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Rose's true identity is revealed in this chapter.
Enjoy!
Also enjoy Zila's funny moments.

Zila's POV

I spent the next day in the hospital before the doctors said it was okay for me to go home. Rumple had left Storybrooke yesterday around lunch time but not before he had come to say goodbye to me.

Yesterday

Still Zila's POV

"I wish I wasn't leaving you like this especially after you almost died" my mate said before he kissed my hand.

"I'll be fine mate of mine, the doctors are releasing me tomorrow"

"Good" Rumple said before he bent his head down and he kissed my lips. I closed my eyes and welcomed the kiss which lasted for a few minutes.

Present.

Zila's POV

The hospital released me this morning and I was thankful for all of Gabriel's hard work. Dad and Belle had spent most of their time in the hospital last night watching over me, they both eventually become so tired I made them go home. Belle had dropped me off at home and when I got there, there was a concealing potion ready for me to take from Rumple. Since the pregnancy was now beginning to speed up the concealing potion was now very important to take so no one except those I trusted to know about the pregnancy. After I took the potion, I took a quick shower and as I got out I saw I had a new text message from Rumple.

My heart nearly came out of chest when he said he had finally found Baelfire, however as expected his son wasn't that thrilled to see him. I texted him back before I went on to get dressed. I wanted some real food since I had been eating that god awful hospital food. I pulled on a black maternity shirt, with matching maternity jeans and boots. The shirt was short sleeved and it felt comfortable on me as I pulled it over my swollen middle. I felt my daughter kick within me as though she liked the clothes I wore. I smiled as I braided my hair. I grabbed my keys along with my cell, and wallet and headed out the door to Granny's with my leather jacket on.

Once at the diner I suddenly had the urge for a lot of food, so I ordered a good sized plate of French toast. Granny and Red were surprised at my sudden change of appetite, this happens during werewolf pregnancies. As I licked the syrup off of the fork I was using I suddenly felt tense. The reason was because someone somehow managed to get past my protection spell on my property, and only those with my consent could pass through. And on my property hidden was Rumple's dagger. I hurriedly paid the tab before hurrying out of the diner. I wasted no time getting into my jeep and starting it. I tried not to speed my way out of town, but I couldn't help it since someone was on my damn property. I was hoping it wasn't Cora; Cora was the only one capable enough to get past my protection spell. My house looked normal when I pulled in, and I quickly got out. My first priority was Rumple's knife. I hurried to the backyard where my archery board was, next to it I saw that the earth had been disturbed. My mate's knife was gone and I swore.

"I was wondering when you would come" came a familiar voice. I spun around to see Rose leaning against a tree.

She wore a purple t-shirt over a pair of black jeans; she also wore boots the same color as mine. Her hair was pulled back into a pony tail. How she wasn't cold dumbfounded me, my blue eyes went wide when I saw she held Rumple's knife in her hands. I suddenly conjured an orb of fire and that alerted Rose.

"I mean you no harm" she said holding a hand up.

"I seriously doubt that Rose, you're not who you're saying you are" I replied back to her firmly.

"You're right I'm not and I will explain if you will extinguish your flames" she stated nodding at the fireball in my hand.

I growled before doing as she asked putting the flames out.

"Who are you and what do you want with my mate's dagger?"

"I only used it so you would come here, if I had wanted to control Rumplestiltskin I would have done earlier, but I have no wish for that" she then walked over to me. She offered the dagger out to me and I hurriedly took it from her. Then the young woman walked over closer to me and she pressed a hand against my cheek. The moment of contact of flesh upon flesh I saw memories. Memories of me giving birth to my daughter, the heartbreaking moment when I said goodbye to her, then it hit me. I dropped the dagger as I figured out who Rose was.

"Your?" I began.

"You're daughter" then my adult daughter hugged me. I felt a few tears slide down my face as I wrapped my arms around her.

"I'm so sorry I kept my identity a secret for so long mother" Dakota said as she looked up at me, we still had our arms wrapped one another. "I had no choice"

"How is this even possible?" I asked her before I began to kiss her face like no tomorrow.

"Let us talk inside and I will explain everything" she suggested and I nodded, but not before I hurriedly grabbed Rumple's dagger. Once inside did my adult daughter from the future explain everything. According to her Cora had gotten a hold of Rumple's real dagger and she killed him, not only did she kill Rumple and gain his powers as new Dark One, but she had also stabbed me. I was alive for awhile and was kept on life support in the hospital, but after Dakota was born I died. Then Cora and Regina managed to kill everyone in Snow's family, all except Henry.

"Now I see why you're here" I said to her as I finished a cup of coffee.

"Everything is crucial now, father has already found Baelfire" Dakota said. As soon as she said this I suddenly yelped as I felt a hot burning sensation over my right breast. I placed the coffee cup down as my daughter hurried over to me. She pulled back my shirt and over my right breast was a red mark, and worse I felt Rumple was in pain through our blood bond.

"So it begins" Dakota said before she waved her hand over the irritated wound. The wound refused to heal; her hand glowed like her father's did when he healed others. "As you can see and feel father has been injured by Hook"

"How the hell did Hook get to New York?" I questioned.

"He used his ship and at this very moment Cora and Regina are looking for father's dagger" as she said this, she looked to the dagger on my counter. "However knowing father he would always have a fake or two, the one they search for is a fake, but it can steal cut through flesh and kill"

"I can't let that happen"

"Which is why you must act" Dakota then came over to me. She looked down to my middle and she smiled. She placed a hand against my belly. "The pregnancy right now is uncertain I could decide to go through another growth spurt or not"

Her brown eyes looked up to my blue ones.

"Just promise me you will be safe when you face Cora and Regina, I can't lose you and father, mother"

"Oh my sweet thing" I said to her and I pulled her into another hug. I held her close to me refusing to let her go. "I promise the things in your future will not come to pass"

"I have faith in you mother I always have" Dakota replied back to me.

A Few Minutes Later.

I left Dakota back at my house so she could guard the place and the dagger. My wound still wasn't healing, but it had stopped bleeding, it now had a bandage over it. I drove my jeep back into town and I parked across from the library. There on the street was Snow and her husband.
"What's going on?" I demanded as I rushed over to them.

"Cora and Regina are looking for Rumplestiltskin's dagger"

The phone suddenly rang and Charming picked it up. He then looked to the clock tower behind them and I knew where the fake dagger was. Once David hung up the phone from whoever he was talking to most likely was Rumple, the three of us hurried over to the library. Diana was working when we arrived and we told her we needed to use the elevator. She happily let us use it and as the elevators doors opened, Snow, David, and I got in. I let Charming control the elevator and the ride to the top of the tower made me impatient. Once the doors opened I hurried out of the elevator first, with Snow and her husband behind me. I saw the fake dagger secured to one of the clock's hands.

"Here it is" I said to Emma's parents as I removed the glass material of the clock and pulled the dagger out.

"Your husband is a very smart man Zila" David said to me as I came up to them. "At least the dagger is safe and sound"

"And you could control the male Dark One if you wanted" Snow added.

"Indeed she can" came a female voice. We all turned around to see Regina standing alongside an older woman, who was none other than Cora. "But by who?"

"So we finally meet" I greeted Cora. "And I warn you the next time you touch my mate the way you did the other day, I won't hesitate to rip your throat out"

Cora glanced over to me.

"I can see why Rumplestitlskin would fall for you Zila, you have the fire of a dragon flowing through you, now hand over the dagger"

"Not going to happen you're too late" Charming spat.

"Oh I would beg to differ" Cora said.

"Good always wins" Snow said looking over to Regina. "I told you to pick your side carefully"

"Well if you won't hand over the dagger perhaps she can convince you" Cora then summoned something and a second later a middle aged woman stood between Regina and Cora. "You see in the end it isn't good or evil that wins, but power"

Regina then thrust her hand into the woman's chest and pulled out her heart.
"Johanna no!" Snow protested. "Do not hurt her she has nothing to do with this!"

"Of course she does" Regina growled.

"Don't give the dagger to them!" Johanna begged.

"Quiet handmaiden" Cora said. Charming then got his gun our ready to use it.

"Mother look out!" Regina said using her hand to send the gun flying downwards over the railing. Johanna grunted and I could see she was in pain, Regina crushed her heart slightly.

"Enough of this, surrender the dagger" Cora said to me. "We all know you'll follow your mother's example no matter what the cost, all she ever wanted was you to be good"

Snow suddenly looked to Cora.

"What is it?" I asked Snow still clutching the fake dagger.

Then Snow said.

"It was you all that time, you gave me that candle"

"The dagger Zila" Cora said holding her hand up.

"F**k off" I growled at Regina's mother. I then turned back to Snow. "Snow what are you talking about?"

"My mother wasn't sick at all was she?" Snow demanded at Cora.

"Oh she was quite sick" Cora sneered.

Snow then snapped.

"You did all of this, you killed my mother!"

"You did what?!" I snapped now glaring back at Cora.

"Actually the candle would have worked you could have saved her" Cora continued to tease.

"You know I wouldn't, why, why did you take her from me?" Snow asked once more, she had a bit of sadness and anger in her voice.

"So I could make my daughter the queen" Cora said back.

"You son of a bitch" I snarled. "Murder"

"Hand over the dagger Zila or she dies" Regina said as she began to crush Johanna's heart. Snarling I threw down the fake dagger. Cora summoned it to her hand, and Regina pushed Johanna's heart back into her chest. It was then I acted and boy was I quick. I hurried forward and sucker punched Regina in the eye; I then did the same to Cora. Both women growled as I hurried Johanna away from them.

"That was for threatening an innocent life, and Cora that was payback for kissing my mate, now leave before I do something worse"

Both of the Mill's women looked to me and they both disappeared in clouds of purple smoke.

"Are you alright?" I asked Johanna.

"Yes I am thanks to you Lady Zila"

Snow then hurried over to her friend and hugged her.

"They got the dagger" Charming said.

"Not exactly my friend" I replied to him. Both Snow and David looked to me with shocked expressions.

A Few Minutes Later.

After dropping Johanna off and casting a protection spell around her house did David and Snow follow me home. They pulled into the driveway behind me. The two were already out of David's truck when I got out.

"Nice place" David said admiring the beauty of the woods.

"My home is surrounded by a protections spell only those I give consent to enter may come in, and you two are always welcome"

With that the two of them followed me through the barrier of the spell. I sensed Dakota was still in the house, but she wasn't in sight when we entered.

"Okay what's going on?" Snow asked now confused.

"I take it the mission was a success then" Dakota said and she emerged from a nearby room. She clutched Rumple's dagger tightly.

"That's the" David began as his blue eyes widened.

"The real dagger" I confirmed as Dakota handed it over to me. "The one Cora has is a fake"

"And who are you?" Snow asked looking Dakota over. Dakota smirked before she walked over to Snow and Charming. She first placed her hand against Snow's cheek and I saw Snow's eyes widen, and then Dakota did the same with David. He had a similar shocked expression after Dakota pulled herself away.

"Snow, David this my daughter she came from the future"

"It's a pleasure to meet you both" Dakota said and she bowed her head. Snow came forward and as Dakota lifted her head up, Emma's mother placed both hands on both sides of Dakota's face.

"You look like your mother just as beautiful"

"But you have your father's eyes and intelligence" David added with a smile. Dakota smiled as Snow pulled away.

"Your words are kind, I also have the magic of a Dark One flowing through my veins as am I part wolf" Dakota's face then turned serious. "As we speak my father along with your daughter and grandson are on their way back from New York using Hook's ship, also on board is my half-brother Baelfire"

"How soon are they going to be here?" I asked looking to my daughter.

"An hour or so, then things will get ugly I suggest all of you be ready, even though Cora doesn't have the real dagger, she could kill my father which will not happen, I won't allow it" Dakota then growled dangerously.

"Easy love" I told her taking her hand into mine. Dakota then suddenly turned to me a smirk back on her lips.

"What?" I asked wondering why she was smirking like her father. She then turned to Snow and Charming.

"I think you should tell her about Bae, and what you found out"

Immediately David and Snow looked nervous.

"What the hell, why are you two looking weird?" I demanded from my friends.

"Zila, Baelfire is Henry's biological father" Snow began.

"Which makes Rumplestiltskin Henry's grandfather and Dakota is his aunt"

My eyes went wide figuring it out.

"You mean Henry is my grandson?"

"Indeed" Dakota said with a chuckle. I was quiet for the next second before I said.

"Holy S**t on a sandwich"

There you have it Rose's is Dakota!
The next chapter should be posted in about a week. Be patient my fellow readers and thank you for reading!