Author's Note: Tomorrow is the second episode, how cool is that?, literally. Well I can't wait and I am really thrilled! I'm trying to keep up the fic and is taking a bit longer than expected, but I hope you all are enjoying it! P.S. 'spoilers if you haven't seen the first episode' Did someone else thought of Walt Disney when Regina said she would find the writter of the book? or at least thought of the Grimm Brothers or something? I sure had a laught with my sister when we thought so!
It was almost eleven now and she felt exhausted. She walked back to Regina's house and knocked twice patiently waiting in the cold, it was comforting for her, so she had no urge of going inside except for the part were she was about to faint.
Regina opened the door and moved aside to let her in "No need for knocking, you can just come in"
"I thought you didn't wanted Emma to do so"
"Yes, but she is Emma, the farther away I have her from my personal life the better, I don't yet have that trouble with you"
Elsa smiled and walked in "Thank you"
"You seem…tired"
"That would be accurate" she hid a yawn behind her covered hand.
"I'll leave to manage some business, Henry is just in the other room, can I leave you both alone for a while? Miss Swan is still in the Sheriff Station"
"Are you asking if it's safe for him to be around me? Or if I can watch over him while you are gone?"
Regina pondered for a second "Let's just say, is for you to watch out for each other, fair enough?"
"Fair enough" agreed Elsa walking to where Henry was.
"I will be back in a few hours"
"Understood"
"And don't let him wonder off please, he usually sneaks out and ends up in the worst case scenario"
"I will do my best" she smiled and watched Henry's mother, although apparently not the biological one, but for what she understood he had both Emma and Regina to watch over him.
When she came in she saw him sat on the couch pressing some buttons over a larger screen than the device she was asked to take with herself to all place.
"Elsa!" he greeted excitedly "How was it? You talked to Belle?"
"Most surprisingly everything went swiftly, she even agreed and committed to help me go back home"
"That's amazing" he smiled widely "do you want to watch a movie?" he asked pointing at the screen displaying moving figures in it "Is just like a stage production but in there and with better special effect, I will put something calm" he offered.
"That would be lovely" she sat on the other far end of the couch and settled. Her back was still straight and she kept her position poised even when she felt like passing out any second.
Henry then chose a movie and sat somewhere near her. When being around her he felt the temperature drop in the room, but he didn't bother he was wearing cozy clothing and his favorite scarf.
"So…where did you went last night?"
Elsa's eyelids snapped open blinking a couple of times, before looking at him "I went to the forest, it felt like the right thing to do at the moment; truth being I didn't thought it over too much, I just went and did it"
"How did you get past my mom? Is very hard for me to sneak out of the house"
"So did Regina told me" she grinned at him "No running away today, please?"
"I won't" he took his shoes off getting his feet up the couch
"At what hour of the night did everyone found out I was missing"
"Probably at six a.m. or so. I went for a glass of water and when I passed in front of your room, you weren't there. I went downstairs to look for you and found the note, so I waked them up and no one knew you had left, didn't even noticed how you did either"
Elsa exhaled "So I made you all have a terrible night too, did I not?
"Is alright, they were just a couple of hours, we just hoped nothing bad had happened to you"
"I am sorry if I troubled you, I didn't mean to"
"I know" he smiled then looking at the screen pushing the start button.
The movie was calmed as promised, but Elsa didn't watch even thru the first half, she fell asleep within the first 30 minutes and that had been with a lot of effort. She hadn't quite rest since she had been taken away from home, nightmares became more vivid after that but she had manage to never really outburst her power when asleep, she waked immediately before it was out of hand, but today she was just too drained to even dream.
Henry was tired as well but he lasted thru most of the movie, but not long after he had just doze off resting his head against Elsa's shoulder. They were both sound asleep in the room with just the sound of the movie on the background.
After a couple of hours, as promised Regina came back looking for them just hearing the voices of the characters when the movie had restarted automatically. She opened the door and found the scene like a captured photo. They were just lying still, evenly breathing in and out, real peacefully. Regina smiled to herself and quietly turned the TV off. She brought a blanket for Henry and tucked him. After half an hour Emma arrived entering the house making herself announced.
"Anybody here?!" she called before Regina hushed her
"They are here" she opened the door "They are asleep"
Emma smiled as well "Kids" she whispered tenderly looking at Henry cuddled next to Elsa "Henry had an appointment with Hopper, should I cancel it?"
"No, let him rest a bit longer, you can just reschedule it for a little later today" she walked out being followed "Any luck with the missing people?"
"So far, no. I can almost assure she is not here"
"So the only other solution is to send her back home"
"Or back in time. I mean how much must things have changed in this Arendelle of hers. Even is she went back we don't know in what condition her home could be. And if she was the older sister when she left she might come back to find herself being the younger for at least 28 years"
"Time traveling is a huge mistake that you have lived and to my misfortune modified" she clenched her teeth but say nothing else. "No, if she goes back it would have to be to whatever state her home is actually"
"Is that even worth it? I mean at least she could have a life here, she would be out of time in her own home"
"Yes but nevertheless it would be her home" Regina said finally "That is better than nothing"
Emma sighted, she wasn't in a fighting mood that day "Ok, you win, so how do we get her back?"
"I've been walking around town, ever since she arrived I feel a strange magic around, not hers, but something else. Perhaps a portal, Who knows? If I can find the source of this magic it might help to send her back to her realm"
"What if it's not the magic portal and it's someone that came along from the past?"
"Just how many things do you think you have messed up, Miss Swan?"
"I'm just saying, this magic could be evil too"
"We have seen wicked, evil and worst, whatever it is we can face it"
"Just hope you are right, we all have risked too much"
"Was it too much to ask for a little honesty?" said Belle as she entered the shop
"Belle!" Rumple's face lit up rushing to the door "Where have you been?"
"At the library, mostly" she evaded his welcoming hug "I think is time we talk once again"
"Yes, yes, sure" he drove her to the back of the shop "What is that you want to talk about?"
"Well, I spoke with Elsa" Rumple's face fell "Her child? Why would you want her or her sister's baby?"
"You wouldn't understand"
"Don't underestimate me" she warned, she disliked that people did that "I think we have gone thru a lot together for you to keep hiding secrets from me"
"I…I can't….explain this to you, but it was important"
"Where you so lonely that you wanted her? Or her children?"
"It's complicated" he shrugged "I…needed her first born for other reasons. Not like Cinderella's or any other person's baby. Her sisters of her own would be different, I just had to have them, they needed to be under my protection and since Elsa had refused to join me, she wouldn't be able to protect them, not even with her magic"
"What are you talking about?"
"Old business, a promise I made once to a good man"
Belle thought it over "You knew the King of Arendelle, didn't you?" she looked at his dim expression "You two ever made a deal?"
"Just once" he said softly "One deal I can't ever speak of"
"Did he came to you? Or you insisted?" she asked sternly
"The King of Arend-" he exhaled miserably "Agdar asked for my help. He said the only way to protect his family was thru the deal we made. I refused at first, but he persisted"
"What was in for you?"
"He…gave me something no magic could ever compare to. He became my friend, he called me family…"
"And you drove him to his death?!"
"Is not what you think…" his throat became a knot "He…he asked me…to do it. That was our deal…"
"What?"
"He…they had to disappear otherwise… their child would had suffer the consequences but…I'm afraid it might had been in vain"
"What is you are trying to say?" Belle asked exasperated "He asked you to…kill them?"
"It had to look like an accident, so no questions were made"
"What for?"
"Is a secret I am willing to take to my grave. He made me swear I wouldn't say a word unless the right person asked me the right question and I won't fail to my agreement" he looked pleadingly to her eyes "Please, Belle understand my position, he is the only mortal man that ever looked me in the eye and addressed me as a friend, if I fail to him, I won't be a man of my word, of my honor"
"Why won't you tell that to her?"
"Because she hasn't asked me the right question"
"If you are not going to tell anyone the truth the least you can do is taking her back to her Kingdome"
"You don't understand Belle, she can't get back, if she does, something terrible will happen"
"More terrible than loosing her home and family?"
"She… was being chased, she doesn't know that"
"By whom? The Prince of the South?" Elsa did mention him during the breakfast.
"No by someone far more dangerous and powerful"
"Who?"
"I can't tell you, I promised I wouldn't"
"You promised too many things Rumple" she said a bit sadly "any of the ones you promised me at our wedding meant something?"
"They meant the world to me…" he graved her hands meting her eyes "I love you Belle, more than anything and anyone" swallowed the knot in his throat "I wish it wasn't this complicated love, but you have to trust me, I did all that wrong for the right reason, I had nothing to gain out of it and I can still loose much is this goes wrong. The Queen can't go back to Arendelle; the only safe place for her is here now that she has been freed"
His words still carry an unresolved pitch of anger and melancholy to his tone but she wished desperately to believe in his word, even when they sounded sour and cold "Are you being honest with me?"
"Completely, I can't tell you much about the deal, but I can assure to you, there is not one black spot in my heart when I speak to you, dear"
Belle smiled knowing that was the truth, her heart ached for the multiple declarations he had admitted, but in his eyes there was no evil, no lies, just the sparkle of her true love. She grabbed his shoulders and finally kissed him.
Author's Note: Yeah, according to some web pages, that's the name of the King, 'Agdar', I like it, it sound poweful and regal at the time.
