The Past - Corpus Cristi, California; years ago when they were both young teenagers
Annabelle Katya Fielding was 14 years old and came from a twisted family, though at this point in her life she didnt know just how twisted it really was. She was the only girl that she knew of at that time and was treated like a girl with no thoughts or will of her own. She hated that. She was a free and a tough spirit, that never enjoyed conforming to anyone's control. Therefore, her and her father Jacob Fielding had a great deal of issues with eachother. She was closest with a few of her brothers, especially her twin brother Nolan and her older brothers Aiden and Amir. Though she hadn't seen Amir or Aiden in what seemed like forever.
Annabelle had spent the day out with her best friend Matt Casey, most would call them boyfriend and girlfriend. Though she wasnt sure exactly what they were, only that they wanted to spend every waking moment with eachother and had been doing just that. She honestly couldn't care less about what her father had to say about any of it, she cared about Casey far too much to let her father get in the way. She spent the day with Matt out by the lake with Nolan and some other friends that day. However, when they were under the trees and all the rest of their friends were playing, she looked up at Matt and felt her heart beat out of her chest before his mouth met hers in what started out as a sweet kiss but quickly turned hot and passionate.
The two only pulled apart when Annabelle heard Nolan clear his throat, having had been lost in the moment for she had no clue how long. She barely moved away from Matt as she stayed in his arms and turned her head to her brother and said. "Timing, you have to work on timing."
Nolan heard that and just laughed at his twin sister. "Yes, well don't blame me, the sun's going down and you know how dad is about getting home late." He said, knowing just how their father could be since their dad had no qualms about going after anyone violently. He just wanted to spare atleast his sister any of it and he knew she was the same way about everyone else in the house.
Annabelle sighed and then leaned against Matt, not wanting to leave his arms, as she gave him a hug and a brief kiss so as to not get caught up in it again. She gave a small smile as she said. "Nolan has a point. Tomorrow same place and time?" She raised an eyebrow hoping he'd be up for meeting her in the morning so the could spend the day together again. Before she could get the answer Nolan pulled her out of Matt's arms. She stumbled to the side. "Hey! Nolan! Seriously?!"
Nolan pulled Annabelle out of Matt's arms and heard her reaction as he nodded and said. "Yes! Seriously! We're running late!" He pulled her along behind him to make sure she doesnt get in trouble too. He hollared behind them. "Sorry Matt! See y'all tomorrow!" He pulled Annabelle along till they arrived at the house. Their house stood as more like a mansion, gorgeous and spacious. However, if you knew what it came with you wouldn't want to live there either. It was a building filled with crime and abuse, drinking and anger, random people that worked for their father and family. The mix made for a hostile living environment.
Annabelle looked back at Matt sadly before turning around and running with her twin brother back to their house. She hated this house and everything it stood for, though she was a little bit too young to do anything about it at the moment. The twins rushed through the doors and started making their ways up the stairs before they heard a firm voice coming from the foyier that made them both stop dead in their tracks and turn around. The sound of their father's voice echoing through the front of the house made them freeze, knowing that they had probably stayed out too long.
Hours later, Annabelle had been woken up by yelling. She hated seeing or hearing it happened and she was too much of a protector to just lay back and ignore it. She threw her blanket off of her and got out of bed. She had a room to herself though part of her wished Nolan and her couldve shared a room because of the twin closeness. Also because he seemed to be the only one in the family to actually calm her down. She heard a bang and then a crash and she ran out of her room.
Annabelle was about to say something to her dad when she saw her mom laying on the floor by a table against a wall. She ran over to Katya and lifted her face up to see a cut over her eyebrow. She turned on her father and stood up. "Cant you just leave her be?! Just stop beating on her for once!" She then muttered. "You controling f***er" She didnt get much of a warning before she got struck instead. She held her face as she looked at him with tears fighting through to her eyes. She moved forward and spat at him. "You are a f***in coward!" She got hit across the face again, this time busting her lip open. She fell to the floor and was helped to her feet by Nolan.
Nolan woke up with a pain in his face, not knowing why at first until he heard Annabelle calling their father a coward. He got up and practically ran to the hall. He saw her on the ground and helped her to her feet. "Come on Anna, lets go back to bed." When she broke out of his hold, he sighed heavily before muttering. "Annabelle..."
Annabelle heard what Nolan said and she shook her head as she said angrilly. "Not until he leaves mom alone!" She kept lunging forward as Nolan kept pulling her back. She pulled out of her brothers grip before she lunged forward and punched Jacob Fielding square in the jaw. She knew who he was and that he wasn't the type of person you just hit, but she really didn't give a sh*t. She knew how he was behind closed doors and what he was like in front of her men. She hated him and everything that he stood for.
Next thing Annabelle knew, she was storming off to her room and slamming the door behind her. She locked it before she opened her bedroom window, crying quietly as she hopped out the window and climbed down from the window. She flipped her hood over her head as she ran through the shadows away from the house. She ran as fast as she could to Matt Casey's house. She ran to his house and picked up some pebbles as she stood outside of Matt's bedroom window. She tossed a pebble at a time to the window until she saw him open the window. With tears streaming down her face and her face red and puffy from both crying and getting hit. She just needed to see him and talk with him and just be with him right now, away from home and the chaos that went with it. ย
Annabelle saw Matt open the window and she smiled as she said quietly. "I'm coming up." She started making her way up the tressle that lined the side of the house and to Matt's window. She came into his room and looked at him before wiping her face. She said a little bit in a spastic manner, still worked up by everything that happened that night. She paced back and forth, tears still stinging her eyes. "I'm sorry for waking you. I-I just... I just needed to get outta there." She swallowed hard and looked at him quickly, before looking away, trying to hide the busted swollen lip from him.
The Past - Chicago, Illinois; 10 years later
Valerie Gold, who was born as Aurelia Mills, had been in this world for years, but hadn't aged a day in centuries or realms. She was a powerful witch from two strong magical bloodlines. However, she was the only one out of her parents or siblings who hadnt changed for the evil. She remained as neutral as nature. She helped keep the balance in check. She had stopped in Chicago on a road trip cross country with her girlfriend, Kathryn whom she left in the hotel while she went to get lunch.
Valerie had driven down a busy Chicago street and stopped at a light and when it turned green, she went to make a left hand turn but got slammed into by a car who didnt stop and ended up t-boning her car. With the sudden impact, normally her magic would reach out and kill th other driver, but there and then her magic wasn't working outside of Storybrooke. She found herself wishing for her magic in that moment of feeling like everything had slowed down.
Valerie's car was picked up off the ground and then knocked off the other car, slid over 20 feet. She was knocked out and her head slammed into the steering wheel, the side of her car slammed almost all the way into the middle of it and the airbag had malfunctioned and never deployed. The car started leaking fuel. She remained unconscious and she remembered part of herself thinking that she'd survived so much more and worse, to be taken out by a simple car crash would be not much better than an insult. If she was going to go out, she would go out in a big way.
Valerie had got saved from the car by the Chicago Fire department just moments before her car exploded. When she came out of it, she looked up to see a blond man that she couldnt help but think looked good in a fireman's uniform. She then lost consciousness again before waking back up in the hospital. Looking around, she tried to remember what happened exactly and she wished she had her magic there because then she'd be out of there and not having to deal with it.
Valerie went back to the hotel and plopped on the bed, laying back and staring up at the ceiling. She heard Kathryn open the door and say some things to her. She rolled over to her side and propped her head up on her hand as she laid there, looking at her gorgeous girlfriend. She swallowed hard and said. "Come here, babe. No need for worry, just come here." She held one hand out for Kathryn to take. Once she took it, no matter the amount of pain she was in, she pulled her girlfriend ontop of her and rolled them around to where she was leaning over the blonde. She leaned down and kissed her passionately as she slid her hands mischeiviously down the other woman's body. She broke the kiss long enough to say seductively as she slid her mouth to the other woman's neck. "I'm just glad I'm able to enjoy the finer things in life, like you."
A few days had gone by and Valerie had gone to the local bar with Kathryn, not looking for anything in particular, but wanting to just enjoy herself with Kathryn before having to go back to all the drama left behind in Storybrooke. She just needed to let loose a little bit before hitting the road again. Though Kathryn had been talking about cutting the trip short after the accident and Valerie had insisted that that not be the case and to continue as planned. So she figured Kathryn needed a relaxer by getting some alcohol in her system and just going for a night on the town. They got to the bar and she got Kathryn set up on a comfortable chair. She asked Kathryn. "What do you want babe?"
Valerie walked up to the bar and leaned against the bar, waiting on the bartender when she saw a familiar looking man, though she didnt know how she knew him. She raised an eyebrow at the blond and said. "So, you downing the whole water hole?" She asked with how much alcohol he had ordered in a joking fashion, though not realizing it was for his coworkers on the other side of the bar.
The Present - Storybrooke, Maine
Annabelle Fielding-Black had gone through hell and back over the past couple decades. She had wished that her life had been something different then what it was.ย However, she knew that certain things, like her children and her being finally away from her father and f***er of a husband that refused to divorce her. Now she had some semblance of freedom and happiness. She was going to enjoy it as long as she could before it would inevitably come crashing to smitherines all around her. She had found herself in Storybrooke, Maine, staying with Jackson, Valerie and August Booth. Though she would also sometimes stay at Taron Stuart's house, her ex and best friend.
Annabelle had been hanging around Storybrooke for a few months, staying around for Taron and Jackson, though she wished those two would finally just f*** already. Since she saw her ex Matt Casey when he helped save her and Taron a little while ago, she had taken him back into her list of people to be protective of in this town. She had also asked her uncle to come town when she found out about Matt having cancer. Afterall, her uncle was one of the most respected oncologists around and she knew that he'd do anything to help her, atleast medically anyway.
Annabelle had arrived at Matt Casey's house and opened the car door before knocking on the door. "Your cubside chariott awaits." she winked and then took a deep breath as she wrapped an arm around his. "How are you holding up Matty?" She raised an eyebrow, using a childhood nickname for him that she hadn't used in what seemed like forever. She looked at him and gave a warm smile, truly glad to have been with him again. "I'm glad that I found you here." She looked to him and then let him go as he got to the passenger's side for him to get in. She walked around after shutting the door behind him, around to the driver's side and got in. She started the car and drove off to the hospital.
Annabelle knew that there had been a lot of history with her and Casey as well as what happened with each of them in the years inbetween. He was a bit more protected emotionally and she had been broken and put back together more times then she could even count. However, she remained so comfortable with him even after everything and part of her wished things were different and that atleast her first husband would have been Matt like she used to imagine so often when she was a young lovesick girl. If that had happened she definitely wouldnt have been forced to marry the demon that she was still legally attached to.
Annabelle went with Casey to his chemo appointment and the two talked and joked around for hours while the chemo ran through his system. She tried to keep everything focused on other things rather than why they were there. The memories and feelings had started flooding up in her but she kept trying to push it back. When it was all done, she helped him up and they checked out and started heading out of the hospital. Suddenly, she felt a tug at her arm where Matt was holding and she looked over as she saw him collapse. She quickly grabbed ahold of him to help him to the ground safely as she called out for help.
Hours passed while they worked up on Casey, who just wanted to leave. Out of courtey, Annabelle called Cara Mason, Matt's birth mother, who happened to bringย Valerie Gold. However when Valerie and Cara got together, it always was interesting because they didnt always see eye to eye but since Cara married Valerie's son, they tolerate it a bit more than they used to. She told Cara what happened and for some reason Cara made another call.
Cara had shown up with Valerie Gold, and the two were in a bit of a debate as they walked into the hospital until she just looked at Valerie with rolling eyes and said. "Just shut up Lia." She looked to Annabelle and demanded to know what happened. Once annabelle told her, cara stepped away to call Voight. She waited until he picked up before she said quietly. "Hey, something happened with Matt at the hospital, you might wanna get over here." She left it at that and hung up before Valerie could snoop at all.
Valerie had been having lunch with Cara, mainly because they were planning a birthday party for Neal, when Cara got the call about Casey. She went with Cara to the hospital. She crossed her arms and stayed off to the side. She gave Cara a look as she said. "When have you ever known me to shut up, Jo?" She said pointedly, using a name that Cara didn't care for just like Cara had used her nickname back in the Enchanted Forest. She heard Cara make the call and raised an eyebrow. "So who did you call over?"
Cara gave a look as she said. "None of your business." She looked to Casey as he started getting up and moving around, trying to leave. "Matt, you leaving right now is not a good idea. lay back down." She saw Voight come in and she smiled slightly as she had a relieved look on her face. "Hey, thanks for coming down. He's trying to leave and I figured you might have a bit better luck than I had." They shared a look before she cleared her throat and she went around to the other side of him.
Annabelle had watched this all play out and when Cara tried to stop Matt from leaving, she shook her head. "Look if he feels like he needs to leave, he can leave. I can keep him safe and in check." She caught the raised eyebrows that she got from both Cara and Valerie before she shook her head and said. "I'm not going to keep him here unwillingly when all it appears to have been is a reaction to the chemo which couldnt be stopped." She said matter of factly. Then when she saw Voight walk in and the look that was shared between Cara and Voight, she looked to Matt and back at them with a raised eyebrow.
Hello my name is Sylvie Brett. I am an EMT on Ambulance 61 for Fire House 51 in Chicago. However for storylines I will change her location. I am 30 years old. I am Para-Novella however I am usually mobile so please bare with me on replies. Let's get something going I would love connections and friends. xoxo Sylvie
