You were sent on a mission to a ball that the villian V/N was hosting and your sidekick needed a distraction. Without thinking, you are offered a dance by V/N and and you join him on the floor. Guards are being attacked and you leave to the stable. You get hit in the head and wake up in V/N's room. You have always told SK/N to leave you behind but he loves you too much to leave.
"It's too risky. What about California? They just got over the second round of hurricanes from this month alone?"
"What about the wildfires across the US?" I sigh at my sidekick, SK/N, as he stated the obvious of my unstable power.
"It will be fine. What we need to focus on now is how to get into his lair unnoticed."
"He's got a ball coming up this week. Sneak in, grab the plans, get out," Junior said from the back of the room.
"Good idea, rookie. I just need to find a dress shop."A few hours before party
I laid out the blueprint that Junior had found of the castle as me and SK/N went over our new identities.
"Me and my butler," I look pointedly at SK/N. "Will enter here, the plans are either in his study in the west wing or in the dungeons. We will have two groups pretending to be guards looking. Me and SK/N cause two distractions to draw the guards away and make it easier for the guards to slip in. We've already discussed the escape routes. Any questions?" They shook their head. " Let's get the carriage in."Lady Rosalie Valentino of France," I felt all eyes turn to me as I swept down the steps. The real Rosalie Valentino was currently under the weather. I was now thankful for my multiple learned languages, especially French. I mingled with the guests and was sitting with a young girl when a tap on my shoulder startled me.
"My apologies, Lady Rosalie. I didn't mean to startle you," I stood and turned quickly, staring into emerald green eyes.
"It's okay, my lord," I looked up and studied V/N's face up close.
"Would you care for a dance?" I provided him my hand and he led me onto the dance floor. We began to waltz with the crowd.
"I heard you were a tad under the weather?"
"Just a slight fever. I'm cleared by my doctor now."
"That's good news. You look lovely this evening," I smiled.
"It was something of a surprise. My dress makers made this one without me knowing in case I could come," it wasn't a complete lie. It was very last minute. "Green is a good color for you. Complements your eyes," he gave his thanks and we dance in silence for a while.
"When this song is over, would you like to come see somxething?"
"Of course. How did you receive this residence? The architecture and designs are beautiful."
"This was my father's. It was a spare castle and I use it now. A French artist did most of the designs," the music slowed to a stop and he pulled me off the floor and up a staircase. He got to a door at the end of a hallway and stopped. "This is a room I added after my father died. No one has ever been on this room. Do you promise to not speak about what you see?"
"Of course. I promise," he gently covered my eyes, opened the door, and led me inside. He shut the door behind us and moved his hand away.
"I trust you, Lady Rosalie."
"Just call me Rose," I opened my eyes and stared at the huge library. "How did you guess?" He shrugged.
"Something told me to show you this," my heart skipped. I couldn't tell if it was his free will or SK/N behind the scenes. "I'm glad you like it," I ran my fingers delicately over the leather bound covers.
I looked at the shelves of ancient artifacts and deceptive artwork. I found a journal on the desk flipped to a drawing of a girl. She looked a lot like...
You have five minutes before we wrap up our plan. I heard SK/N in my head.
"Who is this?" I asked before I could stop myself.
"Your going to laugh."
"I won't. I promise."
"I honestly don't know. That is Hero/N."
"Like you archenemies?" He nodded. He looked over at a ship in a bottle. The water was rocking the ship violently.
"Yeah. That's strange. SK/N controls water. I'll be back in just a minute," SK/N get out now. He thinks you are here. Tell Junior to go too. He doesn't suspect me. I thought.
I can't just leave you here.
Just go. He will know immediately it's you. The connection faded in a few minutes.
"I had to check on something. Would you like some wine? Are you hungry?" He looked genuinely concerned.
"Some wine would be nice. Why do you have drawings of H/N?"
"At first I studied her to find out when I could attack. After BFF/N died," he paused and saw a man bring a bottle of wine and two glasses. He filled the glasses then he left. I tried to not let any emotion show as V/N continued. "Her attacks seemed more random, as if something changed. She's almost become careless with her actions. I almost expected her to show tonight. I was startled when I saw the water in that bottle but I guess something on the shelf moved it," I looked over at it and the waves were as violent as before. "I know we are enemies but she's kind of worrying me. She's never acted this way before."
"From what I've heard, they were very close. Sisters almost," he refilled our glasses. "I understand what it's like to lose someone so close to you. She was part of me and she's gone. It's hard to recover from and I guess being reckless is her indirect way of getting over her grief," he stood and held out his hand.
"How a dance? Let's forget this dreadful topic of the past," I gave a weak smile and put my hand in his.
"We can't hear the music from the ballroom."
"Let's dance to our own melody," we began to sway and step around in a pattern. I looked up and stared into his emerald eyes. He leaned down slowly and pressed his lips to mine gently. We stopped swaying and I felt his arm pull me closer to him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and held him close. We pulled away and I smiled, grabbing the glass of wine. I downed the drink and set the cup down.
"Next time you shouldn't be so careless with who you share your secrets with, V/N," I stared at my hand, a small ball of fire dancing around my hand. "SK/N left a while ago but I have no clue why the ship is like that.
"H/N? How?"
"All you need to worry about is who is about to open the door," there was a knock and V/N walked to open it.
"Sir, we found them."
"I told you both to leave when you had the chance," I examined my fingernails. I heard breaking glass and water spilled on the floor behind me.
"Y/N, what are you doing? What happened to the plan?"
"I set fire to it," i set my finger on the papers and they all burned away. "Those plans are up here," I pointed to my head. "And far away from you two," I felt the water holding me in place. I refilled my wine, leaning back on the table. "You've lost it all. All of this would have been avoided if you had admitted to me what you did."
"What exactly did we do?" Junior spoke up.
"You plotted and succeeded BFF/N's death and framed V/N. "
"Even if you could find out, how do you know?"
"She came back to tell me. She was all I had and you took that away from me. I've heard enough. Take them away," I felt the water move to my throat and I glared at SK/N.
"And you also try to kill me. Nice try," I moved the water from me to him. "It looks like I have a new power. "
"Yes we plotted behind your back. I was hoping you would stop the superhero games and realize how fragile and vulnerable a life is. You only wanted revenge after she died. I wanted you and BFF/N took so much of you," my blood was boiling.
"Send them away," I whispered, turning back to the table.
"Y/N, don't do this," the door slammed and I curled my fingers around the glass. I felt a hand on my arm.
"Are you okay?" I tried to hide the tears beginning to slide down my face.
"Im fine," he slid his thumbs gently over my cheeks.
"You are obviously not fine. Come here," he took the glass from my hand and held me to him, an arm at my waist and across my shoulders.
"I'll ruin your suit."
"I have others. Besides, you'll be doing me a favor. I didn't like this one," I laid my head on his chest and it felt like a weight was lifting from my shoulders. I felt him move slightly and whisper into a guards ear. I heard the door shut quietly and he kissed the crown of my forehead. Against my will, I silently began to cry. When the tears finally dried, I tried to back away but he held me just as close. The guard had returned with a piece of cloth and a bottle in his hand.
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Crush Oneshots
Cerita PendekA collection of stories about you and your crush. This is a continuation of Crush One Shots made on my old account 22bburberry. If you would like to read it, this will have some of the stories I wasn't able to complete before my old account was lost.