All the magic (OUAT Peter Pan)

Chapter 73: How Fast Things Change

"The fuck just happened?" Hope asked as Cora transported Emma, Bae, and her into the forest. No no no. We can't be out here. Papa needs us, he is not going to die alone. He isn't gonna die. Her thoughts raced as she wiped the tears off her face.

Bae quickly ran up to her. "Mom, deep breath. You can take us back. Just think about where you wanna go. Picture it in your head. Let's go save our Papa."

She nodded and took a breath. Now wasn't the moment for tears. "To the shop," She whispered as she flicked her wrist and they all appeared outside the shop.

"Regina! Stop!" Mary Margaret screamed from inside the shop. Everyone ran inside to see something no one expected. Rumple was standing as good as new, Mary Margaret and David looked shocked, and worst of all, Regina was sobbing on the floor, holding Cora's body in her arms.

Regina glared at Mary Margaret with a furious rage. "You did this."

Hope carefully took a step towards Regina. Once she saw Regina was so focused on Mary Margaret, she hugged her. "I'm sorry," she mumbled.

"No, you're not. None of you are," she snapped. "You all wanted my mother dead. You got your wish. I'm coming for you," Regina promised Mary Margaret as she dissipated with her mother's body in a cloud of purple smoke.

Bae looked at Rumple. "You're not dying anymore?"

"No, son. I'm not. I'm practically back from the dead," He responded with a slightly smug look on his face.

Emma crossed her arms. "You looked pretty damn dead to me. How did you manage that one?"

Hope shook her head seeing the conversation was going to turn south. "Bae, we should get Papa home. He needs to rest. Come on, you can crash with us for a few days."

"Just a few days. For you." he told her as Hope made the three of them appear back at the house.

Rumple shook his head. "I don't need to rest Princess, I'm fine. Good as new, well so to say. I'm a lot of things; good isn't exactly one of them."

"So how did you manage your magical recovery?" Bae asked him, crossing his arms.

"With a little help from an old trick and Mary Margaret," he explained.

Hope knit her brows. "Mary Margaret? What did she do?"

Rumple sat down on the sofa as Bae and Hope each sat in a chair. He explained how the magical candle worked and how Mary Margaret tricked Regina into putting the heart in Cora. Trading Cora's life for Rumple's.

"Well, that's one way to kill two birds with one stone," Bae mumbled.

"Baelfire!" Hope snapped at him in her motherly voice. She took a deep breath and sighed. "You know that is awful. How would you feel, if someone tricked you into killing me to save someone you didn't like?"

"Calm down you two," Rumple told them. "I'm saved now, and we are under one roof now, as a family."

"I'm not here for you," Bae grumbled. "I'm here for Mom."

Hope sighed. "Sounds like one happy family alright. Papa, you should go rest, I don't care how good you feel. You almost died today. Bae, I'll help you find a room." She told her son as they walked around the house.

Once they found him a room they sat on the bed together. "Now that it's just us and things are alright with Papa, how are you here?" Hope asked him. "How are you all grown up? You left Neverland, our home."

Bae nodded as he started explaining. "Lots has changed on Neverland since you were taken. It got darker, like the whole island was sad you were gone. Pan and the Lost Boys, myself included, were so worried about you. The day you left the throne he made you closed up. All the flowers turned into buds. Over the years they began to wilt, turning gray. Everyone was really scared that you were dying. Pan was crazy worried. He told us the first night he made you a promise. He would play you singing the song with water from the memory pool."