Once Upon A Time ~ Book 1

Chapter 71 - Locked Up

Rumplestiltskin stood by his wheel, spinning straw to gold. Suddenly the double doors opened and the Evil Queen walked inside.
"Flimsy locks." she said and waved her hand to shut the doors again.
Rumplestiltskin glared at her.
"I have a deal to discuss. A certain mermaid." she walked to the table and looked down at the teaset on the tray.
"I'm not dealing today."
"Are you angry with me? What is it this time?" she poured herself some tea.
"You're little deception failed. You'll never be more powerful than me. You can keep trying, dearie, but you're never gonna beat me." he glared at her.
"Ohh........" she stepped closer to him, putting on a baby voice. "Is this about the girl I met on that road?" she chuckled and went back to her normal voice. "What was her name?" she went back to making her tea. "Margie?........ Verna?...."
"Belle."
She turned her head and glared at him. "Right........ Well, you can rest assured I had nothing to do with that tragedy." she put the sugar in her tea.
Rumplestiltskin looked up an walked towards her, stirring her tea now. "What tragedy?"
The Queen looked around at him, the teaspoon in her mouth. "You don't know?" she chuckled. "Well, after she got home......." she stepped closer to him. "..........her fiancée had gone missing. And after her stay here, her association with you, no one would want her, of course. Her father shunned her, cut her off, shut her out."
"So she needs.......a home?"
The Queen laughed. "He was cruel to her...... He locked her in a tower and sent in clerics to cleanse her soul with scourges and flaying. After a while, she threw herself off the tower....... She died."
"You're lying." he said after a moment.
"Am I?"
"We're done." tears filled in his eyes and he opened the door.
"Fine. I have other calls to make." she walked to the door and ran her fingers along the wooden table. She looked at her fingers. "The place is looking dusty, Rumple........." she stopped and stared at him before she left. "You should get a new girl." she turned and walked out of the castle and the doors shut.
Rumplestiltskin looked down at him face, sorrow filling up in his face.
He walked to the now repaired glass cabinet and opened it. He took from it the chipped cup and walked to a table that held a beautiful silver, ruby vase. He took the vase away and put in its place the chipped cup. He looked down at it, tears rowling down his face as he quivered in sorrow.

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Regina walked through the hospital and past Mr. French who sat in wheel chair, bandaged up. She walked past the reception and ti a door. She put in the password to open the door and glanced briefly at Mr. French. The door then opened and she stepped inside.
She walked down a flight of stairs and stopped at the reception.
The nurse stood up when she saw Regina. She had a stern face and blond hair.
Regina smiled at her and handed her a red rose.
"Pretty." she said.
"Well, I know how hard you work........ Has anyone been to see her?"
"No, ma'am. Not today, not ever."
Regina nodded and walked briskly down the dark, underground corridor. She took a turn with the sign in Furness. She walked past a man cleaning the floor, with a dark, deep eyes and hair below his shoulders.
She stopped at a metal door and lifted a flap so she could see inside.
Inside, is a dark, blank room, a girl was curled up in the corner, her dirty, light brown hair hiding her face. She looked up when she saw Regina peering in and stared at her, blankly, fear in her eyes.

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A white carraige led by two snow white horses rode through the autumn forest near King Midas' castle.
It came to a halt by King George and his gaurds on the road. A gaurd opened the door of the carraige and King George helped Princess Abigail out. She wore a pale yellow gown and a gentle smile.
"Princess Abigail, your beauty grows with each passing day." said King George. "It is an honour to have you join my family."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." she said.
"Let's go!" called one of the gaurds.
Abigail looked around in confusion. "Is everything okay?"
"Just excitement for the royal wedding. We want to ensure the safety of our guests. So if you'll excuse me........" he bowed his head and turned away to one of the gaurds, his face now stern. "Find him." he said quitly to the gaurd, rage in his eyes.
The gaurd nodded and turned to the others.

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Charming rod on a dark horse, through the forest, wearing a cloak to hide his face.
A little behind him a dozen gaurds rode after him on their horses.
Charming glanced behind him to see them not far off. "Yahh!" he called to horse.
One of the gaurds shot an arrow at him, but they missed and another hit a tree.
Suddenly Charming looked ahead to see a fallen tree, blocking the road. His horse jumped over it gracefully and neighed, but the gaurds horses fortunately came to a halt before the tree.
"Go around! Go!" calledone of the gaurds.
Charming rode along the river, the gaurds far behind now.
Once the gaurds had made their way around the fallen tree, they had lost track of him. They came to a halt and searched the area, but Charming was nowhere to be seen.
"Split up!" called one of the gaurds and they all went in their separate directions.
Near by, behind a shadow of trees, Charming hide, with his horse, watching the gaurds search aimlessly.
He pulled down his hood and turned around to see two hooded men in dark purple uniform.

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David and Kathryn sat at the table in their house, eating dinner.
David looked up at her. "Chicken's delicious."
Kathryn glanced up at him then put down her fork and knife.
"David, there's something we need to discuss."
David sat back in his chair and listened. "Okay."
"I applied to law school." she smiled.
"That's amazing. Why didn't you ever tell me?" he gleamed.
"I don't know. Maybe because I didn't think I could actually do it." she picked up a letter from the table. "But I did. I got this today." she held it out him.
He took the letter and read it.
"I got in."
David's eyes widened as he read the letter. "It's......in........Boston."
She nodded. "I know things have been hard between us. But maybe a fresh start is what we need. Maybe we've been fighting too hard to recapture old memories when we should have been making new ones instead."
David thought for a moment, then smiled uneasily.

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The Girl In The Aslim ~ Belle