The Price of Magic

1: Jar Of Hearts

MAL

The coronation after party went off with a hitch. Evie, Carlos, Jay and I were walking away from the castle late at night when we found it. I'm not even sure where it came from of who's it was. Carlos was in the lead when he stopped, "Guys, come look at this."

Evie shook her head, "Carlos, there isn't anything there."

Jay bent down to look at what Carlos was pointing at, "It looks like some sort of weapon sticking in the ground. Let me pull it out." He tried to pull it out but it refused to budge.

"Move over, Jay." I replied approaching it. My mother's spell book was retried from my purse.

Evie shook her head, "Mal, don't."

I rolled my eyes, "My mother's spell book is not cursed, E. I'm not using one of her darker spells. Just a simple levitation spell is all." I opened the book and spoke the spell. My hands glowed green as the magic covered the weapon. The magic yanked the weapon out of the ground and had it levitating in the air. I still couldn't make out much in the moon light alone.

"We should head back to the dorms. The person who owns that could come back." Evie told us.

"Fine, we will take it back to the dorm." The magic faded and I was now holding it in my hands. It definitely had weight in it, but unlike most swords, it was jagged.

We headed toward the dorms and I placed it on Evie's desk. I headed to the bathroom close by. Jay and Carlos had gone to their dorms because we decided to discuss it in the morning. I was getting ready to use the toilet when I turn towards the mirror. On it was written in red, "Mal Bertha". My jaw dropped, no one graffiti's the mirrors in Auradon. Eve worse is that it was my name. Including my middle name. Only Ben, my mother and myself know my middle name. I turned the water on to splash my face when blood came out of the faucet. I backed up and slipped. I landed on the ground where squishy pieces of flesh lay with millions of glowing red things blinked at me. I reached over and picked one up. I instantly dropped it, horrified. They were all hearts. Amid the blood and flesh, the hearts are lingering. I scream as blood rains down.

I blink and Evie is kneeling right in front of me. She had concern all over her face. "M, are you alright? You passed out in the bathroom." I looked over her shoulder where the blood red graffiti was, it was gone. All of it was gone. I took deep fast breaths, realizing none of it was real.

"I passed out? I don't remember..." Evie shook her head.

"Mal, you've been here for three hours. I had to come check up on you." She stood up and helped me stand. "We found out about the dagger while you were asleep. But, let's get you up to speed."

Evie, Jay and Carlos explained how the dagger controled someone known as the Dark One but the Library did not tell them what that meant. I still could not get the horrible images out of my head. It was like someone gave me a drug and decided I go on a trip through horror city. I didn't want to tell Ben, in fear of him worrying. The dagger had a name carved onto it. "Who is... Rumplstiltskin?" I asked the others.

"We were wondering maybe you knew." Carlos said to me.

"What makes you think I know?"

"You have magic, maybe the guy is a wizard." Carlos suggested.

"I have no idea, my mother never spoke of him in my entire life." I said shaking my head.

Evie shrugged, but her brown eyes told me there was worry. She was concerned considering my sleep in the bathroom. Evie always knew when something was wrong. She would always have my back, even when others won't. I looked at my hands, and looked at the dagger. "It has to mean something, it wouldn't be here if it didn't."

STORYBROOKE, SAME TIME

Maleficent was with her daughter Lily, teaching her how to deal with the darkness inside of her.  Currently, they were on break. Maleficent was looking at a pretty little black and purple stuffed dragon toy. It had startling green eyes. She stared at it sadly. Lily approached her mother, "Mom, why are you here with a toy at Granny's Diner?"

"It was a gift to someone long ago. I wished it stayed in the Enchanted Forest."

"Mother, what's so special about it? Was it mine?" Lily asked sitting across her mother and was eyeing the toy.

"It wasn't yours, Lily."

"Then who's was it?" Lily asked, noticing the look in her mother's eyes, "Mom, tell me, please?" Lily was using a word she knew her mother wouldn't say no to.

"It was you're sister's."

okay, chapter 1 is done. I hope you guys like what I did. Rumplstiltskin in Auradon? Shocking. But I think the fact that Maleficent had a second child is even more intense. Who is it? Can you guess? Give ideas in the comments!