Chapter 8 Danger

From the looks on everyone's faces, Belle knew that Arya had told them. Belle was breathing heavily and tried to get passed the group to get away from the blue fairy. Snow felt sorry that her closest friend was scared, so she said "Belle, no one is going to hurt Arya".

Belle shook her head and said "Snow, you can't be sure of that".

"Yes I can be". Snow turned to the blue fairy and said "no one touches this child. Do you understand me?"

The blue fairy lifted her head up high and said "I'm sorry, Snow, but I have to" Belle tightened her grip on Arya "the child is already surrounded by dark magic. If she learns it she could destroy the world".

Emma stepped in front of Belle and looked at the blue fairy "you are not killing any kid".

"This is none of your concern, Emma. You were not raised in our land; you don't know the damage dark magic can do".

"No I don't But I know Arya" Emma looked at her and Arya nodded to say that was her name. "Arya in this world is a good kid and although her father is evil. She will not be".

"Emma, your judgement is wrong. You do not know of the dark one, he will corrupt her".

Arya had anger in her eyes and she said "stop talking about my papa like that. Everything he does, he does for a reason and to me he is not evil".

Snow looked at Arya and said "we're not saying he's evil. We're saying that he has made some bad choices".

"But never towards his family" she looked around the group and said "you all judge him over his past but if you look at it...he has helped some of you. Snow, you and charming wouldn't even be together if it weren't for my father. Emma would have never of been born neither would Henry".

The blue fairy narrowed her eyes and said "we are not talking about his fait, we are talking about yours. You are a Ketsia you must be destroyed".

"I don't think so dearie" the entire group turned to find Rumple and Hatter standing behind them. Belle had a smile on her face as the men walked towards them.

As they were stood in front of Belle and the girls, Hatter said "do my ears deceive me or did you just say you wanted to hurt someone in our family".

The blue fairy looked at the floor then back up to them and said "The child is a Ketsia, she must be destroyed".

Rumple took a step forward and had a murderous look in his eyes. He said "no one touches my family" he pointed to the blue fairy and said "if you touch a single strand of hair on Arya's head, I will kill you". Rumple held out his hand for Belle to take and as she and the girls walked over to him he placed his hand on her waist. Hatter picked Grace up and Arya walked in the middle of her parents.

As they started walking, Arya looked back at Henry over her solder and he mouthed "I'm sorry" Arya nodded her head continued to walk.

After they took a few steps, they were engulfed in purple smoke; Rumple had transported the family home. As the smoke cleared, Henry looked around the group and said "she's not gonna get hurt, is she?"

Emma pulled her son in an embrace and said "she'll be alright kid". She looked at Snow and she nodded with a smile.

At Rumples home, they had just transported in and when the smoke cleared, Arya ran upstairs without a word. They all heard the bedroom door slam and they looked at Grace. Belle said "Grace, what happened before I got there?"

Grace looked to the floor and said "I think you should ask Arya". Before anyone could ask her to tell them she ran upstairs to the bedroom. All the adults looked at each other and only imagined the worse.

As Grace entered the room, she noticed Arya on the floor with her back against the wall crying. Grace sat next to her and embraced her friend. Grace had her chin on Arya's head and she said "they won't hurt you. I already promised they wouldn't".

Arya didn't say anything, she just cried in Grace's arms. Grace was building up rage; she didn't like to see her family up set, especially Arya because she was her best friend. Every moment that Arya cried, Grace tightened her grip on her, comforting her to tell her that she was here and she wasn't alone.

Downstairs, all the adults could hear Arya crying and Belle and Rumple were stood at the bottom of the stairs ready to go up. Hatter was sat on the couch and when he saw what Belle and Rumple were about to do, he said "you shouldn't go up there you know" Belle and Rumple looked at him. "If you go up there, she will try and act strong for you guys. Just let her be with Grace for now. When she is ready, she will talk to you".

Belle shook her head "my child is hurting and you expect me to do nothing about it".

Hatter stood and walked over to them and said "no. I expect you to be there for her when she is ready to talk. Just give her some time".

Hatter made his way to the kitchen to make something to eat. While he was in the kitchen, Rumple embraced Belle but she cried into his shoulder. She said "Rumple, what are we going to do? The town knows".

"Shh" he tried to calm her down "I will do everything in my power to make sure that this family is safe. You know I will". As he said it anger rushed through him as he was thinking what the blue fairy must have done to make Arya so upset.

For the next few days, Arya stayed in her room and when she was hungry, Grace would get her food. They heard Arya crying sometimes and all they wanted to do was hold her and tell her that everything was going to be okay but they couldn't. They had remembered what Hatter said about giving her space and that is what they did. After five days of not seeing their daughter, Belle and Rumple were at breaking point. They woke up one morning and after breakfast they had enough, they went to walk up the stairs but froze when they saw Arya walking down.

She was pale like she had been having trouble sleeping. She walked up to Rumple and Belle and as she stood in front of them Belle pulled her into an embrace and as she did it she took in Arya's scent. When they pulled away, both Belle and Arya had smiled on their faces but they both had tears in their eyes. Rumple stroked Arya's cheek and then pulled her into an embrace.