Heroes Vs. Villains

Isn't She Lovely.

"Red is so my color." Claude says as he tries on his new red pants, pleated and steamed to perfection. Edward and James were in the room interrogating him. Interrogation turned into a Fashion Show real quick.
"Can you please focus?" Edward says as he crosses his arms. Claude turns to him and then back at his mirror.
"Trust me my darling Edward, I am focused." Claude says as he eyes Edward and James up and down. James rolls his eyes. His patience was growing thin. He wanted to know why Ruby hadn't come home and what she was planning. Claude looks into mirror and then throws on his black fur shawl.
"What do you guys think of the name Lucille?" Claude asks the guys. They look at him in anger and confusion, wondering where he was going with this. He backs up from his mirror and heads to his jewelry box.
"Personally, I love it. It's timeless, classic, and elegant." Claude says as he picks up a large red broach. The broach belonged to his mom. He caresses it before putting it on. Claude looks into the mirror and starts to notice his eyes. They have hints of red in them as soon as he puts the broach on, which freaks him out a bit. He dusts himself off and turns towards James and Edward.
"Ruby thinks the name Lucille should just be Lucy. She said it sounded like an old person and that Lucy was more modern." He walks past them. James looks at Edward then back at  Claude who's exiting the door.
"What was that all about?" James asks Edward. Edward looks at James then back at the door.
"I have no idea, but Claude is really starting to piss me off." He storms off leaving James in Claude's room.

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"Is that for me?" says Lucy. She looks at this red dress. It had a beaded top and a bottom made of tulle. The red satin pumps came with it to match.

"Yeah, isn't it pretty?" says Arabella as she lays out some red jewelry out for Lucy. The necklaces have little rubies encrusted into each space.
"Anthony thinks red may be your color, so he had this dress made." Arabella says as she sits on the bed. Lucy holds up the dress to her body and looks at Arabella.
"I think Anthony is right. Tell him I said thank you."
"That won't be necessary Miss Lucille." Anthony says as he walks towards Lucy. He dismisses Arabella with a wave of his hand and she leaves. Lucy goes behind the closet to change out of her old rags and into the beautiful red dress. She steps out.
"I see I was right. Red is your color." Anthony says as he eyes her up and down. Lucy notices that Anthony is eyeing her up and down. She clears her throat.
Anthony looks up into her eyes. He stares into them as though he's looking for something. Or someone.
"Miss Lucille..." Anthony says as though he finished taking his last breath. Lucy takes a few steps towards Anthony.
"Yes?" Lucy says. Anthony closes his eyes as if he was taking in her words. He took a few steps towards her. They were face to face, just inches away from each other.

"Prince Anthony, can you excuse me?" Lucy says, breaking eye contact. Anthony looks at her as though he didn't hear her.
"Miss Lucille...why do I feel like we've met?" Lucille stops and looks at him. She tenses up but then gives a confused look.
"What makes you say that?" says Lucille. Anthony looks at her trying to study her body language.
"Your eyes...they're a mix of brown and green..like emeralds in the dark. But I feel like I've seen those eyes." Anthony gave Lucille a hard look. She thought for a while. How could she change the subject? How could she bring up a new topic of discussion.
"Um Prince Anthony...why does a kingdom as powerful as your have fear of a sorceress?" Anthony looked up at the ceiling then down at the floor. He turned away from Lucille and sat in the ottoman in front of the bed.
"There's a lot of sorceresses we aren't fond of. Jenessa, daughter of Jafar, is a bit intimidating but she's nothing when you compare her to Ruby." Anthony takes a deep breath. It was as though saying Ruby's name made him calm and afraid all at once.
"She's the daughter of Rumplestiltskin. She's very powerful. She's very manipulative..." Anthony stands up and starts pacing the room.
"Worst of all is that she's very beautiful. Rumplestiltskin had conceived her with a siren so that no one could ever resist her beauty or her voice. He taught her magic, he taught her how to manipulate innocent people, and he taught her how to make those one of a kind deals." Anthony stopped and looked at Lucille. She was listening to every word.
"Ruby isn't like her father though. She's much worse. She uses people to her advantage, she makes deals with stronger binds..." Anthony looked down.
"She could and can make anyone fall in love with her. She'd play with the strings of your loving heart and make you fall in love with her..." Anthony turned away and headed for the door then stopped.
"Then when she's done with you, she breaks your heart to the point where you'll never know if you can ever love again." He walks out the door.
Lucille runs after him.
"Anthony wait!" she runs towards him. He turns and looks at her.
"What made her like this? What made her so evil?" Lucille says as she pants. Anthony smiles then his smile disappears. 
"Her father, Rumplestiltskin was the first one we captured. He was smart and cunning. But our parents planned this very well." He says.
Anthony sighs and looks away from Lucille. "I went along with the men of my kingdom the day they captured him. He was by the docks in Aura, with his daughter...Ruby." He says with a sigh. Lucille studies him. Studies his body language. Studies how he said Ruby's name. "When we captured him, we paralyzed her temporarily with some poisonous pixie dust and with him...we had attacked him, but he attacked us first. My father and some of the other men beat him. We thought we killed him and I guess to Ruby...it looked like we did." Anthony says as he sits down on one of the stone benches in the hall. "I don't even know if he's alive, all I know and all anyone knows is that Rumplestiltskin is that mirror." He says. He stands up and looks at Lucille, who seems a bit distant. "Don't worry Miss Lucille, you have nothing to worry about. Ruby is no where to be found. You and the rest of my kingdom will be safe." He gives her a reassuring smile and leaves her in the hall.
Lucille took a deep breath and broke into tears. She sat on the bench and wept.

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"Boys. Please stop grabbing me by my shirts and grab me by my waist instead" Claude says with a smirk. He winks at James, who's becoming impatient.
"You have to be communicating with her somehow, she will ONLY communicate with you!" Edward says. Claude dusts himself off and rolls his eyes. "Edward darling, why are so persistent in finding Ruby? She isn't looking for help and she isn't looking for you...James my love, don't you see it? See how Edward has been acting this entire time? How obsessed he's become in finding our Ruby? Or is she his Ruby?" Claude says. James turns over to Edward who looks stunned.
"He's right. Why are you obsessed with finding Ruby? What do you want her for?" James says, increasing the volume of his voice. Claude's evil grin starts to show. He walks around James, who's still staring at Edward. "I just want the mirror. For the same reason everyone else wants the mirror." Edward says. Claude rolls his eyes. "James, don't believe him. This whole time the word 'mirror' had never escaped those lips." Claude hisses. He walks up to Edward. "Tell him Edward. Tell him how you often think Giselle is Ruby. Tell him how you've constantly been thinking of her. Tell him how you're still thinking of caressing her face, running your hands up and down her body." He says with a pop of his tongue. "Tell him everything....or I will." Claude says.
James's breathing starts picking up. Edward is flushed with red. Claude looks at both of them and shrugs. "Looks like my work is done. You boys have some talking to do" He throws his black mink over his shoulder and walks down the hallway. "Start talking, NOW!" James says as he slams his hand against the wall. Edwards crosses his arms and rolls his eyes. "Don't you see? Claude wanted us to get away from him and he wanted us to leave Ruby alone. Why are you believing his words?" He says in hopes James would calm down. "HE WAS RIGHT! YOU'VE BEEN ODDLY CONCERNED FOR A GIRL WHO ISN'T YOURS!" James lunges at Edward but Edward moves away. "She's not yours either Jameson. She used to tell me that all the time. How'd she'd just wish for you to leave her alone and how'd she think about making you disappear." Edward says. James's face softens with hurt. He couldn't believe Ruby would say this. Worst of all was that he didn't know if it was true or not. "She's not mine. You were right about that. But at least I can make that change....you, on the other hand, aren't even close to having her." And with that Edward walks away. James stands in the hall confused and hurt.

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Lucy walks around the castle with one thing in mind. Grabbing that mirror.

She now knew. These heroes were worse than villains. They didn't care about their parents who were probably dead in that mirror. These weren't heroes, they were villains. Just like her.

She walked down by the dungeon and right behind silver bars, was the mirror.
The mirror glistened in the dim light. Ruby opened the cell and grabbed the mirror. She held it and looked into it.
She finally did it.

"Don't worry dad, I'm gonna get you out." She whispers. She hears a sound which prompts her to put the mirror back. She closes the cell and runs out.

She knew where the mirror was, she knew how to get it. She just needed the perfect moment.