A few days passed and Katie was sitting in the lounge with some of the others that were involved with the wedding, the ladies anyway. She had a shy smile on her face as she sipped at some fruit tea she had managed to get Mrs. Reilly to serve her instead of the usual brand. Katrina laughed as she and the other ladies traded some stories with each other. Mrs. Reilly smiled politely to the others as she wandered about since Victor had some friends visiting him as well, though Hyde didn't seem to be around home today. Katie listened in quietly with a soft smile.
"I hope it's all right, but Ichabod is going to come along." Katrina soon told Katie with a small smile back at her.
"Of course it's fine." Katie smiled back at Katrina.
"Do you think you'll be a mother someday?" Katrina asked. "I think I'd love to become a mother."
"I'm sure I'll become a mother someday, I love children." Katie smiled softly.
"That'll be nice for you then," Katrina smiled back. "I'd just love to have a daughter... Dress up... Do her hair... Take on outings..."
"And if you have a son?" One of the women asked.
"...I suppose we could play dress-up for a while until he grows up." Katrina giggled innocently.
Katie gave a small giggle to that.
"Muffins?" Mrs. Reilly asked the girls.
"Always." Katrina giggled eagerly.
"Yes, please, Mrs. Reilly." Katie smiled.
Mrs. Reilly smiled back as she took off. "I'll go make some!" she then called out.
"She really is an interesting woman," Katrina giggled. "Reminds me of Tilda whenever a new man arrives into town with no sign of marriage on him."
Katie smiled softly with a soft laugh.
"I know what we should do, we should sneak out and go find Katie some wedding undergarments that will make Dr. Frankenstein want to rip them off her~" Irene Adler chuckled with a sultry smirk on her red painted lips.
"Irene~..." Katrina called, slightly firm, though a bit giggly through the firmness.
"Oh, I don't know," Mina Harker smiled bashfully. "Won't she get in trouble?"
Lucy Westenra, Mina's friend, giggled a little too. "Well, I think she'd be forgiven when he sees it on her after her wedding~" she giggled.
Irene smirked. "What? As long as we're with her it should be fine~" she replied to Katrina's firmness.
Katie blushed to that. "Oh, I couldn't..." she said.
"Well... I suppose we could have a little bit of fun then." Katrina smiled innocently and bashfully.
"Hmm... Okay then," Mina bit her lip bashfully and playfully, getting into the fun then. "Let's have a little bit of fun then, Katie~"
"You have no choice, dear~" Irene playfully smirked.
Lucy giggled again and stood up. "Let's go now before anyone comes back and tries to stop us~" she suggested, eagerly.
Katie held up her hands trying to stop them, placing down her tea cup.
"Live a little bit, why don't you?" Katrina giggled to Katie on the way.
"I think there was something in that tea." Mina commented before she joined the other women while they had the room to themselves.
Irene and Lucy took one of Katie's hands each, then pulled her along out of the mansion. Katie was swept up and couldn't help, but giggle a little though she hadn't really wanted to go.
Irene smirked. "We'll go to my seamstress~" she told them as she led them along.
Jekyll was standing near the door of the room Victor was in, looking a bit nervous.
Victor laughed as he traded stories with his friends before glancing towards Jekyll. "You want to join in or something?" he then asked the feeble man.
"J-Just checking in on the happy groom." Jekyll gave a small nervous smile.
"Well, I'm thrilled of course," Victor smirked. "I suppose there's just one question... Children or no children."
Some of the other men laughed at that.
"An heir and a spare." One of the friends suggested with a chuckle.
"Indeed," Victor nodded. "Someone to carry on the family business~"
The guy nodded. "Maybe a daughter to help the family later." he added with a chuckle.
"Oh, yes, we might get a jump start on that during the honeymoon." Victor smirked before he chuckled back.
The friends gave a laugh to that.
"Yes, yes, this is going to be just fine." Victor grinned proudly as he sat back and relaxed.
Katrina and Mina giggled on the way out.
Jonathan turned his head and shrugged. "Women..."
"Probably gossiping about a new dress or a friend of theirs, Johnny." Victor smirked at him.
"Or they could be kidnapping your wife for a spontaneous girls day out~" James Moriarty smirked.
"Hurry up then~" Mina giggled as they "kidnapped" Katie.
"As long as I don't have to be the one in dress and make-up, I'll be fine." Victor smirked back with a light chuckle.
Moriarty chuckled and took a sip of his scotch.
"And nothing from the outside has come to ruin it." Victor said from behind his hand in relief.
"Afraid someone might come and try to steal her before you marry her?" Moriarty smirked.
"Oh, I would never allow that to happen," Victor shook his head before smirking back. "Otherwise, the consequences would be dire for that poor soul."
Moriarty smirked and raised his glass to Victor.
Issac had managed to arrive, and while it would have no magic normally as an author he would be able to use his pen. He burst into the room the group of Victorian men were in. "We need to talk." he told Victor.
"Cheers, my friend," Victor smirked back, clinking his glass with Moritary before he glanced over towards Isaac. "Yes?" he then asked.
"We need to talk..." Issac said to Victor.
Victor looked over. "Excuse me, gentlemen," he then told his friends before he stood up and went to go away with Isaac. "I trust that this is good news?" he then asked once he was alone with the author.
Mrs. Reilly smiled as she was nearly done with the muffins.
"Not really... You need to speed up the wedding." Issac said, a bit nervous at having to say this.
"Why so sudden?" Victor asked as he raised an eyebrow. "What's going on?"
"Th-They tracked me down and found out about you and Katie." Issac said.
"What?!" Victor nearly barked. "Are you sure?"
"Yes... Katie's friend almost killed me." Issac glared a little to that memory.
Victor couldn't help but let out an immature snicker. "That... That fat, bug-eyed little twerp... Almost killed you?" he then asked. "She doesn't look like she could hurt a fly."
"Her father is the Shadow Man," Issac glared. "Plus they have Gold on their side." he added.
Victor soon stopped snickering as that suddenly sounded intense and serious. "...So I see," he then said. "Well, I certainly can't get married today, but a closer date than officially planned works out just fine for me. Surely since you got rid of the original Savior, this should be no problem for our expertise."
"I could maybe help a little and have it happen tomorrow for you." Issac said.
"Tomorrow sounds good," Victor smirked. "I'll just have to run it by the little wife first of course."
Issac gave a small grin and nod.
"I won't let you down... Unlike that pirate." Victor proclaimed.
Issac gave a small smile and nod. Victor nodded back. Mrs. Reilly trembled in the kitchen after hearing something she probably shouldn't have before she went to offer muffins for the men in the other room to keep up appearances.
Killian had come by to see David and Mary Margaret as they all had a lot on their mind since the disappearance of Katie since they had to wait on finding a way of getting her back home, so he didn't talk as much or seem as lively... Almost like his soul had been ripped out with a very big and important piece of him missing.
"Killian," Mary Margaret greeted the pirate softly. "Are you okay?" she asked him softly.
"I'll be fine," Killian said softly. "I just wish we could get this ripped off and over with... Like a bandage."
"Graphic, but fair point," David remarked. "We'll get her back."
"We will." Mary Margaret agreed and gave him a soothing hug.
"Thank you, luv," Killian nodded in the hug as he accepted it. "I'd hate to just sit here and wait."
"We're working on it," David reassured. "Believe me, I feel the same way."
"How is Felix doing?" Mary Margaret asked then too.
"He's very concerned and more quiet than usual," Killian frowned. "He really saw a lot of hope and love in Katie... Especially since he told me about his birth mother before he had met Pan. He spends most of the time by himself and usually just comes out to get something to eat when he got more lively after Katie and I decided to look after him."
Gold knocked on the door of the Blanchard/Nolan apartment. Killian glanced over at the door as David decided to go and answer it.
Gold looked at David as he opened the door. "It's almost time, everyone needs to get ready, we leave this evening." he told them, not bothering with the pleasantries.
"Uh, g-good to know," David nodded a little nervously at his bluntness. "We'll see you then."
Killian glanced over as he took a drink from a glass of water that was given to him.
"Jones, I suggest you come along as well..." Gold told him.
"It would be my highest honor, Crocodile." Killian replied, a bit firm, though not as strong as he would once be or normally be around his "sworn enemy".
Gold nodded. "Very well, I shall leave again to prepare so I suggest you do the same." he told them.
"You got it," David nodded back at him. "We'll meet up with you eventually."
"This had better work." Killian sighed sharply from where he sat.
"I'm sure it will." Mary Margaret soothed.
"We won't lose Katie again after this," David promised. "Then we can all be happy together. All of us."
Mary Margaret nodded.
"Thank you both so much." Killian said softly, appreciating their charity and support for him.
Mary Margaret smiled warmly. David smiled back before he soon went to their room to get ready for when the time would come as Killian tried to distract himself since he was no stranger to aiming for revenge against his own desired targets in the past.
Cherry was shown to be attempting to shoot a crossbow with an arrow at a target as Ruby, Belle, and Granny supervised, though she missed a few inches in front of the target. "Dammit!" she then complained.
"Aim higher," Granny told Cherry. "Just pretend he's right there in front of you. You never forget your first locked target, dear. This'll help channel your rage."
"Here." Ruby said and put a mannequin head on top of the target for her to see it a bit more as a person.
Cherry soon stepped back a little and aimed the crossbow, sticking her tongue out and soon shot the next arrow, taking the head off instantly. "Heh," she then smirked. "Gotcha, soap-scum."
"Thank goodness I'm on her side." Belle whispered to herself, a bit startled by that.
"She just needed help to see it." Ruby grinned.
"When I see that shitweasel, I'm gonna cut his whole head off," Cherry narrowed her eyes. "He'll wish he never met me."
"Hey, now!" Granny scolded. "I won't hear that salty language."
"Sorry, Granny." Cherry blushed nervously as she put down the crossbow for now.
"Be prepared for this evening, we'll be going to rescue Katie." Gold said as he came over to them.
"I'll do my best, Rumple, even if I'm not much of a fighting woman." Belle said softly.
Cherry raised her hand awkwardly. "...What about dinner?" she soon asked him bashfully.
"We'll have an earlier dinner," Gold told Cherry. He then looked to Belle. "I don't really want you in the line of danger... Cherry is only being allowed to come as it is her friend and sister, dearie." he told Belle.
"All right then," Belle said with a sigh of relief. "I'll look after things while you two are gone."
"What about dessert?" Cherry soon asked in the background.
"Thank you, Belle," Gold smiled. He then looked to Cherry. "Dinner I understand, but are you really putting dessert ahead of the task?" he asked, not upset just a bit surprised.
Cherry just looked away, feeling sheepish.
"I'm going to miss you both." Belle smiled before she hugged him and kissed his cheek and soon did the same to Cherry.
"Hey... No biggie..." Cherry said before blushing from the kiss. "...W-We got this."
Gold smiled a bit to Belle.
"So is the lesson over?" Granny asked Cherry.
"Uh, yes, I think so, Mrs. Granny." Cherry replied softly.
"And thank you for finding her before she got away too far." Belle told Ruby and Granny.
"Ah! Bup! Bup! Shh~" Cherry shushed quickly and nervously with wide eyes.
"She tried to run away, again?" Gold narrowed his eyes a little.
"So how about we go and get some dinner then, huh?" Cherry smiled nervously. "Anyone? Anyone?"
"She said she was going to take a nap earlier, but when I came to check on her, she wasn't in her room." Belle told Gold honestly.
"Belle!" Cherry gasped.
"Cherry, dearie, we've talked about you running away." Gold told her calmly.
Cherry sighed. "I know," she said with a low groan. "I'm just... Scared."
"What're you scared of?" Belle asked.
"It might not work... Katie will be gone forever... I'll turn dark," Cherry said softly and emotionally with sad eyes before she got panicky. "I mean... That Henry kid's talked about how Emma Swan was wiped away from existence. That idiot might come for Katie NEXT!"
"He needs her, if he wanted her gone completely he would have done so already." Gold said.
"How do we know he hasn't already?" Cherry asked.
"I doubt you'd remember your friend if she was gone now," Granny smirked as she pinched Cherry's cheek. "Stop worrying about every little thing. You were fine a few minutes ago."
"Ow..." Cherry groaned before her cheek got free. "All right... Let's just eat before my stomach eats itself and I make myself sick from worry."
Gold went off with Belle and Cherry, giving a nod to Granny and Ruby.
Granny nodded back as she soon decided to go with her granddaughter. "Come on, Ruby. Time to wash some dishes." she then smirked at the younger woman playfully.
"Not the dishes!" Ruby playfully gasped.
"Yes, the dishes." Granny chuckled.
"Don't worry so much," Belle told Cherry. "Rumple won't let anything happen."
"I wanna help Katie, but I just feel so scared at the same time," Cherry said softly. "I don't show fear very often... I must be very nervous."
"Well, you could always stay here, if you don't want to go." Gold said.
"No, no, I should go," Cherry sighed as she put her hands together. "Katie is my friend. How would it look if you rescued her and I didn't show up? She'd think I was a spineless coward... Maybe even a terrible friend."
"I doubt she would think that... But if you're going to go, you need to stop running away from your problems, even if you're scared," Belle advised. "That's what bravery and courage is all about."
Gold gave a nod.
"Very well..." Cherry sighed as she wiped some sweat from her forehead before putting her hands firmly on her hips. "Besides, I wanna see Dr. Whackadoodle and stomp all over him and maybe make him into mush with that creepy author guy."
Gold had to chuckle a little to that. He took the girls home so they could have a more filling dinner and maybe even get together some supplies they MIGHT need.
A few hours later, Katie and the women had returned, with Lucy making sure to run ahead to Katie's room to hide her thing for Dr. Frankenstein. Katie was giggling a little and blushing with her friends. Irene was smirking.
"This is going to be interesting." Katrina giggled to the other women.
"Shh~" Mina shushed as they made way back home as Victor sat in the other room, waiting for something else to maybe happen.
Katie gave a small smile as they tried to sneak back to the lounge before they would be discovered.
"It's quiet." Katrina whispered to the others.
"Won't be for long if you keep talking." Mina teased the talkative woman.
Katie smiled.
"Come on~" Irene smirked and soon opened the door to the lounge so they could get in.
"Wait 'til he sees you." Mina beamed at Katie.
"Almost there." Katrina added.
"I suppose the gossipy hens are back." Victor smirked at himself.
"I won't be wearing it until the wedding day," Katie said, quietly with a blush to Mina. "Victor!" she then yelped as she heard and saw him in the lounge.
Irene hid a smirk, though was a bit surprised to. Mina giggled before shushing Katrina and the other women.
"Ah... You're back... That's very good..." Victor smirked at himself before he slowly turned around and did a bit of a double-take. "Oh... K-Katie..." he said in surprise. Not good, not bad, just... Surprised overall.
Irene had also made Katie buy a new less conservative dress to come home in plus a little bit of a makeover.
Katie gave a shy smile. "Hello, Victor." she said softly, hoping he wasn't mad.
Katrina giggled a bit while Mina clamped her hand over her mouth to keep her quiet.
"...That's an interesting look," Victor commented as he approached Katie with a bit of a chuckle. "Dolling yourself up? You always were a curious case. Shame that the wedding feels so far away... Unless..." he then winked at her, trying to look bashful.
Irene caught a hold of Lucy, covering the younger woman's mouth to stop her from blurting out anything.
"U-Unless?" Katie repeated quietly, subtly trying to cover her more exposed chest as Victor approached closer, a fierce blush blooming on her cheeks.
"Unless... Maybe... Crazy idea... Perhaps, you're anxious about our wedding day from being so far away... Maybe we could move the date?" Victor suggested.
Katrina let out an amazed gasp as she put her hands to her cheeks. Irene grinned a little.
"To when?" Katie asked him as she tried to damp down her blush.
"How does tomorrow sound?" Victor smirked.
Mina gushed before she suddenly hugged Lucy and jumped up and down with her in sheer excitement, unable to hold it in much longer.
Lucy giggled. "Good job we got her some special underwear today~" she blurted excitedly.
"Th-That soon?" Katie was surprised, but thanks to the potion, not upset. "O-Of course." she agreed softly, shyly.
"There might be some babies sooner than we think." Mina smirked with a giggle.
"You mean it?" Vctor asked with a sincere smile then.
"Yes." Katie gave a small smile.
"That means you have to go now, no seeing the bride the night before the wedding~" Irene then announced to that. "And what a waste after getting her all dolled up~" she playfully pouted.
"Oh, just a little bit longer?" Victor smirked. "I want to show her how much I love her and why I can't wait."
"Is that even legal?" Katrina gasped with wide eyes.
"Come on, ladies, we'll go and get set up in Katie's room... Give them a little time together before we take her away until tomorrow~" Irene said and took the two blonde girls out with a smirk.
Mina and Katrina giggled at that.
"Thank you for coming by," Victor told them with a nod. "Tomorrow's going to be an unforgettable day for sure. It's going to be a happy beginning for all of us."
"You're so lucky, I know I felt lucky when I had my Jonathan." Mina smiled at Katie on the way out.
Irene smiled and nodded.
"See you shortly Katie~" Lucy giggled.
Katie smiled shyly to them. The women soon went to go and leave the bride and groom alone for the rest of the evening.
"Shall we, my dear?" Victor smirked at Katie as he had a great feeling about this so far.
"Shall we what?" Katie asked shyly.
"Get ready for bed?" Victor prompted as he flashed her a wink.
Katie blushed to that. "B-But I thought that was for the wedding night." she said shyly.
"We'll be married very soon anyway, we might as well attempt planning for our family," Victor smiled innocently. "Besides, no one needs to know after we say our 'I Do's' together and live happily ever after."
Katie blushed, but shyly slipped her arm through his to allow him to lead her onward.
"Come along then," Victor nodded as he went to lead Katie away for the night as they linked arms. "This is going to be a night to remember."
Mrs. Reilly was soon getting ready to turn in for the night, trying to keep calm and happy. Katie followed him shyly as he led her along.
"G-G-Good night, Miss, and M-M-Master..." Mrs. Reilly bowed her head at them.
"Good night, Mrs. Reilly," Victor nodded his head at her as he took Katie away for the night. "Sweet dreams~"
"Good night, Mrs. Reilly." Katie said with a small smile.
"Good night, dears." Mrs. Reilly smiled back as she soon walked off to turn in for the night.
Victor soon took Katie over to the very large and ornate master bedroom as he smirked at her. "You are always a vision of loveliness, especially once you fit into that bridal gown of yours... But tonight, you seem very desirable~" he said on the way before shutting the doors behind them and escorted her onto the bed first. "So you can't blame me for being just a little bit impatient, can't you?"
"I-I guess not~" Katie blushed as she looked up at him.
"Let's have some fun then~" Victor whispered as he began to put his arms around her and began to make sweet love to her.
There was light thunder and lightning in the background, but not a huge storm as they began to cuddle and kiss deep into the night before "their wedding".
The next morning the ladies had ushered Katie away from Victor and were getting her ready for the wedding. Jekyll was keeping an eye out with Moriarty's men to guard the wedding. Moriarty, using his criminal way, had made fake news for Katie's parents having been involved in a carriage accident. He suggested Mr. Hyde to walk her down the aisle. Victor bore a grave look on his face to keep up appearances about Katie's parents having being dead so that she wouldn't suspect something, but luckily, the belief and the magic of the potion helped keep suspicions down. Hyde also looked grave, though with him being the way he was, those who knew him well, such as Victor, knew it was more or less a staged devastated and sympathetic face. Mrs. Reilly was as jovial as always as she sang in excitement as she did her part in getting ready for the wedding and looked forward to be part of the help, especially with her bond with Katie as nearly everyone in the village spoke highly and fondly of the special day that was today. The ladies all rallied around Katie offering their condolences but wouldn't allow her to be sad on her wedding day.
Katie, while not crying or wailing, more or less moved on Autopilot. "Yes, then Mr. Hyde is better known to me he should be the one to walk me down the aisle." she said softly, sitting as her dress was on and her hair and very light make-up were being done. Her dress was a white lacy affair with delicate lace sleeves though it was high necked.
"We're so sorry about your family, but... We can be like your family." Katrina smiled softly and comfortingly.
"Lucy's been like family to me for a long time, so we'd be happy to help too." Mina added.
Katie gave them a tiny smile. "Thank you, my friends." she said softly.
"Of course," Mina smiled back. "We're always going to be there for you."
"Oh, you look so pretty!" Katrina beamed. "This is going to be the best wedding ever~"
"And once you are married, I shall be able to marry too~" Lucy giggled.
Katie blushed lightly to that.
"And there we go, the pink cheeks just sets it off~" Irene smirked as she placed the veil into the hairdo she had done.
"We'll be here for you, always." Katrina smiled as she put her arm around Katie in deep comfort, almost in a sisterly way.
Gold and the others had found out where the wedding was being held and were figuring out how to get in unnoticed.
"We need a spy..." Regina said to the others. "Something and someone they wouldn't suspect... Like a bird... Or a mouse..."
"Or a cat?" Cherry shrugged.
"Yeah, probably," Regina replied. "But where are we gonna get a cat?"
Gold looked to Cherry and before there could be any worry and such, he turned her into the cat, as in cat form she would be safer too. "There." he said.
"That's an improvement," Regina smirked playfully. "I always knew she was your little pet."
"...Mew~" Cherry blinked and looked up at him in slight annoyance. "...You sneaky son of a-"
"No swearing, dearie, now you need to get in there and check out what is happening in there." Gold told Cherry.
"Sometime this century would be nice." Regina added.
"I guess I deserve this..." Cherry sighed as she stretched a bit, adjusting to her new cat body before she took off and went to go over near the home to climb around and keep an eye out for Katie and anything else important.
Gold watched her go.
Cherry soon stopped in front of a tree that was beside the house. She soon deeply gulped as she squeezed her eyes shut. "Don't... Look... Down..." she told herself before climbing up the tree, luckily having the abilities that came with being a cat and soon ran across a branch and then took a big leap of faith off of the tree and soon crawled across the rooftop, looking through the many windows to find Katie or her room at least.
Regina crossed her arms as she tried to be patient as she and Gold both waited. "Well, at least she didn't run away this time..." she then snarked. "Never knew she'd be the cowardly type."
Katrina beamed brightly.
"Oh, of course," Mina smiled as she volunteered herself to get Hyde over for Katie. "Don't get married without me~"
Lucy opened the window to let some cool air in. "Of course she won't~" she laughed to Mina.
Katie gave a tiny laugh to that. Cherry yowled as the window opening startled her before she stepped back and she took a look inside from where she hid so that no one would suspect or spot her too quickly. Mina giggled as she left the room briefly. Lucy glanced around, hearing the yowl, but shrugged.
"Now Katie, stand up a moment." Irene said.
Katie did so.
Irene swooped under the dress skirt and slipped something up Katie's leg to just above her knee, then ducked out again and straightened the skirt. "There... Now you're ready." she smirked.
Cherry soon crept a bit closer to the window and peeked in a bit before yelping and muffled as she fell on the floor and quickly went to hide behind a drawer before anyone would spot her.
"Just a vision of loveliness." Katrina beamed.
Mina soon came back in with Hyde as he was covering his eyes, trying to be a little playful as he came to see the girls.
"Hello, ladies..." The man soon greeted ominously.
Cherry peeked her head out and shook a chill down her spine as she turned away. "Ugh... And I thought that author was creepy." she muttered to herself as Hyde seemed to give her quite the scare just by entering the room.
Katie looked down shyly. She then looked up to Mr. Hyde. "Hello, Mr. Hyde... You don't have to cover your eyes~" she gave a soft chuckle.
"Oh, but isn't it bad luck to see the bride before her wedding?" Hyde smirked playfully.
Katrina and Mina giggled at that.
"You wished to see me, dear?" Hyde then asked Katie after a little laugh together.
Cherry peeked a bit further behind the furniture to keep listening in as much as possible.
"Yes. After the dreadful news Mr. Moriarty brought today, I was wondering if you would... Walk me down the aisle?" Katie requested quietly.
Lucy gave a sweet smile. Irene smirked a little.
"Oh... You wouldn't mind if little old me walked you down?" Hyde sounded touched. "Miss Katie... That would be my greatest honor."
"Eek~" Katrina and Mina soon beamed for Katie as things got a bit better for the wedding then.
"She's not acting like herself..." Cherry whispered to herself. "This can't be happening."
Katie gave a small smile. "There is no 'little' about you." she tried to joke, to keep her own mood lighter too.
"Is everything ready?" Irene spoke up then, wondering if she and the other ladies should go get in their places.
Lucy glanced around.
"Yes, you should probably take your seats, ladies." Hyde nodded to the other women in the room.
"Very well then, we'll be off." Mina nodded as she came beside Lucy.
"Oh, I'm so happy for you," Katrina beamed as she hugged Katie. "Can't wait to see you out there as Mrs. Victor Frankenstein."
Cherry looked sick to her stomach and soon began to back away a bit to make it out the window in time. Lucy nodded with a smile.
Irene smiled and gave Katie a small squeeze of a hug too. "Don't let her fall now~" she smirked to Hyde as she went off with Lucy, Mina, and Katrina.
Katie gave a tiny laugh and then gave a shaky breath with a small smile. Hyde chuckled a bit as he looked around the room as the ladies filed out, his eyes narrowing and glowing red as he glanced over, seeing something that Katie hadn't. Mina and Katrina giggled as they walked out of the room as Katie was almost ready for the big moment. Katie sorted out her veil, making it cover her face so it would be more a surprise for Victor to see her face.
"Are you ready to go then?" Hyde asked as he opened the door a bit more for Katie.
"Yes." Katie nodded with a nervous smile behind the veil. She then straightened her gloves and sleeves before she walked up to him.
Hyde nodded as he went to walk her out the room and out the door, not giving her his arm yet until they would make it into the main room where everyone else was gathered and waiting. Katie gave a small shaky smile as they were approaching the main room. Hyde smiled back, a bit dark, though not vicious as he escorted her down the entrance of the main room, and once they faced it, he extended his arm out to her.
"Happy day~" Mrs. Reilly giggled in the most excitement like her own daughter was getting married, though Katie wasn't her daughter.
Katie slipped a hand through his arm, carefully using it to keep herself balanced. She gave a smile to Mrs. Reilly, reaching out with her free hand to squeeze her's and then to accept the bouquet. Hyde glanced at the woman.
Mrs. Reilly beamed as she soon brought Katie into a bit of a tight hug before giving her the flowers. "Don't you just look so lovely?" she then cheered. "I'm so happy for you, dear~"
"Thank you, Mrs. Reilly." Katie said softly as she accepted the flowers. She then took a deep breath and exhaled.
The piano started to play the chosen wedding song and the doors were opened by a couple of manservants. Mrs. Reilly smiled happily and giddily. The people stood up from their seats as Victor grinned from all the way down the aisle as Hyde came to walk Katie down that way so that she could be officially married. Katie blushed under the veil, concentrating on being careful not to trip and make a fool of herself. Victor smiled brightly as he waited for Katie to make it over to the end, winking over to Hyde a bit. Hyde then winked back with a darkened grin on his face.
Cherry soon hopped out onto the window sill as the window shut behind her tail, though landed on top of it. "YOOOOOW!" she then cried out, whimpering and pouting as she snatched her tail out luckily enough and soon went to hop down from the roof to get back to Gold and Regina to report the news back to them.
Jekyll was doing a round and noticed the cat, catching her. "What are you doing sneaking about, Kitty?" he smirked a little, not nervous as he thought she was just a cat.
"Heh... Meow?" Cherry grinned nervously at him.
"Well, on you go, Kitty, it's dangerous around here~" Jekyll told her and then took her and plopped her down outside the border of the house.
Cherry gulped nervously, but then sighed in relief that she was free to go and soon took off, running back to Regina and Gold as quickly as possible. Jekyll watched her run off. Gold was waiting patiently.
"Here she comes." Regina told Gold once she saw Cherry.
Cherry soon ran back, nearly passing them before she suddenly looked back and skid herself to a halt, slipping and sliding a little as she wasn't fully used to her paws yet and soon collapsed her face in the ground as she panted heavily. Gold turned her back for now, helping her up. Cherry groaned as she panted to catch her breath as her heartbeat raced harder and harder.
"Well?" Regina prompted Cherry.
"Sh-Sh-She's... About to... Get married..." Cherry explained through heavy pants. "S-S-Scary dude... T-Took... Her out of... The room... Almost got... Caught... We have to... Hurry..."
"Here, drink this and then we'll go." Gold told her, giving her a drink she would get energy back from, while not too sugary like actual energy drinks.
Cherry soon shakily held out her hand and took the drink before gulping it down instantly.
"Ready to save your sister?" Regina asked Cherry.
"Yeah... Let's do this..." Cherry said after she drank enough and soon went to chuck the drink over her shoulder to look like a badass.
Mary Margaret caught it before it could hit the ground. "We can't leave a mess." she told Cherry.
Gold nodded and led the way.
"Sorry, Mary Margaret." Cherry pouted slightly.
"Let's go then." David nodded as they walked along.
Soon enough, everyone was in their places and the priest was doing his wedding sermon. He then spoke the words that brought dread to the couple who would be married. "Does anyone have a lawful reason that these two should not be wed, speak now, or forever hold your peace." The priest said.
"Hell's yeah, I object!" A familiar voice called out.
Victor began to look angered and annoyed while the crowd felt puzzled and startled.
"YAAAAUGH!" Cherry called out as she soon slammed the doors open with some magic to make more of a dramatic entrance, storming inside the room as the crowd gasped in terror as she looked all around the room.
The priest looked surprised. Katie looked over from where her hands were entwined with Victor's, ready for the sash to bind them together. Her face couldn't be seen because the veil was still in place, but her eyes were wide in surprise. Hyde narrowed his eyes towards Cherry as he didn't seem to have much of a reaction.
"Why are you interrupting my wedding day, demon?" Victor glared as he held onto Katie protectively, pointing at Cherry as though he had never seen her before.
"Saving my best friend and sister, Icky Vicky~..." Cherry narrowed her eyes, sounding a bit cocky as she made fun of him. "You thought you could get away with it, but I don't think so... Dearie." she then added with a snide smirk.
Gold sent her a look for using his name for people.
"What...?" Cherry softly asked Gold as she felt weakened from his look suddenly.
"That is my name for people, dearie." Gold told her quietly.
Regina shook her head at Cherry who grinned nervously at him before pouting like the child that she was.
"What's happening? Victor, who are they?" Katie whispered her eyes wide.
"Trespassers that should be dealt with." Victor narrowed his eyes sharply.
Katie looked at them and winced as they made her head ache a little.
"And what is the reason for this objection?" The priest asked as he looked over the invading group.
"On account of that she's already happily ever after with someone else who rightfully deserves her." David spoke firmly before another surprise would be added as he stood protectively beside Mary Margaret.
"Miss Katie, Dr. Frankenstein, is this true?" The priest asked.
"She doesn't remember yet, but she will." David said before he glanced out the doorway and gestured to someone else who had come who was now coming over.
"I have no idea what's going on here, but these people are delusional," Victor told the priest. "They should be locked away right now before they harm my bride or anyone else. Someone, take them away."
Hyde soon crept up right behind Cherry and went to pull her away out of the room upon Victor's request, lifting her a few inches off of the floor suddenly. Moriarty's men came in guns in hand defensively ready to get the strange group out.
Katie was looking at the scene with wide eyes. She felt something deep down though as she saw Cherry lifted up like that. "Mr. Hyde, you don't have to be so rough, even if she is delusional like Victor says." she said worriedly.
Gold whacked Hyde's arm before pulling Cherry safely away from him. Jekyll was nervous as the guns were around and he decided to take a serum that would split him and Hyde completely, that way if Hyde got shot he wouldn't suffer for it. Hyde soon dropped Cherry as the girl yelped before she glared at him, but avoided his gaze as he scared her a little bit.
"They must be taken out," Victor glared. "They have no business of being here."
"Then we'll make it our business," A familiar voice soon drawled before the crowd split apart to show Killian as he made it into the room. "Ahoy, mates." he then greeted as he took a look at them, though his eyes mostly focused on Katie.
Katie gave a small look, wincing as her head ached again. Gold held Cherry protectively. Hyde snarled as he looked down at Cherry as her eyes looked wide and fearful from his gaze.
"I think that dude's gonna try to eat me or something..." Cherry told Gold in a gasping voice, sounding like she was dangerously close to screaming and freaking out from the bigger and scarier man's gaze.
"Well, I won't allow him to touch you, dearie." Gold promised.
"Not that I'm scared of him..." Cherry said as she got out of Gold's hold briefly and crossed her arms.
Hyde began to growl right behind her. Cherry let out a high-pitched squeal before jumping right back into Gold's arms, in a Shaggy and Scooby fashion before Regina snarled to scare Hyde away from the younger woman.
Gold had to smirk a little to that. "Really, dearie?" he quietly teased a moment.
"Shut up." Cherry mumbled as she narrowed her eyes.
Gold carefully placed her down again.
"Katie... I know you're in there somewhere," Killian soon said as he approached the dark-haired woman. "I know you don't remember me... But I can help make you remember if you give me a chance. None of this is real, your real family and friends are in Storybrooke. You just have to trust and believe me and I can help you see the light." he said, nearly begging as he looked right into her eyes.
Katie looked to Killian as she removed her veil to see better.
"Hello there, luv... You probably don't remember me." Killian smiled warmly.
Katie looked to him. "I don't know any of you." she said softly.
"Please... Allow me to convince you otherwise..." Killian said as he stepped closer.
"You are all insane and need to be locked away before you hurt someone," Victor narrowed his eyes. "You are ruining a very happy day."
"Katie... Please..." Killian whispered as he came closer to the bride and soon leaned in, giving her a sweet, long, true love's kiss to hopefully restore any locked memories while the crowd began to look horrified and scared for Katie.
"Shut up." Cherry mumbled as she narrowed her eyes.
The priest looked shocked.
A slightly dimmer glow, as this world wasn't used to magic, spread out and Katie's eyes drifted closed a moment. She then opened her eyes and stepped away from Victor. "You kidnapped me, and last night..." she gasped to him, as she looked queasy at the thought she had cheated though she didn't know she was at the time.
Killian let Katie go after they finished true love's kiss.
"So... You remember now..." Victor narrowed his eyes at Katie. "I thought for sure that true love's kiss wouldn't work considering the world that we're in."
"Never bring science to a magic fight." Regina smirked as she crossed her arms at him.
"Yeah... Icky Vicky..." Cherry added, though no one else really understood what that was supposed to mean, but she didn't care.
"Yes, I remember..." Katie said quietly as she looked at him slightly horrified stepping a little further away from them both, but mostly just to get away from Victor.
Jekyll watched this and slowly approached.
"Then you, mate, are in a lot of trouble." Killian soon said to Victor firmly.
"Oh, am I now, Captain Guyliner?" Victor smirked. "You're forgetting I'm the genius here and I've orchestrated everything like a meddling maestro."
"You're the meddling maestro of getting your ass kicked..." Cherry glowered as she held out her hand to summon darker magic in the palm of her hand.
Katie looked between them. Jekyll still kept his slow approach.
"NOTHING! Shall stop us!" Cherry soon flashed a manic grin as she giggled darkly.
"She needs to spend some more time with Belle." Regina advised.
"You talk a pretty big game for such a little girl," Hyde teased Cherry before he soon went to grab a hold of Katie to keep her in the way to make it look like if Cherry missed, it would have grave consequences. "How do you know you'll even make your mark?"
"...I will." Cherry said after slight hesitance, though her voice began to get smaller and weaker as her self-esteem was a bit sensitive, even if she snarked about a lot of things and often acted like she never cared what others thought about her.
Gold gave a small nod to Regina's statement, that would be good for Cherry. He then moved Cherry to behind him, not noticing Jekyll or at least not thinking him a threat. Katie yelped as she was grabbed.
"Let her go!" Mary Margaret glared.
Jekyll was soon very close, though just waiting for the perfect time to grab Cherry. He just needed a bit more distraction from his old counterpart so he could grab her before anyone else stopped him. Cherry poked her head out from where she was hiding, though she felt cold chills down her spine as she felt something... Or someone?
"You will regret this!" Killian added as David stood close beside Mary Margaret.
"No, I don't think I will," Hyde smirked. "Besides, you're not my boss... None of you are~"
"No one will let me be happy with Katie..." Victor narrowed his eyes. "You all could've just left this well enough alone and I wouldn't have bothered any of you. I understand."
"You do?" Regina asked in disbelief.
"Yes..." Victor nodded as he got angrier and angrier by the minute. "I understand that if I can't have Katie... THEN NO ONE CAN!"
Jekyll used that moment to wrap his arm around Cherry's neck from behind, using her as a human shield too. Katie struggled against Hyde's hold to that statement.
"Gurk!" Cherry choked and grunted suddenly.
Hyde smirked down at Katie as he held onto her, nearly making her seem like a doll compared to his larger size and stature.
"Well, well... Looks like nobody is going to be happy." Victor scowled at what had happened.
"I-I just want to get out of here, but if you're in with Gold I'm going to make sure he knows how I feel~" Jekyll hissed to Cherry.
Katie stopped struggling when she saw Cherry's predicament. Her eyes widened then narrowed. She clenched her fists and felt a deep-seated anger at seeing Cherry in trouble. Not even seeming to care at the second that Hyde was still holding her, she let out a yell and a sharp almost lightning looking streak off light shot out of her hand hitting Jekyll between the eyes, breaking his glasses and causing him to drop. She then gasped slightly as she looked at her hand. Cherry groaned as she suddenly fell to the ground on her hands and knees.
"Katie!" David gasped in concern.
"She's fine," Regina told him before she came to the other woman's side. "Katie, are you all right?"
Gold went over to check on Cherry. Katie merely glanced over at Regina and looked over to where Jekyll was out on the ground, her eyes searching for a sign he was still alive. Unluckily there was no sign. Cherry grunted before she soon looked up at him and soon stood up next to him. Regina looked down with Katie as David began to come by with Mary Margaret.
"The nightmare is almost over." Killian said softly.
"Or is it?" Victor smirked since Hyde was still around after all.
Mary Margaret even went and checked Jekyll's pulse. She then looked to David and shook her head. Issac, who was watching from a window, smirked as that meant Katie's corruption would begin now. Katie looked up at the tall man who hadn't let her go.
David let out a bit of a sigh before glaring towards Hyde. Mary Margaret stood up and wrapped her arms around her husband.
"It'll be okay." Regina reassured David and Mary Margaret.
"Thank you." David nodded at her, appreciating her help.
"She killed someone... In anger at that." Mary Margaret whispered to David.
"You don't think she could be turning dark, do you?" David whispered back, voicing concern, but he whispered so not to disturb the others for just in case.
"I hope not." Mary Margaret whispered back.
"We'll keep a closer eye on her." David suggested.
Mary Margaret nodded.
"You're quiet." Hyde teased Katie.
"Will you let me go?" Katie asked him, trying for calm way first. She pushed down the breakdown she felt was coming on so she could only have that when she got home.
Killian soon socked Hyde right in the face to get him to let go of Katie, so the taller man grunted and stumbled, dropping Katie, but Killian then took that time to help bring Katie out of her dangerous situation.
Katie looked up at Killian. "Let's go home." she said quietly.
Killian nodded to Katie as he went to help her out.
Gold glanced to Victor. "Will you be quiet?" he narrowed his eyes.
"You going to come over here and make me?" Victor retorted. "...Rumple Bumple?"
"Ooh~" Cherry called immaturely like a kid on the playground who just insulted another kid's mother.
"I think we're done with you," Gold said and with a flick of his hand Victor was sent flying. He then looked to the others in his group. "Time to go." he said.
"To the windoooow... To the WALL!~" Cherry soon sang mockingly at Victor's expense.
Gold put an arm around Cherry and led her off out of the mansion.
Cherry then flaunted her hair in a snooty way before she followed him on the way out, making obscene gestures at the other people who just stared at them in bewilderment and fear. "That's right... Next one won't miss... Your mama was a snow blower... You can't handle the truth! Say 'ello to my little friend~... You guys give up or are you thirsty for me?" she then made random references that she knew they had never heard of before just to make herself sound cooler.
"Actually maybe we should make the others here forget." Gold suggested about the group from this world.
"Eh?" Cherry blinked.
"Let me handle that once we're out the door." Regina said to Gold.
Gold nodded to that. Katie pulled off the veil and then carefully tossed it onto a chair. She started to follow Killian and the others though couldn't help but give a glare to where Victor was and then a small glance at Hyde before they went on. Killian smiled as he kept Katie close beside him, glad that she was safe and unharmed as Victor groaned from where he had landed. Katie walked along with him, looking down at the floor as they did allow him to lead her.
"We're gonna be back home soon, Katie." David smiled warmly.
"Aye, luv," Killian added. "Then we'll celebrate over at Granny's Diner."
"Well, that was easier than I thought it would be." Cherry said.
"As if there was any doubt." Regina smirked as she waited until they were all out as she got ready to perform the magical spell.
"That sounds nice..." Katie said quietly.
"Of course we'll let you have time to relax first if you want that." Mary Margaret said.
"Working all together and all that." Gold smirked.
"Whatever you want." David added.
Killian smiled to Katie, looking friendly and charming as ever to help cushion any emotional scars she had from this misadventure.
"Yeah... We're all in this together." Regina smirked back as she soon put her hands up.
"Okay, enough pop culture references..." Cherry muttered.
Regina chuckled before she retained a deep amount of focus as her hands began to glow and she began to shoot her hands up and slowly coming down as the mansion began to shimmer for the memory wiping spell on everyone inside.
"Anyway, all's well that end's well. Pirate gets girl and it's a happy ending for everyone," Cherry then said like this was the perfect ending for all of them. "Another enchantment lifted... And the villains faded away into the background... No longer important... No longer needed..."
"I THINK NOT!" A familiar voice soon yelled out and it was shown to be Hyde was he quickly swooped right out of the mansion just before Regina could complete the spell and he made it out in time before his memories would be taken away.
"Oh, come on! Are you serious?!" Cherry cried out in frustration then. "If this were a TV show, I'd throw something at the TV right now!"
Katie blinked in surprise as Hyde hurried out.
"Hello, everyone... Leaving so soon?" Hyde smirked as he stood up in front of them.
"Uh... Duh!" Cherry replied as she stepped back with her hands together. "...So if you don't mind, we'll get going."
"How can he be alive?" Regina wondered. "Jekyll died."
"Maybe Jekyll finally finished the separating serum..." Gold mused.
Katie flinched at the reminder of that, though she didn't regret doing it to save Cherry.
"You're smarter than you look." Hyde smirked at Gold.
"The compliment is appreciated dearie." Gold smirked, though it was a little dangerous.
"Well, we can just leave with Katie," Cherry said as she went beside her best friend and went to move her away. "Let's go then. He has nothing on us, right? ...RIGHT?!" she then asked, sounding a little panicky.
Katie looked to Cherry, stepping away from her touch for now. "Don't touch me until I've washed away Victor's touch." she whispered to Cherry, not wanting to feel like she would taint Cherry.
Cherry soon stepped back with slightly wide eyes with her hand against her chest in concern.
Katie gave a weak smile to Cherry with that. "Don't worry, it's nothing you did." she promised her quietly.
Cherry just nodded with slightly wide eyes.
Katie bit her lip seeing Cherry looking at her with wide eyes. "A-Are you scared of me now?" she whispered, as she moved a little further away just in case that was the case.
"I-I-I just didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable!" Cherry said as she quickly waved her hand as calmly as possible, though she stuttered slightly.
Katie looked like she didn't believe that Cherry wasn't scared, due to the stuttering. She looked down and rubbed her arm shyly.
"It's okay, Kat, really..." Cherry grinned bashfully.
"Well... You're not coming with us if that's what you're hoping for, mate." Killian glared at Hyde.
"Oh, I think I will... Mate." Hyde retorted as he narrowed his eyes with a sadistic smirk.
"And what makes you think we'll let you?" Gold added, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm coming with you, one way or another," Hyde firmly promised. "Besides, there was a prior engagement that was promised to me long before you all showed up."
"What the bloody devil are you talking about?!" Killian glared sharply.
"Well, that would be telling, wouldn't it?" Hyde retorted with a demented smirk on his face.
"You won't be coming with us." Gold said, about to freeze Hyde in place.
"No, I think you should let me come along." Hyde smirked as he dodged Gold's line of fire before he could be frozen in place.
Gold tried again with a small growl. Hyde chuckled as he dodged Gold without fear or worry.
Katie looked over to Hyde and Gold and blinked in surprise at the fact Hyde was able to dodge it. "You should stop, Mr. Gold, you might get one of us by mistake." she advised the man.
"Stand still!" Gold glared as he sent another try at Hyde, ignoring Katie a moment.
Hyde smirked as he chuckled mockingly at the former imp.
"Rumple, stop!" Cherry cried out. "He's just mocking you!"
Gold looked to Cherry at that.
"Mr. Hyde, stop taunting him, this is your era and time, you belong here." Katie told Hyde then as she stepped between him, Cherry, and Gold.
"But none of you really belong in Storybrooke, so why is that fair?" Hyde smirked.
"Storybrooke is our home now... That's different..." Cherry told him as she tried to brave him.
"Yes, and as the one running the town Regina is the one with the ultimate say." Mary Margaret added, trying to be helpful.
Katie rubbed her forehead tiredly.
"Gina, you can't be serious..." Cherry begged. "This man is a monster... He'll just hurt all of us... What could he even DO in Storybrooke, right?" she then asked with a nervous smile.
"You raise a pretty good point in all of those marks." Regina nodded.
Killian came over to Katie in concern, about to reach out to her. Mary Margaret looked at Regina.
"Don't, Captain~" Katie said as she sharply stepped away, giving a weak smile though and using his nickname she used to take the sting out of the slightly firm tone.
"It's not you, I promise~" Katie assured him softly, she actually yelped out as she heard Victor behind them.
"You're all still here?" Victor's voice asked from behind.
Cherry let out a small yelp as she punched him right in the face without looking since he startled her from right behind her. Though it did hurt and caused him a bit of shocked pain and he soon glared at her for that.
"Why does every lady friend of that dark-haired girl always has a compulsion to hit me?!" Victor complained.
Cherry blinked at him for a few moments and soon slapped him suddenly just for the heck of it.
"Let's just get out of here before anything else happens." Cherry urged the others.
"Even if it means if you leave without me, it'll lead to a broken promise?" Hyde asked as the others began to leave only to stop again.
"Don't listen to him." Regina warned the group, though she couldn't help but feel curious and concerned too.
To add to Victor's bad luck, Mary Margaret stepped up to him, deciding she should do something to. "This is for kidnapping my daughter and that one night." she said and punched him too, this one hard enough to knock him out.
Victor grunted and groaned before he soon blacked out.
"Nice shot." David nodded to his wife in approval.
Mary Margaret shook her fist out after that and gave a firm smile. "Thank you." she smiled to her husband.
David smiled back before they looked over at Hyde together.
Katie looked up to Hyde. "What promise?" she asked, curious despite herself.
"Stay away from Katie!" Cherry glared as she went to storm up to him, doing her best to be brave even though Hyde scared the snot out of her. "And whatcha talkin' bout, Willis?"
"...It's Edward," Hyde began to tell her since he didn't understand why she called him "Willis". "But I made a deal with someone, but if you just wanna go home and forget this all ever happened, I guess I won't stop you." he then smirked, going to turn away.
Gold pulled Cherry back.
"Wh-What deal?" Katie's curiosity cropped up. She stepped closer to grab his sleeve to stop him from walking off.
"Mmf..." Cherry winced from the sudden pulling.
"Oh, you don't know? I guess I should tell you," Hyde chuckled. "Dr. Frankenstein's good friend made a deal for me that if he failed in marrying this lovely little lady..." he then emphasized on "little" just a bit due to Katie being short enough as it was and he was much taller than her compared to the others. "That I would be able to step in and sweep her off of her feet in my own special way."
"'Sweep her off of her feet'?" Mary Margaret narrowed her eyes in suspicion.
Katie looked up at him, her eyes wide behind her glasses.
"Yes... I was promised a relationship with Katie," Hyde smirked. "It was all part of the deal."
"Screw your deal!" Cherry snapped. "I want my friend back!"
"And Katie doesn't get a say in this?!" Katie huffed in slight annoyance and surprise. She let go of his sleeve as if it shocked her at hearing that.
Gold rubbed Cherry's arm soothingly. He made an annoyed sound. "Deals are my expertise..." he muttered.
"I'm afraid either I go home with you or you don't come home at all." Hyde told Katie.
Cherry cupped her mouth from the comfort, though tried to remain angry with the man who was giving all of them a hard time.
"Like you could prevent from us from being able to return home," Killian rolled his eyes in disbelief. "I say we get out of here before he has a chance to take Katie away from us."
"I agree with Killian." Mary Margaret nodded.
Katie frowned at him, but turned around on the spot, ready to return to Killian and the others. Hyde stepped out of the way to show what would happen if they tried to leave without him.
Regina then used her magic to send them all home, though for some reason, it didn't work. "What the hell?" she then muttered before she kept trying again.
Mary Margaret blinked. Gold then also tried, but still failed. Katie blinked to that too.
"What have you done?!" Regina glared at Hyde.
"I told you, it's all apart of the deal," Hyde smirked. "Either I go too or Katie can't go with you."
"I've had enough of this... I'm sorry, Rumple, but I gotta..." Cherry said as she soon tried to use her own dark magic, concentrating very hard on what she was told about the darkness controlling her as she tried to stay strong, though... Not even her magic could take them back home since Hyde wasn't with them and she suddenly got shot back and suddenly went flying and crashed against a tree. "Well... That didn't do shit..." she said with a strained grunt.
Gold went over and helped her up, healing any damage then joined the others again. Cherry dusted herself clean on the way and soon went to stand with him so that they could go back home. Katie rubbed her forehead again then sighed and then reached out, aiming to grab Hyde's sleeve.
"You know what this means, right?" Hyde smirked.
"Fine..." Regina groaned and rolled her eyes. "You're coming to Storybrooke with us."
Killian frowned as this looked very horrible for all of them, but if it meant that they could go home with Katie... Katie grabbed his sleeve so the magic could tell that he was coming too. Hyde nodded at her then. Regina sighed sharply before she then used her magic and since Hyde had come along, they were instantly transported away and right back in Storybrooke.
"Just another day," Leroy commented as he was sitting on a bench in the middle of town, looking deadpan and unfazed once he saw them appear from nowhere. "You guys leave Storybrooke cuz of some crazy stuff that happens and you come back like nothing happened. We always gotta wait back here while you guys do everything for us. Yeah... Life is good."
"Nice to see you too, Leroy." Cherry rolled her eyes at the former grumpy dwarf.
"If you want to save someone I could send you to rescue something from a monster." Gold said in reply to Leroy complaining about staying behind.
"...I think I have to go to the mines now." Leroy suddenly said before he just decided to walk away, giving Gold slightly wide eyes before he kept going down the street and turned once he came to the end.
Cherry seemed to shudder and let out a small growl, though tried to keep it hidden from the others.
"You go and do that." Gold nodded. He then looked at Cherry.
Cherry stood up straight beside him then as her eyes darted around.
"Are you alright, dearie?" Gold asked Cherry quietly.
"Mm-hmm!" Cherry nodded with wide, bugged eyes, though she blushed a little. "Uh... Why don't we head back home? I'll go say bye to Katie."
"Alright." Gold agreed.
"Heh... Right..." Cherry nodded before she soon walked over.
Katie swayed just a little, luckily remaining standing for now though, and frowned tiredly. "I didn't ask to be kidnapped." she muttered.
"It's not your fault," Killian soflty told Katie as he came up to her again. "I'm just glad you're not hurt."
Katie looked up to Killian, and then as she had been wearing gloves took one off to gently stroke his cheek with the back of her hand, luckily somewhere Victor hadn't touched so she didn't mind touching Killian with that. "I think home, bath, then a nap will do me good." she said quietly.
"Should I come over later?" Killian then offered.
"Well, I hope no one minds, but I'd like to get back home to my son before he starts to worry." Regina soon spoke up.
"What do we do about him?" David asked, pointing to Hyde.
"Send him to Granny's, I guess," Regina shrugged. "Not my problem."
"Give Henry my love." Katie told Regina softly, then gave a small nod to Killian.
"I will." Regina nodded to Katie as she soon went to get going.
"I'll do my best to call you eventually," Killian told Katie on the way out. "Or maybe you should call me so I'm not being a bother."
"You're never a bother, Killian." Katie said softly to him.
"Very well... I'll see you later... Wash off the stench of Frankenstein and I'll be back for you eventually, my princess." Killian said, trying to be handsome, brave, and romantic.
Cherry rolled her eyes slightly, though she smirked as she wasn't fully annoyed with the pirate. Katie blushed softly and smiled. Killian smiled back as he went to get going, passing by Hyde as the two shared a brief staredown before he kept walking.
"Katie? Uh... I'm going home with Goldibear... Erm... Mr. Gold..." Cherry spoke to her dear friend. "So if you don't mind... Feel free to text or call me when you start feeling better, then we'll do something fun later, huh?"
"Okay," Katie nodded to Cherry, with a small smile. "I will." she promised her.
"Good," Cherry nodded back as she went to walk off, deciding not to hug because she knew that Katie would probably have an adverse reaction to it, so she just nodded with two thumb's up. "See you later."
"See you later, Nee-Bear." Katie said softly.
"Uh, s-s-so let's go back home to Belle," Cherry said to Gold as she stepped over to him. "We could... P-Play some board games... T-Talk about the weather... Drink hot chocolate by the fireplace..."
Gold offered her his arm. Cherry soon took his arm with a nod and went to go back with him.
Mary Margaret looked up to David. "I'll walk Katie home, and you can take Mr. Hyde to where he'll be staying?" she suggested.
"...Well, all right," David said to his wife. "But it might not be easy."
Mary Margaret gave a small smile to David.
"Take Katie home." David smiled back.
Mary Margaret nodded with a small smile, kissed her husband's cheek then started to lead Katie away. "Come on, let's go home." she said softly.
David smiled back fondly at Katie and Mary Margaret as he soon went to take care of Hyde while he split up away from his wife and daughter. Katie followed her mother, glancing back to Hyde a little for a second. Hyde gave a wave to Katie on the way off with David as he would adjust to the new world of Storybrooke. Katie hid her blush as she turned away and soon, with Mary Margaret's help to get out of the dress, was running a bath. She kept the underclothes on for now though as she didn't want to stand around naked.