Hey guys this fanfic takes place during the season finale! I do not own any of the Once Upon a Time characters or the show. Please review! Spoilers from the finale!
Baelfire's POV
I had just finished my fourth slice of pizza at Cheese's Diner when the migraine hit. It wasn't just the normal headaches I got from time to time; this was a full on, ear-splitting, ache. Clutching my head with both hands I heard a faint ringing in my ears, then it came. It was sort of like a flashback, except this had never happened to me before. There was a boy lying on a stretcher; flash; a huge dragon chasing a woman with a sword; flash; a man twirling a bottle of pink liquid. I jerked back up. Looking around, I saw a lot of people looking at me funny, but I knew what I had to do. Quickly, I grabbed my jacket and rushed out the door, and hopped in to my car. As I accelerated, I got out my phone and dialed one of the two numbers on there. It rang, once, twice, three times before it went to voicemail. Cursing, I dialed the next. After one short ring, Jefferson answered. "Hey, what's up, Baelfire?" he said with a hint of concern in his voice. "I'm on my way," I said "Something's wrong." "You got that right. The only kid who can convince Emma to believe is in the hospital. I just released Belle, so that should stall Regina and Gold." he said back. I breathed a sigh of relief. I didn't like going to Storybrook, but as long as we had time… "I'll meet you in the forest in 10." I said and hung up. Praying I didn't get a ticket I zoomed down the highway right into Storybrook.
Jefferson's POV
Grinning to myself I hung up. Knowing Baelfire kept me sane, and it was nice to have a friend around. I walked down the street towards the woods. I saw Grace up ahead my heart gave a humungous quiver. Regina would pay, oh she would! When Rumpelstiltskin found out, well let's just say he wouldn't be all that happy. After all, he had only loved a handful of people, only two of which really loved him back. Well, one and a half. Baelfire's feelings towards his father were mixed. Often he would want to go and beat him up, and just as many times he would want to make up with him. Passing Grace, I smiled politely and waved. She waved back. It broke my heart on the inside to do this but I had to. Any sign of recognition and she would become suspicious. The last thing I wanted was for my own daughter to be scared of me. I reached the woods and saw Baelfire leaning up against a tree, looking very nervous.
Baelfire's POV
I shook Jefferson's hand and patted him on the back. "How are you holding up?" I asked. He shrugged.
"Fine, I guess."
"What's up with August, he wasn't answering his phone."
Jefferson gave a sorry look at me. "Well…"
"What!" I demanded. "He turned back into wood this morning." Jefferson said he shoulders slumping. I felt my stomach plunge. "W-What?" I stammered "No, how? I thought he said he could convience Emma!" Jefferson looked at me with those sad, mad eyes. He shook his head. "I honestly don't know. I went to see him this morning but he wouldn't answer his door so i went in and-" he shook his head again, "He was just ... there, all stiff and wooden!" I couldn't believe my ears. August, headstrong August who only had one weakness... which just so happened to be that he was made of wood. That and he couldn't lie.
I remember when I first met August. I was about 19 and he was about 21. It was late at night and I was walking home to my apartment from dinner. I had a date with this awesome girl, I really though she was the one. So I tried to tell her about my real life, where I really came from. She must have thought I was mocking her or something. The evening ended with me getting a face full of Diet Coke. Anyway, I was walking past the movie store, and the movie Pinocchio was playing on one of the display screens. Watching it through the glass, was a man. He looked sad, tears almost brimming to his eyes as he watched the scene where Pinocchio is swallowed by a whale. I went up next to him looking at the DVD's for myself. One caught my eye. On the cover it had a short man with a long white beard at a spinning wheel. A woman with long golden hair was watching him. The title read Rumpelstiltskin. I couldn't help let out a slight laugh at this. The man next to me reeled around. "What are you laughing at?" he asked harshly. Immediately feeling bad for my actions, I said, "No, it's just that Rumpelstiltskin doesn't really look much like that." He looked at me with something like hope in his eyes. "How would you know what Rumpelstiltskin really looks like?" he asked suspiciously.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Try me."
"I come from a magical fairytale world where Rumpelstiltskin and people like that are real." It felt good to get it off my chest. To my huge surprise, he came up and hugged me. "Finally, finally." He said. "What do you mean?" I asked. He grinned and started to tell his story. And I followed telling mine. From that day on we've been best friends. And we always will be.
Jefferson's POV
I remember when I first met Baelfire. It was cloudy outside and unusually cold for an October day. I sat down on the bench across from Mr. Gold's Pawnshop. It had maybe been five minutes since i sat down and i was quietly sipping my tea, when a boy I had never seen before walked by his shop. "Whatever," I thought. I don't get out much, so I didn't think much of it that i didn't know this person. Then he walked by again and again and again. Finally, Mr. Gold walked out and asked what he was doing. The boy looked at him sadly and walked away. I walked up next to him. "Why are you upset?" I asked, surprising myself, I was not a social person. He shrugged. Someone I love doesn't even know who I am." he replied. This took me by surprise. "Good then we're the same." I said back, "My own daughter doesn't even know who I am." I learned alot about Baelfire that day. He told me everything he knew about the curse and in return I told him everything I knew. In the end we both decided that the savior better hurry up, or we'd both go insane.
I turned and patted Bae on the shoulder. "We'll get him back. Something's happening, I know it." I said. He shook his head yes. Finally he said, "Why does Regina always kill what we love?" I looked at him sadly. "I know, she will fall soon enough and we can get back what is ours." I said. Then I heard a twig snap in the forest. And another and Another. Someone was coming.
Oh cliffhanger! Hope you liked this chapter! Chapter 2 coming soon! Also coming in future chapters, the much needed reunions for many people!