Chapter 2:
Emma's POV:
After Regina broke Mom and Dad's sleeping curse, we've been spending so much time as a family. A whole family. But today, it's just me. Me and the woods.
As I stroll through the woods, I think of all we've been through, all of the bad guys, the darkness, portals, everything. Then I see a flash of blue and black and next thing I know, I'm on the ground, my head hurting painfully.
"I'm so sorry," I hear and I look up at the voice. It's Gideon.
"Stay away from me!" I shout at him and scramble backwards. Gideon comes closer to me.
"Stand still," He ordered.
"No, why would I listen to you?" I ask, walking backwards as he advances.
"Please, just stand still," He pleads.
"Don't come any closer," I tell him and get my magic ready. He stops and puts his hands up. I'm not sure if he's surrendering or if he's annoyed. It might be both.
"Fine," he says, "But can you please just trust me?"
"No, you had that chance and you blew it!"
He starts to walk closer to me again. I raise my hands, ready to strike if needed.
"Please Emma, don't move," Gideon trys again.
"Why are you so eager for me to stop!?" I shout.
"Stop and you'll find out."
I know that I should run away, but my curiosity gets the best of me.
"Fine, but no funny business," I decide.
Gideon slowly approach's me and reaches his hands out. I'm not sure what he's doing. He puts his hands over my head and seems to grab something.
"Gotcha," He says to whatever's in his hands. I come closer to him.
"What's that?" I ask and he opens his hands. Inside them is a black and blue butterfly.
"Let me guess, another friend?" I guess.
"No," He says shaking his head, "Actually she kind of is, but not like the spider."
"Then who?" I ask, shuddering at the thought of the spider.
"Do you have any Fairy Dust?" Gideon questions.
"Why in the world do you want that!?" I wonder out loud.
"To fix her. I thought she died," Gideon says and he seems to get upset. I'm getting really annoyed because I'm getting no answers here.
"Ok, I'm taking you to my house," I decide. Gideon looks at me with a confused face.
"Wait, what! Why?" he asks.
"Because I don't know what else to do with you," I say and teleport us to my living room in a cloud of grey smoke.
When the smoke clears, I see Henry and Killian jump off the couch. I forgot that they were home.
"Emma, why did you bring him home?" Killian asks me, pointing at Gideon.
"I'm offended!" Gideon says, "I have a name you know."
"A person like you doesn't deserve a name," Henry spits. I'm shocked! I can't believe that Henry said that. He never says anything like that! Sure he gets angry, but never like this.
"Henry, can you call everyone, Gideon has some explaining to do." I tell Henry.
"Fine," he grumbles and pulls out his phone.
"Love, can I speak with you, alone?" Killian asks, looking suspiciously at Gideon.
"Sure," I tell him and he pulls me upstairs.
"Are you insane?" He asks, "Bringing him here is like a death wish! And he's the one who's going to kill you!"
"I'm sorry Killian, but my curiosity got the best of me. And I just got a feeling that I needed to take him home with me." I tell him. Killian just looks at me, not saying anything. Luckily, the doorbell rings.
"I'll get it!" I hear Henry shout. I look at Killian and go downstairs.
"Hi Mom, hi Dad," I say, hugging them.
"Hi Emma," They respond.
Mom, Dad, Regina, Mr. Gold, and Belle pile in the house and I bring them to the kitchen, along with Gideon. Everyone just looks at him, probably wondering what he has in his hands.
"Spill," I tell him. He looks at me, annoyed.
"This is my friend," He starts, revealing the butterfly in his hands, "and she needs help getting out."
There's silence for a bit.
"That's a butterfly," Regina says slowly, "Not a person."
"No, no, he might be right." Mom says, "Remember Regina, Black Fairy Dust."
"Alright, say that that is a person, how did she get this way?" Regina asks.
Gideon closes his eyes, "Because I was stupid and a coward."
"Son, you're not stupid," Gold says.
"And you're not a coward," Belle tells him
Gideon opens his eyes, "If I just saved her in the first place then she wouldn't be this way."
"Who is she?" Dad asks.
"A friend." Gideon responds, "We were roommates. She and I, we shared everything. Until I failed."
"What's her name?" Henry asks.
Gideon shakes his head, "She doesn't have one."
"Wait, she doesn't have a name? No one bothered to name her?" I ask, shocked.
"Well, there were rumors that she was an orphan. Of course, only the Black Fairy knew if they were true or not and rule number one: Don't mention your real parents." Gideon tells us.
"How do we know that you're telling the truth?" Killian asks, looking at me.
"My lie-detector hasn't picked ups any lies yet," I say.
"So you'll help me?" Gideon asks. I look across the room. I decide that Gold and Belle should make this decision. He is their son after all.
"Gold, Belle, what do you think," I say, looking at them. They look nervously at each other.
"Ok," Belle says, finally. Gold takes a little longer to decide.
"It's fine with me too," He tells me.
I wave my hand and in a cloud of grey smoke, a flask of pink Fairy Dust appears.
"Where did you get that?" Regina asks me.
"You'll never know," I say. Gideon puts his friend on the table and I hand the flask to him. But before he could uncork it,
"Wait, are you sure that this is a good idea? What if the girl is worse than him?" Killian questions. Gideon stops what he's doing and hands the flask to me. I get nervous for a second but then he says,
"Emma can do it. You trust her."
I look at him and uncork the flask. I slowly pour the dust over the butterfly. A cloud of pink smoke appears where the butterfly was, moves to the floor, and grows bigger and bigger until it was the size of a human. When the smoke clears, in front of us is…
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A/N:
Hi, 1FunkyMonkey here. I hope that you enjoyed this chapter because I enjoyed writing it. I know that I left it on a cliff hanger and that you're probably going to hate me for that.
Muhahahahahahahaha!
Anyways, I'm going to make the next chapter have a flashback, explaining how she (the butterfly) got that way. So, please don't be too mad because the next chapter will be really, really, super duper amazing!
Thanks for reading and have a fantastic day!