The Dark Princess {OUAT AU}

Chapter 21

 News of the pregnancy spread fast throughout the kingdom. All though Valerie had become known as the Cold Queen so early on people were excited for her. Maybe now the young royal would be happy again and begin to interact with her people again. 

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Finally getting something she wanted made Valerie rise to the ability of her full glory. The new life growing inside her made her more powerful and confident. She returned to practicing her magic and even spent some time doing kingdom paperwork. Killian was happy that the shell was gone but he wasn't sure how he felt about her new attitude. 

She was admiring the view out her tower window one night as the sun set when a bad feeling washed over her. She turned her head over her shoulder and found Rumplestiltskin standing in the center of the room.

"Rumplestiltskin." She acknowledges before turning back to stare out the window. 

"Oh so now you think you're almighty?" He giggles menacingly but she just rolls her eyes even though he can't see her. 

"I don't think. I know. This child is exactly what I needed to make me better. It was merely a phase. It just needed to run its' course." She flips her hand dismissively and doesn't see the gleam in the Dark One's eye.

"Oh well if you say so." He mocks her. 

"Is there something you need?" She asks, getting up from her chair and turning to face him. The orange light from the sunset gives the creepy man an eerie glow. 

"I just wanted to congratulate you on your pregnancy. Is there something wrong with that?" He asks and for a moment he sees her pause.

"You never do anything without a reason. I highly doubt you came here just to say congratulations." She says, crossing her arms over her chest. The baby bump was small but still evident, as she was only a month into the pregnancy.

"All right fine. There's only one thing I wish to do." He gives her a wicked smile and her eyebrows draw together in confusion.

"What are you talking about?" She frowns, her hands turning into fists as she brings her arms down by her sides.

"Don't fret." He rolls his eyes and then waves his hand. Suddenly Valerie can't move, her feet stuck to floor and her body like a jail. She opens her mouth to speak but it won't move either. If her eyes could widen they would. A strangled noise dies in her throat.

"I'm not going to harm you." He says but he has a sick grin on his face.

I'm going to die, he's going to kill me and my baby, Valerie thinks. A tear rolls down her face in a moment of weakness and he sticks a glass vial on her cheek. The tear rolls into the container and he corks it before sticking it into his pocket. 

"Well I'm going to keep that for later. But I thought I said not to worry? Why are you crying?" He asks in disbelief. She sniffles once and he comes a little closer, about a foot away. She eyes him warily but there's nothing she can do. He puts one hand on her stomach and she wants to recoil, to throw him into the wall for even thinking about touching her.

"Well, well, well." He says quietly while staring down at her stomach intensely. His disturbing eyes flick up to her and she tries to scream, once again the sound trapped inside. 

"Oh all right." He grumbles and flicks his fingers. The only she can move is her facial features.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" Valerie growls and he giggles menacingly. 

"Calm down, calm down. All I'm doing is a little check."

"A check on what? Quit telling me so many damn riddles." She declares.