Chapter 12: The Eye of Life
Enchanted Forest
The Evil Queen furiously walked the halls of her castle on this most unfortunate night. She'd lost two of her most prized possessions. The Doctor had arrived and rescued Snow White and Regina had traded the Eye of Life to Maleficent. Regina wished she'd never given the eye away. It was one of the three magic eyes of the fates. It's power was immense. She could've used it to do almost anything. Now, it was in the hands of Maleficent, a crafty witch, who could now do almost anything she wanted.
Rumplestiltskin sat at his long dining room table in his magic castle by himself. He and Belle had gotten into a fight and she decided to go to bed early. He sat there, pondering what he could do to cheer her up, when he suddenly heard a familiar voice from behind him.
"Hello old friend." A female voice said.
Rumplestiltskin got up from his chair, turned around, and saw Missy standing a few feet away.
"Get out." Rumple said to her.
"Is that any way to address an old friend?" Missy asked. "I see you've replaced me with this Belle woman."
"You're no friend of mine and if you touch one hair in her head I'll rip your heart into pieces." The Dark One replied. "All you wanted was power. You never cared about me or Bae."
"Why does that sound so familiar?" Missy asked. "Oh yes. You chose power over Baelfire as well. Now he's gone. And ripping out one heart won't quite do what you want, seeing as I have two."
"Why did you come here?" Rumple asked. "I told you back then what I'm telling you now. I'll never help you."
"Never say never." Missy said. "Remember all those years ago when you went to Arendelle with Baelfire, the Doctor, and Clara Oswald?"
"Yes." He replied.
"You discovered that the Snow Queen held the Eye of Life and that she hid it. Then you refused to tell me where it was." Missy said.
"I'll never tell you where it is." Rumple said.
"It's not there anymore dearie." Missy said.
"Regina went looking for it and led me right to it, but she got it before I could." Missy said.
"You want me to help you take it from Regina because she used the Eye on you and for once in your life, you weren't in control?" Rumple asked.
"If you keep up that tone, then this isn't going to work." Missy said. "I'm being polite and civil. I do want your help to take the Eye, but not from Regina. Maleficent now has it."
"No." He said.
"Pretty please?" Missy asked.
"No." The Dark One said. "I hate you. I don't know if you've quite caught on to that. I will never help you with anything ever."
"Well that's just not true dear." Missy said. "You won't help me with this, but as I've said many times before, one day you will come to see things from my perspective and you will help me."
"Get out." Rumplestiltskin said. "I won't say it again."
Missy then pressed a button on her vortex manipulator and disappeared in a bright blue light.
The TARDIS materialized near Red's farm. Snow White, Red, Donna, and the Doctor stepped out.
"Thank you so much for everything." Snow said.
"I was surprised to find out your story with Regina." Donna said to Snow. "It's different than what I thought. She really hates you. She was even willing to give up that weird eyeball just to get you."
"What weird eyeball?" The Doctor asked.
"It was glass and blue." Donna said. "Maleficent clearly wanted it for something."
"Maleficent!" The Doctor said in shock. "You met her?"
"Ya." Donna said. "How do you know her?"
"I met her when I came to the Enchanted Forest with Rose." He said. "Stay here. I think I know why Donna and Red switched places across worlds."
The Doctor was gone for about five minutes before he emerged from the TARDIS again, holding a blue, glass eyeball. It was the same one Donna saw Maleficent take from Regina.
"How can you have that?" Snow asked.
"Try to listen to what I'm saying." The Doctor said. "This could get confusing. This eye is the same one Maleficent took today, but it's from the future. When I came here with Rose, we were able to get this from Maleficent. I kept it in the TARDIS to make sure she never got her hands on it again. Today must be the day when she first got it."
"So we shouldn't be scared that Maleficent has this magical item?" Red asked.
"It's called the Eye of Life." The Doctor said. "And no you shouldn't be scared because at some point soon, Rose and a later version of myself will come and take it from her."
"How does that explain why we switched places?" Red asked.
"The Time Vortex." The Doctor said. "Time is not a straight line. It's tangled. While I was taking Donna to Boston, the Eye in my TARDIS must have connected with the Eye in Regina's castle and created a paradox. Then the TARDIS moved far enough away that the paradox was avoided, but not entirely. The eye brought Red with it to Boston and brought Donna with it to the Enchanted Forest."
"Why me and Red Riding Hood?" Donna asked.
"My eye was in the TARDIS." The Doctor said. "You were in the TARDIS. Regina hates Snow White. Her eye took Snow White's friend. I don't really understand magic so that's the best I can offer you I'm afraid."
The Doctor, Donna, Red, and Snow all hugged each other. Then, the time travelers entered the TARDIS and disappeared from the Enchanted Forest.
(To be continued in "Once Upon a Time Machine 2-3: Sleeping Beauty" a Doctor Who and Once Upon a Time Crossover. Discover more about Missy's plan for the Dark One and how the Doctor and Rose were able to take the Eye of Life from Maleficent. Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed.)
