As Scorpio closed the door, muttering god know what curses her way, Meggie took a moment to breathe, to really take in what he'd just told her.
Dustfinger. A man who'd once been her idol, her crush and her hero. A man who in the end had betrayed her.
"Coward" she spat out to herself feeling the cold rushing upon her skin, making goosebumps appear along her arms.
Meggie dropped the towel shamelessly from her body, and stepped towards the wardrobe feeling a surge of cold across her body.
The cold refreshed her, made her think clear.
Any previous drowsiness she may have had was driven from her, leaving her knowing exactly what she had to do.
She opened the double doored solid oak wardrobe and lifted out a dress she knew was perfect for what she had in mind. Long, flowing and purely white it was the picture of innocence.
Meggie dressed, well aware that she was taking longer than the five minutes she's promised as she tied her corset tightly, lifting her dress above it.
Smirking into the mirror she admired her figure, adjusting the dress ever so slightly to give a hint of cleavage, not enough to raise eyebrows but enough so that Dustfinger would notice her growth.
Her hair had begun to dry and had created a soft halo effect around the crown of her head. Meggie stood before the mirror for a few extras seconds. She remember a quote from one the most rememrmable writers of all time.
"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it" she chanted to herself.
Taking a deep breath and relishing in the need for revenge she so desperately craved, Meggie turned on her heel and exited her room, making her way back to the past. A past she never liked to be reminded of.
Scorpio waited impatiently outside the door, thumbing the dirt beneath his nails as he imagined a very naked, very wet Meggie behind that door.
He thought back to the man who called himself Dusfinger, a man so infamous that Scorpio felt a twinge of jealousy at the effect one man could have upon Meggie.
He'd seen the hope in the mans eyes but he'd also seen the cowardice. Smirking, Scorpio couldn't wait to see Dustfingers expression when he realised his mission was a lost cause. Meggie was no prisoner, she hadn't been for years.
Her father...what was his name again...Mo.
Ever since Mo and her mute of a mother were sent into the inkworld; alongside the shadow, Meggie had effectively become somewhat adopted. Capricorn to his sons' surprise had decided that Meggie was worth keeping after all, however once seeing the spiteful creature his father had created it was no surprise that Meggie was the daughter he never had.
Sickening really.
Scorpio's thoughts were discarded when he saw an angel exit Meggie's room. A very beautiful one at that. The spell was quickly broken when the angelic figure snapped at him "are you going to stare are me all day or do you want to move out of my way?".
Scorpio grimaced at his momentary distraction, of course she was still a bloody cow he thought. Mockingly he continued to stare, his eyes never leaving her own, as a grin graced his features, his eyes twinkling and his handsome features enhancing.
Meggie gazed spitefully at him and suddenly had an idea.
She smiled back.
His reaction, though momentary was very amusing, his smile dipping slightly with confusion and his eyes widening, he quickly recovered and rolled his eyes; letting her past.
Damn this woman, he thought to himself. She'll be the bloody death of me.
She swept past him, without a glare behind her and continued on to the central hall, a brisk pace in step, making Scorpio jog to reach her. He glanced down at her, noticing the very firmly placed mask she knew all too well to put on.
No trace of nervousness or anger. Nothing.
Sometimes he wondered if Meggie really wasn't Capricorns daughter, her fair features and coldly exterior were the same of that of his father. While he looked to be a cuckoo in the nest, dark haired and tanned, he resembled more an adopted gypsy child than that of a very near albinos son.
His brother, Leo however was not an anomaly like himself, light grey eyes and a medium shade of blonde he fitted in perfectly.
At that thought, Scorpio pondered where about his brother was, he hadn't seen him all day, probably still asleep he mused.
Scorpio considered waking him, but he knew he wouldn't enjoy seeing Meggie angry or hurt, like the latter could ever exist he wondered. See unlike himself Leo actually liked Meggie, and they actually got on.
Weird.
At that thought they entered the hall to find Dustfinger still standing exactly where he's left him. Capricorn was lazing back on his throne that centred itself absurdly in the middle of the room, studying his fingernails, clearly very bored.
At the sound of the doors opening however Dustfinger and Capricorn's heads flew to them, both with smiles, although Capricorns was slightly sinister.
"Meggie! So wonderful you could join us!" Capricorn boomed, dramatically hugging her, this however served a purpose.
Dustfingers smile dropped instantly and Scorpio could see the whites of his knuckles as he attempted to control the fire within them.
Meggie moved back first and headed over to Dustfinger, circling him with interest, much like a vulture would.
Dustfinger was clearly self-conscious at the deep gaze Meggie held upon him.
It was clear to Scorpio that Meggie's appearance, though expected, was somewhat of a shock.
She stopped in front of him, looking him in the eye.
"Dustfinger, it's good to see you, I've waited so long to see your face again" she spoke softly and innocently.
AND like a fool he bought it.
Of course he did, Meggie tended to have that effect upon everyone, par himself.
She unexpectedly moved towards him and traced the scars upon his cheeks, small and healed by the looks of them, I knew only time would have done that, time that he had stolen from her.
Without warning Meggie slapped him, with such a force that his head was knocked to the side and the sound heard across the room.
"I've waited 5 years for that!" She yelled at him, no longer disguising her loathing.
She didn't bother looking at the shocked and hurt expression he held as she turned on her heel and walked back towards Capricorn, speaking directly to him "and GOD it feels good."