if i couldn't be strong / would you still love me the same (scrooge x magica)

[blackmagicduck]

If a year or two ago, someone had told Magica she was about to do this, she would have laughed in their faces and slapped them. Magica De Spell, world's greatest sorceress, asking her number one enemy Scrooge McDuck for help? It was madness! It was insane!

... But right now, it was her only option.

Typically she only "attacked" him at work, trying at his actual mansion would be something new. If his family was home, she'd be kicked out in an instant. She had to make this quick...!

She circled the mansion several times atop her flying broom before spotting an open window. It was now or never, she could only hope she was right, and this was the master bedroom! At least there they would have some privacy, and surely he'd be home by now!

She took a deep breath, and then flew straight in, leaping to the floor without a second thought. "Scrooge McDuck!"

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[scrooge_mcduck108]

Scrooge was hanging his head. No wonder she thought so of him now. But how could he have known it wasn't one of her tricks? On the other hand he slowly realized that he had been silly and stubborn. From the beginning her show seemed strange and unfamiliar to him. Because it was none, because she had shown him a brief glimpse of her true self and he was too stubborn to see it.

She looked completely desperate, with red eyes and tears streaming over her face. He had to swallow before he could speak.

"I'm here because you didn't come back...Usually after a failed attempt you're all the more persistent. I...I was worried." He looked past her to Ratface, then back into her face. "I'm so sorry that I didn't believe you. I should have known better..."

Desperately he drove his hand over his face. He hardly dared to speak any further. "Is...is it already...too late?"

[blackmagicduck]

Worried? Worried about what? Magica grunted in her throat, turning away. What right did he have to be here? As if she was just some toy he could play with, and now that it had been taken away, only now did he care!

She kept her back to him, holding herself, her eyes resting on Ratface. Watching him in pain... "...I don't know. It's amazing he's lasted this long... he's always been a fighter." She hesitated, then reached out to gently stroke her pet's face. "He never gave up on me, no matter what I put him through."