Disclaimer: "Okay, here goes. I do not own any of the Grimm Fairy Tales. I do not own any of the new and reworked versions of these fairy tales that Disney has turned into movies. I do not own any of the characters here in. The only thing I claim are the twists and turns I included in the story that were obviously not part of the original tales told by the Brothers Grimm or Disney. And also, my description of the main character."

Red Robyn Hood Revealed

Robyn stares at Rumpel a moment longer, before sighing and grabbing his arm to pull him into the side hall. The castle is still the same as it has always been, so it's no surprise that she can still find her way around. Once she's sure they can't be seen or heard, she turns to face him again and says, "Yes, okay. I'm Red Robyn."

Rumple looks her up and down for a moment, and then asks, "And you won't tell your sister that?"

At that question, she points a finger sternly at him and says, "She cannot know that I'm here."

"Why not? She has missed you for quite some time, and I know you have missed her as well. I have seen you in the looking glass at times when I've checked on her on the day that makes her saddest. I've seen you sitting on the roof, silent tears falling from your eyes, on your birthday that she refuses to forget or neglect. Why…"

Huffing in aggravation, Robyn throws her hands up briefly before exclaiming, "Because it is still not safe. I heard what they said in there. My name is still whispered in this kingdom in fear and in warning and with hate. My name is still one that is now only a name for a terrible memory." Leaning back against the opposite wall, she bends down so she's balancing on the balls of her feet, her hands wrapping around the back of her head.

Huffing again, she says, "I came here to help. I came here to stop them and to protect everyone, to protect her." Looking up at him, she whispers, "Do not make this harder for me than it already is. You do not know the pain of standing in that room, surrounded by people that you wish you could touch and hold, and knowing you never can again."

Rumpel nods, already knowing she loves everyone in the room, and says, "So it's not just Snow you miss."

Robyn rolls her eyes and says, "That is beside the point."

He shakes his head and says, "I don't think it is." Bending down with her, he continues, "Belle told you once that an act like yours should not go without notice, without its reward."

Sighing, Robyn says, "And my reply was that sometimes the greatest action a person can take is one that no one can ever hear of. My action turned me into an outlaw so my father could continue to rule his people. I have no qualms with what I did, and I knew before I did it that no one would ever know or ever appreciate it."

Rumpel shakes his head and says, "Snow does." At that, Robyn pauses and looks at him. "You don't think I only checked on her when she was sad do you? I have looked in on her constantly from the time you came to me up until even today before Belle and I came here. She has never forgotten you. She remembers you the most on your birthday, but she also remembers you in everything that she now possesses. She remembers how you used to walk in the halls. She remembers the rides you used to take together. And she knows that she would not have anything that she does now if you hadn't done what you did."

Sighing, he continues in a disbelieving tone, "I can't believe I never actually put you and Red Robyn together before. But you never told me you were her sister and I suppose I had no reason to think that you were, seeing as how no one else really even knew Snow had a sister before today. But now I know."

Robyn nods and says sternly again, "And you are the only one that can ever know."

"Red…"

She closes her eyes and flinches at hearing her true name, not out of pain of being associated with it, but because it reminds her of who she can never be again. "No. My name is Robyn. Robyn Hood. I am a sharp shooter, a hunter, a fighter, and a lot of other things too." And a tear finally falls from her eye as she says, "But I can't be Red. Not anymore. Red Robyn is long gone, and I am what stands in her place."

Rumple steps forward and says, "Robyn Hood and Red Robyn are one in the same. You changed a name, but not who you are. And Snow will eventually see that. She saw it when you met her so long ago, though you disguised it as best you could. She can see it now, but she doesn't understand exactly what it is. She will figure it out though. She is a smart girl."

Robyn smiles at that and whispers, "She always was."

They stare at each other a moment longer, and then Rumpel reaches forward and gently removes the cap from her head. Her beautiful brownish-red hair spills down her back in the same braid that she's always done. Rumple stares a moment longer, and then says, "You may not be able to walk through this town as Red Robyn again or ever. But at least maybe your sister, and all of the people in that room that consider you friend, might know your true name, see your real face, and admire you all the more for it."

Red closes her eyes and turns her head away at the picture he creates. But just as she's about to shake her head again, a tremendous booming sound shakes the entire castle. Looking at each other, Red tries to reach for her cap, but Rumple doesn't give it back. Glaring, she pulls her hood back over her head and then says, "Get in there with the others. Our deal still stands. Protect Snow."

"Of course." And with that said, he exits first, heading back for the room. Robyn walks on down the hall to the main gates, knocking back two arrows already as she moves. Pinocchio and Rapunzel look up at her from where they're working with Geppetto, and Rapunzel gasps and is about to stand up to rush up to her.

Robyn points to her though and says, "Stay put Rapunzel. You three get to a safe place where you can still work but they won't find you. Go, now!" And she moves past them still, walking past several of the knights, many that she still recognizes from so long ago.

Lancelot, in charge of those about to man the top gates of the castle, moves to her side and says, "Robyn Hood, it is a pleasure to meet you. We will stand gladly by your side."

She nods, happy at seeing his face even if she never intends to show him who he is truly talking too. "I appreciate that. Some should go back though and help to protect those in the room of the round table."

"Certainly." Lancelot sends a small group back, and while he does that, Robyn pulls out a small whistle and blows. And like when she'd helped Aurora, no sound emits that anyone else can hear, but she knows that the fairies are coming. In fact, they are simply waiting for the whistle to know when to arrive. She'd planned on announcing them more formally than this, but it's too late for that now.

Running up the stairs that lead to the ledge looking down from the castle, she sees the hundreds of knights ready for battle, facing towards the horde of wolves and angry people that the witches had managed to convince to fight with them. It was very plain to see where Ursula, Jafar, Greta, Gaston, the Sherriff of Nottingham, and even Cinderella's stepmother are. All are leading the way into the town.

Greta looks up at the castle and sees Robyn Hood standing there ready to fire. "There is the cause of our troubles and grief. There's the reason for our failures. Now go! Go and get her! ATTACK!" And they all yell as they charge at the town and the gates.

Robyn takes a deep breath and mutters under her breath, "God help us."

Ursula screams in frustration down in the depths of the ocean where she has now retreated. It had only been an hour ago that she'd attacked the ship named the Jolly Roger, captained by the pirate Hook. But that's not why she'd attacked. No, she'd attacked because in the dead of night, at the back of the ship, when no one had been looking, she'd seen the girl that had given Ariel the legs she'd been wanting. Ariel had not only beaten Ursula, but now she had her happily ever after. And all because of the girl with the damn red and brown hair in the braid.

It was by chance that she'd seen the girl. She'd been on the back of the boat, seemingly hiding from the rest of the ship. At first, Ursula had thought about offering her aid to the young woman in the return for something valuable. The gem she'd been looking at seemed worth enough. But then the girl had removed her cap, and everything had changed.

She attacked the ship the next day. Seeing the young woman happily kissing the captain was too much for her, and Ursula attacked with a fury that even rivaled her ferocity displayed on the day she'd tried to kill Ariel, Triton, and Prince Eric so she could take over and rule the seas. And the girl, knowing what Ursula was after, jumped off of the ship after kissing her love goodbye. But as Ursula pursued her, leaving the ship behind, the girl had somehow managed to swim at a pace that Ursula couldn't match, and before she knew it, the girl was gone.

Robyn; that was the girl's name. She'd learned it by eavesdropping on one of Ariel's conversations on the beach. But now, Robyn is gone, slipped from her grasp, just like Ariel had done. Screaming again in her dark ocean cave, she pulls at her hair and yells, "Why can't I win?!"

It's as she passes by once again along the ocean floor that her tentacle brushes against something hard and cold. Looking down, she picks up what looks like a solid black lamp. Holding it closer, she sees some sort of writing on the side, but can't quite make it out, so she brushes it off with her hand. And out poofs Jafar, glaring angrily, but obediently nonetheless.

"I'm Jafar, genie of the lamp."

Ursula looks at him dumbfounded and asks, "A genie? What is a genie doing in the bottom of the ocean?"

"I was discarded here. Regardless, now I'm yours to command for three wishes."

She rolls her eyes and says, "I suppose there are rules though."

"Naturally. I can't kill anyone, I can't bring back the dead, and I can't make anyone fall in love." Glaring at the wall, he says, "Or consequently out of love either."

Ursula looks at him for a moment, and then says, "You seem just as wicked as me. How did you come to be a genie?"

He looks back to her and says, "I was tricked by a street rat into using my last wish to become one. Now I am stuck like this forever." Glaring again, he says, "And I will forever hate the one who helped him best me."

Curious, she now asks, "And who was that?"

"Robyn Hood." Ursula thinks back to the girl Robyn that she knew, and of the cloak and hood she'd had before discarding them apparently to board a ship. That was the story she'd heard Ariel relate to Eric anyway. Her eyes widen as she realizes that Robyn Hood and the girl Robyn are one in the same.

Grinning wickedly, she looks back up at Jafar and says, "I think you and I can help each other out as far as revenge goes. You see, I know who she is."

Raising an eyebrow, Jafar asks, "She?"

Cackling wickedly, utterly pleased by the revelation she's just made, she nods and says, "Indeed, it's rather shocking isn't it? Now, will you help me?"

"I am yours to command for three wishes. I will do whatever you wish of me to help." He's smirking now though and adds on, "Though I admit, I will be happily aiding you."

Ursula smirks and says, "Excellent. Now, for my first wish. I wish to find all of Robyn Hood's worst enemies so that we may ban together to destroy her. I do not wish to underestimate this girl as so many others obviously have."

Jafar nods with an evil laugh, and uses his magic to create a type of locater that will find all of the people who have been scorned by Robyn Hood in the worst of ways. And from there, their evil plan to wipe her out, and to wipe out everything she held dear, took hold.

Greta glares hatefully up at Robyn where she stands on the ledge of the castle, killing off many of the wolves before they can even make it to the front of the castle doors or even the knights put there to defend them. Growling in her anger, she turns to Ursula and says, "I'm not waiting. She took everything from me, and now she's mine!"

Flying up, she moves so fast that no one can even think to stop her. Barreling into Robyn, she throws her back down into the main hall just as wolves start careening inside. Robyn shoots several of them as they get close, but Greta is still there. Turning swiftly, she points her arrow directly at her throat where Greta stands in front of her.

Smirking, Greta says in a sickly sweet voice, "Hello little Robyn."

Robyn glares and says, "You should've left these people alone. Now I'll have to kill you like your dear friend Maleficent."

Greta snarls, but then smirks again and says, "Not before I reveal to everyone exactly who you are." Swerving around the arrow, she picks Robyn up by her cloak, choking her as she hauls her into the meeting hall. The doors burst open onto the scene of everyone in the room fighting off other enemies that had managed to scale the wall like Robyn had and come through the windows.

But all stop moving as Greta throws Robyn roughly through the air to land in the middle of the round table on her back. Cinderella tries to come closer, but Greta swoops down to the table too and Robyn holds up her hand to stop Cinderella from moving any closer. Greta laughs harshly and says, "That's right, stop her from coming after you. Save her from the terrible thing that you are."

Robyn attempts to stand up, but Greta puts a boot to her chest to hold her down. In spite of that though, Robyn sighs as though exhausted of the argument already. Looking to Greta, she says, "I am not terrible."

"No. You're just an outlaw."

And now Robyn rolls her eyes and says, "Everyone knows that."

Greta grins again now and says threateningly, "But not everyone knows that this kingdom is the one you were outlawed from first." The other wicked people in the room still don't move. They are loyal to Greta, and know that she's been planning this for a while, and they aren't to ruin her moment, least they suffer a fate worse than death.

Snow looks down at Robyn, whose face is still hidden by the hood for now. "Our kingdom only ever outlawed one person."

Greta laughs harshly again and says, "Indeed Snow White. You outlawed the evil person that burned up your town hall and killed all of those people. I always knew she was evil." Turning to look at Hook, she says, "She even stole you right out from under me." Looking back to Robyn, she leans down closer, putting more weight onto her, pushing at her throat. Robyn gags and chokes, and Greta revels in her pain. "Low and behold. I give you your outlaw. I give you Red Robyn!" And she jerks the hood and cloak out from under her to reveal her true face, and more revealing, her hair and the unique color that Red has always taken such great care to hide.

Snow's mouth falls open as her sister's face is now seen by all. She's older, and she may indeed look very different from the fourteen year old sister she'd last seen, but now that her red-brownish hair is revealed, there is no mistaking who she is. Red Robyn and Robyn Hood are one in the same. Of course, Hook is staring too, but that's because the face he sees is of Marian, the woman who had been aboard his ship. He thought she'd been kidnapped by Ursula the sea witch.

Robyn stares up at Greta for a moment, and then her shoulders sag and she whispers, "You really believed that I did it, didn't you?"

And for the first time, Greta's smile falters, and she looks around to see not disgust or hate in the eyes of those in the room. All that's there is awe and of the two people she was hoping to hurt the most, she sees joy and happiness. Glaring again, she pushes harder and yells, "Why don't they hate you?"

But Robyn has had enough of lying on her back. Greta's eyes bulge as she disappears from beneath her. She's about to scream again, when Robyn's voice says from behind her, "Because they know I didn't do it." She locks the doors to the meeting hall behind her where she'd decided to reappear, and then hops back onto the table as Greta backs away from her. Tilting her head, Robyn asks, "What did I do to you that was so bad that even you, my oldest friend, would believe me capable of such a thing?"

Glaring, Greta points to Hook and says, "He was supposed to be mine. I loved him. But he… he loved you. You had him and you wouldn't let him go and give him to me."

Robyn looks at Hook, who offers her a small smirk, and then back to Greta. "I never had him before. He was my friend."

But Hook stops her from saying anymore and says, "Uh… Red." The sound of her old name on his lips has her closing her eyes, a thrill running up her spine that she wishes didn't feel so good. Then she turns to look at him again. "You did have me Love. I don't deny that. You never saw it that way. You never saw yourself very clearly at all. You still don't. But you did have me, even then. She's right on that." Looking to Greta, he says, "And it's not that she wouldn't let go of me. I just wouldn't let go of her."

Greta screams, "Even after she was gone! You lost your hand because of her!"

Robyn blinks at that, and turns back to Hook in shock. He'd explained to her how he'd lost his hand defending the honor of a friend when he was rather young. He'd never told her that she had been that friend; that he had been trying to defend Red Robyn, or some aspect of who she had been. He simply shrugs at her shocked expression and says, "I have never regretted that. I told you that."

Greta growls and then points back to Robyn and says, "Regardless, you will die today!"

And with that, Robyn falls back into character. The carefree warrior, who laughs at danger. Smirking, she laughs and says, "I'm afraid not my old friend."

Greta smirks and says, "You are not stronger than me." But her eyes widen again as a blue glow seems to engulf Robyn's entire body, her magic pouring out of every inch of her. The magic she had so long avoided using except for aiding the healing abilities of her herbs, and in the objects she'd enchanted for peoples' protection.

The magic that she could no longer deny or hold back if she hoped to win this fight. Rumpel was powerful, but he was one magical being against several that were already here. And until the fairies arrived to help, Rumpel would need her aid to hold off the witches that were present at the castle's gates.

Glaring at Greta, Robyn says dangerously, "If you think you and Rumpel are the only ones in here with magic, then you are sorely mistaken."

And with that, the battle of powers and wit begins.

When she opens her eyes again, the first thing Robyn realizes is that her head is ringing. Blinking, she brings her hand to her head, and the second thing she realizes is that her left hand is wrapped in bandage from her palm down to her wrist. Right, she'd been burned.

The battle slowly comes back to her. First it was just her and Greta, but when the others had finally reached the room and saw that Robyn had magic like some of them did, the battle had grown to new heights. Rumpel fought by her side, along with all of the fairies that flooded the room, having finally arrived from her call. And of course, his son Peter and the lost boys came as well, but that reunion and introduction had been put on hold.

Ursula and Greta both ganged up on Robyn, attacking her from both sides, but she still didn't waver. Snow would occasionally look at her to check on her, and each time she'd been amazed at the strength of Robyn's magic and power.

But one time she shouldn't have looked, and Gaston had leaped forward to attack her, to bite her and turn her into a werewolf like him. Rumpel was just as preoccupied as Robyn, but to her nothing it didn't matter. Nothing mattered if, after all she'd sacrificed, she couldn't keep Snow safe while right in front of her. Robyn's left hand had been burnt as she dropped her magic from Greta, vanishing from her current spot to appear in front of her sister. The shield of water that surrounded them at Robyn's command hardened long enough to stop Gaston and knock him down.

Dropping the shield to the ground, Robyn turns to Snow and says, "Snow, you have to focus."

For a moment all Snow can do is still stare and she whispers, "Red."

Robyn shakes her slightly and says, "Please Snow. Focus, and I promise I will talk to you later."

And with that the battle continued. The knights had been moved into the room as well now, many of them first looking at Robyn in shock, but then cheering and shouting and fighting on with even more determination. Greta's moment that she meant to be her glory before victory was turning into her downfall. Everyone that truly knew her still loved Red Robyn.

But now Greta had something to hold against her. Or so she thought. Yelling out, she flew across the room like a bullet, intent on taking out Snow and killing her. But Robyn saw it coming, and for once didn't panic. Snow screamed, and for a moment the whole room seemed to stand still again. But not because Snow had been murdered by Greta's magic. No, the room was now staring in shock because the bolt of magic had evaporated and seemingly shattered in front of her. It was as if a shield had suddenly popped up in front of her, preventing the magic from crossing over and reaching Snow.

Snow looks down to see the pendant that she'd put back around her neck glowing slightly with its own magic. And then all eyes turn to Robyn's elated laughter. Greta glares, but still asks angrily, "What did you do?"

Robyn just shakes her head and says, "You can't hurt her. Not like that anyway. No dark magic can touch her."

Greta screams and launches herself back at Robyn. And from there it became very apparent who they all wanted to get rid of most. Robyn was attacked from all sides, but that's not what ended up knocking her out. No, all of the others came to her aid, fighting off the ones they could to try and make it easier for her.

But eventually it became too much, and even though she wasn't sure if she could survive what she was about to try and do, she lifted the ruby pendant from her pocket. Shooting into the air over everyone, hovering there as the others were briefly thrown off by her sudden lift into the air, she spots Snow in the middle of the fray. She hollers down, "Snow!" Snow looked up and caught the pendent as Robyn dropped it down to her. "Put them together! Do it now!"

Snow quickly pulled hers out of the top of her blouse and put the two pieces back to back. Her eyes widened as they seemed to meld together into one, and then a pulse of magic seemed to shoot out of it and into Robyn who was floating above all of them.

Her blue magic seemed to almost turn white it started shining so brightly from her. Her eyes clenched, her arms shook, and she cried out as the magic spread out from her in pulses that felt like shock waves in their ferocity, knocking any and all that were considered enemies back and to the ground. It didn't kill them, but pounded them all into an unconscious state. And it didn't stop just in this meeting hall, or even just to the border of the castle gates. Robyn's magic shot out of her and spread to encompass the whole of Snow and Luke's kingdom, and even stretched far enough to reach into some of the forest beyond that border, ensuring that any lurkers or last minute defenses were also rendered useless. When it finally stopped, when the protective magic that she'd put out was finally satisfied that no one else was coming to harm the people within these castle walls, Robyn's arms fell, her eyes rolled back in her head, and she fell down from where she'd been floating in the air.

She doesn't remember James rushing to catch her. She wasn't awake to see the fairies gather all of the magical enemies and take them down to the dungeons and then also take away the villagers that had come with them as well. She didn't see the fairies work their magic to then restore her depleted energy so she could heal herself and rejuvenate. She didn't feel Snow tenderly wrap her hand or help settle her into her old bed in her old room in the castle.

Currently all she knows is that she's thirsty, her head hurts, her hand hurts, she's hungry, and she's also scared. She'd promised to talk to Snow, and she indeed would. But what would her sister have to say. Robyn had come in deceiving her after all. Closing her eyes, Robyn lays her head back against the pillow and groans.

A voice from the other side of the room says in relief, "Finally." Turning her head sharply, Robyn winces with the pain it causes. But when she opens her eyes again, James Hook is moving to sit on the edge of the bed on her right side. Smiling gently down at her, he says, "Hello Love."

She blinks for a moment, and then asks, "Greta?"

"In the dungeons with all the others. The fairies concocted some sort of magical barrier to keep them all locked in. Any magic they try to use just gets rebounded onto all of them."

Robyn sighs, and then asks carefully, "Snow?"

Hook nods and says, "She's with the others right now. It's been three days since the battle ended. She put off talking about what to do with everyone for a while, but the fairies said they could only stay for so long from their island. They've agreed to help rid us of those with dark magic still in the dungeons, but we couldn't delay any longer for you to wake up and help decide what should be done."

Robyn nods, and then asks again, "She's okay?"

"She's fine. Aside from worrying about you Love, she's as ripe as a peach."

Robyn nods, and then winces again at the pain it causes her head. Hook puts a hand to her head and says, "Don't move too much alright. The fairies said what you did took almost everything out of you. It's a miracle you're still alive. They had to work with you quite a bit before your own magic started helping bring you back."

Looking up at him, Robyn then asks slowly and worriedly, "You?"

He pauses at her question and the almost scared tone of her voice. But then smiles again, much the same way he had when she'd once told him that being put below on his ship made her feel that he thought her useless. That too, had been a ridiculous fear on her part in his opinion, as was her fear that he could be anything but relieved to finally see her again now, and to know who she really is. Grinning, he says, "I always figured your real name wasn't Marian. I'll admit though, I never figured you were Red Robyn."

She closes her eyes and says, "Red Robyn is long gone."

"No she's not." Robyn narrows her eyes in question at his sure statement, and Hook just smiles again. "You're still the same girl I grew up with. You might dress a little different, and you took a couple of different names. But you're still Red Robyn though. I confess, I'm ashamed that I never figured it out for myself while you were aboard my ship."

Robyn sighs finally, feeling some relief in the gentle and carefree way he's talking to her. Touching her head again, she asks in annoyance now, "Why does my head hurt so much?"

"Probably something to do with you nearly dying. Tink gave me something to give you should that be the case."

After helping her drink the glowing yellow liquid in the vile Tink had left, Hook moves to the other side of the room and pulls a string that rings a bell outside. It's not long before a servant from the kitchen arrives. "Yes Hook?"

"Red's awake. Do you think you could whip up something for her to eat?"

"Of course sir!" The servant peeks around to see Robyn, and then waves excitedly before hurrying back down the hall.

Coming back to Robyn's side, Hook says, "I'm sure she's going to tell Snow that you're awake first, but your food should be here soon."

Robyn stares at him for a moment, and then moves to sit up, and when her head doesn't start pounding she continues until her back is against the headboard. "Why aren't you angry?"

He tilts his head at her and asks, "Angry that you're alive and not dead at Ursula's from when she attacked my ship, or alive after that display of power in the hall? I don't see how I can be angry that you're still sitting here, alive and beautiful in front of me." He smirks at her and leans closer so his face is right in front of hers. "I thought you were gone Love. I spent the last year searching for you, trying to track down the sea witch and find out where she took you." Leaning in closer so their noses touch, he sighs and says, "The only thing that stopped me in my search at all was Snow's message that she needed aid in a battle coming up. I promised you long ago that I would always help take care of her. I have never forgotten that."

Sighing in relief at being this close to her again after a long year of thinking he'd maybe lost her forever, he adds, "And now I've finally found you again. And now that I have you, I'm not letting you go. So get used to me being a constant presence. I don't care if you take us back into the woods where you lived for so long as a bandit in King Richard's lands. So long as you take me with you, I'll be happy."

And as tears start slipping from her eyes, Hook closes the little space left between them and presses his lips to hers. Her arms wrap around his neck to hold him close, and she can't help but keep crying even as they continue to kiss.

It's only when the door bursts open that they stop. Leaning back from him, Robyn looks to see Snow walking hurriedly into the room. Robyn expects them to start talking, to have a long discussion about everything. But Snow doesn't care about any of the finer details right now. She launches past Hook and wraps Robyn in her arms. "Oh Red. I just knew one day I'd find a way to see you again. I just knew it."

Robyn holds her sister tightly, having wanted for such a long time to simply be able to reach out and touch Snow, with no hope of ever having that chance again. When she finally leans back, Snow smiles at her, and then says, "I still can't believe you've been Robyn Hood all this time and I never knew." And as Robyn laughs a little, everyone else floods into the room as well, including a few of the knights themselves.

Cinderella sits on the other side of the bed and laughs before saying, "You used my name to board his ship."

Hook grins down at Robyn who leans her head back and nods before answering. "Yeah. It was the only name I could think of to use besides my own."

Belle moves to stand by the head of the bed and puts a hand to her forehead. "You feel a little warm. The fairies said that would probably be normal. Still, let's see if we can't cool you down."

Robyn raises an eyebrow and asks, "Do I seem so helpless?"

Snow laughs and says, "You seem tired."

Rolling her eyes, Robyn says, "Yeah, well, I don't have a reason to be. Asleep for three days. I should be ashamed of myself."

Hook chuckles from where he's standing at the end of the bed, and then turns to look at Luke as he steps up beside him. Luke grins as well and says, "So; I guess we all know now why Snow has always been so important to you."

Robyn grins back, and then Snow asks, "Why couldn't the dark magic touch me? What did you do?"

Touching the pendant around her sister's neck that is now standing on its own again, no longer attached to hers, Robyn smiles at feeling her powerful magic still swirling through the enchanted gem. "I came back to the kingdom once a year for a time, up until I joined Hook on his ship. It was my birthday." Snow gasps and Robyn smiles and says, "And whenever you would come out onto the balcony, I would add a bit more magic to the pendant in secret. It protects you from dark magic."

Snow touches it gently, and then smiles and pulls out the red pendant with the chain back on it. Frowning, Robyn says, "The chain doesn't belong to me."

Rumpel rolls his eyes and says, "I have been watching over Snow for many years, and mostly because I consider you a friend and wanted to help you, not out of any deal you made."

"I know that Rumpel, but I still gave it to you."

He rolls his eyes again and says, "And now I'm giving it back. Just take it."

Robyn finally just shrugs and lifts her head enough for Snow to slip it over her head. Leaning back against the headboard again, she asks, "What are we doing about everyone in the dungeons?"

Tinkerbell, with Stefan by her side, comes closer and says, "The villagers we plan on sending to a realm that we call the 'Stories Realm', the land where magic exists in such a small capacity that they will likely never find their way back here. We are only sending those that were here to attack because they wanted to though. Several fairies are conducting a test to determine which villagers were here to fight of their own will, and which ones were only here under duress. Those that were threatened will be sent home to their families. The wolves we are sending off into different parts of the woods with erased memories. They believe they are wolves and will live as such. All but Gaston. Him and the others in charge of the enemy army, we are still debating on what to do with, though we have suggested sending them to a place we fairies call the Abyss. Once they are in this realm they will not be able to come back out."

Robyn raises an eyebrow and says, "I thought that place was too dangerous to ever send someone."

Tink nods and says, "It is dangerous because it's where we put people like them. Only fairies have access to and from this particular realm. They will be trapped there with their hatred forever."

Robyn nods, and then looks around at everyone and finally notices that one is missing. "Where is Ariel?"

Eric steps forward and says, "She's in the large pool that Snow drew for her. Don't worry, she's fine."

Robyn nods in relief, since that accounts for all the people in the room she had been trying to protect for so long. Then she frowns and is about to ask why Ariel is stuck in a tub of water, when Fauna floats down to her and answers before she can ask. "In order to save you, your friends provided us with the trinkets and gifts you have given them over the years. We took your magic back from them and used it to bring you back to us. When we still did not have enough, Ariel gave us her legs, and Red gave us her cloak, the two items that contained the most magic aside from Snow's pendant. For some reason, we could not remove the magic from that."

Robyn nods and says, "Dark magic can't penetrate, and no other magic can remove it. I made it so."

Snow rolls her eyes and says, "Well, it would've been helpful if you hadn't made it that way."

Robyn simply shrugs and says, "I was afraid someone with dark magic would find a way around it if I didn't."

And as she tries to move, Snow and Cinderella hold her still. Cinderella laughs as Robyn begins to protest and says to calm her, "Ariel has no qualms with being in the water until you have regained all of your strength. She knows you'll give her back the legs you gave her so long when you can."

Robyn states back simply, "I can do it now. I'm awake aren't I?"

Snow rolls her eyes and says, "You are still as stubborn as I remember from so long ago."

To that Robyn grins and says, "What can I say? Some things never change."

Hook raises an eyebrow and says, "Indeed."

Her cheeks turn slightly pink at his comment, and Snow laughs at her gently before turning and saying, "Flora, come here please." Flora floats into the room, and nods when Snow asks, "Will you show us now?"

Robyn raises an eyebrow herself and asks, "Show us what?"

Flora floats closer and says softly, "In order for our magic to trap them down there completely, there had to be a slight give and take to it. We offered them the answer to one question. And at first they didn't accept, but Greta's curiosity got the best of her. She didn't understand how you could still manage to become happy after she cursed you."

Confused, Robyn asks, "Cursed me?"

"Yes. Or, she tried to anyway. The curse she tried to cast was over a lock of your hair that she'd managed to get a hold of before you had left so long ago. And in the curse she tried to bind you to a life of sorrow and pain and despair that you had never known." Flora reaches out gently and touches Robyn's face, and a soothing sensation runs through her body. It's not something she hasn't felt before. It's a feeling of safety and warmth. But it has been a long time since she has felt it in the abundance that Flora now shows her.

Taking her hand away, Flora says, "That is the essence of what she tried to take from you. But the key to her curse was that you had that much to give, and that you knew nothing of pain and loss and sorrow and loneliness. That is why it didn't work, because you knew very much about all of those."

Floating back slightly, Flora continues, "In order for us to answer her question fully and leave no cracks in the barrier trapping them for now, we had to show them that you indeed knew of those things. We used the slight bit of magic we still retained from a few of your trinkets and dove into your past." Fauna comes forward too, and as they begin to circle each other, Flora says, "I did not wish to show it again without you awake, as I don't want to show it more than I have too. It makes me too sad."

Robyn narrows her eyes in question and says, "I don't remember being that sad."

Fauna turns to her and says, "You rarely are, and you are stronger for it. It makes us sad that someone like you has lived like this for such a great length of time."

And the two fairies together create a sort of mirror in the circle they fly in, and inside everyone can see the younger Red Robyn and Snow. They immediately recognize it as the day the town meeting hall had burnt down.

Eric goes to bring Ariel inside so that she too can see as the day replays for everyone to watch, on past what they know and into the night when Robyn had finally stopped to rest Midnight. And there she wept for the family she'd lost, the home she would never have again, and the friends she could never see again.

It shows Rumpel, and her visit to him to secure an assured means of protection for Snow, and her clever use of the chain around her neck while keeping hold of the pendant. Peter Pan, who is also in the room with his father, witnesses the promise she makes to Rumpel if she were to ever find his son, and her sad departure after that.

Everyone witnesses her in the crusades, her bravery and great skill as an archer. They watch her change her name and appearance, becoming the Robyn Hood that everyone knew and recognized by the hood and cloak. They each witnessed through the mirror how in time just how she had come to help them, how she gave of herself freely to those worthy of it. Snow keeps jumping every time a fight ensues, or when Robyn is injured at all.

They see her slowly come to realize her powers, and how she only uses them for the herbs and what magic she used for her friends. Rose in particular starts crying when she sees how long Robyn stayed in place while casting her magic over the cloak that kept the wolves' curse from reaching her; Robyn's body shaking quite a bit with the amount of effort it took to create the way around the curse. They finally reach the point where she sent Midnight away and stowed away on a ship to escape all those chasing her on land.

They watch her create a use for herself on the first ship she'd been on. And all of the women lift their hands to their mouths in shock as they watch how Thomas had beaten her for simple things, when really it was because she wouldn't put out. They see Hook's ship storm his. They see Robyn cry over the only friend she'd had on the ship. And Snow finally smirks triumphantly herself when Hook takes her away onto his ship.

And Robyn hides her face as her long period of time with James Hook is played out for everyone to see, moving from the sad to the happy time she had with him. The fairies are careful to skip certain scenes of course, but Snow still smirks and pokes her in the side, particularly when she is seen exploring his cabin and finding her arrow. The fairies left that part in, finding it important as far as they are concerned, even if she was draped in nothing but a blanket.

James himself is no help at all, simply winking at her to make her blush even harder. And then they watch as Ursula spots her on one of the nights she sneaks away to remove her cap and admire her pendant. They see the attack on the ship, and now Hook can see how Robyn had escaped Ursula's clutches, using the water and her powers to push herself faster than the giant lady octopus could go.

And then they watch her find Neverland again, hoping that Hook would someday return and she could explain how dangerous it was for her to still sail with him while Ursula roamed the waters. Here she finally met Tinkerbell, and using her coin called to Stefan. And it was through this that she was formally introduced to Peter Pan, and finally learned all of his story and past over the next year that she was with them.

And for that year she remained, helping the lost boys fend off crueler pirates. Her intent on bringing Peter back home was cut off by the sudden pain that entered her mind, and everyone recognizes that as the moment they'd all been putting their enchanted items together. The fairies all offered their aid, and the whistle she'd blown upon. They see Robyn flash herself all the way back to the edge of the kingdom that the call was coming from, and freeze when she realized it was her old home.

It was then that she'd refashioned her cloak and hood, and she took to scaling the walls until she sat below a window and listened for few minutes, taking a deep breath before making herself known. Everyone can feel her desire for complete honesty with Snow at that time, but also the need to keep herself a mystery.

The screen vanishes, and the two fairies stop their spinning. Snow turns to look at her sister for a moment, and then laughs when Robyn reaches out to stop her tears from falling. "No tears Snow. I have no qualms with the life I've lived."

Huffing, Snow says, "Well, I do. You shouldn't have had too."

"Regardless, I have, and I did, and I am the person that I am because of it."

Snow nods, but then asks softly, "And you won't stay?"

Robyn shakes her head sadly and says, "I can't. You know that. My name, my real name, is still the one people whisper about because it represents something too grave to truly try and remember." Sighing, Robyn says, "Besides, I'm not cut out to be a princess or a queen anymore."

Snow implores, "Sure you are."

"In the sense that I have their best interests at heart, sure Snow, I have that. I've always had that. But look at yourself and look at me." Snow looks down at her dress, and then back at Robyn's blouse and pants. Grinning, Robyn says, "No queen would be caught dead in this outfit." They laugh together, and Robyn gently touches Snow's shoulder. "I'm a fighter, not a ruler. I'm better left in a position where I can do what needs to be done instead of what would always be expected of me." Looking up at Luke, she adds, "Isn't that right Luke?"

He chuckles and says, "Yeah, I would say so."

Snow sighs and says, "But I refuse to have you running about living in trees from here on out. Just because Red Robyn can't stay here doesn't mean Robyn Hood can't live somewhere nice and visit me every now and then."

Robyn grins slightly at that, and then looks over as Hook moves to sit on her right side again. Taking her hand, he looks first at her and then at Snow and says, "She'll stay with me. That much should be apparent."

Snow grins and says, "Yes, so it would seem."

Robyn rolls her eyes and Hook chuckles before adding, "Whether that is on my ship or not has yet to be seen. We will have to discuss it. But where she ends up, that's where I'll be. And I'll ensure she visits from time to time."

Still smirking, Snow says, "Good."

Robyn looks between them and says, "Hello. I'm right here."

Hook squeezes her fingers lightly and says, "Yes, we are all very acutely aware that you are here Red Robyn."

Leaning her head back and closing her eyes, Robyn can't help but smile and say, "I honestly never thought I'd ever hear someone call me by my name again." Hook kisses her fingers, and then Robyn looks up and points to Ariel. "Bring her here please Eric. I may have to wait a day or two more to give Red back her cloak, and that is only if the full moon is a good ways off, but I refuse to simply sit here while she doesn't have a choice between legs and fins."

Ariel smiles as she is placed in a chair carefully. Robyn reaches out to take her hand, and after a few moments of glowing blue magic, Ariel is redressed in another green dress, her legs reformed and back as they were. Robyn is about to ask for the shell necklace back as well, but Ariel just shakes her head and says, "Later my friend. I can wait centuries if that is what you need."

Robyn finally laughs again and says, "Do I really seem so helpless?" Snow looks back to the door as the cook comes inside and places a tray of food in front of Robyn.

Smiling at the former princess, the cook says, "Eat up my lady." Robyn is about to protest the phrase 'my lady', but Hook squeezes her hand again as a sign to not argue. Sighing, she starts digging into the food, but still looks up as Lancelot and David both step inside.

Smiling, Lancelot says, "Well, it is good to see that our little friend is still well."

Grinning, Robyn says, "I'm not so little anymore."

"Perhaps. Regardless, you are still our little Red Robyn. That has never changed." Both knights bow their heads to her, and then Lancelot adds, "Midnight is downstairs in the stables. She has been with Rumpel and Belle for quite some time. She rode in the day you returned, after the battle was over. It's as though she knew you were back."

Robyn nods at that and says, "She's always been good at that."

After she's eaten and everyone has talked to her for quite some time, they leave her to rest. All except Hook that is. James simply moves to a chair sitting next to the bed for a while so everyone can get to her for a second. Once everyone is finally gone, he moves back to the edge of the bed and gently traces the side of her face.

Robyn smiles at him, and then asks, "When are they going to decide what to do with the others? You said the fairies can't wait much longer."

He nods and says, "Seeing that you're now awake, I believe they'll give you till the morning, and then we can join them to help in making that decision."

She nods, and then asks softly, "We?"

Hook grins and says, "I don't intend to leave your side for any lengthy period of time in the near future Love. Nor do I intend to let you leave mine. You've already done it once and I didn't want you to do it then. So yes, 'we' will join them together in the morning after you have regained more of your strength."

Robyn nods, and then asks, "And… are you going to be sitting in the chair all night?"

His fingers stop tracing and he instead cups the side of her neck in his hand. "I will remain wherever you would have me right now. You need your rest though."

She nods again, and then asks, "Will you stay here with me?"

Of course, he could pick on her and say he was already here, sitting on the edge of the bed or in the chair. But teasing will wait for another day, when he has her back on his ship or wherever she intends to stay from now on. For now, he simply nods and stands up briefly to remove his long coat and boots before sliding into the bed with her.

She curls into his side and sighs as his hook gently brushes against her shoulder. His other hand reaches over and gently brushes through her hair before settling down on her hand that she has resting on his stomach. He sighs in relief and peace at having her in his arms again, and then says, "Now, sleep for now Red Robyn. In the morning we will figure out the finer details of everything else. But for now, rest."

And she falls asleep in his arms, the first night of peaceful sleep she's had in over a year. It's the first night of truly peaceful sleep that she can remember having had for a very long time.

And that's Chapter 11! All that's left is the Epilogue. I hope you've enjoyed Red Robyn's adventure! :)