A/N: This chapter and the next will fill you in a rumplestiltskins demise. (So, it is not set in present day)
Over two years ago...
"Mom, last night was fun. We should really do that more often." Henry said as he grabbed his backpack for school.
"It was, but I wouldn't go as far as doing that more often." Regina said, taking a lint roller to his jacket.
"Why not?"
"I have bigger things to worry about than family get togethers, if you'd even call them that."
"But, I don't understand. You admitted you had fun."
"Precisely the point Henry dear, I am the mayor. I do not have fun."
"Why is that though, mom? The mayor should be allowed to have fun. My mom should be allowed to have nights away from the office. You stay at the office to much. You're starting to age."
"Henry Alfred Mills, you did not just say that." She replied angrily.
"I'm sorry mom, but it's true. You're starting to get wrinkles. You know what will prevent more wrinkles? Having fun."
"I do not get to have fun. My sole duties are to keep you safe and keep this town in toe. Everything else isn't of importance."
"Okay, mom. Whatever you say. Just know that when you're a little older and get mistaken for my grandma, don't say I didn't warn you." He laughs.
"Your grandma wise guy? Your grandma will never be to old to whoop your little butt, now will I? Get to the bus, you're almost late." She says with a half smile.
"I'm going, I'm going. Oh and mom?"
"Yes?"
"I love you. That's why I said what I just said."
"I love you as well, dear. Now scoot." She says shooing him out the door, leaving out right behind him, and heading to the office. As soon as she gets there, her work cell rings.
"What?"
"Regina, whatever you're planning, don't do it. Think about Ursula." Maleficent said through the phone.
"I am thinking about Ursula. If you're not with me, you're clearly against me. Tell me now, where you stand."
"I stand, with you. I stand with Cruella. Further more, I stand as a Queen of Darkness. We were four, but, now we are three. I just do not want to see us digress to two."
"We won't. I have a plan. Do you still have the author?"
"Yes. Meet us at the place where it all began. Be there in an hour." Maleficent said ending the call.
Meanwhile, in StoryBrooke..
"What do you mean she didn't do it?" Rumplestiltskin ranted, throwing Sydney into the wall.
"She didn't do it. Sh-She said if you wanted to kill her, you should do it yourself. Th-This isn't my fault." Sydney stuttered from his crumpled state on the floor.
"I thought you said you were useful? I thought you said that you could help me get rid of her? You said you would handle this, yet she is still alive. She is still breathing and it is your fault." Rumplestiltskin said repeatedly kicking Sydney.
"Pl-please, stop. I-I do want her dead. Emma didn't follow your plan. Go kill her. I-I can still be useful."
"You're pathetic. But, you are right, you could still be useful. Stop laying there, like the pathetic loser you are, and figure out another way. I'll go handle Emma." And with that he dissolved into black smoke.
At the Wishing Well...
Regina arrived and stood there waiting for everyone else to show. She hated the waiting game. She hated waiting on anyone. She was a Queen, people waited on her. Luckily she didn't have to wait long. A black and white coop devil pulled up minutes later.
"It seems like only yesterday, that we were here, helping Rumplestiltskin with his plan." Cruella said walking up.
"Yes, so stupid we were to think, that he actually wanted to help up enact revenge on those who've wronged us." Maleficent added.
"That man, he doesn't care about anyone, but himself. He always has. We were just hell bent on figuring out our own revenge, that we didn't see it. But, those revenges that we wanted, are nothing compared to the revenge he sorely deserves. Rumplestiltskin needs to die." Regina says heatedly.
"It seems you have it all figured out. How do you plan to kill him?" Cruella asked.
"It won't be a simple walk in the park to kill him. So we must plan this accordingly. Maleficent, you will tail Gold. He shouldn't be hard to find, considering you are a dragon, and dragons always find their prey. Cruella, once Mal has found and captured gold, you will use your power to to subdue and contain him. He will do whatever you say once your spell hits him. Once you've done this, you will bring him to me. I will kill him myself. As I've said, this will not be easy, but we are the queens of darkness, we will get what we want. We will do it for Ursula, we will do it for my sister, we will do it for all the lives he's taken for his power."
"And what will I be doing for you ma'am?" The author asked.
"You will still be the one to rewrite our story. You will give us our happy endings, as you've promised to Ursula. As soon as Maleficent procures rumplestiltskin, we will move forward. I've been working on a spell that will have Gold dead in minutes, and it is almost finished."
"Regina, you're going to kill him? We were suppose to be giving up our revenge, not adding to it." Maleficent said sadly.
"A life for a life. If anybody deserves death, he does. You said you were with me. Prove it. Bring Rumplestiltskin to me by sunset tonight. Have him already subdued. He will not get away this time. He will be dead by sunrise." Regina said immorally as she disappeared.
At the sheriffs station..
"Hello?" Emma said answering the phone.
"You broke our deal."
"If you so much as lay a finger on Hen–." She screamed into the receiver, as her heart thrashed heavily against her chest.
"You broke our deal, so Henry dies. You made this happen. Good day Ms Swan." Rumplestiltskin said hanging up and walking up the steps to the school.
Fear creeps into her heart as she dials Reginas number and pressed send.
"Swan, if this is about last nig–" Regina starts.
"He-He has Henry!" Emma said through tears.
"Emma, what are you talking about? Who has Henry?"
"Mr. Gold, he just called and said he has Henry. Regina, where is he?"
"I sent him off to school a couple hours ago. He can't get in to Henry in school, it's an enchantment protecting the school."
"He-He sounded certain he could get in Regina, I'm going up there."
"You will not be going up there. I have this handled. You stay at the station. I'll go check on Henry, but I assure you he is fine. I always keep my son safe."
"He's my son too, Regina. Please make sure he is okay."
"I will Ms. Swan, and thanks for calling me. I know that couldn't have been easy."
"When it comes to Henry, there is nothing, I wouldn't do." Emma said breathing a sigh of relief.
"Neither will I. Have a good day." Regina hangs up the phone and smiles.
We've got him, we've finally got him. He tried to go after Henry? Foolish, idiotic man. She thinks to herself, calling maleficent on her work cell.
"Regina, I've not found him yet."
"Yes, I know. I'm calling to give you a heads up on where he could be."
"Already? Where is he?"
"I'll tell you in a moment, is Cruella with you? I need to talk to her."
"Yes, she's in the back performing her spell on the rodents, but Regina, even though she will do whatever you say, do not make her take another life. She will never recover from it."
"I won't Mal, I promise. Nobody else has to take another life, but me. Put her on the phone for a second."
"Okay, Regina, one second." Maleficent says calling for Cruella in the background.
"Hello, Regina." Cruella says into the receiver.
"Hey, I don't have long, but I need you to do me a favor once you have rumplestiltskin in your custody."
"Just name it." Cruella said with fire in her eyes.
"I want you to, after you've calmed him, ask him where Maleficents daughter is. She has been searching entirely to long for her, and I am positive he knows."
"Nothing would make me happier, then to do that."
"I thought so. Okay, I need to talk back to maleficent. Make sure when you bring him to me he is still alive."
"Alright Regina, I will. Hold on for a second."
"Okay, Regina, whatever you told Cruella to do has her smiling like a banshee. Thank you. Now where is he?" Maleficent said.
"He is outside of Henry's school. I put an enchantment on his school the day we started working against Gold. I knew that he might try to harm the person I love most. And I was right. Go get him, and bring him to me tonight, alive."
"Alright, will do. Regina, we are on your side. We care about you, you do not have to kill him. We can figure out another way. Just as Cruella can't take another death, I don't think you can either. Just think about it. I'll meet you at the place later." She said hanging up.
Regina flips her phone closed and calls Emma back. She got the sheriffs stations voicemail system. She hangs up and calls Emma's cell phone, which also goes straight to voicemail.
"Why the hell is she so stubborn?" She whispers to herself, grabbing her purse and keys, and heading off to the school.