"Peter Pan?" asked Nico. "I thought Gold killed him."

"Peter Pan is dead." said Peter Pan. "However, I still am alive."

"I'm confused..." said Piper.

"Peter Pan's soul and life is in the Underworld but this is a part of him that still lives, his shadow. He must have somehow left Neverland and made it to this... Shadow Place." said Regina.

"It's called the Shadow Realm." said a new cold voice. "How lovely to see you again, Regina."

"Facilier." said Regina.

"I hope that my shadow friend hasn't disturbed your visit," said Dr Facilier coming in front of her. "Pan, please leave us."

The form of a boy morphed and turned into a flying, vantablack shadow and flew out of the room.

"Pan has been quite helpful to me, he's been telling me everything about you. You may have banished me from the Enchanted Forest but my shadows keep me in touch with you."

"Look, Facilier, I have a request..." started Regina.

"Already? Ha, ha. Your Majesty, I knew you were naive but not this much. We haven't see each other in years and that's all you have to say to me?"

"Fine, how was life after your banishment?"

"Quite lonely, honestly, however the shadows kept me company. I found my way to the Dark Realm where I was tutored by the Black Fairy on dark magic and then I managed to gain the trust of the shadows to get me here: The Shadow Realm!"

"You done?" asked Nico.

"Aah, son of Hades, I presume? I met your father before."

"Different Hades."

"No, not at all. I have travelled many places during my life and the Underworld was one of them. Your Underworld."

"That's impossible..."

"Is it though? It seems you don't understand. The Shadow Realm is where all shadows with no life attached to them go. From every realm including the Land Without Magic, your world. I know many who can get me to any Underworld I please."

"Why did you need to go to my Underworld."

"Let's say... for business."

"Okay, let's get back to our topic. Enough chit chat, you are coming with us to Storybrooke." said Regina.

"And why should I?"

Regina stayed quiet.

Dr Facilier smiled and said, "Regina, you of all people should understand nothing comes without a price. You want to get to the Vault of Love to retrieve Excalibur to stop the Dark One and a new villain."

"How'd you know?" asked Piper.

"I know everything, love, it's all with the power of business."

"Enough games." shouted Regina. "What do you want?"

"What you want, Regina, the loss of Robin Hood and Daniel still haunts you. I just want you to give me a chance and I'll help you stop Rumpelstiltskin. I'll help you conquer him."

"You've tricked me before, what's stopping you from doing it again? Why should we trust you?"

"Because you really don't have a choice, I'm your only hope."

"And this time I have people to protect. I don't need you, let's go."

"Wait! I can tell you about this new villain!"

"And what about it?"

"We have a deal which you need to agree to Regina!"

"Tell me some information and I'll sign up for your deal."

"Regina!" said Nico. "We can't trust him. You mentioned about how his deals are like Gold's deals, we can't trust him to keep it."

"Unfortunately, Nico, he does have a point. We need this." said Regina.

"Yes, you do." smiled Dr Facilier and bought a contract and a quill and handed it over to Regina.

"This is going a bit too fast; information first." said Piper, charmspeaking.

"Ha, classic charmspeaking! Classic daughter of Aphrodite and, by the way, most unfortunate on what happened with your mother."

"How'd you know about that?"

"Business as I have said before."

"And how'd you avoid my charmspeak?"

"So many questions yet I can't get anything from giving it to you. Do you really think that it can affect me? I'm a magician that has been studying dark magic for years as a job and has been tutored by the most feared villains in all the lands. Maleficent, the Black Fairy, Amara-"

"Who's Amara?" asked Regina.

"Oh an ancient witch from Agrabah, she's sadly passed away quite a while back in Wonderland."

"Okay and now the info please."

"Quite hasty but fine. I do not know this villain personally but the very little information that I have on her is that she is very feared in the past. When her name was said, everyone cowered in fear."

"Oh, Gods." said Piper. "So she's a she, ancient, related to snakes and clearly very feared in the past."

"So that means she's a whole lot dangerous as well." said Regina. "What else do you know?"

"I'm afraid that's all but even with little true information, we can make theories. Who else do we know that has been feared for a long time, someone in which people cowered when they heard his name?" asked Dr Facilier.

"Gold." replied Regina.

"Correct."

"So you're indicating that Mr Gold has something to do with this?" asked Nico.

"I don't believe it actually... I don't think he even knows her. She was way before his time..."

"I don't get it." said Piper.

"Facilier here is saying that she was a Dark One, however as we all know in order for someone to become a Dark One you have to kill the previous and if she was before the time of Rumpelstiltskin, she's probably dead."

"Then how is Captain Hook, Emma Swan and Rumpelstiltskin still alive. It has been done before, it could also have been done previously." said Dr Facilier.

"It's impossible..."

"Is it though? Is it really, Regina?"