Author's note: And again I'm doing two episodes by each other.
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It was a week further as Caitlynn was ready getting to know Mr. Gold. He had let her see the cup from Belle that she let fell on the ground in the enchanted forest as Caitlynn had brought something of herself it was her blanket when she was a baby. She thought you can't to know a person in a few weeks, but yeah… they aren't the kind of people that you know people in 3 years. You can people know ready fast, that you will be friends with, but secretly Caitlynn liked Mr. gold, but she didn't know if he liked her back, since he had lost girl he loved in the enchanted forest or that she was for sure that he was over her. She didn't know yet.
Caitlynn was also getting more in the shop from Mr. Gold. He invited her himself to the shop as they were walking about as then Emma saw then sometimes and she didn't like the idea of them together. The newspapers had also news about them, they were on the front page once as they were walking to his shop further nothing. The newspaper thought differently about as Caitlynn was a new comer and they saw her as a gold-digger. Caitlynn had read the newspapers as she let it see to Mr. Gold. He didn't really care about as he also told to her, that she didn't really need to care about it ether, she had nodded to him. Then she needed to trying by Emma to getting to understand why she is by Mr. Gold, just as a friend, but she didn't had a change to tell her, she was busy with things.
So now Caitlynn is again in the shop from Mr. Gold as she had her arrows and bow with her. The end of the day she and Mr. Gold are going to the woods to let see how good she is as right now Mr. Gold is busy with Marco and Caitlynn sits in the back as she was reading. Then she heard the door as she closed the book and she walked to see who it was, it was august, she walked by Mr. Gold.
"Ah, Mr. Booth. I'll be with you in a moment." Mr. Gold said to him as Caitlynn glared at him. She just wanted him to go and stay far away from her. Then Mr. Gold asked to him. "On second thought, tell me as one admirer of antiquities to another do you think it's worth my while having this clock repaired?" August didn't answer him. "I'll take your silence as a "yes," then."
"You know, I'm very busy right now, and, uh, I'm just a one-man shop. But, uh, I'll get to the clock as fast as I can." Marco said to Mr. Gold.
"I wouldn't ask for anything more." He said back to him as Marco picked up the clock and away.
He walked past August as he said to him. "Good day."
"H-how are you?" August asked shocked as Marco didn't hear him and he walked out of the shop.
August looked at the door as Mr. Gold asked to him. "First time seeing dear old dad since you arrived at Storybrooke?"
"I'm s-sor…" He turned back to look at him.
"You know, what surprises me is why a man who claims to be at death's door can't even bring himself to say hello to his father." Caitlynn walked right next to Mr. Gold. "What are you afraid of?" Mr. Gold asked to him.
"That's, uh that's my business." August replied to Mr. Gold.
"Oh. Fair enough. Let's talk about ours." Mr. Gold pointed at August. "You claim to be the only person who can make Ms. Swan believe, that you could get her to do exactly what she was brought here to do, and yet, for a man who's running out of time, you don't seem to be in much of a hurry."
"It's not me slowing us down. It's her. All she can think about right now is getting custody of her kid." August argued to him.
"Sounds like sheriff Swan needs a course correction." He comment to him.
"She's coming to you for legal advice." August said to him.
"And you want me to steer her toward you." Mr. Gold pointed again to him.
"I can get her there, to believing. Trust me." August reasoned with him.
"Ah. I'm sorry." Mr. Gold laughed a little as Caitlynn held her laugh in and she walked back the back of the shop. "It's just that knowing who you are and your nature, trust is a big ask. Fear not. A gentle nudge I shall provide." Mr. Gold walked to Caitlynn as August walked out of the shop.
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Later, Emma was talking to Mr. Gold as Caitlynn decided to sit back in shop, she still could hear what they were saying.
"I have to save him. I have to get Henry away from Regina." Emma said to Mr. Gold.
"I must admit, your intentions are admirable." Mr. Gold was cleaning something as then he looked up and looked right in her eyes. "However, I won't be taking your case."
"What? You know what Regina did." Emma demanded.
"Yes, but we can't prove it. And given the mayor's sway in this town, any proceedings against her would be long and drawn out and futile. The only certainty is Henry would suffer. You can't do that to your boy." He explained it to Emma.
"So we leave him in the same house with that sociopath?" Emma asked seriously.
"I'm sorry, sheriff. My mind's made up." Mr. Gold said seriously back to her as he looked at her.
"Well, then change it. The only person I've ever seen go head-to-head with Regina and win is you."
"That's because I know how to pick my battles."
"Then pick this one."
"I'm sorry. I'm afraid I'm just simply not the man to help you beat mayor Mills."
"No. You're not." Emma said to him as she walked away from him and she got out of the shop.
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Then later in the evening, Caitlynn and Mr. Gold were going to the woods. When they arrived, Caitlynn put her stuff down and put some targeted signs on the trees. Then she was done and she walked back to Mr. Gold.
"Well, that's done." She said as she was arrived by him.
Mr. Gold looked at Caitlynn as she grabbed her arrows and her bow. "Well, I believe you have promised to show me how good you are."
"Yes, I do." Caitlynn said with a teasing smile as she was going to in position. Then she held her bow and arrow ready as then she let go of the arrow and it goes right to the middle point. "How's that?" She looked at Mr. Gold.
"Good, that's good." He said to her, she smiled at him. "But that doesn't prove that you are good." Her smile vanished.
"Well, I will prove it to you." Caitlynn said as she smirked and she shot a few more arrows in other points, it was right in the target points. Then she looked again at Mr. Gold. "Well is that much better?"
"Yes." He replied to her as he leaned against his stick.
Caitlynn nodded to him. "Right, really?" She asked with a smile. Mr. Gold nodded to confirm her that he was seriously about it. "Okay, then." She said to him.
Then she did a few more shooting on the trees and then she was done. Then Mr. Gold asked to her. "Were did you learn this?"
Caitlynn looked at him. "Well, from the family where I'm adopted into. They taught me how to do that." She smiled as she had replied him. "It's was just for fun, sometimes my adopted dad would say it a good surviving skill."
"Your adopted father is right you know." Mr. Gold said to her.
"Did you ever needed to do that?" Caitlynn asked to him as she was curious. "To hunt?"
"Yes, it's was before I came the dark one." He replied as Caitlynn nodded to him.
"It's was for food, to survive, right?" She asked curiously.
"Yes and sometimes I needed money for food, but we were poor and so we hadn't much to eat." Mr. Gold said sadly.
"For your son and wife, back then?" Caitlynn asked to him.
"For my son and I haven't a wife anymore." Mr. Gold said bitterly.
Caitlynn nodded to him as she understands him. "She had betrayed you and abandoned you and your son."
"Yes." Mr. Gold said to her. "You had really listened to my story."
"Indeed I did." Caitlynn said as she smiled.
Mr. Gold looked at her, he saw her warm smile she gave to him. He really liked it as he felt his own warm up. "Um… Uh… We should go back to the town. It's… Uh… getting late."
"Yeah, you are right." Caitlynn said to him as she grabbed al her stuff. Then she was done. "Well, you should lead the way back." She said to him.
"Indeed I should." Mr. Gold said to her.
He lead her the way back to town and back Granny's.
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The next day, Caitlynn sat in Granny's for breakfast as Mr. Gold came to her and he sat next to her.
"Good morning." Mr. Gold said to her as he let a waitress come to them.
"Good morning, Mr. Gold." Caitlynn said to him.
"Just Gold is fine." He said to her smirking.
Caitlynn looked at him as she nodded. "Okay."
Then the waitress came to them. "What's your order?" She asked to them.
"Pancakes with syrup, please and uh… hot chocolate with a bit of cinnamon." Caitlynn ordered.
Then the waitress looked at Mr. Gold. "I will have the same order." He said to the waitress.
"Coming right up." She said before walked away from them.
"Don't you wear something else as a suit?" Caitlynn asked randomly.
Mr. Gold looked at her, confused. "What do you mean?"
"I mean I have always seen you in a suit, but not in jeans and a t-shirts." Caitlynn replied to him.
"I didn't always wear suit, in the enchanted forest, I had leather and crocodile skin for clothes." Mr. Gold said as now he understands the question.
"Well, I wanted you to see in that." Caitlynn comment.
"You had if Regina didn't curse us all to this land and you have grown up there, in the enchanted forest." Mr. Gold said to her as she nodded to him.
Then the waitress came back to them with their food. "Here's you order." She said to them as she gave it to them.
"Thank you." Caitlynn said to her as she had her order. Mr. Gold nodded to the waitress as he had his order.
"You are welcome." She said to them as she walked away.
Then they ate in silence, when they were done, Mr. Gold paid for the both of them as them they walked out of Granny's.
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Then they had a little walk before they ended by Mr. Gold shop and as every other day, Caitlynn walked inside with Mr. Gold into his shop. She really liked his company as he liked hers, also he liked that she is independent from others.
Then as always Caitlynn sat in the back and was reading a book or she looked through her stuff she had with her then at the moment. Then they both heard the bell ring as Regina walked inside of his shop.
Mr. Gold looked at her. "Your majesty. To what do I owe the pleasure?"
"My tree is dying." Regina put a rotten apple on the table. "Why?"
Then Caitlynn walked to them as she said to her. "Perhaps it's your fertilizer." Mr. Gold found it very amusing.
Regina looked at her as her eyes narrowed at them. Just at that moment she know that Caitlynn believed. "You think this is funny? Well, I'll tell you what I think. I think it's a sign of the curse weakening because of Emma. But do you care?" She complained. "No. You're content to just sit back and do… Whatever it is you're doing while all my hard work burns."
"That's not all, is it?" Mr. Gold chuckled darkly. "Come on." He came next to Caitlynn. "You might as well get everything off your chest."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Regina snarled at him.
"Henry. Ms. Swan wants him." Mr. Gold comment.
"She'll have that boy over my dead body." Regina said as she didn't look at him.
"The curse was meant to take away Snow White and Prince Charming's happiness." Mr. Gold smirked at her. "Perhaps you giving up Henry is just the price to keep the curse unbroken."
"I think I'd rather just get rid of her." Regina threatened.
"I think I will get rid of you." Caitlynn threatened back to her as Regina's lips pursed.
"Well, well. You're gonna have to be quite creative. We both know the repercussions in killing Ms. Swan. The curse will be broken." Mr. Gold and Regina said the last part on the same time.
"That's because you designed it that way." Regina walked to them. "Undo it."
"You know… Even if I wanted to, I couldn't." He didn't really care, he had others things in his mind as the curse is broken. "Magic… Well… Is in short supply around here and dwindling by the minute."
"You want the curse broken. Why?" Regina asked confused and angry.
"That's not something I care to discuss." He said dangerous to her.
"Don't bother. You can shove your reasons." Regina said to him as then she suggested. "I want to strike a new deal. One where I can get rid of Emma without shattering the curse."
"Unfortunately for you, a negotiation requires two interested parties, and I'm already planning a trip." Mr. Gold said to her as he wished this conversation was already to be over.
"I'll give you anything." Regina said desperately.
"You no longer have anything I want, dearie. But I will give you a piece of advice, free of charge I'd plan a trip of your own, because once people waken up and remember who you are and what you did to them? They are gonna be looking for blood." Mr. Gold said to her as she stormed out of the shop, angry.
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Later that day, Caitlynn was still in the shop as she heard another bell ring, she doesn't think and walked to Mr. Gold as she saw it was Henry rushed to her.
"Henry what's the rush?" Caitlynn asked to him worried.
"August is out of operation cobra and I need your help to help with Emma, to get her to believe." Henry said to her.
"How do you know that I believe, kid?" Caitlynn asked. "After all the curse is in some book, about fairytales, right Rumpelstiltskin?" She looked at Mr. Gold.
Henry eyes widened as Mr. Gold replied to her. "Fairytales are real as you and I."
"You believe?" Henry asked to Caitlynn.
"Yeah, kid." She replied to him. "And Gold is awake."
"So, you can help me?" Henry asked hopefully.
Caitlynn looked concerned. "Emma is stubborn as a mule, sometimes." Then she smiled. "But I think I can help you. Gold and I can help you."
Henry looked at Mr. Gold. "You will also help me?"
"Yes." Mr. Gold replied to the young Henry.
"So, you both want in operation cobra, well…" Henry pointed at Caitlynn. "Aunt Caitlynn was basically in operation cobra." Henry looked at Mr. Gold. "Do you want in operation cobra?" He asked to Mr. Gold hopefully.
"Yes, Henry." Mr. Gold replied to him as Henry beamed as Caitlynn smiled and Mr. Gold looked back at Caitlynn, he was a little annoyed. Why would a kid his help, he wasn't good at helping others, only making it in deal, that better than that.
"But Henry, don't you need to school right now?" Caitlynn asked to him.
Henry looked at the clock. "Yeah, you right." He rushed out of the shop, but before that he said to them. "Bye." And then he was out of the shop.
Then Caitlynn looked at Mr. Gold and she giggled as Mr. Gold was still annoyed.
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A while later, Regina comes inside of the shop. Caitlynn and Mr. Gold looked up form what they were doing, they were cleaning the shop and the stuff in the shop.
"I hope you bought travel insurance, because no one's going anywhere." Regina remarked to them, but entirely to Mr. Gold.
"Oh, really? And why's that?" Mr. Gold snarled at Regina.
"Because I found a solution to my Emma Swan problem." Regina said darky to them.
"Oh, yes?" Mr. Gold comment.
"An old reliable solution." Regina said to them.
"A sleeping curse." Mr. Gold said as he understands what's she is saying as Caitlynn glared at Regina. Then he asked to her. "Might I ask how you managed to obtain one here in Storybrooke?"
"By sacrificing the last bit of magic I had left."
"So you made magic from magic. Well, I'm sure I don't have to remind you that, uh, all magic comes with a price."
"Then you can pay it." Regina said darky to him. "Because now… The curse is gonna be stronger than ever, and you will be right here where you belong. Don't you understand? I won. So whatever plan you had… Whatever reason you wanted the curse broken? Too bad. Because it's never going to happen." Regina spin the world globe as she walked away smugly.
When Regina was out of the shop, Caitlynn looked at Mr. Gold. "What's a sleeping curse?" She asked to him. "I know it's bad, but I want to know that actually is."
"Whoever is cursed by it falls into a deep coma-like sleep that can be mistaken for death, but that person can usually only fall under the Sleeping Curse if they do it willingly." Mr. Gold explained it to Caitlynn.
"Okay." Caitlynn said to him. "But Emma wouldn't do willingly, so it doesn't work right?'
Mr. Gold nodded. "Not on her, yes, but on some else well."
"Let's hope not that they are gonna eat it, then." Caitlynn said worried as Mr. Gold looked at her and wanted to comfort her, but right now he couldn't do that as he didn't know how she handle. Mr. Gold didn't really her know enough too really to comfort her.
Caitlynn signed at the situation.
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