*On*
*Off*
*On*
*Off*
Huddled underneath her blankets,
Minnerbelle finds comfort in her flashlight. Ever since her dad left her, the light is all she has to keep her company at night. Why did he leave her? It wasn't fair. All she ever wanted in this world was to be by his side. Everyone looks at her with such sad eyes now. They give her a pat on the cheek and tell her it will be alright. How do they know this? She might not be a grown-up yet, but she knew what was going on. People kept disappearing. Her father was one of them. Now he was gone and would never come back.
A gust of wind howls and the house creaks. It has become so scary at night. She burrows deeper in her blankets. The house continues to creak. It sounds like there's someone in the house…no, it must be her imagination. This old house creaks all the time.
*thump*
*thump*
Boots. On the stairs. Someone is here.
Panic swells in her throat and she dives under her bed and shuts off her light.
The boots enter her room. She sees them walking towards her bed.
They stop.
Her heart pounding in her chest, she tries not to make a sound.
In one swift movement, a hand appears and grabs her ankle. Screaming,
Minnerbelle is pulled out from underneath the bed. She kicks and claws at her bed, trying to break free, but the hand was too strong. She goes to let out another scream when a hunter's knife is plunged into her chest, cutting off her voice before she could make a sound. Her eyes go wide in shock, blood starts to spill from her mouth. She can't breathe. The knife is yanked free and she falls to the ground. Sputtering, still unable to take a breath,
Minnerbelle shivers, bringing her arms close to her body. All she wants to do is sleep…..before she closes her eyes, she finds herself looking into the face of her killer…..
LetItSnow stares back at
Minnerbelle, watching the life leave her body gives him a strange happiness. Killing is what he is most skilled at. He enjoys seeing the final moments of death. Their eyes, filled with fear, slowly gloss over, until there is no longer anyone staring back at him.
He turns to leave. A job well done. So ends
Minnerbelle, Paige/Grace, who was never united with her father.
*******
Across town,
tuckervet sits at the bar enjoying a pint of beer. The place is deserted. Where was everyone? Surely things aren't that bad around this town. As she takes her last swig, she notices a pretty girl walk in the front entrance. She sets down her mug and swivels on the stool to face her.
"Hello
bbeventer! Came to join me for a pint?" she smiles. Finally! Someone she can talk to.
"Sure, why not?" says
bbeventer as she pulls up a stool. "What are you doing here all alone, anyways?"
"Not too sure…it seems as though people are too afraid to leave their houses now." replies
tuckervet.
bbeventer just smiles. She gets up to fix them each a pint behind the bar.
Handing one to
tuckervet, she says "Cheers! To a job well done."
They both take long gulps and set down the mugs.
Smiling at
bbeventer,
tuckervet suddenly takes a hold of the bar. Her smiles fades quickly to a look of confusion and pain.
Something isn't right.
She goes to stand, but her knees are too weak and she collapses on the ground. Where was
bbeventer? Why isn't she helping? She begins to feel numb. Panic is rising as she realizes that she can't move her legs. The numbness is slowly spreading through the rest of her body. She desperately tries to get up, but can't. A pair of sparkling glass shoes appear in her line of sight. She tries to call out to
bbeventer, but her voice is gone. She is trapped in her own body. This has to be a nightmare…
She then sees the glass slippers walk slowly out of her sight as she lies there, unable to move.
tuckervet continues to struggle against this unseen force holding her body in place. The exertion quickly depletes her energy and slowly she begins to feel tired. Maybe sleep would be a good thing? She slowly closes her eyes…never to open them again. Now dead is
tuckervet, Anton the giant.
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It begins to drizzle.
Rojo pulls up the hood of his cloak and continues along the path. Leaves crunch under his boots. As he continues deeper into the forest, the fog becomes more and more dense. How are you supposed to find your way in this? The plan was to meet at the wishing well.
equineconstant had better be there…
The forest has become suddenly quiet. No chirps of birds nesting in the trees, no scuttles of small rodents along the ground. He takes a look around, trying to spot anyone in the darkness and fog.
Nothing.
Wait.
He spots what seems to be a foot print in the soft mud just ahead of him. He bends down to inspect it further when he hears the leaves of a bush rustle next to him. He drops to the ground and pulls free his sword. The ring of the steel makes a clear sound in the quiet night. Remaining completely still, he listens.
*snap*
He whirls around, sweeping the blade out in front of him. It makes impact.
He looks to see what it was, but finds nothing. Strange…
Keeping his sword out, he proceeds cautiously down the trail.
Reaching the wishing well, he finds
equineconstant there waiting for him. She smiles and starts to walks over to him.
As they are about to reach each other, an arrow whizzes through the air and there's a strangled cry. There's the sound of twigs snapping and leaves crunching as someone approaches.
"I was about to do it you know," says one voice.
"Yeah, well, I figured I would have some fun with this one." says the other. "It's what I do best, after all."
Rojo smiles down at
equineconstant. Her eyes are full of so many emotions. Feelings of shock, pain, fear, betrayal and disbelief flash across her face. Her confusion brings sparks of excitement and joy. He had been waiting so long for this moment.....and it will be over too fast.
equineconstant struggles to speak. Why? What is going on? Why is
rojo just standing there, not helping her? But the pain is too great, she is unable to make a sound. She struggles to even draw oxygen into her lungs. Blood is pouring through her fingers as she clutches the arrow in her chest. Her eyes begin to close as she falls to her side. She just wants this nightmare to be over and the pain to end. The one person she thought she could trust, the one that would always find her, has betrayed her. With one last, rattling breath, her body goes limp. So ends
equineconstant, Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard.
Heading back to town to meet up with
bbeventer,
LetItSnow and
Rojo come across a trail of blood outside the borders of the forest. Deciding to follow it, they are eventually lead to an alley. As they turn the corner, they find
cuit, pale as death, collapsed on the ground. A large gash across her chest.
cuit, Mulan, is dead.
The three remaining residents take up residence in the mayor's house. Surely
swings would have been happy for them to move in.
LetItSnow,
Rojo and
bbeventer, having successfully stopped all happy endings in Storybrooke, are free to rule the town as they see fit. Maybe they'll even travel to new, far off places.
Next stop? Neverland.
WOLVES WIN
LetItSnow - The Huntsman/Sheriff Graham Humbert
Rojo - Prince Charming/David Nolan turned evil
bbeventer - Cinderella/Ashley Boyd turned evil
Cemetery kayd:
Lissarae06 - Grumpy/Leroy
FFM - Tamara
nohika - Belle/Lacey
SV88 - Mad Hatter/Jefferson
Frozenshades - Captain Killian "Hook" Jones
FH - Red Riding Hood/Ruby
SnS - Emma Swan
Jamr0ckin - Owen Flynn/Greg Mendell
WS - Prince Phillip
Allie - Maleficent
devyn - Dr. Frankenstein/Dr. Whale
wildcatj - Genie/Magic Mirror/Sidney Glass
DVMD - Jiminy Cricket/Archie Hopper
Lupin21 - Peter Pan/The Shadow
wldlfstdnt - Granny/Widow Lucas
swingnsave - Evil Queen/Regina Mills
SOV - Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold
fancymylotus - Blue Fairy/Mother Superior
dyachei, Queen of Hearts/Cora
TRH - Baelfire/Neal Cassidy
NStarz - Henry Mills
Dwindlin - Princess Abigail/Kathryn Nolan
FantasyFlyer - Pinocchio/August Booth
AlorsOnDanse - Princess Aurora
hedgiehog - Geppetto
Minnerbelle - Paige/Grace
tuckervet - Anton the giant
equineconstant - Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard
cuit - Mulan
Props to all the players.
to Escalla. Many times over.
