Once Upon A Time Lady (OUAT x DW)

Heart of Darkness [4]

~ Storybrooke ~

David knocked on Dr. Hopper's door.

Dr. Hopper opened the door "David." he greeted "What can I do for you?"

"Dr. Hopper, I need your help," David admitted.

"Okay. What is it?"

"I've been having these blackouts. And I need to remember what happened during them,"

"Why?"

"I think I might know something that can help Mary Margaret,"

~ Enchanted Forest ~

Prince Charming opened the door to Rumplestiltskin's castle. "Rumplestiltskin." He looked around but only saw an empty castle "Show yourself,"

"Still dressing like a prince, I see," Rumplestiltskin said from behind Charming. "Even though you ran away from the life I gave you. How's that for gratitude?"

"You gave me a prison sentence," Charming argued.

"Yeah, one that you've now skirted. Careful, dearie. King George is a vengeful man,"

"I'm here about Snow. Rumor has it she's after the Queen and she came to you for help,"

"Yes, indeed," Rumplestiltskin jumped back when Prince Charming drew his sword.

"What did you do to her?" Charming demanded.

"What did I do to her? You mean, what did you do to her? You caused her pain. Without that pain, she would never have drunk my potion to forget about you. That's what changed her,"

"Undo the potion. All magic can be broken. Oh, yes, with 'twoo wuv'," Rumplestiltskin mocked.

"So that's it, then." Charming realized "True love's kiss will awaken her?"

"Most certainly," Rumplestiltskin nodded. "But it's gonna be hard to kiss her when you don't know where she is," he giggled as he pushed Charming's sword aside.

Prince Charming sheathed the sword "Name your price,"

"How about your cloak?"

"My cloak? Why would you want my cloak?"

"It's drafty in here," Rumplestiltskin giggled.

Prince Charming took the cloak off and placed it on the table behind him. "Where is she?"

"On her way to the Queen's Highway," Rumplestiltskin flicked his wrist and a scroll appeared in his hand "This is the route she's taking. But you better be quick. Because if she kills the Queen, she becomes as evil as the woman whose life she takes,"

Prince Charming shook his head "She can never become that evil,"

"Evil isn't born, dearie. It's made. If Snow starts down that road, you'll never get her back!"

Once Charming had left, Rumplestiltskin picked up the cloak and giggled in glee.

***

Snow sat at the edge of the clearing where she would attack the Queen. She pulled back the bow, a pair of arms snaked around her, and covered her mouth before she could scream. "Get your hands off me!"

"Snow!" Charming exclaimed.

Snow White grunted as she hit Charming to let go of her "Who are you? What are you doing?"

"I'm helping you remember." Charming didn't wait and kissed Snow "I told you, I will always find you,"

Snow White hit him across the head, causing Charming to lose consciousness.

~ Storybrooke ~

Emma and Kayla walked up the stairs to their apartment when they found Henry sitting in front of the door.

"I have proof!" Henry proclaimed, he showed the duo a set of keys. "This is how my mom got into your apartment,"

Kayla shook her head "Henry..."

"This is how she framed Ms. Blanchard,"

Emma grabbed the keyring from Henry "Did you steal these from her office?"

"Yeah," Henry admitted, "the book said they could open any door,"

"There's no way they'll even fit in the lock,"

"We have to try," Henry said as he took the keys back from Emma.

Emma looked over at Kayla who merely shrugged.

"Let's just see. I mean Henry's right, for as long as I can remember Regina's always had a grudge towards Mary Margaret," Kayla admitted.

The duo watched Henry mess around with the keys as he tried to figure out which one would fit into the lock.

"How come you and Jack never asked me about my whereabouts for when Katherine went missing?" Kayla voiced.

"Jack was your alibi. He said the two of you went up the clock tower to get a better view of the stars,"

Kayla smiled at the recollection of the memory "I hardly know that man, and yet he's always been so good to me,"

Emma gave a small smile before turning back towards Henry's attempts of unlocking the door "Come on, Henry, I know you want to think the answer to everything is in Operation Cobra..."

"It is!" Henry argued.

"But sometimes the real-world needs to come first," Emma said as she took out her own key to unlock the apartment.

"Just try one more. Please,"

Emma sighed "Okay. One more. But then we're done,"

Henry handed the keyring over to Emma "You do it." he held up a key that had a poisoned apple engraved on it "This one,"

"Okay,"

Kayla held her breath as Emma moved the key and heard the door click as it swung open.

"Do you believe now?" Henry asked.