Part 14 : Don't fail any more.

If there was something that Neal didn't want to talk about with his father, it was his feelings. In general, of course. But now, there was two things that the young man didn't want to evoke with his father which were linked ; his feeling and the pirate.

So, the explosive cocktail feelings for Killian Jones was not a thing he wanted to talk about with Gold. And, as they were thinking about a way to break the curse, Neal decided to shut up. Tell him nothing seemed to be the best option even if he would have wanted to talk about it with someone alive.

A person alive who would be an adult, of course.

(When he tried to talk about it to Henry, this one just burst into laughter without being able to stop.

Because, according to him, it was absurd.

At first sight.

And even if you thought about it, it still was.

But it did have a sense.)

Ruby and Dorothy accepted to listen to him, but they didn't understand him as much as Belle could. So, that's why, when he stopped working, he went to see his "step-mother" (younger than him, especially if you took into account Neverland), with the idea of talking about this crazy story.

If Belle lost some characteristics that made of her who she was before the curse, she didn't change so much.

But the talk they had didn't really help her.

In fact, it seemed that talk wouldn't solve their problems, finally.

His story was endless, to confess to himself his feelings was complicated ; to do it to Belle took time, but he did it.

Do it to Hook would be impossible and would have no interest.

He was in love with a ghost : their story wouldn't work, if it ever was able to exist.

Fate never was his friend.

§§§§

Not think about it any more. It was his obsession of the day, and he finally was able to talk with his father.

Not about that, but about magic.

"How can we take off this damn bracelet ?

- I can't, I don't have the magic for it…

- I think I know how."

The two men started, by seeing who was there.

Regina.

Because of the habit, they weren't afraid, and they succeeded to be themselves again.

"That would help us a lot, said Gold, but I would have appreciated that you told us that before.

Neal and the ghost both rolled their eyes.

- Dad, we don't have time for your quarrels, right ? Regina, what do you know ?

- When I succeeded to be more or less material again, I came to my vault, with Emma, so I would search for objects that could help us. I found one.

- You don't have it with you ?

- No, we have to go to it, but me, I can't take it.

- I come with you, said Neal, ready to go."

He was tired of this situation, he wanted to do something, act, be useful. Regina continued to talk.

"Snow and David are in the Black Fairy's house, searching things in it, to find her wand. As it is the only thing that can kill her.

- What if she realizes it ?

- Well… just know that… one of the fairies' wand that you have, maybe… disappeared. Emma made an exact double of the wand, I think that even her will believe it's the real wand.

- She can do magic ?

- Yes.

- And act on the real ? Even if you're ghosts ?

- I won't tell you how we discovered it. But yes, under some conditions, we can act on things."

The sorcerer raised an eyebrow, surprised. Neal blushed, thinking about his own experience, and an awkward silence settled.

"Are you going there ? Finally asked Neal.

- Yes."

They came back then after a time, victorious, and with the object that would take off the bracelet that stopped Gold's magic. On their side, Snow and her husband came back too with the precious wand.

All the ghosts were in the back of the shop, with Gold and Neal, as Henry was at home with Belle and Gideon.

"We need a good plan, said Zelena. Something she won't expect.

- The only way we end this curse, is to kill her, answered Gold. With her wand.

- She broke the rules of magic, she has all the powers possible, and she defeated you, remarked Emma. You can't just go in front of her with her wand, she will stop you again.

- It has to be me, understood then Neal. She won't be suspicious, if it's me.

- You can't use magic, replied Hook.

- I can, said Gold. I can change this wand into a weapon.

- You could change it into a sword ?

- Yes.

- We also need to stop her from doing magic…

- We can do it, said Snow and David."

Their faces were cold, and they had in their arms their dead son, who became a ghost. To get revenge on her would make them feel better.

"And she has to come her..."

They all turned in Zelena' direction, who just said these words, with surprise.

"She has to know that magic had been used. She will feel it, if it's the case, no ?

- I think yes.

- Well, in that case… she will come there, and Neal will be able to fight against her, and kill her without any witnesses.

- We all agree ? Asked finally Emma."

They nodded their head.

§§§§

The plan rapidly began.

Snow and Charming rapidly found the fairy, who, the smile on her lips, was leaving the jail, where Blue was, that she must saw, and maybe torture a little. A cold and evil smile appeared on the face of the two ghosts.

This woman was a monster, probably worst than everything they had to fight before this day. Even Hades was almost nothing in comparison, he, at least, had kind of a humanity.

Not her.

She chose darkness, forever. And she destroyed their life, their happy ending. The fairy killed their son, made Emma commit suicide, and almost succeeded to destroy Henry.

This day, she would pay.

And soon, her smile would be erased from her face.

Fiona was happy of her day, her "visit" to Blue Fairy, who was nothing now, had been really good for her. She was looking around her, seeing no dangers, even if magic was around her.

But after all, she was magic, it wasn't surprising that this last one was always next to her. She didn't understand what happened to her when someone put on her a bracelet that she knew too well.

There was no one with her, and if she became suspicious toward her son and thought that he was there, invisible, she already knew it wasn't possible. Her son hadn't have any magic, she knew it.

It didn't make disappear the damn bracelet she had on her arm; and she began, slowly, but surely, to panic…

She didn't hear the laugh of the two ghosts, both happy that their plan worked.

When Regina looked at her phone and saw a message from her friend, she smiled, and told the other what happened.

They all sighed with relief.

For now, everything was fine.