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I'm a monster.
~Imagine Dragons.
"OPEN UP!" Baelfire roars drunkenly, but in full control of his actions. He pounds loudly on his door, curses rolling off his liquor-scented tongue. "Open-"
"What's the magic word, Dearie?"
A sinister, sing-song voice disturbingly close to his ear. Baelfire shudders and rolls his eyes at the disfigured old man beside him. "I have a deal for you."
The old man cackles. "Oh, my dear sweet boy, I make the deals. You simply accept the terms."
Baelfire brings a paper out of his pocket, shoving the picture of a woman in the man's face.
The man visibly stiffens.
"Where... did you get that?"
"I have my places."
The man reaches for the paper. Baelfire holds it out of reach, just barely. He can almost feel the old man scowl. "Here's my deal," he says, only slightly slurring the words. "I give you information about your...whatever she is-"
The old man growls.
"-and you get me a solution for my problem."
'Sorry, dearie," the man snarls. "I have no solution for ugly coward."
"Do you want the girl or what?"
The man eyes the paper.
"Come in."
"Thank you, Rumpelstiltskin." As he passes pass Rumple, he smirks. "Papa."
Rumpelstiltskin shudders.
Upon entering the house behind his son, Rumple says, "Now what, dearie, is your problem? Besides the obvious, of course."
"David."
"David?"
"Yes. David Nolan."
"My, my, Bae. Here I was thinking you were chasing after EMMA Nolan, but it seems I was wrong."
"Shut up."
"Don'y use that tone of voice with me."
"David Nolan is a problem, and I need a certain solution." He holds up the drawing again.
"Well?"
"I'm finding Emma Nolan. And when I find her, I'm going to make her my wife."
"But-"
"She's the best. And don't I deserve the best?"
"Well-"
He flashes the paper again, knowing full well who will win this.
"I need you to ensure that David Nolan is put away for good if Emma refuses me."
"Refuses you again,you mean."
"Yes,"he spits. "Again. That's why I believe her father would be the proper...incentive. You know. To get her to love me." He smiles darkly.
Rumple is silent.
"Tick tock, Old Man."
He shoves the paper just ever so slightly closer to his father.
Rumple sighs and waves his hand, a shower of dark, shiny, fragments of magic sprinkling from his fingers like blood-rain. An image of David Nolan in the woods appears in the air. It appears as though the psychotic man went by himself to battle the "monster". A dark halo forms around David's form as they watch, a shadow of sorts. An evil shadow.
"It will follow him,"Rumple says wearily. "When he gets to close for comfort, the Shadow will bring him here. Emma will be shortly behind."
Baelfire looks at the dark magic almost lustfully.
Rumple coughs.
"My payment."
"All on the paper."
The paper thrown towards Rumple, Baelfire walks out, never glancing behind.
Rumple stares at the paper.
The information.
The picture.
Belle.
A/N:
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