Nova's POV

I flip the sign on the door to closed and start shutting the blinds. I haven't seen Destiny since the party last night and I'm starting to get worried. I'm honestly hoping she just got drunk and lost.

I take a rag out of my apron and start wiping down tables. I hear the bell jingle behind me. "Sorry but we are closed." I state, not turning around.

"Ms. Jones, I need you to come with me."

I don't even need to turn around to see who it belongs to. "Not now Mr. Gold. De-Kailee has ran off and I have to close the store by myself."

"Ms. Jones I really,-"

"AND! I have to make more cupcakes! All in the next hour. So no, Mr. Gold, I don't think I can come with you." I slam my rag onto the table and walk behind the counter.

"Nova!" I freeze.

"What did you say?" I slowly turn around. Sure enough it was still Mr. Gold standing in the middle of my store, not Destiny doing a spot on impersonation of him. "How do you know my name?" I walk around the counter to stand in front of him. I try to put on my best "Destiny's Pissed So You Better Not Mess With Her" face.

"What are you doing with your face?" He asks, looking at me a little weirdly. I drop the face, my cheeks burning. "Do you know who I am, Nova?"

My eyes shoot open. Is this a trick question. How should I answer? Should I lie? He already remembers me for some reason. But Destiny put a spell on us… Oh my god! "Is Destiny dead?" I gasp out, my hand clutching my chest, trying to contain the pain.

"No she's not dead. At least I don't think so. There was a accident at my shop."

"Accident? Rumpelstiltskin I swear if you hurt her."

"So you do know me." He smiles.

I freeze again, realizing what I said.

"And don't worry. I didn't do anything to her. As I was saying, you have to come with me. She's in the hospital..."

"What?!"

Before he could say anything else, I rip my apron off and run out of the shop.

"Nova!" I hear him call behind me. I ignore him and continue running. My thoughts only revolved around Destiny.

I stroke Destiny's hair absentmindedly as I sit beside her in her hospital room. When I arrived with Rumpelstiltskin, I found her here, laying unconsciously on the hospital bed. My eyes welled up with tears at the sight of her.

What's going on? Why is this happening? Rumpelstiltskin was no help. He still didn't explain to me what happened to her. I peek out of the room, seeing him talking to the doctor. Was he lying about having nothing to with her accident? I look at Destiny's pale face, hoping for some movement. Come on, Destiny.

At the sound of footsteps, I look up to see Rumpelstiltskin entering the room. Ignoring him, I look back at Destiny.

"What did the doctor say?" I ask quietly.

"He said she's slipped into a coma." I stare at him. A mixture of emotions rush through me.

"A coma! What kind of accident did she have? What are you hiding from me?" I argue.

Calmly, Rumpelstiltskin closes the door. I watch him sit down on the seat on the other side of the bed. He leans forward.

"Did Destiny by chance use to own a blue diamond necklace?" He asks. Then it looks like he holds his breath for some reason.

"Yeah. She wore it like everyday back home. Then she lost it. She was devastated. I don't know why though. It's just a necklace." I shrug, not really getting why this mattered.

He nods slowly, then walks over, sitting at the end of the bed. "Well, the necklace was with me. And the person who gave it to her was a man name Killian Jones," He explains, waiting for my reaction. I stare at him in confusion.

"Why did you have the necklace? And how do you know Killian gave-, wait how do you know him?" I ask, feeling an uneasy feeling settle in my stomach.

"We have some history. I saw him getting the necklace. I knew he was giving it to someone special and after taking my wife for himself, I wanted to get my revenge. So I stole the necklace and..." He stops and takes a deep breath.

"And what?" I burst out.

"I put a sleeping curse on that necklace," He replies. I feel my face redden with rage. "I swear, I had no idea it was Destiny at the time. And I had made the curse so that it would only be triggered by Regina's curse. I tried to stop her from touching the necklace in my store but it was too late. I'm sorry, I-"

"You're sorry? When you found out about Destiny being Killian's lover, why didn't you remove that curse? Because of you, Destiny is like this! Hell, I didn't even know she had a lover!" I yell, pointing towards Destiny. I push my hair away from my face.

"I didn't know it was Destiny until she fell in my store! I told her not to touch it in case it was her! And even if I did know it was Destiny I wouldn't be able to take it off of her. In case you haven't noticed," He spread out his arms, "No magic!"

I glare at him, "You better find a way to fix her, Rumple. Not for me but for her. I know you use to be friends." I grab my jacket and walk away.

I push open the door leading outside. I can't believe it. Why didn't she tell me that Killian gave her the necklace! I wipe a tear off of my cheek and put my jacket on, zipping it up.

"Ms. Star! Ms. Star!" I look up and I see Paige running to me.

I throw my hands up, grabbing her by the shoulders, "Woah! Slow down Paige! What's the rush?"

"I found Henry! And he's asking for you. He's at the shop." She exclaims, practically jumping up and down with excitement. I wonder if I look like that? If so I'm adorable.

I smile down at her, "Thank you so much, Paige. You should come over later for some cupcakes!" She agrees and runs off. I make my way to the shop, hoping Henry is still there.

After a long ten minute walk I finally reach the Cupcake Shoppe. I throw open the front door, "Henry!?"

"Star!" I hear a yell from the display case in the far corner. I run over there spotting Henry eating his personalized cupcake with a tall blonde woman. Not worrying about the strange woman I scoop up Henry and spin him around.

"How dare you disappear, little prince! And without telling me?" I put him down and throw a hand over my heart dramatically, "I'm hurt!"

"I missed you too Star." He smile up at me. "I would have told you but it was a secret mission." He whispers.

"What mission?" I ask, eyeing the blonde.

"Star," Henry grabs my hand, "This is my mom, Emma." He exclaims, pulling me towards the blonde woman.

He looks up at her.

"Emma, this is Star. The one I was telling you about?"

I nudge his shoulder, "Oh so you talk about me huh?" I tease. I then offer my hand out. "Hi, I'm Star Jones."

She takes my hand and gives a small nod, "Emma Swan."

"Where's Kailee? I want to show her Emma!" He asks.

"Um. Henry, I need to tell you something important. Why don't you come with me to the diner? Emma can come too if she wants?" I ask, looking at Emma.

Emma shrugs.

"Sure. Besides, it'll give me a chance to get to know you more," She smiles. I smile in return.

"Cool, let's get going then."

I put off telling Henry the whole time we were at the diner. Emma said she had to find a place to sleep so I took Henry to the castle.

"Star? What's wrong?" He jumps down beside me.

"Kailee's in the Hospital, Henry." I look up at him to catch his reaction. He was surprised then angry.

"Did my mom do it? I'm going to- ugh!" He storms off.

"Henry! It wasn't your mom." I yell at him. He turns around.

"Then who did it?"

I sigh, "Henry come here." I pat the spot beside me. "I need to tell you something." Out of my duffle bag I produce a book that looks just like Henry's.

"Is that my book?" He asks, obviously confused.

"No. This is Kailee's book. And in it is her story. I'm in there too. Not as much as she is of course. But anyway. Kailee made this book so she'd remember her past."

"Wait, her story?" Henry's eyes widen in realization.

"That means, you guys are part of a fairy tale too! I knew I wasn't crazy in believing that the stories were true. But how comes you guys aren't in my book?" He asks, looking at me thoughtfully.

I shrug.

"Maybe because we weren't really known much. You could say we're like a new addition. I thought it was only right to tell you who we really are," I smile. I hand the book to him. He opens the book excitedly, tracing his hand over the pictures. He looks up at me.

"Can I borrow this?" He asks. His face glows up at the thought. I ruffled his hair.

"Sure. Just remember to give it back to me when Kailee gets better or else she'll kill me if she finds out," I laugh, imagining Destiny's typical "you did what" face. I feel my heart sink as I think about her.

"Thanks!" He hugs me tightly. He moves out of the hug before slapping his forehead.

"How can I forget! I need to meet Emma now. Operation cobra," he bursts out. He gets up.

"Operation cobra? What's that?" I get up with him.

"I'll explain later. You can come with me if you want. You'll probably be useful in our operation," He replies. Before I could say anything, he grabs my hand and runs, dragging me with him.

"Whoa, Henry, slow down!" I grin. Realizing my words aren't reaching him, I let him drag me. What is this operation cobra? I question to myself. God knows what this could be.