Grey Areas - A Once Upon A Time Fanfiction

Chapter One: The Awakening

"The Dark is not the only path for thee.
You can be of the Dawn,
If you choose to be."

Upon sensing the transfer of the Dark One to another, someone ancient awakens. She stretches before removing the blankets and tentatively rising.

"You should return to bed."

"Thank you, Alex," she says as she slowly walks towards her bedroom door, "but if this is left unchecked, the consequences could be disastrous."

Alex places a pair of black boots in front of her with a silver design of Yin and Yang embroidered upon them. Her "Mission Shoes" as she likes to call them. She chuckles as she slides them on.

She later steps into a room with portraits and bookshelves lining the walls. Upon her entrance, a giant mirror standing as tall as the room begins to glow brightly, glass the color of ivory, illuminating the rug on the floor leading to its perch. The mirrors on either side stand blank, reflecting nothing.

"Mirror, mirror on the wall," she begins as she begins her walk across the rug, "what has happened during my slumber? Please, show me all."

The light in the glass begins to swirl. It then casts a beam of light upon her forehead.

"So... they have returned to Storybrooke and..." -the light recedes- "the child is now the vessel." -she begins to pace- "Mirror" -it glows again- "is there another like you in Storybrooke?"

"'Like' as in exactly like or 'like' as in similar?" -she chuckles as the left side mirror, which stands as tall as a person, shows the inside of a quaint, little living room- "This is the only magical mirror I could find. And it belongs to Snow."

"Good." she states, sighing in relief. "Now... I must speak with Lord Hades. In order for my plan to work, I am going to need to 'borrow' some people."

"Madam Mim!" a voice booms, almost excited, as a room fades into view in the mirror. "Why is it..." -a man can be seen sitting at a desk- "that whenever you contact me, you need something?"

"My Lord Hades." Mim greets, taking a knee and trying not to snicker.

"No 'hello' or 'how have you been?'" -Mim can now see that the man is in a dimly lit room- "'Are you enjoying you enjoying yourself?' Never any of that!"

"Why is it..." Mim begins as she stands, "that during my nearly a century long slumber, you never visited?" -a smile emerges from beneath Hades' hood- "And why did I not receive a 'hello' or 'glad you're back' or a 'how did you sleep?' None of that!"

"Damn, it's good to have you back!" Hades cries out before allowing his laugh to fill both halls.

"I'm glad you think so," Mim states, "because I need to borrow Baelfire, Ingrid and Cora."