A Heart Worth Fighting for
Chapter 6:Rebirth
28 YEARS AGO STORYBROOKE NIGHT
Ingrid had just arrived with Anna into the town. The young princess was chained and had duct tape in her mouth to prevent her from speaking. Ingrid led the girl to a pawnshop
"Gotta say, you have impressed me, dearie," Mr. Gold said once Ingrid with Anna entered the shop
"I know who you are… Dark One"
"Oh I know you do, after all, you brought her here" Mr. Gold was holding a knife not his dagger under Anna's chin. Ingrid showed him the princess's heart and then squeezed it a bit. Anna fell to the ground screaming in pain.
"She disobeyed me, I was asleep and she tried to get her heart back, I need something to make sure that she won't do that again" Ingrid explained.
"As you know, this place has no magic but lucky for you, I brought something from our world" Mr. Gold explained as he showed Ingrid a bottle with a light blue liquid in it.
"What's this?" Ingrid questioned.
"This, is exactly what you need and your little princess won't disobey you again" Mr. Gold explained as he gave the bottle to the Snow Queen.
"Everything comes with a price with you what do you want?" The Snow Queen asked as she picked the bottle.
"Well, what I want is in the future, once this curse breaks and magic comes back around, I will need your little puppet to help me, that's the deal" Mr. Gold replied, Ingrid, smiled.
"Then I think we have a deal," The Snow Queen told The Dark One who giggled.
Ingrid removed the duct tape from Anna who gasped.
"Come on now dear, drink this" Ingrid gave Anna the bottle.
"W-W-What's this?" Anna questioned with fear.
"Something that will make sure that you won't disobey me again" Anna gulped as Ingrid opened the bottle, Anna tried to resist but the Snow Queen had her heart and with her other hand, she squeezed it making Anna scream in pain once more.
"Open your mouth, don't make me do it the hard way princess" Ingrid threatened, Anna didn't have another choice but to obey, she was forced to have her mouth open as the light blue liquid fell into her mouth.
"Swallow it" Ingrid ordered, Anna was forced to swallow the disgusting liquid. Almost immediately Anna screamed in pain, she was shivering, she saw her hands becoming paler and her hair becoming black. Anna couldn't do anything to stop this.
Ingrid watched with shock as the young princess transformed into another person. This person had short black hair and black eyes and she was way paler than the princess. The transformation had caused Anna's ice chains to break.
The new girl looked at the Snow Queen.
"W-Who are you?" The girl asked. Ingrid smiled fondly at her.
"My name is Ingrid, I am your new Master" The Snow Queen replied.
"Tell me, dear, do you remember who you are?" Mr. Gold interfered.
"I only remember my name…" The girl answered.
"And that is?" Ingrid questioned.
"Cassandra"
MODERN WORLD STORYBROOKE
"Good morning Captain. Well, I trust you're read." Mr. Gold hoped.
"I am ready to pay the price and get this over with" Hook replied as he waked
"Good" Mr. Gold held out his hand and a broom came towards him.
"What are we gonna do with that?" Hook questioned.
"This is gonna help me find an old friend" he used magic and the broom started to walk
"After you"
30 YEARS AGO ENCHANTED FOREST
Anna noticed the Dark One coming back. The trap door closed as he got out.
"I helped you get what you want to give me what you promised. Tell me about my parents" Anna pleaded.
"Well, dearie, the king, and queen of Arendelle landed on my doorstep with an itsy-bitsy problem your sister. They wanted something to take away her… powers… Forever" The Dark One answered, Anna was shocked a bit.
"My parents loved Elsa" Anna insisted.
"Sounded more to me like they feared her. It's a thin line and oh so easy to cross. You must have known. They always wished she had been born a little bit more… Normal" Rumplestilskin decided to use that word choice.
"Did they find what they were looking for?" Anna asked.
"I am afraid not. No one could lay their hands on that kind of magic… Until now" he showed her the box.
"So, that's what the box does" Anna replied.
"Not the box, what's inside…A hat, crafted thousands of years ago by a sorcerer for one purpose to steal magical power. And it was guarded all these years by his Apprentice" he explained.
"What are you going to do with it?" Anna questioned.
"When the hat has collected all its ill-gotten power and is fully charged, I will be unstoppable" the Dark One explained his plan.
"I thought the Dark One was already unstoppable," Anna thought.
"There are limits however small" he stepped closer as she stepped back.
"No. You can't. That mouse that Apprentice he dedicated his life to keeping it out of the hands of people like you" Anna tried to stop him.
"Too bad he's not here to stop me," he told her.
"What if he is?" she looked up and Rumplestilskin followed her gaze. He saw the mouse as he jumped on his hand which held the dagger. He bit him.
"Aah!" he dropped the dagger. Anna picked it up.
"Aah!" he tried to attack her.
"Don't come any closer!" she commanded as he stopped suddenly.
"Wait… You're not coming any closer just because I told you not to? I get it. As long as I have this wavy knife, you have to do as I say, don't you?" she asked.
"Yes. That's how it works" Rumplestilskin admitted.
"Is that one of the limits you spoke of? Is that why you want the hat to free yourself from the control of this dagger? Answer me"
"To be free of the control and keep my power. Yes," the Dark One was forced to cooperate.
"Yeah, I can't let you walk out of here with that. So please. Give me the box" he gave her the box.
"Remember dearie, you can't keep hold of that dagger forever, and you don't want to be on the other end of it when I get it back" he warned her.
"Then I command you send me and this box home to Arendelle," Anna told him.
"If I must" Rumplestilskin was about to until…
"Wait. And also you can never hurt me. Or my sister. And you have to turn the mouse back into a man. Okay now I am ready" she replied as he sent her home. The dagger dropped as he grabbed it and had a fit of rage.
MODERN WORLD STORYBROOKE
Hook and Mr. Gold were continuing their mission.
"To whom is our bristled guide leading us?" Hook asked.
"Someone who wronged me long ago. And today, he's going to pay the price" the broom stopped at a house. Mr. Gold knocked on the door. It opened and revealed the Apprentice.
"Hello, old friend, Captain please see our host a seat." Hook had no choice but to put the Apprentice in his seat. Mr. Gold took the box and used his dagger to turn it into a hat.
"You have it" he replied in shock.
"Don't tell me you doubted me?" Mr. Gold told him.
"Every dark one tries. Everyone fails." The Apprentice warned him.
"Might be time to upgrade the motto" Mr. Gold advised.
"You may have the hat, but we both know you will never collect enough power to do what you want," he told him.
"Oh, I will. But alas, you won't be there to see it" Mr. Gold replied as he flipped the opening of the hat at the Apprentice. He was slowly getting sucked in.
"No!" he exclaimed as he got fully sucked in.
"Where the hell did he go?" Hook questioned.
"Exactly where I need him."
30 YEARS AGO ARENDELLE
Kristoff was trying to feed Sven some carrots.
"Come on. Just one?" Kristoff tried to feed his friend but the reindeer refused. Kristoff scoffed.
"Sven, stop pouting. You love carrots. What is wrong with you?" he asked as he put the bucket of carrots next to him. Anna leaned at the door as she watched.
"Think maybe he missed me?" Anna suggested.
"Hmm?" Both Kristoff and Sven turned to see her. Kristoff smiled as he hugged her.
"Oh! Not nearly as much as I did" They shared a kiss until Sven grunted.
"Not now Sven." Sven groaned as he hid his face behind the face door. He shook his antlers. That is when Anna stepped back from him.
"What is it? I took a bath this morning I swear"
"No, no, you smell wonderful," Anna told him. However, Sven didn't think so as he sniffed the air.
"It's just the mission didn't go as planned," Anna replied.
"So they did leave because of Elsa?" Kristoff asked.
"They got on that ship because they were afraid of her. They wanted to change her. They were looking for a way to take away her powers… With this", she showed him the box.
"That is-"Kristoff got cut off by Anna who listed out the possible words he was going to say.
"Horrible? Terrible? The worst news you've ever heard, and the world might as well end right now?" she asked.
"I was going to say "bad" but yeah what you said. What are you going to tell her?" Kristoff asked his fiancée.
"I-I don't know" Anna admitted.
MODERN WORLD STORYBROOKE
Mr. Gold was back at his pawnshop. He took out the empty container.
"Okay, we're done. I've fulfilled our deal. Now take it off."
Mr. Gold waved his hand putting Hook's hand back into the jar and returned the hook on its place.
"Our deal actually isn't complete," he told him.
"I say it is. You can no longer control me mate, I just saw you use the real dagger so I know you are lying to Belle. You've got nothing on me" Hook replied.
Mr. Gold pulled out a tape.
"Security tape from the house we just left. How do you think Miss Swan is gonna react when she finds out what you did to that kindly old man?" he questioned.
"I know how that device works. And if I am on there so are you" Hook pointed out. Mr. Gold waved his hand around the tape.
"And now I am not but you are" Mr. Gold blackmailed him.
"I only did what you asked so I could rid myself of that cursed hand so I could become a better man. Emma will understand that." Hook insisted.
"Even when she finds out the truth?" Mr. Gold questioned.
"What truth?" Hook asked.
"This hand isn't cursed" he gestured at the hand.
"No you said-"Hook got interrupted by Mr. Golds' laugh.
"You were right. Dark one lies. Dark one tricks. This hand is nothing but a lump of flesh. The only thing it did was give you permission, permission to be the man you really are not some puppy dog chasing after the object of his affection, but a ruthless pirate who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. I did you a favor. I helped you remember the darkness that lies beneath." Mr. Gold told him.
"Then you know that darkness will have no problem crushing Belle's heart" Hook threatened.
"If you go after my love… You will surely lose yours. You threatened my marriage, tried to destroy the only light in my life, and for that, you will owe me as long as you live" Mr. Gold warned.
"What if I am willing to take you down with me?" Hook suggested.
"I think I know you better than yourself, dearie. So here we are captain, still in business together. I think you and I are gonna have some fun."
And I know this chapter is a little short compared to the others but yeah. Now things will get complicated and I decided to end this chap here. The next one will be 4k words+ so yeah hype xD Anyways I would like to thank you for the reviews. More to come soon!
