Once on Instagram III

Mother's Little Helper (Part Two)

April 26, 2018

"What do you guys think Robyn showing up here means?" Violet asked in a hushed voice. She looked around at Grace, Ella, Tia, and Ava, who all shrugged.

"Hopefully not that season seven is going to bleed into our universe and we actually are all doomed," Grace muttered. "I was at least hoping to graduate before my life ended."

Ava shrugged. "Honestly, I can think of worse things than death. Like AP tests."

"I know this isn't a time to be joking, but," Tia looked at Ava, "that is a big mood."

"What happens if other characters end up coming after her?" Ella asked. "What if Regina's alternate self comes through? Or Zelena's? Will it be like Alice Through the Looking Glass if they see each other, or...?"

Grace shrugged. "I don't know. I guess we just hope it doesn't come to that. I love that Robyn gets to finally meet her dad, but honestly, the sooner we can get her back to her home universe, the better."

~

While Robin and Robyn were still talking, Regina's phone began to ring. She handed Hope to Henry so she could answer it. "Hello?" Robin glanced over at Regina, but didn't think much of it until she shouted, "WHAT?!"

Robyn jumped a bit and looked over at Regina. Henry had taken several steps back from her and was nervously glancing between her and Hope.

"Belle! ... How could you be so reckless?!" Regina listened for a moment, but the frustrated expression on her face didn't fade. She groaned. "The library, you said?" Regina rolled her eyes. "Okay, okay, we'll be there in a few seconds." Regina hung up. She walked over to Robin and pulled him out of earshot of both Henry and Robyn.

"What's going on?"

Regina sighed. "Apparently Belle had the brilliant idea of handing the dagger over to Zelena a couple weeks ago without letting anyone notice, and now, Zelena has snapped. Belle has her contained in the library for now, but we need to get there and get the dagger in someone else's hands as fast as possible." Regina glanced over at Robyn, and she thought it was too quick for Robin to notice, but apparently not.

"Absolutely not."

"Robin..."

"No." Robin shook his head. "No way. We're not putting her in danger. We have to get her back to her universe, preferably alive and unharmed."

"Who else is she going to listen to?" Regina argued. "I don't want to put her in danger anymore than you do, but if Zelena's not listening to Belle, who else will be able to convince her to even be reasonable? Us?" Regina shrugged. "I don't think so."

Robin sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He glanced back at Robyn. He didn't want to risk her getting hurt, but Regina was right. If anyone could reason with full on Dark One Zelena besides Belle, it was probably Robyn. And they didn't have time to argue. "Okay, fine. But only with her consent."

Regina nodded. "Agreed. You talk to her, and I'm going to send Henry and Hope to Henry's friends and make sure they don't know what's going on."

"Good idea." Robin replied. He made his way back over to Robyn.

"What's wrong?" Robyn asked, clearly concerned.

"I don't know how much you know about the Dark One, but in this universe, we're having a bit of trouble with the Darkness. We've managed to tether it to the dagger, so whoever has the dagger is the Dark One. But right now, your mom has the dagger, but the Darkness is overtaking her. So we need to get it away, and..."