p class="MsoNormal"strongspan lang="EN-AU"Notes: Next couple of chapters events are happening simultaneously /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"Emma yawned as she slowly nibbled at her pop tart finally waking up. Still not sleeping well and rushing out this morning she barely opened her eyes before they got into the car. It seemed David had almost forgotten to wake her up for school, not that he was in any hurry now as they drove through the streets of Storybrooke. David wasn't saying much to Emma after yesterday he seemed to be keeping quiet, trying his best not to get mad and give Emma another lecture. That tactic didn't seem to work anyway. This hadn't gone unnoticed by Emma or the absence of Mary Margret this morning, she had already left before Emma even woke up. Emma had been through this before people start avoiding you then slowly you realise there leaving you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Hey, you went passed the school" Emma said to David confused as he drove right passed the turnoff and onto the other side of town./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""No school today" David replied./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Since when?" Emma replied with a frown./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Classes aren't running anyway the whole towns on edge and staying indoors, it's dangerous out here" David replied with a shrug./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yeah, I know but we were going to go forward with the plan today" Emma responded eager to get back to her friends and closer to ending this nightmare. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Belle and the others are more than capable of doing the research on their own, we have another mission" David replied with a smile trying to stay positive. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Translation you don't trust me" Emma replied frustrated. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I trusted you would listen to me when I told you not to go off alone anymore, but you did anyway" David said frustrated. Feeling guilty as he was the one who suggested the stepping back approach and now, he just wanted Emma to stay safe./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""We are just going to read some dusty old books" Emma replied frustrated. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Until somebody gets a bright idea and then you go of alone, no plan, no backup" David replied./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"Emma was silent she had nothing to retort after all he was right, she hadn't kept her promise and was being just as reckless as ever almost like she was doing it on purpose. Some part of her was testing them to see how far she could push them before they gave up on her like everyone else. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I need a partner today" David responded trying to lighten the mood a little as Emma starred off into the distance, her mind miles away from were there where. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Sure, where is Mary Margret today she didn't go to work either did she?" Emma replied messaging Elsa letting her know she wouldn't be in today for the cram session./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""No, she is dealing with her own mission" David replied trying not to focus on that, divide and concur was Mary Margret's idea she was right they needed this over with fast, but this certainly was a risky play. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""She's trying to get Regina to tell her who she was meeting with, if it was those campers" Emma asked as David failed to explain further. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yes" David admitted. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""But they hate each other" Emma responded concerned of all people to try get help from Regina they send Mary Margret. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""There history is more complicated than that, if anyone can get the answers we need, it's your mother" David replied with as much confidence as he had for the plan, which was not much at all./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"Emma was silent continuing to look at her phone worried that the truth might come out, Elsa's words echoing in her mind that this was all going to end badly. More to the point that someone might get hurt. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThe pair sat quietly driving through the streets silenced by their own fears, the truth was David was hurt by Emma's actions yesterday. He honestly thought he had developed a bond with her, a certain amount of trust but that didn't seem to be the case. David was the one telling Mary Margret not to hover. That plan was scrapped and now the only game play he had was to simply not let Emma out of his sight. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"David carefully pulled into a driveway and Emma realised the street looked familiar this is where she lived when she first came to Storybrooke. It looked so different now not that much had really changed, but it was strange to see it again from such a different point of view. Emma remembered how much she liked it there becoming ever so slightly comfortable, but even after she brought their children home to them safely. Emma was still couldn't manage to hold onto to that life and it seemed her new home was about to be destroyed by a darkness the old Emma wouldn't have been able to imagine in her worst nightmares. It seemed to her that no matter what having a family wasn't in the cards for her. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Stay here" David said getting out and locking the door behind him, Emma rolled her eyes like she didn't know how to get out of a locked police car anyway. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"Emma watched as he headed over to the front door and Little John appeared in the doorway. They talked for barely a minute. David looked rather frustrated and then walk off without even a goodbye back to the car. Unlocking the doors and got back in the drivers' side letting out a deep breath, like he had just hit another dead end. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""What am I grounded or something" Emma asked referring to the fact she had to stay in the car./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""No, Emma I don't know" David said trying to think through there next problem. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""So, do they have the fairy dust?" Emma asked confused as David came back empty handed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""No, we have to go somewhere else for what we need" David replied starting the engine. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Where?" Emma asked interested. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""The pawn shop" David replied glumly realising this was about to get a lot harder wishing he could switch jobs with his wife she would have a better solution then what he was thinking. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Mr Gold, that makes sense" Emma answered not at all surprised. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"David pulled out of the driveway his mind racing as they headed towards there next destination knowing this was going to be hard, but they needed this to save everyone so whatever deal he could make would have to do. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Alright if where going in here, you need to listen to me" David said to Emma feeling bad about locking her in the car./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I know" Emma replied sincere./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"They were quiet listening to the radio on the journey back into town towards the Pawn shop. No sign of word from Mary Margret, David hoped she was doing better than him. He pulled up to the storefront unsurprisingly the car parks where free most of the town had decided it was best to stay off the streets during this time and it was starting to look like a ghost town./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""We going in?" Emma asked confused as David sat still in the driver's seat after parking./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yes, just stay close" David said getting out of the car followed by Emma./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"There was almost an eerie silence to the street barley a person around even Granny's diner was empty, some had even boarded up their windows. Feeling as if all those people hiding in their homes hopes where on his shoulders David took a deep breath and walked into the shop. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Mr Gold, we need to talk it's urgent" David announced walking in looking over at him as he stood behind his desk with a sly smile. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Isn't it always, usually you at least send Belle" Mr Gold replied /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""The lives of everyone in this town are at stake" David continued trying to keep his composure. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I know what you're here for" Mr Gold replied with a smile already turning around and disappearing behind the curtain. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Good then we can get this over with quick" David replied relieved./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"He disappeared out the back for a long while leaving them to stand around avoiding conversation Emma started looking in all the cases of objects. There was an abundance of strange and mysterious items some shiny, glycinin with gold and others just plain creepy. One item called out to her, a beautiful piece hand carved from a tree, it almost called to her. About thirty centimetres tall where two wooden poles scripted with strange writing and connected with two slim planks. In the centre an hourglass Emma felt the desire to turn it but as she reached out a hand Mr Gold intervened stopping her. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Try not to touch dearie" Mr Gold said strangely appearing from seemingly nowhere. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Why, what does it do?" Emma responded startled but curious. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""It's an hourglass flip it and it will give you an hour" Mr Gold responded with a wink./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Isn't that what all hourglasses do" Emma responded confused./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Right" Mr Gold said with a sly smile./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""What's that?" David asked pointing at the large rectangular case that Mr Gold was holding./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Is this not what you came for?" Mr Gold replied opening it up to reveal the gleaming silver and gold sword./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""My sword" David responded in awe./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""You can take it, it's yours after all" Mr Gold instructed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"David pulled it out slowly feeling its weight the perfect balance he gave it to quick swings, and it sliced through the air with perfect precision as it always had. Feeling like an extension of himself that he had been missing. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Cool" Emma said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yeah, but it's not what we came for we need more of the fairy dust, like what you gave to the Merry Men" David asked hoping that would do as this was already going better than planned. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Well, that's not as simple, that kind of magic is hard to come by" Mr Gold replied./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I know, buts it's the only thing that can save everyone" David responded pleading. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""So, I should just hand it to you, no cost" Mr Gold replied with a laugh./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yes" David said felling his gumption return as he held his sword in his hands once more./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""You may not need that kind of magic to stop this menace" Mr Gold replied not at all concerned by the sword. David responded with a frown not sure what he meant by that comment. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Mrs Swan was able to send it on its way once, no fairy dust was required" Mr Gold said realising they had no idea what he was talking about. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yeah, but I don't know what that was, or if I can do it again" Emma replied looking down at her hands she hadn't had an incident since the curse broke. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I'm not going to send my daughter after a monster, we will use the fairy dust" David interrupted terrified of the idea Emma would face the creature again./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Well in that case, what do you have to offer" Mr Gold replied with a sly smile /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I don't know, last time you asked for my robe, what do you require?" David replied frustrated trying to think quickly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Robe" Emma responded confused, but this was meet with silence as David moved closer to Mr Gold./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""So, what is it this time?" David asked again while Mr Gold mused about it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""How about, and I owe you" Mr Gold finally replied. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""No" Emma responded, remembering that Killian said never to trust a deal with Mr Gold especially such an open-ended transaction./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""It's ok Emma, we need this" David said coming over closer to Mr Gold still holding his sword./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Deal" David said shaking Mr Gold's hand. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"A smile appeared on his face he then quickly disappeared out the back once more to get what they needed. Truthfully, David knew it was a bad idea, but he didn't see any other option he couldn't take the sleepless nights much longer. Wondering if his family would be taken from him at least this way the deal only affected him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""What were you thinking?" Emma said angry she grabbed his sleeve getting him to look at her and her facial expression almost broke him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I'm doing what's best Emma" David responded the weight of what he'd done sinking in as he looked at her anxious expression. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"Mr Gold appeared again holding out a small bag tied up with gold string containing the fairy dust they needed to finish this and without another word David took the bag and quickly headed out always feeling uneasy around the dark one, having Emma in tow caused him to be in a rush to get out of the shop./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"a name="_Hlk54883768"/aspan lang="EN-AU""Wonder how the others are going?" Emma said if their simple plan to borrow some fairy dust from the Merry Men was going this badly, she wondered how Mary Margret and her friends at the library were doing. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk54883768;"span lang="EN-AU""I'm sure there fine" David responded hoping their outcomes would at least be better than his. /span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"They headed over to the empty diner for some much-needed food having decided earlier they would meet up there with Mary Margret. Hopefully, she would have the totem and with the fairy dust they would be close to pulling this off. Feeling that the sacrifices they made to just keep living where always too much. David thought deeply about everything he had lost just trying to get through to the next moment wondering if it would ever stop. They pulled up to the diner getting out slowly still no sign of anyone. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Shouldn't Mary Margret have checked in by now?" Emma said feeling anxious wondering if her secret was out and if like Elsa had warned her something terrible had happened. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Probably, I'll give her a call" David replied with a reassuring look. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"David gabbed his phone calling Mary Margret and he could hear it ringing thinking she was nearby he looked in the direction the noise was coming from, but it was coming from inside the car she had left her phone there. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""She'll be fine" David said to Emma as they walked into the diner. David was only going to give it another half hour before he went after her but if Mary Margret was in danger, he didn't want to bring Emma with him after all he had faith in his wife's ability to take on almost anything./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"Emma yawned as she slowly nibbled at her pop tart finally waking up. Still not sleeping well and rushing out this morning she barely opened her eyes before they got into the car. It seemed David had almost forgotten to wake her up for school, not that he was in any hurry now as they drove through the streets of Storybrooke. David wasn't saying much to Emma after yesterday he seemed to be keeping quiet, trying his best not to get mad and give Emma another lecture. That tactic didn't seem to work anyway. This hadn't gone unnoticed by Emma or the absence of Mary Margret this morning, she had already left before Emma even woke up. Emma had been through this before people start avoiding you then slowly you realise there leaving you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Hey, you went passed the school" Emma said to David confused as he drove right passed the turnoff and onto the other side of town./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""No school today" David replied./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Since when?" Emma replied with a frown./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Classes aren't running anyway the whole towns on edge and staying indoors, it's dangerous out here" David replied with a shrug./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yeah, I know but we were going to go forward with the plan today" Emma responded eager to get back to her friends and closer to ending this nightmare. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Belle and the others are more than capable of doing the research on their own, we have another mission" David replied with a smile trying to stay positive. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Translation you don't trust me" Emma replied frustrated. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I trusted you would listen to me when I told you not to go off alone anymore, but you did anyway" David said frustrated. Feeling guilty as he was the one who suggested the stepping back approach and now, he just wanted Emma to stay safe./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""We are just going to read some dusty old books" Emma replied frustrated. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Until somebody gets a bright idea and then you go of alone, no plan, no backup" David replied./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"Emma was silent she had nothing to retort after all he was right, she hadn't kept her promise and was being just as reckless as ever almost like she was doing it on purpose. Some part of her was testing them to see how far she could push them before they gave up on her like everyone else. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I need a partner today" David responded trying to lighten the mood a little as Emma starred off into the distance, her mind miles away from were there where. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Sure, where is Mary Margret today she didn't go to work either did she?" Emma replied messaging Elsa letting her know she wouldn't be in today for the cram session./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""No, she is dealing with her own mission" David replied trying not to focus on that, divide and concur was Mary Margret's idea she was right they needed this over with fast, but this certainly was a risky play. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""She's trying to get Regina to tell her who she was meeting with, if it was those campers" Emma asked as David failed to explain further. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yes" David admitted. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""But they hate each other" Emma responded concerned of all people to try get help from Regina they send Mary Margret. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""There history is more complicated than that, if anyone can get the answers we need, it's your mother" David replied with as much confidence as he had for the plan, which was not much at all./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"Emma was silent continuing to look at her phone worried that the truth might come out, Elsa's words echoing in her mind that this was all going to end badly. More to the point that someone might get hurt. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThe pair sat quietly driving through the streets silenced by their own fears, the truth was David was hurt by Emma's actions yesterday. He honestly thought he had developed a bond with her, a certain amount of trust but that didn't seem to be the case. David was the one telling Mary Margret not to hover. That plan was scrapped and now the only game play he had was to simply not let Emma out of his sight. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"David carefully pulled into a driveway and Emma realised the street looked familiar this is where she lived when she first came to Storybrooke. It looked so different now not that much had really changed, but it was strange to see it again from such a different point of view. Emma remembered how much she liked it there becoming ever so slightly comfortable, but even after she brought their children home to them safely. Emma was still couldn't manage to hold onto to that life and it seemed her new home was about to be destroyed by a darkness the old Emma wouldn't have been able to imagine in her worst nightmares. It seemed to her that no matter what having a family wasn't in the cards for her. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Stay here" David said getting out and locking the door behind him, Emma rolled her eyes like she didn't know how to get out of a locked police car anyway. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"Emma watched as he headed over to the front door and Little John appeared in the doorway. They talked for barely a minute. David looked rather frustrated and then walk off without even a goodbye back to the car. Unlocking the doors and got back in the drivers' side letting out a deep breath, like he had just hit another dead end. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""What am I grounded or something" Emma asked referring to the fact she had to stay in the car./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""No, Emma I don't know" David said trying to think through there next problem. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""So, do they have the fairy dust?" Emma asked confused as David came back empty handed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""No, we have to go somewhere else for what we need" David replied starting the engine. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Where?" Emma asked interested. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""The pawn shop" David replied glumly realising this was about to get a lot harder wishing he could switch jobs with his wife she would have a better solution then what he was thinking. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Mr Gold, that makes sense" Emma answered not at all surprised. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"David pulled out of the driveway his mind racing as they headed towards there next destination knowing this was going to be hard, but they needed this to save everyone so whatever deal he could make would have to do. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Alright if where going in here, you need to listen to me" David said to Emma feeling bad about locking her in the car./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I know" Emma replied sincere./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"They were quiet listening to the radio on the journey back into town towards the Pawn shop. No sign of word from Mary Margret, David hoped she was doing better than him. He pulled up to the storefront unsurprisingly the car parks where free most of the town had decided it was best to stay off the streets during this time and it was starting to look like a ghost town./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""We going in?" Emma asked confused as David sat still in the driver's seat after parking./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yes, just stay close" David said getting out of the car followed by Emma./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"There was almost an eerie silence to the street barley a person around even Granny's diner was empty, some had even boarded up their windows. Feeling as if all those people hiding in their homes hopes where on his shoulders David took a deep breath and walked into the shop. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Mr Gold, we need to talk it's urgent" David announced walking in looking over at him as he stood behind his desk with a sly smile. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Isn't it always, usually you at least send Belle" Mr Gold replied /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""The lives of everyone in this town are at stake" David continued trying to keep his composure. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I know what you're here for" Mr Gold replied with a smile already turning around and disappearing behind the curtain. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Good then we can get this over with quick" David replied relieved./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"He disappeared out the back for a long while leaving them to stand around avoiding conversation Emma started looking in all the cases of objects. There was an abundance of strange and mysterious items some shiny, glycinin with gold and others just plain creepy. One item called out to her, a beautiful piece hand carved from a tree, it almost called to her. About thirty centimetres tall where two wooden poles scripted with strange writing and connected with two slim planks. In the centre an hourglass Emma felt the desire to turn it but as she reached out a hand Mr Gold intervened stopping her. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Try not to touch dearie" Mr Gold said strangely appearing from seemingly nowhere. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Why, what does it do?" Emma responded startled but curious. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""It's an hourglass flip it and it will give you an hour" Mr Gold responded with a wink./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Isn't that what all hourglasses do" Emma responded confused./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Right" Mr Gold said with a sly smile./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""What's that?" David asked pointing at the large rectangular case that Mr Gold was holding./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Is this not what you came for?" Mr Gold replied opening it up to reveal the gleaming silver and gold sword./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""My sword" David responded in awe./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""You can take it, it's yours after all" Mr Gold instructed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"David pulled it out slowly feeling its weight the perfect balance he gave it to quick swings, and it sliced through the air with perfect precision as it always had. Feeling like an extension of himself that he had been missing. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Cool" Emma said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yeah, but it's not what we came for we need more of the fairy dust, like what you gave to the Merry Men" David asked hoping that would do as this was already going better than planned. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Well, that's not as simple, that kind of magic is hard to come by" Mr Gold replied./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I know, buts it's the only thing that can save everyone" David responded pleading. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""So, I should just hand it to you, no cost" Mr Gold replied with a laugh./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yes" David said felling his gumption return as he held his sword in his hands once more./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""You may not need that kind of magic to stop this menace" Mr Gold replied not at all concerned by the sword. David responded with a frown not sure what he meant by that comment. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Mrs Swan was able to send it on its way once, no fairy dust was required" Mr Gold said realising they had no idea what he was talking about. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Yeah, but I don't know what that was, or if I can do it again" Emma replied looking down at her hands she hadn't had an incident since the curse broke. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I'm not going to send my daughter after a monster, we will use the fairy dust" David interrupted terrified of the idea Emma would face the creature again./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Well in that case, what do you have to offer" Mr Gold replied with a sly smile /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I don't know, last time you asked for my robe, what do you require?" David replied frustrated trying to think quickly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Robe" Emma responded confused, but this was meet with silence as David moved closer to Mr Gold./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""So, what is it this time?" David asked again while Mr Gold mused about it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""How about, and I owe you" Mr Gold finally replied. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""No" Emma responded, remembering that Killian said never to trust a deal with Mr Gold especially such an open-ended transaction./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""It's ok Emma, we need this" David said coming over closer to Mr Gold still holding his sword./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Deal" David said shaking Mr Gold's hand. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"A smile appeared on his face he then quickly disappeared out the back once more to get what they needed. Truthfully, David knew it was a bad idea, but he didn't see any other option he couldn't take the sleepless nights much longer. Wondering if his family would be taken from him at least this way the deal only affected him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""What were you thinking?" Emma said angry she grabbed his sleeve getting him to look at her and her facial expression almost broke him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""I'm doing what's best Emma" David responded the weight of what he'd done sinking in as he looked at her anxious expression. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"Mr Gold appeared again holding out a small bag tied up with gold string containing the fairy dust they needed to finish this and without another word David took the bag and quickly headed out always feeling uneasy around the dark one, having Emma in tow caused him to be in a rush to get out of the shop./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"a name="_Hlk54883768"/aspan lang="EN-AU""Wonder how the others are going?" Emma said if their simple plan to borrow some fairy dust from the Merry Men was going this badly, she wondered how Mary Margret and her friends at the library were doing. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk54883768;"span lang="EN-AU""I'm sure there fine" David responded hoping their outcomes would at least be better than his. /span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"They headed over to the empty diner for some much-needed food having decided earlier they would meet up there with Mary Margret. Hopefully, she would have the totem and with the fairy dust they would be close to pulling this off. Feeling that the sacrifices they made to just keep living where always too much. David thought deeply about everything he had lost just trying to get through to the next moment wondering if it would ever stop. They pulled up to the diner getting out slowly still no sign of anyone. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Shouldn't Mary Margret have checked in by now?" Emma said feeling anxious wondering if her secret was out and if like Elsa had warned her something terrible had happened. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""Probably, I'll give her a call" David replied with a reassuring look. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU"David gabbed his phone calling Mary Margret and he could hear it ringing thinking she was nearby he looked in the direction the noise was coming from, but it was coming from inside the car she had left her phone there. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-AU""She'll be fine" David said to Emma as they walked into the diner. David was only going to give it another half hour before he went after her but if Mary Margret was in danger, he didn't want to bring Emma with him after all he had faith in his wife's ability to take on almost anything./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p