Always Together [OUAT || Swan Princess Trio #6]

2 - The Saviours

Calliope's Dream World...

Mr Gold was walking around Callie's dream world with Morpheus being him as he spotted the Castle Olympus in the distance, "Ah. Here we are," Morpheus said.

"A castle. Why would Callie want to dream about this place? Why are we in Olympus?" Mr Gold asked.

"Usually, our dreams pick us, not the other way around, unless you are trying to find out the truth about who you are... Callie... Or Calliope, is from Mount Olympus," Morpheus said.

"What?" Mr Gold said.

"Wait for it," Morpheus said.

"CALLIOPE!" A man yelled.

"I HATE YOU!" Calliope yelled.

"Time you met your father-in-law," Morpheus said.

Inside the castle, Calliope stood opposite Zeus with her arms folded, "I have to what? Relive my life to what?" Calliope said as Mr Gold and Morpheus walked in.

"To find the Dark One. Guide him," Zeus said.

"That's crap, it's never gonna work. I'm the Muse of Epic Poetry, not a guide to the light," Calliope said.

"You're my daughter. You will do as I say," Zeus said.

"You called me back from the human realm, where I was doing my job to change it? Who does that?" Calliope asked.

"I do. I do that and you will do as I say," Zeus said.

"Why me?!" Calliope said.

"It's prophesied, Callie! You will be the Muse of Epic Poetry, but you are so much more," Zeus said.

"Cut the crap, father! You're annoying me," Calliope said.

"Watch your mouth... I'm going to allow you to cool off then we'll talk," Zeus said and walked off.

Calliope sighed as she turned around, saw Mr Gold and gasped, "Rumpelstiltskin... You... You shouldn't be here. Why are you here? Oh, hell no, father!" Calliope said and she walked away.

As Calliope left, Mr Gold looked at his reflection in the mirror and saw his old self in the reflection... He was about to go after Calliope when Morpheus stopped him, "Let her go. She's lost in the dream. In her mind, she's still just a muse, Zeus's daughter, and you're the Dark One," He smiled, "It's fascinating, isn't it... To learn how people really see you? To see Calliope truthfully," Morpheus said.

"It doesn't matter. I'll find a way to wake her," Mr Gold said.

"I'm afraid time is a luxury you do not have," An hourglass appeared in his hand, "The sands that allow passage to Calliope's dream will not last forever. If you do not wake Callie within one hour, she will return to the red room of the sleeping curse... A most horrid, fiery fate. And this time, she will remain there forever. So I would hurry up if I were you... If you love her," Morpheus said.

"Of course I love her! That's how I'm gonna get her out of here. I'll make her fall in love with me again," Mr Gold looked around and saw everything was bright and bars were on the windows, "Look, I know my castle wasn't exactly cheery, but it was real unlike this place," Mr Gold said.

"To Calliope, this is real. This was her home. This castle... She hated it... Yours... It was hers. So in her dream, it's the prison... Her prison," Morpheus said.

"My castle was the place where we fell in love. If I can just recreate that moment..." Mr Gold said and he snapped his fingers, the appearance of the main room of the Dark Castle.