So after me saying I would give you another update I fell asleep!
I am so sorry.
So here it is, maybe a little late but here none he less.
This is my first attempt at writing from both Regina and Gold's POV, let me know what you think.
Enjoy
Regina winced as she descended the stone steps into her vault, her ribs were paining her but she ignored them and carried on, she had work to do. She needed to know what had happened back in that cave, needed to understand how she had lost her magic.
She lent heavily on the table then dug in her pocket pulling out some of the painkillers that Whale had given her, with a sigh she tipped the bottle and knocked two of the pills out into her hand and threw them down her throat, she had never had to rely on medicine before but hopefully it was just a temporary thing so she didn't dwell on it. Pulling in another breath her eyes moved up and stared around the room, where should she start?
Potions... she didn't need her magic to mix a potion and if she got it right maybe she would be able to figure out exactly what spell she and Swan had cast at that gem. She hung her head briefly annoyed at the fact that she couldn't remember what had happened and that Henry had witnessed her once again succumbing to her dark side, even if she hadn't been in control of it at the time.
She needed to make this up to Henry... hell, she needed to make this up to Emma and Hook... or Killian, God this was so messed up!
How could they have been so stupid, they had pretended to check over the map the night before they had left so why had none of them thought to check out the gem BEFORE they headed out to that damned cave?
She sighed heavily straightening herself up.
"Pull yourself together for God's Sake, you've faced much worse than this in your time. All you need to do is figure out how to reverse this and then you can get Swan and Guyliner back on track for their happy ending, how hard can that be?"
Her lip curled into a determined grimace as she strode across the stone floor to her potions cabinet, she pulled out several different bottles and got to work pulling out the silk scarf that she had been wearing the day before hoping that some of the magic remained caught in the fabric, she got so lost in what she was doing that when she finally stood back with a grin on her face it was to find that she'd been working for two hours already but she didn't care, she was beginning to find answers.
Regina knew what spells had been cast, now all she had to do was find out as much as she could about that gem stone then find the damned thing and as much as it pained her to admit it there was only one person in town who she knew that would be able to assist her.
"Rumplestiltskin" she mumbled then sighed "You better be wiling to help or I don't know what I'll do"
Regina moved quickly after that, packing away her supplies and practically marched her way to Gold's shop. Her ribs felt slightly better and she held her head high as she gave several nods of greeting to some of the residents of her town before abruptly being brought to a halt when she tried to walk through the Pawnbroker's door only to find that it was locked.
She quickly tried again to find that the door was indeed locked but she wasn't about to be stopped, the imp was probably hiding in the back room so she made her way up the alley and pushed the back door to find that it opened with no resistance. She smirked to herself, Snow was right, why did the bad guys always forget to lock the back door?
"Gold" she called out but there was no answer "Rumplestiltskin!"
But there was still no reply, where was he?
She walked her way through to the front shop but he wasn't there either. Huffing out a sigh she turned on her heals fully intent on just heading back out into the alley but on her way through the back room her eyes fell on to the large dusty book that lay on the table, she furrowed her brow.
"What's this?" she mumbled to herself as she pulled back the front cover, it just looked like an ancient volume of spells, what had Gold been doing with it now?
She flicked her way through it but her hand froze when one of her flicks led to a bunch of pages turning at once, the book settled and her eyes went wide when they fell on two holes that had been hollowed out of the pages. One was empty but the other one had a gem in it, a gem that looked quite familiar to her.
"Oh hell no" she hissed "You have got to be kidding me"
She slammed the book closed and lifted it up into her arms turning quickly to head for the door, she was just reaching into her pocket to grab her cell when there was a flurry or red smoke and Devin was suddenly standing in front of her. He seemed to jump in surprise at seeing her but when his eyes fell onto the book still clutched in her arms he gave a low growl.
"That doesn't belong to you Dearie"
Regina just about had time to realize that this was Gold and not Devin before he lifted his hand, she was suddenly flying through the air passing straight through the bead curtain and landing with a thump onto the floor in the front shop. Her vision was dipping out as she fought to stay conscious still clutching the book to her chest and the last thing she saw before she passed out was Gold standing over her, he lent in close tugging the book from her grasp and sneered.
"I really wish you hadn't done that"
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"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Rumple roared in frustration slamming his hand down on the counter before snarling "You just had to stick your nose in didn't you, couldn't keep out of it"
He huffed out a sigh, what was he supposed to do now, it wasn't like he could just dispose of her... it was Regina, people would notice but if he thought things were bad they got even worse in the next second when someone suddenly tried to come in the door. He froze, standing really still just hoping that they would leave.
"Rumple!?" Belle's voice carried through the door
He grit his teeth together and glanced down at the floor, he had to hide Regina until he had a chance to fix this... his mind was reeling, what was he going to do?
"Grandpa... are you in there?"
Henry! What on earth was he doing here?! He puffed in his cloud for a second losing his disguise before calling back.
"Hang on. Be right there"
Rumple stepped forward and whispered "I'll just need to deal with you later"
He flicked his wrist and Regina disappeared from the floor, giving a sigh he gave his coat another tug before striding over to the door and yanking it open giving his best smile.
"I wasn't expecting you back so soon Belle"
Belle, Mary-Margaret and Henry walked into the shop and he closed the door after them suddenly realizing he was still clutching the book in his hands.
"What were you doing?" Belle asked eyeing him suspiciously
Thinking on his feet he gave her a soft smile before stepping around her and walking calmly back towards the counter.
"I thought about what you said earlier and you were right Belle sooooo I was looking into our little problem. I haven't really found anything just yet but I will keep looking." he sighed dramatically as he dropped the book onto the counter and pushed it aside like he was dismissing it. He then frowned and in his most innocent voice asked Henry "Why are you here? I thought that you would want to be with the Lad"
"We're going back. Blue is going to visit soon and Grandma thought it might be a good idea to give her some space, you know so that she can try and help Killian... I mean I know you tried... and we are grateful honest we are but we need to try everything, right?"
"Of course" Rumple replied with a kind smile but inside his guts were twisting, his plan was falling to pieces. If Blue got to that boy who knows what she could find out, Belle stepped up to his side and took his arm in her's tugging it to herself and leaning in close.
"I knew you wouldn't let Henry down... let me down, you are a good man Rumple. Now, we are here to see if there are any old toys for Killian to play with"
Toys! Good God, they came for toys? But he schooled his features, he just needed to get them something then they'd leave and he could go and deal with his little Regina issue.
"I'm sure you will find something suitable and whatever it is there will be no charge, after all we cannot have a child without toys can we?"
"Wow... thanks Grandpa, you're the best" Henry cried
"That is very kind" Mary-Margaret said next giving him a look so sweet that it nearly made him sneer and yell at her to get out of his sight but he bit his tongue but the minute she looked away he rolled his eyes in disgust before turning to look at Belle by his side when she tugged him closer and kissed his cheek.
"I knew you'd come round. Thank you Rumple"
He smiled at her then tried to look busy as the others started rummaging around the shop and after what felt like forever they finally had a small collection of toys on the counter.
"Thanks Grandpa, Killian is going to love these" Henry grinned
"You're welcome" Rumple replied giving him his best courteous nod, he was getting desperate for them to leave now, he had things that he needed to do but he couldn't show it.
"Yes, thank you Mr Gold, these are just perfect" Mary-Margaret smiled again "But we really should be going, I still need to grab a few things from the store. I need to get Killian some clothes too, he's maybe getting to leave the hospital tomorrow"
"That will be..." he really didn't care and searched for the right word "nice" he finished without enthusiasm but when Belle gave him a strange look he added "Will he be staying on the good Captain's Ship?"
"I have no idea" Mary-Margaret answered as it was the first time she had thought of it, do none of these idiots think ahead?
"Well I'm sure wherever the Lad ends up he will have plenty who care for him" he added starting to walk towards the door ushering them as he went but when Belle again took up his arm as Mary-Margaret and Henry stepped out onto the street he looked to his side and asked "Are you not going too?"
She beamed at him raising her shoulders slightly "No, I thought I'd stay here and help you, I think if we work together we can have this thing figured out in no time at all"
"Wonderful idea" he deadpanned then pulled a smile to his lips before she noticed, why did the world hate him?
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Killian gave a cough into the sand as he came too, his ribs were beyond painful and every breath he took sent spikes of agony up his right side. What the hell had happened? Then he remembered and he was moving before he thought about it trying to see if Devin was still there but his body screamed at him to stop and he had no choice just falling back onto the sand and curling in on himself as his world narrowed again.
He lay like that for a few minutes, his breathing was harsh and ragged but he realized quickly that Devin had gone, if it wasn't for the pain in his chest he might have been fooled into thinking he had never been there but he knew that he had... he just didn't know how it had been possible.
He had been asking for the jewel, did he mean the gem? Killian craned his neck slightly trying to see into the pool, was the gem still there?
Why did Devin want it?
The angle was pulling on Killian's sore back and shoulder so he pulled his head back and gave another shiver bringing his arm across his stomach as he lay curled on his right side still not sure if his rumbling gut was from hunger or because he was going to be sick again.
His head still felt fuzzy and his body felt strange, he would normally have put it down to his panic attack but he had been feeling it before that happened, he didn't know how he would describe it, it was like he had extra limbs but not at the same time. He could almost feel a hand where his hook was but he knew that was stupid, even after he had first lost the limb he had never had phantom sensations, why would they start now?
After a few minutes he let his eyes roam around a bit, in his haste to get away from Devin he had managed to get himself further away from the pool of water something that he was now regretting, his mouth was so dry that his lips had started to crack. With another sigh he started trying to straighten himself out but every movement hurt pulling on all his sore bits.
"Bloody hell" he moaned but in the next second he was pulling himself over onto his other side to see better when he heard a moan from behind him, his body was screaming at him again but he managed to clamp his eyes closed and pull in some deep breaths before choking out "Who is there?"
"Hook?"
Killian's eyes popped open as Regina's voice carried through the dim light and when she suddenly sat herself up from the rubble holding her head their eyes met, she blinked hard a couple of times before gasping.
"Oh my God... there are two of you!"