(Hi! Back again with another chapter. Before I continue I would like to thank the people who posted a review for the last chapter.
baratta.jennifer: I am glad you liked it and you weren't confused, because I was the one who wrote the chapter and it even confused me!
PopPotter777: Sorry about Snow. Maybe you would be kind of okay with me killing Charming, but I wouldn't. I like Snow, don't get me wrong, but I like David more. Hopefully, this chapter will make you all realize maybe this isn't the end of Snowing.
This is kind of a slower chapter, but after all the craziness from the last one, I thought it would have to be. So please bear with me and keep reviewing!)
David just continued to hold his dead wife close to him, as tears kept falling down his face. In that moment, he couldn't hear nor see anything else but her beauty which had been taken from the world. They were never going to share a meal again, he would never fall asleep listening to her beautiful and calm voice, he wouldn't be able to say 'I love you' anymore. He wouldn't even be able to argue with her again. They didn't usually argue many times, but in that moment, he would have given anything just to be able to argue with her, and then end up saying she was right even though she clearly wasn't. He would have given anything to say 'goodbye' to say 'thank you' or even 'I'm sorry' for no special reason. But he knew that was never going to happen, and that was all because of Lily and her boss, Adda.In the moment he realized that tears no longer fell from his eyes, as he started to look angry at everyone around him, trying to spot any of the two. But everyone from Adda's team was gone. How convenient.
"David! I am so sorry, but she is gone" David looked up and saw Regina, who was also in tears. She put her hand on his shoulder, trying to comfort him, but she knew there was no comforting David in that moment. She had been through that same exact situation, and not only once. She was one of the only people there who could actually understand what he was going through.
David slowly put Snow's head on the floor again, got up and looked at Regina. The rage in his eyes were impossible to overlook. But even if someone dodged those angry blue eyes, they would realize how mad he was by his tone of voice. "Adda. Where is he?"
Regina continued to look at him, as she realized he had passed from heartbroken to angry, and if he was anything like her, that anger would only grow more and more. "They're gone, but David look at me" she said putting herself in front of him "we are going to defeat them. All of them. But we have to be smart about it. We can't let anger like this get in our heads."
David looked around, finally remembering his daughter, trying to see how she was dealing with all that, but he couldn't see her. All he saw was Hook who was kneeling on the floor next to nothing. "Hook!" He called, walking to him "where's Emma?"
Hook was still in shock about what had just happened. Emma was there right in from of him a minute ago, but then she just disappeared. Right when he was about to catch her. Hook got up slowly and looked at David. "I... I don't know, mate. She was here, right in front of me but then she disappeared. It was Cruella. She did something go her."
David looked at his son in law, shocked. Wasn't it enough they took his wife from him? They had to take his daughter too? Someone really had to pay for what had just happened. In fact, David was going to make sure they all suffered for that.
"Wherever she is" Rumple said, walking to them "we can find her. I just need something of hers but I assume that won't be a problem." Hook shook his head. Their house was filled with things which belonged to her. That would definitely not be a problem. "We need to go then" Rumple continued "the sooner we get to work, the sooner we can put this behind us."
"Rumple!" Regina said walking to him. Then she lowered her voice. "David just lost his wife. Give him a minute."
"Time is a luxury we don't have, Regina." He said in a normal tone, wanting David to hear it. "I'm sorry about your wife, I truly am, but do you think the villains will take some time to mourn her too? No. Right now they are working on step 2 of their sick plan to take us all down and gain control over Storybrooke. Every moment we spend here doing nothing, is a moment we are not trying to take them down. For Snow."
David nodded. He completely agreed with everyone Rumple had just said. They had to stop those vicious villains, and they had to do it as soon as possible. When he saw Regina was about to talk, probably to say he still needed more time, David interrupted her. "He's right Regina. We can't stay here. We need to find Emma. Can we get out of here?" He asked, turning to Rumple.Rumple nodded, and with a wave of his hand they were all standing outside Regina's mansion. "Snow's body is in the vault" he said "I figured you wouldn't want Henry to see it." Charming nodded softly, and after Rumple removed the protection spell, he entered the house where he found Henry and Belle waiting in the kitchen.
"How was it?" Henry asked running towards them. He and Belle had just put the babies to sleep, but they knew they would never be able to follow their example. At least not until they all arrived from the battle. He looked outside and, aside from David, he saw only Regina, Hook and Rumple. "Where's Emma and Snow?"
"Cruella did something to Emma" Regina said before someone else could say anything. "She disappeared and we will now try go find her."
"What about grandma?" He asked, and when he saw Regina wasn't going to answer, he looked at David.
David looked back at his grandson and at his eyes still filled with hope, that hope which always refused to die out. Poor kid. He had lost his father, then Robin, and now his grandmother. Looking at him, David started crying again. He knew he would never be able to say those words, those terrible words, because that would make it all real, and in his head that could still be a dream. A dream he hoped wouldn't last much longer. A dream he hoped he would wake up from real soon. Still looking at his grandson, who was started to realize what had happened, David simply shook his head, as more tears started to fall from his eyes.
"Wha..." Henry tried to say, but the shock from everything which had happened left him speechless. Could she really be...? Snow White? "You mean...?" He tried to ask again, as tears started to fall down his face. When David nodded, Henry rushed to hug him, making David almost fall.
David put his arms around his grandson as more and more tears kept falling, and as he could feel the warmth of Henry's tears through his shirt. It may not be much, but hugging Henry, and knowing he shared his pain made him feel a little bit better. Made him feel like he wasn't alone. Of course Regina was also sad about Snow, but it was different with her. But not with Henry.
As impossible as it may seem, seeing that picture of grandfather and grandson hugging and sharing their pain, made tears start forming in Rumple's eyes. He didn't want to start crying too, so he signaled Hook, telling him to go after him, and they both left the room, ready to go make the locater spell.
Seeing Rumple and Hook were gone, David walked to Regina, still with Henry close to him. "Take us to your vault." He said in a determined tone.
"David, I don't think that is a good idea..." She started.
"I wasn't asking." Charming interrupted her, screaming. He wanted to see his wife again, and he had something to tell Regina. Something he didn't want anyone else to hear. He pulled Henry away and started talking to him. "Henry" he said, in a calmer way "I need you to stay here with Belle for a little longer. We will be right back."
"No. I wanna go with you guys." There he was, about to be sidelined again. About to be lied to and for people to continue hiding things from him. He was tired of all that. Tired to be called and seen as merely a kid.
"This isn't up for debate, Henry. You're gonna stay here." Charming said starting to feel agitated again. Henry took a few steps back and David turned to Regina, who waved her hand and puffed them both to her vault, where they found Snow's body lying on a coffin.
Seeing his wife again just made David more angry and more bloodthirst. Just made him want to make someone pay even more than he did before. "I want you to do a preservation spell to her body. Like you did with Daniel."
"A preservation spell? Why? David, I'm sorry, but we need to bury her. So she can be put to rest." Regina could understand his pain, understand why he would want to her to do that. She spent years visiting Daniel every day, and that preserved his body in a way that felt he was just sleeping. She didn't realize it at the time, but in that moment she knew that every time she went to visit her dead lover, her pain only grew, because that was a sleep he would never wake up from."Yeah? What about me? How can I rest after this? How can I just live my life without the one person who was always there for me, always stood by me from the moment we met. How can I ever find piece?" He made a small pause and continued before Regina could interrupt him. "But maybe she doesn't have to rest, and maybe I don't have to be heartbroken. Adda managed to bring back all those terrible people. Which means, he can also bring back my wife. I'm going to make sure he does."
"David, you're not making any sense. Why would Adda ever help us? Why would he bring her back if it was probably his idea to kill her in the first place? David, this is a bad idea and I feel like all you will get out of it is get yourself killed." Regina sighed. She understood he had hope of bringing her back, but she knew Adda would never help them even if his life depended on it.
"I am going to try this Regina, with or without your help. And if it gets me killed, then I'll go join her and we can be both together anyway. I just feel like if I don't try to do this, then I will find myself wanting to kill them all, to seek revenge on her and that... that is something she would she would never agree with. And I'd hate to become something which would make my wife disappointed."
"David..." Regina replied, but she couldn't finish. She was glad he realized seeking revenge was an empty pursuit and one which would just lead to more heartbreak, but his idea was crazy.
"Regina, please!" He said approaching her and grabbing her hands. "Please. At least let me try. When all this is over and if she isn't back, then we'll make her a funeral and bury her. But I can't just do nothing and be okay with it. Please!" He begged her, as tears started forming in his eyes again.
"Fine." Regina said sighing. She walked towards Snow and quickly put a preservation spell on her body. "You don't have to do this alone." She said turning go him again. "I'll help you and I am sure the others will want to help too. But now we should go help them find Emma."
David nodded. He always knew finding Emma was a priority, because with her it would be much easier to defeat Adda and force him to bring Snow back. He simply didn't want his wife to continue to rot. With a wave of her hand, Regina puffed them back to her house, where everyone was ready go find the savior.