Chapter Four:

It was crazy, magic here outside of Storybrooke. How could that be? There was no magic here which was why he had to use a cane and had no power at all. Rumpelstiltskin was so confused about that boys little trick. How he pulled it off and what he did had to be some sort of trick, he had to be messing with him based off of something Neal said. There was no way that it had been real because magic didn't exist here.

Rumple had been trying to convince himself for hours that he hadn't really witnessed magic here but he couldn't do it. He wanted to believe that he could get his powers back but he had been told that, in this world, he wouldn't be able to do that. He knew when he crossed the town line, he had lost his abilities and that had proved that he had no magic here. Why had this boy been able to use magic?

He had to find answers and he wouldn't find them if he stayed here. He had to find the boy and get him to talk. Sorting through what he already knew, he had to find this boy. Moonkid obviously lived in this building and a very good chance on this floor. He'd just have to look for him in every room. That shouldn't be too hard.

Rumple grabbed his cane and started toward the door. He opened it slowly and knocked on the door to the apartment across the hall. For a few seconds, no one answered. Then, a girl answered the door, a young girl with brown hair and golden eyes. She looked at him confused.

"Can I help you?" She asked.

"I'm looking for someone," Rumple said. "A boy who calls himself Moonchild, have you seen him?"

A panicked look crossed her face and she took a deep breath then called out for someone in the apartment. She turned to look at him.

"Whatever my brother did, I'm sure he wasn't thinking right and I'll apologize for him," She said quickly.

"This boy is your brother?" Rumple asked and she nodded as a man, younger than himself but older than both the boy and the girl, appeared in the doorway. "Are you Moonchild's father?"

The man looked at the girl and she shrugged.

"Older brother," The man said. "I watch them. No father here."

"What did Robin do?" The girl asked.

"Can I speak to the little brat?" Rumple asked his eyes narrowing.

"What did he do?" The man demanded with some odd tone in his voice that shocked Rumple. It was like there was a power behind his voice.

"He broke into my apartment, dearie," Rumple lied. "Now where is he?"

"You're apartment? Which room?" the girl asked curiously.

Rumple told them he lived across the hall and the two of them looked really confused as another girl appeared behind them all. She looked at Rumple, her eyes shining as she examined him. Her mouth fell agape as she disappeared in the apartment again.

"You live next door?" The first girl asked still looking confused. "That's Neal's apartment."

"Neal Cassidy was my son," Rumple said. "He's dead and I moved into where he used to live. Now, where is your brother, I have words to speak with him."

The girl shook her head and so did the man.

"He's ill," The man said and slammed the door in Rumpelstiltskin's face.

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Kristen pulled away from the door and took a deep breath. She stepped toward the couch and sat down.

"That was Rumpelstiltskin…" she breathed. "Neal's dad and his father, the dark one, is here in New York. What do we do?"

She looked at Ryhno who stood there and shrugged. He looked to be searching for an answer but couldn't find one. He looked around and then at Robin's bedroom door.

"He hurts," He said softly then looked at Leona. "Where's mail?"

Leona pointed to the table and Ryhno went to it picking up the pile of mail that was left there. Leona sat down beside Kristen and tapped her shoulder.

"I could read him," Leona said with a look at the door. "He has no powers here and Robin used magic. That's why he was really hear."

Kristen sighed and stood up. "Are you serious? He used his magic in front of that man?"

Leona sighed and gave all the information she knew. Kristen looked concerned and looked up to see what Ryhno thought. He held up a letter and passed it over to her.

"Letter from Greg Pearson," He said. "Adressed to Robin. You can read."

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Robin sat in his room alone. In his head, he was locked up and this wasn't his room. This was his head. He felt so much pain running through his body and he cried out as a sharp pain jolted through him. He panted as the pain subsided for only a second and then rocked through him again. It was his curse, a curse that his own mother had placed upon him when he was baby. She hadn't meant to do it but was trying to make him immortal.

His eyes, which were glowing like pale moonlight, were the symbols of the curse placed on him. Tears of pain streamed out of them and he clenched his head clenching his eyes shut tight.

"Mom…"He cried out doubling over. "Make it stop!"

A light flashed around him and a hole broke apart the wall. Robin saw the hole and went toward it thinking of freedom happily but, when he was four feet away, the wall reformed. He curled up on the floor as pain shot through him and he cried out in pain again.

He felt a warm caress against his cheek and heard his mother's voice in his ear.

"Robin, I'm sorry," Her voice was comforting, the only comforting thing in the entire room. "The pain will go away soon and then you'll feel so much anger, you'll hurt yourself like you do every time the full moon is in the sky."

"I-I don't remember," He choked out and pain rocked through him again causing him to almost scream.

"I'll stay with you," Hecate promised. "Like I always do."

Another force ripped through him and he screamed out then went still. After a few minutes, he stood up and went to the door where he threw all the force his weak self could muster against it. Nothing happened and he screamed out in frustration, cursed in ancient Greek, and fell backward glaring at the door.

He could feel his mother's arms around him trying to be comforting but he felt no comfort. He only felt anger as he sat there with his mother holding him and keeping him down.

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AN

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I'm having the most trouble writing this Authors Note XD. New Chapter soon, I'm sure. Leave a review telling me what you think.

~Rahxas 3