The Bombshell

Part 40: Rumplestiltskin's Pov

   I desperately wanted to be there when this plan of Henry's fell apart. I wanted to see the look on his face when Snow White locks Emma Swan back in that tower where she belongs and gets Rid of Regina once and for all.

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   The docks were colder than I had anticipated. I thought it'd be just like everywhere else but with ships and stuff. I hid behind some bushes and watched a large yet elegant boat sail in to port, wondering if was the ship I had been waiting for; the ship which they were aboard. Surely, The Queen and her henchmen couldn't be far behind; if they hadn't taken control of the ship already.

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   I kept my gaze firmly on the small pathway that led from the ship. At first I didn't see anything, but moments later there he was. "Crap!" I exclaimed as Henry and Regina deboarded the vessel. A woman in a rather elegant gown followed. The dress itself looked expensive, but the woman wearing it however, seemed dirty and a little unclean with her messy, dirty blonde hair all tangled in knots, and her face all worn and tired. That, I presumed was Miss Swan. There was also a man with them who I didn't recognise. I figured he was the ship's captain, although he didn't present himself like a captain would. He seemed to me like more of a pretender.

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   There was no sign of The Queen yet, but she shouldn't be much longer. "What do I do?" I thought out loud. I was torn; do I delay their departure from the docks and give Snow White a chance to catch up to them? Or do I remain hidden and continue to observe?

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   "Wait for me!" A woman yelled. I had seen her before. She was a Black Knight; one of the most trusted. "I'm on your side, remember? And if we're going to find that true love of yours, you're going to need my help." I didn't expect to see a Black Knight committing treason; especially not this one. There was no way The Queen could know about this. She had trusted Lily with guarding the tower that had been home to this self proclaimed Savior; she wouldn't have given her that post if she had even the weakest of inklings that would indicate Lily's betrayal.

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   I refocused on the group and couldn't help but wonder how Regina and Henry had gotten to Lily and convinced her to join their little crusade. Lily had proved herself on countless occasions to be a true ally of The Queen and I highly doubted she would turn her back on her loyalties so easily. It didn't quite make sense to me, unless her loyalties never truly lied with The Queen to begin with, but instead with The Bandit, The Boy and The So-Called Savior. It was a far more believable possibility; to me anyway.