Part 1
Daniel shuffled restlessly around the guest bedroom after he heard Snow and Regina disappear. He was happy to see Regina and Snow finally happy with each other, he couldn't ask for anything better. But going back... Dead again. It had felt just as horrible as he rememberd, but as he sat of the edge of the guest room bed he realized it was worse this time.
Leaning his head into his hands, he tried desperately to ignore the pain. It just wouldn't go away... This head seems to pound with each heartbeat in his chest. He couldn't take it, he couldn't handle this feeling. He needed help... But to tell Regina would worry her. She didn't need that. He wouldn't do that to her. Daniel forced himself to move off the bed, to grab the clothes he had folded up and placed beside the bed from the day before. He knew what he had to do, and he knew he couldn't tell Regina.
Not seeing the keys anywhere he decided to walk. It wasn't to far to town, and then to the pawn shop he'd only been to a couple times before. He could push past the pain until he got there, then he would have to make a deal with the man himself. Rumplestilsken.
Twenty minutes had passed, Daniel hopeful that Regina and Snow wouldn't return for a while, he saw the open sign on the pawn shop and walked in.
The ring of the door bell sent another, stronger pain coursing through his body. "Gold?" Daniel forced out.
He saw a figure turn, standing in a black suit with a red tie Gold smirked, "Ahh, the Stableboy. What brings you to me again? Your dear wife wouldn't be happy about this would she?" His voice mocked Daniel with every word, but Daniel couldn't let it get to him, he needed this mans help. "She isn't my wife anymore. Mr. Gold, I need your help."
Gold's giggles made the pounding worse, "Ohh." He stepped out from behind the counter, "Trouble in paradise?"
Daniel, reaching for his head again, knew he had to explain what he wanted. "She had to reverse our lives. I went back to the dead." Gold's eyes widened, filling with mallice.
"The stableboy, rising from the dead, for the third time?" Daniel nodded, stepping closer to Gold. "What's wrong dearie? You couldn't do it again?" Daniel cut his eyes up at the man, he'd had enough. "The first time I came back was Whales doing. The second time I came back on my own. But this time... I did the same thing, but it's not like it was before. The pain... I need it to stop. Can you help me Gold?"
Gold's laughfter filled the room again, a puff of black smoke and a vail with a strange red colored liquid appeared in his hand. "This dearie, can solve your problems."
Daniel reached out for the vial, "Thank you Gold, thank you."
Gold retracted the bottle, pulling it to his side, "No, no, no... It doesn't come that easily." Daniel knew that was coming, he took a deep, strained breath and nodded, "What's your price Mr. Gold?"
The smirk that grew in the mans face, from nearly ear to ear, frightened Daniel, "You're going to show me how you've done it. You're going to show me how you've come back from the dead. Show me how you've broken the laws of magic."
It wasn't hard for Daniel to understand, but it was nearly impossible to agree to. "So you want to kill me again, so I can show you what I've done to come back?"Gold nodded, swirling the vial around. "But you'll give me that liquid now?"
"I'll give you this vial now, and another after you awaken from me killing you. That is, if you can do it?"
Daniel nodded, "When do you want me to do this?"
Gold held the liquid up to his eye level, his eyes growing darker. "The next time Regian and your daughter are out, I'll be here. How long it takes you to return to them, well that's up to you."
Daniel looked into the mans dark eyes as he held the vial out toward him again, "Deal."
Daniel grabbed the vial. "Nice doing business with you, dearie." Daniel walked out without another word, holding tight to the vial. Not opening it until he sat on the guest bedroom bed again, drinking the liquid down quickly. The pain instantly disappeared, but Daniel knew it wouldn't be long until he would have to face it all again.
To Be Continued Soon...