Chapter 8: The Enchanted Forest

The Enchanted Forest

Rumplestiltskin sat alone in his grand hall. Belle had recently left and he was feeling gloomy because of it. However, there was still one bright side to his situation. He knew that the Dark Curse would soon be cast, taking him to the land where his son was hopefully still living. The best part was that the Doctor could do nothing to stop it. He was bound by oath, which was sacred to the Dark One. In return for his assistance in stopping the Daleks, the Doctor promised not to interfere with the Dark One's plans. The last time he saw the Doctor was in Cardiff during the Second Dalek Invasion. He had conjured a portal and sent the Daleks through it to Wonderland, where they would be as far away from Neverland as possible. Whatever Peter Pan wanted with the Daleks didn't matter, because Rumplestiltskin was determined not to let him get his hands on them. Suddenly, a cloud of purple smoke appeared in the room, revealing the Evil Queen who rushed to his side.

"The Daleks are here." Regina said. "They're invading."

"Impossible." Rumplestiltskin said. "I sent them to Wonderland."

"I said that was a bad idea." Regina said. "My mother probably got a hold of them."

"We don't know anything for sure." He said, now standing up from his chair. "How did the Daleks get here?"

"Through a green portal in the sea." Regina said.

"This is not your mother's doing." Rumplestiltskin said. "Pan did this. I don't know how, but he must've used the red and blue diamonds to make all this possible."

"How can you know that?" Regina asked.

"I know him better than most." Rumplestiltskin replied.

"So what do we do?" Regina asked.

"There's nothing we can do." Rumplestiltskin replied. "You must remember when the Sontarans invaded the Enchanted Forest. We only defeated them with the use of the red diamond and the TARDIS, neither of which are here and we're facing an enemy that's easily ten times worse. There's nothing we can do."

"You're the Dark One." Regina said. "I am the Evil Queen. Surely if we work together we can defeat them."

"It won't be enough." Rumplestiltskin said.

Suddenly, the windows in the grand hall bursted open with glass shattering to the floor, as Daleks started pouring in and yelling for extermination. In order to escape, the immortal Rumplestiltskin consumed both himself and Regina in a cloud of smoke and transported them into his dark vault.

"Where are we?" Regina said.

"A place not even the Daleks can find." Rumplestiltskin said. "Do you see what I mean now? We can't destroy all of them."

"We have to think of something." Regina said.

"I've already told you that it's useless." Rumplestiltskin said. "But if you think of something, please let me know."


The council had assembled in Snow White's castle. The pregnant princess walked into the room to see everyone sitting at the round table including the dwarves, the Blue Fairy, her friend Red, and her heroic husband Prince Charming.

"We thought that maybe we could ask the Dark One." Charming said. "There must be something he can do."

"He is hiding." The Blue Fairy said. "Even he cannot stop this attack."

"It's worse than the Sontarans." Grumpy said.

"We can't give up hope." Snow said.

"The Daleks will be at this castle any minute." Grumpy said. "They're going to kill all of us and our hope."

"No." Red said. "We could try and contact the Doctor."

"We have no means of doing that." The Blue Fairy said. "We'll just have to hope that he'll show up soon with a plan like last time."

"We can't just sit around and do nothing." Charming said.

"These creatures are too powerful for us to destroy." Snow said. "I'm told their skin is made of metal that swords cannot pierce."

"Exterminate!"

The council heard the loud voice coming outside the room. The Daleks had evidently already invaded the castle and presumably killed the soldiers protecting it.

"I have a plan." The Blue Fairy said. "I can use an invisibility spell to hide us from their sight. We'll just have to be still and silent and hope they don't notice us. However, it won't last long."

"That's hardly a solution." Charming said.

"Well it's all we've got." Snow said. "We can't just think about ourselves anymore. We have a baby to think about." They could all hear the sounds of the Daleks firing their lasers outside the door at the remaining guards who were trying in vain to destroy them. Snow turned to the Blue Fairy. "Do it."

The Blue Fairy them flew around the room, sprinkling special glowing blue dust on everyone including herself. Within a few moments, everyone in the room became entirely invisible and moved hastily away from the table and to the sides of the room. Soon, the door was blasted open by Daleks who entered the room. After finding no trace of the special boy Pan was looking for, they left, leaving the council standing still on the walls, fearing what will come when the invisibility spell wears off.