The Dark Princess [ A Once Upon A Time Fan-fic]

Chapter 6: Christian's Sacrifice

-I'm going to get you a solution. I'll find it, do you know where you might find one?

-Of course I know, but I have to guide you and I'm too weak to do it. It's a 3 day trip.

-Then I'll carry you around.

-Don't be stupid.

-I am not. At least tell me who I need to see.

-Rumplestilstkin. His realm, castle, is nearby that's why it's 3 days away... by foot.

-Then I shall go and find this Rumplestiltskin for you m'lady.

-Before you go, take this.- She handed him a little crystal.- With this you will be able to communicate with me, you just have to whisper my name 3 times, but don't do it until you are with Rumple and I'll talk to him ok? not you, me.

-Yes, m'lady.

*THREE DAYS LATER*

Christian is in front of Rumplestiltskin's castle. He can't think of anything else but to save Raven, he holds the crystal and calls Raven's name 3 times.

-I'm there m'lady.

-Perfect, now...say Rumplestiltskin's name 3 times.- He did and Rumple appeared in front of him.

-What do you want, Raven deary? Haven't I taught you enough?

-I'm not here for lessons, I'm here because I need you to give me some of the heart potion you got from Oz.

-I have no such thing, but if I did, what are you willing to give me for that potion?

-What do you want?

-You know I don't work that way.

-Rumple,you know I can read your mind and I can make it either extremely painful or really painful. So, I suggest you to take the easy way out and just tell me.- Rumple sighed.

-Fine, I want...him.- Pointing at Christian.

-Christian? No way, I'm never giving him up, Christian come back home right now!

-No.- Christian said.

-What did you just say to me? Do you know what he will do to you?!

-I said I would find a solution and I will.

-But without you I'll lose the way.

-No, you won't. I'll always be there in your heart to guide you and give you company, even if it's not physically, it will be mentally.

-Time to go, deary.- Rumpelstiltskin said impatient.- Your potion will arrive in a few days. Don't worry your... Pet will be save with me.

-He's not a pet, he's my best friend.- Raven said with tears in her eyes. The connection of the crystal got lost when Rumple teleported and Raven stood alone in her throne room and she waited, she waited for days and days until Rumpelstiltskin showed up in her room with a little vase and a red liquid inside it.

-There you go deary, our deal has been sealed.

-What did you do to him?

-He'll be ok.

-What did you do?!?

-It's not what I did deary, it's what your precious angel was willing to do. Don't worry, you might not see him again, but he will... Be just fine.

That's why Raven grieved for the loss of her Angel, her guide...her only friend, the only one willing to help her no matter what. But now she was all alone, and she was going to have to manage herself on her own. In the end she was just a scared little girl... No, not scared, lost. The first lost girl. Raven had a lot of titles, names and terms. But in the end she was just herself, she was just Raven. A human, a witch and in a lot of senses, a traitor. She felt like a traitor and for a while it didn't matter, no matter what she was or who she was or what she was called, now it didn't matter because Christian was gone and he was never coming back. That's when Raven knew that she would never keep the good things, that they will always fade or slip away. And for 29 years she forgot all that pain and all that suffering, for 29 year she could enjoy the good things in life no matter how simple and small they were. Like, the cookies Julia would cook every morning for breakfast, being alone in her room reading or doing homework, watching over her little dog Spark. Stuff that a normal kid would do, but after those 29 years Raven went back to being... Well Raven, a witch, a traitor, a lost girl and most importantly a Deadly Princess.

"He will be ok" Rumple's words came back to her head. But now they weren't meant for Christian, thay were meant for Henry, Raven realized that maybe Henry was what she loved most now; that Christian was the past and Henry is her present and probably her future. Like it or not, Raven is stuck between the two of them now and she can't decide. She will eventually, she will finally find peace with her decision and she will live a happier life. She could get to be a normal girl even if it was for a second, when she kissed Henry everything was clear.... She had the right to be happy, she had the right to have a happy ending, find true love, find a home, find her way and everyone she loves will be in no danger whatsoever anymore.

"He will be... Just fine. You don't have to worry" Rumple's voice was back. "I'm not worried" Raven thought to herself "But I am scared of hurting the people that I love, and it's not just Henry. It's everyone. Emma, Mary Margaret, David, Regina, Hook. They have become my family and I don't want to hurt them" Raven begged with all her heart to the Heavens that night again and again and again that she could get her happy ending with her family, her friends and lastly Henry, she couldn't call him a boyfriend, at least not just yet. She begged and cried and repeated the process again and again so that she could get her happy ending. The only question is, will she finally get what she wants?