A/n: Carp!

Child Of The Moon

Wyman entered Jorrvaskr, seeking rest after meeting with Skjor. The elder man had told him to meet him at the Underforge that night and he wanted to be sure he was ready for the transformation.

He knew he would be turned into a wolf. His kids would probably complain of the wet dog smell, but they would get over it. He flopped himself onto a bed and asked Ria to wake him at moonrise.

He woke just in time to meet Skjor outside. The older man led him to the Underforge where Aela waited, transformed. The next thing he knew, he was waking up naked in the forest, Aela holding his things.

"Yours was not an easy transformation. But you're still alive, so congratulations," she said as she handed over his things. "We even have a celebration planned for you. There's a pack of werewolf hunters camped nearby at Gallows Rock. The Silver Hand. I think you've met them before. We're going to slaughter them. All of them. Lead on. Skjor's already scouting ahead."

They cleared out the encampment, and found Skjor's body. After vowing revenge, they returned to Jorrvaskr to deliver the sad news.


Regina called Gold to make a house call about Henry. Orabella heard the call and insisted on joining him at Mary Margret's. Orabella took Henry's hand after he showed it to Mr. Gold. "Oh, yes," he said as she healed the burn on the young boy's hand. "You were quite right to call me," he went on to Regina as she stood next to her son.

"So you can help? It was just a dream," Henry asked, taking his hand back from his aunt, flexing it slowly.

"Well, what you're describing is certainty not a dream."

"Then what is it," Regina asked tersely.

"A side effect," Orabella explained calmly as she stepped to the table where Gold's bag of magic lay waiting.

"You know, it's remarkable you'd cast a curse you know so little about," Gold said from his place in front of the pair.

"My victims are not supposed to wake up," Regina snapped as Gold moved to the table as well. "So I never cared what happened to them after. Until now."

"When people fall under a sleeping curse, the soul travels to the netherworld, where it resides until awoken," Gold explained as he and Orabella unpacked some things. "Now, this world is between life and death. And it's very real." Henry moved closer to watch the pair as they practiced simple magic. "However, even when the curse is broken, sometimes, in sleep, the victims find their way back to that world. Victims like you," he said pointing to Henry.

"This other world is tormenting my son every time he sleeps," Regina said as she joined them at the table. "I want you to give him something that will keep him from going there."

"That's not possible, Reg," Orabella said as Gold put a stopper in a pendant vial.

"I can, however, provide you with something that will allow him to control his actions whilst in that world. And once one controls something, one no longer need fear it." Gold held out the pendant to Henry.

"A necklace?" The boy looked at it confused.

"You wear this while you're sleeping," Gold explained. "Once you control the journey, the fear will stop. And then you can come and go as you please."

Henry made to accept the pendant, but Regina stopped him. "Everything has a price with you. What do you want for this?"

"For a house call? You couldn't afford it," Gold snipped. "But this is for Henry. This one's on me," he said more gently, holding the pendant out again.