Rose POV
Dad was teaching me how to steer the pirate ship. Soon we arrived at the docks and we started to get off the ship when Grandpa, Grandma and Ruby arrived at the docks to meet us, Ruby then helped Dad with Mr. Gold off of the ship.
"Are you okay?" Grandma asked us. "Yeah. Yeah, we're alright," Mom said as Grandpa took over Ruby's position, and he and Dad headed towards the truck with Mr. Gold. "I drove a ship," I said.
"Did you now?" Grandpa said as I shared a smile with my Dad. "Yeah, my Dad showed me how," I said. "That's . . . Me," Dad said. They set Mr. Gold on the back of the truck, "Thank you, thank you."
"Is Cora trying to control you with the dagger?" Grandpa asked. "Oh, you'd know if she was, cause most of you would be dead by now," Mr. Gold said.
"Well, then we'll just have to take the fight to her before that can happen," Grandma said. "We will," Grandpa said. "And this time, we finish it," Grandma said.
"Mary Margaret -"
"David," She cut Grandpa off, "She needs to be stopped. She needs to be killed. This is our family. We are going to protect it."
"Of course we will, but what you're talking about goes beyond that," Grandpa said. "Does it? Because she is the reason you've never met my mother," Grandma said.
"I know," Grandpa agreed. "I know what happened to Queen Eva, and I have zero problem with Cora dying for it. But not by your hand, and not out of vengeance."
"Why?" Grandma asked. "Because you wouldn't be able to live with yourself. You have the purest heart of anyone I have ever known. That's who you are, and that's who you're going to stay," Grandpa said.
"You okay?" Mom asked Mr. Gold. "Ah, I'm beginning to feel a bit stronger. Take me back to my shop. There's magic there that can protect us," Mr. Gold said. Dad and Grandpa started to take Mr. Gold away.
"Let me guess," I started and Mom, Grandma and Ruby looked at me. "I get to go with Ruby," I finished. "You got it, kid," Mom agreed.
"I'll keep her out of the crossfire," Ruby said. "Thank you," Grandma said to her. "Don't look so worried. You'll stop Cora. You won't let her get away," I said and gave them a smile before leaving with Ruby.
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Third Person POV
The next morning, Regina was mourning her mother's death. She placed a Rose on the coffin as Mr. Gold entered mausoleum. "Black always was your color," He said. "I'm here to bury my mother. So if you've come to gloat . . ." Regina said.
"I came to pay my respects," Mr. Gold said as he hold up a Rose. "We had our differences, but Cora will always have a place in my heart," He said as he placed the Rose on the coffin. "You killed her to save your own life," Regina said. "Sadly, desperate times call for desperate measures," Mr. Gold said.
"Like getting Mary Margaret to trick me into killing my own mother? You may be able to hide behind your dagger, but she can't. She's going to die for what she did," Regina said.
"Oh, come on. We both know killing her will cost you the thing you want most - Rose. Why don't you just give up this obsession with vengeance? You know it can never make you happy," Mr. Gold said.
"Yes, it will," Regina said. "You had a whole curse worth of vengeance, and what did it get you? A gaping hole in your heart," Mr. Gold said. "That was your curse," Regina said. "Which you cast," Mr. Gold said. "Still haven't learned your lesson, have you?"
"What lesson?" Regina asked. "The same one your mother learned a long time ago," Mr. Gold stated. "You can't have everything. She wanted power, ripped out her own heart to get it. You want vengeance? Rose's the price you'll pay. Time to cut your losses."
"Never," Regina said. "I will have my daughter, and I will have my vengeance. I will find a way to have everything."
