"Now, you know what you have to do." Gold said as he walked with Maleficent as Cruella and Regina walked in front of them.
"Quite well. The question is, do you?"
"Our deal was that you were gonna help me find the Author and our happiness would be secured." Gold said with a slight scoff.
"Well, I'm altering the deal. Because, let's face it, you need that page from the book to get the Author. And to do that, you need me..." Maleficent began to say as Gold scoffed out a small chuckle.
"Do I?" He asked with a sarcastic tone.
"I just put the town to sleep. I'm useful. And we all know Cruella and Ursula were a means to an end... Me. That's why you haven't shed one tear over our tentacled friend's departure. Because you have me. And to have me means you have to give me what I want. It's oh, so simple." Maleficent said as Gold did not react or deny what she was saying. "I need to know what happened to my child, after those two heroes got rid of it. I need to know its fate. In return, I will get us both the Author. We'll get you the page, and once I know what they really did to my child. Those heroes will pay." Maleficent said as she stopped, causing Gold to look at her.
"Mary Margaret." David sighed, following after his wife. "Mary Margaret! Are you okay?" He asked with another sigh as she kept walking.
"No, I'm not." She stopped to look at him, finally. "We made a vow, David, to be good... And ever since Cruella and Ursula arrived we've done nothing but lie." Mary Margaret sighed.
"They want to turn Emma or Dream dark. Or probably both." David exclaimed.
"I know. And if we're not careful, we're going to help them." She sighed out of guilt and frustration, before looking behind David. "David, look." She sighed, seeing the sleeping people outside of Granny's.
They walked over to see that everyone inside of Granny's were asleep too.
"They're all asleep." Mary Margaret sighed, stating the obvious.
"Why aren't we?" David asked, looking around in concern.
"Maybe because we're immune. We've both been under a sleeping curse." She sighed, looking at him.
"But Emma hasn't..." He said out of fear, before they ran out of the diner.
Meanwhile, Dream was pushing the stroller to Aurora's as Henry held on tightly to his book.
"Where are we going? We should hurry to the Sorcerer's mansion, Dreamy..." Henry sighed, following his sister.
"If the whole town is under a sleeping curse, then that means that the ones who had already been under are immune. That means me, you, Mary Margaret, David, and Aurora. Aurora will be able to watch the babies. I'm scared to bring them along." Dream sighed as Henry nodded. "Then, we shall find that key." She said, looking at Henry who nodded again.
"Okay..." He sighed, staying close to Dream as he looked around them.
The Charming's loft.
"The Savior looks a lot less threatening in this state, doesn't she?" Maleficent smirked, seeing Emma asleep on Neal. Arthur was asleep with his head on the counter. Olivia was asleep upstairs. And Hook was laying in the floor by the empty bassinet.
"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted to wring her scrawny neck right now." Cruella said in a malicious tone.
"Don't even think about it." Regina scoffed, pretending to look around for the book, but she did not see Henry or Dream. Or her grandchildren.
All of the villains turned to look at her as Gold had a cabinet open.
"I think we can all agree that killing the Savior at this point would be ill-advised." Regina said, quickly coming up with an excuse.
"You're right about that." Gold said, shutting the drawer as he walked over to Regina, stepping over Hook. "You're wrong about the location of the page. It's not here." Gold said as Regina sighed, looking around at all the "potential hiding" places.
"We just have to keep looking. The page was here two hours ago. It didn't just grow legs and walk out of here on its own." Regina sighed, turning to look toward Mary Margaret's closet.
"Unless someone walked out of here with it." Gold suggested, looking down at the pirate.
"I put the whole town to sleep." Maleficent scoffed as Regina grabbed a bin to pretend to look through it.
"Except those who've been under a sleeping curse and are immune." Gold said, glancing back at Maleficent. "I may know a resourceful young man who's wide awake." Gold said, looking at the back of Regina's head, before bending down next to Hook. He placed his hand as if he would rip out his heart, but a black magical barrier stopped him. "And given the protection around the pirate's heart, I'd say he's not alone." Gold said, standing up again. "One who's very protective of her baby brother, who very's protective of the storybrook and all its contents. Two who are gonna test their mother's commitment towards helping me. One of them wanting me dead the most given what I tried to do..." Gold said as Regina turned to face him, with widened eyes.
~season 4, episode 17: "Best Laid Plans"~
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Fanfiction***Fifth book in the Dream series*** ****Part 2 to Villain or Hero?**** Mr. Gold has been banished from Storybrooke by his precious wife, Belle. The last time we saw him, he was threatening the life of his daughter, Dream, and Captain Hook. He had H...
