Fairytale Gone Wrong

(*)

He was your best friend

Since before you can

R e m e m b e r

With those

darkdark eyes and that softsoft hair

And you

F e l l for him

And he felt the same

And you were

inseparable,

togetherforever,

You thought.

(*)

But your f a m i l y,

so different from all the others,

gives you and him a task

And you follow their orders

Because you're ohsonaive

And you both think that

Family

And

L o v e

Will conquer all,

Don't you?

(*)

You do your job-

You find the clues,

Give them to your family

Because that's the o n l y r e a s o n

You're with him

Instead of

Him

Since what better way to

i n f i l t r a t e

A group, an organization, a family

Than by becoming one of them?

And you keep it up,

You keep s p y i n g

(Just like they want you to)

Because it's just a relationship

And you can end it anytime,

R i g h t ?

(*)

But then, your family

w a n t s m o r e

They want you to

m a r r y him,

the one you don't love,

And for him to marry her.

And you don't want to,

You hatehatehate it,

But your other option is getting

k i l l e d

so you and him a g r e e

To do it

To pretendfakelie

That you love a n o t h e r

(*)

It's ohsowrong

(And you know it)

But you stay with him

Even though you're both

m a r r i e d

and not to each other

(But when you're with him, you can overlookthat fact

Because you're togetherforever again

And e v e r y t h i n g

is bliss)

(*)

And then, all of the sudden, it's

o v e r

He's done,

Because he has a b a b y on the way

With her,

And your wordspleastears

Fall on d e a f ears

Because he's always valued family

Even more than you

(*)

It's a

f a i r y t a l e

gone wrong,

And your life is

torn

a p a r t

All because of a

rivalry

with your husband's family

from c e n t u r i e s ago that

no one knows who started

(And it's just not fair,

Because you did

e v e r y t h i n g

right)

(*)

So you d i s o w n yourself,

Turn your back on t h e m all

And hunt and trick and kill

To win

Because it would be the

u l t i m a t e

r e v e n g e

To help the enemy family

Beat yours,

Since that was what your family wanted you to

p r e v e n t

In the first place.

(*)

And each time you see him

With her

You get that tiny bit more

r u t h l e s s

And that little tad more

h e a r t l e s s

(But not really, because

you wouldn't be like this

if you didn't have a heart,

now would you?)

(*)

And winning becomes

All you have left

And you will do anything to

a c h i e v e i t

Because you will nevereverever

Forgive them

For taking him from you

(*)

So you l e t people speculate

About what made you ohsocruel

And somehow they never guess r i g h t

Because you're Isabel Kabra

(VesperVesperVesper)

And there's just n o w a y

That you could have ever been

Cousins

B e s t f r i e n d s

Lovers

With a

pushoverharmlesstheworld'sbestactor

Like

B r o d e r i c k W i z a r d

(*)

Alright, I feel like I have a bit of explaining to do with this one. You see, I wrote this in this little style called FREE VERSE. I've only seen it in the Harry Potter fandom so far, and I thought it would be neat to try- besides, it worked better for my idea than for anything else. Yes, some words have been combined. Yes, I could have a few more punctuation marks in some places. But from what I understand, free verse is as much about how the story looks as it is about the quality of the writing. So, please, forgive me if I'm not up to my usual level with grammar; it was intended, I promise you.

On a lighter note, you have my latest unusual couple: Isabel/Broderick. XD

Now, just in case this was confusing (which is probably was), I'll explain it:

In my crazy mind, I see Broderick and Isabel as being part of the Vesper family. (Isabel is half Vesper, half Lucian, hence her maiden name being Vesper-Hollingsworth. I think that Broderick is a Vesper because not only does he have 3 more clues than his wife and son know about- and why would he have them without his family knowing unless he was a Vesper?- but in the 4th card pack, Grace speculates about him being "V".) During their childhood, they were best friends, and they grew up and fell in love- the typical fairytale, you see? But their family, the Vespers, wanted them to spy on the Cahills by getting together with the future heads of two of the branches- Broderick with Cora, and Isabel with Vikram. So, Isabel and Broderick did that. Eventually, they were forced to marry their respective Cahills, but even after this, they continued having an affair with each other. This ended when Cora became pregnant with Jonah, because Broderick valued family, and didn't want his son to have a cheating father. Isabel blames the loss of her love on the Vespers, so she sides completely with the Cahills from then on, and does whatever it takes to find all of the 39 Clues, because she thinks that if she succeeds, it will be revenge against the Vespers for making her and Broderick stop loving each other.

Makes sense? Eh, I don't blame you if it doesn't. Anyways, please, please, PLEASE review! I'd love to hear your thoughts on this new pairing, AND this new writing style!

Thanks,

Joelle8

P.S. DISCLAIMER: I own nothing.

P.P.S. I haven't read the 10th book yet, so if I screwed up any details in there, I'm sorry.