Hey guys! :) Hope you're having a great week. I've been sick all day so I literally wrote all of this today! I didn't want to have to wait until tomorrow because unless I still feel like crap, I'll be having to catch up on all of my school work :( which sucks :l

This chapter is kind of a follow up to all of the plot twists in the last chapter. There's another huge plot twist in this chapter too! And there's going to be a twist to the plot twist in the next chapter! (This is really starting to sound like an OUAT episode lol). But yeah, we also find out a little more about the "mysterious woman" in Cal's room! :D

To my reviewers:

EOhope1: Lol sorry to minorly disappoint you on the Hook decision! But tbh I truly ship both Captain Swan and SwanThief...so don't hate me XD hahaha. But I made the decision for Hook because 1. I have other plans for Neal and 2. because Hook would kinda be a cute daddy lol. i'm glad it doesn't bother you too much tho :) And about Regina's dream...it's just a dream. Though, because Regina's dreams have become true in the past, she's freaking out about it a little. But as of right now, just a dream!

Guest: Yes :))

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Happy reading :D

G.

"What the hell just..." Mystral asked again.

I was too busy breathing hard, trying to figure out what really happened. Pippa had saved us, that's what happened.

I looked down at Pippa again who was still in her car seat, "Oh my..." I reached down to pick her up. I cuddled her into my arms and kissed her cheek, "I can't believe this!"

Mystral walked to us and kissed Pippa's cheek as well, "Wow." She said.

"Cal, you're almost ready to go home." Whale said.

Cal smiled, "Good."

"What, you don't like being here?" Whale winked.

Cal laughed at Whale's attempt at sarcasm, "Not at all, Dr. Whale."

"Tomorrow should be the day." Whale added, "Get some rest."

"Okay." Cal replied.

He turned off his tv. He still couldn't move his neck, it was in a brace. He laid on his back and stared at the ceiling, trying to fall asleep. Until he heard the door open.

"Cal, darling, how are you?"

Cal knew who this was, his mind was answering but his tongue wasn't.

"Hello? You awake?"

Cal didn't reply again, he took a deep breath and quietly pressed the nurse button.

"Oh that won't work." The woman said to him.

"Why?" Cal asked.

"Well, it'll work, but it'll take a while. There is such a thing as a locked door."

Cal closed his eyes, he was beat. What was he going to do now?

"I've come here for a certain reason, Calaïs."

"What is that reason?" He asked.

"Why do you think I'm going to tell you?" The woman laughed maniacally.

"Well...because."

"That's the best reason?" She asked.

He didn't say anything.

"I've been sent here on a job. You see, I'm an explorer. I used to study the animals, their habitats, traits, everything. Now I've moved on to...a different kind of animal." She said.

"What...kind of...animal?"

"Humans." She said. "But a certain kind of humans, humans like you. Humans who have power, Calaïs."

Cal could feel his fingers make into a fist, he wanted to punch her so bad and get this over with.

"I don't like magic. I want it gone from this world. It doesn't need to be here, you see."

Cal ignore what she just said, "Who are you working for?"

She laughed, "Wouldn't you like to know?"

Hook walked up behind Emma, wrapping his hand around her stomach.

She was on the job, leaning up against her desk.

"What do you need?" She asked.

"Just, was lonely." Hook replied.

"I'm working, you need to go, okay?" Emma said, looking into his eyes.

His pirate smirk left his face, and a slight frown overtook it. "Alright." He said, unwrapping himself around her.

He exited the room, but didn't leave without looking back.

"Do you want to go out for dinner tonight, Regina? I think we all need to get out of the house." Daniel said.

"Yeah. We were out of the house earlier today and almost got killed."

"What?!" Daniel exclaimed.

"Pippa saved us."

"Saved who?"

"Me and Mystral. Gold was holding us hostage." I explained.

Daniel was pacing the room, "How could this happen!? I should've been there..."

"Why so he could get you too? There wouldn't have been a point. You're daughter was there to save us anyways."

"Pippa really saved you guys?" Daniel asked.

I nodded, "She burped." I laughed a little.

He also laughed, "I'm just glad you all are okay." He said. He walked over to me and lifted my arms onto his shoulders. He wrapped his hands around my (shrinking, thankfully) waistline. "What do you say, dinner for all?"

I smiled and touched his forehead with mine, "Yes."

He kissed me on the lips.

In no time, we were all leaving to go to dinner.

"I need you to do a favor for me, Bae."

"Yeah sure, Dad, what is it?" He asked.

"I need you to take something of Mystral's."

"Of who?" Neal asked.

"Mystral, Regina's sister." Gold replied.

"Why?"

"Because..." He didn't know how to explain this. Neal didn't know Mystral was his half sister.

"So you mean I have to break into Daniel and Regina's house? Sorry but there's no way I'm doing that. She rips hearts out." Neal said.

"She won't be ripping anyone's heart out. She has become weak, now. She has kids and a husband that depend on her to be good."

"Fine. What is it I have to take?" Neal asked.

Gold smirked, "A life."

"What?! No way! I'm not killing anyone. I'm not like you."

"Either kill for me, or I'll kill Henry." Gold sneered.

Neal couldn't let this happen. Though he wasn't a fatherly figure in his life anymore, he couldn't let Henry die. "Who am I killing?" He asked.

We finished eating dinner and went back home. We all got ready for bed.

I did my nightly routine; tucked the kids in, fed Pippa, burped Pippa, put her to bed, then I finally got to go to bed.

I climbed in beside Daniel.

"How was feeding time?" He asked.

I smiled, he knew that I actually liked to feed her. It really made me feel like a true mother, Pippa needed me, she depended on me, "Good." I replied.

I turned over on my side and looked at my husband, "I love you." I said.

"I love you too."

I cuddled up to him and kissed his lips, and soon enough we fell asleep.

"Crap." Neal whispered under his breath, the window squeaked as he opened it.

He crawled inside into the guest room, then went to the hallway.

He was at war with his thoughts, how was he going to kill her? He couldn't hardly deal with himself now, how could he live with this the rest of his life?

He walked down the hallway and opened the door quietly and walked inside, tip-toeing with each step.

He walked over to the crib and stood beside it, looking down at the sleeping baby.

He was just about to reach in to pick her up, but couldn't do it. He paced over to the window and looked out, staring at the stars.

"How?" He quietly asked.

He walked back to the crib and looked down. Once again, he didn't have the gut to do it.

He put his hand to his forehead and crossed his arms, pacing the perimeter of the room.

He hit a squeaky spot in the floor. Pippa started crying.

He walked over to the window and was about to jump out, but he ran back to the crib and picked Pippa up.

He grabbed his gun from his side and put it to her chest.

"I'll be right back." I said, hearing Pippa crying.

I pulled the covers off and slid out of bed. I went to her room and opened the door, surprised at what I saw next. I wiped the sleep out of my eyes, "What the hell are you doing?!" I yelled.

Neal had a gun to my baby's chest, "Sorry Regina. I have to."

"Put the damn gun down!" I yelled.

He didn't budge.

Instinctively, I threw a ball of fire at him, missing my child. Unfortunately, missing Neal also.

"Regina just stop." Neal said.

I ignored his idiotic request.

I put my hand up and started to choke him from across the room, but then I stopped. If he chokes, Pippa will fall out of his arms.

With the flick of my wrist, I threw the gun across the room. Now, Neal only had Pippa in his arms.

"I'll suffocate her."

"No you won't." I replied.

I put my hand up again and snapped my fingers, Pippa was in her crib.

"What are-"

I slammed Neal against the wall before he could even say anything.

"You have no right to speak." I growled in his face.

I was still holding him up against the wall, I was only inches away from him.

Suddenly, he moved his leg and hit me in the stomach with my knee.

I screamed out in pain and fell to my knees, dropping Neal from the wall.

He ran to Pippa's crib again, picking her up and holding her in his arms.

Footsteps were coming down the hall, "What's going on in h-" Daniel stopped when he saw his child in Neal's arms.

"Shut up and get out." Neal said, holding his hand close to Pippa's neck.

Daniel looked over at me. I was still hunched over on the ground in pain.

He ran to me and gave me his hand to help me up. I lifted myself off of the ground.

I grabbed the gun that was at my feet and pointed it at Neal, "Don't make me do this, Neal." I said.

He ran at me, I tried stopping him but he ran through my magic. He knocked me over again and grabbed the gun.

"Close your eyes." He told us.

Daniel extended his hand again, but I was in too much pain to get up this time. I looked up at Neal and Pippa, he had the gun to her chest once again.

I was in tears, what was I going to do? Why could he just run right through my magic?

Daniel made a move, lunging toward Neal, trying not to hurt Pippa.

Neal threw him off and Daniel hit the wall with a thud.

I quickly crawled over to him, "Daniel! Daniel honey!" I was shaking him, but he was out.

"Regina I don't want you to see this." Neal said, pointing the gun again.

I cried out, "Please! Don't."

Neal looked up at the ceiling and pulled the trigger.

"No!" I shouted.

Though I shouted and though Neal pulled the trigger, Pippa was still alive. There was no gunshot.

My eyes widened, partly from anger and partly from surprise. "You fool!"

Neal looked down at the gun, "Damn it. No bullets." He mumbled.

"You idiot." I said, slowly getting off of the ground.

He dropped the gun and put his hand up to her neck again, "I have other ways." He said.

I stopped in my tracks. He could easily kill her by suffocation.

Suddenly, not because of me, Pippa began to float from Neal's arms. She floated all the way out the door.

"No, actually, you don't!" Bella said, flicking her hands and slamming him against the wall.

She walked into the room up to Neal, "You." She said, getting in his face.

I walked over to them and pulled her back, taking her place. I plunged my fist into Neal's chest and took his heart out.

I held it in my hands, "You know, Baelfire, your father always told me that if I wanted to make things painful," I squeezed his heart, "I could."

He yelled out in pain, "Stop!" He exclaimed.

I squeezed again, "You're an idiot. I'm not going to stop." I tightened my grip.

"Ahhh!" He screamed.

"Mom-"

"Not now Bella." I said, not even looking at her.

"Mom!" She yelled again.

"Stop it, Bella!" I snapped at her.

I squeezed his heart again, making him hunch over in pain, "This is what you made me feel like. Now, you're going to suffer."

"Mom stop it!" Bella pulled at my arm.

I momentarily snapped out of this.

"Stop this, mom! You're not like this!" She was tugging at my arm.

I turned around and looked at her. I looked deep into her watery eyes.

"You're not evil." She said, still holding my arm.

I turned away from her and looked at the heart I was holding in my hands. My vision became cloudy from my tears.

"But Bella, I am evil." I said, squeezing his heart again.

"Mom!" She screamed, "No! Don't do this!" She pulled my arm again to turn me around, "Please." She said quietly, with tears in her eyes.

I snapped out of my bloodlust again. Seeing her like this, tugging on my arm, hearing Pippa crying in the hallway, I knew I wasn't supposed to be doing this.

"Okay." I said softly.

I turned back to Neal who was still in pain from his heart being squeezed. I thrust it back into his chest, making sure I could put every ounce of pain possible into him.

Bella loosened her grip on my arm.

"As for you, Neal, I hope you're proud of yourself. Trying to kill a baby? How low." I said. "Who made you do this?"

Neal didn't answer.

I got closer to him, "I said, who…made…you…do…this?"

He looked away from me.

I could feel the sneer on my face, "Who?" I snarled at him.

"My father." He quietly said, looking back at me.

I leaned back and then looked at Bella.

"Why?"

"I don't know why. He said he wanted to take something from Mystral."

"Mystral's not her mother." I replied.

"Yeah I know that, Regina. But he said he was going to kill Henry if I didn't kill Pippa. So now we have another problem."

"No, Neal, it sounds like you have a problem. Mr. Gold will not be getting to Henry, but you? You're going to be in jail for who knows how long." I said. I looked over at Bella, "Go get the phone please."

She did as she was told and came back upstairs with the phone in hand. I dialed Emma's number.

"Hello?" She answered.

"Emma. Neal just tried to kill Pippa. He broke into the house and held her at gunpoint."

"What?! What the…"

"No time for further explanation. It's 2:00 in the morning and I would like to go to bed." I snapped.

"Yeah, I would've liked to stay asleep for more than twenty minutes at a time."

"That's what being knocked up does to you." I replied.

There was silence on the other end for a few seconds.

"I'll be there in a few minutes." She said, then hung up.

I made sure Neal didn't go anywhere in the few minutes. Daniel woke up and Bella was tending to him, he was still laying on the ground rubbing his head.

"I came here as soon as I could." Emma said, walking in the door.

"Here he is." I said, pointing to Neal.

She picked him up, "I really can't believe this, Neal. What's this showing your son?" She asked while turning him around to put the handcuffs on him.

She locked the cuffs and walked him out, "Sorry guys." She said.

"Whatever. Thank you." I said.

"Goodnight." She added, and they walked out.

Bella had Pippa in her arms, she was gently swaying her and hushing her.

"Here sweetheart, go back to bed, okay? I'll take care of Pippa now." I said, extending my arms.

She gently handed her to me, and I immediately began swaying back and forth. Bella got up off of the ground, and kissed her sister's cheek, "Goodnight Pippa." She said softly.

I kissed her on the top of the head, "Goodnight Bella." I said.

"Goodnight momma." She replied. She turned around and looked at Daniel, "Goodnight daddy."

"Goodnight sweetie." He said.

He slowly rose from the ground, holding the wall the whole time. "I hit pretty hard, didn't I?" He asked.

I nodded, "Yes, you did." I frowned a little, "You think you'll be okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, just a little tender headed tomorrow." He slightly smiled, "I'm gonna go to bed." He kissed my forehead, "Goodnight honey."

"Goodnight. I'll be in there in a few minutes, once Pippa falls back asleep."

He nodded and went back out of the room.

I looked down at Pippa, who was struggling to stay awake, "If you would just fall asleep you wouldn't have to work so hard at keeping your little eyes open." I said, smiling a little.

I sighed, "You don't think I'm evil, do you?" I asked her.

She was still moving all around, trying to keep herself from falling asleep.

"I love you, little girl." I said, kissing her on the head.

I walked over the chair and we sat down, I began telling her a story. Granny had told me to tell Henry stories, that it soothes them.

"Once upon a time, there was a princess. This princess was loved very much by everyone who had met her. Her mommy and daddy, her brother and sister, even her aunt and her cousins loved her so much. She brought so much joy to her whole family. Then one day, a very mean man came and tried to harm her, but her sister saved the day. She saved the princess again, as she had done before." I paused to yawn and looked down at Pippa, she was just about asleep, "Her sister loved the princess very much and would do anything for her. But the queen, their mother, was very worried about the young princess's sister. She was having peculiar dreams about her, and just couldn't shake them off." I yawned again, "But the queen has always been known for her worrying. Most likely, they were just odd dreams, nothing truly peculiar." I said, "But for now, they lived happily…" I yawned again, "Ever after."

I looked down at Pippa, she was sound asleep finally. I got up quietly and laid her in her crib, pulling the blanket up over her.

"Goodnight my princess." I whispered as I shut the door.

"What were you really thinking, Neal?" Emma asked, "Apparently you weren't thinking at all. I mean, how am I going to tell Henry that I just arrested his winner of a dad? Huh?"

Neal didn't reply, he was just sitting on the cot in the jail cell.

"Are you going to answer me or are we just not going to communicate like always?"

Neal looked at her, she was hurting inside, "Emma, look, Henry doesn't need me. He has a father in his life, I never was one to him. He has a father and a mother, and then he has you and your…whatever he is."

Emma's mouth was hanging wide open, "Hook?" She asked.

"Yeah. You think I don't see it?"

"See what?"

"Emma, I know you're pregnant."

Emma made a face at him and put her hand on her stomach.

"I can tell." He added.

"What makes you think it's Hook's?" She asked.

Neal lifted one eyebrow, "Really? Who else would it be?"

Emma looked down at the ground.

"Yeah. The Easter bunny? Don't think so." Neal rolled his eyes.

"This wasn't the subject we were on, Neal." Emma snapped.

"What is there to talk about? I'm in jail, you're pregnant, Henry's with his family. Everything is how it should be."

Emma didn't reply. She was too busy thinking about what he had said.

"I'm going to get some shut eye." Neal said, laying his head on the pillow.

"Not until you tell me why you were sent to kill Regina and Daniel's kid." Emma said.

Neal gave her a look and scratched his cheek, "Dad told me to."

"But why?"

"He wanted to take something of Mystral's. That's all he told me."

"But Pippa isn't Mystral's kid. Why would he even want to hurt Mystral?"

"I don't know, Emma. That's all he told me." Neal said. He laid back down, "Now, I'm going to go to sleep."

Emma crossed her arms and stood there for a few seconds, then left the room and shut the lights off.

The next day she went to Gold's shop.

"Why?" She asked, throwing her hands onto his glass counter.

"Why what, Miss Swan?" Gold said, "Or should I call you, Mrs. Jones?"

"You figured it out too, huh? Why don't I just yell it from the clock tower! I'M PREGNANT WITH HOOK'S BABY! There, now you've heard it from me!"

Gold looked at her funny and smiled, "Thank you for that information, but I did not know that already."

Emma could feel her face getting hot, this was really embarrassing.

"Anyway, I asked why." She quickly changed the subject.

"And I asked why what?"

"You know what I'm asking! Stop playing these dumb games, Gold."

"If you're referring to my son getting arrested last night I had nothing to-"

"If you even dare say that you had nothing to do with this, you will get thrown into jail as soon as you can an apology."

Gold stared into her eyes, "Fine. I needed him to take something from Mystral."

"How is almost taking Pippa's life taking something from Mystral?"

"Because she loves her, Miss Swan. Though she's not her child, it would still break her."

"And why do you want her broken?" Emma asked.

Gold sighed and looked over his shoulder.

"Nobody is here, Gold." Emma sneered.

"I know that." He replied angrily, "I need her broken because I have to tell her something."

"And what is that?" She asked.

"I'm not telling you."

"Come on, you're only the third person that even knows I'm pregnant so just tell me."

Gold's eyes wandered around the room nervously, "I'm her father." He said quietly.

Emma almost choked on her spit, "You what?!"

"I am her father, Miss Swan. Seeing as how you're pregnant, I think you know how that works."

Emma shook her head, "But…that would mean…"

"Yes, Cora and I."

Emma shuddered, "That's disgusting!"

"Oh is it?" He asked, "How about you and your lover, huh? Do you realize how much older he actually is than you?"

Emma furrowed her brow, "Whatever."

"That's what I thought." Gold said.

"But why do you need her broken? You never answered that."

"Because I need her to have to run to me."

It was all coming together now.

OH MY THINGS ARE GETTIN' REAL UP IN HERE! D:

Ugh I really hate Neal rn! Lol. Like no. You can't just go kill a neewborn. Even if it was because of your father saying he'd kill your son. Lol.

What about this mysterious woman? Who is she?!

And why do you think Bella has such a strong connection to Pippa? Just because or is there a reason?

Why does Gold want Mystral broken!?

Ugh so much to handle lol.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I really have no idea when I'll be able to even start on 38 D: i'm going to be sorta busy.

But anyways, don't forget to review and favorite..blah blah blah! Lol. Also, if you would, spread the word on your oncer accounts! If you did so on instagram, use the hashtag #ReadAOMLIB and I'll give you a shoutout! Thanks!

Much love,

G.