The Charmed Life

Summary: An arrow wielding assailant is discovered living in the Storybrooke Library. David tries to help and is met with another "friend" of his brother James as she tries to kill him. The bigger surprise is, when he meets her son. Characters David/Prince Charming, Jacqueline/Jack/Robin Hood, Emma Swan, Mary Margaret/Snow White

Ch 4

-Storybrooke-

Emma Swan ran her fingers through her hair and took deep breaths. This had been an eventful few days. She walked past the room again and looked inside. The boy…her cousin was still sitting by his mother's bed holding her hand. Her parents and Ruby were also pacing in the hallway, unsure of what to do to. Henry had gone with Neal to get food for all of them.

Every kid wished their life was a fairytale, every orphan dreamed for a family and she got both. Her parents were Snow White and Prince Charming, the evil Queen was her step-grandmother, her son was grandson of Rumpelstiltskin , and now her cousin is the son of Robin Hood. Her uncle sounded like a real jackass though. She supposed every family had one.

If Dr. Frankenstein couldn't save her then what were they going to do with the kid? She knew Henry was thrilled to have a family member that was his age, but their house was cramped enough if as it is.

She turned her head when her mother put her hand on her shoulder. "We'll figure something out. We always do" Snow White said to her daughter.

-Sherwood Forest-

She rode through the forest as fast as the wind would carry them, she did not look back there was only one thought on her mind. When she arrived she jumped off her horse while he rode on barreling into the Knight in front of them. She landed on the ground, tucked and rolled removing her sword from its scabbard as she stood up. With two hands strongly gripping the hilt she swung her sword deftly at the Knight that charged her. Robin Hood normally used a bow. But a bow would be of no use for her in this battle. The sword easily sliced through him, she didn't even look down and moved onto the next.

She had channeled her rage into an eerie calmness; each opponent was nothing but a moving target. Her mind registered them as if time had slowed down.

One the Knights sliced low with his sword, she jumped back and twisted her body to the side so he got nothing but air. One advantage of being a woman was she was quicker on her feet. She angled her swing upwards and kicked him backwards to enter the church.

The church was ravaged and gutted; the pews looked like nothing but planks of wood, all the clothes had been turned to ashes. She saw them filling up their bags with coins from the donation box in front of her. She looked up to see them struggling to remove the cross from the alter. She ran in with a battle cry holding her sword in front of her.

Marion watched as Robin Hood jumped on her horse and fled. She had no idea what was going on. Then strong arms lifted her off the ground as if she weighed nothing and she was placed on the back of a horse. She had no choice but to put her arms around the waist of the large man named Little John as he followed his leader into the forest.

When they arrived she sucked her breath in at the scene in front of her. Bodies lay still on the ground, some in armor and others in cloaks. Gold coins and small treasures littered the streets. And Robin Hood was cutting down her father's men like they a minor annoyance. She knew how to sword fight as well. Her father had always told her a sword is only a man's weapon. Her father must've never seen her then because to her the sword just looked like an extension of her arm.

The large man jumped from his horse and joined her in the fight. Marion was again surprised how quickly he moved for such a large man.

When they both disappeared inside the church, she slid of the horse and slowly made her way to the broken down doorway. She peeked inside and saw more Knights scattered on the floor.

Robin ran through the church and sucked in her breath when she saw the toothless old woman widow Boggs lying lifeless on the floor. She knelt down and placed her hand over her face and closed the old woman's eyes. She stood and went on.

She ran to him when she saw lying there. "Friar Tuck" she called out his name as she laid her hand on his chest. He was still breathing. He opened his eyes weakly and stared at her. He used whatever strength he had to point in back of him. She looked at him as her breath caught in her throat.

She ran to where he showed her, she leaned against the wardrobe and pushed aside, she dropped to the ground and felt around the boards until she found the loose one and lifted up in air. She let out a little cry when she looked inside.

Marion and Little John had joined Robin in the small room. He ran to the Friar while she watched small hands reach out of the hole in the floor and Robin lifted a small boy no more than six into her arms. "You're a mother?" Marion shouted in surprise.

Robin barely lifted her eyes at the princess as she held her son in her arms. Everything she'd done was to keep him safe. She made a deal with the devil and it would've cost her had she not run.

-Enchanted Forest-

She held her swollen belly as she kneeled slowly to ground. She had chosen this place because everything around it was dead, nothing could grow here so no one would ever look here. She began to dig in the dry dirt with her hands. She had to stop when she felt the fluttering kicks in her belly. She held her hand over her stomach and smiled. She hadn't thought much about being a mother; she was far too busy going adventures. And when she found out she was pregnant it wasn't under the best of circumstances. At the time she was only thinking about herself, her survival. But as the months passed with the child growing and moving inside her she knew she could never give her child to that monster.

When she hit something solid, she wiped the dirt away. She looked around to make sure she was alone and pulled out small wooden box. She quickly slips it into the bag on her shoulder. She fills the hole back in with dirt.

When she arrived back home, she locked her door and went over to the table. She opens the box; inside it was a green cloth bag. She pulled the string to open it and poured the contents into her palm.

He had asked her if she any magic beans. She knew he'd be able to tell if she lied, so she didn't. She told them she didn't have any, that she used them, which was true. She didn't have any on her and she did use them. However she never said she used all of them.

-Sherwood Forest-

Robin stood up, with Will holding her hand and walked back over to Friar Tuck. She knelt beside him. He looked up at her.

"They took them" he said hoarsely. "The children! He took them as payment" he said barely above a whisper.

Robin felt the anger flow through her body. "I will get them back" she told they dying man. He was fading fast. She looked down at her cloak, and then reached inside into a hidden compartment. She pulled a small bag and looked inside. She was saving it for herself if she ever ran into the imp again and needed it. But this place needed him more. She looked back at him as his eyes slowly closed. She reached over and opened his mouth and put the small mushroom in his mouth and held it closed.

A bright blue light started in his mouth then spread across his whole body, when the light went out he opened his eyes.

His eyes darted around wildly as she helped him up. Then he jumped away from her. "What is this? What did you do me?" he asked with her with fear in his eyes, inspecting the wound that was no longer there.

"I saved you" she told him.

"How?" He asked nervously, afraid of what she had done.

"Magic" she replied.

"You're a …sorceress?" he asked backing away from her.

"Me? No" she told him trying to get him to calm down. "It's a mushroom" she said to him. "From a far off land full of all kinds of wonders" She figured that was enough information, she didn't think that telling them she had gotten it by saving the life of a hookah smoking caterpillar would go over well. "You said they took the children?" she asked him while glaring at the Princess.

"Yes" Friar Tuck replied. "They said since I couldn't pay the taxes, he'd take the children"

Robin noticed that he kept slowly backing away from her. She sighed, he'd get over it. "We'll need to find a way into the castle" She said thinking out loud.

"I might know a way" Marion said to them. They all turned to look at her. "My father took the children so he could sell them as slaves." She continued after receiving horrified looks from the three of them. "My father will throw a ball, where he'll invite the richest in the land to attend. Then the next day he will sell the children to them. During the ball most of the castle will be distracted, he'll only leave a few guards with the children."

"When will the King throw this ball?" Robin asked her. She didn't want to leave the children locked in cells for very long.

"If I know my father, in a few days" she replied.

"Good, then that is when we rescue the children" she said looking at Little John.

"So what is the plan, then?" Marion asked.

Robin turned to look at the princess who probably thought it some grand adventure to be a part of heist, a heist to rescue orphaned children from a mad king. Although she had to admit she was impressed that she still held her head high after having to sleep outside on the ground and not have servants attending to her every need. But she was still naïve and unaccustomed to their way of life, especially in her pink frilly dress. She also figured she took after her mother because she looked nothing like her father. She was very beautiful and regal while he was rough and rotund. "It is better you do not know, Princess" she told her. She didn't know if she could trust her with everything. "It's better if your father asks, that you know very little"

-Storybrooke-

David stood in the room looking at his young nephew and his twin brother's paramour. He had never met James; their mother had given him up at birth. And from what he's heard from people that had met him, he wasn't that great of a guy. However he did have questions about him and she might be the only that one that could answer them. He sighed and walked quietly out of the room.

Snow smiled at him as she approached them. "How is he?" she asked concerned. This world was so different than the one they were from. They were his family but they had never met and it would be a lot scarier for a young boy that didn't know anyone.

"He's just sitting there by her bedside" David answered. He didn't know what to say him and judging by him not having any kind of reaction to him means he never met his father, which for now was a good thing since he didn't hate him. He was just stranger that his mother thought she knew.

Suddenly they heard a loud crash and Dr. Whale flew through the closed door of Rumpelstiltskin's room. Ruby ran over to him while the other's stared in shock at what had transpired.

Neal was telling Henry about one of his adventures in Neverland when they heard a crashing sound. They both took off running. They saw the doctor land on the other side of the hallway and hit the wall with a loud thud.

Neal handed the bag of food to Henry and ran into his father's room. He felt the others follow him in. Rumpelstiltskin stood there dusting off his clothes and limping to get his cane that was lying on one of the chairs. "Was that really necessary?" Neal asked him as he looked out the door and saw woman that ran to him, slowly helping stand up.

"You have not seen what that man has done" Rumpelstiltskin told his son. "I have"

"I meant was it necessary to throw him out of the room like that" Neal clarified for his father. His father still cared very little for anyone that didn't matter to him.

"I thought he was trying to kill me" Rumble said in tone trying to convey that he didn't know any better.

"He was trying to save you" Neal replied.

"How was I to know that" Rumble responded

Neal shook his head. "All these years and you haven't changed" Neal said to him and turned to walk out the door.

"Bae!" Rumpelstiltskin called out after him

Neal turned around to face him. "My father may have been a coward that couldn't turn people that bullied us into slugs or heal my injuries when I got hurt, but that man was kind and caring. That man was my father." He told him then looked at him disgusted "I don't even know what you are" he finished then walked out of the room.

"Bae" Rumble said hobbling out of the room after him. "Bae, please. How can I make things right" he all but begged. "Tell me what I need to do. I'll do anything to get you back"

Neal sighed; his father still didn't get it. It wasn't about doing anything for him, he needed to do something for someone else and not expect something in return. "What you need to do, Papa" He began. "Is show me you want to change, to be a better person." Neal looked around the hospital. "Save her" he said pointing to room with the comatose woman.

Tbc…