Queen Of Disaster Chapter 5: Bitter-sweet Tragedy
"It's odd though, Archie. I always feel sad deep down, like a part of me is missing. No one seems to even understand it though! I could be doing anything, driving, working, drinking or talking and then out of no where I get this overwhelming sadness come over me and I have absolutely no explanation for it and I just feel so... lost."
Archie nodded slightly when Madison finished talking. "Well sometime's when you feel sad or upset for no reason what so ever it could mean your missing someone, is there someone in you'r life your missing, Madison?"
Maddie's brows furrowed as she thought. Who would she miss? Everyone she knew was still living here in Storybrooke and most of them she didn't even like. Her father maybe? But how could she miss somebody she had barely ever herd of let alone met?
"No."
Archie nodded, accepting the answer "I'm going to prescribe you some Anti-depressants, Madison." He said softly and writing something down on a small piece of paper.
"Anti-depressants?! You think I'm depressed?" Maddie asked taken aback.
He smiled at her sadly "I've noticed the way you have been talking to me and describing your feelings these past few sessions and I honestly think you're showing clear signs of depression. You seem to have a continuous low mood and feeling irritable all the time, and your mother tells me you've lost complete interest in past activities you used to enjoy, saying you completely made a scean when you quit the netball team in school. You've been having repeated night terrors and lost quite a bit of weight. These are all signs of Depression."
Maddie gritted her teeth "I'm not depressed."
"We'll have to sort out a schedule to fit in the medication you're already taking."
"I'm not depressed!"
Archie looked at her "Maddie, this is for the best."
Maddie stood up "For who!? All anyone seem's to be doing lately is shove pills down my throat and tell me to stop everything! And I quit the netball team because those girls were bitches!"
"You gave a girl a concussion with the ball." Dr Hopper said bluntly.
Maddie pointed a finger at Archie "That cow deserved it, she's lucky I didn't put her in the morgue!"
"Maybe anger management would be a good idea as well..." Archie mumbled to himself and wrote again.
Maddie huffed and grabbed her fur coat. "You know what, do whatever you like! Shove pills down my throat, lock me in more sessions! Hell why don't you put me in a straight jacket and lock me in a loony bin. Fuck this!" With that Maddie stormed out.
Archie sighed and stared at the closed door where Madison had just disappeared. He grabbed the phone and pressed speed dial.
"Miss Mills? Yes, she did. Okay I'll do that."
Archie hung up and slumped in his seat feeling disappointed in himself.
In Granny's Diner Maddie was sat in one of the booths across from her friend Ruby who was bunking off her shift as they were the only people in the diner. Ruby looked down and bit her lip when Maddie told her what happened at Dr Hopper' "He really did that?" She asked "It doesn't sound like him."
Maddie sighed and drunk her tea "He did."
Ruby rubbed her eyes, careful of her eye make-up. "Wow. So you're on anti-depressants now?"
"Yep." Maddie nodded.
"You don't seem depressed."
Maddie shrugged "Apparently I'm showing clear signs of depression."
Ruby leaned back "Bullshit."
"I know." Maddie agreed. Ruby checked her watch "Hey Mads, I'm gonna lock up now. You want me to walk you home?" She asked standing up as Maddie drained the last of her tea.
Maddie shook her head, blonde curls bounced "No it's fine." Maddie paused opening the door to face her friend "See you later Ruby."
"You too."
Maddie wrapped her coat around her more as the chilly sea air hit her and she trudged her way back to her house.
Maddie was passing an ally way when she herd something crash. Slowly she turned to face the dark ally way, keeping in mind she had a small switch blade in her bag and some bear mace. Another crash sounded, this one slightly louder "Hello?" She asked.
Suddenly a dark figure flew above her. She spun around to find some kind of shadow like thing with glowing eyes standing behind her and she had to resist the large urge to poke it.
"What are you?" She asked warily, though their was something about the shadow that she couldn't quite understand, she felt like she'd seen it before.
"Pills...stop...cant...speak...bad." It tried to talk but it sounded like one of those fuzzy T.V stations where it made few words appear.
She frowned at it "Pills?"
"Yes...bad...stop...taking...pills..."
"Stop taking pills? Me?" She pointed to herself.
"Yes!...pills...stopping...talking...pans...missing...upset..." It spoke ageing.
She furrowed her eyebrows. It was missing talking to its pan and it was upset? "Sorry what?"
"No...medicine...bad...Madison...stop...taking...pill..." With that the thing fuzzed out.
Maddie stood there dumbfounded staring at the place in the road where the shadow had just stood seconds ago before dissapearing. Was that thing telling her to stop taking her medication?
Maddie blinked and turned to walk home before any more weird things happened.
Sweet, boy, straight out of the movie screen
Candy hearts and chocolate dreams
I, met, my prince upon a popcorn bowl
He held my heart and let it go
Ice cream, upon a summer's day
Beginning sweetness never stays
so we've met peter pans shadow! YAY! Will Maddie stop her medication? What was the Sadow trying to tell Maddie? What was Archie talking to Regina about? REVIEW and tell me if you liked this chapter and you'll find out!