August opened the door to the pawnshop. The bell rang.
"Ah, mr. Booth. I've been expecting you. My, my, you've had quite a fight, haven't you?" said mr. Gold.
"I know you're planning to destroy Storybrooke." said August.
"I beg your pardon?" Gold seemed confused.
"Don't lie! I've had enough lies to last a lifetime! I'm going to stop you."
August removed the clothing and revealed the Dagger in his hand. Gold scowled.
"I command thee Dark One!" August yelled.
Gold giggled. "Oh really? And can you handle it, Pinocchio? Can you handle the power that is me?"
"For Emma."
"Oh, how gallant of you."
Unable to use magic against August, Gold simply hit his hand with the cane, causing August to drop the Dagger in pain.
"And how pathetic. Just like you've always been."
Suddenly, Gold flinched and looked up. Henry was in the store and waved the Fairy Godmother's wand, paralysing Gold who stared at him in horror.
"Get the Dagger, August." Henry yelled. August yanked the Dagger out of Gold's hands and looked at him in disgust.
Gold barely managed to speak: "That boy... he is manipulating you."
Those words served only to anger August further. "Go to hell!" he yelled.
August flinched. He felt himself falling through a vast world of memories. In reality, he dropped the Dagger to the ground, but he barely heard it. He remembered.
Emma... my god. I did it. I killed her, I... what happened to me?!
August dropped to his knees and then to the ground. He felt stiff. The feeling was oddly re-assuring. Tears came from his carved eyes.
"No..." he sobbed.
Hearing a noise, he looked up and saw Henry. The memories clicked into place. He was the enemy.
"Who are you?!" he said, roughly. Henry didn't respond. He grabbed the Dagger and tried to attack August with it, but August easily overpowered the boy and hit the Dagger from his hands. "ANSWER ME!" August yelled in a fury.
"You don't know me yet, master!" snarled Henry and pushed August off him(as he was much lighter as a puppet). But the puppet recognized him
"Tom?"
Henry's snarl turned into a look of confusion. "You remember. How?!" he yelled.
August's fury increased. He grabbed Tom and pushed him up against a wall. "Why?! After everything I did, WHY did you want me to become the Dark One?!"
"To punish you like you punished me!" spat Tom. "I was going to trap you in a world where you couldn't hurt anybody, but yourself. You deserved it!"
August threw Tom/Henry across the store and left the shop as he saw Gold moving again.
August or Pinocchio walked in an utter haze, overwhelmed by his memories. The True Love's Potion had prevented him from ruining everyone's lives. But he remembered. He knew he deserved it, but it was cruel nonetheless. Suddenly, he heard a giant rumbling. The clock tower was falling down.
Tamara.