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Post by Maleficent on Mar 8, 2013 8:37:53 GMT -5
"That is the price my dark magic requires... yes." Mal chewed her food. What was so hard about this concept to grasp? But the girl was in shock... of course she had to process all this slowly.
"Hey... chin up." Mal said lamely; it really wasn't in her to encourage, yet here she was giving it a try for the first time in a LONG time. "That's the nature of dark magic... but if there's anything I've learned... true love always seems to find a way... irritatingly so..."
Shivers ran down the Dark Fairy's spine... It felt UNNATURAL! She put her wrap down in disgust. "And now I've lost my appetite. Mal stood up, putting a fifty on the table. "Lunch is on me..." She shoved her hands in her tight jean pockets and headed for the door.
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Post by Ariel on Mar 8, 2013 12:13:15 GMT -5
Ariel watched her leave she didn't really have anything else to say. The Dark Fairy just came in had lunch with her and ruined her life. Now came the hard part she would have to tell Jefferson. She couldn't start a relationship with him with this big of a lie. It was time he knew everything and once he left her then maybe she could just be in peace.
Losing him would be hard though because the more time Ariel spent with him the more she wanted to know him. The Dark Fairy was right if magic came with a price she would just have to pay it. If that meant loving Hook painfully for the rest of her life... She sighed.
Ariel got up and left the diner then she had no idea what to do so she ran. As if she could run away from her problems, if she ran far and fast enough. Instead she wound up near Else's house. She wondered if Else would be the person to talk to. She still wanted to talk to Hook and she had the knife in her purse to make matters worse. Why did she take that knife anyway its not like she would even come close to killing Hook.
Ariel knocked on Else's door but no one was home. Well she could wait for her or go back to yell at Hook? It was all to much and she sat down on Else's porch where Jefferson had kissed her the other night. Ariel put her head in her arms and cried.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 8, 2013 15:20:51 GMT -5
Else was on the phone with Hans as she pulled up into her driveway. "Yeah... mmmhmmm... I PROMISE I'll make something good." He retorted back, with something that made her blush. "Hans...save that kind of talk for when you get home, mister..." she added with a seductive note. She spotted Ariel on her front step. "Hans... I gotta go. Love you too."
She stepped out of the car and approached Ariel. "What a pleasant surprise..." The mermaid looked up at her. Else immediately was at her side, putting an arm around her. "Ariel, hon? Are you okay? What's the matter?"
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Post by Ariel on Mar 8, 2013 21:06:39 GMT -5
"l... Sorry Else I didn't know where else to go.. I just found something out and I am wondering if I can talk to you about it?" Ariel told her ready to break into tears again.
"You were the best person I could think of to talk to...I just don't know what to do... " Ariel closed her eyes for a moment trying to gather her emotions.
The gift of legs had really become a curse and she had no idea what to do about it.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 9, 2013 12:44:41 GMT -5
"Yes... yes of COURSE, hon." Else soothed. "Let's get inside, alright?"
Once they were in, Else got Ariel situated on the comfy couch in the living room. "Can I get you anything to make you feel better? Some hot tea maybe? Jefferson told me about a really interesting blend that is supposed to calm-" She noticed that his name elicited a sad reaction from the mermaid. Else blinked. "Oh hon...Is everything alright with you and Jeff?" She sat down beside Ariel.
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Post by Ariel on Mar 9, 2013 21:24:30 GMT -5
"Thank you Else," Ariel sat down on her couch. "No I don't think I need anything right now."
She took a breath where did she begin. "I was told today the full price of my human form and the only way I can keep it. See a long time ago I saved Hook by giving up something I truly wanted my dreams my legs. Apparently the Dark Fairy who I saved him from gave him my necklace." She held it up on her neck. "Which has made me human. I didn't know she gave it to him because he waited YEARS to give it to me. Probably until I he needed something from me leverage I suspect." She sighed it was Hook what did she expect?
"Anyway I ran into that Dark Fairy today and she told me she gave it to him because she felt bad for me probably more like pity because I loved him enough to forsake my own happiness for his. She thought it was foolish, but I guess it was something she could use. Then she told me that's the reason it works my love for him and the true cost is I'll never be free of it. I'll love that selfish man forever and he will never know or care what I have given up for him" Ariel broke into tears the pain to real she swallowed.
"If I ever fall out of love with him I will change into a mermaid and be alone... What can I do? I like Jefferson so much but how can I hurt him when I can't truly love him its not fair to him." Ariel looked at Else.
"The Dark Fairy gave me a way out... but the cost is to much...she told me if I kill Hook cut out his heart and toss it in the ocean I will be free. She would have been smarter to tell me to cut out my own and hand it to Hook because that's what I have done since I met him. I have no idea what to do about any of it.. I was so stupid Else all magic comes with a price everyone knows that how could I think I wouldn't have to pay it?" Ariel told her choking back a few sobs.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 9, 2013 21:53:28 GMT -5
This... was a lot to take in. And incredibly heartbreaking coming from as pure a soul as Ariel. Else immediately pulled her in towards herself, embracing her. That damned Dark Fairy... whoever she was.
Else rubbed the mermaids back, in a maternal like manner. "You said... you can't 'truly' love Jefferson... but is that only because if you do... you turn back?"
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Post by Ariel on Mar 9, 2013 22:03:42 GMT -5
Ariel hugged her and cried she was thankful she had Else to turn to.
"I guess I am.. I wish to not turn back but knowing I can't be with Jefferson it hurts. The more I am with him the more I fall for him it will only be a matter of time before I love him completely and once I do I lose everything. What am I going to do? Do I tell Jefferson the truth? Do I let him decide? Do I tell Hook...because right now I wish I could shove that knife into his stupid chest!" Ariel sighed.
"Who takes something from some Dark Fairy who almost kills you and doesn't ask the price if I have known where he got it I would have. Plus the other night he was kissing her outside her car, He was sleeping with the Dark Fairy who almost killed him who I risked my happiness for to save him from. Hook is... the stupidest person I want to kill him sometimes... I hate feeling this way maybe it would be better to be a mermaid and be alone at least I'm free..."
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 10, 2013 9:33:05 GMT -5
"Oh Ariel... you don't want to kill Hook." Else soothed. "He is thick skulled, egotistical, and vastly misguided...but he was tricked as well... That makes it NO LESS his fault for being so careless... but don't darken your heart because it seems the easiest way. That's JUST what the Dark Fairy wants." She stroked Ariel's hand.
"I think Jeff has a right to know... he has such strong feelings for you...and that IF you turn back into a mermaid... well, we'll come to that when it comes... but I have ABSOLUTE FAITH that this will all work out in the end. Perhaps not the way we all expected. But it was by some great design that you ended up with legs... that human form is your passion... and that's the way you will remain... because that is your happily ever after..." Else gave her an encouraging smile.
"There was time when I never thought I would get mine: my marriage completely broken, and my body cursed... I thought happiness was NOT in the cards for me. But fate intervened. And it will for you." She softly brushed a crystal tear away from Ariel's face. "And don't you ever think that being alone is actually an OPTION for you, hon. FAR TOO MANY people have come to love your goodness. We're not willing to give up on you so easily... tail or no..."
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Post by Ariel on Mar 10, 2013 12:32:49 GMT -5
Ariel swallowed a few sobs Else's words actually made her feel much better.
"I don't want to kill Hook I know I can't. You also right I will tell Jefferson everything. I guess, I need to talk to Hook as well. Else you have made me feel so much better about something I thought was so hopeless. How can I ever thank you enough?" Ariel hugged her.
"So who do I talk to first I was thinking I have a few choice words I want to share with Hook before I tell Jefferson about this nightmare. I will give him and out if Jefferson really wishes to not be apart of this, he has been through so much I really don't want to burden him with my problems. I have this habit of letting go of the things I love so if I must do so again I will."
Ariel took a breath, "Else if I do become a mermaid again just knowing I will have you there to visit me makes it so much easier. Thank you I feel for the first time everything might be okay in the end."
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 10, 2013 14:49:19 GMT -5
Else brushed some wayward red strands out of Ariel's face. "The words are from my heart... but you still have the hardest part ahead of you, Ariel: the journey. But know that Hans and I... and so many of the other lives that you have touched will rally behind you during this time."
She took the mermaid's hand in her own. "... and I think you need to talk to Jeff, first and foremost. I think his answer will give you strength as you talk to Hook." Or at least Else HOPED it would. Jeff was quirky at times... but he obviously had feelings for Ariel. He would no doubt support her, and handle the situation with the delicate encouragement that it needed. He would be mad not to...
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Post by Ariel on Mar 10, 2013 15:56:41 GMT -5
Ariel looked down for a moment then back up at Else. "I hope your right, I am not sure what else I can do at this point. Plus I have no idea what I am going to say to Hook and I'd rather get the hard stuff out of the way." Ariel sighed.
"Besides if Hook doesn't care which I doubt he will. I am sure he will say something like 'Well Love you shouldn't have took the necklace in the first place, how was I to know it would ruin your while life, or your in love with me well I can see why!" Ariel did her best impression off Hook.
"If all else fails I am sure I will think of something and if he doesn't care well it really doesn't change anything does it?" She gave Else a weak smile.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 10, 2013 21:49:02 GMT -5
"Hook was foolish, yes... but I doubt he ever meant any harm... not by this." Else grinned back, impressed by the impression; she had the smoky, lazy edge of it right. "He is horrid when he comes to dealing with a woman's heart... but surely he would never want to have put ANY woman through this kind of torture. Having a woman feeling FORCED to love him... that wouldn't please him at all..." She couldn't believe she was sticking up for the pirate so much, lately.
"Put the frustration where it belongs... on the curse... and we move on from there, Ariel."
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Post by Ariel on Mar 10, 2013 22:23:46 GMT -5
Ariel smiled. "Alright, if you think so I will hope everything will be okay. Else you are really truly my best friend here. Thank you. I should go talk to Jefferson." Ariel told her she sighed and pulled her hair back.
"I hope it goes well."
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 10, 2013 22:50:03 GMT -5
"I have FAITH it will." She gave Ariel a final hug. "Do you need a ride to his house? Or do you need to just sit and... I don't know... formulate what to say?" She gave a little laugh. "You can stay here as long as you want. I'm just doing some things around the house... help yourself to the fridge... anything you need, hon."
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