Chapter 12 Enemies

"You're Cora"? Arya was truly scared of the woman that the evil queen feared.

"I see you've heard about me" she said as she walked closer to Arya.

"Believe me its all bad, even coming from your daughter" Arya tried to get up but every time she tried her head hurt and she felt dizzy.

Cora laughed and said "well I wouldn't expect anything good" Cora could see that Arya was trying to get up and she said "please, dear, stop trying, your magic drained you".

Arya narrowed her eyes and said "how do you know I have magic?"

Cora grinned and said "please, the daughter of Rumpelstiltskin without magic...like that could ever happen. The question is how powerful you are?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"I want to know what power my enemies have".

"Enemies? I'm eight I haven't made an enemy of anyone yet, unless you count the evil queen".

Cora turned her back to Arya to walk around the room and without noticing Arya pressed the emergency button to alert the nurses. While Cora was walking around the room she said "A friend of my enemy is my enemy. And Rumpelstiltskin is my enemy".

Arya shook her head and said "why do you hate my papa?"

She looked at Arya and said "me and your father go way back. Eventually I will have my revenge".

Arya smiled and said "clearly you don't know how much magic my family has".

Cora laughed for a moment then said "please the only magic in you family is you, Rumpelstiltskin and that portal jumper".

"His name is Jefferson" Arya snapped. She then smiled and said "clearly you need to do more digging before you go up against us".

Cora narrowed her eyes and said "what do you mean?"

She gave Cora a cheeky grin and said "I have more power than you could ever imagine".

Cora shook her head and said "the Dark ones power is the most powerful".

"You would think so".

Cora rushed towards Arya and grabbed her neck while saying "tell me what you mean?"

The next thing both of them heard was the door slam open. Cora released Arya and looked towards the door to find the family there. Belle and Grace rushed towards Arya's side, while the men look at Cora. Rumple then said "get the hell away from my daughter".

"Hello, Rumple, how nice it is to see you".

"What do you want?" he snapped.

She shrugged her shoulders and said "nothing. I just wanted to meet the child". Cora then notice that in Rumple's hand a fire ball is forming. She was scared but put on a strong face and said "you really want to kill me in front of your child?"

He looks at Arya who looks scared and then gets rid of the fireball and said "Go, before I change my mind" with that Cora left in a puff of purple smoke. After Cora left, Rumple put a protection spell on the room so that only a few people could enter. Arya told them that Cora has been in Storybrooke for a day or two and that she said she has to learn about her enemies.

After they talked for a couple of hours, Rumple and Hatter went to the shop to gather some of Arya's things that she left there. After they entered the shop, they both saw a box on the counter. Before they opened the box Rumple said "I wondered when you'd be coming here" Hatter and Rumple both turned around to see Cora and Rumple said "I had hoped you were dead...but disappointments just apart of life, we both can agree on that".

Cora smiles and says "ow the crocodile strikes again at the little bird, and after I brought you a gift" she gestured towards the gift.

"Did you bring the antidote too?"

"Rumple, it's a peace offering".

Hatter was giving her evils then he said "peace? You don't know the meaning of the word, you'll lucky you're still alive".

"Rumple, tell your...whatever he is to you, be quiet".

Rumple shook his head and said "he is family and I will do no such thing. What I am interested in is what you want for this peace offering?"

She took a deep breath then said "my daughter...you were so clever for her to lay the curse so you could come here and didn't have to sacrifice anyone you love. You don't need her anymore, let me try to get her back and let us live".

"You really think after what you did at the hospital, I can trust you...If I do this peace deal, then you will still go after the ones I care about".

Cora shook her head and said "no. I will never come near your family and my peace offering will help you find your son".

Both Rumple and Hatter looked towards the box and then Rumple nodded to Hatter to open it. When he pulled the top off he said "is that what I think it is?"

Rumple took a deep breath then said "this will show us where Bea is, if it is real" they both turned to Cora and then Rumple said "if this is truly it".

Cora laughed for a moment then said "darling, I have no reason to cheat you".

"Anymore".

"I want you to find your son. He was the only one who loved you before you had magic and you can see that you are unhappy".

"Why do you think I'm unhappy?"

"You are happy with the people you have now but you can never be truly happy until your family is complete. To complete your family, you need your son" Hatter looked at Rumple as he knew Cora was telling the truth. Cora then took a step forward and said "so do we have a deal?"

"You stay away from my family and I wont kill you or Regina" she nodded then Rumple said "deal".

They shook hands and just before she was ready to transport out she said "and apart of our peace, I will give you a word of warning" both Hatter and Rumple had confused looks on their faces then she said "a little friend of yours is here; Captain Hook".

When she disappeared, Hatter said "who's Hook?"

He sighed then said "Hook is the pirate I told you about...the one that took Mila" Hatter nodded in understanding then they both made their way back to the hospital after they grabbed some things for Arya.