My Demonic Beauty (Jackunzel) [Editing]

My Demonic Beauty (21)

Rapunzel

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I can't breathe.

My throat closes as I stare at this woman. I don't believe Pitch at first, but then I notice how much she looks like me. Our eyes, I have her eyes. And her chin. Her small body frame, mine is like hers. She tries to smile at me, but she stops herself. She can't bring herself to smile at her daughter. I can feel myself trying to inhale, trying to take in that gulp full of air, but I can't. I struggle as I stand, staring at my mother, who I wanted to see for so long.

Why hadn't I seen her before? He told me that she was dead. He told me she died in child birth. Yet here she stands, clearly alive and well. As a servant to him. I feel my once calm fines turn hot with anger. My small hands turn into hard fists. I stare up at him, past the woman who claims to be my mother, and squint my eyes. My eyes send deadly looks at him, but his expression doesn't change. I feel my throat clamp up.

Before I know it, I can feel the tears staining my cheeks. "Why did you lie to me?"

The woman, my mother, sighs sadly at me and reaches out for me, but I step back. I don't want her to hug me, to baby me like a child. I ignore her and wait for Pitch's answer.

"I wanted to keep you safe."

And then I really burst. "I'm her daughter! I can't believe she ever had a daughter with you, you're such a monster!"

Before he can reply back, my mother snaps her head toward him. "You told her that you're her father?"

What?

His face stays emotionless. "To make her believe me, yes. But you must know that I love her with all of my heart. I will never love anyone in the world as much as I love my Rapunzel, Amelia."

What does he mean? Amelia turns back at me, anger crossing her face. What's going on?

"Rapunzel," She starts, but I don't listen.

"What's going on?" I ask, backing away from her.

She stands up straight in her uniform, fixing her face so it's blank. With strands of brown hair in her face, she tells me, "Pitch isn't your father. He killed him when you were a baby. He killed my husband.

The next thing I know, I'm on my knees, my fists holding me up so I don't fall forward. My tears dribble down my nose and onto the tile floor. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I hear Pitch trying to tell me something but I don't listen. I'm not his daughter? He's not my father, he's not my father. Why? Why did he do this? Why did he kill him?

I can't breathe.

He's not my father. He's not my father!

I start to sob with my hair covering my face. My head is ducked so I can't see them, my mother and a monster. My back rises and falls with each sob.

"Rapunzel I'm sorry. You know I love you. Nothing's changed."

"Everything has changed!" I scream. I glare up at him with salty tears. Amelia stands nearby, watching everything unfold. "You lied to me! For eighteen years! I'm not even you're daughter!!"

"Rapunzel, calm down-"

"NO!" I bellow, standing on my feet. I dig my fingers into my eyes to wipe the tears away. My body shakes from anger. "I WILL NOT CALM DOWN! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ANYTHING? I'M MAD! I'M REALLY FUCKING MAD! YOU TRIED TO KILL ME WHEN I'M NOT EVEN YOUR FUCKING DAUGHTER!!" I look at the ceiling. "JAAACK!!" I shriek.

Windows break in every direction. I don't know if it was me or him, but not a second later, Jack flies in and blasts Pitch with ice. Everything goes hazy, the room starts to go dark. The last thing I see before I faint is Amelia running towards me, but darkness sweeps her off of her feet and blood stains everything.

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He made me fall asleep. He made me dream.

I wake up in a field. I jolt up, gasping for air as if I had almost drowned. Which I have before. I look at my surrounds and see flowers all around me. I look down at my attire. I'm wearing a purple dress, one of my favorites from my closet. No shoes cover my feet. My toes wiggle but I feel a cold breeze take over. When I look up again, the flowers are dead. The sky is darker and the grass isn't as green. I slowly stand up. A soft fog covers the field.

"Where are you?" I ask loudly, shifting my body around so I can look. "Don't hide now."

I felt like a child playing hide and seek. My voice is higher than usual and everything seems bigger. I wonder about, searching for Pitch. I don't even know why. I just need to find him. I'm scared, sweat trickles down my face. "Daddy? Daddy where are you?"

My feet start to fly across the grass, each step a powerful pound into the dirt. The sky starts to grow darker with each step. I close my eyes and tell myself to calm down. An odd thought comes. Monsters are lurking in the darkness. That's when I stop running, bring my arms to my chest, and peer into the dark woods besides me. My heart, by now, has broke through my rib cage. It races to break my skin. The monsters, the monsters are growling at me. They're waiting to attack, and then he comes from behind me. He bares his teeth at the monsters, making them retreat into the darkness even further.

"Daddy!" I shriek with joy as I reach up for him. He picks me up in his arms and brings me close, caressing my hair with long strokes of his fingers. I feel safe in his strong arms. He can protect me. He's my daddy. But then... he isn't. He killed my real daddy, and so I pull away from him. I kick to get away. His arms disappear and I fall into the grass. The sky clears, the flowers grow back, and the grass is green again.

I stand up again, dusting the dirt from my dress. "Pitch?" I shout. My voice is deeper, thank God.

"Rapunzel." I hear it behind me. I spin around and sure enough there he is. His arms are behind his back. He looks sad yet again. I cross my arms over my shoulders. "I know you're mad-"

"Oh I'm pissed."

"But I want you to know that now, I wouldn't want to kill your father. I love you, my dear Rapunzel, more than any man ever could. You are my daughter, if you say so l or not. I watched you grow up and become wise. If I had the chance to know what you deserved before I killed your father, I wouldn't kill him. I promise you that."

I can't find myself to talk. I just stare at him stare at me.

"And," He adds. "My greatest fear is losing you."

He changes. His appearance does, anyway. His hair turns dark brown, and it flops down over his eyes. His skin becomes lighter, tanner. He smiles, and it's so bright, so lively. I've never seen him look anything like this before. He admitted his greatest fear. The King of Darkness told me his fear. All I want to do is cry.

"I... I-I...." I still can't find words. He raises his hand, silencing my stutter.

"When I wake you up, I want you to kill me. I don't deserve to live."

And it's like all of my anger washed away. "W-what?"

"Kill me," He says blankly.

"No. No! I won't do that!"

"But you already gave me a life worth living, my sweetest Nightmare."

I can feel myself start to sir awake, but I don't want to leave. "No, don't wake me up! Stop!"

"I love you Rapunzel."

"No! Stop! Dad!" I cry and scream. "Daddy!!"

My eyes fly open. I can still feel the tears.

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Hiya! :D

Happy Thanksgiving! For Americans....

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been distracted by writing Keep Your Enemies Closer cx but I won't leave this, it's almost finished and I'm determined to finish it!

Plus I really love the emotion I write with this. Gah cx

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