her body send shivers down her spine. Soon enough a full body emerged from the mirror. There she was, in the flesh and blood, Bloody Mary.
Her amber eyed woman smiled slyly and lowered her eyelids ate the blonde woman. "It's been awhile," Mary greeted.
Beauty swallowed the saliva in her mouth, anxiety filled her mind. The blonde woman tried to think of the right words to say. "u-uhh…" was all she could stutter. Beauty was truly at a lost here, the red clad woman made her choice…but how would she go about telling Bloody Mary about it.
Like many times before Mary shushed her by placing a finger on her lips. "You don't need to talk."
Beauty gently swatted her finger away. "N-no, I want too…",finally managing to speak actual words.
Bloody Mary let out a sigh. "Go ahead," she grumbled. "If it about your debt you should be talking to Jersey instead." Mary added giving Jersey a quick glare before returning to Beauty. "Go on, I'm waiting." Mary urged.
Taking a slow and steady deep breath Beauty then spoke. "I…I wanted to see you again-"
"Of course, once you have me you're always come back." Bloody Mary declared in a cocky manner. "I know how to show a real good time."
She let Beauty continue. "Your right, ever since I gotten in this town I had to give up everything. My wealth, castle, and my happiness." she explained. "And I hate it, I miss it all… I worked hard to try to just get by, but that wasn't enough…I took out a loan to try to make me feel a little more like home-"
"And you still owe me," Jersey interrupted, but after getting yet another cold and cruel stare from Bloody Mary he then shut up.
"I then had to work even harder to pay off that loan, it was awful. I felt like I was chained to the debt, Fable town and my marriage. I don't think I even remembered what it was like to be happy or smile for the longest while." she ran a hand though her hair. "I hated my life, I wanted something better…I deserve better then living in a cheap apartment with a awful job-"
"Weren't you fired from Open arms?" It seemed Jersey's big fat mouth wasn't too pleasing for Beauty or Mary. Once again he stopped talking when a silver bullet nearly missed him, and pieced the wall.
"Don't think I won't sew that mouth of yours if you don't zip it," warned Mary.
Beauty cleared her throat. "I wanted more from life, as selfish as that seems… the life I had just wasn't enough. I was miserable, I-I don't think I could fake being happy much longer…"
Bloody Mary crossed her arms and raised an eye brow at the Fable. "Just where are you getting at?" she questioned. "I almost killed your husband, fucked up your apartment… yet you come to me?" she laughed. "Your certainty bolder and braver than I though you were."
"Then I met you," this statement visibility surprise Bloody Mary.
'Is that a good thing or a bad thing?'
"For the first time in forever I felt happy, you showed me how to enjoy life again. I never felt so free before… and I loved that feeling, I miss that feeling. Its like I was asleep and you woke me up." her heart raced wildly as Bloody Mary processed each word she spoke. God, why did this feel so hard?
"You know what I am right?" she asked taking a step closer to Beauty, her finger trailing up and down as she stroked her cheek. "All those Fables I've killed and wounded, the Fables I work along side with?"
"Y-yes," the woman replied, fighting the urge to flinch at Mary's cold touch.
The leather and jean wearing woman cocked her head slightly. "Does it… scare you?"
Now this was a bit of a tough question, and Bloody Mary's touch wasn't making it any easier to think. Did she scare her? Truth was, Beauty didn't know. Was it yes because, she was a murdered and worked alongside Fables who threaten her on more then one occasion? Or maybe she felt no fear to her. If Mary wanted to kill or hurt her by now she would had already done so by now. And maybe choosing Bloody Mary would result in her debt being forgotten about. Weighing the answers while trying to block out her touch (which was easier said then done) seemed impossible. Hopefully the wild woman would settle on a neutral answerer.
"I-I don't know, maybe a little?" Beauty confessed, her mouth feeling completely dry.
Finally Bloody Mary took a step back, holding back the urge to sigh in relief. Placing her hands in her hips which were hugged by well worn jeans Mary looked at her. "Anything else?"
Taking quick a moment to get her though process back on track, the shivers went away. "I never felt so free in my life, I was trapped in a cage... but you set me free, I want the life you live. No cares and no worries. That's the life I want." her heart raced with each word spoken. Out of fear of what Bloody Mary's reaction would be.
There was a long pause, no one saying anything else. All that lingered in the room was an awkward tension... Jersey being there didn't help.
"If you really want to be with me, your gonna have to give up a lot more then you think." Mary huffed shaking her head. "Your friends, family, anything of your old life you would completely have to give up." she informed. "Plus, you said your not even into women."
This felt like a test of how ready she was. Did she want to be with Bloody Mary? Yes, a thousand times yes. No Fable could give her the freedom like Mary could... But like all good things it came at a cost. Beast, Snow, Bigby and everyone else she ever known would soon just all become a faded memory, forgotten friendships and loves... all gone. It must be selfish of her to give that up for a life with Bloody Mary and all the luxuries she had, but for once Beauty though she deserve to be selfish.
"I'm more than willing." Beauty answered. "I have nothing left to lose, why not live it up and actually enjoy my life for once? And... I feel like I'm bisexual, maybe?" she added then took ahold of Bloody Mary's hand. For the first time since they met Beauty was the one to make a bold move since the two women met. "I-I know what I want now, I don't want to fallow the right path just because it's the right thing. I want to do what I want for once... and right now I want this more then anything else in the world."
Bloody Mary let out a soft chuckle then glance at Jersey. "Jersey?"
"Y-yes?"
"Why do you have that necklace?" Mary question. The Jersey devil glanced down at the diamond necklace in his claws.
"O-oh, this? I-I-"
"Give it back to Beauty, Now!" the woman demanded.
In a instant Jersey rushed over and thrusted the necklace at her. Beauty smiled, she always though it was a pretty necklace, and it would be a shame to have to give it up. As soon as she put the necklace back on Mary more or less flung herself at the blonde. Mary's lips pressed against Beauty's. She froze, almost tumbling over from the force. Like before her lips tasted salty and dangerous, Beauty placed her hands on Mary's shoulders, she was about to push her away until she remembered.
'No, I'm free... I can enjoy this.'
Beauty wrapped her arms around Bloody Mary and kissed back. Never in her life had she felt so alive. Yesterday she was a woman on the brink of being homeless and miserable, now she was kissing the most dangerous woman alive. Bloody Mary pulled away from Beauty, her eyes wide in excitement with a large smile on her face.
"Let's get married!"
"What?!" Beauty exclaimed.
"Maybe this will help you decide?" Mary kissed Beauty again, this time with a more rough and greater force, knocking them both ground to the dirty floors of the shop. Her hands wandered to her red jacket, unbuttoning it quickly. It was clear what was on her mind. Beauty could feel her body wanting the very same thing, but she pulled herself away from her lips.
"B-but-"
"Trust me," Bloody Mary reassured. "It's better when someone's watching."
Months later...
It was another seemingly dull night in Fable town, the air was full of cigarette smoke and cheap perfume. Fables and Mundies alike weren't doing anything exciting or wild, it was just another day. But to two lovers it was anything but just another day. In a penthouse a black car was parked in a parking lot. A "Just married" sign hung off the back. But the real excitement was the new married couple that had gotten married the past day.
A white wedding dress was tossed aside in a messy clump in the corner of a dimly lit room, two empty wine glasses rested on a nightstand fallowed by an empty bottle of white wine, a black pantsuit much like the dress was tossed aside, Red rose petals were scattered throughout the room, and the scent of sex was the strongest it's ever been.
Beauty's blue eyes slowly cracked open. She felt so exhausted from the night before. They were at it for hours, right after the "wedding". It may not had been a dream wedding seeing only Bloody Mary's boss and co-workers could attend, but in the end it was worth it. Blue eyes soon met with amber ones, both women shared a tired smile.
"Morning," Bloody Mary greeted.
"How long have you been up?" Mary shrugged and lit up a cigarette.
"Not sure, not like we let each other get much sleep anyway." she teased blowing a cloud of grey smoke. Even with the smell of smoke it didn't seen to cover up the lustful scent that filled the air. Beauty scooted closer to her and kissed her chin. "Maybe I'll skip work today,"
"That's the third time this month," Beauty reminded. "Crooked man isn't going to be pleased."
"Last time I've checked he's not my wife." Mary dropped her cigarette in an ashtray.
"Keep this up and your be in more debt than any Fable." she joked, the married couple exchanged a quick kissed.
"Okay, Okay, I'll go to work today, buuuuuut..."
"But what?"
"I got three hours until work starts, wanna make the best of it?"
And that's one of the three endings of this fic. I've figured I should do the BeautyXBloody Mary ending, because a lot of people really liked how I've portrayed Mary. Next is the Familiar ending.