Defying Gravity: 1/??
Title: Defying Gravity
Fandom: Once Upon A Time/Once Upon A Time In Wonderland
Characters: Zelena, Will and Jafar in this chapter, more to follow but no spoilers here, dearies.
Rating: PG
Warnings: Spoilers for all of OUATIW and OUAT up to S4 but goes AU for S5.
Notes: For eternal_moonie - I couldn't have done this one without you. Chapter titles are all Defying Gravity lyrics.
Summary: What happened when Jafar's lamp was brought to Storybrooke in the curse, ended up in Gold's shop and Zelena accidentally let him out?
1. I’m Through With Playing By The Rules Of Someone Else’s Game
Zelena didn’t know why she was even bothering to go to Rumple’s. Since he was no longer the Dark One, he was probably about as much use in helping her as Archie Hopper’s stupid pet dog. But maybe he still retained some memories from his Dark days that could help her to get what she wanted.
It had all seemed so easy when she first took Marian’s place. Even if she wouldn’t quite be achieving her dream of changing the past, she would still manage to ruin things for the sister who had had everything Zelena ever wanted: the chance to be raised by their mother, a father who had loved her, the lessons with Rumplestiltskin and the opportunity to cast his curse. And even though in Zelena’s opinion, Robin Hood was kind of a bore, at least he was someone who loved Regina. That whole time she had been pretending to be Marian, she had seen it in his face every time he looked at her: she was second choice, Regina was the one he really wanted. And even though the brat Roland thought she was supposed to be his mother, he still cried for Regina when he woke up from his nightmares.
If Cora had never had another child, Zelena wondered, would she ever have wondered about what had become of the firstborn she abandoned? What kind of life would she have led if she had been raised by her mother? Would Cora have schemed to make Zelena a queen in the way she had with Regina, or would they have lived quiet lives on the family mill? If Rumplestiltskin had not had the option to have Regina cast his curse, would he then have turned to Zelena?
If it had been Zelena with the opportunity to have that idiot author write Regina out of existence, instead of the other way around, she wouldn’t have wimped out in the way that Sis did. She would have told him to go ahead, and then she would have had the opportunity to find out what kind of life she could have had. But the author had screwed up, Henry Mills held the title now, and Zelena knew he wouldn’t do it for her. And Emma Swan was hopeless. She didn’t even want to be the Dark One, never mind the fact that she had been that for such a short time anyway, so Zelena knew it was pointless trying her. So Rumple was her last hope. She had to find some way of waking him from his coma, to see whether he knew of anything she could do, whether he could come up with a way of removing Regina from Zelena’s life once and for all.
Will Scarlet sat behind the counter in the pawn shop when Zelena pushed open the door. “You’re not welcome in here, Zelena,” he began as Zelena walked in.
“Well, if it isn’t Will Scarlet,” Zelena sneered. “Belle’s puppy dog. So you’re actually doing this now? You’re keeping this shop open while Belle sits by her husband’s bedside hoping he’ll wake up? Do you honestly think it’s going to make her love you?”
Zelena watched Will’s face, and knew that her words were hitting home, but she didn’t care. Taunting this idiot was the most fun she had had since Regina had imprisoned her in that stupid cell.
“So how does it feel, watching her sit by his bedside day after day, knowing all along that Rumple’s the one Belle always really loved, the one she’s going to go back to once he’s awake?” Zelena could tell that Will was struggling not to rise to her taunts, but felt no sympathy. It had only been what she had had to put up with all her life, knowing she was second best to Regina. Why should she be the only one to feel that way?
“How does it feel watching her hold his hand, stroke his hair, pray every day that he will wake up? When you must be hoping every day that he won’t, because the only way you and Belle can ever be happy is if he isn’t around? I can help you with that, Will. If you let me past, let me get to Rumple’s things to see if I can find a way to get what I want, I will see what I can do to make sure you get Belle and Rumple is history.”
He was tempted, she could see it in his face. “I’m not making any deal with you, Zelena,” he said instead, despite the struggle that was so plain to her. “Just get out of here.”
“Oh yeah? And what are you going to do to stop me?” Zelena sneered, attempting to shove her way past Will and into the back of the shop where she knew that somewhere, Rumplestiltskin lay in his comatose state. “
“I might not have any magic, Zelena,” Will pointed out, “but neither have you, not while you’re still wearing that bracelet Regina put on you.”
With a howl of frustration, Zelena picked up the nearest thing to hand, which happened to be a pair of wooden dolls, and flung them at Will, closely followed by a paperweight, then she picked up a dirty old lamp.
“Oh, bloody hell!” Will exclaimed, lunging for the lamp, making a grab for Zelena’s arm but Zelena twisted out of his grasp. “How the hell did that end up in here? I thought that was still in Wonderland...it must have ended up here in the bloody curse...Zelena, put that down, don’t touch it! He can’t be set free!”
Zelena’s eyes lit up. “Who can’t be set free?” Could it be that there was someone else able to grant her wish that Rumple couldn’t? Slowly and deliberately, she began to rub at the lamp.
“Zelena, don’t do it! Jafar, he’s dangerous...” Will made another leap for Zelena, but too late. With a loud bang, Zelena was thrown backwards, and the lamp clattered to the floor.
When Zelena opened her eyes, a tall, dark man stood before her. “I am Jafar, Genie of the Lamp. Mistress mine, my will is thine. Tell me your wishes three.”
To be continued...
Fandom: Once Upon A Time/Once Upon A Time In Wonderland
Characters: Zelena, Will and Jafar in this chapter, more to follow but no spoilers here, dearies.
Rating: PG
Warnings: Spoilers for all of OUATIW and OUAT up to S4 but goes AU for S5.
Notes: For eternal_moonie - I couldn't have done this one without you. Chapter titles are all Defying Gravity lyrics.
Summary: What happened when Jafar's lamp was brought to Storybrooke in the curse, ended up in Gold's shop and Zelena accidentally let him out?
1. I’m Through With Playing By The Rules Of Someone Else’s Game
Zelena didn’t know why she was even bothering to go to Rumple’s. Since he was no longer the Dark One, he was probably about as much use in helping her as Archie Hopper’s stupid pet dog. But maybe he still retained some memories from his Dark days that could help her to get what she wanted.
It had all seemed so easy when she first took Marian’s place. Even if she wouldn’t quite be achieving her dream of changing the past, she would still manage to ruin things for the sister who had had everything Zelena ever wanted: the chance to be raised by their mother, a father who had loved her, the lessons with Rumplestiltskin and the opportunity to cast his curse. And even though in Zelena’s opinion, Robin Hood was kind of a bore, at least he was someone who loved Regina. That whole time she had been pretending to be Marian, she had seen it in his face every time he looked at her: she was second choice, Regina was the one he really wanted. And even though the brat Roland thought she was supposed to be his mother, he still cried for Regina when he woke up from his nightmares.
If Cora had never had another child, Zelena wondered, would she ever have wondered about what had become of the firstborn she abandoned? What kind of life would she have led if she had been raised by her mother? Would Cora have schemed to make Zelena a queen in the way she had with Regina, or would they have lived quiet lives on the family mill? If Rumplestiltskin had not had the option to have Regina cast his curse, would he then have turned to Zelena?
If it had been Zelena with the opportunity to have that idiot author write Regina out of existence, instead of the other way around, she wouldn’t have wimped out in the way that Sis did. She would have told him to go ahead, and then she would have had the opportunity to find out what kind of life she could have had. But the author had screwed up, Henry Mills held the title now, and Zelena knew he wouldn’t do it for her. And Emma Swan was hopeless. She didn’t even want to be the Dark One, never mind the fact that she had been that for such a short time anyway, so Zelena knew it was pointless trying her. So Rumple was her last hope. She had to find some way of waking him from his coma, to see whether he knew of anything she could do, whether he could come up with a way of removing Regina from Zelena’s life once and for all.
Will Scarlet sat behind the counter in the pawn shop when Zelena pushed open the door. “You’re not welcome in here, Zelena,” he began as Zelena walked in.
“Well, if it isn’t Will Scarlet,” Zelena sneered. “Belle’s puppy dog. So you’re actually doing this now? You’re keeping this shop open while Belle sits by her husband’s bedside hoping he’ll wake up? Do you honestly think it’s going to make her love you?”
Zelena watched Will’s face, and knew that her words were hitting home, but she didn’t care. Taunting this idiot was the most fun she had had since Regina had imprisoned her in that stupid cell.
“So how does it feel, watching her sit by his bedside day after day, knowing all along that Rumple’s the one Belle always really loved, the one she’s going to go back to once he’s awake?” Zelena could tell that Will was struggling not to rise to her taunts, but felt no sympathy. It had only been what she had had to put up with all her life, knowing she was second best to Regina. Why should she be the only one to feel that way?
“How does it feel watching her hold his hand, stroke his hair, pray every day that he will wake up? When you must be hoping every day that he won’t, because the only way you and Belle can ever be happy is if he isn’t around? I can help you with that, Will. If you let me past, let me get to Rumple’s things to see if I can find a way to get what I want, I will see what I can do to make sure you get Belle and Rumple is history.”
He was tempted, she could see it in his face. “I’m not making any deal with you, Zelena,” he said instead, despite the struggle that was so plain to her. “Just get out of here.”
“Oh yeah? And what are you going to do to stop me?” Zelena sneered, attempting to shove her way past Will and into the back of the shop where she knew that somewhere, Rumplestiltskin lay in his comatose state. “
“I might not have any magic, Zelena,” Will pointed out, “but neither have you, not while you’re still wearing that bracelet Regina put on you.”
With a howl of frustration, Zelena picked up the nearest thing to hand, which happened to be a pair of wooden dolls, and flung them at Will, closely followed by a paperweight, then she picked up a dirty old lamp.
“Oh, bloody hell!” Will exclaimed, lunging for the lamp, making a grab for Zelena’s arm but Zelena twisted out of his grasp. “How the hell did that end up in here? I thought that was still in Wonderland...it must have ended up here in the bloody curse...Zelena, put that down, don’t touch it! He can’t be set free!”
Zelena’s eyes lit up. “Who can’t be set free?” Could it be that there was someone else able to grant her wish that Rumple couldn’t? Slowly and deliberately, she began to rub at the lamp.
“Zelena, don’t do it! Jafar, he’s dangerous...” Will made another leap for Zelena, but too late. With a loud bang, Zelena was thrown backwards, and the lamp clattered to the floor.
When Zelena opened her eyes, a tall, dark man stood before her. “I am Jafar, Genie of the Lamp. Mistress mine, my will is thine. Tell me your wishes three.”
To be continued...