*Present Day*
"You gonna be okay?" David asked, walking over to Dream before she got into the car. Hook had the passenger door open, and she was leaning on top of Dream's car.
"Yeah... I just hope my mom knows what she is doing..." Dream sighed, looking between the Charmings as Neal stood to the side with Hook.
"She does, Dream. She'll be alright." Mary Margaret gave her a small smile.
"I hope you're right, Mary Margaret." Dream sighed before noticing someone walking down the sidewalk towards Granny's in their direction. "Is that--" Dream went to ask before smiling and walking closer to the two figures walking closer to the group.
"Dream?" Hook and Neal questioned before the two came into eyesight.
"Livy?" Dream asked with a small smile, hugging the younger girl who was walking with a guy.
"Dreamy!" 'Livy' exclaimed, running to hug Dream.
"Who's that?" Hook asked as Mary Margaret and David looked back at him and Neal.
"That's Mr. Arthur Wells... He's the science teacher at the school." Mary Margaret said to them. "He used to go by Professor Archimedes Q. Porter in our world." She added while Neal furrowed his brows.
"You mean the guy from Tarazan? Jane's father?" Neal asked as David nodded.
"Yeah... That must be Jane." David said, looking at the young girl, who was a few years younger than Henry.
"She goes by Olivia in this world. She's a really sweet kid. Very smart." Mary Margaret smiled.
"How does Dream know them?" Hook asked, watching Dream hug this Arthur guy.
"Dream used to babysit Olivia on the weekends since Arthur was behind payments during the curse and had to pick up shifts outside of school hours to try and pay the bills. Dream did it for free to help him out." Mary Margaret explained, looking at Hook.
"And his wife?" Hook asked, clenching his jaw with a hint of jealousy.
"Died before the curse... He doesn't talk much about it."
"Convenient." Hook mumbled to himself since he tended to get overly jealous sometimes.
Meanwhile, Regina waited at the library while the wind began to get harsher. She looked over to the side, seeing Emma hiding off to the side in her father's truck. The two women heard an engine revving when they saw a vehicle approaching with the lights on. It was Cruella's car.
Regina stood up straighter but furrowed her brows when she saw that no one was in the car. The door opened like magic as Regina leaned forward to not see anyone. Then, the passenger door opened the same way.
"Ready to take a drive?"
Regina turned to Maleficent's voice as she suddenly appeared next to her. She let out a small scoff, smirking at her old friend. "You want me to get in that?" She asked with a slight chuckle.
"Cruella enchanted it to drive itself, or you could take the wheel if you prefer." Maleficent said as Regina looked back at the car.
"Yes, I'd very much prefer... Too many memories about trying to teach my daughter how to drive. It's a good thing I was the mayor... and that this town was cursed, so no one could say anything about the busted mailboxes and the destroyed stop signs." Regina chuckled a bit while Maleficent smiled a bit.
"Can't wait to finally meet her... And your little grandbabies." Maleficent smiled at her, recalling when she first met Regina, who was still grieving her first love, Daniel, and wanting her revenge on Snow White.
"Let's discuss one thing first... Where are the other two?" Regina asked, not wanting to happily welcome Maleficent into her home around her children and grandchildren.
"Don't worry about them. It's just you and me tonight, like old times." Maleficent smirked as Regina led the way to the enchanted car.
A little bit later.
"You have to try some of this cake. It's delicious." Belle smiled as Will Scarlet looked at the chocolate cake on the table in front of them.
"Well, look at which two survivors found a dinghy together." Hook said, scooting in the booth next to Will Scarlet, who seemed a little timid as Belle looked a bit annoyed. "I do hope I'm not interrupting..."
"Uh, Killian, this is-- This is Will." Belle tried to introduce being nice to Hook because of Dream, who was still, technically, her stepdaughter. "Have the two of you met?" She asked, furrowing her brows.
"That we have, yeah." Will sighed.
"Ah..." Belle sighed.
"Now, before you give in to your pugilistic urges, let's take this outside away from the lady, shall we?" Will asked, trying to keep his composure since their meetings ended up with Will getting knocked out. By Hook... Or Hook's wife.
"And you clearly don't get along..." Belle sighed, looking between them.
"As much as I'd enjoy blooding you again, I'm here for Belle. We need to talk in private."
"And no one knows what these three witches want Regina to help them steal?" Belle asked, trying to understand what Hook was telling her as they went to the kitchen to talk.
"Not for sure. But they're powerful witches seeking more power, and who's more powerful than the Dark One? His dagger -- it's still in town, isn't it?"
"Why do you think they're after it?" Belle furrowed her brows.
"What better way to find the Author than by getting the Dark One to do it for you?" Hook asked her when Belle sighed.
"But how? Isn't it useless as long as he's outside of Storybrooke? And Dream enchanted it with blood magic to find it... Remember, she nearly killed herself over it?" Belle sighed as Hook furrowed his brows, seeming to forget that detail.
"Unless they found a way to lure him back." Hook suggested.
"Any one of them could control him. Or even worse -- use the dagger to kill him and become the Dark One herself." Belle sighed, revealing her biggest fear.
"No. We won't let that happen." Hook shook his head. "I assume you hid the dagger somewhere safe."
"Yeah, of course." Belle nodded.
"Then, let's move it."
"What?" Belle asked him with furrowed brows.
"They knew him on the outside. They may have gleaned much about you and where you might hide something. We have to put it somewhere they would never think to look... That's if you can override Dream's enchantment."
"But where?" Belle asked him.
"Don't worry about that. If you want to bury treasure where no one could find it, leave it to a pirate." Hook said as Belle nodded. "And is there a way to use the blood magic without Dream? You know, with it being such a sensitive subject..." He tried to clarify.
"She enchanted my wedding ring. As long as I wear it, it will have the same effect as using blood magic." Belle said as Hook nodded.
"Then, where is it?" He asked, seeing that she was not wearing any rings.
"I'll have to get it. I... I put it away because of Will, you know..."
"Ah."
~season 4, episode 15: "Enter the Dragon"~
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