Alyssa Kenworthy // Johnny Storm (hottothecore) wrote in thereincarnates, @ 2016-10-12 16:50:00 |
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Entry tags: | !au, !fairytale, alyssa kenworthy, emma bailey |
WHO: Alyssa and Emma
WHAT: Alyssa's been gone and thought dead, but instead she became a pirate. Emma was kidnapped by some quirky criminals. Now they're braving a fire swamp with some ROUSes.
WHERE: The Fire Swamp
WHEN: Fairy tale AU
WARNINGS: Some pirating, some bravery. As you wish...
Alyssa had grown up a poor girl who tended to stables in a peasant village on the outskirts of the kingdom, a place where the king's laws reached while simultaneously being of little concern to the royal family. They were rarely on the radar unless their money--as little as it was--was needed. It was a village full of hard workers and honest families. Honor could be found in spades, for nobody would survive in a place with so little if they didn't work together. It was something each villager took to heart, but none so much as Alyssa. Her brother had been one of the most honorable people prior to his death, and she'd wanted nothing more than to make his memory proud.
It was how she'd befriended Emma. They'd known each other as acquaintances; everybody knew everybody in a village as small as theirs, but they'd danced around interacting with each other for years. Some of it was Alyssa's fault; it wasn't common in their kingdom for women to like other women openly, and she'd been afraid. More than that, Emma was the daughter of the man who owned the farmland that Alyssa's family worked on, and her family needed the money. But slowly she overcame that fear, and began offering to do favors for her that went beyond the requirements of her job. They were small favors, things like shining saddles and fetching a water bucket, but Alyssa was always compliant, merely meeting each request with a flirty "as you wish..."
Times got hard, however, and Alyssa had to venture off in search of money for her family. Normally it would have been her brother's duty, but as he was no longer around and her father was too old, it fell on her. Not long into the excursion, her boat was over taken by pirates. Miraculously, she endeared herself to the leader, and ended up becoming one herself. It took three years before she could get back home, and by then she was thought dead by her village. That was okay for her. Being an enigma made it easier for her to get past the obstacles to save Emma, who was still beautiful even after three years apart.
The fire swamp, however, was a different matter. Nobody had ever gotten through it alive. And as cocky and arrogant as Alyssa was with her skills, even she had to admit that this was dangerous. It just meant that she was really good about hiding that fear behind a smile and can-do attitude. Maybe they'd be lucky and avoid the ROUSes.
"So..." She grinned and looked over her shoulder at the blonde behind her, pushing her bandanna out of her eyes so she could see better as they walked. "You're a princess now then? It suits you."