Breaking Curses

Seventh Chapter

"NO! Y/N!" Red Shoes shouted when the dark mist consumed you with it.

The dwarves inside the house were startled by the noise outside, so they immediately rushed outside to see what was happening. They saw Red Shoes, three bears, and the bunny. Everything seemed normal but Y/N was nowhere to be found.

"What happened?" Arthur looked around but saw nothing suspicious.

"Where's Y/N?" Jack asked.

"Regina suddenly appeared not long ago. She wanted me to give her the shoes but I couldn't take them off. I was supposed to be taken by her but Y/N, I don't know what she exactly did but, I think she switched our position using magic. And now, Regina has her." Red explained in a rush.

"For short, Y/N was taken by the witch who made those shoes. Correct?" Jack asked for confirmation.

When Red nodded, the dwarves entered the house then scattered. Except for Merlin who said he'll go ahead and asked the bears to make more copies of his spell cards. Jack went to their bedroom to get his invisible cloak. Hans went to the kitchen and grabbed his weapon. The triplets were outside, preparing and upgrading their robot. Meanwhile, after the rest were prepared, they went to the legendary sword. And there, Arthur was struggling trying to pull out the Excalibur.

"Uh, Arthur?" Red interrupted. "Why don't you let me pull it out?"

Arthur disagreed but eventually gave up when he was told that they're wasting time. Red approached the sword and pulled it out with ease. Everyone, except for Arthur of course, gaped at her and asked how she did it. Red explained that you told her about the Legendary Sword.

"'Unselfish, Gracious, and Truthful must pea be, to set the sword Excalibur free.' That's what she told me."

"Wow, that's deep. How'd you manage to memorize that?" Jack asked.

"I didn't. It's written over there." She pointed at engraved words in front of where the Excalibur sat.

You opened your eyes when you felt no one was around. Ignoring the uncomfortable feeling of being in Snow White's body, you scanned your surroundings. You were inside a room with a double door and a window with a rope hanging from above. You were about to remove the roots wrapped around you when the door creaked open. So you went back to acting like you just woke up. A flicker of flame lit up the room so you looked up and saw an old woman handing you an apple.

"Eat this darling. And you'll get your freedom."

"Oh really?" You replied sarcastically. "Make me."

"I'll give your father back."

"Where is he?"

"I'll tell you. After you eat this of course." She held up the apple.

"No."

"Stubborn fool." She snapped.

She turned around aggressively walked out then slammed the door shut. 'She looked familiar though.' You thought when she left. You tried remembering the name that Red mentioned when she was explaining about the shoes. 'Re--- Regina? Was that Regina?' You shook your head. You couldn't recall anyone from your past that was named Regina. 'I hate that I'm becoming forgetful lately.' You enhanced your hearing, hoping to catch the name of the witch. But a partly unexpecting voice caught your hearing.

"Where is she?"

'Was that Merlin? Why is he alone? Where are the others?'

There were few exchanges of word then you heard a commotion before the door swung open again.