Hello, everybody! Finally comes the chapter 6! This time, its events have nothing to do as in the tv show. The whole idea was my friend's, who wanted a Danielle/Regina's centric chapter. But the chapter was very short (barely two Word pages), and it had no EF parts (which I gave him ideas about), due to his lack of inspiration. But I am at the rescue! :) I wrote the EF parts, and I completely reworked the present EF parts too. (originally, it contained no dialogues)

Disclamer: OUAT goes to Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis; SM goes to Naoko Takeuchi/Toei.

Face your fear Danielle. The Demonic Spider Queen.

Enchanted Forest, present day

The group entered the cave, and began the long (and quite annoying) journey. Danielle, who had arachnophobia, began to panic as soon as they went inside. She was constantly looking around her, in order to check that there was no spider to go down on her. And since it was an underground cave, it was obviously very dark, and it only added more anguish to Danielle. She was walking the most behind, with a shaking gait. Even though she did not really see them, the simple fact that the spiders might be crawling around was a creepy thought.

"Damn it…! I never was in presence of so many spiders in my life… and for such a long time…" – Danielle commented in a shaky tone.

"We entered the cave about five minutes only." – Mulan commented.

Danielle's heart started to beat even faster. Only five minutes? It felt like much longer for her. She then asked, insecurity and panic evident:

"Err… and how long will this hellish journey take…?"

"I don't know…" – Hook, who was "leading" them (under the threat of Mulan's sword) replied – "A couple of hours maybe?"

Danielle stopped as she heard that. How could she bear such a long time in a place like this? She almost considered to turn back, but it would be pointless. Rosalie and Emma, who observed her behavior, looked at her with worry. Emma approached and gently grabbed Danielle's wrist.

"It's okay, it's going to be alright." – she said – "We faced the Goddess of Darkness and her army twice, we defeated a dragon… it's not some spiders that will hurt us."

"She's right." – Rosalie added – "Come on, going through this is worth it. And don't forget we're on your side."

"It's easy for you to say…" – Danielle commented, as she followed her friends, her fear still not letting go of her.

The group hadn't walked a furlong, that the girl let escape a short shout.

"Aah! Look at this, it's just hanging there…!"

There was indeed a small spider hanging on its web, an inch away from her. Emma and Rosalie exchanged a look, and they grabbed her hands. Rosalie said:

"That's nothing, just walk around it…"

Danielle did as her friend said, but her eyes, full of anxiety and panic, were still locked on that small and disgusting creature. Mulan shook her head slightly and said as to herself:

"This journey is going to be very long…"

"You said it, Mulan." – Aurora said in agreement.

As the group was preoccupied with Danielle's issues (and to a lesser extent, about their mission and Cora they had to face later), they did not notice that they were followed.

Enchanted Forest

In a village, a woman named Arachne was submerging in her activity of weaving. She was the best weaver of her village, and she had lots of customers. Since winter was approaching, it was the best period for her, since everybody needed covers and blankets for them and their families. All the people acclaimed her talent. Maybe they did it too much, because more you flatter someone, more that person's ego will grow huge. And Arachne was not an exception. But besides her talent of weaving, she had another one: her magic. She was born a witch, and sometimes her power could be very useful. Arachne suddenly got interrupted, by a knock on her door. She stood up and opened it, revealing one of her neighbors.

"Can I help you?"

"Yes, it's concerning the order I picked up two days ago…" – the woman said.

"Do you have complains? My work was perfect." – Arachne replied a bit harshly.

"Of course it was no doubt of that. But… you see, you know how children are, you cannot have eyes on them constantly… Well, to say that this fabric got damaged." – the neighbor said, showing one of Arachne's works – "I thought… is there any way it could be repaired..? If it's not possible, could you please make another one? I will pay you of course, but perhaps not immediately, but…"

Before she could say something more, Arachne repaired it in a second, only by one gesture of her hand. The neighbor woman watched at it amazed, and after a moment, she said:

"Thank you very much, Arachne. You don't cease to amaze me."

"Glad to hear that." – the weaver replied, with a proud little grin.

The neighbor was about to leave, but she then turned to her and said:

"You know… you shouldn't be too… 'show off' when it comes to your magic."

Arachne glared at her, wondering what the hell she meant by that. The woman pursued:

"I mean… our queen is a witch too. You know how she is… better not taunting the devil."

Arachne only laughed a little and she replied:

"Queen Regina might be very powerful, but she's not somebody I can't rival with! I'm sure I could easily deal with her! I'm not scared of her a bit."

Meanwhile, the Evil Queen was in her castle, thinking of what she could do to put her hand on her stepdaughter, Snow White. But her thoughts got interrupted, as the Magic Mirror suddenly spoke to her.

"Your Majesty, in one of your villages, there's somebody, who…"

As he paused, Regina turned to him, and asked in an impatient way:

"What is it, mirror?"

"Well… you won't like it… a woman claimed herself be as powerful as you, if not more."

As soon as Regina heard those words, her face reddened of anger. Who dared?! She ordered to her mirror:

"Show me! Show me that pretentious being!"

The Magic Mirror obliged, and showed the image of Arachne. Regina looked at her a moment, and then she said:

"I think there's somebody who needs a good reminding of who's the boss around here!"

Enchanted Forest, present day

Emma, Rosalie, Danielle, Mulan, Hook and Aurora went deeper into the cave, as suddenly Mulan made everyone stop with a gesture.

"Is there a problem?" – Hook asked.

"Something's wrong around here…" – Mulan commented – "It became too silent, don't you think?"

"Well… we're underground, nothing abnormal." – Aurora replied.

"Yes, but at first, due to the number of spiders, we could still hear them crawling. It was a very light noise but still, there it was. Now, there's nothing."

At her words, they listened and noted that Mulan was actually right. Danielle grabbed Rosalie's arm, her anxiety growing even more. Suddenly, a spider web shot on Mulan. She didn't even have the time to use her sword to fight it (since she was still pointing it in Hook's direction), and within seconds, she was took away.

"Mulan!" – Aurora shouted after her new friend.

"Whatever it was, we must transform!" – Emma said, grabbing her brooch – "Light Crystal Power!"

"Rose Star Power!" – Rosalie shouted, holding her pen.

"Fire… Star Power…" – Danielle said, without any confidence.

As soon as they transformed, huge spiders appeared from all the sides. Danielle did not prevent her scream of terror:

"Aaaaah! Giant spiders!"

But Emma and Rosalie positioned themselves around her friend, ready to fight. And it did not take long for them to use their attacks.

"Rose Petals Twister!" – Sailor Rose shouted, hurting a couple of spiders with the magical petals.

"Light Tiara Magic!" – Sailor Light yelled on her turn, hitting a spider with her magical tiara, the only weapon she now had since Cora destroyed her wand.

But soon, they heard a man's shout:

"Argh! Good idea to have bound my wrists, really…!" – the pirate commented as he was being trapped in spider web.

Seconds later, Killian was taken away too. Emma ran in his direction and shouted:

"Hook…! I catch y…"

But she had no time to finish her sentence. Her hands and feet got quickly trapped in spider web as well. The Guardian tried to resist and tried to use her tiara once more, but the webs only tightened the grip.

"If I only had my Star Wand…" – Emma thought sad and disappointed in herself, as she was being taking away by the spiders.

Even thought Rosalie wanted to rush in Emma's direction, she knew it would be a mistake. She kept fighting the spiders, with Danielle tightening the grip on her shoulders.

"Rose Crescent Beam!"

But no matter how much spiders she could hit, more would come anyway. Then, she heard Aurora say weakly:

"Rosalie… Help…!"

Rosalie only then noticed that Aurora was defenseless against the giant spiders. Sailor Rose quickly went to her in order to protect her. But that what put the Guardian off of guard. Moments later, the mother and the daughter got caught by the webs, and taken away on their turn. Left alone, Danielle who was really scared ran for her life, trying to fly from the spiders. She ran as fast as she could until she ended up in the nest of spiders. That was where the others were tangled up. Danielle gasped, really not knowing what to do to help them. The spiders then noticed Danielle, and a wicked demoniac laugh echoed throughout the nest. Danielle looked around, trying to identify the owner of the laugh. She then said, not with much courage:

"Who's… who's there..? Show yourself…!"

As soon as the Guardian of fire asked the question, she saw something crawling down. It was the Spider Queen Arachne.

Enchanted Forest

Arachne was walking back at her home, after she bought different kinds of threads, which she would eventually use for her weaving. Suddenly, she had a collision with someone, and she dropped several of her thread packs. Arachne had a 'damn' gesture, letting escape a short growl. The old lady, who pushed Arachne, said:

"Oh, I'm sorry, girl… Let me help you with that…"

"No need, thanks." – Arachne replied a bit harshly.

After that, she used her magic to put the order to all those scattered threads. She grabbed the rearranged packs and wanted to pursue her way, but the old lady exclaimed:

"Oh, you must be Arachne…? I heard a lot about you… you're the best weaver of your village! Am I right?"

"It seems like my reputation surpasses me." – Arachne replied, clearly pleased by the compliment, not without a posture and expression of pride.

"I could not mistake you, according to all those threads you give so much importance to, and… your magic."

"Yeah, not much people have those two qualities put together." – the weaver commented.

"True, true… But do you think your magic is as great as your weaving abilities?" – the old lady asked.

"People say I am a talented person." – Arachne said – "If I good at weaving, I guess my magic has to be as much good."

"But don't you fear other people, who give less importance to things like weaving, could surpass you in magic?" – the old lady pursued.

"Like who?"

"Well, I don't know… maybe hmm… the Evil Queen?"

"Oh, come on… If she had to appear now, I wouldn't be much impressed." – Arachne commented with a small laugh.

"If you say so…" – the lady said, after what her appearance changed, revealing herself to be the Evil Queen – "… here I am!"

Arachne made a small step behind, but tried not showing any sign of surprise, not after what she just said. She stood proudly and said:

"Your Majesty, your trick was wonderful, really. But Not as surprising as expected."

"You little…" – Regina said, her anger evident – "Let's teach you some lesson!"

She used her magic to push the pretentious weaver against a tree. Arachne tried to use her own abilities, but some branches started to tangle around her, in a snake manner. The Evil Queen approached and shouted:

"Listen here, little brat! There's no other powerful witch than me in those lands! Nobody can rival with my magic skills!"

As she was saying so, Arachne was being struggled by the branches, its grip tightening every second. After a moment, Regina spoke again:

"But you know… that would be a shame to kill such a wonderful talent of weaving, don't you agree?"

At those words, Regina waved her hand, and a second later, Arachne was turned into a common small spider. Regina stared at the small creature and said:

"Isn't this great? You can weave as much as you please now!"

After that, Regina disappeared, teleporting herself to her castle. Spider Arachne thought to herself:

"Don't you think you won, Your Majesty! I still kept my magic, and now, I use it to curse your bloodline! Your descendants will spend their lives, with the fear of spiders!"

Enchanted Forest, present day

Danielle looked at the creature in front of her, very frightened. It was a giant spider, but the top part had a humanoid form. This combination made of this thing a monster, the worst nightmare for someone who feared spiders more than anything else. Danielle could not prevent her body to shake, but after some time she finally managed to ask:

"Who… who are you…?"

"You don't know who I am? What a shame… I am Arachne, the queen of spiders."

Spider Arachne approached Sailor Fire, who made a couple of steps behind, her legs almost unable to hold her whole body, and almost crying of the extreme fear she could feel at that moment. The Spider Queen stopped approaching her, and pursued:

"Today is a great day for me, because I finally met the person who made me this huge and powerful…"

"I don't understand…" – Danielle said with a shaky voice.

"You see, the reason I am that… huge and supernatural is due to your fear of spiders, which fed during fourteen years…" – Arachne said evilly – "Long years ago, when your mother, the Evil Queen, turned me into a spider, I placed a curse on her bloodline. That's the reason why you, one of the bravest people who exist, fear spiders that much."

Danielle, her fright intensifying each second, fell on her knees as she was breathing with difficulty. It was as if she was about to have a panic attack. Spider Arachne continued to walk around her, continuing to taunt the poor girl.

"Look at you, you don't even have control of yourself. How pathetic… You can do nothing to save the people my children brought to me. You'll succumb to your fear, and watch how very soon, spiders will make of your friends their lunch. And this will make you suffer."

As the spider queen was speaking, Danielle looked at her friends, imprisoned in the webs. Giant spiders were very close to them, ready to drink all their blood as their queen would give them the authorization. Danielle couldn't bear that thought. Emma and Rosalie were her friends and she could not lose them. She loved them and abandon them to that cruel fate was not something Danielle could do! Despite her fear, she slowly began to stand up. Spider Arachne looked at her with surprise, who clearly didn't expect this. Danielle said:

"You… you're a very cruel, evil creature… You tortured me during all those years… and you… you took the people I'm close to from me!"

Sailor Fire was now standing straight, her head up, facing the giant humanoid spider. The monster didn't have the time to say anything, and the girl added:

"For them, for all the people I care about, I won't be afraid anymore!"

As soon as she shouted that last sentence, something happened. A wave of magic, originating from her heart, crossed the whole Arachne's nest.

"No… that's impossible…! The curse is… broken..?!" – Arachne shouted in shock.

Danielle began to glow red, as a sign of the awakening of a new power.
"Burning Arrow!" - Danielle yelled.

She began to shoot out multiple arrow-like flames, burning almost all of the giant spiders in the room, especially those who were near their victims. Arachne couldn't believe what was happening. And while she was too taken aback from shock, Danielle pointed the next 'arrow' to her. Before she could even react, Danielle finally killed the spider queen. Then, Sailor Fire used the arrows to destroy the webs and free friends and allies out of it. Emma and Rosalie ran to their friend and hugged her.

"Thank you… thank you very much, Danielle…" – Emma said happily.

"I almost thought that it was the end for us…" – Rosalie added – "Thank you for proving us wrong."

"A little more and we would end up as a 'Bloody Mary' for spiders." – Emma said, letting all the negative feels she got those last long minutes fly away.

"We are very proud of you, Danielle." – Rosalie said with a smile – "You overcame your fear, you proved yourself stronger than the curse."

"Only because it was about you… Love is indeed the most powerful magic." – Danielle replied.

After that, she gave a quick hug to her friends, as Mulan and Aurora approached them. The Asian warrior said:

"So… you are Evil Queen's daughter…?"

Danielle looked at her, almost alarmed. She really did not want them to know, because her mother was one of the hated people in the Enchanted Forest. What would they think of her now? But Aurora said reassuring:

"It's alright… You are different from her. And thank you very much."

"You saved us from a sure death. Words are not enough to express our gratitude towards you." – Mulan added, with a slight bow.

Danielle gave them a nod in a 'you're welcome' manner. Hook then approached the girl, and he said with an oh-so-seducing smile:

"Well, well… who would have thought you had so much… fire in you. Nice job, girl."

The Captain gave her a wink, saying the latter words. Danielle kept a straight face and replied simply:

"Thank you, Captain Hook."

But as soon as Mulan positioned made Killian turn around (while pointing her sword), and that he was not facing the fire guardian anymore, Danielle could not prevent a huge smile and a blush spreading across her cheeks, from what he just said her. Danielle then noticed that Emma was staring at her with a strange glance. They continued their walk, and Rosalie grabbed Aurora's hand, as to reassure herself that she was still here. Understanding her daughter's insecurity, Aurora said:

"It's okay, Rosalie… I'm alright."

Rosalie just looked in her mother's eyes and nodded slightly. A several minutes later, the group finally got out of the cave. They were all very relieved to see the light and taste the fresh air again.

"Look there, the beanstalk I told you about." – Killian said – "See, I was not lying."

"It's almost close… we can reach it in no time." – Emma commented with relief.

"Yes, but it's already the sunset." – Mulan pointed out – "It's not safe to travel at night."

"She's right…" – Aurora added – "We should set up a camp for the night."

The three Guardians agreed and they began to do so. Once the camp was set up, Mulan sat right next to Hook, in order to constantly keep an eye on him. Aurora, Rosalie and Emma lay next to each other, and they went asleep within minutes. Danielle could not sleep, thinking about all the today's events, and about how she missed her newly-found home. Danielle just kept staring at the fire which she made with her powers, and sighed in sadness and exhaustion. She then realized that she actually lacked in sleep and really needed some rest. She took out of her pocket a mirror. Danielle noted that she indeed had dark circles under her eyes.

"Very soon, I'll sleep in a bed again…" – she thought for herself – "I really wonder what Regina could be doing right now…"

As soon as this thought crossed her mind, something unexpected happened. The mirror she was still holding showed her an image of her mother, Regina, in Storybrooke! Danielle got really surprised by this event. Before she could have any proper reaction to this, the image of Regina disappeared.

"Regina…" – Danielle whispered.

She really wanted to see her at least two more seconds. Seeing her was in the same time a joy, but sadness in the same time, because Regina was not really there. But then, a realization hit Danielle.

"Wait… Maybe… maybe I just found a way to communicate with Storybrooke..!"

A/N: Soo... What did you think of this? Reviews are always welcome. Oh, and that part when Hook compliments Danielle and how she reacts was totally my idea. ^^ (lI just ove the Emma/Hook/Danielle love triangle, hi hi.)