Gentille Alouette

Hello! I'm Alouette. I teach music at Storybrooke Elementary and love to sing more than anything else. If you ever want to talk, just let me know; I'm always open to meeting new people. (This is an account in the Magic in Storybrooke OUAT roleplay.)

[the-belle-of-the-books-blog]

Bookworm || Open

The sunshine provided the perfect reading light for Belle as she sat out on a bench, legs crossed and a book caressed between her hands. This book had come highly recommended on the internet and she could easily see why. From the very first page she had been hooked and she wasn’t aware of how much time had passed while she set on this bench, immersed in the book’s world.

Until someone stepped up, their shadow falling across her book. She frowned, her mind jolted from the story. “You’re in my light,” she said, looking up to see who it was.

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Alouette hurriedly stepped out of the way, pulling an earbud out and tucking her songbook under her arm. She'd lost track of how long she had been walking around, stopping and starting again as she tried to follow along with the music she was listening to, and obviously picked the wrong moment to stop again. "I've been doing that all day, sorry."

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

Funny question, Maleficent couldn’t even begin to imagine what would be of her if she wasn’t born as a fairy. “My powers come from nature ever since I was conceived… You can say I was born with them.” She offered the girl a gentle smile, she was proud of herself actually. One of the most powerful beings in all the realms, that’s her true nature. “Then I wanted more, I wanted real power.” Raising her hands she levitated some fruits from the branches, which fell on the newly made table. With the flick of a wrist the fruits became pies. “Not for things like that, but they’re useful anyway.”

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

Alouette laughed in disbelief, unable to take her eyes off the food that had appeared from almost nowhere. "They're so wonderful," she marveled quietly as she ventured slowly into the small shelter. Any fear she had when Maleficent first approached her was almost completely gone. "You're pretty amazing..."

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

Really interesting, Maleficent caught herself looking right into the other’s eyes. There was something in there, something she hadn’t seen for a long time. Even thought she saw innocense that was not what got her attention, the fairy really couldn’t tell what was it. “Wasn’t really a problem, Alouette.” The girl’s name felt really sweet on the fairy’s mouth, it was a pleasure to pronounce it.

A idea came into the fairy’s mind, she could really use a meal and presumed the girl would as well. “What would you say about joining me for a meal?” She asked, not expecting the other to respond. Maleficent breather out and used the dark magic to make a little cabin out of brances and roots. A small table was made ot of it as well and fruits rolled up to the tabble. A smirk grew on her face. “Can’t say no to that, can you?”

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

"Wow..." Alouette gaped at the makeshift shelter. "I suppose I can't." She could hardly believe what she had just seen. Maleficent's magic was unlike anything she had ever known. Cautiously, Alouette approached the small cabin and touched one of the walls, goosebumps erupting on her arm as her fingers grazed the hardened roots. "This is amazing. Were you born with these powers, or did you learn them?"

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

In the moment Alouette said she wasn’t important, Maleficent stood still and looked to her. How could such a fine creature dare to say those words? The fairy didn’t really believe it was possible for a beautiful and apparently strong hearted woman to actually think that of herself. “When you live as much as I have you learn that most people, - especially those with a strong heart - are important.” Keeping in mind that a strong heart doesn’t always mean a pure one, Maleficent grinned. “Never allow anyone to make you doubt that.” Her words were followed by the other’s explanation of what she had been doing when the curse hit. Maleficent herself had been rebuilding her body once again after Aurora and Philip had defeated her dragon form. Philip more than Aurora, to be honnest. “Right when the curse hit I was kind of made of ashes and scales.”

When the fairy least expected, the girl stumbled on something and nearly fell. If she wasn’t so close Maleficent would have used magic, but the fairy’s instinct was to stand her hand and grab the girl’s arm. Slowly she pulled the girl closer to her, a little too much. “Watch out, little bird. Floor doesn’t feel as good as it looks.” She had a grin on her face.

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

For a moment, Alouette couldn't do anything but stare with her mouth open. Her heart felt like it was going to leap straight out of her chest when Maleficent caught her and pulled her upright again--she was thrown by how close they were. "Um..."

Her throat was completely dry. She swallowed hard. "I mean, thanks for catching me," Alouette corrected herself, a little breathless.

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

"Yes, indeed." Maleficent took Alouette’s point in consideration, indeed if she had been awake for even one of those years she would have found a way to destroy her little cage and find Regina. Still, Maleficent didn’t want to think of her past as a dragon locked up undearneath the town of Storybrooke, she was rather worried about her present and the future she would have as the leader of this town. "Glad to know I am here, free and in my… true form." Not really her true form, right now he true form wasn’t much of a pleasure to look at. Did not matter how she looked, one way or another she would bring people to their knees. "And you? How have you been enjoying the breaking of the curse, Alouette?" She asked with concern in her eyes, the fairy was actually curious about the girl’s story. "Who you were in our land, dear?"

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

"Oh," Alouette wrinkled her nose in response. "I was nobody important. I lived on my own at the edge of the Forest in Snow White's kingdom and didn't see too much of other people. Except for the children of the village nearby." A small smile crept onto her face as she thought about how much she loved to sing for them whenever she needed to purchase something in the town. "I can actually remember what I was doing when the curse struck... some of the children asked me to teach them a ballad I had sang for them the day before, and I was doing so when the curse overtook us. I suppose that's how I ended up the music teacher at Storybrooke Elementary."

Suddenly her foot caught on something and she yelped, her arms shooting out in front of her as she fell towards the forest floor.

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

She looked to the girl with some confusion on her eyes, she couldn’t understand how could that offend her. “Why would you be offending me? It’s simply who I am. A powerful beast with ability to breath fire and ravage my enemies.” From the fairy’s point of view it was a magnific thing to be a dragon as well as a sorceress. It wasn’t very pleasant to think about the place she had been kept. With an angry look in her face the fairy looked up and then sighed. “Your mayor kept me underneath the Library.”

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

Something odd stirred inside her when Maleficent used the word "ravage"; it was a horrific but enticing way to describe her true power. Alouette bit her lip and puzzled for a moment. "The Library?" she repeated. "That's crazy. I mean, not just because she locked you up for all those years, but why risk putting a powerful, probably enormous magical creature under what's supposed to be the quietest building in town?" Regina was a smart woman, Alouette knew, and she supposed her plan worked out in the end, but that was a strange move to make.

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

Incredible how her fame preceded her even in this little land in which she hadn’t been around for long. Very few had encountered the faiy in her dragon form and even fewer had made out of this encounter alive. She looked to the girl with a condescending smile. “Indeed I have.” The fairy looked to the horizon with some anger and resentment on her eyes. “For all those idiotic twenty eight years.”

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

"Wow." Maleficent's presence suddenly seemed more foreboding and Alouette felt a little shaken. She couldn't imagine how angry the woman had been. "Where would you even keep a dragon in a town like Storybrooke?" she marveled without thinking, then realized what she said and turned quickly to apologize. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to offend you..."

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

"Oh." She replied to the other. It must have been a trully incredible hing to have a good life during the curse. If only she had a life it wouldn’t be so bad but Regina refused to give Maleficent fake memories. The Queen prefered just to lock her ally on the basement of a Library in her dragon form. In the land without magic the fairy wouldn’t even be able to turn back into her more human like form. "Not brave as I was turned into a reptile for 28 years and couldn’t do a thing." The fairy voiced out with a somple smile on her face, trying not to think about the last few years.

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

Alouette's eyebrows furrowed. "A reptile?" It took her a moment to remember exactly who she was talking to, and when she did she stopped short. "Oh God..." She looked up at Maleficent in shock. "You were a dragon the entire time Storybrooke was cursed?"

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

Most people would have the girl’s same reaction, the fairy already expected that. One thing she did not want was to talk about the time she had spent on that little cave on her dragon form. She made an awkward face to the girl when she apologized. “Why say sorry for something which isn’t your fault, my dear?” Probably it was just a matter of speak but it made Maleficent feel very unconfortable.

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

That was certainly something to consider. Alouette frowned slightly as she thought, and then replied "I suppose it's something like survivor's guilt that made me say that. I never truly suffered during the curse--on the contrary, my life actually improved vastly--so I always feel guilty when I hear of someone else's plight." She looked at the older woman with admiration. "You're very brave to have gone through that."

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

Just to hear the world children Maleficent felt a little pinch in her stomach. If there were beings she hated more than fairies, those were children. So anoying and stupid. The fairy really hated them. When Alouette asked about her job in town, Maleficent bit her lip trying to come up with a lie. Then she decided she wouldn’t come up with a good enough lie for sure. “Not actually. Except for being locked up for the last 28 years.”

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

"Locked up?" Alouette shook her head disapprovingly. She was never surprised by stories like these--heaven only knows how many people were stuck in terrible situations when the curse came--only saddened. "I'm really sorry... It's absolutely terrible, how some people ended up when the Queen cast her curse."

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

When the girl started to walk, Maleficent didn’t know what do to. For some seconds she just stood there looking confused wondering if this girl had just decided to ignore her. Once she kept talking the fairy finally realized she was supposed to acompany the smaller woman. “Oh.” Said Maleficent as she ran to the other’s position.

Understand the concept of clients and servants was something trully hard and complex for her. “Indeed. I wonder how you all managed to deal with all this complex stuff for 28 years.” If she was right that was the time this little pathetic curse had lasted. Normally she was right so it was not something for discussion. “Do you enjoy… being a teacher?” Maleficent asked a little curious.

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

"I adore being a teacher." Alouette grinned to herself. "There isn't anything I'd rather be doing. The children I teach are absolutely wonderful and I love music more than anything in the world, so the combination of the two is simply perfect." She squinted as they passed through a patch of sunlight. "Have you any job here?"

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

She smiled and looked around, feeling the trees and the air. “Indeed it is.” Said the fairy looking into the younger girl, who was starting to sound less frightened. Part of her didn’t like this, didn’t like the fact that her presence couldn’t freeze everyone with fear. Yet there was a piece of her which actually enjoyed it.

Her question brought a smile to the dark fairy’s face. There was where she met Sarah, someone who was actually pretty useful in the whole ‘getting to know the town’ part of her plan. “Amazing. Even though I couldn’t say who were the servants and who were the clients.” She remembered the word Sarah used to describe those who went there to buy stuff.

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

"Everybody seems to take their turn being both in this town," Alouette replied. She slowly began to walk past Maleficent, hoping the woman would take it as an invitation to walk with her. The woods were too lovely to just stand still in.

"I'm a music teacher at the elementary school here in Storybrooke, so I suppose you could say the children are my clients...but when I go to a store or restaurant, I'm the client." She wrinkled her nose and looked up at Mal. "It's much different than how things worked in our kingdoms back home."

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

"Good." The fairy replied with a smirk on her face. Name was power, she could call the younger however she pleased. Pet? No, way too personal for someone she just met and wasn’t a slave of hers. Girl? Felt wrong to call someone she met twice by such an impersonal manner. Maleficent stood there looking into the girl’ face for a minute before opening her mouth once again. "Ette." She liked the ring it had.

Analyzing the other’s posture and expression, Nothing too alarming, she didn’t seem like a threat or anything close from it. For some reason the fairy felt like there was something important or unique about this girl. She didn’t mentioned it. “These woods are much enjoyable, I can see why you come here.” Maleficent turned her face and smelled the fresh air from this place. The scent did remind her of the flower she once inhabited. “Inspiring.”

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

Alouette nodded. "It is, very much so." She looked straight up, at the sunlight coming through the trees, and allowed her eyes to close for a moment. "It's the most lovely place in Storybrooke."

After breathing in and out a couple of times, she looked back at Maleficent and smiled. "So, how did you like Granny's?" 

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

Incredible how the other seemed to turn a bit nervous once Maleficent mentioned her name. That was her intention, the whole point of everything. Her name carried a power to make people tremble and she deeply loved it. She smiled to the other, her eyes danced around the entire place and rested on the girl.

"Whatever you desire it’s fine for me." Said the fairy with a teasing tone and a smirk. Evil was something that she used to define herself, but there was so much more to her.She approached the girl, presuming she might think of an attack or something of sorts. "Tell me, young girl,what do you do here around in the woods? Just come here to sing?" Her eyes rested on the other’s. 

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

Leaning back ever-so-slightly as Maleficent approached, Alouette didn't break eye contact with the woman. She was a little intimidated by her presence--Mal walked with overwhelming confidence, like she owned the entire forest--but the girl didn't see much harm in answering a simple question.

"Mostly just to sing, yes." Alouette nodded. "I used to write out music here, too, but...it's better to do that at home," she added, silently thanking the gods for Regina's magic and the dry papers on her desk. "You can call me Alouette...or whatever you'd like to is fine."

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

[fairywithdarkness]

"Oh." Maleficent sighed once she realized this was no one other than the young girl who had told her about Granny’s before. She had the looks, but didn’t really seem like a threat to the fairy. Looking at the girl, she avalued the chances of not revealing her true identity, but there was no point of that. If Maleficent was going to turn into the ruler of these places she would have to be proud of her name, even if it carried a story. Just like she had been before in the past. "Maleficent." She calmly approached the girl, analyzing her slowly with her eyes. Then Maleficent smiled. "We’ve met before. You suggested me that… Granny’s place."

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

"Oh...yes, I suppose I did..." A little nervous now, Alouette eyed her companion cautiously. She knew of Maleficent's reputation back in the Enchanted Forest and wasn't too sure about sticking around to chat...

Then again, it couldn't have been more than a week or two since Regina had shown her such wonderful kindness. Just because Maleficent had a terrible reputation once didn't mean she was a terrible person now. Taking a deep breath, Alouette drew her mouth into a smile. "Hello again. Would you rather be called Maleficent, or is Mal okay?"

[fairywithdarkness]

Walking Once Upon a Dream in the Woods // Maleficent & Alouette

Maleficent was slowly getting to unfold the mystery that was Storybrooke. The place was down, but she still couldn’t understand their manners perfectly. At least she felt like putting a finger on it. Anyway, it was too much for her to take so she had decided it would be better for her to feel home. The first thing that came to mind was her cave, but that wasn’t home as much as it was a nightmare.

The fairy had decided to visit the place’s forest. Trully made her feel like she once did in the past. A fairy was usually in touch with nature and she was no exception. A black heart was not keeping her from actually feeling the nature all around her. When she noticed, there was humming along a song she really couldn’t recognize. Then she noticed someone stood there in the woods. “Who’s there?” She asked coldly and stood there expecting the answer.

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

Alouette wasn't surprised when people came across her in the woods anymore. After the bridge incident with Regina, she came to expect an interruption every once in a while. She was reclined against a hickory tree, half-singing and half-humming a lullaby she was teaching her kindergartners when a cool voice came from somewhere nearby, asking who she was. Alouette stopped humming and pushed herself away from the tree's trunk, looking for the person that voice belonged to. "I'm Alouette," she replied simply. "Who are you?" 

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

Over and Under || Alouette + Regina

[hermajesty-reginamills]

Regina stepped into the bathroom to run the water and give Alouette some privacy. As the water heated up, Regina thought of the time Henry had the chicken pox. He’d been so sick and wouldn’t stop scratching no matter how many times she told him not to. The only way to distract him from his itchy skin was to draw him a bath and tell him stories. His favorite had been the story of a young princess and her stable boy.

Of course Regina had put in a happy ending rather than the truth. And she’d never told him it was based on true events. But she planned to. Whenever that damn Swan woman would let her see him.

Regina finished filling the tub when the younger woman came in. “Perfect timing,” she said. “I’m going to go home now, but I’ll leave my phone number in case you need anything.” She offered a small smile. “I’ll be seeing you.” She sidestepped Alouette and exited the bathroom, retrieving a piece of paper and pen to write her information.

[alouetteinstorybrooke]

Alouette smiled back, still a bit baffled by Regina's continued kindness as she walked past her. "Thank you so much, again. Goodbye," she said, watching Regina write for a moment before she closed the bathroom door and disrobed. Sliding into the wonderfully hot water, Alouette couldn't suppress the satisfied moan that came out of her mouth as a shiver ran up her spine. She reclined in the tub and closed her eyes, mulling over the events of the day. It was a very, very strange afternoon, she concluded, but it turned out nice, all the same.