A Curse that can't be Broken

Where art' Thou?

Their staring came to a pause when Coal left for the bathroom, leaving Edith with Gold for a few minutes. Gold glanced to Edith who had finished all the snack by herself except his. He eyed her a bit and then to her empty plate. The girl looked nervous. Worried about the interaction with him. Gold could tell easily as he had come across those who were very cautious of their actions many of times.

But what she was so worried about lingered in his mind. He already knew that the two were very secretive about where they came from. Metabolizing with time was just the icing on the cake of time travel... If it were possible... But with the arrival of the two, Gold was still skeptical about if they were from the future or not. For all he knew, they could be lying about everything. They could be putting on an act just to get something they were looking for that they had.

He noticed how Edith hunched over and placed both her hands between her knees. She dared not to make eye contact with Gold unlike Coal. The two were great opposites and it wasn't with just their personalities. Gold picked up on he fact that Edith had no magic abilities lingering about her. Meanwhile Coal had an abundance of magic just dripping off his fingers.

His perceptive eyes took in more than most would even begin to understand. Look at the greater picture, but also the fine detail that created such a master piece of life.

If the rumors were true and these two were Regina's biological children from the future, then how did it come to be that Coal had such a stronger difference of magic than Regina, while the girl held none?

The thought bothered him greatly as more questions and thoughts ran through his mind. Without realizing how deep he dabbled into his thoughts, time slipped by. He quickly snapped from his thoughts when he saw that Coal had not returned to finish their little contest.

He slowly got up from his chair seeing that he caught Edith's attention. "I'm gonna go check on your brother." He merely smiled at her weakly. As he turned to head for the bathroom, a slightly angered look crossed his eyes. He felt as if Coal was up to something.

As he neared the bathroom he could feel that strange magic taking action. It wasn't much but it was something. He stopped at the bathroom door and went to raise his cane to knock, only to pause. He tried to guess what the older sibling was trying to do. He listened and heard nothing. Just as he was about to knock to try and catch Coal in the middle of using magic the door opened.

Coal blinked seeing Gold standing outside the bathroom door. "It's all yours." Coal smirked as he casually walked past the Dark One. Coal headed back to the dining room and Gold watched him carefully. He looked back to the bathroom and stepped inside looking about. He could tell something was off, but what?

He trailed over the contents of the sink and finally looking to the mirror. He narrowed his eyes. If he knew anything about Regina, mirrors and her were like her and her red apples.

With a wave of his hand the mirror began to fog up with a mixture of purple and black mist. This was half of Regina's mark and of another. He twisted his lips and clenched his teeth as he saw that his magic would not reveal what Coal's true intentions were. It came with great anger and disappointment in himself. He was the Dark One. No one slithered by him without him knowing, yet Coal had the upper hand in this situation.

He waved his hand again and the mist cleared from the mirror.

Unlike Regina, Gold had very specific ways of dealing with certain matters. He made his way back to the dinning room where he found the two sitting quietly. He went to his seat but refused to take a seat. He looked to Coal and narrowed his eyes, "What spell did you cast?" He asked in a dark hushed tone. Gold was in no mood to play games and he already was warned about Coal's cheating habits.