Emma gave it to her in a sealed box, engraved with elegant carvings of fire breathing dragons and snarling wolves. Cheshire eagerly accepted it, running a slender finger over the unfamiliar patterns with a triumphant grin lighting up her pale face. For once, she looked like any normal teenager, Emma thought, someone who wasn't scarred; who hadn't been told she wasn't good enough, who didn't have to reach for the furthest star in order to prove herself. The shapeshifter raised her head to meet her gaze, grey eyes shining in excitement.
"Thank you," she told the Saviour sincerely. Emma nodded an acknowledgement.
"What is it?" she asked the assassin.
"The heart of the truest believer," the shapeshifter replied smugly. "Not Henry's, of course." The Saviour looked amazed.
"There's another truest believer?" she questioned incredulously. Cheshire grinned wickedly.
"Of sorts."
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The Cheshire Cat (A OUAT love story)
FanfictionCheshire has been on the run since the day she turned eleven, having made a little too many enemies. Everyone knows who she is; The Cheshire Cat, the sassy assassin with the wicked grin. Despite that, however, she has nowhere to go. Until she runs i...
