Rumpelstiltskin's Heir

I Share My Memories With A Wooden Man

O.k. so we now return to Aldara in present time! 

Aldara's POV

I woke up slowly, tears falling down my cheeks. Last night I had dreamt of the day I had been taken away, the day I had been sold. I know that I didn't date him for much time, but he was very important to me. During my entire life before that, I could always count on him. He had always been there for me, no matter what.

I groaned as I lifted my upper body up. I looked at my leg it still hurt, but it was a lot better. I no longer had any bruises and some of my cuts were already healed. I slowly moved my leg. I reached for the branch, which is my new staff. I used it to get up slowly and put most of my weight on it instead of my foot. I winced a little as I walked out of the cave. The sun was out and it seem like a nice day. I packed my things in my back pack, I decided I was going to walk a bit so that I can get use to moving it. I remembered the king who had bought me, I had once cut my hand cleaning and he had told me to wash my hand and keep cleaning. He told me that if I didn't use it, then when the wound heeled, I wouldn't be able to move my hand in the same way. True or not, I decided to take these words in consideration today, plus I was getting really tired of being in this cave for so long with nothing to do. I'm not sure how long I walked. After a while my leg began to hurt a lot, so I slowed down, and that's when I saw it. There, right in front of me there was a abandoned trailer, or at least I thought it was abandoned. I quietly walked around it. Once I was at the door, I put my hand on the handle, feeling the cold metal. I bit my lip, should I go in? I decided I should, I might find something useful. So I grabbed a strong hold of the handle and pulled it open. I poked my head in for a glance, it didn't seem like there was anyone. I walked into the trailer, careful not to make to much sound. I felt like in those horror movies, where this person finds an abandoned place in the woods and ends up killed. I looked around and did the mot stupid thing (apart from going where you heard the strange sound coming from), in a scary movie.

I said, "Hello? Is there anyone here?"

I looked at the door making sure it was still open. 

Then I heard some one saw, "I am"

I turned around to find a wooden man standing in front of me. My eyes widened with surprise and I was milometer close to screaming out bloody marry style.

The wooden man to a step closer, and I took a step farther. 

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you", whispered the wooden man

I eyed him for a minute, my mind deciding whether to believe him or not. Then it hit me, how could I be afraid of him!

"Y-your Pinocchio aren't you?", I asked

The wooden man didn't answer at first, but then he slowly nodded. 

I smiled at him, I was actually talking to Pinocchio! The boy who was wood and turned to a real boy. How strange, he was still wood, I wonder why.

"Here", said Pinocchio, "please sit down". He pointed at a seat next to me.

I silenlty sat down, normally I would be afraid, but Pinocchio isn't a bad character from the fairy tales.

He gave me a small smile, "Would you like anything to drink, I don't have much to drink but...", he trailed off

I shook my head. "No thank you", I said politely 

He looked at me and asked, "I know I don't know you so who are you?"

I crossed my legs to be in a more comfortable place before making up a story, and lying instead of telling him that my dad was Rumplestiltskin. As I crossed my legs I stopped and winced, stupid leg.

Pinocchio noticed that I winced and asked me if I was ok.

"I'm fine", I lied

Pinocchio shook his head, "What's wrong"

I sighed and showed him my leg, which was a little purple. 

"What happened!?"

"I broke it a while ago, and I'm still healing."

He nodded slowly before asking, "Do you have pain killers"

I reached for my bag, and took out a small bottle of pain killers.

"Yeah, but I'm almost out."

Pinocchio got up and walked over to a box in the trailer, he took a white bottle out and brought it to me.

"Here", he handed it to me, "It's not much, but it's all I have"

I slowly took the bottle, it had was a half full bottle of pain killers.

"Thank you", I said, "You have no idea how helpful this is."

He gave me another small smile and said, "So who were you again?"

I took a deep breath, he was a good person...would he understand? Should I tell him the truth? No one except for my mother, Dame Gothel, Auxi, and I knew. And according to me, two of that list were already dead.

I looked into Pinocchio's wooden eyes, I needed to talk to someone, I couldn't keep it inside forever.

"It's kinda a long story", I said looking at my feet.

"Well...if you want to tell me...I'm all ears."

I closed my eyes and looked up. I opened my eyes, and my mouth, and I let everything flow out.

"My name is Aldara", I began. I told him about how I never knew my parents, all I knew when I was little was that my mother had given me away. I grew up working for Dame Gothel, cleaning floors and dishes. I told him how my best and only friend had been Auxiliator. I told him of the day that Auxi and I had kissed for the first time, and why Dame Gothel was angry at Auxi. I told him of the day, when the knights took me, and how Auxi promised to save me. And I told him of how Auxi did indeed saved me.

~Flash Back~

Aldara's POV

I winced, but I continued to clean. I'd prefer to clean than to spend more time with my stupid husband the bloody king. King Uthyr had been my husband for 2 years so far, I hate him. Dame Gothel sold me to him as his fifth wife. He has one castle per wife and spends to months with each of us, this month it's my turn. The truth is that Uthyr isn't that bad, he decided that we wouldn't have a honeymoon until I was 18, that would be tomorrow. For the most time he was respectful, and I was thankful for that, but he didn't understand that I didn't love him! He would say it was just a phase  whenever he was angry I would either end up cleaning the entire castle on my knees, or be beaten. I noticed the knights were a little nervous, I mentally laughed. They were afraid. In the past two years someone has been able to get in and out of the others castles, almost undetected. Rumor between the maids and knights was that the next castle to be visited by this mysterious person, was this one. But I wasn't afraid, I knew, even if no one had seen him, that this intruder was my Auxi. He was looking for me, and he was going to keep his promise.