Chapter Ten - Inside The Grimorie
Hey guys! I know it isn't Little Black Star's week to be updated, however while I wait for at least on review on Killer of My Heart, I figured I could update this story again, because it is one of my favorite's to write. And I think I'm gonna stop the whole "weekly" idea seeing as I can't update too constantly, and instead I'll just update what I feel like updating. c: Plus, I don't want to leave you guys hanging for too long! After all, Mina is in the Grimorie now! And we all know that the Grimorie is evil...Oh...Wait...Wrong story! cx
09Who knew90 : I'm glad that I shocked you so much! :D That's one of my favorite things to do as a writer - I'm sure I say that all the time, but it's true - and so I always get really happy when I find out I succeeded! I will tell you that it was most certainly a dream, however you are correct in Mina's dream powers playing in to it. c; I won't tell you what it all means though, because some of it might not be literally what it seems. :p I will not saying anything about Nix, except for that he is not gone from the story just yet. Whether that means he's alive or not, or if he'll actually appear or just be mentioned, is up to you to ponder and me to know. Jared is definitely interesting. And ha, it's more like Nice Teague jumped out a window to let Evil Teague in. And I agree, poor Mina is right. To clear up the stuff on Teague and Jared, Teague is Jared. c: I'm glad you liked it all, and that it wasn't too much to take in!
Evx : I'm glad you love it, and that you were able to read it all! Teague is switching moods for many reasons, so I suppose maybe I should do a chapter from his perspective to make things a bit clearer, and show what Teague thinks. Should I? And haha, I'm glad you like the twist! I was super excited to write it in and get reactions, seeing as it meant that he knew way more than we thought about her. Not to mention possible connections in the past...? :3
Anyways, let's get started!
"You're him! You're Jared! All along, you were him! You purposefully crashed the car! You convinced me to run away to see if I would do it! All of this was a set up! I trusted you!" I begin to cry, shaking. "You were toying with me!"
"Come on, Mina." He doesn't respond to any of my accusations. "It's time to start the Grimm curse."
"You despicable creature." I shake my head, feeling a mixture of sadness and anger.
"Come on." He says it a bit more forcefully this time, taking my arm and leading me along to a room.
On the pedestal in the room is the Grimorie. I saw him - Jared, who apparently is Prince Teague - suck Templestiltskin into that. I assume he sucked Ever inside too. No wonder it's here. But why am I looking at it?
"You're going in there." He says it simply, but my heart stops.
This is too much to take in at once. "What?"
"You heard me." He responds, obviously not wanting to repeat it.
"You can't put me in there! People who want to kill me are in there!" I'm beginning to despair.
"This is your curse." He says. "You either find a way out alive, or you die in there. I'll know what happens the moment it does either way."
I don't get a chance to formulate a protest, because he picks up the book, and opens it. It seems to respond to his will, and the light I saw when he used it on Templestiltskin crawls out, creeping towards me. I run for the door, but with Fae Magic he shuts it. I'm trapped, and I think we both know it. So, I decide to be brave, and instead of cowering like a coward as I wait for it to get me, I walk into the light, although it is quite bright. It grabs a hold of me quite tightly, dragging me towards the book. And then? It begins to drag me upwards, no doubt to pull me into the book.
Everything goes black when it tries that.
Mina's Point of View
When I open my eyes, I find that I'm laying on the ground in the woods. I almost want to believe it's from when I ran away, or when I tried to jump, or even when I first met Jared/Teague for the second or third time. Or, better yet, before I had to deal with him in either form. Who am I fooling though? I must be inside the Grimorie. That thought terrifies me.
That's when I hear something scream. And I identify the scream with a very familiar voice that makes me want to cry. People always say you don't know what you have till you've lost it. But I think that you really don't know what you have till you've lost it and then are reminded of it. He went missing a few days - I don't remember how many - before the curse was going to happen. I couldn't figure out why, but all the theories I have now are scaring me, so I force myself to shake them away.
"Help!" This time the voice gains words that I can comprehend this time, and so I do what anyone else would do in this situation.
I scream back. "Nix!"
The screams he emits become wordless again, and I take off in that direction. He's here inside the book. It's the worst place he could be, and yet I can't help but feel a tiny bit relieved that he's here, even though he's in pain. I need someone familiar around here.
"Where are you?" I call out again, stopping in a clearing in the trees and spinning in a circle. "Nix!"
This time I can make out more words, and they terrify me. "Run, Mina, run! Get away! She wa-" Whatever he's saying turns into another wordless, pain-filled scream that rips my heart to shreds.
I completely disregard what he said, and begin to run in that direction again. "I'm coming, Nix!"
I come to a skidding halt when I reach a rocky cliff with a waterfall falling down into a lake, which turns into a stream. The streams seems hauntingly familiar, which frightens me, although I can't put my finger on where I've seen it before. Also in the cliff is a cave, and I realize now that the screaming is coming from there. Once that dawns on me, I hurry inside, and the screaming stops.
"Nix!" I scream his name, because I'm losing all light in here fast.
The only response I get is silence, which is more chilling then the screaming. I walk a bit faster, one hand along the wall. There's not a single response though, and I'm starting to get nervous.
And then, suddenly, someone's hands are clamped on my neck, causing me to gasp for breathe. "That was too easy. I knew you would come running if I started to torture your only friend and you heard it."
Something tugs at my mind, and I remember my dream before I came in here.
"Hello?" I call out, looking around me. I'm in a pitch black...room, I guess. Or space. Space seems safer, since I don't know what I'm in. "Is anyone there?"
A sort of twisted laugh hits the air, and I spin around, trying to find the source. I can't see anyone though, and I'll admit that I'm starting to panic. Who made that sound? My answer comes quickly, when someone behind me grabs my neck.
"I might've failed twice, but I won't this time." The hiss of Ever - who sounds much more frightening now - comes as she tightens her hold on my neck. "There's no one here to save you now, is there?"
"Please!" I choke out. "Please, somebody, save me!"
"L-Let go!" I grab on to the hands holding my neck, trying to pry them off.
"I failed at killing you twice before." This time, I identify the voice, and it's the same one from my dream. Ever. "I can promise you that this time I won't though."
Her grip tightens a little. "Please, let go of me!"
"There's no here to save you now, is there?" She's taunting me, and I try even harder to pull her hands off. Sadly, it's not working. "The Prince won't save you from the curse he invented. He's a monster. Do you understand that?"
"Somebody save me!" I scream the words, but Ever just laughs instead.
"Pathetic." This time she hisses the word into my ear, causing me to flinch a little.
Once again, her grip tightens a little. "Let go!"
My hands start to tremble, and at first I think it's because of the fact that I'm getting less oxygen. But then, I realize that it's from an energy build up. But an energy build up of what? My hands latch on to Ever's instinctively, and she cries out in pain, ripping her hands off my neck. Fresh air rushes into my lungs, and I lap it up gratefully. Then, I turn around to face where Ever at least was.
"Where's Nix?" I take a step forward, and then I'm rushed at full force by the pixie.
She shoves me to the ground, and once again I react instinctively. I grab her neck before she can grab mine, and she screams in pain. I don't let go though. Actually, I can't let go. She continues to scream for a few minutes, and even when I try to pull my hands away it doesn't work. She tries to pull my hands off and roll around with me on the ground for a little bit, and then she goes cold. It's almost like the life was sucked out of her.
I manage to pulls my hands away, and gasp when I see they're glowing red. I sit up and push Ever away, refusing to think about the fact that I might've just murdered her. Standing up on shaky legs with a queasy stomach, I call out, "N-Nix? Are you there?"
"Mina?" The tired and pained response sounds ever so slightly hopeful. "Is it really you?"
"Yes! Where are you?" I call back.
This game of Marco Polo continues for a bit of time till we finally find each other. We then help each other stumble out, and I get a good look at him. His face and arms are all bruised, but besides that he looks to be okay. Once we're in the light, he gives me a big hug, which almost catches me off guard.
"Where are we, Mina?" He asks, looking me straight in the eye when he asks.
"We're inside a book, Nix, and it's the last place anyone would ever want to be." I respond, and he trembles a little.
"You mean, the boy in gray really did suck me into a book?" His eyes widen a little bit.
That makes me stop short. "The boy in gray?"
Nix nods. "He was dressed all in gray, and he had these stormy gray eyes. He told me that what he was about to do was completely necessary, and then I remember not being able to move. He got this book in his hands, and when he opened it these white tendrils came out and pulled me towards it. Everything went black, and when I woke up I ran into that pixie girl, Ever. She used to go to our school, didn't she?"
"Oh gosh, Nix, things are a lot worse than I thought they were."
Dun dun dun! What did you guys think of that update? Good? Bad? Either way, I'll try to update again soon! I'm excited to have someone come back soon!
Please review! I'd love to know what you thought of Ever and Nix being here, who you think will be here, how much of the other stuff in Mina's dream you'll think will happen (and if you think it'll be metaphorical/literal/a mix), if you want a Teague pov, and anything else that you thought!
Also, I apologize that this chapter was a bit shorter! I'll try to make the next one longer, depending on whose perspective it's from.
~ Dagger