I don't remember how I thought of an Originals and OUAT crossover...maybe when I was thinking of all the fandoms I'm in joining together and watching the world explode after. But I thought of Klaus meeting Rumplestiltskin. Whether the dude's a coward or not, when he's faced by the almighty hybrid, that'd be amazing to see.
It was in the middle of a fight with a vengeful werewolf when Klaus noticed a portal. It appeared out of thin air, turned purple and black in the blink of an eye.
"What the hell is that?" Caroline yelled. Klaus whirled around.
"How the bloody hell should I know?" He yelled in reply, over the wind.
"Wherever it goes," The werewolf yelled, Klaus's attention snapped back to him "you're going." He said. And in a quick movement he pushed Klaus into it, then grabbed Caroline from the back of her head, a fistful of hair in his hand, and pushed her through as well.
Klaus landed on his stomach in a forest, groaning from the height he fell. Then he saw where the portal was standing, twenty feet above him. Soon, Caroline fell through as well, and Klaus caught her. They grunted at the brunt force and slowly got up to stand on their feet. They looked back up at the portal and watched it close so forcefully they had to lean on each other to keep from falling over again
"Where are we?" Caroline whispered, her hair in a disarray. Klaus looked her over and found the werewolf had grabbed her by the hair, and his hand had been bloody. He reached out and gently made her blonde hair look decent again, rubbing the scalp tenderly.
"I don't know, love." Klaus replied, and Caroline looked at him in discomfort. He looked her over again. "What?" He asked
"It was because of you that this happened, Klaus." Caroline accused. He took a step back.
"Now hang on a minute-"
"If you hadn't made so many enemies over the centuries, no one would've been able to overpower you now." She snapped.
"I didn't even know this kind of magic existed, Caroline." Klaus protested. "If I'd known I would've thrown my enemies through into another world, one by one." He joked, smiling. She glared at him.
"It isn't funny, Klaus." She said severely. "Now that we're stuck here, Elijah, Rebekah, Freya; they don't know where you are and they won't be able to figure it out. They won't be able to tell Hope where you went." She told him.
"If my siblings have any skill in interrogation I'm sure they can draw the truth out." Klaus replied defensively
"And what about the people I care about?" She asked. Klaus started to glare at her. "What about Elena and Stefan, hell what about Bonnie? They won't be able to reach me now." She snapped
"What, are you talking a matter of reception?" He replied sarcastically. "Go ahead and check your bloody phone, see if the bars aren't reaching all the way up."
"Klaus, just shut up." Caroline said.
"Seems that you're having a bit of trouble, dearies." A voice came from before them. They turned to see an older man with a cane a few yards from them, standing in front of a younger woman who viewed them suspiciously. "What seems to be the trouble?" He asked. Caroline stepped forward.
"We got thrown through a portal, into this land." Caroline explained. The man nodded and the woman looked a little more kindly at them. "What is this place?" She asked, coming towards them a bit more, and looking around.
"This place, is called the Enchanted Forest."
"As in where all the fairytale creatures live?" Klaus asked. The man nodded
"So you've heard of it." The man replied.
"Heard of it? Sorry to have to tell you but those are all fairytales, and you certainly don't have a cape or a steed." Klaus noted
"Well, princes have the capes. I'm not a prince." The man replied. He gestured behind him. "But she's a princess, will that suffice?" He asked
"Don't antagonize him, Rumple." The woman cautioned.
"Listen to your girl, mate, you don't know who you're dealing with." Klaus warned. Caroline whirled around on him and fixed him with a glare.
"Really? Five minutes in and you're making threats?" She scolded him. Klaus shot her an annoyed look.
"I hate to get on your bad side, but I'm siding with your girl, dearie." The man said.
"I'm sorry, who, are you?" Caroline asked. The man looked at her.
"Rumpelstiltskin." The man replied. Klaus and Caroline looked him up and down and then looked at each other. He looked nothing like a little elf that they'd read about in fairytales, but then he looked like an imp. Just with the face. He had long scraggly hair that was turning grey, and it fell over his face to make him look slightly innocent. His nose was long and pointed, he had kind brown eyes and he leaned on a cane, while wearing clothes that looked in-between a peasants' clothing and a witches'.
"If you're Rumpelstiltskin, who's she?" Caroline asked.
"I'm Belle." The woman introduced herself, and came closer to Rumpelstiltskin. Klaus looked at Caroline again and Caroline went back to stand by Klaus's side.
"Since when does Rumplestiltskin, the man who makes deals with a secret name, have a beautiful woman as his girlfriend?" Klaus taunted him, Caroline looked at him as well. Rumplestiltskin stared him down with a glare.
"Watch your words, dearie." He snarled.
"Why should I, are you going to beat me to death with your cane?" Klaus taunted again. Rumple walked up to him and they stood almost nose to nose, only Rumplestiltskin was a few inches shorter than Klaus. Rumple jabbed his hand into Klaus's chest and one moment the hybrid's eyes were full of danger, the next , surprise. Caroline gasped and put her hands to her mouth, looking terrified. This magic man was going to kill Klaus, after the five minutes she'd been in New Orleans with him. Talk about bad timing. Rumple ripped Klaus's heart from his chest, but in surprise, Caroline stared at a glowing, plastic-looking heart, that was pink and white, and a little red. Klaus stared at it too, falling to his knees beside Caroline. He wasn't dead. Oh thank God he wasn't dead.
Rumplestiltskin looked at Klaus's heart, and saw that the white was glowing, pulsing, to counter the red parts of his heart periodically. He looked down at the strange man.
"You're fortunate, dearie." Rumple told him. "It's not often I find a heart that has white pulsing at its core."
"What does that mean?" Caroline managed to reply.
"Truly, I do not know. I was told once, but it was wiped from my memory."
"Wait, you lot of fairytale people can get your memory wiped?" Klaus asked. Rumplestiltskin looked at him.
"It happens a lot." He replied. Then he turned to Caroline. "But when my heart was cured of its darkness, the first thing it glowed was white. It was blinding, as Belle told me once." He replied. He turned back to her. "But if I were to hazard a guess as to why the white is appearing in such a way, I suspect it's because of love, and being loved in return." He said. Belle smiled at him. Caroline looked down at Klaus. Maybe he wasn't as dark as he seemed.
Klaus looked back up at her and she held out a hand for him to get back up on his feet. He took it and continued to stare at her.
"I'm still alive." Klaus breathed. She nodded and stroked the side of his face with her free hand, staring back at him happily.
"Yes, you are." She replied with a smile. Klaus turned back to Rumplestiltskin and gasped when the man shoved his heart back in his chest. Caroline pressed her hand over the hybrid's chest and watched him in case he fell again, wanting to be strong enough to keep him from doing so.
"How was I able to still live when you pulled my heart from my chest?" Klaus asked after a minute, the pain ceasing.
"Simple. In our world we can take people's hearts and yet they still live." Rumple replied.
"But how do they die? Does, anyone, die?" Caroline asked.
"Yes they do. But in order for them to die if the heart is taken, the heart is crushed in one's hand, into dust." Rumplstiltskin explained. "It's a trick I learned over the centuries, but now, I have learned to do without that kind of punishment."
"Such a boring life you must lead." Klaus noted. Without thinking, he looked over to Caroline and she gave him a look. It didn't matter how long they'd stay in that world, as long as she was by his side.
