Cursed Life, New Chance

Storybrooke, Maine

Once upon a time

There was an enchanted forest filled with all the classic characters we know. Or think we know. One day they found themselves trapped in a place where all their happy endings were stolen. Our World. This is how it happened...

FAIRY TALE LAND – PAST

"I do." Prince Charming said, love filling his eyes for the woman in front of him. I pulled my hood closer to my head to hide my face. I couldn't have them recognizing me or they would send me back to him.

"And do you, Snow White, promise to take this man to be your husband, and love him for all eternity?" the Priest asked the young woman to his right.

"I do." Snow White told the priest. I smiled at them; the love they shared seemed to reach out to everyone in the room.

"I now pronounce you man and wife." Everyone applauded as Snow White and Prince Charming leant in for a kiss. The door slammed open and the Queen stood where they once were closed, interrupting them.

"Shit." I whispered and ducked lower to the ground, but that didn't stop her from finding me. She said nothing to me just looked back up at the alter and smiled.

"Sorry I'm late." She approached the couple quickly and when the guards tried to stop her she pushed them away with magic.

"It's the Queen! Run!" one of the dwarfs yelled to the couple. Snow White drew the sword at her husband's waist and pointed it to the woman in front of them.

"She's not the Queen anymore. She's nothing but an evil witch." The prince lowered his sword from his wife's hand.

"No, no, no. Don't stoop to her level. There's no need." He told her taking his sword back but he doesn't sheath it. "You're wasting your time. You've already lost. And I will not let you ruin this wedding." He stood slightly in front of his wife, protecting her from the witch.

"Oh, I haven't come here to ruin anything. On the contrary dear, I've come to give you a gift." She told them smiling.

"We want nothing from you." Snow White told her holding on to Prince Charming's arm. The Queen smiled at them some more.

"But you shall have it! My gift to you is this happy, happy day. But tomorrow my real work begins. You've made your vows, now I make mine. Soon, everything you love, everything all of you love, will be taken from you. Forever. And out of your suffering, will rise my victory. I shall destroy your happiness, if it's the last thing I do." She turned and headed to the doors, signaling to me to leave as well.

"Hey!" the Queen turned to them and the Prince throw his sword at her, but it dissipates before it hit her and her smoke came to me and made me disappear as well.

FF A YEAR

Snow White and her Prince are with child and my aunt almost has her curse ready she just needed the hair of all the people with the darkest souls, and my condition was getting worse. She had called a doctor when her magic hadn't helped, but nothing they did ever helped either. She and the doctors confined me to my bed; a guard at the door just to make sure I didn't move from my spot. Not that I wanted to either, but hey if they wanted to stop me moving then by all means, they can waste their energy. I wrote in the journal my aunt had given me, only stopping when the pain started its way across my body. I held my chest and breathed deeply until it went away as it always had; only it didn't stop. It kept on building and building until I screamed to try a release it. After that my world went dark.

STORYBROOKE

I woke my eyes quickly. It was the exact same dream for the last couple of years. I lifted my head from the window and looked out in time to see a woman with blond hair walking up the driveway with my cousin, Henry. They were talking and he looked to be begging her for something. I then saw my aunt rush towards the pair and hug the small boy. Not to long later, Henry runs inside followed by the sheriff and I hear them run up the stairs to Henry's room. Not long after that the two women outside walked in taking them from my view. Some time later a set of footsteps walked back down, to heavy to be a small boy. After a while, the blond walked out of the house and to her car. Before she got there she turned and looked at the house. I got up from my seat by the window and closed the curtains in front of them, blocking any view into my room. Moments later my aunt walked into my room.