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Post by Ariel on Mar 7, 2013 19:09:57 GMT -5
Ariel sat down at Grannies and ordered a ice tea. She was looking over the menu and thinking about what songs she would sing tonight.
She was about to order a salad when someone walked in to the diner...
oh...great!
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Post by Maleficent on Mar 7, 2013 19:25:33 GMT -5
Mal walked in. She didn't like all the commoners who were allowed into the place... but she liked the food enough. And the Dr. Pepper. She would like to meet this Doctor some day... and thank him personally for his delicious beverage.
She went to her usual booth, but spotted a shock of red, long, beautiful hair. Only ONE girl had that hair.
"Why if it isn't the little MERMAID." Mal cooed. She went over and sat across from her. Perhaps she was being a little silly... but ever since the pirate had shown her pleasures of the flesh the other night... she had been in an extremely good mood. She even took to acknowledging a few men's advances. And one woman's.
"And how is our princess of the ocean?" A waitress was already bringing her a drink: she knew the drill by now....
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Post by Ariel on Mar 7, 2013 19:31:58 GMT -5
Ariel wasn't surprised that Maleficent sat down across from her. She took a breath if this lunch turned into talk about how good Hook was in bed she was leaving.
"I am good, how about you?" She tried picking at her salad. She was still a bit nervous around the Dark Fairy.
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Post by Maleficent on Mar 7, 2013 19:37:18 GMT -5
"Why so nervous, pet?" Mal laughed. "I had NOTHING against you in the days of old. Only with a certain pustule of a pirate and his lack of manners... and competency." She then smiled seductively, leaning in. "But as it so happens, I managed to... exercise OUT... such pent up aggression, so now all is well." She chuckled to herself and then took a sip of her drink. "So what is new with you, pet? Obviously you've take'n to walking and talking like a human... so I guess my gift came in handy..."
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Post by Ariel on Mar 7, 2013 19:43:28 GMT -5
Ariel looked at her confused she looked down at the necklace she still wore after finding she never let it go when Hook saved her from drowning.
"I'm sorry.. you?" Ariel asked not sure what she was saying. Did she create this necklace Hook didn't tell her where he got it come to think of it. Ariel didn't care she was just happy she had it.
"Um.. can you tell me about your gift?" She asked.
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Post by Maleficent on Mar 7, 2013 19:51:14 GMT -5
Mal laughed. "Why the very gift you wear about your neck, pet. Forged from the purest of my dark magic." She blinked at the clueless mermaid. "Oh... you don't mean to tell me... well how INTRIGUING. You thought he gave this to you because he CARED about you? Oh, pet, if he CARED he wouldn't have GIVEN it to you and spared you the heart ache... I told him as much."
Maybe a small part of her regretted letting this come out... but the majority of the dark fairy was reveling in it. "Your feelings for the pirate touched me, that day on the island. That you would sacrifice YOUR dreams to make his come true. I though you stupid for it... but thought it only fair that you should have a chance to experience what you THOUGHT was worth sacrificing your happiness for..."
She leaned in towards Ariel. "So tell me... was it worth it. The sacrifice? Forsaking your family? The heartache? Walking among these alien creatures, acting like one of them... but knowing that you don't BELONG?"
Mal leaned back into her seat. "Trust me... I know the feeling, pet..."
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Post by Ariel on Mar 7, 2013 19:58:44 GMT -5
Ariel took in everything Mal said to her she took a breath. It was painful sometimes she felt like she didn't belong and yes it was clear Hook didn't care about her. Hearing it from someone other then herself was painful. She was silent for a long moment before speaking.
"My father and sisters were gone... I had no one after the curse I was alone Hook gave me this necklace so I could come here... but when did he get it from you?" Ariel took a drink. "Did you give this to him on the Island?" She was scared of the answer and yet she knew. Hook had the necklace and had been playing her all along.
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Post by Maleficent on Mar 7, 2013 20:06:03 GMT -5
"And you could have gone WITH them... hell, FATE would have given you legs if you had just been closer to home...rather then chasing after your pirate." Mal tsked to herself.
"I gave it to him as soon as I restored his ship...why? Coming towards some conclusion? That a damned, murderous witch had more compassion for you all these years... then the very man who warmed your bed?" She blinked innocently, green eyes large... but then her expression became serious. "I'm not trying to wound you.. I"m trying to help you see the truth, Ariel. To empower you."
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Post by Ariel on Mar 7, 2013 22:13:34 GMT -5
Ariel stared at Mal so Hook had lied to her for years. She'd be lying if she was actually shocked by this. The bastard tricked her so many times holding that damn necklace over her head. Then he tricked her into his bed and himself into her heart.
Now here she was finding out that most of the time she knew him he'd lied to her. He never cared about her but he sure as hell acted like he did. It ripped her open with a pain like she'd only known the day she gave up her dreams for him. Would he ever stop hurting her? She'd let him go even met someone new and he still tore at the best parts of her why? Ariel had to ask why? Was she really that foolish to love someone who treated her like shit and lied so many times she never actually knew when he was being truthful.
His eyes held more Ariel had always believed he could be more maybe she was wrong. For the first time she was lost, Hook was going to hear everything she had to say.
"Yes... I was thinking something like that. Doesn't matter now I've moved on from him." She told Mal her voice cold. Ariel wanted to scream and cry but instead she kept her emotions in check.
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Post by Maleficent on Mar 7, 2013 23:19:16 GMT -5
"Oh but HAVE you?" Mal narrowed her eyes. "I can read auras pretty well, my pet, even in this world... and yours is just blushing with pink every time he comes up... even when it hurts." She smirked. "Leave the bluffing to the professionals, princess... you can't deny what the heart feels, poor fool..."
The Dark Fairy motioned for the waitress to bring another beverage; it was ready in a moment. The waitress obviously knew that Mal was a good tipper.
"All magic comes with a price, Ariel..." Mal took her straw and pointed to the pendant on the necklace at the mermaid's neck. "And yours is pain of the heart. See? He would have been more merciful to just let you swim on home back to daddy and all those loving sisters..."
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Post by Ariel on Mar 7, 2013 23:42:11 GMT -5
"So your telling me this is my price to love him forever no matter how bad he hurts me? I let him go.. I moved on are you telling me this is as far as I can go.. that I will always love him..." Ariel didn't want to believe that.
She liked Jefferson and maybe one day she'd love him to. He'd never hurt her the way Hook did.. but if she was cursed to love Hook forever how would that be fair to Jefferson. She wouldn't hurt him even if it meant giving up another thing she cared about. Damn it being human was hard but it was worth it.
"How come the necklace doesn't work here? I tried to go back once...I stayed human. Not that I want to go back I wish to be human I was just wondering. Also thank you whatever pain its brought me I am happy being human."
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Post by Maleficent on Mar 8, 2013 1:27:05 GMT -5
"Yes... that is your price." Mal replied. "And the reason WHY it 'doesn't work' is because it IS working, pet. You still love him... the spell has taken hold, even without the necklace. Once you TRULY move on... you will turn back into a mermaid. And I suppose you could put it back on again,... but then you're back to Hook. It's a vicious cycle." She cocked her head at the mermaid. "Perhaps he should have asked for the disclaimer before accepting the necklace. Men!" Mal huffed.
The waitress brought over the bad fairy's usual; a turkey wrap with a side of pickle and fries. "And don't thank me. I don't want your gratitude on my conscience once it finally DOES destroy you. Could you be a dear a pass the ketchup?"
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Post by Ariel on Mar 8, 2013 1:49:15 GMT -5
Ariel swallowed the pain building up inside her. Love him forever no... no...
"IS there no way to stop it? I don't want to be a mermaid again but loving Hook I can't think of anything worse then loving someone like him for the rest of my life it would kill me. What else can I do please tell me?" Ariel wanted to beg but she tried to stay calm.
"Were my feelings even real? Or was it just this necklace?" She wanted to cry is that why she slept with Hook and let him treat her like crap? She didn't know she just wanted out.
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Post by Maleficent on Mar 8, 2013 2:02:53 GMT -5
Mal's eyes softened at the mermaid's desperation. There was a time when this would have ignited joy in the Dark Fairy's black heart, dishing out this kind of anguish... but not any more. Now it was just so... pointless.
"Hush, pet, don't cry." Mal sighed. This wasn't NEARLY as fun as she thought it would be. "You're feelings for him were real... even I could see they were real back on the island... but the spell has latched on to that true love... has exploited it."
She leaned in towards Ariel again. "There IS a way out... but I don't think you will approve." She waved her hand, low so that no one else would notice. She pulled her graceful hands away from each other, a long, narrow dagger materializing between. Mal took the sharp dagger out of it's ivory sheath. "Cut out Hook's heart with THIS, and throw it into the ocean... and you will be free and human. But it has to be you. Even if he dies, if it is NOT by your hand, the spell remains."
She saw the horror on Ariel's face. "A dark curse sometimes requires an even DARKER remedy, Pet."
An awkward silence passed between the two. "I was in a bit of a DARK place back then... it all seems a little over the top now... so... sorry... I guess." It felt unnatural apologizing. Mal shook it off and bit into her wrap.
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Post by Ariel on Mar 8, 2013 3:15:09 GMT -5
Ariel felt tears burn her eyes, kill Hook? How.. she knew the answer to that there was no way she could kill him. No she would be doomed to love him forever... she had to tell Jefferson because it wasn't fair to him. Ariel wouldn't get her happy ending this way.
All because she saved him and loved him. Of course magic has a price why was she so stupid not to see that. The price was her heart and a man who would never love her back. She hurt so bad she couldn't even love Jefferson because if she did she would be a mermaid again and this time she would be alone.
Which hurt because she really liked him and loved Grace. Ariel wanted to be in their lives but at what price? She couldn't kill Hook not now not ever. She put her face in her hands. Ariel took the knife and sat it next to her.
"That's the only way...killing the person I love.. I can't do that..forever unhappy I guess or all alone in the ocean." She told Mal her voice soft and broken.
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