A Curse that can't be Broken

Let it Begin

Hours had passed since Regina first meet Uther. Her anger was still at large, but she kept it in check.

Emma placed her hands on her hips as she stood next to Regina. "Are you sure about this?" Emma asked.

Regina nodded. "You saw what he did with Gold." She stated as she looked about the hallways. She was alert as was everyone else.

"Is Henry with Marry Margret?" Regina asked.

Emma nodded as she watched David and Killian heading their way. "Hey." Emma expressed to the both of them.

Killian seemed more relaxed to see Emma while David had a look of concern on his face. "So, how exactly are we going to stop this guy?"

It was a question on everyone's minds. Regina had somewhat of plan, but they had no idea what this guy could do. With Emma by her side, she felt confident. But she also felt like they were in way over their heads. She couldn't stand by and let something happen to her kids.

"It's simple." Regina tried to assure the others. "If me and Emma can't stop him, you and Killian take Edith and Coal out of here." Even with her strong exterior, Emma and the others could tell Regina was worried. They would have tried to move Gold and Coal, but Edith had explained that they could not be moved until Coal was done with the spell. So here they were. Stuck until at least Gold woke up. Once Gold wakes up, Coal could be moved.

Edith sat in Gold's room with a large amount of candy wrappers scattered about. She had been done with her snacks for sometime now and her eyes were mostly glued to Gold's fingers. The black was almost gone, means Coal was almost done.

Her eyes slipped to the door where she could see Emma, and her mother talking to the others. She felt horrible as she knew what kind of magic both Coal and Uther had. She knew they were no match or him. Well, her mother maybe, but she was walking into a fight blindly.

She gulped a bit as she stood up and headed for the door. Coal told her not to say anything, but if she didn't, their mom and their family friends just might get killed.

Belle watched Edith head for the door, "Is everything alright?" She asked grabbing Edith's attention.

The look on Edith's face when she looked to Belle, made Belle's heart pause. Something was wrong. She could see it in Edith's eyes.

Edith glanced to Gold and then back to Belle, "He should be waking up soon." She told her. Belle looked back to Gold only to look over her shoulder back to Edith. She noticed that Edith used that moment to slip out of the room. She leaned over in her chair a bit seeing Edith step next to Regina.

She frowned a bit as she looked back to Gold, holding his hand in her's as she wished for his eyes to open.

Regina turned to Edith as she walked over to them. "We need to talk." Edith whispered to Regina.

Regina shifted her eyes to Emma and the other, giving them a look as if to give her and Edith a minute.

As the others left Edith turned Regina towards her. Regina did not expected this kind of behavior from Edith, which shocked her greatly. "Edith? What's wrong?" She asked.

Edith locked eyes with Regina, "Everything." She mustered out.

Regina frowned her brow feeling the pit of her stomach turn.

Belle looked up when she felt a small squeeze on her hand. Her eyes darted to Rumple as his eyes slowly opened. "Rumple?" she asked quickly getting out of her chair and closer to the bed.

"Belle?" Gold asked as he slowly looked around. His eyes stopped when eh saw Coal still passed out in his chair. He looked over to Belle, "Where is he?" he asked.