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Urban Legends: Fairytale Style-Chapter 6

La Llorna

A crescent moon hung over Storybrooke high street, and Henry Mills was walking home as quickly as he could. The high street was deserted, and despite his efforts not to show it, the eeriness of the deserted street...well, it got to him, and he clutched the strap of his backpack tightly as he walked.

Normally, he wasn't this easily frightened, hence why his mom-the good Mayor of Storybrooke-let him walk home alone, but today, he had decided to spend the day around Paige's house. Somehow (probably because of him) they had gotten onto the subject of stories, and Paige had told him a spooky story that had chilled him to the bone:

"There was once a beautiful woman, her skin was fair, her black hair was thick and wavy, and she had eyes the colour of the sea" Paige had said in an ominous voice.

"She was married to an aged spinner, and mother to a small child, but while they both loved her, the woman was unhappy"

"Why?" Henry had asked, and Paige had grinned at him, leaning in closer, her voice dropping so that it was almost a whisper:

"She was unhappy, because her husband was a cripple. A self-inflicted limp to get him out of war, and although the woman had cared for him, when she found out about his cowardice, she was shamed, and began to hate the man. So much so that eventually, she left with a band of pirates. Leaving her crippled husband, and abandoning her son"

Out of the corner of his eye, something appeared in Henry's sight as he walked down the high street. With a quick, shocked intake of breath, he rapidly looked around the area, but of course he saw nothing.

But, as Henry well knew from his book, that didn't mean there wasn't anything there.

"Years passed" Paige had said "And the woman enjoyed the adventurous life of a pirate, eventually falling in love with the pirate captain and becoming a pirate queen. She thought her life was perfect, nothing could destroy her happiness...except her husband"

"The crippled one?" Henry had frowned, confused "What could he do?"

"Well, for starters he wasn't a cripple anymore" said Paige ominously, her eyes sparkling in the prettiest way...woah, concentrate Henry "No, in the years of his wife's absence, the cripple had gained a great power, the power to do anything he wished. To create anything he wanted, to make people do whatever he wanted...kill, anyone he wanted"

"Baelfire..."

Henry jumped, spinning around as he heard a strange whisper from behind him. With wide, terrified eyes, he looked around the whole high street again. Still nothing there. His bottom lip starting to wobble, and the ten year old quickened his pace, gripping his backpack strap like a vice.

"He killed her?" Henry had whispered, gasping in horror when Paige nodded.

"Despite all his power, the old spinner still held a grudge against his wife. He was furious that she had abandoned her only son, and so one day, he appeared on the pirates ship shortly after they had set sail. He demanded an explanation from his wife, but the pirate queen had none to give. All she could say was 'I'm sorry'.

"And so, in a fit of fury, the spinner used his new powers to plunge his hand into her chest, rip out her beating heart, and crush it between his fingers. Killing her instantly"

"Baelfire...Baelfire..."

Henry let out a sob, wanting to call out for help but finding himself unable. Something was following him, something that he couldn't see, but something that could definitely see him!

He ducked his head, trying to ignore the voice as he broke into a run.

"After she died, her body buried at sea, the pirate queen expected her spirit to go on into the afterlife as all spirits did. Hers, however, remained on earth"

"Why?"

"Because the spinner had placed a curse on her soul. She could never enter the afterlife until she found her son. Until she did this, her soul would be forever bound to earth.

"But what she didn't know was that, before brutally murdering her, the spinner had lost their son long ago, to a place where the pirate queen could not reach him, and so she wanders the earth, searching, always searching, for her lost boy...or..." Paige had trailed off, and Henry had stared at her, his eyes wide as he waited for her to continue.

"Or?!" he had prompted "Come on, Paige! What else?!"

"Or, anyone who looks like him. It is said that, when they are completely alone, she will take any boy who looks like her child" Paige had grinned again, looking Henry dead in the eyes, branding the story into his mind.

"AH!" Henry couldn't help it, he screamed. For the most terrifying apparition had appeared before him. It was a woman, dressed in pirate clothing and an unearthly pale face. Her long black hair whipped about her face, and she was soaked from head to toe. The woman's eyes were a deep black, and were fixed on the petrified ten year old. Her pale lips split into a terrifying smile.

"Baelfire..." the woman croaked, and, arms outstretched, she floated towards him...

As she came even closer, Henry remembered the last part of Paiges story:

"So, what was her name?" Henry had asked, and the little blonde girls eyes had sparkled even more as she whispered the final part of the tale.

"Well, when she was alive, her name was Milah, but after she had died, she was given a new name, a name given to her by whoever crossed her path and lived to tell the tale"

"What?!"

"La Llorna!" Paige had cried, leaping to her feet "The Weeping Woman! Because of how she wept whenever she thought she had finally found her son!"

As the ghost came even closer, Henry could indeed see tears dripping down her cheeks as well as the sea-water, the terrifying black eyes staring at him as though they could see the terror in his heart.

The ghosts hand brushed against Henry's shoulder, and a shudder of cold rippled through the boy, breaking La Llorna's hold on him, and letting him run for his life.

Henry's feet pounded on the concrete as he ran, his mom's huge house within his sights as he heard the ghosts terrifying wail behind him, followed by a furious, never ending roar, coming closer and closer to the boy as he hurtled across the ground, crying out whenever he felt La Llorna's ghostly fingers brush across his neck.

"MOM!" Henry screamed, his feet finally finding the pathway that led to his front door. Reaching the large wooden barrier, Henry pounded his fists against it, screaming for his mother to open the door, the ghosts cheated roars coming closer and closer...

"Mom! PLEASE!" Henry begged, tears running from his eyes as he pounded with all his strength, all the while La Llorna was that much closer to claiming him...

"Baelfire..."

"Henry! What do you think you're-"

Henry sobbed in relief when Mayor Mills finally opened the door, pushing past his mother without any sort of explanation. He scampered into the house and slammed the door shut, trapping La Llorna outside.

He waited, expecting screams of fury, more pounding on the door, insistent turning of the door handle. But none of it came.

She was gone. He had escaped.

Panting, Henry dropped his backpack on the ground, deaf to his adoptive mothers fierce scolding as he stared at the door.

After all, there were far scarier things to face.

So. La Llorna. A strange little story that Reanne100 led me to (This chapters dedicated to you, Reanne!) I had to tweak the legend a bit to OUATise it, but I hope it was still a good read.

As always, if there are any other legends you wanna see on here, all you have to do is PM me. In the meantime, please review :)