A few days later
Huffing I rub my face while pacing the floor I can't sleep, every time I try my mind won't stop to let me rest.
Emma hasn't slept either she spends her time making dream catchers and that's making me more suspicious, I know what those can do and it's making it harder to resist the voices whispering about hurting her.
Walking to the window I glance back to the living room seeing Emma's distracted with her work, opening the shudder I slip out and take off.
I can't be around Emma, she's family and I know in my heart she'd never do anything to actually harm us, at least not on purpose but these voices are messing with my head.
This must be why Gold always seems out of his mind, between the voices and no sleep, I sigh shaking my head while pushing my hair back with my hand.
I continue walking on till sunrise before I stop, looking around I frown shaking my head at the mansion in the distance like a small castle.
Running to it I let myself in feeling the magic protecting the place give into me, walking around I frown seeing a spinning wheel with gold piled up by it and straw on the other side.
Looking at it I jump seeing Gold sat at it spinning the straw muttering to himself "find a way to forget, occupy your time make the voices quite" he mutters.
Circling around him he suddenly spins but instead of a man I see a crocodile like appearance "FIND A WAY TO OCCUPY YOUR MIND" he screams.
Looking at him I frown, I'm sure if I was anyone else I'd have jumped from that but I don't "so this is why you're fucked in the head?" I ask calmly.
Hearing him giggle I roll my eyes "why are you here now?" I ask since I've figured out that
I'm seeing past dark ones, I'm curious on why I haven't seen Emma but maybe it's because we're both active.
"I'm familiar to you, perhaps you'll listen to me"
Laughing I lean on the wall looking at him "one problem with this theory and it's that I wouldn't listen or trust you for what you've done to my family".
Seeing him frown glaring at me I smirk "and Emma won't work because I don't trust her right now so what's your next move?"
Humming I shrug before walking around the room looking at his collection since he hasn't spoken "see I've got an understanding of darkness that no one here seems to understand, I've gone dark and did horrible things, my hands have blood staining them but nothing is ever good and evil even in this fucked land".
Glancing back to him I smirk "I mean think about it, Snow White and Charming kidnapped an innocent child, had dark magic used on the child yet they didn't really pay a complete price for it, the people still love them because they call themselves good, I'm something much worse then anyone realizes, everyone there underestimates me".
Taking a step closer to him I drop my smile "I'm a child raised by the Evil Queen, I've watched someone I care about die before being hunted down by a completely deranged and ancient vampire, my entire existence it a fight to survive knowing someday I'll lose to a demon or vampire, I hold more then just the Dark ones powers, I hold the past and future
powers of Slayers, a girl chosen to live alone and fight constantly, I've beaten the odds by dying and coming back".
Snarling I step closer till I'd be nose to nose with him if he was real "I'm not a lost soul desperately trying to find power or acceptance like the rest have been, I had more then enough power before this and I can control this because I can be alone, I can fight for the innocent without giving into the temptation, I have a family who loves me, and I would kill before I'd ever allow anyone to harm them even if it means myself" I add seeing him stumble back shocked.
"I'm Faith the vampire slayer and you can try to manipulate me all you want but I'm stronger than you, I will resist you no matter what form you take" I finish before taking a deep breath.
Walking out of the place I stalk away and eventually come to an abandoned town before seeing a blacksmith shop, humming I tilt my head walking in "seems fun and time consuming".
Emma pov
Jerking my head up I take off to the room Faith's locked herself away in and open the door, seeing the window open, I run to it jumping out and look around.
I don't feel any magic in the air so she must have ran, taking a step to go search I stop and look at the distance "she ran to protect me from accidently breaking the curse and to keep a vampire from finding out about us".
Frowning I think back on Regina saying that then think of my cursed memories, Faith ran from us to keep us safe "she's worried about hurting someone" I mutter frowning.
Smiling I cross my arms "No, not just that, she's trying to protect herself from giving in".
"What's wrong?"
Glancing back to Merada I then look back to what way Faith went "she needs to blow off some extra energy" I say.
"Are you sure that's safe? there's a lot of danger she could get into" she says unsurely.
"Faith can handle herself, she's far from helpless but the good news is that's the way we need to go anyways so we can pick her up along the way" I add.