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"Okay, so let me get this straight. You three have been tracking Gothel ever since she attacked me? And you found out she was in Neverland, the most dangerous island in all the realms, and instead of telling us..." Robin paused as she paced her living room, trying to process all of the information that had been thrown at her the second she and Alice stumbled through the door. "You waited until we were going away for a few days and you snuck away, had a run in with Wendy Darling, found some weird stone that used to apparently be Peter Pan's eye and watched him die while he warned you to find the others before it was too late…did I get all that?"
"You missed the part where Wendy knew us by name." Alice chirped up, sending a not so happy glare at her Papa for knowingly leaving them out of the loop.
"Thank you…" The archer added, with a twinkle in her eye, that wasn't missed by Zelena and Hook. "So she's obviously working for Gothel, and now she knows that we have this little stone," Robin muttered throwing the round stone into the air gently, but before she had a chance to catch it once again, Hook stepped toward, grabbing it mid-air.
"It's not just a little stone dearie, it's a relic and a powerful one at that!" Rumpelstiltskin appeared in a puff of red smoke, startling the group.
"Nice of you to join us," Regina smirked sarcastically at the Dark One.
"I heard tale of my Father's passing and had a feeling that you were behind it." The Dark One pointed an accusing finger at the pirate, stalking his way over to him, but not for one second did he even come close to intimidating the one-handed man.
"Sorry…but we didn't bring him any harm. He gave us this and then…he kind of just exploded into a giant ball of light." Hook explained as he handed the small rock over to the Dark One, who pinched it quickly from the pirate's hand.
"He gave up his life many many years ago, when he decided to protect this," Rumple mumbled, as he took a closer look at the stone.
"So when they say, protect it with your life…they really mean it," Alice mumbled, taking Robin's hand in her own.
"I'm afraid so...and I'm afraid that if you stay on this road, all of you will lose yours!" Rumpelstiltskin warned, smiling at the affectionate couple. "Gothel is a dangerous monster, one that will stop at nothing to get what she wants!"
"But why does she need our daughters to do that? They are just two innocent girls!" Zelena spoke up, letting the worry get the better of her as she did so.
"That may be true...but she sees what you all cannot. Not yet anyway." The man winked at the blonde, recalling their previous conversation, weeks before.
"How do we stop her?" The one-handed man muttered, staring lovingly at his daughter from his place as far away as he could get. "I'm not asking for you to fight by our side! Just tell us what we need to know...if you've ever cared about Alice, please help us."
"Stop her? You can't do that dearie…but with this and its brother's and sister's." Rumpelstiltskin laughed wholeheartedly, as he held up the stone to the group. "You can weaken her enough, to trap her!"
"Pan mentioned there were others, the question is where do we find them?" Regina let out a frustrated breath, leaning back into the armchair, she was sharing Zelena.
"Well, isn't it obvious?" The Dark One chirped skipping slightly, receiving five blank stares in response. "Apparently not!" He muttered under his breath. "Gothel is like no villain we've ever come across, more wicked, eviller, even darker than the three of us."
"I mean, she's no Wicked Witch...but yeah, she's bad," Zelena smirked, earning an eye roll from the two other Mill's women.
"She out dates the Dark One curse by thousands of years. During her last rise to power before any of you were born, even the greatest evil in all the realms feared Gothel, and together they made these." The scaly man continued, ignoring the smug comment from the redhead and throwing the small stone towards the pirate.
"Little stones?" Robin commented, receiving a gentle nudge in the hips from her blonde lover.
"Relic's dearie. Eight of them to be exact, one for every member of Gothel's little coven. Each member of the council that day was given their own relic to protect, in case Gothel ever were to try and rise again." The Dark One smirked at the brunette, walking closer to the young couple.
"So where do we find these relic's?" Alice asked, feeling sick to her stomach, thinking of who her Mother was and all the havoc she had caused.
"Nobody knows exactly who was in attendance that day, so finding them is going to be difficult."
"Well, you must have some sort of an idea of where they might be." Hook jumped in, determined to find the relics and put a stop to Gothel, once and for all.
"Aye, that I do. I've narrowed it down to twelve people." With a flick of his wrist, a dirty, tattered scroll appeared. "These relic's are powerful magic, and should be handled with the same power." He hesitated in handing over the scroll to the group.
"Are you saying that you're going to help us?" Regina asked hopeful, praying that the good man inside the Dark One would shine through.
"If it gets rid of that witch…yes." The man mumbled, before smirking at the pirate.
"Thank you, Rumple…" Alice jumped up excitedly, wrapping her arms around him, as everyone in the room let out an audible gasp.
"We should head out soon, Gothel knows that we are after them and we've already one-upped her." The Dark One cleared his throat, pushing the blonde girl away from him slightly.
"Why don't we each take a name from the list?" Robin suggested as Alice retook her seat, practically on top of her.
"No, it's not safe to go after these alone. We should go in teams." Hook counterattacked, smiling shyly at the openness of his daughter's relationship with the archer.
"I agree with the pirate. Alice and I will go together, Zelena and Regina you two work well together…and Hook and Robin." Rumpelstiltskin nodded at the group waiting for any objections, and when there wasn't any he dismissed the unofficial meeting, telling everyone to get ready to head out straight away.
"Now, remember to be nice Papa! And…please watch out for her, ever since the last time…I can't help but worry every time she leaves the house!" Alice warned as she had some private time with her Papa before she had to start packing.
"Starfish, I'm not going to let anything happen to your lass. You take care of yourself too." The pirate smiled sadly at his little girl, wishing more than anything, that he could reach out and hold the frightened girl.
"I love you, Papa!" The blonde whimpered, hugging herself to keep her from running into his arms.
"I love you too Starfish..." Hook replied, choking up with emotion.
Alice stood in Robin's room, filling her bag with some spare clothes for the long journey ahead, gently she lifted up one of Robin's cream shirts similar to the one that the brunette was wearing the day they met. So much good had happened since then, Alice had found her long-lost childhood friend, and that friendship soon turned into love, she had gained new family and been on some amazing adventure's, but so much bad had happened as well, Robin almost died at the hands of her Mother and now they were all on this wild goose chase, not knowing if they would ever see one another again.
Sadly, Alice fiddled with the shirt in her hands, before thoughtfully bringing it up to her nose, inhaling her true love…the sweet smile of her shampoo, the small hint of mud and the overpowering smell of the forest. That's all she needed to survive the days…the nights, without her love, so she happily stuffed the shirt in her bag, content in knowing she was carrying a piece of the brunette with her as they parted ways.
"Hey…" Robin kicked the ground nervously as she approached the blonde, the details of the day swirling around in her head.
"Hey…I didn't think we'd be parting ways so soon." Alice smiled shyly as she practically threw herself into the brunette's arms.
"Me either…but it won't be for long." The brunette whispered into the blonde's hair, before pulling apart to kiss her sweetly. "Stay safe Tower Girl…I love you so much." Robin teared up slightly as she buried her head in the crook of the blonde's neck, wanting to remember the sweet smell of her girlfriend, in case something happened on their trip's.
"Why does this sound like a goodbye? Not a little goodbye…but a serious one." Alice mumbled, as she gently tightened the brunette's braid.
"Maybe because we are about to face some unknown super evil…and maybe it's just that the thought of even having to say those words after everything that has happened over the last few weeks is so hard for either of us." The archer stared lovingly into Alice's deep blue eyes, hating that fact that they were about to be separated once again.
"When we've stopped Gothel and the realms are at peace at last…I don't want there to be anymore goodbye's…I don't want us to be separated by anything." Alice coed sheepishly, a faint blush dancing onto her face.
"It almost sounds like you're asking me to move in with you." Robin joked as she pecked the blonde's reddening cheek. "Wait...are you?"
"Robin! It's a pretty long trek to the Jolly Roger, so we should get going." Hook called out, interrupting Alice before she had a chance to speak.
"Be right there." The archer called out nervously, still unsure of how she was going to survive a trip with Alice's father. "We'll finish this whenever we get back?" Robin nodded at the blonde, excitement buzzing inside her, as she thought of the possibility that Alice might actually want them to live together.
"Go, my Papa is waiting." Alice winked, before stealing one more kiss and whispering a sweet, 'I love you…' against her archer's lips.
Robin and Hook walked in a comfortable silence, trekking through the deep forest, making their way towards the docks where the pirate's ship rested in the harbor. Robin didn't know what to say to the man, truthfully she felt guilty, hearing his letter to Alice that day and then losing it, remembering the kind words he had written, how he had talked about family and future children, it pained the brunette that Alice would never be able to read those word's and her mind was that foggy, she wouldn't be able to do the letter justice if she was even to try and recall it.
"Alice was always the chatty one." The pirate mumbled, two hours into the journey. "She could talk for hours on end and never run out of things to say."
"I agree, but that's one of the things I love about her." Robin blushed, ducking inside her hood, to hide her face. "Being a hunter, I've had to learn to love the quiet, to embrace it…but when I'm with Alice, I never want the quiet to come."
"I'm the same love...after my heart was poisoned, my whole life when quiet, the sky seemed to dim and I was truly alone in this world." The one-handed man muttered, wiping his eye as he spoke.
"She's your light, your noise...your person." Robin finished for him, as they stopped at the top of a clearing, that looked down on a large stretch of land.
"And so much more...but, I can't hold onto her forever." Hook smiled at the girl. "When…if we find a cure for my heart, hers doesn't belong to just me anymore."
"Is this the part where you challenge me to a duel for her heart?" The brunette joked, nudging the man gently.
"No, nothing like that. This is the part where I give you a gift." He laughed at the obvious nervousness surrounding the brunette, before lifting his hook up to point at the large clearing in front of them. "I won this land in a card game just after my heart got poisoned. I planned on finding a cure, saving my little girl and then building us a house here. A place where we could always be together."
"That's beautiful…"
"Aye...here." The man pulled out a scroll from his jacket and handed it to the brunette. "I see what Rumpelstiltskin talked about...it's true love. I signed over the land to you and Alice."
"What?" Robin quickly opened the scroll on disbelief, only to find official documentation confirming what the pirate had said. "I-I don't know what to say…"
"Say you'll take care of my little girl, that you'll build her a home, keep her warm at night. Say that you'll love her no matter what, that you'll keep loving her, that one day you'll give me grandkids...say all that, but most importantly...say you'll accept my official invitation into my small family." The pirate teared up as he held his hand out to the shaking brunette, taking her hand in his with ease. "I have never seen my daughter smile so much, and I know that your Mother and Aunt are thinking the same thing about you. You two are meant to be together, and I will do everything in power to make sure that it stays that way!" Hook promised as Robin pulled him in for a bone-crushing hug, both of them releasing all the tears they had been trying to hold in.
"Alice is lucky...to have an amazing Papa like you," Robin admitted as she wiped her eyes, giggled slightly.
"I know that your Father died many years ago, but if you'll let me...I think I would make a somewhat decent Papa-in-law...unofficially of course unless you two went and got married on your little trip?" The man joked as they pulled apart, only keeping their hands joined together for a few more seconds.
"We didn't get married, but I'd happily marry her tomorrow if she'd have me." Robin blushed, as she picked up her bow, staring out once more on the land where she was going to build her and Alice's home. "And I'd be honored to have a Papa like you."
"Then it's settled...we should probably head to the Jolly Roger for real this time, let's get rid of the witch and then get to work on that house of yours, you have to build." Hook laughed wholeheartedly, as he draped his arm over the brunette's shoulder, thoroughly happy how his life was turning out. But that happiness wasn't going to last, as the pair failed to notice the evil Mother Gothel lurking in the shadows, carefully planning her next attack.